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London Film Festival: Room & Queen of Earth
Room Joy (Brie Larson) and her five-year-old son, Jack (Jacob Tremblay), live in Room. To the mother, it's a prison cell barely two meters square; for the s... Read more »| Updated over 9 years ago -
Film
Films of 2015: Hippies, Road Warriors and STD Hauntings
Once again our writers draw lines in the cinematic sand to choose 2015's essential films. Our top ten has a curious gender divide: the male protagonists (The... Read more »| Updated over 9 years ago -
Film
Lesser-spotted Altmans: seven underrated films from Robert Altman
Canons – like cannons – can be dangerous. They boil artists’ oeuvres down to easily digestible chunks, leaving the non-canonical titles out... Read more »| Updated almost 10 years ago -
Art
Be a Smarty – Go to an Art Party
In 2011, the artist Bob and Roberta Smith wrote a letter to then Education Secretary Michael Gove in response to his proposed eradication of art from the UK&... Read more »| Updated over 10 years ago -
Film
Films of 2017: The Criminally Overlooked Movies of the Year
John Wick Chapter 2 Dir. Chad Stahelski John Wick 2 will never not be underrated, even by the people who thoroughly enjoyed it. Underneath an extra... Read more »| Updated over 7 years ago -
Film
Films of 2016: The Criminally Overlooked Films
Court is in session. On trial are the critics and audiences who gave short shrift to these great films. The plaintiffs range from overlooked gems (A Bigger S... Read more »| Updated over 8 years ago -
Art
You Would Cry Too If It Happened to You: Bob and Roberta Smith's Art Party
When Bob and Roberta Smith wrote his public letter of protest against the marginalisation of arts education from the curriculum to then education secretary M... Read more »| Updated over 10 years ago