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The Coen Brothers, Charles Portis, and True Grit

Rory Steabler
December 21, 2020
Features, Love Letter, Nostalgia
Ten years on from its release, True Grit has settled firmly into the middle ground of Joel and Ethan Coen’s filmography. It's well-respected in the Coen canon but doesn’t seem to be many people’s...
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How Tangled’s Flynn Rider Perfected the Disney Prince

Alex Goldstein
November 19, 2020
Close-Up, Features, Nostalgia, One Off
Tangled has always had a bit of a mixed reputation. Although cinema-going audiences treated it fairly kindly, it struggled to make back its mammoth budget. Critics shrugged at it - complaining it was a little...
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A Love Letter to… The Great Dictator

Jess Goodman
November 18, 2020
Features, Love Letter, Nostalgia
“I remain just one thing, and one thing only, and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician.” For Charlie Chaplin, making people laugh was part of who he was. Having made his...
All About Eve

A Love Letter to… All About Eve

Angela Moore
October 8, 2020
Features, Love Letter, Nostalgia
All About Eve, which turns 70 this year, is mostly remembered for two things: its precise, acerbic screenplay, and its star, Bette Davis, who gives the ultimate Bette Davis performance in the ultimate Bette...
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A Love Letter to… Seven, after 25 years

Jess Goodman
September 21, 2020
Features, Love Letter, Nostalgia
“Ernest Hemingway once wrote, ‘The world is a fine place and worth fighting for.’ I agree with the second part.” So concludes Morgan Freeman’s character in the final moments of Seven. On paper,...
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Goodfellas, 30 Years On: You Always Want to be a Gangster

Louise Burrell
September 17, 2020
Features, Love Letter, Nostalgia
“As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster.” And so was born an instant classic, a film that’s considered one of the greatest of all time. Goodfellas explored the ultimate...
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Love Letter: Buster Keaton’s One Week, 100 Years On

Jess Goodman
September 1, 2020
Features, Love Letter, Nostalgia
“Who would not wish to live a hundred years in a world where there are so many people who remember with gratitude and affection a little man with a frozen face who made them laugh a bit long years ago when...
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At 70, Rashomôn Remains the Best Blockbuster Hollywood Never Made

Jack Cameron
August 28, 2020
Features, Love Letter, Nostalgia
Torrential rain batters against the skeleton of a half-destroyed building, where two men shelter inside. They are quiet and shell-shocked; ‘I can’t understand it. I can’t understand it at all’ is all...
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Unbridled Hope in On the Town

Anna McKibbin
August 1, 2020
Features, Love Letter, Nostalgia
Before the three protagonists of Gene Kelly’s On the Town come bounding into frame, the audience is greeted with a series of sweeping shots of the static New York skyline. We see a construction worker...
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Forty Years On, Caddyshack Remains a Cinderella Story

Carmen Paddock
July 23, 2020
Features, Love Letter, Nostalgia
There are messy films that have aimed at greatness. Films whose evident care, visionary goal, and meticulous craftsmanship are apparent through the shipwreck of ambition. There are others that are deliberately...
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Atonement and the Precarity of Desire

Anahit Behrooz
July 17, 2020
Features, Love Letter, Nostalgia
Atonement was the film that made me fall in love with cinema. There had been films before and innumerable films since, but nothing has ever approached that heart-stopping, locking-eyes-across-a-crowded-room...
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85 Years Later, The Bride of Frankenstein Still Fascinates

Katy Moon
May 6, 2020
Analysis, Features, Love Letter
Horror sequels are no new phenomenon. Returning four years after the original Frankenstein, 1935’s Bride of Frankenstein was early proof that it takes more than an angry mob to keep a good Monster down....
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Pandemic Panic: The Best Horror Films to Distract You Right Now

Rob Salusbury
April 9, 2020
A Beginner's Guide To..., Analysis, Nostalgia, Opinion
It doesn’t take a psychologist to realise that now might not be the best time for everyone's mental health. Global pandemics tend not to be the most calming of situations, and the recent state of lockdown...
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Color Out of Space and the New Wave of Weird Cinema

Jack Cameron
April 4, 2020
Analysis, Features, Love Letter, One Off, Opinion, Spotlight
It's been 23 years since Richard Stanley has made a movie, but this month he returns with Color Out of Space. First, he had to convince Nicolas Cage to say yes (he did). Then he prayed to ancient alien god...
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25 Years Later, Safe Remains as Chilling as Ever

Carmen Paddock
February 25, 2020
Features, Love Letter, Nostalgia
Today’s news often leaves little to be happy about. Spikes in carbon emissions from rainforests and permafrost have shaken previous climate models, leading experts to predict we have far less time than...
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