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In Praise Of

Green frog puppet and blonde female puppet together.
In Praise Of

Why I love Brendan Fraser’s performance in Looney Tunes: Back in Action

by James Hanton

His meta, slap­stick turn in this wide­ly-derid­ed car­toon spin-off proves that Fras­er isn’t afraid to laugh at him­self, or Hollywood.
Man in red and white striped shirt holds drink, woman in black jacket and grey scarf holds papers, stand in what appears to be a workshop or studio.
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Why I will always love The Bodyguard

by Nick Herrmann

The clas­sic roman­tic dra­ma star­ring Kevin Cost­ner and Whit­ney Hous­ton offers more than retro amuse­ment value.
Two figures wearing hats and coats, gazing intently at each other in a black and white image.
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We must remember this – lessons learned from Casablanca

by Tom Joudrey

80 years on, Michael Cur­tiz’s roman­tic dra­ma retains a defi­ant spir­it more rel­e­vant to our cur­rent polit­i­cal cli­mate than it might first appear.
Man in a suit standing in a doorway, holding a drink, with a woman visible in the background.
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Inside Ugo Tognazzi’s cult of cuisine

by Eric Millman

Avail­able in Eng­lish for the first time in near­ly 50 years, the leg­endary actor’s culi­nary mem­oir reveals a pas­sion rarely seen in his films.
A person wearing a white robe and hat, standing outdoors amongst trees.
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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.
Woman in sunglasses reclining on lounge chair with lush garden in background.
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Why I love The Canyons

by Aryan Tauqeer Khawaja

Paul Schrad­er and Brett Eas­t­on Ellis’s much-derid­ed 2013 col­lab­o­ra­tion star­ring Lind­say Lohan is a sharp­er take on per­for­mance than it first appears.
Monochrome image of a woman with wavy, blonde hair wearing a ruffled dress and smiling at the camera.
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Why I love Angela Lansbury’s performance in The Manchurian Candidate

by Johnny Restall

Lans­bury sparkles as the machi­avel­lian Eleanor Iselin in John Frankenheimer’s clas­sic polit­i­cal neo-noir.
Two people, a middle-aged man with short brown hair and a young woman with long dark hair, sitting at a table in what appears to be a kitchen or dining area.
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Why I love Kathy Burke’s performance in Nil by Mouth

by Adam Scovell

Her turn as a woman liv­ing under the thumb of an abu­sive hus­band is a mas­ter­class in empa­thy and heartbreak.
Two people, a woman with long blonde hair and a man with short dark hair, sitting together and looking serious.
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Why I love Isabelle Huppert’s performance in Amateur

by Joe Flockhart

Hup­pert’s role in Hal Hart­ley’s 1995 black com­e­dy curio remains one of her most inter­est­ing to date.
Two people, a woman with braided hair and a man with curly hair, standing close together in a hallway.
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Chaos in the kitchen with The Bear and Boiling Point

by Henry Boon

This year, one tele­vi­sion series and one film have cap­tured the highs and lows of work­ing in a pro­fes­sion­al kitchen.