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We’re in a hazy English summer’s day. It could be the beginning of a music video. We wait for the guitars to kick in as the camera follows a figure in white overalls walk across […]
Kiss Me Deadly from 1955, stars Ralph Meeker and was directed by Robert Aldrich from the novel by Mickey Spillane. The opening scenes are superb, pitching the viewer straight into the action and creating a […]
To mark the release of the latest edition of Vertigo Magazine which features an extensive interview with Patricio Guzmán and in commemoration of 40 years since the Chilean coup d’état, The Battle of Chile is […]
Following a run of overlooked work in the 1980s and 90s including the brilliant western vampire flick Near Dark and knucklehead surf movie Point Break, Kathryn Bigelow finally gained critical and box office recognition with […]