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DE Deanna Bugalski 💋 · Fanfare

When Comedy Wasn’t Afraid to Offend Us: 100 Years of Mel Brooks

From fighting Nazis to ridiculing them, Mel Brooks has spent a century turning fear, prejudice, power, and human stupidity into something…

Aug 20, 2026 · 10 min read · 754 claps paywalled #fanfare #film #comedy

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SI Simon Dillon · Fanfare

My Ten Favourite Television Series

Not counting comedy or science fiction

Aug 04, 2026 · 17 min read · 2,695 claps paywalled #television #tv-series #culture

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IA Ian Mote · Fanfare

15 Gems of Chinese Cinema

Think it’s all kung fu? Think again…

Jul 20, 2026 · 9 min read · 250 claps paywalled #china #chinese-cinema #film

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EI Eirik Bull · Fanfare

Review: ‘The Odyssey’

A review-essay of Christopher Nolan’s newest cinematic epos and the millenias old epic that inspired it

Jul 15, 2026 · 14 min read · 0 claps paywalled #film #film-reviews #cinema

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DA Daniel Parris · Fanfare

6 Reasons to Be (Cautiously) Optimistic About Movies in 2026

Six signs that the movies are “so back”.

Jul 14, 2026 · 9 min read · 94 claps paywalled #film #movies #business

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SI Simon Dillon · Fanfare

My Ten Favourite Sam Neill Films

A tribute to the late star of Jurassic Park

Jul 14, 2026 · 6 min read · 197 claps paywalled #film #movies #cinema

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SJ SJ Matthews · Fanfare

Don’t Sleep on The Sheep Detectives

This whimsical tale is more profound than it appears

Jul 12, 2026 · 2 min read · 100 claps paywalled #the-sheep-detectives #film #hugh-jackman

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SA Samantha Almeida · Fanfare

Horror Doesn’t Need to Be Miserable to Be Good

How Widow’s Bay proves that horror can be unsettling, clever, and genuinely funny without sacrificing its bite

Jul 12, 2026 · 4 min read · 0 claps paywalled #pop-culture #tv-series #film-reviews

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OL Olga loves cinema · Fanfare

Never Trust a Gas Station in a Horror Movie

The hidden logic behind a classic horror trope

Jul 11, 2026 · 6 min read · 92 claps paywalled #film #cinema #horror

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SH Shelby Fielding · Fanfare

Is Genre Film Worth Preserving?

Is a certain type of movie allowed to be forgotten?

Jul 11, 2026 · 5 min read · 0 claps paywalled #film #culture #pop-culture

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GG G.G. Townsend · Fanfare

Director Fatigue and Yorgos Lanthimos’ ‘Bugonia’

How a director’s style sours over time, and cinema’s possible newest victim to this trend — Yorgos Lanthimos

Jul 10, 2026 · 5 min read · 51 claps #film #movies #movie-review

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SA Samantha Almeida · Fanfare

Beyond the Fin: The Ocean Horror Movies You Should Watch This Shark Week

Why Shark Week is the perfect time to look beyond sharks

Jul 10, 2026 · 7 min read · 110 claps paywalled #film #movies #pop-culture

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JO Joshua Bennion · Fanfare

Why ‘Meanwhile’ Remains Futurama’s Definitive Ending

How the finale provides narrative closure and why any continuation is pointless

Jul 09, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps #television #pop-culture #futurama

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CH Chris Kouju Koh · Fanfare

Britain’s beloved Larry the Cat inspires new furry companion in Fallout London

A Tale of Video Game Pets; ‘Chief Mouser’ the latest to follow you across the wasteland

Jul 09, 2026 · 6 min read · 0 claps paywalled #gaming #fallout-london #video-game-news

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BE Ben Ulansey · Fanfare

The Toy Story Saga Remains Fresh and Poignant After All These Years

I thought ‘Toy Story 5’ might be the first misfire in the franchise, but I was happily mistaken

Jul 08, 2026 · 5 min read · 254 claps paywalled #entertainment #film #movies

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GR greta wilkinson · Fanfare

‘Supergirl’ and My Grudge Against Superhero Movies

I have a strained relationship with superhero movies. Here’s how I felt about Craig Gillespie’s ‘Supergirl’.

Jul 08, 2026 · 13 min read · 137 claps #film #supergirl #culture

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DA Daniel Parris · Fanfare

Should You Trust the Netflix Top 10? A Statistical Analysis

Netflix’s Top 10 helps us choose faster. But does it help us choose better?

