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1988 in Film: The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

Watching a Terry Gilliam film is always an adventure. The plot may be nonsensical, the characters may lack actual depth, there may be a misogynistic…

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So Long and Thanks for all the Laughs: Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

Whenever life gets you down, Mrs. Brown, And things seem hard or tough, And people are stupid, obnoxious or daft, And you feel that you’ve…

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Don Quixote Gets Back on his Horse: Gilliam's Film Will be the Closing Film of Cannes after all

On Wednesday 9th May, I received a message from fellow Filmotomy writer Rob Motto, saying ”Have you heard about this?” There was a link to…

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