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In Praise Of

In Praise Of

The Muppet Movie at 40 – Jim Henson’s fuzzy testament to friendship

by Aimee Knight

The birth of the Muppet Cinematic Universe remains a high water mark for family moviemaking.
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Fear of the feminine in David Cronenberg’s The Brood

by Millicent Thomas

In the director’s 1979 body horror, maternal functions are a source of repulsion and terror.
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The sex appeal of Harvey Keitel

by Justine Smith

The actor has always been willing to bare all for a role, but no one has captured his erotic charisma better than Jane Campion.
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An occultist’s guide to David Lynch’s Blue Velvet

by Daisy Phillipson

Exploring the suggestive imagery and symbolic language in the director’s 1986 cult favourite.
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Going to Graceland – Revisiting Mystery Train at 30

by William Carroll

Jim Jarmusch’s 1989 film is a melodic ode to an America of drifters, tourists and lonesome wanderers.
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Portrait of Jennie remains one of Hollywood’s strangest melodramas

by Gem Wheeler

William Dieterle’s 1948 film is an enthralling meditation on memory, loss and transformative power of art.
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Full Metal Jacket and the personal horrors of war

by William Carroll

Stanley Kubrick’s thrilling study of the Vietnam War chooses individual narratives over a collective moral message.
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Why I Love Max von Sydow’s Performance in Shame

by Adam Scovell

The Swedish-born actor is at his transfixing best in Ingmar Bergman’s 1968 drama.
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Andrea Arnold’s Fish Tank and the resilience of youth

by Beth Piket

The British director’s 2009 drama offers a child’s perspective of life below the poverty line.
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Fuel Injected Future: Remembering Mad Max at 40

by James Clarke

How George Miller’s 1979 debut feature helped set the post-apocalyptic genre in motion.

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