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ROX MIDDLETON and LIAM SHAW examine the early scientific investigations that enabled film to become an artistic medium
PRELUDE TO INDIANA JONES: (Above) Eadweard Muybridge: Arab Horse Gallup, 1887
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ANDY McDONALD MP says Labour must show it is capable of delivering real improvements in people’s lives — bold action is required
ANGUS REID and ANDREW JOHNSTONE report on an initiative that we must take this summer
ALLISON FEWTRELL on what Plaid Cymru's historic election victory means for the communities being failed by Wales’s housing crisis, and four things the new government can do right now
France Insoumise MP JEROME LEGAVRE speaks to Christophe Domec on building the Europe-wide peace movement that came together in the International Conference Against War last weekend
At last weekend’s International Conference Against War, LINDA PENTZ GUNTER talks to the Palestinian physician and politician about the struggles ahead to achieve a truly free Palestine
THIS week is the second week of the BFI London Film Festival, a chance for those in London to see films that they might not otherwise get to see in a cinema in Britain.
Unlike other film festivals, London Film Festival is a public festival, being largely aimed at bringing the public into the films, rather than (like for example in Cannes) being for largely aimed at professionals in the film industry, such as Cannes. At its best, film offers a chance for people to see and think about cultures and perspectives outside of their own.
The science of movies, it might be assumed, lies mostly in the inventions of cinematography: the cameras, films, microphones, projectors that make the recording of movies possible. Certainly, advances in camera and projector technology have made a difference to what is possible.
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