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Enterprising year for independents
Rita di Santo reviews the year in film
ANGUS REID considers the power of the podcast as a vehicle for consensus building in opposition to mainstream media narratives
GLENN FOSBRAEY recommends a biography worth reading for both existing George Michael fans and those yet to be converted
FRANCIS DEVINE introduces a new collection of essays that draws on Pease McKenna’s example to indicate future paths for the movement
KEVIN DONNELLY and MARIA DUARTE review Shoot the People, The Last One For The Road, Rosebush Pruning, and Moana
JAMES WALSH recommends an exceptional documentary about the experience of Western doctors in Gaza
Works by Joshua Oppenheimer, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Gianfranco Rosi and Hayao Miyazaki made 2014 that rarest of things — a very good year for documentary and independent film-makers.
In Oppenheimer’s The Look of Silence, a bold follow-up to the Act of Killing, the director tracks down the ageing members of the Indonesian civilian militia (pictured) who, with the tacit approval of the army and government, carried out the wholesale slaughter of a million suspected communists after the 1965 Suharto coup. An extraordinary, shocking and poetic film.
The uplifting The Wind Rises by Japanese animation genius Miyazaki offered plenty of mesmeric moments that we’ve come to expect from the 72-year-old maestro.
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