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Magic and loss
The irresistible reappearance of My Bloody Valentine
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ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Paul Thomas Anderson taps into the dream life of America
The freakiest show
In 2022, to mark the 50th anniversary of Ziggy Stardust, collaborators, historians, collectors and fans congregated in Liverpool for a weekend of communion, remembrance and celebration. Six years after his passing, David Bowie’s afterlife might turn out to be his most intriguing adventure of all…
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English disease
“Morbid Symptoms” would have made a pretty good title for a Suede b-side. The best of their music still speaks to England's lingering existential hangover.
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The wild blue yonder
Joni's archives give us an opportunity to feel the jeopardy and wonder of one of the 20th century's most extraordinary solo odysseys
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The road to Hejira
Joni Mitchell's star-sailing, time-scrambling 1976 solo odyssey across America
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Magic waves
Brian Wilson, 1942–2025
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Islands
Sam Riley gets his groove back in a languid mystery with Highsmithian pretensions
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Christy
Christy initially comes on like it’s going to be a gritty corrective to the larks of The Young Offenders but unfurls into something more complex, surprising and moving
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The Courageous
Kolb delivers a typically electrifying, enigmatic portrait of a mother fighting like a cornered animal to keep her family together
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Paul and Paulette take a bath
The atrocity kink eventually extends to morbid cosplay, a little like Amélie meets The Nazis: A Warning from History, with Hitler’s bathtub in place of crème brûlée.
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Little Trouble Girls
In its focus on the spirit and the flesh, the film feels as timeless as Black Narcissus or Picnic at Hanging Rock.