Benjamin Crossley-Marra

"There’s no better retort to third wave feminist Camille Paglia’s assertion that art film is dead then to invoke the title of David Lynch’s surrealist opus".

"There’s no better retort to third wave feminist Camille Paglia’s assertion that art film is dead then to invoke the title of David Lynch’s surrealist opus".

Children with last names like Coppola, Cassavetes, Leth and Gavras don’t enter the film world innocently. Growing up on film sets, there’s a certain expectation that the films of the offspring will channel the genius of the parent.

Like all great French actresses, Julie Delpy’s performances burn through the screen into the hearts of cinemaphiles everywhere. It’s not just her blonde locks or her milky skin that attracts viewers, but her ability to fine-tune a performance to the most miniscule nuance.

This is England is a dose of medicine that doesn’t go down easy. Rural England circa 1983 is a rough on a child of thirteen years old, socially outcast, with a father that died in the controversial Falklands conflict.