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A report from the bleeding edge of non-fiction…
Polish writer Witold Gombrowicz has a diary entry that I think about frequently – one of my favorites in literature. On a Wednesday…
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I Know What You Did Last Summer review – cramped…
After 30 years, fans can breathe a sigh of relief – Julie James and Ray Bronson are back! Now, “Who are Julie…
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Friendship review – The Wario to I Love You Man’s…
Making friends is hard. It’s even harder as an adult – while the media laments the ongoing “male loneliness epidemic”,…
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Smurfs review – a drab exercise in IP filler…
We started, in 2011, with the pop singer-songwriter Katy Perry stepping into the pearly-white high-heels of that most coveted role…
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Harvest review – remarkably compelling work
As much as British cinema loves a period drama, for whatever reason the trials and tribulations of peasants get a lot less…
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Long Hot Summer: The mythos of the pool on screen
Later on, we see Ned teaching a little boy to swim in an empty pool, the water having been drained over…
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Superman | Pavements + Alex Ross Perry | Superman And The Mole Men (1951)
On Truth & Movies this week, we discuss James Gunn’s Superman reboot and talk to Alex Ross Perry about his…
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The Other Way Around review – a new type of…
You almost can’t quite believe that someone hadn’t had this idea before: a well-to-do creative couple living in a cosy Madrid apartment…
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My Soapy IP Summer: Beach Read vs Airport Novel…
This split follows the Academy Awards norm that only the most serious-presenting dramas are worthy of the highest prizes, regardless…
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Inside The Arzner, the UK’s first dedicated…
Walking to Bermondsey from London Bridge, you pass through a long tunnel. “Am I going the right way?” you might think to…
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