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
Zack and Miri And The Sex Industry On The Silver Screen
Relocating from his New Jersey comfort zone to the not-entirely-dissimilar locale of snowy Pitt...
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Christmas On Mars: A Fantastical Film Freakout Featuring The Flaming Lips
This is exactly what you would imagine a Flaming Lips feature film to be like. It is prepostero...
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Crap Horror Enters The 3rd Dimension: Scar 3D Reviewed
Long story short… some years ago, precocious teenager Joan and her friend accept hospitality fr...
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Did Oliver Stone Go Easy on George Bush? W. Reviewed
W., while intermittently amusing, is not what it could or should have been. Since Oliver Stone ...
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The Passion of Bobby Sands: Hunger Reviewed
Many films are made about brave individuals taking a stand against an unshakeable authority and...
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The Short Films of David Lynch: A Film by Film Review
davidlynch.com can be a scary place late at night. Shuffling aimlessly through its dark pages a...
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Quantum Of Solace Reviewed - Is It The Worst Bond Yet?
Pierce Brosnan once described the enduring appeal of the James Bond movies thus: “It’s the wo...
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Remembering Eraserhead, and 20 More of the Best Movie Posters Ever
I sometimes wish I hadn’t done a runner from my last house. Granted, I owed the obese landlord ...
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