Private Theatre: Video Diary of a Lost Girl
Film critic Chuck Williamson writes on Lindsay Denniberg’s ‘Video Diary of a Lost Girl’, a film “invested in reconfiguring rape culture paradigms”.
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Private Theatre: Gone Girl
Contributing editor Christine Jin writes on David Fincher’s ‘Gone Girl’, last year’s most hotly debated film.
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Private Theatre: Black Narcissus
Film critic Ben Hynes delves into Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s 1947 classic ‘Black Narcissus’.
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Private Theatre: Boyhood
Contributing editor Christine Jin writes about ‘Boyhood’ in the context of Richard Linklater’s diverse career.
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Private Theatre: Bigger Than Life
Film critic Ben Hynes claims Nicholas Ray’s ‘Bigger Than Life’ is “less a celebration of the ability of the individual to overcome addiction than a witheringly subtle jab at the fantasy of normality”.
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Private Theatre: Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Senior film critic Tom Nixon revisits ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’ ahead of its imminent and promising sequel.
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Private Theatre: The LEGO Movie
Film critic Ben Hynes on how ‘The Lego Movie’ functions as a “devious piece of propaganda for neoliberal capitalism.”
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Private Theatre: The Immigrant
Film critic Christine Jin on why ‘The Immigrant’ is the ideal prologue for the rest of James Gray’s oeuvre.
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Private Theatre: Under the Skin
In anticipation of its upcoming DVD release, film critic Ben Hynes delves deeper into the allegorical implications of Jonathan Glazer’s ‘Under the Skin’
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Private Theatre: The Sacrament
Senior film critic Tom Nixon expresses his bemusement at Ti West’s misguided foray into the found-footage sub-genre.
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