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Jonathan McCalmont

The Overnighters

Sit down to watch an American film and chances are that, even if said film is supposed to revolve around a ‘normal family’, the characters will own a vast and immaculately decorated
February 5, 2015

The Killing + Killer’s Kiss

Stanley Kubrick didn’t hit many speedbumps on the road to becoming a cinematic legend but his 1956 noir thriller The Killing was definitely one of them. By then, the 28 year-old director
February 2, 2015

Thief

Though best known for such stylish crime thrillers as Manhunter, Heat and Collateral, Michael Mann began his career as a documentary filmmaker. After graduating from the London Film School, Mann travelled to
January 20, 2015

The Keeper Of Lost Causes

Scandinavian noir has been a victim of its own success. Back in the late 2000s, a TV series called The Killing emerged from the market for DVD box sets and began turning
December 22, 2014

Hockney

Documentary film-making can take many forms and embrace many different sets of values. Some documentaries aim to give you the truth while others feed you a line but the one universal value
December 15, 2014

Ida

Born to a family of Polish intellectuals, Pawel Pawlikovsky has spent most of his life outside of his native Poland. Now settled in the UK, his cinematic output has always displayed a
November 21, 2014

Breaking the Waves

Over the years, Lars von Trier has acquired something of a reputation as the trickster god of European art house film. When he isn’t getting thrown out of Cannes for expressing sympathy
November 9, 2014

Before The Winter Chill

Philippe Claudel began his directorial career with a film about a woman trying to put her life back together after serving time for the deliberate murder of her own child. Released in
September 15, 2014

Blanche

The history of European cinema is really nothing but a series of random events. At any point in the last century, the winds of fashion could easily have changed direction and changed
September 3, 2014

Goto, Island of Love

Walerian ‘Boro’ Borowczyk may well have trained as a painter and lithographer but he began his cinematic career with a series of exquisitely made animated shorts. Though technically his second feature-length film,
September 3, 2014
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