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Cannes 2013 - A Touch of Sin and The Past

Cannes 2013 - A Touch of Sin and The Past

Alexander Ballinger on 21st May / comments

MovieMail’s man on the Croisette, Alexander Ballinger reports mid-Festival on two likely candidates for the Palme d’Or...

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The King of Marvin Gardens: back under the boardwalk with Bruce and Jack

The King of Marvin Gardens: back under the boardwalk with Bruce and Jack

Mike McCahill on 21st May / comments

Bob Rafelson’s Five Easy Pieces follow-up, starring Jack Nicholson as a late-night DJ reunited with his wilder older brother in At...

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Arthouse Paradise - over 150 DVDs £6.99 each

Arthouse Paradise - over 150 DVDs £6.99 each

21st May

Find the hallowed ground of cinema with our sale of over 150 excellent arthouse DVDs, all £6.99 each. There's plenty to lift the spirits here, including recent releases like the wild ride of Holy Motors, Sally Potter's evocative and beautifully-shot p...

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Hal Hartley - three long-awaited releases and a new profile

Hal Hartley - three long-awaited releases and a new profile

21st May

Hartley was one of the most distinctive and promising voices in 1990s indie cinema, but sadly his work faded away. We welcome three new releases on DVD and Blu-ray - including the DVD premiere of Amateur - with a new profile by Mike McCahill.

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Vintage British TV Sale - over 300 DVDs

Vintage British TV Sale - over 300 DVDs

21st May

Revisit the golden years of British TV with classic titles from Network, featuring over 300 great programmes from £7.99 each. This sale brings you vintage British TV spanning six decades. From the '50s and '60s, don't miss Armchair Theatre, ITV's flags...

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Bullhead - Oscar-nominated Belgian thriller, from £12.99 on DVD & Blu-ray

Bullhead - Oscar-nominated Belgian thriller, from £12.99 on DVD & Blu-ray

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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Cannes Notes and News 20th May

Cannes Notes and News 20th May

Laurence Boyce on 20th May / comments

Today: Keanu Reeves and Emir Kusturica continue to make unlikely bedfellows for introductory paragraphs.

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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Sitcom Spin-off

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Sitcom Spin-off

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 spin-offs and finds a trio of gems amongst the trips to the Costa del Sol.

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Week 21: birth of morphing, Rathbone & Bruce plus Peter Cushing

Week 21: birth of morphing, Rathbone & Bruce plus Peter Cushing

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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The Murderer Lives at 21 - Clouzot's droll debut, from £12.99 on DVD & Blu-ray

The Murderer Lives at 21 - Clouzot's droll debut, from £12.99 on DVD & Blu-ray

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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Cannes News and Notes 19th May

Cannes News and Notes 19th May

Laurence Boyce on 19th May / comments

Today: Vinterberg likes a drink and Clio Barnard still making headlines.

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Cannes Notes and News 18th May

Cannes Notes and News 18th May

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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Top 10 Early 1960s British Crime Films, with clips

Top 10 Early 1960s British Crime Films, with clips

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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Comanche Station - the last of the Ranown westerns, £12.99 on DVD. Exclusive

Comanche Station - the last of the Ranown westerns, £12.99 on DVD. Exclusive

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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Cannes News and Notes 17th May

Cannes News and Notes 17th May

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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