Music Matters: Dueling Banjos
Neil Mitchell takes a trip into the American backwoods, where the spontaneous rendition of a musical ditty provides a tuneful,…
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Music Matters: Jaws (Steven Spielberg 1975)
Neil Mitchell dips a tentative toe in the water as one of the most famous theme tunes in movie history…
Screengems: The duffel bag in Frozen River (Courtney Hunt, 2008)
As a tie-in to the print issue’s theme of ‘Winter’s Discontent’, Neil Mitchell looks at an object that carried just…
Screengem: Brandon’s porn collection in Shame (Steve McQueen, 2011)
In Steve McQueen’s Shame, sex addict Brandon (Michael Fassbender) sees his secretive, psychologically damaging affliction eat into his outwardly successful…
On Location: My Voyage to Italy (Martin Scorsese, 1999)
Martin Scorsese’s engrossing four hour documentary odyssey through the Italian films that played a large part in his cinematic education…
Spotlight: Fictional sports in the movies
Replicating the intensity, passion, athleticism and thrilling immediacy of team sports and individual athletic skill on the big screen is…
Recommended: Cine City, The Brighton Film Festival: Nov 18th – Dec 5th
Since it’s inception in 2003 Cine City has become a popular annual addition to both the Brighton and Hove and…
Lost Classic: Wise Blood (Dir. John Huston, 1979)
At the grand old age of 73, Hollywood veteran John Huston was still enamoured by social misfits, rebels and loners,…
Spotlight: Rebellious Loners – The British Connection
There’s a certain romantic appeal to the idea of the rebellious loner, and many movies have alluded to the notion…
