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Arts Film TheatreMatt NeubauerOctober 5, 2018November 1, 2018

Review: The Malady Of Death (The Barbican)

The Malady of Death, Alice Birch and Katie Mitchell’s arresting new piece of Live Cinema, arrives at the Barbican and leaves a striking impression.

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Allied
Arts Debate Film In DepthRebecca Speare-ColeJuly 4, 2018

Time’s up for gun glamourisation in Hollywood

Time’s up on the under-examined Hollywood staple of on screen gun violence and glamourisation

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Unlisted Owners
Arts FilmEJ OakleyFebruary 4, 2018February 4, 2018

Unlisted Owner

There are some found-footage films out there today which could serve as hopeful signs that the genre isn’t slowly and painfully asphyxiating itself after all. Unfortunately, this is not that film.

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Let the Corpses Tan
Arts Film London Film Festival 2017James WitherspoonOctober 11, 2017October 12, 2017

Let the Corpses Tan

Helene Cattet and Bruno Forzani are arguably the most controversial duo in horror. Famed for their mysterious, enigmatic forays into giallo – Amer and The Strange Colour of Your Body’s Tears – they’re the masters of sellable obscurity. Many have interpreted these pieces as hollow imitations of far more genuine works, or otherwise as meaningless…

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The Story of a Satelitte
25th Raindance Arts Festivals FilmJames WitherspoonSeptember 25, 2017

The Story of a Satellite

There are some mistakes that first time, low budget filmmakers seem prone to making. The Story of a Satellite could actually be conveyed as a spoof film parodying those issues, were it not so clearly genuine. Welcome to Film School 101.

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Golden Ratio
Arts Film In DepthJames WitherspoonAugust 27, 2017

The Battle of the Formats: The Golden Ratio

Aspect ratios are the window through which we view movies. Whether you’re watching on your iPhone or the BFI IMAX, the filmmaker has decided how much footage they want you to see at any one time. But exactly how much footage is the right amount of footage?

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Arts Film In DepthJames WitherspoonAugust 9, 2017September 13, 2017

The Battle of the Formats: LieMAX

Formats, for better or worse, define the cinematic experience: how big is the screen? What’s the aspect ratio? Digital or projection? What’s the seating arrangement? With The Battle of the Formats, I’m gonna be addressing a number of different topics around the physical presentation of films to help you inform how to have the ultimate…

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Reviews 2017
Arts FilmEJ OakleyJuly 16, 2017

Anti Matter

From independent writer and director Keir Burrows comes a smart, stylish, and ultimately riveting techno-thriller unlike anything else out there today.

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Arts FilmJames CassirJuly 11, 2017July 11, 2017

Baby Driver

Edgar Wright’s latest film is a fast-paced, high-octane action thriller which manages to serve up humour and romance to the pulse of a chic soundtrack.

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