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Call of the wild (by Fred Rowson, July/August 2010 ): The useless, the tragic, the deranged. Herzog’s subject is always the human, says Fred Rowson
The art of phwoar (by Michael Bywater, May/June 2009 ): Free websites like Pornhub mean that explicit sex films are only a click away. But are they any good? Michael Bywater offers a classical critique
Ring master (by Owen Hatherley, November/December 2007 ): High flying, visual acrobatics, visceral shocks – Russia’s greatest director used the tricks of the circus to captivate the crowds. Owen Hatherley takes a seat in Eisenstein’s big top
Waking dream (by Isabelle McNeill, May/June 2007 ): As the "Dalì and Film" exhibition opens at Tate Modern, Isabelle McNeill reflects on the legacy of Surrealist cinema
Lost gods (by Andrew Mueller, May/June 2006 ): Andrew Mueller on the ghost of punk
Projecting the human (by Andrew Tudor, March/April 2006 ): Andrew Tudor searches for the soul of cinema
No short cuts (by Andrew Tudor, January/February 2006 ): Andrew Tudor struggles to pin down the enigma of Robert Altman
Lone Star (by Andrew Tudor, January/February 2005 ): Andy Tudor celebrates the radical work of John Sayles
Frontline Films (by Mitchell Miller, November/December 2004 ): Mitchell Miller on two close-up views of the Arab-Israeli conflict
Awkward Questions (by Andrew Tudor, September/October 2004 ): Andrew Tudor asks what makes a good documentary
Has doom had its day? (by Andrew Tudor, July/August 2004 ): Andrew Tudor on the decline of the disaster movie
Jailhouse Reels (by Andrew Tudor, January/February 2004 ): The release of Carandiru prompts Andrew Tudor to reflect on the prison movie genre
Film Review: The Wrestler (by Fred Rowson, Web Exclusive, February 2009): Mickey Rourke's ageing grappler is compelling, but distant says Fred Rowson
Film Review: Revolutionary Road (by Fred Rowson, Web Exclusive, February 2009): It's twelve years since Winslet and DiCaprio last shared a screen. And that's not long enough, finds Fred Rowson
Film review: Slumdog Millionaire (by Fred Rowson, Web Exclusive, February 2009): Danny Boyle's feelgood Oscar-winner lacks the depth to be a true classic, says Fred Rowson
Film review: Milk (by Fred Rowson, Web Exclusive, February 2009): Sean Penn deserves his Oscar, but this biopic of America's first gay politician mostly plays it safe, says Fred Rowson
Film review: Vicky Cristina Barcelona (by Fred Rowson, Web Exclusive, February 2009): A return to form for Woody Allen? Think again, says Fred Rowson
Film review: Watchmen (by Fred Rowson, Web Exclusive, March 2009): Heard this comic book adaptation is bad? You don't know the half of it, says Fred Rowson
Film review: Gran Torino (by Fred Rowson, Web Exclusive, April 2009): Clint Eastwood's latest is grating and out of tune, in all the right ways finds Fred Rowson
Film review: Knowing (by Fred Rowson, Web Exclusive, April 2009): Sci-fi action and apocalyptic religion just don't mix, says Fred Rowson
Film review: Angels & Demons (by Fred Rowson, Web Exclusive, June 2009): Could the latest Dan Brown blockbuster be the best film of the year so far? asks Fred Rowson
Film review: The Book of Eli & The Road (by Fred Rowson, Web Exclusive, January 2010): Fred Rowson tours the wasted landscape of two new versions of the end of the world
Film review: Shutter Island (by Fred Rowson, Web Exclusive, March 2010): There's nothing wrong with pulp but why has Scorsese dressed it up with technique, asks Fred Rowson
Film review: Lourdes (by Fred Rowson, Web Exclusive, July 2010): Behind its restrained seriousness, this dramatisation of a disabled woman's pilgrimage has a vicious sense of humour, says Fred Rowson
Film review: Inception (by Fred Rowson, Web Exclusive, August 2010): Christopher Nolan has created a rare thing – an intelligent summer blockbuster. If only the details were as inspiring as the ideas, says Fred Rowson
Film review: The Last Exorcism (by Fred Rowson, Web Exclusive, September 2010): This horror mockumentary is both charming and frightening, says Fred Rowson. But didn't somebody already do an exorcism movie?
Film review: Of Gods and Men (by Fred Rowson, Web Exclusive, January 2011): This depiction of the last days of seven monks murdered by extremists has been widely celebrated, but its questionable take on Christian devotion is ultimately dissatisfying, says Fred Rowson
Film review: Hereafter (by Fred Rowson, Web Exclusive, February 2011): In taking on the afterlife, Clint Eastwood delivers a trite ghost story that is desperate to be taken seriously, finds Fred Rowson
Film review: The Tree of Life (by Fred Rowson, Web Exclusive, July 2011): Terence Malik’s fifth film could do with a dose of Dirty Harry says Fred Rowson