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Some notes about the art of falling: Charlie Chaplin by John Berger
In this piece from our January 2015 issue, John Berger considers Chaplin a century after The Tramp first strolled on to cinema screens, and finds that his early films have lost none of their surprise or humour or bite or illumination.
Thursday 16 April 2020 -
From the Magazine
Poet of time: Wong Kar-Wai on Chungking Express
In this interview from our September 1995 issue, Tony Rayns catches up with Wong Kar Wai on the set of Fallen Angels to talk about the Hong Kong director’s achingly cool romance Chungking Express, one of the defining works of 90s arthouse cinema.
Wednesday 15 April 2020 -
Julie Christie, the honey-glow girl
Julie Christie has survived being the representative of a new generation into political activism and grande dame-hood. As she turns 80, we revisit the great, underrated actor behind the beauty in this profile from our December 2005 issue.
Tuesday 14 April 2020 -
Preaching about the perverted: sadomasochistic romance on screen
The leather-styled trappings of BDSM culture have often drawn filmmakers’ attention – but not all portraits of sadomasochistic relationships are equal, finds Anna Bogutskaya.
Friday 10 April 2020 -
Crip Camp review: irreverence and activism in the glow of summertime
The uplifting story of a radical summer camp for disabled teenagers that shaped several generations, by Hannah McGill.
Thursday 9 April 2020 -
Who You Think I Am review: Juliette Binoche fakes it for love
Binoche reinvents herself online as a much younger woman in this none-too-subtle addition to the ‘cougar’ cycle, finds Ginette Vincendeau.
Thursday 9 April 2020 -
From the Magazine
The first kiss takes so long: Richard Linklater on Before Sunrise
Richard Linklater’s Before Sunrise was released in UK cinemas 25 years ago this week. In this interview from our May 1995 issue, the director talks to Ben Thompson about the then new film, about becoming a filmmaker, and about his favourite high school movies.
Wednesday 8 April 2020 -
From the Magazine
Jean-Pierre Melville: a samurai in Paris
In this interview from our Summer 1968 issue, Rui Noguiera and Francois Truchaud spoke to the French director Jean-Pierre Melville shortly after the release of his classic neo-noir film Le Samourai, starring Alain Delon in one of his defining roles.
Monday 6 April 2020 -
Voodoo road: Marina Warner on David Lynch’s Lost Highway
In this feature originally published in our August 1997 issue, Marina Warner explores Lynch’s byzantine thriller, a film whose shadow stealing and spirit doubling goes beyond Blue Velvet to the edge of identity itself.
Friday 3 April 2020 -
From the Magazine
Peter Wollen on dandyism, decadence and death in Performance
In this piece from our September 1995 issue, Peter Wollen revisits Nicolas Roeg and Donald Camell’s Performance, starring Mick Jagger and James Fox, and finds the apotheosis of the high 1960s in its heady collision of East End crime and libertine Chelsea bohemia.
Friday 3 April 2020
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