MOVIE
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In praise of crying at the cinema
For me, the communal dimension is the most fascinating part of wail-worthy films. Crying synchronises a room, creating a wordless, collective experience…
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The Moment review – it’s not that easy being green
On June 7 2024 Charli XCX unleashed a monster. Green, mean and only 41:23 minutes long, ‘brat’ wasn’t just an album – it…
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RIP Frederick Wiseman – In remembrance of the…
I discovered the work of the American documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman through sheer pot lock. I used to work for the…
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What Wasteman shows us about the reality of…
Director Cal McMau spent 10 years doing research, mainly via watching phone-captured footage smuggled out of prison and uploaded to YouTube,…
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Joachim Trier and the science of self-doubt
Walt Whitman famously professed in his poem ‘Song to Myself’ to “contain multitudes”, and in doing so encapsulated the mysteries…
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Looney Tunes: The Day the Earth Blew Up review –…
The Looney Tunes have admittedly fallen on hard times in recent years. As far as animation was concerned, David Zaslav’s…
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Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die review – tortured…
Few Hollywood directors deserve a second chance more than Gore Verbinski. A man who had as much creative success as he did…
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Crime 101 review – strong cast, weak script
I should start by addressing the elephant in the room: Bart Layton is very clearly a fan of Michael Mann. Making…
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GOAT review – a visually spectacular sports…
In 2018, there was something quietly revolutionary about the animated feature Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse. Not only did it employ a unique…
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Wuthering Heights review – pretty vacant
The supporting cast fair no better. Edward Linton (Shazad Latif) is also retooled, now a nice but dull man who lives…
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