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Cinephilia down the ages: a Museum of the Everyday
An exhibition devoted to obsessive and quirky records of cinemagoing reveals how film fandom, and geekery, have transformed over the past century, finds Pamela Hutchinson.
Tuesday 8 November 2016 -
Cambridge Film Festival 2016: Where artists and archives meet
Artist-filmmakers and archivists waltzed together as new films delved into local rituals and compelling found footage, while programmers unturned gems from cheery 3D curios to 60s psychedelia, reports Henry K. Miller.
Tuesday 8 November 2016 -
Video: A tour through French noir
What makes French film noir French? Dive down to the lowest depths with Cristina Álvarez López and Adrian Martin’s video abstract, charting six key Gallic characteristics of cinema’s most alluringly brooding genre.
Friday 4 November 2016 -
From the Magazine
How the French birthed film noir
Harder, deeper, darker: Ginette Vincendeau on how the French fused urban realism, underclass romance and shadow politics to produce some of the cinema’s keynote fatal fantasies.
Friday 4 November 2016 -
From the Magazine
Film of the week: Nocturnal Animals
Michael Shannon lends a veneer of gothic wit to Tom Ford’s otherwise all too glassy looking-glass thriller, says Adam Nayman.
Thursday 3 November 2016 -
Waking nightmares at FrightFest Halloween 2016
The annual horror movie marathon may no longer be an after-hours affair, but this year’s selection offered many films obsessed with bedtime and the fear of things that go bump in the night, says Anton Bitel.
Wednesday 2 November 2016 -
Experimenta 2016: Explosions at the end of the line
From Bill Morrison’s history dig in the Yukon to Fiona Tan’s decolonial meditation on Mount Fuji, much of this year’s LFF Experimenta delved back into cinema’s past to forge funky and unfamiliar visions of the medium’s future, writes Sophie Mayer.
Wednesday 2 November 2016 -
Why is it so hard to see East Asian films in UK cinemas?
A few years back, East Asian cinema experienced a boom in popularity, but these days, most titles find it difficult to get even a small release in the UK. Can audiences learn to embrace Eastern cinema once again, asks Anton Bitel?
Monday 31 October 2016 -
Nonfiction haven: Camden, Maine’s festival on the rise
A burgeoning US hub for the cinematic documentary scene, New England’s Camden International Film Festival encompasses multitudes – including, this year, a standout six-minute archival portrait of municipal farce and hubris. Ashley Clark reports.
Monday 31 October 2016 -
From the Magazine
Film of the week: Doctor Strange
Benedict Cumberbatch brings some supreme sorcery to the role of Marvel’s differently abled bighead in a movie that takes 3D to the Mirror Dimension, says Kim Newman.
Saturday 29 October 2016
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