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Do Not Seek the Treasure: The Coen Brothers’ Anti-Capitalist Critique

by Aisling Walsh

Through­out their joint film­mak­ing efforts, Joel and Ethan Coen have remained inter­est­ed in the lengths peo­ple are will­ing to go to for a lit­tle bit of money.
Digitised portrait with glitchy, fragmented appearance; contrasting colours and geometric shapes create a surreal, cyberpunk aesthetic.
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This city is our playground: A drive-by of Grand Theft Auto machinima

by Olivia Popp

Grand Theft Ham­let might be the high­est pro­file film made inside Rock­star’s flag­ship fran­chise, but it’s cer­tain­ly not the first – join us on a cruise through San Andreas Cinema.
Colourful theatrical scene with costumed characters, including a dancer, man in purple suit, and various other figures.
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What’s going on with movie musicals?

by Niamh Dunne

They look bad, they sound bad, and some­times direc­tors won’t even admit they’ve made a musi­cal at all. What on earth is hap­pen­ing to this once lucra­tive genre?
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Sick suburban solidarity in two unappreciated John Waters gems

by Juan Barquin

While con­sid­ered by many to be minor works, Ser­i­al Mom and A Dirty Shame rep­re­sent some of our con­tem­po­rary con­cerns and anx­i­eties while offer­ing a sur­pris­ing­ly whole­some view of queer community.
Four portraits in neon colours: orange, blue, and purple. Close-up views of four different female faces, each with a serious, intense expression.
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The irrelevance of gender in the films of Pedro Almodóvar

by Meghana Kandlur

In the cin­e­ma of Pedro Almod­ó­var, gen­der proves more flu­id and arbi­trary than in much of con­tem­po­rary cinema.
Colourful assortment of vinyl records, featuring various designs and patterns in bold, vibrant hues.
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Wax Entertainment: How Invada Records pioneered a vinyl soundtrack boom

by Paul Weedon

Ini­tial­ly known for its exper­i­men­tal out­put, Bris­tol-based Inva­da Records has spent the last decade and a half carv­ing a rep­u­ta­tion for its care­ful­ly curat­ed ros­ter of film soundtracks.
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A Sporting Chance: Mental health and masculinity at the movies

by Ryan Finnigan

After find­ing unex­pect­ed cathar­sis in a doc­u­men­tary about snook­er leg­end Ron­nie O’Sul­li­van, Ryan Finni­gan reflects on the inter­sec­tion of men­tal health and mas­culin­i­ty in the world of sport­ing cinema.
Monochrome image showing a woman cradling a baby, surrounded by silhouetted figures, against a pink circular backdrop.
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Kelly Reichardt’s Animal Kingdom

by Bota Koilybayeva

With­in the gen­tle, nat­u­ral­is­tic films of Kel­ly Reichardt, domes­tic ani­mals are grant­ed the space to exist as they are – not as per­form­ers, but as companions.
Illustration of four pink camping tents by a campfire under a starry night sky, with a large plume of smoke rising from the fire.
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The Safe Emotional Spaces of Wes Anderson’s Cinema – Part Two

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Sophie Monks Kauf­man con­tin­ues her deep dive into the neu­ro­di­ver­gent cod­ing of Wes Ander­son­’s cin­e­ma in this far-reach­ing long read.
Colourful tents and camping equipment on a sandy beach, with sailboats in the distance.
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The Safe Emotional Spaces of Wes Anderson’s Cinema – Part One

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Through con­ver­sa­tions with psy­chol­o­gists, neu­ro­di­ver­gent friends, Jason Schwartz­man and the man him­self, Sophie Monks Kauf­man inves­ti­gates the metic­u­lous worlds of Wes Ander­son and their potent emo­tion­al frequencies.
Retro-style illustration featuring a man and woman sitting at a table in a room with movie posters on the wall, including "Pulp Fiction" and "Memento". Vibrant colours and graphic design elements.
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I met a Film Bro – here’s what I learned

by Amber Rawlings

Their shal­low, male-cen­tric cinephil­ia speaks to a wider issue with­in the indus­try. But is this stereo­type changing?
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The Case for Art

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

As lock­down in the UK eas­es, Sophie Monks Kauf­man reflects on the val­ue of cul­tur­al exchange on a per­son­al and soci­etal level.