23.12.14

Ode to Kirihito

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Instances of rape in this comic: five. First instance. Kirihito's fiancée Izumi is raped by his colleague (and best friend?) Urabe. ...

Favourite Songs of 2014 (Part 1)

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Usual rules apply. One song per artist, with allowances for features. A large body of work that has impressed this year is liable to push en...
21.12.14

Of Freaks and Men

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Shot in sepia and interspersed with inter-titles, this Russian film evokes the beginnings of cinema, right down to the focus on faces silent...
14.12.14

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UKIP voters are so disaffected, and so distrusting of politicians, they cannot easily be 'bought off' by policy offers. There are al...
7.12.14

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1

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The Hunger Games become war games in the latest installment of the franchise, but the rules remain the same: a contest of messaging and prop...
30.11.14

2001: A Space Odyssey

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At the BFI screening I went to, we were provided with the interpretation of a New Jersey teenager called Margaret Stackhouse, written shortl...
29.11.14

The Virgin Spring

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The film begins with a prayer to Odin and ends with a prayer to God. Both are answered in their own ambiguous way. This being Bergman, the w...
1.11.14

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"It was true that the French, British, Germans and some other European peoples remained willing to make great sacrifices to defend them...
19.10.14

Red Desert

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Antonioni's first colour film is a visual treat. Industrial structures are composed into symphonies towering above Monica Vitti – the pr...