The Year So Far
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Film Features
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Film Features
Beyond The Red Carpet: A Novice Filmmaker's Cannes Experience
Given that The Angels' Share screened in competition at this year's Cannes (eventually wi...
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Hairy Tale: Island Of Lost Souls Revisited
As far as reasons for banning a film go, that it's "against nature" would be viewed as a ...
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The Devils' Double: Mother Joan Of The Angels Exhumed
In 1634 a Roman Catholic priest was burned alive at the stake accused of witchcraft. He w...
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Fringe Benefits: Hal Hartley's Meanwhile And Web-Driven Return
If there was one director working today whose style could be instantly recognisable from ...
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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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Film Reviews
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Film Reviews
Simon Jablonski's Independent Cinema Reviews Column
Ballast By locating the story within a remote, dusty bubble – seemingly far from the reaches o...
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Simon Jablonski's Weekly Independent Cinema Reviews Column
Patagonia There must have been something swooning round the collective Welsh consciousness ove...
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Simon Jablonski's Weekly Independent Cinema Reviews Column
Confessions As a storyteller, Tetsuya Nakashima is unique in cinema. Outlandish and horrific s...
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Odd Events In Country Houses: Never Let Me Go Reviewed
The country house is enjoying quite the televisual renaissance. Over the last year we’ve had Ti...
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Simon Jablonski's Weekly Independent Cinema Reviews Column
The Fighter This isn’t strictly a boxing film. It’s about boxing in a similar way that The God...
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The Sins Of The Father: Lemmy The Movie
If quantum theory is be believed then there’s no doubt a film about Lemmy doing the rounds in a...
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Simon Jablonski's Weekly Independent Cinema Reviews Column
NEDS A violently gripping portrayal of gang culture in 1970s Glasgow, NEDS examines in subvers...
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Friday Film Round-Up: Gasland, Blue Valentine & Travellers Reviewed
Gasland The great Western didn't die or lose relevance; it just morphed and transmuted into th...
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