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Girl is a movie that despite its many controversies is confident and gripping for the majority of its run time. That is until its misjudged climax spoils a share of the goodwill it’s built. Winning both the Camera d’Or and the Queer Palm…

A worm on a window ledge. A hair clogged toilet. Viscera clutched to a naked breast. All of these images and more combine to form the unsettling dreamscapes of Susie Bannion (Dakota Johnson) in Luca Guadagino’s masterful Suspiria remake.…

Is it possible to be a great artist without sacrificing everything to the craft? That is the question at the heart of The Red Shoes, released 70 years ago this month. The film is considered to be not only a classic of cinema but also one of…

It is the year 1927 and I am sitting in the dark vestibule of the Festival Theatre in Cambridge. I am listening to a rich Irish voice that seems to intone a request that I should come to Dublin and produce for the Abbey Theatre. The voice…