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In Praise Of

In praise of Frances Marion – Hollywood’s forgotten trailblazer

by Oliver Webb

This Inter­na­tion­al Women’s Day, we remem­ber the screen­writer who gave Hol­ly­wood its voice dur­ing the silent era.
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In Praise Of

Why Philadelphia remains a flawed but vital portrayal of the AIDS crisis

by Adam Solomons

Jonathan Demme’s 1993 dra­ma played an impor­tant role in bring­ing straight audi­ences up to speed with the epidemic.
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In praise of Nora Ephron’s feature debut, This is My Life

by Chloe Walker

Cel­e­brat­ing its 30th anniver­sary this year, Ephron’s under­seen first fea­ture proves her strength as a writer and filmmaker.
Two older women, one with grey hair and one with short grey hair, holding protest signs that read "NO GENTRIFICATION WITHOUT TAXATION" and "NOT F.E.E.L.ing IT!"
In Praise Of

Discover the exacting, emotional films of Patrick Wang

by Glenn Heath Jr

Four inti­mate epics by this acclaimed mak­er of exper­i­men­tal melo­dra­mas have final­ly been released in the UK.
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How 24 Hour Party People put an anarchic spin on the music biopic

by Callie Petch

Michael Winterbottom’s por­trait of the Mad­ch­ester scene is endur­ing proof that films about musi­cians don’t have to beat­i­fy their subjects.
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Why Britney Spears’ Crossroads is an underrated coming-of-age classic

by Anna Bogutskaya

As it turns 20, we revis­it the maligned star vehi­cle writ­ten espe­cial­ly for America’s pop princess.
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Why Bound is the perfect queer Valentine’s film

by Jasmine Valentine

The Wachowskis’ 1996 neo-noir star­ring Gina Ger­shon and Jen­nifer Tilly is an endur­ing, sub­ver­sive romance.
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Why Cabaret’s show tunes and social critique still strike a chord

by Jarek Kupść

Bob Fosse’s 1972 film breaks with the lus­trous Hol­ly­wood musi­cal tra­di­tion to take on a soci­ety in decay.
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The exquisite sound of nature in the films of Apichatpong Weerasethakul

by William Stottor

The Thai mas­ter cre­ates trans­portive cin­e­ma, ful­ly util­is­ing the audi­to­ry expe­ri­ence that nat­ur­al spaces provide.
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Why What’s Up, Doc? remains a perfect screwball comedy

by Meg Walters

Peter Bogdanovich’s 1972 homage to the Hol­ly­wood roman­tic come­dies of old is chaot­ic, sil­ly, and utter­ly joyful.