Blinded by the Light
“What does he know about our world?” asks a Pakistani teenager in Luton, one of Britain’s cities in decline in... View Article
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Blinded by the Light
“What does he know about our world?” asks a Pakistani teenager in Luton, one of Britain’s cities in decline in... View Article
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The Romantic Englishwoman
Pulp writer Lewis Fielding's (Michael Caine) wife Elizabeth (Glenda Jackson), vacationing alone in Baden-Baden, meets a drug courier and gigolo named Thomas (Helmut Berger, a Visconti amanuensis who effervescently exploits his real-life decadent image).
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The Passenger
After Blow Up (1966) and Zabriskie Point (1970), the indisputable master of philosophical long takes, Michelangelo Antonioni, continued his stylistic evolution in his road movie classic The Passenger (1975), his third film in English.
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The Filth and the Fury
The new millennium begins with this rowdy rockumentary, taking over from where the earlier Sex Pistols mockumentary The Great Rock... View Article
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The Cardinal and the Corpse & Asylum
The 1980s saw a massive resurgence in London literature.
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The Carfax Fragment & Content
It's curious that the short film The Carfax Fragment is almost never shown, considering that it investigates Purfleet where Dracula bought the manor from whence he set out to spread terror and unleash desires.
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McCabe and Mrs Miller
Following critic Robin Wood’s theory on Robert Altman, protagonist John McCabe (Warren Beatty) embarks on an endeavour that he thinks he can control.
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Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten
In 1976 Joe Strummer (1952-2002) founded The Clash, one of the leading bands of the British punk movement. Before his tragic early death, the rock legend began working with Julien Temple on a biopic that would be released five years after his passing.
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