Lost Classic: Tony Williams’ Next of Kin (1982)
After languishing in obscurity for decades, Tony Williams’ cult horror oddity, Next of Kin (1982), has finally been released on…
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Time for Tweed: Julie Christie in Don’t Look Now
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Human fragility: Sang-il Lee’s Unforgiven
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Big Picture contributors’ top 5 films of 2018
2018 has been another great year for cinema. Read on for our regular contributors’ eclectic top 5 lists, in which…
