George Lockett uncovers traces of classical legends in the very modern superhero phenomenon.
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Joanna Pocock analyses the significance of control in Richard Östlund’s Force Majeure.
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Myths and legends belong to society – but individual storytellers can retell them in a personal, unique way and claim creative ownership of that version. Does this apply to the ...
Harry Waight ruminates on Boyhood – and how the film’s links to a naturalistic tradition have divided audiences.
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Following cult favourite Tony (2009), Gerard Johnson returns with his uncompromisingly bleak Hyena – a stylish, British Bad Lieutenant, set in West London. He talks to Litro about directorial control, ...
Where does Birdman sit in the pantheon of Mad Artist films? Is it as bold as we think?
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Infidelity is at the ground floor of many a narrative structure and for the characters, more often than not, it’s all about the sex. What happens to the mind of ...
Thomas Greylees ponders the indefinable art of the Marx Brothers.
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Confessions of a Middle-Earth apologist.
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Litro reviews its films of the year.
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Thomas Greylees reviews New Zealand’s best vampire comedy horror documentary.
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Adam Ley-Lange reviews Roger Corman’s classic (and not so classic) horrors.
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Amy Howerska reviews the new biopic about Britain’s secret war hero.
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Thea Hawlin dives into the dark depths of ‘Nightcrawler’.
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A platoon of great essayists invades Planet Sci-Fi, documenting the fashions, ideas and anxieties of the greatest films in the genre.
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Davina Quinlivan investigates the long shadow that Broadmoor casts over the novels of Patrick McGrath.
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Misunderstood masterpiece or pretentious twaddle?
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A confused and confusing genre mash-up.
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A gripping action thriller set in 1971 Northern Ireland.
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An absorbing yet predictable crime drama from Sicily.
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