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Jonathan McCalmont

The Connection

Back in the 1930s, the busy French port of Marseilles was home to a small drug-trafficking ring operated by a Corsican gang. The gang would buy surplus opium poppies from licensed farmers
October 14, 2015

Colors

This blu-ray release includes a wonderfully telling interview with the film’s writer Michael Schiffer in which he talks about being summoned to a producer’s office in order to talk about doing a
August 19, 2015

State of Grace

There is an excellent piece of social realism struggling to get out from beneath this bloated rock opera of a film. Written by the socially-conscious playwright Dennis McIntyre, State of Grace is
August 19, 2015

My Darling Clementine

After spending the Second World War commanding a high-profile film-making unit, legendary director John Ford returned to 20th Century Fox and decided to make a western. Given that Ford hadn’t made a
August 13, 2015

Les Combattants

When Thomas Cailley’s debut Les Combattants (a.k.a. Love at First Fight) first screened at the Cannes film festival, it was met with a standing ovation. Some critics hailed it as the future
August 7, 2015

Stalag 17

Back in 1995, the British filmmaker Adam Curtis produced a documentary series about politics, memory and the construction of normality. The first episode of The Living Dead deals with the Second World
July 24, 2015

3 Women

Robert Altman was one of a handful of directors to emerge from the last Hollywood Golden Age with an unblemished professional reputation. Discharged from the US Air Force in 1946, Altman settled
July 11, 2015

Drone

Often known by such euphemistic monikers as ‘Unmanned Aerial Vehicle’ (UAV) and ‘Remotely Piloted Aircraft’ (RPA), drones are rapidly emerging as the iconic representation of 21st Century state power. First developed by
May 24, 2015
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