Articles by James Luscombe

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  Alice Et Martin

  Andre Techine

  PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

  I was shocked to discover that Andre Techine has been making films since 1969. I've always lumped him in with the younger French directors,...

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  Joe Gould's Secret

  Stanley Tucci

  PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

  Movies that over-indulge in nostalgia end up having the opposite effect - they become forgettable. I can barely remember one scene from Woo...

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  Johnny

  Carl Bessai

  PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

  The Dogme 95 manifesto, created by Danish directors Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg, may be the best thing that happened to filmmaking...

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  American Psycho

  Mary Harron

  PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

  I'm glad American Psycho finally made it to the screen, if only because this means that the years of speculation and controversy will final...

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  The War Zone

  Tim Roth

  PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

  Tim Roth is a man possessed. His first film as a director, The War Zone, is a searing drama about familial sexual abuse, and in person, he...

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  Topsy Turvy

  Mike Leigh

  PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

  Mike Leigh's new film Topsy Turvy is about the artistic collaboration between Gilbert and Sullivan, specifically the process that led to th...

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  Titus

  Julie Taymor

  PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

  Director Julie Taymor must be some kind of gutsy, uninhibited genius. She's taken Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus, which T. S. Elliot called...

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  Birthday Girl

  Jez Butterworth

  PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

  Birthday Girl is an odd thriller/comedy hybrid — it may take you a while to adjust to its mood and rhythms, but that isn't such a bad thing...