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Carrie at 50: Brian De Palma’s fiery masterpiece still has the power
The Oscar-nominated 1976 adaptation of Stephen King’s high school horror remains heartbreaking and horrifying...
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Wicker review – Olivia Colman finds the perfect lover in intriguing folk-horror romance
Colman stars as a depressed and bullied fisherwoman in medieval England. Fortunately, Peter Dinklage’s basketm...
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The Devils review – Ken Russell’s 1971 possessed-nuns tale is a frenzied aria of confrontation and hysteria
Oliver Reed and Vanessa Redgrave put in the performances of their lives in this film originally banned for obs...
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City of Masks review – theatreland ghost story with female phantom of the opera out for revenge
In a West End theatre, a young actor hears a disembodied voice coaching his singing. It’s the start of an icky...
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Extra Geography review – a wickedly funny lesson in sex, class and female friendship
A boarding-school escapade becomes a wonderfully acted coming-of-age comedy, as two best friends find their wo...
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Crushed review – Steve Oram is priestly lead in harrowing Bangkok-set child-abduction thriller
A priest investigates his daughter’s kidnapping in Thailand in this Paul Schrader-esque inquiry into spiritual...
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‘Still feel a jolt of joy’: why Dirty Dancing is my feelgood movie
The latest in our ongoing series of writers highlighting their most rewatched comfort films remembers a 1987 t...
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‘I’m a writer but then nobody’s perfect’: how Billy Wilder conquered Hollywood
From émigré roots to a titan of modern cinema, penning classics such as Double Indemnity, Some Like It Hot and...
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Heart of the action: why organ couriers are cinema’s new heroes
Whether its a nod to frontline Covid heroes or a return to biology in a world of digital noise, there’s a rich...