I’ve been watching reactions to other people’s “Best of 2011” with interest. It’s fascinating to see online commentors insist that films they have seen are so much better than films…
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Economically speaking, theatres are a complete waste of space. I mean, take a look at the St James or the Embassy and try and imagine how many cubicles and desks…
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It’s the fifth anniversary of my first column for this paper - my, how time flies. Five years of searching - usually in vain - for some transcendence among the…
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Firstly I want to apologise that there is no review of Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life in this week’s column. I saw it during the Festival and like most…
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Despite the shocking and inexplicable decision to omit Patrick Keiller’s Robinson in Ruins from this year’s Film Festival (a disaster applicable only to me I think) the actual line-up is…
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Checking out the latest updates at Apple's online trailer repository, slogging through the mostly forgettable content, I came across this and got very excited indeed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN_aejkbh9c If this doesn't show…
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