THEIR DARK (SOURCE) MATERIALS Today Joel and Ethan Coen proudly stand as a prolific and influential presence upon the landscape of contemporary American cinema. For over two decades the Minnesota born siblings have crafted their own mischievously iconic brand of dark fairy tales; dripping in blood, devilish humour and gothic Americana. Their films span environments […]
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WHAT A RUSH Rebels, lunatics, dreamers; the three words Niki Lauda (Daniel Brühl) chooses to describe himself, and his fellow Formula One drivers, within the opening monologue of Rush. Beginning its true-to-life narrative upon the fateful day of the 1976 German Grand Prix, a race in which Lauda was severely injured and permanently disfigured, the […]
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HEART OF DARKNESS With the astronomical rise in popularity of all things dark, deadly, and northern european, it is clearly the perfect time to once again celebrate the genre of Nordic Noir in expo form. NORDICANA, the UK’s first ever expo celebrating Nordic fiction, television and film, returns to London on February 1st & 2nd […]
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Words: Brody Rossiter Twitter: @BrodyRossiter DEEP DOWN Whether it is one of the many film adaptations, a comic book ink interpretation, musical extravaganza, Disneyland ride, or literary re-interpretation, Jules Verne’s celebrated sci-fi classic, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, is one of the most enduring tales of mankind’s unwavering spirit to survive upon and explore […]
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CINEMA BELLISSIMO Paolo Sorrentino’s The Great Beauty (La Grande Bellezza) recounts the tale of Jep Gambardella, a sixty-five-year-old journalist whose sole yet highly successful novel has afforded him a dazzling lifestyle amidst the decadent lives of Rome’s upper-class bourgeois. Despite focusing upon a singular protagonist in Jep, and his journey through the opulent yet increasingly […]
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