Readers of last week's column will know that I am currently overseas on a quest, a mission - a pursuit if you prefer - hoping to discover a new kind…
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We review Maggie Gyllenhaal and Hugh Dancy in Hysteria and German WWII period piece movie Wunderkinder. Plus Dan reports on his first Telluride Film Festival, four days of movies in…
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There’s something very odd about the opening scenes in Shutter Island and it takes the entire film for you to put your finger on it. Shots don’t match between cuts,…
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Back in 1986 Frank Miller single-handedly reinvented the Batman franchise in book form with "The Dark Knight Returns", a four-part mini-series which saw an ageing Bruce Wayne come out of…
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This week's Capital Times film review: Blades of Glory (Josh Gordon & Will Speck); Breakfast at Tiffany's (Blake Edwards); Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (Tim Story); Paris je…
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This week Wellington gets a chance to farewell one of the titans of world cinema, an inspiration to many, derided by a few; an icon who walked his own idiosyncratic…
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