Posted in Review

Film Review: Bottoms (2023)

“Cult classic” isn’t a title one should too soon or too often frivolously attach to a fil. But if a queer, Gen Z, satire-comedy flick…

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Posted in Movies Year in Film

1988 in Film: The 50 Greatest Movies of the Year

Well, you voted, and then you waited for the results. You dug deep into your memories of 1988 in Film, as others desperately flocked to…

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Pulp Fiction
Posted in Movies Year in Film

1994 in Film: Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction

Full disclosure: I am very much a child of the 90’s, which means a few things. Disney animated moves were a staple of our youth…

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Posted in World Cinema Year in Film

1994 in Film: The Teen TV Movie Series That Bridged Two Eras of French Cinema

When we think of auteur collaborative projects, bits of film pieced together from the finest filmmakers of the era sharing a common theme, we think…

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Film Review: Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman – now on Netflix

Martin Scorsese’s highly anticipated mob saga The Irishman, starring Robert De Niro as the late mob assassin Frank “The Irishman” Sheeran (1920-2003) is a dream…

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Posted in Culture Movies

Filmotomy Culture: The 100 Best Films of the 21st Century

Nearly four weeks after the infamous 100 list in The Guardian, we at Filmotomy scouted our band of filmaniacs from across the internet. Badgered them…

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The Lure
Posted in Horror

Film Road to Halloween: European horror from the watery depths – The Lure, Blue My Mind and Evolution

The road to Halloween is paved with good films. Wherein we countdown to the spirited season with a hundred doses of horror. 60 days to…

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2019 Movies
Posted in Movies

2019 in Film Halftime Report: The Movies

Well, you’ve blazed through our 30 Memorable Scenes of the year so far. You’ve awed at the 30 Great Performances. Now, it’s time to check…

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Nadine Labaki Cannes
Posted in Cannes Video

Cannes: Video – Nadine Labaki Talks About Coming Back to Cannes

Female filmmaker, Nadine Labaki, returns to the Cannes Film Festival this year. This time, as the President of the Un Certain Regard jury. Previous, the…

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Cannes
Posted in Cannes Women

Is a Female Filmmaker Winning the Palme d’Or?

You only have to look at the Cannes Film Festival competition line-up from the last ten years, to see that at least two films directed…

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Posted in Director Women

The Female Gaze: Great Film Moments Directed by Women

We have all heard of the term ‘male gaze’ (termed by the feminist sociologist Laura Mulvey), which is often used to describe how the camera…

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Posted in Christmas Movies

Filmotomy's Naughty or Nice of 2018: Robin's List

We’ve taken a leaf out of Santa’s book, and have decided to reflect on the films of the year by determining which ones have been…

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Posted in Awards Season

EFA Announce 8 Technical Winners Ahead of the 31st European Film Awards Nominations

The continental big-hitters from Cannes back in May, are rolling up their sleeves once again as the European Film Awards revealed their nominations. All 5…

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Posted in Actor Actress

Nice Acting! Shame About The Movie… Part 7 of 10

Some perfectly fine movies here, almost making me question the very premise of our acting quality over the movies. There is little shame in these…

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