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In Praise Of

The enduring horror of Kiss Me Deadly

by Fred Barrett

As Robert Aldrich’s 1955 noir turns 75, the film lives on in the work of Cro­nen­berg, Lynch and many more.
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Interviews

Joshua Oppenheimer: ‘The End is an artefact of barbarism’

by Lucy Peters

How the doc mae­stro turned his hand to (musi­cal!) fic­tion in his com­pelling and sin­gu­lar new film, The End.
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I’m Not Even Supposed To Be Here Today: The Video Shop at the End of the World

by Daisy Steinhardt

Tucked away on a nar­row street in Bris­tol, an Aladdin’s cave of DVDs per­sists despite the odds. For one employ­ee, it’s the Hotel Cal­i­for­nia of video shops.
A dark, moody image of two young people in a close, intimate embrace.

The enduring relevance and heartache of Mysterious Skin

by Tom Joudrey

Twen­ty years ago, Gregg Arak­i’s haunt­ing indie film showed how trau­ma can spi­ral into con­spir­a­cy the­o­ries and self-sab­o­tage. Author Scott Heim and actor Bill Sage reflect on their expe­ri­ences mak­ing this cult favourite.
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Festivals

The End – first-look review

by Mark Asch

Joshua Oppen­heimer returns with an ambi­tious, post-apoc­a­lyp­tic musi­cal whose the­mat­ic flights of fan­cy are always just a lit­tle too strident.

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Anticipation
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Enjoyment
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In Retrospect
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Review

I Saw the TV Glow review – an instant queer classic

by Esther Rosenfield

Jane Schoen­brun’s sopho­more fea­ture is an unnerv­ing take on lone­li­ness, iso­la­tion, and the endur­ing mys­ter­ies of chil­dren’s media.

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Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
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Review

blur: To The End review – flails for a sense of narrative closure

by Callie Petch

The lat­est doc­u­men­tary about the Brit­pop come­back kings sad­ly does­n’t reveal much that we did­n’t already know from pre­vi­ous film outings.

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Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
A young man and woman sitting on a couch, surrounded by a neon green lighting.
Festivals

I Saw the TV Glow – first-look review

by Esther Rosenfield

Jane Schoen­brun’s sopho­more fea­ture is an unnerv­ing take on lone­li­ness, iso­la­tion, and the endur­ing mys­ter­ies of chil­dren’s media.
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What's On

Put on your red shoes and dance: the enduring euphoria of Powell & Pressburger

by Lillian Crawford

A new sea­son organ­ised by the BFI in part­ner­ship with Thel­ma Schoon­mak­er brings many clas­sic Pow­ell & Press­burg­er films – includ­ing new restora­tions – to the big screen once more.
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In Praise Of

The enduring joy of Dick Cavett’s Old Hollywood interviews

by Sarah Cleary

Stars includ­ing Kather­ine Hep­burn and Glo­ria Swan­son appeared on Dick Cavet­t’s sem­i­nal Amer­i­can talk show – a reminder that the tele­vised inter­view is some­thing of a lost art.