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Why I’d Bring Philip Seymour Hoffman Back From the Dead for One More Film

I’d cast him in a beautiful, beautiful movie — the greatest movie ever, a movie that’s made ten billion dollars already

3d ago

Why I’d Bring Philip Seymour Hoffman Back From the Dead for One More Film

3d ago

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In Mimi Cave’s ‘Holland’, There’s Much Less Than Meets the Eye

The new film from the Fresh director illustrates how an idea is not enough to make a movie

Apr 5

In Mimi Cave’s ‘Holland’, There’s Much Less Than Meets the Eye

Apr 5

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Slow and Steady Wins the Race — The Fearsome Logic of ‘It Follows’

The real terror of David Robert Mitchell’s film, out ten years ago this week, has nothing to do with sex.

Mar 24

Slow and Steady Wins the Race — The Fearsome Logic of ‘It Follows’

Mar 24

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A Touch of Love — misogyny, motherhood, and the middle-class in un-swinging London

In 1960s Britain, a young woman is determined to defy society by becoming a single mother.

Mar 17

A Touch of Love — misogyny, motherhood, and the middle-class in un-swinging London

Mar 17

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The Stepford Wives (1975) — a deceptively tranquil nightmare of oppression and lost identity

A woman new to an apparently idyllic Connecticut town starts to suspect there’s something very wrong with the other women there.

Feb 22

The Stepford Wives (1975) — a deceptively tranquil nightmare of oppression and lost identity

Feb 22

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The Order (2024) — a 1980s journey into the heart of right-wing darkness

In the northwest US of the 1980s, an FBI agent investigates a group of violent right-wing extremists.

Feb 18

The Order (2024) — a 1980s journey into the heart of right-wing darkness

Feb 18

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September 5 — superbly acted and directed, the best film yet on the 1972 Munich massacre

An American TV crew at the 1972 Munich Olympics finds itself covering a terrorist hostage crisis.

Feb 11

September 5 — superbly acted and directed, the best film yet on the 1972 Munich massacre

Feb 11

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Patton — not a war film, but a masterful portrait of a man who loved war

Controversial US General George S. Patton achieves many victories during World War II, but also some painful defeats in his own career.

Feb 9

Patton — not a war film, but a masterful portrait of a man who loved war

Feb 9

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The Gift (2000) — a convincing Cate Blanchett and scary Keanu Reeves in Raimi’s Southern Gothic

A psychic woman in a small Georgia town becomes involved in a murder case.

Feb 2

The Gift (2000) — a convincing Cate Blanchett and scary Keanu Reeves in Raimi’s Southern Gothic

Feb 2

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Hard Candy — Elliot Page excels in an unsettling drama of teen and predator

A thirtysomething man and a teenage girl get chatting online… but who’s targeting who?

Jan 21

Hard Candy — Elliot Page excels in an unsettling drama of teen and predator

Jan 21

Barnaby Page

Barnaby Page

Barnaby is a journalist based in Suffolk, UK. By day he covers science and public policy; by night, film and classical music. He has also been a cinema manager.

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