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2012

It is a somewhat difficult task reviewing _2012_, for it is a film which does not so easily fall on to a conventional critical spectrum. It’s most winning aspects are also it’s most desperate flaws – it manages to be simultaneously completely moronic and outrageously funny (often unintentionally), and whilst...
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By , Nov. 23, 2009

Open space technology

While taking the quotidian as raw material is of course ubiquitous within British film, Emily Richardson’s evocative works transform the everyday into something mysterious which nevertheless resonates as profoundly true. Daniel Neofetou talks to her about influences and interpretations
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By , Nov. 23, 2009

The White and Black of Modernism

Thank you to all those who were kind enough to mention my article with the soft cooing of vague interest. I gather most of you read until the once opalescent glamour of my name, dragged through the rough plains of howling boredom, proved too dull and tarnished a beacon to...
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By , Nov. 23, 2009

David Morley: a wilde thing

The launch of Professor David Morley’s latest poetry pamphlet ‘The Night of the Day’ organised by Nine Arches Press enjoyed a more electric atmosphere than the average poetry reading. Monday night’s event, held at Wilde’s wine bar and restaurant brought together bright-eyed students, seasoned professionals, associates of local poetry presses...
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By , Nov. 23, 2009

Out of this world

Rob Shearman and Joe Lidster, who have between them written for Doctor Who, Torchwood and the Sarah Jane Adventures, recently appeared at Warwick to talk to members of the Sci Fi society about their experiences.
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By , Nov. 23, 2009