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Film Review: Initiation

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Environmental issues are very much in the news at the moment with the UN Climate Change Conference taking place in Paris at the moment. Despite ludicrous objections from a small minority of self-interested parties the case for global warming is now widely accepted by scientists and the general public alike. The first person to prove …

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The Czechoslovak New Wave was one of the richest periods of cinema in the 20th Century. A mix of originality, innovation, beauty, abdusdity and political satire resulted in some of the most groundbreaking cinema. For a short period during the 1960’s, Czechoslovakia was the most vital and exciting place to be for new film-making. Pioneering …

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Whilst the hangdog appearance of Walter Matthau is easily recognisable, you may find yourself hard-pressed to name many of his films. The Odd Couple, Kotch, The Fortune Cookie, The Sunshine Boys and Hello, Dolly! Are all great films but he never seemed to fit the profile of a Hollywood leading man. In Elaine May’s directorial …

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Bulgaria is hardly known for having a strong film making tradition. Despite having its golden age in the 1970s and 1980s most people in the West will struggle to name one film that the country has produced. Whilst Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov’s film The Lesson is unlikely to change this situation it’s certainly a sign that …

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If you’re making lists of the greatest authors of the 20th century it’s likely that the name Gabriel García Márquez will be near the top. Whilst it would probably also include Orwell, Greene, Joyce, Fitzgerald and Woolf, ‘Gabo’ is arguably the most loved novelist who doesn’t write in the English language. One Hundred Years of …

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Bridge of Spies tells the story of James Donovan, a Brooklyn lawyer who finds himself thrust into the center of the Cold War when the CIA sends him on the near-impossible task to negotiate the release of a captured American U-2 pilot. Bridge of Spies is out in cinemas on Friday.

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The battle for control and access to public land is one that has been raging around the world for decades. In the United States wild horses are allowed to run free on public land, but there’s a problem. These mustangs require grazing all year round, and that’s where the issues begin. The population is managed …

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Star*Men

People are often brought together by a shared passion. In the case of Roger, Donald, Nick and Wal that love was for astronomy and looking at the stars. As post-doctoral researchers the group met at Caltech fifty years ago. It began a friendship that would last the rest of their lives and start their individual …

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Mexican cinema was pretty quiet on the world stage for over a decade but recently there’s been some green shoots of recovery. Whilst not reaching the heights of Y Tu Mamá También and Amores perros the likes of Biutiful, Heli and Light After Darkness have all made an impact on the festival circuit. However, Alonso Ruizpalacios’ …

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There’s nothing quite like real craftsmanship. Even with all the technological advances we’ve seen since the industrial revolution some things remain the same. In order to create a sculpture in bronze, it is necessary to take the same steps taken in the fifth century BC for the Riace bronzes. The process behind creating these sculptures …

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