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In her eyes: notes on Gloria Grahame (a video essay)
With a curl of her lip and an arch of her eyebrow, Gloria Grahame was the actress who stood up to both Humphrey Bogart and Lee Marvin in their most violent roles. In this video essay, Serena Bramble explores the burn mark Grahame left on the silver screen.
Friday 24 November 2017 -
From the Magazine
The Big Heat archive review: Fritz Lang returns with a masterful thriller
On its original release in 1954 our critic Lindsay Anderson was grateful for this taut, ingenious film with outstanding performances from Glenn Ford and Gloria Grahame. It’s back in cinemas now.
Friday 24 November 2017 -
Mudbound review: families at war on home soil
In Dee Rees’s mythic and superbly acted family saga set in the Mississippi Delta in the 1940s, two young men return from the front only to find bigotry and poverty tearing their community apart, writes Adam Nayman.
Wednesday 22 November 2017 -
From the Magazine
Justice League review: when good superheroes go bad
Wonder Woman is reduced to a wet blanket while Superman continues to snarl in this tiresome, messy saga, which shoehorns in minor players at the expense of DC’s stars and a decent plot, writes Kim Newman.
Wednesday 22 November 2017 -
Year zero at the Pingyao International Film Festival
The first edition of this Chinese festival founded by Jia Zhangke was a compact affair, but its bold programming delivered on his mission to bring great cinema to the provinces, writes John Bleasdale.
Friday 17 November 2017 -
From the Magazine
Film of the week: Good Time takes a spin around Robert Pattinson’s no-good hood
A frenetic bungled-heist thriller following the former Twilight star on a whirlwind tour of the New York streets, the Safdie brothers’ latest is as morally disorienting as it is cinematically expressive, writes Adam Nayman.
Thursday 16 November 2017 -
From the Magazine
Tears and laughter: 10 female stars of Golden Age Japanese cinema
Many of the greatest post-war Japanese films owe much of their power and sophistication to their leading ladies as they explore the experiences of women struggling to find their place in a conservative culture in social and technological flux. Alexander Jacoby profiles ten headline actresses for our latest Deep Focus season.
Thursday 16 November 2017 -
From the Magazine
Paddington 2 review: Brexit, pursued by a bear
Anti-migrant prejudice and Hugh Grant’s hilarious villain endanger our ursine hero in this Chaplinesque sequel, which balances sentiment and slapstick while hymning the joys of multiculturalism, writes Kate Stables.
Wednesday 15 November 2017 -
My Point Break quest: “It was about us against the system”
Sophie Brown’s search for the rights to screen Kathryn Bigelow’s surf classic seemed to be all washed up, but suddenly the tide turned, and now Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves’s Bodhi and Johnny can return to British screens.
Tuesday 14 November 2017 -
Documenta 2017: cinema speaks loud and clear
At this edition of the multidisciplinary festival, film seemed to occupy a privileged position among the arts, which meant that the varied works on show had a unique opportunity to connect with the audience, writes Olaf Möller.
Friday 10 November 2017
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