Sep
17
CAMELOT
“Don’t let it be forgot, that once there was a spot, for one brief, shining moment that was known
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Sep
16
FROZEN FRAMES
Though screenwriters aren’t often asked about their favourite shots in cinema, I thought I’d venture a selection of
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Sep
11
YOU WERE A GOOD SPORT, CHARLIE KIRK
It’s hard not to suspect that the violent, dehumanising rhetoric of the radical left—on the rise since 2016,
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Sep
10
UN MOMENTO MAGICO
Recovering from a gym workout routine devised for me by Rickshaw, I couldn’t decide whether to have a coffee
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Sep
04
KIM
When prostitute Polly the Pistol (Kim Novak) makes her exit from the Venetian-blind–shuttered town of Climax, Nevada, in Billy
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Sep
03
ORPHEUS RETURNS
"As we sit on the bridge of life, watching the water flow by, just remember—we are the water
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Sep
02
PARENTAL GUIDANCE
Ducked out of the rain to catch the 50th anniversary re-release of Jaws and soak in the sea-salty, blood-stained atmosphere
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Sep
01
AUTUMNISM
"September approaching ... I feel I owe myself a brief respite of leisure and no rushing around. I can'
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Aug
30
CAMERA BUFF
Watching Krzysztof Kieślowski’s Camera Buff (1979) in 2025, it’s hard to believe the film is nearly 50 years
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Aug
29
HEAVEN AND HELL
Indeep once sang, “Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life,” and although my relationship with Kanye West's
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