DVD Review: Swimming To Cambodia
The Killing Fields was a powerful and moving work of cinema which brought the horrendous actions of the Khmer Rouge to a mass audience. Writer and actor Spalding Gray played…
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DVD Review: Eastern Boys
Immigration is a huge political issue across Europe. Whilst the media like to deal in sensationalist headlines and scaremongering, it’s often left to cinema to paint a more humane and…
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DVD Review: Amour Fou
We have a certain fascination with the lives of those who create profound and timeless prose and poetry. For those of us with no literary talent, the desire to understand…
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DVD Review: The Other
If cinema tells us anything about children, it’s that they’re inherently evil. Children and adolescents are often the scariest thing you’ll find in a horror film. Damien traumatised an entire…
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DVD Review: Spring in a Small Town
Little is widely known about early Chinese cinema is West. To a lesser degree, the same can be said in China itself. Much of the influence of early film making…
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DVD Review: Fury
There have been many films about World War II, and as such an important period in our history, it’s a conflict which continues to occupy thoughts and minds. This century…
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DVD Review: Wild River
Elia Kazan is often considered to be one of the most influential directors working in post-war American cinema. Responsible for introducing the world to James Dean and Marlon Brando, he…
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DVD Review: Rabid
David Cronenberg built a reputation as a filmmaker through the establishment of what was to become classed as the “body horror” genre. The Canadian director’s fascination with the effect of…
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Blu-ray Review: The Killing + Killer’s Kiss
Stanley Kubrick is one of the greatest film directors of all time. He’s been widely acclaimed for his later post-Dr Strangelove work, including 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Shining, A…
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DVD Review: The Great Museum
There’s something simply fascinating about being a fly on the wall. Especially when that wall belongs to a famous historic institution like the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. What is completely…
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