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INFREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS 5: PINING FOR THE FJORDS / OH COMELY

12/04/201722/09/2017Jason Ward

You die on a Tuesday, which surprises you for several reasons. Over the years before that fateful weekday you had generally avoided contemplating the circumstances which might prompt your untimely READ MORE

POWER AND POISE / OH COMELY

06/04/201701/02/2017Jason Ward

When we think about physical performance, we have a tendency to ignore the journey in favour of the result: how much, how high, how long, how fast. A career of READ MORE

MIKE MILLS / OH COMELY

06/04/201701/02/2017Jason Ward

Among other creative pursuits, Mike Mills has worked successfully as an artist, music video director, film-maker and album cover designer, but the key raw materials have always been essentially the READ MORE

ALICE LOWE / OH COMELY

06/04/201701/02/2017Jason Ward

After several years as a comic actress and writer, Alice Lowe was ready to take the next step and direct a film. The process, however, was a long one. “When READ MORE

SURPRISINGLY STRONG THINGS / OH COMELY

06/04/201722/09/2017Jason Ward

The reed bends with the wind, so says the parable, while the oak tree breaks in the storm. This is a lesson about flexibility in turbulent times, or possibly about READ MORE

FREEDOM / OH COMELY

06/04/201701/02/2017Jason Ward

Some negative qualities are sexier than others. Literature groans under the weight of moody, narcissistic and casually cruel characters that readers can’t help but forgive as they’re so damned charming. READ MORE

CASUAL FRIDAYS, MONDAYS, TUESDAYS, WEDNESDAYS AND THURSDAYS / IPSE MAGAZINE

01/04/201725/09/2017Jason Ward

Robert E. Kelly didn’t wake up on 10th March 2017 expecting that the top half of his body was about to become famous. In a clip soon shared by READ MORE

CRISTIAN MUNGIU (GRADUATION) / CURZON

01/03/201725/09/2017Jason Ward

After the austere brilliance of Beyond the Hills, leading Romanian director Cristian Mungiu returns to Bucharest with a tale of compromised morality. Unlike his Palme d’Or-winning 4 Months, 3 READ MORE

XAVIER DOLAN (IT’S ONLY THE END OF THE WORLD) / CURZON

01/01/201730/01/2017Jason Ward

Having made six films in seven years, 27-year-old Xavier Dolan has established himself as one of the most industrious contemporary filmmakers. His first film outside Canada draws together an impressive READ MORE

INFREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS #4.5: WORKING NIGHTS AT CHRISTMAS / OH COMELY

22/12/201601/02/2017Jason Ward

Due to a clerical error at the job centre you have been employed as the new Father Christmas. There is little on your CV to suggest that you would be READ MORE

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