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Actor Jamie Robson on The British Weird Wave
You're accredited with helping spearhead a film movement that’s been labelled 'The British Weird Wave.' Could you tell me more about it...
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oliverjlwebb
- Feb 27, 2022
- 3 min
Suspiria (1977): A fever you don't want to sweat out
By Danielle Momoh Two girls tread water in a pool, one whispering strange revelations to the other. We view them from overhead, the...
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oliverjlwebb
- Feb 11, 2022
- 5 min
An Interview with Neraida Bega
Neraida Bega is an actor and mocap actor known for her work on WandaVision, American Bred, APEX Legends, and the upcoming film Dog. I...
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Alex Harper
- Feb 10, 2022
- 3 min
Film of the Week: Flee
An Afghan refugee’s story of how he arrived alone in Denmark aged 15 is told in Flee, Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s powerful animated documentary.
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oliverjlwebb
- Feb 3, 2022
- 5 min
An Interview with Lotte Munk
Lotte Munk is an actor known for The Idiots, The Bridge and The Killing. I spoke with Lotte about training at the Drama School at Aarhus...
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oliverjlwebb
- Jan 27, 2022
- 7 min
Director Julian Schwandner on his short film, Anamesa
Anamesa is an atmospheric representation of the connection the three friends Maria, Markos and Julian share with the same island in...
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oliverjlwebb
- Jan 22, 2022
- 5 min
The Matrix Resurrections—A Failed Blade Runner 2049?
By Evelio Zavala What made The Matrix trilogy work is why The Matrix Resurrections fails: timing. In 1999, it was the turn of a new...
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Alex Harper
- Jan 18, 2022
- 3 min
Film of the Week: The Humans
Walls groan, light bulbs detonate, figures stare in from outside windows. In Stephen Karam’s The Humans, home is a nightmare for the lonely.
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oliverjlwebb
- Jan 17, 2022
- 2 min
Shut up and deal: Billy Wilder’s 1960 classic, The Apartment
By Mae Brando The first time I came across The Apartment would’ve been during the colder month of January back in 2018. It was perfectly...
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oliverjlwebb
- Jan 6, 2022
- 5 min
An Interview with DP Ruairà O'Brien
Ruairà O'Brien is a cinematographer known for his work on Dating Amber, The Fall, Five Minutes of Heaven, The Winter Lake, and Line of...
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oliverjlwebb
- Dec 23, 2021
- 15 min
2021: A Year in Review
Thank you to all of our readers and contributors for all of your continued support. With new releases from Claire Denis, Martin Scorsese,...
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oliverjlwebb
- Dec 22, 2021
- 4 min
An interview with Emily Marie Palmer
Emily Marie Palmer is an actor and writer known for American Horror Story, Mercy Street, and Lansky. I spoke with Emily about studying at...
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oliverjlwebb
- Dec 20, 2021
- 4 min
Cruising: Ambiguity and Meaning
By Duran Aziz There isn’t a whole lot that’s resolved by the time the credits roll in William Friedkin’s Cruising (1980). We thought that...
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oliverjlwebb
- Dec 18, 2021
- 5 min
Love is all a matter of timing. Wong Kar-wai’s, As Tears Go By (1988) revisited
By Evelio Zavala There are very few films I can confidently say are alive and breathing when you watch them. There is another world...
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oliverjlwebb
- Dec 3, 2021
- 4 min
Dear Evan Hansen: a Ben Platt vanity project
By Kaitlyn Riggio The Dear Evan Hansen movie adaptation is a Ben Platt vanity project above all else. The musical Dear Evan Hansen has...
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Alex Harper
- Dec 1, 2021
- 5 min
Film of the Week: The Power of the Dog
Jane Campion’s return to film, The Power of the Dog, is a parable on masculinity and a deceptive thriller only felt long after it strikes.
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oliverjlwebb
- Nov 29, 2021
- 6 min
Peter Malone Elliott and Alexander Sharp on their debut feature film Wired Shut
Wired Shut is a home invasion thriller that follows a famous novelist (played by Blake Stadel) who is recovering from reconstructive jaw...
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oliverjlwebb
- Nov 27, 2021
- 6 min
Thanksgiving special: Hannah and Her Sisters
By Evelio Zavala In my opinion, Hannah and Her Sisters is the best Thanksgiving movie. Ever. None really come as close to Woody Allen’s...
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Alex Harper
- Nov 25, 2021
- 4 min
Film of the Week: Drive My Car
A director and his driver, both wounded by grief, find solace in the processes of their work in Hamaguchi’s deft, masterful character study.
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oliverjlwebb
- Nov 22, 2021
- 5 min
An interview with Chrystee Pharris
Chrystee Pharris is an actor known for her work on Goliath, Scrubs, Monogamy, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, and Passions. I spoke...
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