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Documentary Filmmaker Sean McAllister Opposes BBFC Classifation

BAFTA award-winning filmmaker (for A Syrian Love Story), Sean McAllister, has voiced his dismay at the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) rating his new…

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Nasty nasty Videos: Exploring the moral panic that led to the video nasty ban

In 1984 (yes, really in 1984 of all years, the irony would not be lost of George Orwell), the British government drew up a list…

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Last Tango in Paris and the Context of Memory

What started with I am Curious Yellow in the late 60s begat 1971’s challenging jamborees such as A Clockwork Orange, WR: Mysteries of the Organism, Ken Russell’s The Devils. 70s auteurs pushed the envelope without remorse – or fear. To experience Last Tango in Paris in the same context in which it first appeared is simply impossible now, but we were ready back then.

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