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Film Road to Halloween: Train to Busan (2016)

The road to Halloween is paved with good films. Wherein we countdown to the spirited season with a hundred doses of horror. 91 days to…

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Around the World in 80 Films: 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (4 luni, 3 saptamâni si 2 zile)

Abortion still remains a taboo subject in the mainstream media. Often filmmakers will casually skirt around the subject matter, touching upon it in passing without…

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Around the World in 80 Films: Bedevilled

My Around the World adventure has seen me encounter a wide range of films, some of which have been incredibly hard to stomach, let alone…

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Around the World in 80 Films: The Double Life of Veronique

For this latest installment of the Around The World in 80 Films journey, I have decided to visit Krzysztof Kieslowski’s The Double Life of Veronique….

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Around the World in 80 Films: Picnic at Hanging Rock

Next stop in my Around the World adventure was to Australia. I was keen to see Picnic at Hanging Rock, after reading Robin’s great piece…

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Around the World in 80 Films: Irréversible

There are certain films which leave you in a numb state after watching them. Films like the recent The House that Jack Built, Possession and…

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Around the World in 80 Films: Possession

Where do I even start with Possession (1981)? How do I describe this film to you? When I say that there isn’t another film like…

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Around the World in 80 Films: Deep Red

Many know Dario Argento from his other film, Suspiria but before that masterpiece, there was Deep Red (Profondo Rosso). Written by Argento and Bernardino Zapponi…

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Around the World in 80 Films: Persepolis

Persepolis is a perfect example of how animated films are not just for children, but can be aimed towards a more mature, adult audience. It…

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Around the World in 80 Films: Paradise Now

During an interview with the Guardian newspaper, upon the release of Paradise Now, director Hany Abu-Assad stated that “The film is an artistic point of…

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Around the World in 80 Films: Diabolique

Les diaboliques, released as Diabolique in the United States, and variously translated as The Devils or The Fiends, is a chilling psychological horror that still stands…

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Around the World in 80 Films: Summer with Monika

Summer with Monika is a 1953 Swedish film directed by Ingmar Bergman, based on Per Anders Fogelström’s 1951 novel of the same title. It was…

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Around the World in 80 Films: Dogtooth

Dogtooth comes from the warped mind of Yorgos Lanthimos, who divided audiences with last years brilliantly wonderful, if not disturbing film The Killing of a…

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Around the World in 80 Films: L'Avventura

How have I never seen L’Avventura? This was the question I found myself asking after finishing the 1960 classic film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. As…

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