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‘I said goodbye to Heath Ledger at this urinal’: a stroll round Terry Gilliam’s pivotal places
The studio where he crashed the Life of Brian spaceship, the stage where he put on a Faust that caused fights, the pub where he last spoke to Heath Ledger … the ex-Python takes a hilarious and evocative meander down memory lane
The Ultimate List of Screenwriting Dialogue Clichés
We know them. We laugh at them. And we hope that we don't accidentally weave them into our work.
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Cinema has a long history of being misunderstood. Often, a movie is dismissed because it clashes with contemporary expectations or its audience isn’t read
Uncut Gems: the Letterboxd crew picks their favorite underseen pictures of the past 25 years • Journal
A quarter into the 21st century, the Letterboxd crew and contributors recommend over 30 of the best underseen films of the last 25 years, including a Claire Denis deep cut, a Barry Jenkins visual…
Uncut Gems: the Letterboxd crew picks their favorite underseen pictures of the past 25 years • Journal
A quarter into the 21st century, the Letterboxd crew and contributors recommend over 30 of the best underseen films of the last 25 years, including a Claire Denis deep cut, a Barry Jenkins visual poem and a Jane Campion love story.
Monstrous Feminine: twenty feminist horror films to explore the subversive genre • Journal
From final girls to monstrous liberation, horror has long been an avenue to unpack and subvert misogynist tropes—Katie Rife dives in, sharing a starter pack of twenty feminist horror films that’ll…
Woman on the Verge: 50 years of Chantal Akerman's modern, ever-shifting masterwork, Jeanne Dielman • Journal
To mark 50 years of Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, Ella Kemp explores what makes the film such a modern, dynamic and watchable reflection of all our greatest fears.
A new version of Tinto Brass and Bob Guccione’s notorious 1979 film ‘Caligula’ provides a valuable record of one of the most fascinating disasters in cinema history.
J. Hoberman Reviews Margarethe von Trotta's New Film 'Hannah Arendt'
You can keep Fast & Furious 6 and The Hangover Part III. My guilty pleasure this week is Hannah Arendt (premiering at New York’s Film Forum May 29), the latest collaboration between actress Barbara Sukowa and director Margarethe von Trotta. Guilt, of course, being the operative word. How to characterize the movie’s protagonist? Hannah Arendt …
‘Every slap we got from the screws was real’: Ray Winstone on brutal borstal drama Scum
‘During the riot scene, all the baked beans and mashed potato ended up on the floor. It became like an ice rink. It looks fantastic – but it was pretty hairy’
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‘Touch of Evil’ at 67: Orson Welles’ Grandiose Film Noir that Took Four Decades to Shine In Its Intended Form • Cinephilia & Beyond
By Sven Mikulec When Universal approached Orson Welles with an intriguing supporting role in a new thriller tentatively called Badge of Evil, the filmmaker was at a difficult point of his career, not having directed an American film in a full decade. He spent the last ten years directing international productions like Othello
Inside the Controversy Surrounding Disney’s ‘Snow White’ Remake
The dwarfs. The casting. The politics of the lead actress. And that wig! Is Disney’s live-action remake of the classic film doomed by culture war skirmishes?