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Vomit, Comets And Tantrums: Films Made In Extreme Conditions
Recently, acclaimed director and noted crazy person Werner Herzog held classes teaching people ...
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Much Ado About MacGuffin: David Bax On Suspect Plot Devices
Alfred Hitchcock understood how to make a good movie in a way that’s almost distressing. He was...
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Oil City Confidential, Dr Feelgood, Wilko Johnson And A Spot Of Word Association
Surely the reductive term pub rock must be obliterated once and for all by the arrival of Oil C...
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The Blockheads On Ian Dury Biopic Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
"I’ve been there and I know / Lots of other ways…" "There are a couple of ways to avoid death,...
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Warren Ellis: The Road And The Trials Of The Soundtrack
The past few years have been fruitful for the creative partnership of Nick Cave and Warren Elli...
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The Art Of Short Films
Sea Front by Stuart Moore It has never been easier than it is now to produce a low-budget feat...
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A Serious Man & The Greatest Story Never Told By Hollywood
The Coen brothers' new film is loosely based on what is purportedly the oldest book in the Bibl...
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The Political Joseph Losey: Another Side Of The Cult Director
One might be forgiven for thinking that there were two Joseph Loseys. His obsession with mirror...
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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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