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Archives online: British Pathé’s Death Jump – Eiffel Tower (1912)

In the first of a series sampling the treasures of online film archives, Thirza Wakefield ponders capes, death masks and the eerie intimacy of the camera in a four-minute memento mori.

Thirza Wakefield
Sunday 21 September 2014

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Film of the week: 20,000 Days on Earth

Nick Cave beckons you into the caverns of his mind, writes Trevor Johnston.

Trevor Johnston
Thursday 18 September 2014

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Toon of the month: Marcel, the King of Tervuren

Ruling the roost, one day at a time: Chris Robinson hails a Belgian short animation about a cockerel’s mysteries of persistence.

Chris Robinson
Monday 15 September 2014

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Film of the week: Pride

Welsh miners and London queers meet under the cosh of discrimination in this plucky (and timely) Ealing-esque look back to the 1984-85 miners’ strike, says Ben Walters.

Ben Walters
Friday 12 September 2014

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BFI London Film Festival 2014: 30 recommendations

Our hand-picked selection of highlights in this year’s festival.

Sight & Sound Editors
Thursday 11 September 2014

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From the Magazine

Film of the week: Finding Fela

Alex Gibney revisits the body and many faces of Fela Kuti, Afrobeat revolutionary extraordinaire. By Sam Davies.

Sam Davies
Friday 5 September 2014

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Film of the week: Night Moves

Adam Nayman on Kelly Reichardt’s latest tale of alienation and rue, a paranoid tragedy of eco-terrorism.

Adam Nayman
Thursday 28 August 2014

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Top ten nonfiction lessons – for those who take the time…

Instead of voting in our Documentary Poll, the Austrian Film Museum’s director Alexander Horwath sent us this proposal for a screening programme…

Alexander Horwath
Wednesday 27 August 2014

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From the Magazine

Film of the week: Two Days, One Night

The Dardenne brothers and Marion Cotillard aim to thaw out wage-slave society, says Tony Rayns.

Tony Rayns
Thursday 21 August 2014

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Film of the week: The Unbeatables

Goooooooooooooooooooal animación argentina, says Matthew Taylor (more or less).

Matthew Taylor
Saturday 16 August 2014

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