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Dead Man: The Electric Breath of Dusk

Dead Man: The Electric Breath of Dusk

There’s a Jim Jarmusch film that opens on the rails of the West and closes like a fever dream — cracked, smoky, and beautiful. Dead Man (1995) is a movie you don’t simply watch; it’s a landscape you have to cross, step by step, through grit, gunfire, and hallucinations.

When an Angel fell on a Nick Cave Song

When an Angel fell on a Nick Cave Song

Wings of Desire is not a film that can be summed up in a few lines: it is a suspended parable, a poetic diary disguised as cinema. In 1987, Wim Wenders returned to his city, still divided by the Wall, and imagined two angels — Damiel (Bruno Ganz) and Cassiel (

David Bowie: Berlin on His Skin

David Bowie: Berlin on His Skin

When David Bowie and Iggy Pop arrived in Berlin at the end of the 1970s, the city welcomed them with its divided face: on one side the West, with the smoky clubs of Kreuzberg, the lights of Kurfürstendamm and the cabaret nights; on the other the East, grey and militarised, sealed behind the Wall. A…

George Michael vs Morrissey: Clash Over Joy Division

George Michael vs Morrissey: Clash Over Joy Division

There’s an image we all carry when we think of the 1980s: neon everywhere, jackets with shoulders as wide as highways, oceans of hairspray, and choreographed dance routines on MTV. And right in the middle of that glitter storm was George Michael, smiling from every bedroom wall, singing with

Marc Bolan & Stan Lee: Where Riffs and Heroes Converge

Marc Bolan & Stan Lee: Where Riffs and Heroes Converge

1975 in London wasn’t just another year, but a crossroads where the city seemed to hold all the contradictions of the century.

The Embarrassing Wonder: Dario Argento interviews Pink Floyd (1987)

The Embarrassing Wonder: Dario Argento interviews Pink Floyd (1987)

A forgotten 1987 interview: Gilmour and Mason of Pink Floyd go live with Dario Argento. Between odd questions, shaky translation and dry British humor, an awkward yet magical encounter emerges.