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  • Derek Jarman – Jubilee (1978)

    1971-1980CultDerek JarmanDramaQueer Cinema(s)United Kingdom

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    Punks hail Britannia in their own peculiar way in this little-seen gem by the late queer auteur

    Jubilee (1978), Britain’s only decent punk film, still isn’t respected at home as much as it should be, and it remains pretty obscure everywhere else. Instead, we had to wait for Trainspotting (1996) to represent some sort of renaissance in “cool” British cinema. Yet, even though it is almost 20 years older, Jubilee makes Trainspotting’s self-congratulatory, CD tie-in antics look like a polite Edinburgh garden party.Read More »

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