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“An orgy of physical bravado”: Point Break reviewed in 1991
“One gasps one's way through Point Break, partly in admiration, partly in shock, often because time to breathe appears limited,” wrote our critic upon the initial release of Kathryn Bigelow’s adrenaline-fuelled game of cat-and-mouse.
By Philip Strick
In praise of Yakima Canutt, the stunt daredevil who risked his neck for Hollywood classics
By Lara Callaghan
Juror #2: Eastwood’s courtroom thriller is a throwback to an era of straightforwardly grown-up studio entertainment
By Guy Lodge
Nominations announced for the British Independent Film Awards 2024
Nominations announced for the British Independent Film Awards 2024“The scale of any project is secondary – it’s always about the quality of the writing”: Cillian Murphy on Small Things like These
By Sinéad Gleeson
68th BFI London Film Festival brings in highest in-person audience in 10 years
68th BFI London Film Festival brings in highest in-person audience in 10 yearsWhere to begin with Kathryn Bigelow
By Martyn Conterio
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