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How Aliens became the rare sequel that was as good as – or better than – the original (opens the original)
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In 1986, seven years after the groundbreaking Alien, director James Cameron released its long-awaited sequel. Rather then trying to recreate Ridley Scott’s claustrophobic 1979 horror, Cameron transformed it into something bigger, louder and more militaristic. Forty years later, Aliens remains one of the rare sequels that can credibly stand alongside – and perhaps even surpass – its predecessor. A friendly argument among friends might debate which sequels are better than the originals. The Godfat
Why an all-female Glengarry Glen Ross changes less about the play than you might expect (opens the original)
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A recent all-female production of Glengarry Glen Ross at London’s Old Vic gave audiences the chance to revisit one of the defining plays of modern American theatre. It also raised the question of whether a work so deeply associated with male aggression and competition looks different when performed by women. Written by David Mamet and first staged in 1983, Glengarry Glen Ross remains one of the most influential dramas of the past half-century. It won the Pulitzer Prize, inspired a celebrated fil
Taxi Driver at 50: how Martin Scorsese’s film foreshadowed the manosphere (opens the original)
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As plumes of steam rise and dissipate from the grates of New York in the opening frames of Taxi Driver, we see the unsettled brown eyes of Travis Bickle, played by Robert De Niro in a career-defining role. The second of Martin Scorsese’s successful collaborations with De Niro, the pair went on to make another eight feature films. Scorsese was a new breed of director, pushing the boundaries of “New Hollywood” – an era that broke the rules of the studio system to produce something rawer, darker an
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