Jul 07, 2026 · 7 min read · 34 claps paywalled #television #data-science #business

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SI Simon Dillon · Fanfare

Ten Key Films Based on Greek Mythology

A cinematic primer of suggested viewing ahead of The Odyssey

Jul 07, 2026 · 10 min read · 403 claps paywalled #film #movies #cinema

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AL Alan Corley · Fanfare

On Memorising Poe’s ‘The Raven’

What a childhood challenge has taught me

Jul 06, 2026 · 6 min read · 129 claps paywalled #books #poetry #edgar-allan-poe

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SO Sophie Winward-Hart · Fanfare

Why 2001 Was A Game-Changing Year For Movies

These 6 films changed our brain chemistry 25 years ago

Jul 06, 2026 · 8 min read · 250 claps #movies #comedy #harry-potter

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MA Marmi Le · Fanfare

The Best Movie and TV Shows with Bicycle Accidents In Them

Part II in my series of extremely niche genre listicles

Jul 05, 2026 · 4 min read · 264 claps paywalled #film #television #movies

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TH Thomas Burchfield · Fanfare

Factual Fictions: ‘Pressure’: How a Team of Weathermen Fought the Nazis

A fine drama about one of the most crucial decisions of World War II captures the outline of events while rearranging the details.

Jul 04, 2026 · 13 min read · 101 claps paywalled #film #d-day-invasion #world-war-ii

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DA Darren Zouga · Fanfare

‘Toy Story 5’ Has Its Parents’ Heart, But Lacks Their Charm

Pixar’s latest dabbles in timely subjects, and jerks the tears, so it’s… worthwhile?

Jul 03, 2026 · 8 min read · 88 claps paywalled #film #disney #family

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SI Simon Dillon · Fanfare

Independence Day: 30 Years On

Dated jingoistic nonsense, but Roland Emmerich’s alien invasion blockbuster has some incidental pleasures

Jul 03, 2026 · 5 min read · 646 claps paywalled #film #movies #cinema

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BR Brittany Jezouit · Fanfare

‘The Bear’ is an Ode to Doing the Work

Spoilers for season 5 of The Bear, ahead!

Jul 02, 2026 · 3 min read · 180 claps paywalled #television #tv-series #culture

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SA Samantha Almeida · Fanfare

The Prestige Horror Boom Didn’t Happen Overnight

The genre didn’t change overnight. Our perception of it did.

Jul 02, 2026 · 5 min read · 467 claps paywalled #film #movies #pop-culture

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JO Jon Alexander · Fanfare

5 Best Movies of 2026 So Far

As many industry leaders rush to embrace AI, the best movies I saw in the first half of the year are defiantly human-made

Jul 01, 2026 · 9 min read · 213 claps paywalled #film #movies #art

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SI Simon Dillon · Fanfare

A.I. Artificial Intelligence: 25 Years On

Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi fable is a much-misunderstood masterpiece in urgent need of rediscovery

Jun 30, 2026 · 5 min read · 628 claps paywalled #film #movies #cinema

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SI Simon Dillon · Fanfare

Cars: 20 Years On

How does Pixar’s tale of burnout and learning to slow down hold up two decades on?

Jun 26, 2026 · 4 min read · 331 claps paywalled #film #movies #cinema

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JO Jon Alexander · Fanfare

In Defense of Alejandro González Iñárritu

Snarky cinephiles like to unfairly dismiss the Oscar-winning director, but his movies have heart, soul, and rich ideas about modern life

Jun 24, 2026 · 7 min read · 0 claps paywalled #film #movies #art

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NI Nikki Davis · Fanfare

Leviticus is a Brutally Lovely & Queer Horror Story

Writer-director Adrian Chiarella paints a fearsome picture that perfectly supports the romance at its core.

Jun 23, 2026 · 4 min read · 31 claps paywalled #film #movies #horror

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DA Daniel Parris · Fanfare

Why Did Hollywood Stop Making Dramas?

Why did Hollywood abandon the drama?

Jun 23, 2026 · 9 min read · 123 claps paywalled #movies #film #data-science

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NI Nick Hart · Fanfare

Spielberg Celebration: A Post-9/11 Nightmare Family Road Trip in ‘War of the Worlds’

The deadbeat dad at the end of the world

Jun 23, 2026 · 6 min read · 130 claps paywalled #steven-spielberg #film #science-fiction

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SI Simon Dillon · Fanfare

The Lavender Hill Mob: 75 Years On

An Ealing comedy classic celebrates three-quarters of a century

Jun 23, 2026 · 4 min read · 314 claps paywalled #film #movies #cinema

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SA Samantha Almeida · Fanfare

The Best Special Effect Is a Good Editor

Long movies aren’t the problem. Movies that mistake length for importance are.

