Laurence Boyce on 20th May / comments
Today: Keanu Reeves and Emir Kusturica continue to make unlikely bedfellows for introductory paragraphs.
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Julian Upton on 20th May / comments
With The Lovers! released next week as part of The British Film collection, Julian visits the much maligned field of 1970s sitcom ...
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Mike McCahill on 21st May
This eccentric Belgian thriller, starring Rust and Bone’s Matthias Schoenaerts as a steroid-dosed farmer, is a bold foray into the dark areas of the male psyche, writes Mike McCahill.
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David Parkinson on 20th May / comments
This week brings new insights into cinema's past: watch an important milestone in visual effects from Willow, the end of many people's favourite Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson plus the long career of horror icon Peter Cushing.
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Alexander Ballinger on 20th May
Pierre Fresnay's inspector is led to an eccentric boarding house in his search for a serial killer in Clouzot's dark comedy thriller. It's beautifully crafted, writes Alexander Ballinger.
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Laurence Boyce on 19th May / comments
Today: Vinterberg likes a drink and Clio Barnard still making headlines.
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Laurence Boyce on 18th May / comments
Today: David Hasslehoff. Clio Barnard. New British film. The only time when these three things will appear together in a sentence.
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18th May
This topic is something of a neglected gold-mine AND a fascinating reflection of a very precise period of history. London hadn't started swinging but these films illustrate just how the country was changing – materialism and social mobility increasing,...
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Rick Burin on 18th May
The last film in the Budd Boetticher / Randolph Scott Ranown Cycle is a fitting swansong. Sad and elegiac, it's full of warmth and wisdom, but touched with melancholia, writes Rick Burin.
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Laurence Boyce on 17th May / comments
Today: New Crouching Tiger and Greenaway to return to the UK to make latest film.
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17th May
Inspired by the release of Cate Shortland's hypnotic new films Lore, we explore the long, rich history of German cinema, with over 150 DVDs and Blu-rays from £5.99 each. Although the Expressionism of FW Murnau, Fritz Lang and GW Pabst had an incalculab...
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17th May
Explore the strange career of one of cinema's most memorable actors - Peter Lorre. With our new exclusive DVD I Was an Adventuress released this month, we present a sale of Lorre's roles on DVD and Blu-ray, from £5.99 each.
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Alexander Ballinger on 17th May / comments
MovieMail's man on the Croisette, Alexander Ballinger reports from Day 2 of the 66th Cannes Film Festival with his look at Baz Luhrmann's opener The Great Gatsby, Amat Escalante's Heli and Francois Ozon's Belle de Jour-esque Jeune et Joli.
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Mike McCahill on 17th May / comments
Filmmaker Jay Bulger got more than he bargained for in setting out to profile reclusive ex-Cream drummer Ginger Baker. Mike McCahill watches director and subject square up in a revealing portrait of one of rock’s most troubled souls.
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Rick Burin on 17th May
Probably the greatest of the Budd Boetticher / Randolph Scott westerns. It's an action-packed, emotionally arresting oater that grips from the off and never lets go, writes Rick Burin.
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