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Rewind: 1993 in Film – A Bronx Tale: the Importance of Fatherhood

When local gangster, Sonny (Chazz Palminteri) befriends his son, Calogero (Lillo Brancato), Lorenzo (De Niro) tries to shield him from the dangers this could cause….

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Festival de Cannes Official Line-up Announced – Almodóvar, Dardenne, Loach, Dolan, Malick in Competition

So as expected, Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood will not be shown at 72nd Cannes Film Festival, as the film is still…

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New Trailer for Playmobil: The Movie

Move over lego movies… Take a first look at the latest trailer for Playmobil: The Movie ahead of its release on 9th August. Buckle up…

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Rewind: 1993 in Film – Fearless

Those opening moments of 1993’s somewhat misplaced, Fearless, are extraordinary. The drifting shots of Max (Jeff Bridges), walking through smoky crop field, carrying a baby…

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Video: The Best Films of 1993

A quick run-down of the 50 Best Films of 1993 as voted by so any of you via Twitter. Follow the complete coverage of the…

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Knife+Heart To Be Released in UK Cinemas and on MUBI in July

Introducing Yann Gonzalez’s latest horror/thriller Knife+Heart – a wild, erotic pastiche of European giallo, American grindhouse cinema and ’70s gay pornography. After gay porn producer,…

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Filmotomy Podcast 66: Who is the Anti-Hero?

With the buzz of the new Joker film, we thought it was a good idea to dig some dirt on the so-called anti-hero for this…

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Kickstarter Campaign to Restore Grave of French Film Pioneer Georges Méliès

“Laugh, my friends. Laugh with me, laugh for me, because I dream your dreams.” Georges Méliès I doubt you’ve visited Georges Méliès‘ grave recently, so…

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Review: Brie Larson's Unicorn Store

Following her Best Actress Oscar win for Room, Brie Larson took the ambitious step behind the camera to make her directorial debut. Unicorn Store drifted…

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Cleveland International Film Festival: One Cut of the Dead

Shin’ichirô Ueda’s One Cut of the Dead is the funniest—and most endearing—zomcom I’ve seen in quite a while. Equal parts gory and sidesplitting, it’s a…

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Video: The Best Films of 1967

As part of our Rewind: 1967 in Film series, we asked the film nuts at Twitter to cast their votes on their top 5 films…

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Filmotomy Podcast 65: Great Movie Adaptations

Hi #FilmTwitter what are your top 3 film adaptations (books adapted to film) and why? @Filmotomy @itsdougjam and @aaroncharles18 and myself will read them out…

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Rewind: 1967 in Film – The Jungle Book

Thirty years after Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs changed the landscape of cinema as the very first feature-length animated film, Walt Disney’s death in 1966…

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Rewind: 1967 in Film – The Incident

You would struggle to head on over to 1967, or indeed that defining era in American cinema in general, to find such a social commentary…

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