Jun 22, 2026 · 4 min read · 71 claps paywalled #film #filmmaking #film-reviews

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EV Evan Purcell · Fanfare

Spielberg Celebration: ‘Twilight Zone: The Movie’

This is Spielberg unfiltered, good and bad

Jun 21, 2026 · 6 min read · 5 claps paywalled #film #steven-spielberg #film-reviews

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MA Martine Nyx · Fanfare

Spielberg Celebration: The Emasculating Nightmare of ‘Duel’

A symbolic analysis of Spielberg’s forgotten road action thriller

Jun 19, 2026 · 8 min read · 204 claps paywalled #film #steven-spielberg #cinema

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SI Simon Dillon · Fanfare

The Rocketeer: 35 Years On

A blast of old-fashioned Saturday matinee fun from 1991 that still hits the spot

Jun 19, 2026 · 4 min read · 436 claps paywalled #film #film-reviews #movies

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BI Bint Amin · Fanfare

Spielberg Celebration: The Enduring Legacy of ‘The Color Purple’

A tale of Black Womanhood’s resilience, struggle, and triumph in the Deep South

Jun 17, 2026 · 5 min read · 150 claps paywalled #film #movies #cinema

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SI Simon Dillon · Fanfare

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off: 40 Years On

How does this sacred text of Generation X hold up after four decades?

Jun 16, 2026 · 7 min read · 718 claps paywalled #film #movies #cinema

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BA Barnaby Page · Fanfare

Spielberg Celebration: ‘The Sugarland Express’: For Maximum Enjoyment, Pretend It’s 1974 Again

Why Steven Spielberg’s first theatrical feature is not just “Steven Spielberg’s first theatrical feature”

Jun 15, 2026 · 6 min read · 101 claps paywalled #film

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PA Paul Maglione · Fanfare

Six Iconic Songs of Survival

My favorite tracks about resilience and indomitable will

Jun 13, 2026 · 8 min read · 219 claps paywalled #resilience #life #survival

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AN Andy Meek · Fanfare

Gomorrah on HBO Max is the TV crime masterpiece I measure all others against

American crime dramas don’t even come close.

Jun 12, 2026 · 4 min read · 50 claps paywalled #entertainment #culture #television

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IA Ian Mote · Fanfare

Spielberg Celebration: ‘Ready Player One’

Let him entertain you

Jun 12, 2026 · 6 min read · 201 claps paywalled #film #fanfare #steven-spielberg

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BE Ben Ulansey · Fanfare

My Personal ‘Backrooms’

There’s a reason why ‘Backrooms’ struck such a chord for me

Jun 11, 2026 · 5 min read · 188 claps paywalled #movies #memoir #cinema

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SY Syed Zain · Fanfare

Spielberg Celebration: ‘Munich’ and ‘Bridge of Spies’

Spielberg’s politics of conscience and consequence

Jun 11, 2026 · 13 min read · 51 claps paywalled #film #cinema #politics

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PA Paul Maglione · Fanfare

The Flat-Out Worst ‘Rom-Com’ of 2026 (So Far…)

Netflix (and J-Lo) need to hang their heads in shame

Jun 10, 2026 · 5 min read · 191 claps paywalled #romance #sexuality #cinema

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AL Alan Corley · Fanfare

Spielberg Celebration: The Nostalgia of ‘Hook’

In defence of a maligned childhood dream

Jun 10, 2026 · 6 min read · 225 claps paywalled #film #steven-spielberg #peter-pan

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LA Laura Berlinsky-Schine · Fanfare

Spielberg Celebration: ‘Band of Brothers’ And The Human Side Of War

On Spielberg and Hanks’ small-screen companion piece to Saving Private Ryan

Jun 09, 2026 · 3 min read · 113 claps paywalled #steven-spielberg #television #world-war-ii

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SI Simon Dillon · Fanfare

Moulin Rouge!: 25 Years On

Baz Luhrmann’s delirious romantic musical is still “spectacular, spectacular”

Jun 09, 2026 · 5 min read · 209 claps paywalled #film #movies #cinema