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Special Feature: In defence of the Coen brothers
In an article published in this weekend’s Guardian Film section, the writer Will Self takes upon himself the job of announcing to readers of that newspaper and the world in general that the Coen brothers just aren’t that good after all. The article not only reeks of cultural elitism and condescension, but Self is too…
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DVD Review: ‘Totally F***ed Up’
★★★☆☆ It would be easy to describe Totally F***ed Up (1993), an early film from New Queer Cinema pioneer Gregg Araki, as a “relationship drama”. The film deals mostly with the highs and lows of romance for a group of young gay friends in LA in the early Nineties: Andy (James Duvall); Tommy (Roko Belic);…
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DVD Review: ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’
★★★★☆ A surprise inclusion in many categories at this year’s Academy Awards, Benh Zeitlin’s debut feature Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012) arrives on DVD and Blu-ray this week with a great deal of critical fanfare. A magical realist fable of rural poverty in deep Louisiana, Beasts follows the story of Hushpuppy (Quvenzhané Wallis) and…
