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‘2.37’ Directed by Murali K Thalluri

Owen Richardson

Hi Sally, Tried to call, but you were out. I really think we need to pass on 2:37. I found it excruciating - up to and beyond camp, too...

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Every Which Way But Forward: Michael Winterbottom’s 'Tristram Shandy: A Cock & Bull Story'

Owen Richardson

Published in nine volumes between 1759 and 1767, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentlemanmade a celebrity of its author, the...

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Beautiful Losers: Neil Armfield’s 'Candy'

Owen Richardson

The opening credits of Candy set the tone. To the strains of the Cocteau Twins’ ‘Song of the Siren’, Candy (Abbie Cornish) and Dan (Heath...

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Laboratory Conditions: Michael Haneke’s 'Hidden'

Owen Richardson

Let the bad times roll. Munich-born, Paris-based director Michael Haneke gained international attention in 2001 with The Piano Teacher,...

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The Horror Inside: David Cronenberg’s 'A History of Violence'

Owen Richardson

A History of Violence: the phrase can be taken two ways, both as something a person – a criminal in the dock – might have, and as a...

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