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Film Features
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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Sectioned Cinema: Wojciech Has and The Hour-Glass Sanatorium
One of many questions on the lips of cinema-goers lucky enough to have made it along to The Sur...
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Film Reviews
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Film Reviews
Mirror's Image: Pedro Almodovar's Broken Embraces Review
About twenty years ago, Pedro Almodovar started taking photos of the posters for his films on b...
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Barbarism After Auschwitz: Inglourious Basterds Reviewed
Hollywood has been churning out Nazi films like they're going out of style. Over the past year ...
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Solipsism Syndrome: Duncan Jones' Debut Moon Reviewed
Several months ago, teasers and gossip surrounding Duncan Jones's debut feature Moon seemed to ...
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A Family Affair: Claire Denis' 35 Shots Of Rum Reviewed
There was a time when it was a big deal - seeing black actors on screen. In a way, it still is ...
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Hell to Pay: Sam Raimi's Drag Me to Hell
Sam Raimi was watching the section in Pan's Labyrinth where young Ofelia has just escaped the t...
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Memories Of The Future: Terminator Salvation Reviewed
The best parts in the original Terminator were those few elusive glimpses of the post-judgment ...
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Charlie Kaufman's Synecdoche, New York Reviewed
At his best, Charlie Kaufman is a brilliant surrealist whose inventive premises draw attention ...
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Star Trek Reviewed Plus The Odd-Numbered Films Reassessed
They've been piping Star Trek out, in some form or other, since 1966. It's old, but then it's b...
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