Alexander Larman
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- Jul 29, 2026
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Absolute Beginners, the worst film of the Eighties? Absolutely not (opens the original)
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British actors Eddie O'Connell and Patsy Kensit on the set of Absolute Beginners, directed by Julien Temple. Photo / Getty Images If Julien Temple’s adaptation of Colin MacInnes’ 1959 novel Absolute Beginners is still remembered fondly, it is for David Bowie’s extraordinary theme song. Yet the film that it accompanies has been given a bad press ever since it premiered in 1986. It has been decried as a notorious flop, the work of an overindulged and out-of-control director, a studio that had grot
The Oscar-worthy Kevin Spacey film Netflix doesn’t want you to see (opens the original)
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In 2018, the actor Michael Stuhlbarg enjoyed the distinction of having prominent supporting roles in three of the films nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars: The Shape of Water, The Post and Call Me by Your Name. (The Shape of Water was victorious.) Many suggested that Stuhlbarg himself was unlucky not to have been nominated for his heart-wrenching performance in Call Me by Your Name as Timothee Chalamet’s kind and compassionate father. But he may have stood a far better chance of Oscar reco
The Oscar-worthy Kevin Spacey film Netflix doesn’t want you to see (opens the original)
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Kevin Spacey called the 2017 biopic of Gore Vidal "one of the best films I’ve ever done". Photo / Getty Images In 2018, the actor Michael Stuhlbarg enjoyed the distinction of having prominent supporting roles in three of the films nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars: The Shape of Water, The Post, and Call Me by Your Name. (The Shape of Water was victorious.) Many suggested that Stuhlbarg himself was unlucky not to have been nominated for his heart-wrenching performance in Call Me by Your Na
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