Often in discussions of film, there are those inevitable phrases like, ‘of the moment’ or…
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William S. Burroughs stated that the title of his most (in)famous book, Naked Lunch (1959),…
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As you have probably seen, dear reader, this week I have been looking at landmarks…
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Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically. -D.H. Lawrence, Lady…
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We likely all know this film’s iconic, bizarre, tone-setting nightmare of an opening: Henry Spencer…
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It’s one of the oldest Hollywood stories there is: young dreamer comes to Hollywood looking…
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I’ve actually been meaning to catch up with Shanghai Surprise for some time: growing up…
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Social message films or ‘issue dramas’ almost always have the cards stacked against them. Film…
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Reagan’s Morning in America was a dream world, suggesting that even the more massive historical…
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I Am Curious (Yellow) broke through the censors in 1969 even though Lena, the lead character,…
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