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Blog posts by year and monthNovember 2015

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  1. By Our Selves

    By Our Selves

    The latest film from avant garde film maker Andrew Kötting stars Toby Jones as the poet John Clare. It’s a curious work but funny, fascinating and thought provoking...

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  2. Watching Films

    Watching Films

    I posted recently about Shia Labeouf and got a heated response to my claim that directors only make films - critics have to watch them. Here is what I meant by that...

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  3. Rylance Retrospective

    Rylance Retrospective

    Steven Spielberg’s new film Bridge of Spies is out next week and features great work from Mark Rylance. He's best known as a stage actor but there is one outstanding screen performance that many will not have seen…

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  4. Sheer LaBeouf

    Sheer LaBeouf

    Shia LaBeouf’s latest project was a live feed of him watching all his movies. Here is my take on the exercise...

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  5. My Top Ten Michael Fassbender Films

    My Top Ten Michael Fassbender Films

    Michael Fassbender stars in the new movie Steve Jobs which opens today. Here is my pick of his best performances to date.

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  6. Animation Rules

    Animation Rules

    The race for the Oscar for best animated feature is really hotting up - there are so many strong contenders already and still more to come before the end of the year...

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  7. Return To Crimson Peak

    Return To Crimson Peak

    I posted recently saying how much I loved Crimson Peak and asking why some others felt so differently - here is some of your feedback.

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  8. The Art Of Exploitation

    The Art Of Exploitation

    Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn has published a book of exploitation movie posters - I talk to his collaborator Alan Jones about this weird and wonderful collection.

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