Author: Michael Flett

Only Lovers Left Alive

With a body of work built slowly over four decades, director Jim Jarmusch has always crafted his projects carefully, flitting between genres and experimenting with formats from the
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The Stuff

While the name Larry Cohen is no doubt familiar to many a film fan, even those who are familiar with his better known works might be surprised by
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Under the Skin

Attended by director Jonathan Glazer and producer James Wilson along with many of their local cast, the closing night gala of the 2014 Glasgow Film Festival was a
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Phantom of the Paradise

With a resume which includes Scarface, The Untouchables, Casualties of War, Carlito’s Way, The Black Dahlia and the first cinematic Mission: Impossible, the name Brian De Palma is
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Her

The themes of humanity versus machine and humanity alongside machine have been explored in minute detail through science fiction novels, films and television, from Dennis Feltham Jones’ 1966
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We Are What We Are

It’s the quiet ones you have to watch out for. Released in 2010, Jim Mickle’s Stake Land arrived without huge fanfare, the bold individuality of the production belying
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Skinwalkers

Nothing is so reassuring as to the quality of a film as to rename it before releasing it in a new market in the hopes that any previous
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RoboCop

For all the largely justified despondency generated by the endless cycle of unwanted sequels and unnecessary remakes, few have generated as much vitriol as the announcement that Paul
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