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My month with Marty: what I learned watching all 26 of Scorsese’s movies

What is the thread that runs through the revered director’s films? Ahead of his latest, Killers of the Flower Moon, a critic watches all of them to find out

The Guardian - UK · Oct 20, 2023

Property woes and punk sensibilities define Paradise Estate, Max Easton's witty new novel

Max Easton’s novel Paradise Estate offers a variation on the share-house drama epitomised by Monkey Grip (1977), Helen Garner’s chronicle of communal living in Melbourne.

The Conversation · Oct 19, 2023

Book Review: 'Hitchcock’s Blondes' wants to see old Hollywood stars not through the director's gaze

Though often lauded as one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, Alfred Hitchcock was also known for having a dark side, including his authoritarian tendencies and sexually inappropriate behavior toward women

The Independent UK · Oct 9, 2023

The 35 best movies to see before you die – from Spirited Away to Raiders of the Lost Ark

Films can still offer an emotional hit like nothing else – and with coronavirus forcing swathes of us to hole up at home, they’re needed now more than ever. Helen O’Hara and Patrick Smith pick their favourites

The Independent UK · Sep 8, 2023

The 35 best movies to see before you die, from Spirited Away to Raiders of the Lost Ark

Films can still offer an emotional hit like nothing else – and with coronavirus forcing swathes of us to hole up at home, they’re needed now more than ever. Helen O’Hara and Patrick Smith pick their favourites

The Independent UK · Sep 8, 2023

The philosopher Marc Augé defined our cities. Now it’s in our hands to make them homey

“[The] city is a spatial figure of time in which present, past and future come together. It is, at times, a cause for astonishment and, at others, for remembrance or expectation […]. In this sense, the city is both an illusion and an allusion.” (Marc Augé, “Pour une anthropologie de…

The Conversation · Aug 31, 2023

I'm A Netflix DVD Subscription Superfan; These Are The Last 10 Movies I Requested Before The Service Ends

I can't chill when Netflix's DVD plan is going away. But, here are 10 movies that I still hope I get to see before the service ends in September.

Cinemablend · Aug 26, 2023

Red, White & Royal Blue director Matthew Lopez, ‘It’s possible to ask, how far from reality actually is this?’

The Inheritance playwright’s new, lighthearted LGBTQ+ rom-com has become an immediate hit

Evening Standard · Aug 21, 2023

My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock review – Mark Cousins puts words in Hitch’s mouth

On one level a revealing study of Hitchcock’s work, this documentary goes a step too far by imagining the director’s inner thoughts, as voiced by impressionist Alistair McGowan

The Guardian - UK · Jul 23, 2023

13 awful movies by great filmmakers, from Christopher Nolan to Steven Spielberg

Even Hollywood’s finest sometimes make something they regret – Louis Chilton picks out 13 of the biggest duds

The Independent UK · Jul 19, 2023