Contributor Finlay Spencer

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The empty showboat of cinematic one-shots

by Finlay Spencer

Netflix's chart-topping Adolescence is the latest in a long line of single-take stories. But would it be any worse off with a trip to the cutting room?
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Conner O’Malley is the internet’s most Online filmmaker

by Finlay Spencer

The comic-cum-filmmaker is Mike Leigh for the digital age.
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Review

Clara Sola

by Finlay Spencer

Nathalie Álvarez Mesén's debut feature explores religious oppression and sexual desire through a Costa Rican woman's mystical awakening.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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In Praise Of

How The Draughtsman’s Contract set the blueprint for the modern period piece

by Finlay Spencer

With its acerbic script and anachronistic flourishes, Peter Greenaway’s 1982 film is as fresh and funny as ever.
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Review

All Quiet on the Western Front

by Finlay Spencer

Edward Berger’s trench-foot-and-all retelling of this classic war story lacks originality in its brutality.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Incoming

Everything we know so far about Terrence Malick’s Way of the Wind

by Finlay Spencer

True to form, the elusive American auteur is taking his precious time over his forthcoming Bible epic.

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