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Back door Santas: the Christmas musical underground
Mitchell Kezin’s Jingle Bell Rocks! uncovers the subcultural orbits of soul, blues, jazz and rap around the Christmas tree, finds Sam Davies.
Wednesday 23 December 2015 -
From the Magazine
Nora Ephron made films that combined caustic wit with happy endings – and helped define the modern romantic comedy. Hannah McGill remembers the comedian who anticipated our online culture of disclosure and influenced a generation of female comics.
Thursday 10 December 2015 -
From the Magazine
Nick James explores the enduring influence of the great Russian arthouse pioneer Andrei Tarkovsky on an eclectic array of filmmakers of the past 30 years, from Lars von Trier and Terrence Malick to Béla Tarr and Claire Denis.
Friday 27 November 2015 -
From the Magazine
Some observations by the late Penelope Houston, extracted from issues of Sight & Sound, which she edited from 1956 to 1990. Originally compiled in our Winter 90/91 issue to mark her retirement from the magazine.
Thursday 12 November 2015 -
Keeping a distance: Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman
Chantal Akerman’s films found a new, personal way of screening women, argues Janet Bergstrom.
Tuesday 6 October 2015 -
From the Magazine
Throughout her career, the great director Chantal Akerman – who has sadly died, aged 65 – pursued certain themes and ideas. Cristina Álvarez López and Adrian Martin offer a guide to some of the most important.
Tuesday 6 October 2015 -
Washed away: lost films by female directors
Cinema’s pre-segregated heyday of female filmmaking is sadly also its most hidden from history. Here seven critics nominate lost treasures they hope might yet be rediscovered.
Friday 2 October 2015 -
Behind every great female-directed film is a female director. It’s time to make them iconic, says Isabel Stevens.
Monday 7 September 2015 -
Te Wei, founding father of Chinese animation
Alex Dudok de Wit celebrates the accidental animator who helped forge a native style under Mao.
Friday 28 August 2015 -
Fall of the wild: a brief history of dogs on film
Man’s dominion over the movies has entailed the muzzling of his best friend’s instinct for improv, says Robert Hanks.
Tuesday 11 August 2015
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