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    • Against All Enemies Tribeca 2023

      ‘Against All Enemies’ Shines a Light on the Terrifying Veteran-To-Domestic Terrorist Pipeline [Tribeca]

      Elizabeth MacLeod, Ally Johnson and Oliver Lyttelton
      June 9, 2023 12:39 pm
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      ‘The Bear’ Season 2 Trailer: Yes, Chef! FX’s Hit Dysfunctional Kitchen Show Returns For Seconds This June

      Elizabeth MacLeod, Ally Johnson and Oliver Lyttelton
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      ‘Andor’: Tony Gilroy Teases More ‘Rogue One’ Character Cameos In Season 2

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      ‘Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allows’ Trailer: A Hollywood Icon Who Led A Dual Life Gets The Documentary Treatment

      Edward Davis
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      ‘Abbott Elementary’s’ Chris Perfetti: “It’s Funnier For People To Not Like Jacob” [Interview]

      Gregory Ellwood
      June 9, 2023 10:53 am
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      'The Boogeyman': Director Rob Savage Talks His New Horror Film, Earning Stephen King's Approval & More [The Playlist Podcast]

      Elizabeth MacLeod, Ally Johnson and Oliver Lyttelton
      June 2, 2023 10:56 pm
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      Emma Fraser
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      Elizabeth MacLeod, Ally Johnson and Oliver Lyttelton
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The Best Television Shows Of 2018 (So Far)

Elizabeth MacLeod, Ally Johnson and Oliver Lyttelton
June 13, 2018 4:34 pm
Features, Television
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You've read our Best Films of 2018… So Far feature, or you will (you will!) and now it's time to move onto the small screen, and as we know the quality of television has jumped leaped and bounds in the age of P...
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Snubs & Surprises Of The 2018 Golden Globe Nominations

Oliver Lyttelton and Rodrigo Perez
December 11, 2017 12:24 pm
Awards, Features
11
As strange as it might be that a hundred or so international journalists have such sway over awards season thanks to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and the Golden Globes, we have to say that we always ...
Mindhunter

David Fincher Digs Deep Into Serial Killers With Netflix Series ‘MINDHUNTER’ [BFI London Film Fest Review]

Oliver Lyttelton
October 10, 2017 10:46 am
Features, News, Reviews, Television
5
Despite “Gone Girl” being one of the biggest hits of his career, it's been a tough few years for David Fincher. He looked set to capitalize on the success of that movie, and the peak TV boom, with two HBO serie...
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Get Freaked Out By A New Trailer For ‘Killing Of A Sacred Deer’ With Colin Farrell

Oliver Lyttelton
September 27, 2017 9:07 am
News, Trailers
Compared to his previous films, Yorgos Lanthimos’ “The Lobster” was a pretty tame affair — there was only the occasional blinding or dog-kicking, with a rather sweet love story and some bone-dry humor the domin...
Alias Grace

Toronto Film Fest Adds Sarah Polley & Mary Harron’s ‘Alias Grace’; More

Oliver Lyttelton
August 9, 2017 10:14 am
Festivals, News
The Toronto International Film Festival is now less than a month away, but the festival that might well be the world’s biggest, at least in terms of sheer volume, is continuing to add to its line-up. It already...
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50 Films We Hope To See At The 2017 Fall Festivals

Jessica Kiang and Oliver Lyttelton
July 11, 2017 2:57 pm
Features, News
1
This time last year we were feeling pretty down about the state of the blockbuster summer, having had a run of duds so instantly forgettable that we had to look them up again to remember (stuff like “X-Men: Apo...
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The 35 Best Heist Movies

Rodrigo Perez, Oliver Lyttelton, Jessica Kiang, Kevin Jagernauth and Kyle Kohner
June 29, 2017 1:38 pm
Features, News
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Almost inseparable from the inception of cinema, the heist genre has enraptured audiences for generations, as it offers an escapist appeal to the anti-hero and the outlaw. There is something intrinsically cinem...
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The 25 Best TV Shows Of 2017 So Far

Jessica Kiang, Oliver Lyttelton, Kevin Jagernauth and Rodrigo Perez
June 21, 2017 1:52 pm
Features, News, Television
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If there isn't already, there ought to be an improbably long German compound word to describe the slightly panicky, drowning feeling of overwhelmed anticipation that is one's natural state when contemplating ju...
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Exclusive: First Clip & Poster For New Documentary ‘Susanne Bartsch: On Top’

Oliver Lyttelton
May 1, 2017 1:50 pm
News
No sooner does one festival wrap up, another gets away, and while Tribeca finished up its run yesterday (we have a few more reviews still to come, so stay tuned for those), late last week saw the opening of Tor...
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Exclusive: Clip From ‘Buster’s Mal Heart’ Starring ‘Mr. Robot’ Star Rami Malek

Oliver Lyttelton
April 27, 2017 3:26 pm
News
One of the more exciting and unconventional leading men to emerge in recent years is Rami Malek. The actor’s been a familiar face for a while — first popping up in “Night At The Museum” over 10 years ago — and ...
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