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Jonathan McCalmont

If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle

Despite its apparent internationalism, world cinema is in fact a deeply conservative environment where known quantities and familiar names resonate far more clearly than either innovation or talent.
August 17, 2012
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The Night Porter

Celebrated for its themes of sexual transgression and reviled for the decision to explore those themes against a background of German war guilt and Holocaust survival, Liliana Cavani’s The Night Porter is
July 29, 2012
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Hawks and Sparrows

There is a real danger inherent in being tied to the present moment as you begin to look dated the second that moment passes.
July 20, 2012
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Pigsty

‘I killed my father, I have eaten human flesh, and I quiver with joy’ utters a beautiful young man minutes before he is staked out and left for dead on the side
July 19, 2012
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Director Paul Verhoeven

As Paul Verhoeven’s Total Recall gets a re-release this month, Jonathan McCalmont takes a trawl through the career of a Director whose visceral and uncompromising style has grabbed Tinsel Town by the
July 11, 2012

Howl's Moving Castle

Based on a novel by Diana Wynne Jones, Howl’s Moving Castle is a visually stunning piece of animation that delivers everything we have come to expect from a Hayao Miyazaki film including
June 20, 2012
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Billy Wilder

The Lost Weekend, Sunset Boulevard, Double Indemnity, Some Like it Hot. Billy Wilder’s name has been linked with some of the greatest films of Hollywood’s golden era.
June 7, 2012

The Rafi Pitts Collection

Given that the Western war machine is currently casting about for reasons to invade Iran, now seems the perfect time to remind ourselves that Iran and its people are far more than
June 6, 2012
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