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Mike (Mark Duplass) and Hannah (Greta Gerwig) as they're next to each other. Captured from the waist up, Mike is wearing casual clothing, including a dark marine t-shirt, while Hannah is wearing a green triangle bikini halterneck top. Mike is lightly leaning towards Hannah, while Hannah's hands are resting casually on her stomach. They're both looking deeply into each other's eyes. Hannah is wearing a pair of coloured (pink and black with white straps) swimming goggles over her eyes and nose, and Mike is wearing a similar pair (in light neon green with transparent straps) on top of his forehead.

Tolerate the Uncertainty: Intimacy, Human Connections and Everyday Messiness as Found in Joe Swanberg’s Work

To celebrate Joe Swanberg’s 40th birthday, we look back at his career to discuss the fearless and original ways he explores intimacy, communication, and the general strengths and weaknesses of human behaviour.

Image is from the film Bridesmaids (2011). Three woman stand together in a parking lot. One is blonde and is wearing a black blazer, one has dark hair and is wearing a purple cardigan whilst behind them a dark blonde woman wears a white dress. They all appear to be looking at something in front of them.

[Between the Lines] The ‘Bridesmaids’ (2011) Screenplay Holds Up 10 Years Later

By: Gavin Spoors 4th Jun 20219th Jul 2021

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This month Bridesmaids will be celebrating its ten year anniversary, a modern commercial and critical hit.

Image is from the film 'Always Shine' (2016). The film still shows Anna, now performing as Beth, in the middle of the frame. She’s looking right into the camera with her head tilted to one side, almost like she knows viewers are watching her performance. She’s biting on her thumb, reminiscent of an innocent child as she’s trying to mimic the body language of Beth. She looks nervous and timid. Anna is wearing Beth’s button-up romper suit with a flower pattern, with a light brown belt in the waist. In the background is a long desk visible – filled with miscellaneous objects including a globe and a cowboy hat all in a row – along with a big window showing the green nature of Big Sur.

Five Years Later: Sophia Takal’s ‘Always Shine’ (2016) and the Horror of Being Trapped in Performance

While film history contains many portrayals of backstabbing women on the verge of a breakdown, Always Shine offers the idea that the terrifying thing isn’t women themselves but rather the limiting roles society provides for them (along with the disastrous results they lead to).

Did ‘Hannibal’ (2001) Cannibalise Itself?

By: Ceridwen Millington 17th Mar 202117th Mar 2021

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Hannibal is 20 years old. It was the long awaited sequel to one of history’s most lauded films, so where does it stand in the film canon now?

‘The King’s Speech’ (2010) at 10: Is it a Perpetual Classic?

By: Ceridwen Millington 18th Jan 202118th Jan 2021

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The King’s Speech is a decade old in an ever changing industry. Have the old-school charms that brought it massive acclaim also helped it stand the test of time?

The Timelessness of Space and Intimacy in ‘Pride & Prejudice’ (2005)

By: Bailey Herdé 19th Dec 202018th Dec 2020

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2020 has been an extremely long and incredibly weird year, one defined by absence: of precedence, of bureaucratic competence, of any semblance of sanity or normalcy. It has also been—mind-numbingly, infuriatingly—a year defined by excess: of death, of time, of news, and, most notably, of distance. Quarantine, social distancing, masks, lockdowns—the language of separation and…

10 Years On, ‘Tron: Legacy’ (2010) Deserves More Credit for its Ambitions

By: Gavin Spoors 17th Dec 20205th Dec 2020

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Sure, the film doesn’t exactly tell a masterful story with intelligent writing and dialogue, but there are so many narrative and thematic elements that deserve to be praised.

Image still from the first episode of The Walking Dead. A rotting zombie crawling along the grass.

The Seven Resurrections of ‘The Walking Dead’

By: Kevin Woodley 31st Oct 20208th Oct 2020

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For its 10th anniversary, here are the seven resurrections of The Walking Dead, the bloodiest, emotional, and most resurgent episodes that kept the show alive for a weary fan.

Jim Carey as Joe Biden and Maya Rudolph as Kamala Harris stand back to back in a promo for the new season of SNL.

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.

Olive enters school in a lingerie top with a red A sewn to her chest.

10 Years Later, ‘Easy A’ (2010) Grapples With a Complex Legacy

By: Shania Russell 6th Oct 20205th Oct 2020

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Separating the legacy of ‘Easy A’ from Emma Stone’s career is an impossibility: in a way, she is this film’s legacy. The durability of her performance is indisputable—Olive is a star making role, and Stone thrives when given the license to be her full charismatic self. Instead, consider this: has ‘Easy A’ itself stood the test of time? The answer is… complicated.