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Journal-Reviews: film

Control – Touching From a Distance (5)

by Ko Banerjea • 15 Nov 2007

Courting angst is always an unsettling business but rarely more so than when the flirtation is a salve for other types of meaning. In an age of short termism, where the quick fix is king, there’s something almost quaint about…


Crash and the City

by Paul Gormley • 7 May 2007

The French philosopher Jean Baudrillard once wrote that “the American city seems to have stepped right out of the movies” by which he meant that the experience of visiting a U.S. city itself is one that is produced directly by…


East is East and the pitfalls of Hybridity

by Sanjay Sharma • 10 Feb 2007

East is East has been hailed the British comedy hit of 1999. If the media response is anything to go by, this film has been a run away success:[1]

A clear audience favorite with the kind of