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Eyes Wide Shut is the ultimate Christmas film

Eyes Wide Shut is the ultimate Christmas film

Kubrick’s final film isn’t just set at Christmas. It’s a subversive critique of class, desire and the fantasies we buy into during the festive season.

09.12.2025 5

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Nathan Abrams

Robert Redford: the ‘golden boy with a darkness in him’

Beneath the surface was a shy and sensitive actor who used his looks to his advantage, insisting on starring in and later directing movies with...

17.09.2025 5

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Jaws at 50: the Jewish sensibility that shaped Spielberg’s blockbuster and transformed cinema

Jaws was a film shaped by Jewish writers, ideas and a very personal connection to the shark.

19.06.2025 10

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Barry Lyndon at 50: why Kubrick’s most overlooked masterpiece deserves another viewing

Barry Lyndon was a box office disappointment on its release in 1975. But it stands as one of Kubrick’s most visually stunning and emotionally rich...

02.04.2025 40

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Ten films that bend, stretch and play with time, from Citizen Kane to Memento

The festive season can have a strange effect on our perception of time. Days blur together, hours stretch or vanish, and a sense of timelessness...

24.12.2024 5

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The Hebrew Hammer: a Hanukah film that mocks antisemitic stereotypes through its butt-kicking Jewish hero

If you watch one Hanukah film this festive season may I suggest you watch the 2003 film, The Hebrew Hammer. I am particularly partial to this film,...

23.12.2024 10

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The Terminator at 40: James Cameron’s dark vision is more relevant than ever

When director James Cameron’s The Terminator hit cinemas in 1984, it forever altered the landscape of science fiction. Released 40 years ago, the...

09.10.2024 4

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