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Every Live-Action Joker, Ranked by Performance

The Joker remains one of the most iconic villains in the Batman mythos: a warped, sadistic serial killer and chaotic criminal mastermind…

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Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019): Intimate Film Review

Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) Director: Céline Sciamma Screenwriter: Céline Sciamma Starring: Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel, Luàna Bajrami “I’m saying…

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Joker, Incels, and the Alt-Right: Unpacking the 2019 Debate

Film criticism thrives on subjectivity. Movies are composed of many elements—performance, direction, cinematography, sound, narrative—that can be assembled to suggest meanings audiences…

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Every Nightmare on Elm Street Movie Ranked

In 1984, director Wes Craven—already known for unsettling films like The Last House on the Left and The Hills Have Eyes—gave the…

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Scorsese vs MCU, Peele Joins Universal, Studiocanal-Hammer Deal

The Film Magazine roundup of the week’s main film news, covering Monday 30th September to Sunday 6th October 2019. Jordan Peele, the…

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Joker (2019) Review: Joaquin Phoenix’s Harrowing Turn

Joker (2019) Director: Todd Phillips Screenwriter: Todd Phillips, Scott Silver Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy, Brett Cullen,…

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10 Must-See Horror Movies of the 2010s

The 2010s were a transformative decade for the horror genre. After the J-horror and “torture porn” trends of the 2000s, the decade…

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Sam Sewell-Peterson’s 5 Iconic Movie Character Introductions

How a character is first introduced on screen matters. Whether it’s the hero, the villain, a vivid supporting player or a brief…

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The Last Tree (2019) Review: A Powerful Coming-of-Age Drama

The Last Tree (2019) Director: Shola Amoo Screenwriter: Shola Amoo Starring: Sam Adewunmi, Denise Black, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Nicholas Pinnock Shola Amoo, who…