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Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan

Singer and lyricist of the band The Pogues, Shane MacGowan (1957-2023), Irish national hero and patron saint of drunkards, is remembered for his public self-destructiveness, jagged teeth, ragged but charismatic habitus, massive, troll-like ears, and incoherent, slurred speech, which from time to time might have benefitted from subtitles for comprehension.

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D is for Distance

Fifteen filmless years have passed since Content (if we ignore Petit's minute contribution to the omnibus The Film That Buys the Cinema, 2014).

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Dead End Drive-In

Genre genius Brian Trenchard-Smith's Dead End Drive-In is rooted in an unexpected bit of realism: that by the 1980s, many drive-ins had to be used for purposes other than screening movies during the day, as the core business had long stopped paying the bills.

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Cast of Shadows

Robert J. Flaherty is considered the father of documentary cinema, but he is also the great grandfather of Finnish experimental filmmaker Sami van Ingen.

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Chevalier

In 2011 Athina Rachel Tsangari visited Sodankylä with her wild cult film Attenberg (2010). As characterful and as charming is her film Chevalier; a slightly comic depiction of a group of men – once again strongly in the spirit of the Greek New Wave.

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