The tightly-wound, violent energy and the spiralling personal drama coexist in ways I’ve not experienced outside of Cummings’ oeuvre.
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Hey! I’m a film journalist for Flip Screen and head of online content for Bedtime-Stories.uk. Soon to be struggling freelancer.
SNL at (and on) 45: The Heat Death of Satire
If you measure the success of a satire in the direct annoyance of its target, then SNL may be top of the pile, (but) satire is not for the leaders; it is for the people.
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Flip Screen’s Guide to June 2020
Inspired by James Palmer’s fantastic twitter thread, we’re shaking up the formula and bringing you 9 double bills to inject a bit of fun into your watch parties.
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Flip Screen’s Guide to May (Lockdown 2: Electric Boogaloo)
Flip Screen’s James Palmer and George Forster are here to make a few TV suggestions to keep you going for the long haul.
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Flip Screen’s Guide to April (Quarantine Edition)
James Palmer and George Forster are here to give you 10 recommendations available online right now to help get you through these hard times.
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‘Uncut Gems’ (2020) and the Power of Flat Arcs
Uncut Gems is a beautiful mess, twisting and turning as warring factions scheme over a gemstone, but this isn’t what Uncut Gems is about. It’s about the gambling addiction of its protagonist Howard Ratner.
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Flip Screen’s Guide to March 2020
Flip Screen’s George Forster and James Palmer have once again done battle against boredom and compiled all the big stuff coming up this month.
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Flip Screen’s Guide to: February 2020
James Palmer and George Forster have written a nice little list of what to look out for.
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‘Parasite’ (2019) and the Myth of Upward Mobility
As prescribed by the myth, the only noble path to a better life is to do well in school, go to a top university and get a well-paying job
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REVIEW: ‘1917 (2019)’ is a Technical Marvel and Not Much Else
1917 is a perfectly good war film – it’s tense, dramatic and touching, but when I go searching for that something present in my favourite films of the year it comes up short
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