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Is Jennifer Lynch a Misogynist?

And more film stuff from the Grolsch Film Works blog.

Earlier this year, VICE Films and Grolsch Film Works teamed up with the directors Harmony Korine, Alexey Fedorchenko and Jan Kwiecinski to make a three-part film called The Fourth Dimension. Now, Grolsch Film Works have a new website where you can find out what they’ve been up to and read/watch interesting stuff about films. Every week we'll be plucking the highlights. This is that.

AN INTERVIEW WITH JENNIFER LYNCH

Jennifer Lynch’s latest horror offering, Chained, tells the story of lumbering, cab-driving, serial killer Bob (Vincent D'Onofrio) and his unwilling younger partner Rabbit (Eamon Farren), whom he captured as a child in order to train him as his protégé. All too often Lynch (daughter of the legendary David Lynch) is put in the shadow of her father’s prestigious career or being labelled as a misogynist director. We got the inside scoop from the woman herself.

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A LIST OF GREAT FILMS BASED IN BERLIN

More than any other European city, Berlin can be seen as the ultimate melting-pot mix of different events and ideologies. Its heady history of Weimar decadence, Communist power and now bourgeois gentrification makes it a fascinating focus for cinema. Quicker than a queue for Berghain, we’d like to run down our top ten Berlin films, taking you from the row of angels at the Berlin State Library to a Weimar-era cabaret and a sleazy night out at Sound Club with Bowie. To quote the words of the recent underground movement for the protection of anti-tourist backlash, the Hipster Antifa Neukölln: “Tourists, Hipsters, everybody is welcome: party like it’s 1945”.

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FIVE REASONS WHY RYAN GOSLING ISN'T PERFECT

WIth the imminent release of Gangster Squad, you can guarantee the media will be swarmed with justifications for claiming Ryan Gosling as the bearer of the title "Coolest Person of the Year" (it's a real thing, and, yes, he won it last year). But writing an article singing the man's praises would simply be too easy for us hard-hitting journalists here at Grolsch Film Works. Because the real question on everyone's minds is obviously, just how can he be that perfect? There must be something that isn't cool about the man. He can't just be a totally flawless human being? Right…? So, join us as we go on a journey of epic proportions to seek 5 whole things which aren't cool about Ryan Gosling. Because nothing is impossible.

READ FULL STORY CRAZIEST OSCAR SNUBS OF ALL TIME

By now it’s a safe bet that many - if not all - of you will have worked yourself into a rabid froth of indignation over the latest batch of Oscar noms. “What do you mean The Master hasn’t been nominated for Best Picture”, you’ll scream. “How could they ignore Javier Bardem for Best Supporting Actor?”, you’ll holler. “Why is Seth McFarlane?”, you’ll weep. Because the truth is, however cool you try to play it, you care about the Oscars. You shouldn’t, but you do. The year’s biggest, glitziest industry awards jamboree has the strange power to transform even the most coolly detatched cinephile into a white-knuckled pundit loudly crying foul. Every year we build our hopes up, only for them to get knocked down again. In consolation, here’s our guide to the most outrageous Oscar snubs of all time. They weren’t even nominated, for crying out loud!!

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Keep your peepers peeled for more Grolsch Film Works updates next week. Go to grolschfilmworks.com to see what’s happening right now.