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Sexual subcultures, fetish on film and banned books: Kenneth Anger – a life in pictures

Post Views: 9 Sexual subcultures, fetish on film and banned books: Kenneth Anger – a life in pictures  Anger in 2010 at the Sprüth Magers gallery, London. Photograph: Linda Nylind/The Guardian A look back at the life of American underground experimental film-maker, actor and author, who has died aged 96 A …

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Cannes film festival: the best red carpet looks so far – in pictures

Post Views: 9 Cannes film festival: the best red carpet looks so far – in pictures  Lady in red … Uma Thurman arrives for the opening ceremony. From Dua Lipa to Gigi Hadid, flip-flops to #mermaidcore, the Croisette turned out its yearly assortment of delights Who needs a wind machine? …

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The Big Chill at 40: rewatching the defining ensemble film of the 1980s

Post Views: 10 The cast of The Big Chill: Kevin Kline, Glenn Close, Tom Berenger, William Hurt, Mary Kay Place, Jeff Goldblum and JoBeth Williams. Photograph: Cinetext/Columbia/Allstar The Big Chill at 40: rewatching the defining ensemble film of the 1980s Director Lawrence Kasdan had his starry cast live together for …

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Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV review – engaging film about the video art pioneer

Post Views: 19 Small screen, big ideas… Nam June Paik in Moon Is the Oldest TV. Sundance Institute Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV review – engaging film about the video art pioneer Amanda Kim’s documentary encapsulates the disruptive work of the Korean American artist, who was years …

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Will The Little Mermaid be the most horrifying film since Cats?

Post Views: 6 A terrifying still from the Little Mermaid. Photograph: Disney Will The Little Mermaid be the most horrifying film since Cats? The slow reveal of Disney’s live-action remake of the underwater classic has uncovered a frightening world of digitised horror Years and years of bitter experience has taught us …

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Steven Spielberg: ‘No film should be revised’ based on modern sensitivity

Post Views: 17 Steven Spielberg. Photograph: Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Time Steven Spielberg: ‘No film should be revised’ based on modern sensitivity Director has criticised the practice of re-editing older films while expressing remorse over removing guns in a later edition of ET Steven Spielberg has criticised the idea that …

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Film reboot of Grange Hill to feature original cast members

Post Views: 22 ‘It wouldn’t be Grange Hill without the Grange Hillers’ … Tim Polley as Steven Banks, Melissa Wilks as Jackie Wright and Lee MacDonald as Samuel ‘Zammo’ McGuire in series eight of Grange Hill. Photograph: BBC/PA Film reboot of Grange Hill to feature original cast members Series creator Phil …

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Film director Catherine Corsini denies wrongdoing on set of film shortlisted for Palme d’Or

Post Views: 18 Catherine Corsini attends the Cannes film festival in 2022. Photograph: Daniele Venturelli/WireImage Film director Catherine Corsini denies wrongdoing on set of film shortlisted for Palme d’Or The row over Le Retour, which will have its world premiere at next month’s Cannes film festival, has divided France’s film …

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‘The film industry is gone. It sucks’: Jim Jarmusch on swapping directing for drone rock

Post Views: 23 Light and shade … (From left) Carter Logan and Jim Jarmusch, AKA Sqürl, photographed in Carmine Street Guitars in New York. Photograph: Emiliano Granado/The Guardian ‘The film industry is gone. It sucks’: Jim Jarmusch on swapping directing for drone rock At 70, the outsider movie hero is releasing …

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Rolf de Heer on his ‘radical’ new film: ‘It made no sense to make it with old, middle-class codgers’

Post Views: 4 Rolf de Heer on his ‘radical’ new film: ‘It made no sense to make it with old, middle-class codgers’ ‘Everything had fallen in a heap, really, for cinema’ … Rolf de Heer at the 73rd Berlin international film festival in February 2023. Photograph: Clemens Bilan/EPA Both Covid and …

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