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Technicolor spectacle: expanding what cinema could express – Late to the Movies

After immersing myself in the quiet austerity of Italian Neorealism last month, returning to full Technicolor felt almost indecent. Last month’s films were rooted in the grimmer end of reality - stories shaped by scarcity, location shooting, and a...

“A netherworld of empty spaces”: Backrooms review

Intriguingly Backrooms, directed by 20-year-old Kane Parsons adapting his original liminal space web series into his debut feature for A24, shares the DNA with the unlikeliest of sources. The endless corridors, infernal and mundane stretch and weave...

Widow’s Bay “seamlessly integrates folk horror with the horror of social awkwardness”

As previously mentioned, I think Matthew Rhys is terrific when he’s playing evil people - but then again, everyone thinks that Matthew Rhys is terrific when he’s playing evil people. But a chance to play a hero? A kind-hearted and bumbling sort...

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