‘It’s a war zone now, here’
Emergency, emergency……Spike Lee’s film Chi-raq draws on the Lysistrata story for a searing indictment of gun violence in America
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Choose life, choose a job, choose a sequel … do we need Trainspotting 2?
Danny Boyle has announced that his next project will be a sequel to the breakout hit Trainspotting. Planned to be released next year to coincide with the 20-year anniversary of the original, what can we expect from the follow-up and…
MoreThe Biopic in Contemporary Film Culture
Biographical films like Selma, Diana, 12 Years a Slave and Lincoln claim to be based on real life events. But what makes a good or a bad biopic? And as fashions change in biography, what do we want from the biopic genre?
MorePat Murphy, filmmaker – my influences
Irish feminist filmmaker Pat Murphy talks about the people, ideas, events and contexts that have influenced her work, including Brecht, the Troubles and the long shadow of James Joyce.
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