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Read The Truth of the Image: La Belle Noiseuse at 35

La Belle Noiseuse at 35

In Praise Of by Tom Lordan

Romantic Terror and the Truth of the Image

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Disclosure Day review – distinctly lacking in patented Spielberg magic

by Hannah Strong

Steven Spielberg returns to the extra-terrestrial territory which launched his career, but the results fail to light up the screen.

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Sensory Pleasures and Queer Realities: A Queer East Confessional

by Yanni Zhou, Nanthinee Shree

In collaboration with the Queer East Film Festival, this year’s Emerging Critics cohort offer their responses to the film programme.

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We deliver a fully-illustrated salute to Jim Jarmusch’s Golden Lion-winning triptych film about the pain and joy of having parents. 

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Disclosure Day review – distinctly lacking in patented Spielberg magic

by Hannah Strong

Steven Spielberg returns to the extra-terrestrial territory which launched his career, but the results fail to light up the screen.

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In the Hand of Dante review – a high-minded mess

by Hannah Strong

Julian Schnabel’s turgid adaptation of Nick Tosches’ 2002 novel recreates the experience of travelling through Dante’s Inferno for the viewer.

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The Fall Of Sir Douglas Weatherford review – disappointingly flat

by Josh Slater-Williams

A bereaved tour guide’s fixation on his illustrious ancestor spirals into obsession when a TV series descends on his small Scottish village.

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Scary Movie review – belated return of the gag-light horror parody series

by Charles Bramesco

Anna Faris and Regina Hall return to the warhorse groan-com franchise which hauls in a host of new horror-adjacent targets over the coals.

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Mare's Nest review – a burnished gem from a British master

by David Jenkins

A young girl wanders through an adultless, post-apocalyptic world in Ben Rivers‘ surreal tale of a future shaped by climate disaster.

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Enzo review – gorgeous portrait of teenage growing pains

by David Jenkins

Robin Campillo completed this final feature by Laurent Cantet, a beautiful, bittersweet study of a teenage boy finding his way in life.

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Features

In Praise Of

The Truth of the Image: La Belle Noiseuse at 35

by Tom Lordan

Jacques Rivette’s film is striking for its psychological complexity, its depiction of artistic practice, and marks a timely reminder of the disquieting capacity of images to disclose truths about ourselves.
Festivals

Sensory Pleasures and Queer Realities: A Queer East Confessional

by Yanni Zhou, Nanthinee Shree

In collaboration with the Queer East Film Festival, this year’s Emerging Critics cohort offer their responses to the film programme.
Long Read

Define Auteur: In defence of Under the Cherry Moon

by Desirae Embree

The story of how Prince fought tooth and nail to retain full control over his directorial debut, which, 40 years later, demands new attention.
In Praise Of

In Sangeeta's Society Girl, sex work is all work

by Manahil Tahira

As Society Girl marks its 50th anniversary, Pakistani filmmaker Sangeeta’s portrait of sex, labour, and survival is long overdue for a second look.
Scene Report

Inside Chronically Online: a big-screen celebration of small-screen curiosities

by Blake Simons

From ​‘Charlie Bit My Finger‘ to ​‘The Nick Clegg Apology Song‘, Chronically Online brings some of the internet’s most beloved cultural touchstones to big screens across the UK. 
Small Screen

Hacks was always a love story

by Emily Maskell

The beauty of HBO Max’s smash hit comedy lies in the relationship between Deborah and Ava that developed over five seasons.
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Andrzej Wajda’s Cinema of Complicated Defiance at 100

by Juliette Bretan

On the centenary of a Polish cinema giant, we remember the powerful storytelling of Andrzej Wajda through his war and post-war films.
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Celebrating the Splendour, Anarchy and Creative Genius of Sandy Powell

by Desirae Embree

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s reimagining of James Whale’s 1935 classic The Bride of Frankenstein marks 40 years in the singular career of costume designer Sandy Powell.
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Deep Cuts

Playground Love: How Air scored The Virgin Suicides

by Paul Weedon

The French electronic duo were the musical backbone behind Sofia Coppola’s startling debut. A 25th anniversary reissue saw them reconstructing much of their work from scratch.
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Life is a B-Movie: Joe D’Amato’s Bizarre Prophecy of 2025

by Mila Fielker

A dystopian retro-future of telepathic mutants, gladiators and fascists – does Joe D’Amato’s vision of 2025 show any resemblance to our current reality?
Deep Cuts

The New Bootlegs: Open Matte Films & Unofficial Scans

by Lexie Corbett

The unofficial, often open matte scans of these films preserve a tactile history of cinema in its imperfect totality.
Deep Cuts

When pop stars become auteurs

by Anna McKibbin

The visual album is a key, genre-defying vessel for pop music titans transferring the symbolic power of their music to image-making.
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