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Who Are You, William Klein?

Remembering the great photographer and filmmaker, whose radical satirical films are still ignored by cult movie fans and distributors alike.

Oral History: The Incomplete Story Of A Forgotten Heavy Metal Band

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The odd story behind one of heavy metal’s most obscure, salacious and elusive bands.

Jurassic Mansion: The BBC’s Maddest April Fool Spoof

The bizarre 1980 BBC news report that attempted to convince viewers that dinosaurs were being genetically engineered in Hertfordshire.

Flights Into Danger: The Many Adaptations Of The Story That Became Airplane!

Everybody knows that Airplane! was based on a pioneering 1957 disaster movie – but it’s far from being the only other version of that story.

Suburban Conformity: Looking Back At The ‘Burbs

Joe Dante’s most biting satire of suburban America sadly loses its nerve at the last minute and becomes as reactionary and curtain-twitching as its central characters.

Cronenberg Meets Ballard: Super-Cannes Heads Towards TV

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Ballard, Cronenberg and insular, isolated communities going insane – it sounds the perfect combination.

Austin Powers – A Man Of His Time

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Looking back at the Austin Powers films, a series now almost as out of touch with modern sensibilities as the character himself. But does that matter?