The CROWD

A new blog of left-wing film criticism | Rethinking the 'crowd' in film history | Writing towards a communist cinema

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'We know these people purely in their roles as protestors, ravers and mourners. In a dramatic action at the end, they dance and scatter a comrade’s ashes at a medical insurance dinner, playing all of these parts at once.' -- We review #120BPM https://t.co/LMkp429Z7f

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'Protect your family and property from the unknown. Like so many horror films, the logic of John Krassinski’s #AQuietPlace doubles as a Reaganite election slogan.' https://t.co/XGOEgvjZRi

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'It’s not a perfect film, but at this point in the culture it’s an important film: a celebration of survival, performed with the rhythm of resistance.' https://t.co/nP13P8ppAe

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'The Square tries to both be a provocation and about provocation, but it is less interested in the social relations it sketches than in the individualist problem of what a man can or cannot supposedly do.' https://t.co/VLSzZzxFbY

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'Joaquin Phoenix does have cool one-liners but they are muffled under his beard and self-loathing. The implicit accusation is that these are tawdry thrills.' https://t.co/c2gcSIpf0F

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'The soundtrack does a lot of the work in I, Tonya' https://t.co/9m6kCBtL7b

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'Wakanda is supposed to embody a science-fictional alternative to white supremacist modernity. In fact, it most closely resembles an oligarchical petrostate like Saudi Arabia or the United Arab Emirates.' -- We present three ways of reading #BlackPanther https://t.co/aUheFnpJG8

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'It’s becoming clear that Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Russia is a palatable vision for Western audiences.' https://t.co/TYfJ7ugtQo

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'Who or what are we laughing at?' -- Read our thumbs-down review of #ThreeBillboards, which won five (!) #BAFTAs last night: https://t.co/0LNIcQp14E

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This week's crowd is a #ValentinesDay special. A moment of romance in Luchino Visconti’s Rocco and his Brothers. https://t.co/dAqQFRcxtD

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'Spielberg is on autopilot, cruising on the fumes of ideology.' https://t.co/ggRNz1qp2i

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'This is Anderson's first hopeful film about power.' https://t.co/7RMZM48wej

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'One is left wondering whether Payne only half understands the film he’s made, or whether he’s only made half a film.' https://t.co/LZxmgNMv3a

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'Inside Bigelow's Algiers Motel in #Detroit, we could just as easily be inside the house from Night of the Living Dead' https://t.co/4hpgNLtd9d

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'Robert Pattinson has a smile that pleads for one last favour.' https://t.co/wqza9qroj2

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'The maid in #CallMeByYourName is a really existing character, really interacting with the plot and themes, except in all the features that make a character human.' https://t.co/sW7wgWUIbt

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Welcome to the (soft) launch! A new blog for left-wing film criticism: https://t.co/XS4Ktn01bI