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How to Get Ahead in Advertising and the Great British Special Effects Tradition

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|Hannah Baxter| How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1988) has a title reminiscent of a screwball comedy, maybe something starring Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy. He’s a staid account executive and she’s a free-spirited graphic designer working at the same advertising agency. Forced to collaborate on a big account… Continue reading

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The Depths of Withnail and I: A Dark-Comedy Coping Mechanism for Poverty and Outgrowing a Friendship

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|Dan Howard| When Bruce Robinson was living as a struggling artist in London, he drew inspiration directly from his own less-than-glamourous lifestyle for his first novel, and eventually first film. If an artist doesn’t come from money, it can be very difficult to climb their way out of poverty… Continue reading