Focusing on the build up to, and protest of the Iraq War, Amir Arimani’s moving, thoroughly engaging documentary is a definitive journey through one of the chief high-profile social and political chapters of the early 21st century.
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Review: Fury Road
George Miller’s ‘Mad’ Max Rockatansky returns in a tanked up, high-octane beast of a picture, that is not only goddamn marvellous in its own right, but also part catalyst for a dramatic cinematic swing in the right direction…
*spoiler free (plot)* 
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*Fury Road features on ILT’s Top 10 Films of 2015! Find out where it ranked here.*
SceneKid#8: Binary Sunset
Watching Star Wars drunk is guaranteed to result in a bit of Tatooine sand getting in your eye…
Star Wars
Dir: George Lucas
Original Release Date: 25 May 1977
Part One of a Star Wars SceneKid series special.
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2015 Finds Action in the Midst of a New Golden Age
After years of inconsistency in the genre, action movies have once again blossomed in recent times, with 2015 set to typify what looks to be an increased ascent toward the peak of a new golden age.
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Preview: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (teaser trailer #2)
Review: It Follows
The latest darling of the horror-hype machine arguably falls short of true ‘horror’.
Aside from that, it’s ace.
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Guitar & Lens: The Narrowing Memories of an Era
Watching Pete Townshend’s wailing finale to The Who’s set at Woodstock 1969, it dawned on me that by the time the next generation rolls around, film reels and video will be our only memories of rock’s most explosive era.
But what memories…
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Review: Furious 7
Paul Walker’s last ride is a fitting ‘end’ to the definitive action series of this generation.
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TurningJapanese#1: Battle Royale バトル・ロワイアル
ILT’s new TurningJapnese series will serve as a discussion of all things hōga in the Land of the Rising Sun, seeking to share the latest productions and reminisce about the history, the classics, and the downright bizarre.
First up, a look back at many of my generation’s introduction to Japanese cinema…
Battle Royale
Dir: Kinji Fukasaku
Original Release Date: 16 December 2000
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Review: Last Days in Vietnam
Next month marks the 40th anniversary of North Vietnam’s victory over the South and the reunification, by force, of Vietnam.
Fresh from it’s Academy Award nomination, Rory Kennedy’s 2014 documentary on the Fall of Saigon is as powerful as it is poignant.
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