Eighties Cool Personified in Jim McBride’s Breathless
Jim McBride’s reworking of the Godard classic was widely dismissed at the time, but can now be seen as an ahead-of-its-time study of pop culture and criminal cool.
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The Deadly Mantis: Scraping The Barrel For Giant Bugs
Nathan Juran’s by-the-numbers giant monster movie is nothing special, but it nevertheless ticks all the right boxes for fans of the genre.
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The Dehumanisation Of War In The Battle of Algiers
Gillo Pontecorvo’s bleak and brutal study of occupation and resistance is a troubling masterpiece, asking questions about the othering of political opponents in war and revolution.
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Meet The Third Reich ‘N’ Roll Of The Residents
The debut releases from America’s most mysterious and provocative musical pioneers.
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The Poetry Of Cinema In The Colour Of Pomegranates
Sergei Parajanov’s masterpiece remains one of the finest examples of pure cinema.
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