Mark Kermode
Film critic and broadcaster Mark Kermode writes a monthly column for the Observer. Twitter @kermodemovie
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From gritty banlieue drama Girlhood to period piece Portrait of a Lady on Fire and animation My Life As a Courgette, the French director’s films never fail to connect eloquently with us
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As A Nightmare on Elm Street turns 40, here’s to the softly spoken American creator of some of cinema’s most memorable scares, from razor-clawed serial killer Freddy Krueger to the sequel-spawning Scream
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From his feature debut, Hunger, to his new documentary, Occupied City, the Oscar-winning director and Turner prize winner’s work has been a long, lively conversation between art and film
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From Distant Voices, Still Lives to Benediction, the lyrical work of the late director was suffused with the ‘ecstasy’ of cinema – and his fraught Liverpool childhood
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In the first of a new monthly Observer column on his favourite film-makers, Mark Kermode salutes the elliptical vision of the director of Don’t Look Now, Walkabout, Performance and so much more
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4 out of 5 stars.Mark Kermode's film of the weekBlue Beetle review – superhero fun with immigrant survival subtextHow will a law graduate use beetle-based powers to help his beleaguered Latino family? Believable dynamics and boisterous comedy add charm to a familiar genre
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4 out of 5 stars.Mark Kermode's film of the weekTalk to Me review – an Evil Dead for the Snapchat generationAustralian YouTuber twins Danny and Michael Philippou’s feature debut is an entertaining chiller that mixes shrieking horror and psychological nuance
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4 out of 5 stars.Mark Kermode's film of the weekBarbie review – a riotous, candy-coloured feminist fable
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