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The Ladykillers (Alexander Mackendrick, 1955, UK, 91 mins) During my A-Level Film Studies classes, there was a module on British comedy…

The Nine Muses (John Akomfrah, 2012, UK, 90 mins) Memory has always been of interest to film-makers, whether that has…

The Three Musketeers (2011, Paul W.S. Anderson, USA, 110 mins) In the spring of 1844 a story was first published,…

Top Films of 2012

Martha Marcy May Marlene (2012, Sean Durkin, USA, 102 mins) I first remember hearing rumblings about Sean Durkin’s debut feature…

Coriolanus (2012, Ralph Fiennes, UK, 122 mins) I have enjoyed the stories of The Bard since an early age, when…

The Artist (2012, Michel Hazanvicius, France, 100 minutes) Although it received its official release in the UK on December 30…

World Cinema

Uzak (2004, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turkey, 110 mins) World cinema can, at the best of times, throw up a gem…

City of God (2003, Fernando Meirelles, Brazil, 130 mins) Set in a favela district of Rio de Janeiro during the…

La Grande Illusion (1937, Jean Renoir, France, 114 mins) In 1937, with the Nazi party in power in Germany, the…

Post Mortem (2011, Pablo Larraín, Chile, 98 mins) It is very hard to separate politics and film and even the biggest…

Werckmeister Harmonies (2003, Béla Tarr, Hungary, 145 mins) Béla Tarr once said film could and should be used, not to…

Il Boom (1962, Vittorio De Sica, Italy, 97 mins) It’s an age old question and one that has been used…

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