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Book Extract
28 Jan 2012
Short Films: Writing the Screenplay
Exclusive to Kamera, an extract from Patrick Nash's Short Films: Writing the Screenplay. Essential reading for filmmakers.

DVD Review
23 Jan 2012
Villain
An award winning thriller from Japan, Villain is out now on DVD.

Film Review
20 Jan 2012
Shame (2011)
'We're not bad people, we just come from a bad place.' Steve McQueen's Shame is out in cinemas now. Steven Yates reviews.

DVD Review
16 Jan 2012
A Brace of John Gilling Hammer Films
Historical Hammer from John Gilling is reissued on DVD.

Film Review
13 Jan 2012
War Horse (2012)
Steven Spielberg's War Horse, a war movie aimed at families, opens today.

Feature Item
10 Jan 2012
Short Films:Writing the Screenplay
Ever wanted to write a screenplay for a short film? Patrick Nash's new book will give you all the advice you will need.

Film Review
3 Jan 2012
Whisper of the Heart (1995)
An animated social drama from Studio Ghibli is released on Blu-Ray. Is it a product that demands that you 'take me home'?

Feature Item
29 Dec 2011
Believing in Dinosaurs
Paddy Considine recently asked what social realism actually was. Carmel Doohan gives us her perspective.

Book Review
21 Dec 2011
Hollywood and Intimacy: Style, Moments, Magnificence by Steven Peacock
Too close for comfort? Barry Forshaw reviews Stephen Peacock's book about intense relationships in the movies.

Feature Item
18 Dec 2011
When the Ghosts Are Freed No Gates Can Keep Them at Bay
Steve Williams writes about reality and emancipation in Romanian cinema.

Book Review
10 Dec 2011
Creative Essentials: Reading Screenplays – how to analyse and evaluate film scripts by Lucy Scher
Script reading is an important aspect of the filmmaking process. Lucy Scher's Creative Essential tells you all you need to know about reading and analysing screenplays.

Feature Item
9 Dec 2011
The Unbearable Lightness of Drieu La Rochelle
Le Feu Follet is Drieu La Rochelle's existentialist tragedy. It has been filmed twice - once by Louis Malle and, more recently, as Oslo, 31st August by Joachim Trier.

DVD Review
4 Dec 2011
Broken Lines
Getting their lines crossed? Sarah Manvel reviews Sallie Aprahamian's Broken Lines.

DVD Review
24 Nov 2011
Underwater Love
And now for something completely different – it's a Japanese pink film but it's also a musical fantasy relationship drama with spiritual creatures.

Feature Item
20 Nov 2011
A Woman's View: In Camera with Female Filmmakers
Let's hear it for the girls - Christine Westwood writes about female filmmakers currently making waves in the movie industry.

Call for Submissions
16 Nov 2011
Call for Submissions - Student Film Festival London
Are you a budding filmmaker? It's not too late to get shooting for Student Film Festival London.

Festival Preview
11 Nov 2011
Newport International Film Festival
The 5th International Film Festival at Newport opens on the 12 November.

Film Review
7 Nov 2011
Jack Goes Boating (2011)
Jack Goes Boating marks Philip Seymour Hoffman's directorial debut.

Feature Item
3 Nov 2011
An Interview with Miranda July
Christine Westwood chats with Miranda July whose film The Future is released today.

Book Review
2 Nov 2011
Pocket Essential Tintin by Jean-Marc Lofficier and Randy Lofficier
With Spielberg's Tintin enthralling audiences in the cinema, the Pocket Essential guide gives us an overview of the Tintin series.

Interview
28 Oct 2011
Sailcloth - an Interview with Elfar Adalsteins
The short film Sailcloth, starring John Hurt, has received much critical acclaim at film festivals. Kamera caught up with director Elfar Adalsteins.

DVD Review
24 Oct 2011
Death Bell (2008)
Classroom trouble is taken to its horrific and frightening limit in this mix of student angst and murder. The Death Bell tolls...

Blu-ray Review
24 Oct 2011
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)
Horrid Henry returns, but this Portrait of a Serial Killer is decidedly not for the children...

Feature Item
22 Oct 2011
Films From A Far Off Country: Friday On My Mind Part 3
The final part of Christine Westwood's fascinating insight into the Friday on My Mind talks from the Australian Film Television and Radio School.

DVD Review
18 Oct 2011
A Trio of Nagisa Oshima Films
Contraversial, confrontational and provocative Nagisa Oshima is one of Japan's most interesting directors. Three of his films have been re-released on Blu-ray.




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