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Darkest hour: the first ever film of a solar eclipse
Ahead of the solar eclipse on 12 August, we shed some light on a pioneering film from 1900 which is believed to be the earliest surviving astronomical film. In this piece from our August 2019 issue, Bryony Dixon explores its backstory and how early cinema mixed science, entertainment and magic.
By Bryony Dixon
“It earns every hair it stiffens”: Alejandro Amenábar’s The Others
By Nick James
“He was a giant for work”: Michal Leszczylowski, editor of The Sacrifice, on Andrei Tarkovsky
By Michal Leszczylowski
Gods and monsters: Spirited Away reviewed in 2003
By Andrew Osmond
The misfits of Zwigoff: a visit to the set of Ghost World
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Lonesome tonight: Tony Rayns and Edward Yang on A Brighter Summer Day
By Tony Rayns
God’s lonely man: Amy Taubin on Taxi Driver
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