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Seven Essential Films Scored By Tangerine Dream

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Tom Jolliffe looks at seven essential films, and their music from Tangerine Dream… In recent cinematic history there has been a nostalgia loaded fascination with synth scores. The kind of music that was popular through the late 70’s and 80’s, would begin to find itself increasingly used in film. After all, a few solo artists […]

The Northman – Destined for Greatness?

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Tom Jolliffe looks at the upcoming Viking epic from Robert Eggers, The Northman… Robert Eggers is two features into his fledgling film career and has already established himself as a major voice in auteur horror. Comparisons to Kubrick have been thrown his way with two films, The Witch and The Lighthouse, which is high praise […]

Relentless Kinetic Energy: Run Lola Run and Dangan Runner

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Tom Jolliffe looks back at the visceral non stop energy of Run Lola Run and Dangan Runner… Occasionally a film can burst out the blocks with the kind of flair and visceral energy that grips you from the start and never lets up. Some films just have a sense of perpetual motion. There’s always something […]

A 90’s Video Double Bill: Sabotage and Night Vision

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Tom Jolliffe looks back at two well cast 90’s video thrillers, Sabotage and Night Vision… Many a 90’s straight to video special has been left cast asunder by time. Some left forever to remain as rare VHS copies, occasionally appearing on Ebay, or low resolution uploads on Youtube. Certain cult favourites do find their way […]

The Eclectic Range of Christopher Walken’s Career

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Tom Jolliffe looks at the diverse mix within Christopher Walken’s career. An acclaimed actor in iconic classics, who has regularly crossed into B movies… In the 70’s, a number of icons were experiencing a boom. It was an era of almost unmatched creative revolution for American cinema. There was a distinct move to a cinema […]

The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover: Anti-Cinema and Anti-Thatcher Allegory

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Tom Jolliffe looks back at Peter Greenaway’s most iconic film, an unrestrained arthouse masterpiece… If anyone has ever watched the film work of Peter Greenaway, then they’ll know that his films are difficult to ingest. Greenaway is an artist turned film director. He’s never been particularly cinematically minded. His canvas through the lens of his […]

The Best Marvel Movie You Haven’t Seen: The Punisher

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Tom Jolliffe takes a look back at the first film version of The Punisher…  We’re in full Marvel swing now. Not merely the official studio releases that have come with blistering regularity since Iron Man, but we’ve also had an array of X-Men and Spider-Man films from other studios. The success of Marvel comic creations […]

Interview: A conversation with Man Up screenwriter Tess Morris

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Martin Carr chats with Man Up screenwriter Tess Morris… Nestled away just off embankment in London sits Whitehall Place. Amongst the opulence and heritage sits ‘The Corinthia’. A hotel for which the phrase ‘five star’ was invented and also where I met Tess Morris. Diane Keaton fan, When Harry Met Sally expert and lover of […]