Adam Solomons
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Lost in Translation: Coppola’s ‘The Conversation’ In The Age Of Social Distancing
A claustrophobic yet deeply stylish depiction of a weary, wary surveillance expert, The Conversation in its solitary Hitchcockian eeriness is the ultimate cautionary tale for these lonely weeks and months, finds Adam Solomons
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Lost in Translation: Coppola’s ‘The Conversation’ In The Age Of Social Distancing
A claustrophobic yet deeply stylish depiction of a weary, wary surveillance expert, The Conversation in its solitary Hitchcockian eeriness is the ultimate cautionary tale for these lonely weeks and months, finds Adam Solomons
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Matters Of The Heart: 20 Years On, Is High Fidelity The Best Rom-Com Ever Made?
Despite its disagreeable main characters, Stephen Frears’ record store romp still has plenty to offer for the hopeless romantics of the 2020s. Has there been a better failed and healed love story since? Adam Solomons investigates
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Matters Of The Heart: 20 Years On, Is High Fidelity The Best Rom-Com Ever Made?
Despite its disagreeable main characters, Stephen Frears’ record store romp still has plenty to offer for the hopeless romantics of the 2020s. Has there been a better failed and healed love story since? Adam Solomons investigates
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On Greatness: The Wonder Of The Lowest-Grossing Film In UK Box Office History
Long before Parasite conquered the UK’s foreign-language box office and Cold War hit new heights for Polish cinema, Mój Nikifor sold just one ticket in September 2007. But it’s an under-appreciated gem, finds Adam Solomons
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On Greatness: The Wonder Of The Lowest-Grossing Film In UK Box Office History
Long before Parasite conquered the UK’s foreign-language box office and Cold War hit new heights for Polish cinema, Mój Nikifor sold just one ticket in September 2007. But it’s an under-appreciated gem, finds Adam Solomons
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My Quest for Breaking Everything: John Cale’s Favourite Music
The Velvet Underground co-founder and longstanding experimental outlier reflects fondly on his 18-hour long debut US performance, producing for The Stooges and writing an ode to Brian Wilson, and makes a case for the avant-garde genius of Snoop Dogg
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Derelicte: Ricki Hall, Fashion, Homelessness & The Language Of Privilege
In a Sunday Times Magazine interview this weekend model Ricki Hall told a journalist that he takes his fashion cues from children and the homeless. Karl Smith considers why it might actually not be okay to transfer the aesthetics of necessity and marginalisation to a position of extreme privilege
