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Ten Great Love Letters to Cinema

December 2, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

We look at ten movies which celebrate the joys of cinema, from Grindhouse to the action genre to the silent era…  Esteemed filmmakers the world over lament the rise of content over creativity and shed solemn tears over the near death of physical media and the lingering demise of movie theatres. Nowadays it feels like […]

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Films about Film

March 8, 2020 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe takes a look at films about film… The magic of cinema. A wonderful escape from the rigours of modern life, or a microscope onto the worst issues we might face. Escapism, realism, thrills or dramatic truth, whatever your desire, is covered. The very process in making film is also in equal measures magical, […]

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