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Arts & Culture.Mar 12, 2015

Private Theatre: Video Diary of a Lost Girl

Film critic Chuck Williamson writes on Lindsay Denniberg’s ‘Video Diary of a Lost Girl’, a film “invested in reconfiguring rape culture paradigms”.

By Tom Nixon
Arts & Culture.Jan 18, 2015

Private Theatre: Gone Girl

Contributing editor Christine Jin writes on David Fincher’s ‘Gone Girl’, last year’s most hotly debated film.

By Tom Nixon
Arts & Culture.Aug 13, 2014

Private Theatre: Black Narcissus

Film critic Ben Hynes delves into Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s 1947 classic ‘Black Narcissus’.

By Tom Nixon
Arts & Culture.Aug 3, 2014

Private Theatre: Boyhood

Contributing editor Christine Jin writes about ‘Boyhood’ in the context of Richard Linklater’s diverse career.

By Tom Nixon
Arts & Culture.Jul 20, 2014

Private Theatre: Bigger Than Life

Film critic Ben Hynes claims Nicholas Ray’s ‘Bigger Than Life’ is “less a celebration of the ability of the individual to overcome addiction than a witheringly subtle jab at the fantasy of normality”.

By Tom Nixon
Arts & Culture.Jul 17, 2014

Private Theatre: Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Senior film critic Tom Nixon revisits ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’ ahead of its imminent and promising sequel.

By Tom Nixon
Arts & Culture.Jul 10, 2014

Private Theatre: The LEGO Movie

Film critic Ben Hynes on how ‘The Lego Movie’ functions as a “devious piece of propaganda for neoliberal capitalism.”

By Tom Nixon
Arts & Culture.Jul 7, 2014

Private Theatre: The Immigrant

Film critic Christine Jin on why ‘The Immigrant’ is the ideal prologue for the rest of James Gray’s oeuvre.

By Tom Nixon
Arts & Culture.Jul 3, 2014

Private Theatre: Under the Skin

In anticipation of its upcoming DVD release, film critic Ben Hynes delves deeper into the allegorical implications of Jonathan Glazer’s ‘Under the Skin’

By Tom Nixon
Arts & Culture.Jun 9, 2014

Private Theatre: The Sacrament

Senior film critic Tom Nixon expresses his bemusement at Ti West’s misguided foray into the found-footage sub-genre.

By Tom Nixon