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His and Hers: the iconic trench coat in Kramer vs Kramer
The trench is the opposite of a statement piece. It’s equally embraced by men and women, molding itself to the wearer….
How The Human Condition ignited my passion for Japanese cinema
I began 2016 by watching a lot of Masaki Kobayashi. It was a year that year marked both the centenary…
How this VHS cover for Night of the Living Dead made me reassess horror
Before I saw any of George A. Romero’s seminal Night of the Living Dead, it already terrified me. This preemptive…
Revisiting Gus Van Sant’s disturbing portrait of a high school shooting
Of the three films comprising Gus Van Sant’s so-called “Death Trilogy” (the others being 2002’s Gerry and 2005’s Last Days),…
Why Sofia Coppola’s misunderstood drama is ripe for reappraisal
Cannes Film Festival’s most powerful weapon has long been its ability to make or break a film. Before a radically…
Discover Kurosawa’s forgotten film about nuclear terror during the Cold War
Since the success of Akira Kurosawa’s Rashomon at the International Film Festival in Venice in 1951 – which opened the…
How Jean-Pierre Melville reinvented the American noir
“When an author becomes an adjective, it means that he’s entered a higher category. We say ‘Melvillian’ in the same…
Revisiting The Outsiders, Coppola’s unexpectedly life-affirming tale of gang life
The eighties spawned a number of glossy movies full of good looking actors, the type that belong to the brat-pack…
Four Frames: how Raw is about the animal in all of us
In its opening scenes, Julia Ducournau’s Raw establishes Justine (Garance Marillier) as a strict vegetarian; when she finds a piece of…
