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If film, like all art, nourishes itself on its own œuvre, I don’t think we can afford to sever the association between the cinema and the film.

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‘Beautifully we may rot’: ‘Madame La Mort’ in review

Damaging detachment: Reflections on the Booker Prize

In defence of the theatrical release

Falling out of Louvre

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