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In Praise Of

In Praise Of

How Takeshi Kitano went from comedian to crime auteur

by James Balmont

With his yakuza thriller Boiling Point, ​“Beat” Takeshi staked his claim as a serious filmmaker.
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In praise of Robert Redford’s Ordinary People

by Rafa Sales Ross

Redford’s directorial debut holds its ground as one of cinema’s most moving explorations of loss and guilt.
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Why David Fincher’s Se7en is the perfect odd couple movie

by Lorna Codrai

As detectives Mills and Somerset, Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman make for a dynamic, contradictory pairing.
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Blood, Hair and Pain: Ginger Snaps at 20

by Anna Bogutskaya

The director, screenwriter and stars of the cult Canadian horror reflect on its legacy as a morbid love letter to teenage girls everywhere.
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10 years on, Denis Villeneuve’s Incendies still haunts me

by Lucas Oakeley

This searing drama forced me to confront the uncomfortable reality of my relatively privileged upbringing in the Middle East.
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Why I love Alain Delon’s performance in Rocco and his Brothers

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

The French screen idol is at his most open and vulnerable in Luchino Visconti’s 1960 crime drama.
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The search for truth in Christopher Nolan’s Memento

by Daniel Broadley

Guy Pearce’s amnesia-suffering, tattoo-covered protagonist is cinema’s ultimate unreliable narrator.
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Why I love Gene Hackman’s performance in The Conversation

by Alexander Boucher

His role as taciturn surveillance expert Harry Caul is a masterful portrayal of alienation and loneliness.
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She Dies Tomorrow is the defining film of the doomer generation

by Annika Morling

Amy Seimetz’s apocalyptic horror speaks to the growing pessimism about the future among young people.
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How V-Cinema sparked a Japanese filmmaking revolution

by James Balmont

The ​’90s straight-to-video boom reinvigorated the industry and made stars of directors like Takashi Miike.

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