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Columbo | Playback (Season 4, Ep. 5)

25 March 2023

Go go gadget! Columbo inspects when a murder is caught on tape – but playback proves all is not as it seems

A man in a blindfold in a blue, watery environment

Minority Report (2002) and the paradox of precognition

21 March 2023

Soul, man: borrowed Blackness in The Commitments

15 March 2023

Sex and sanguination: decoding Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)

5 March 2023

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Literature

A novel idea | What it’s like to read a book in email instalments

Book reviews

Everyday Enlightenment, by His Holiness the Gyalwang Drukpa

Film

The Black Phone: dialing up retro teen screams | Review

Film

Fatal Attraction – the classic 80s movie explained

Film

The Pale Blue Eye: Poe-faced thriller moves at a glacial pace | Review

Film

Beverly Hills Cop (1984) explained: from zero to hero

Film

Collateral (2004): from cowardice to control

White, frosted Christmas tree baubles
Film

A very modern malady: deconstructing It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)

Book reviews

Casino, by Nicholas Pileggi

Film

The Mosquito Coast (1986): the paradise delusion

Film

How sci-fi horror Alien is all about the android

Film

Boiling point: 10 films about summer extremes

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