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REVIEW | Stardust: Gabriel Range’s biopic of David Bowie
Sturdust Movie Review. Gabriel Range’s biopic of David Bowie is heartfelt and thoughtful, but doesn’t quite hit the mark. Despite Johnny Flynn’s personable performance, this dull film never really takes flight.
by Jo-Ann Titmarsh 15th January 2021
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REVISITING | Mississippi Grind, Ben Mendelsohn and an unmissable cinematic bromance
Many who flocked in their masses to watch Captain Marvel might be surprised to learn where the writer/directing duo of Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck themselves emerged from before their first taste of large-scale Hollywood franchise film-making. Prior to the MCU, Boden and Fleck had spent over a decade in the independent scene, bringing to the screen …
by Adam Lowes 13th January 2021
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Why The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling is Judd Apatow’s best film yet
Why The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling is Judd Apatow’s best film yet
by John Bleasdale 2nd January 2021
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Why Primal is a gloriously daft throwback to the nineties video shop era
Primal is daft and wholly entertaining way of killing 90 minutes. Directed by Nick Powell, the movie starred by Nicolas Cage. Take Cage out of the equation and it’s as close to replicating the experience of renting an early nineties B-movie as can you get in this modern age of filmmaking.
by Adam Lowes 2nd January 2021
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REVISITING | Johnny Suede, Nick Cave and the first leading role of Brad Pitt
Johnny Suede: Brad Pitt’s first leading role as a big-haired wannabe hipster musician puts the pomp in pompadour
by Adam Lowes 2nd January 2021

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MY FAVOURITE MOVIES | Peter Strickland: ‘Me, Eraserhead and Morricone’
Hot Corn’s column in which musicians, actors, artists, directors tell us about their favourite movies
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My Favourite Movies | Paul Schrader on Robert Bresson and rewatching Mishima
Hot Corn’s column in which musicians, actors, artists, directors tell us about their favourite movies
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MY FAVOURITE MOVIES | Radioactive star Sam Riley
Sam Riley speaks to Hot Corn all about his favourite ever movies – in support of the Marie Curie biopic Radioactive, starring Rosamund Pike in the leading role.
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MY FAVOURITE MOVIES | Niamh Algar on Thelma, Louise and that scene from My Girl
Niamh Algar, the star of The Virtues and Calm With Horses, speaks exclusively to The Hot Corn, and tells us all about her very favourite movies, from childhood until now.
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MY FAVOURITE MOVIES | Vivarium director Lorcan Finnegan
Lorcan Finnegan, the director of Vivarium – starring Imogen Poots and Jesse Eisenberg, takes part in our ‘My Favourite Movies’ series, to discuss the films that inspired him.
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