Now That’s What I Call Kino #2 – The Forgotten Pioneer of Alice Guy-Blaché

By: jamespalmerfilm
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Cinema was born with the Lumière Brothers, but little do people know that narrative film began somewhere else. In 1896, whilst the Lumière’s were amazed in recognition of trains and people leaving their work, Alice Guy-Blaché looked at the medium of film and the wider landscape it can bless than just documenting real life. Whilst…

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Now That’s What I Call Kino #1 – The Illustrious Career of Olivia de Havilland

By: jamespalmerfilm
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Welcome to Now That’s What I Call Kino, a column ready to take a deep dive into movie classics. These weekly features will take a look into a certain person or theme of classic movies. Hollywood lost a true icon last week when the late Olivia de Havilland died at the grand age of 104.…

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'Bringing up Baby' (1938) is a Revolutionary Queer Protest

By: Michaela Barton
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Bringing up Baby rejects norms and subverts expectations in this sub-textually queer screwball comedy.

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