The End of Summer

The End of Summer

Ozu is one of the great directors of world cinema, but beyond the critical favourite Tokyo Story, his wider work remains little known outside his native Japan. Ben Walters reviews one of his late films, made just a year before his death in 1963

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Open Range

Open Range

After the debacle of his last two efforts (the truly forgettable Waterworld and the equally unmemorable The Postman), for his latest film Kevin Costner has returned to the genre that one him a Best Director oscar – the western. Deryck Swan, for one, is glad

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Infernal Affairs II & III

Infernal Affairs II & III

The Infernal Affairs series is one of the most successful Asian franchises of recent years. Though Britain has only received the first instalment, John Gorick caught up with parts 2 and 3 at the Berlinale Film Festival

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Spellbound DVD

Spellbound DVD

The high tension world of the American school spelling bee is the subject of this much-lauded documentary by Jeff Blitz. After a hugely successful theatrical release, the DVD is set to hit our shelves soon. John Atkinson can’t wait

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The Last Desert on the Left

Wes Craven might be better known for his histrionic horror films of the eighties, but in an exclusive feature for kamera.co.uk, Todd Harbour argues the case for his gruesome tale inspired by the Sawney Bean family, made way back in 1977

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Young Adam (DVD)

Young Adam (DVD)

For his second feature film as director, David Mackenzie chose to adapt this icy tale of alienation and dislocation on Glasgow’s canals by cult Scottish writer Alexander Trocchi. Charlie Phillips was chilled but impressed

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Satyajit Ray – The Inner Eye

Satyajit Ray – The Inner Eye

He may be Bengal’s best-known director, and a winner of a Lifetime Achievement Oscar, but how many people could name more than a handful of Satyajit Ray’s films? Antonio Pasolini reviews a new book that sets out to bring the director’s work to a wider audience

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Gegen die Wand

Gegen die Wand

This downbeat tale of a (non) love story between two psychologically fragile characters took the Golden Bear at this year’s Berlin Film Festival, and received rave reviews from critics too. Elke de Wit thinks it was worthy of all the praise

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Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Hepburn was unquestionably one of the great icons of 20th century cinema, but her films have received relatively little critical coverage. Deryck Swan reviews one of the first comprehensive studies, recently published by Pocket Essentials

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Trembling Before G-d

Trembling Before G-d

Homosexuality and Orthodox Judaism may not seem like easy bedfellows (if you’ll excuse the pun), but together they form the central subject of this ground-breaking documentary by Sandy Dubowski. Ben McCann explains

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Beautiful Boxer

Beautiful Boxer

If ever there was a cinematic tale waiting to be told, it was the life story of Parinya Charoenphol, better-known as Nong Thoom, Thailand’s cross-dressing kickboxer. John Gorick steps into the ring to find out more

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