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Film Features
Apocalypse Nearly: Farewell To The King Revisited
It would be easy if one were John Milius to feel somewhat overlooked as a filmmaker and s...
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20 Years On: Alien 3 Reassessed
It's no understatement to say that Alien 3 was poorly received on its theatrical release ...
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Redford Focus: Sundance London Explored
A deflated Death Star of corporate consumerism pancaked across post-industrial wasteland ...
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The Art Of Soundtracking: Steven Severin Interviewed
"It's always played a large part in what I do," says Steven Severin on the phone from his...
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Label Of Love: Second Run's Cinematic Treasure Trove
Whether it's a Mute or a Motown, you know where you stand with certain record labels. The...
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"To Be Dissed By Bret Easton Ellis Is Delightful" - Whit Stillman Interviewed
The missing link between Woody Allen and Wes Anderson, Whit Stillman has been frustrating...
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Hidden In Plain Sight: Cassavetes The Reluctant Hollywood Player
John Cassavetes had a tendency towards bullshit. As an inveterate storyteller he was pron...
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April Blood Showers: The Month In Cult Film & Horror DVDs
Let's wander back to the mean streets of New York City in 1980. Lost, lonely men meander ...
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Film Reviews
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Film Reviews
Lady In Dread: The Woman Reviewed
Staggering into frame, clutching a bleeding wound, feral, almost pre-civilisation, a woman st...
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Deep Cuts: Pedro Almodóvar's The Skin I Live In
Pedro Almodóvar - like his lead character in The Skin I Live In, the virtuoso plastic surgeon...
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In A Better World: Susanne Bier & Anders Thomas Jensen Profiled
Susanne Bier's Academy Award-winning In a Better World (Hævnen) is her fourth collaboration w...
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Benign Propaganda? Countdown to Zero and the Campaign Film
The title of documentary Countdown to Zero, out on DVD this week, simultaneously refers to tw...
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Rise Against: UK Protest Documentary Just Do It Reviewed
No, Just Do It is not a history of Nike, far from it. This documentary on "modern-day outlaws...
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Simon Jablonski's Weekly Independent Cinema Reviews Column
Sweetgrass Sweetgrass is a beautifully serene documentary that follows a flock of sheep as the...
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Simon Jablonski's Weekly Independent Cinema Reviews Column
Armadillo Janus Pedersen’s gripping fly-on-the-wall documentary of a group of young Danish sol...
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Where The Screens Have No Shame: Killing Bono Reviewed
David Essex OD-ed in his Spanish castle when success became too scary to handle in Stardust, No...
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