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Alex Garland explores social breakdown and internecine strife across the US in this explosive blockbuster.
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O dreamlands: why Lindsay Anderson was never the realist he claimed to be
From gothic elements to surreal satire and unexplained weirdness, the films of Lindsay Anderson were never only about getting “ordinary life” on screen.
By Henry K Miller
“Ford is a director with whom things are either right or wrong”: Lindsay Anderson’s review of The Searchers
By Lindsay Anderson
All You Need is Death: hallucinatory horror captures the alchemical power of Irish folk ballads
By Roger Luckhurst
The Book of Clarence: a messy, genre-blending Biblical epic
By Arjun Sajip
Bye Bye Love, 50th anniversary: this gender-fluid couple-on-the-run movie had no precedent in Japanese cinema
By Tony Rayns
If Only I Could Hibernate: a beautifully crafted Mongolian drama
By Tom Charity
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