by Jason Wood | Oct 25, 2004 | Feature Item
Polish-born Pawel Pawlikowski is one of the most intriguing directors working in Britain today. In this exclusive interview for kamera.co.uk, he talks to Jason Wood about his new film, My Summer Of Love, and the pressures, pains and pleasures of low-budget filmmaking
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by Deryck Swan | Oct 23, 2004 | Book Review
Ever since the Cahiers du Cinema first began championing Hitchcock as one of the great auteurs, the portly master of suspense has been a regular feature of every film studies syllabus. Deryck Swan reviews the latest book on Hitchcock’s work
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by Antonio Pasolini | Oct 21, 2004 | Film and DVD Review
After a period of relative obscurity, Latin America is producing vibrant, imaginative and exciting films that finally seem to be reaching the international market they deserve. Antonio Pasolini reviews an Argentinian existential comedy
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by Colin Odell and Michelle Le Blanc | Oct 21, 2004 | Film and DVD Review
Three Strange Loves is another title in the Bergman canon which rarely receives critical attention, but its recent release on DVD might set the record straight. Colin Odell & Michelle le Blanc review Bergman’s taboo-breaking ménage à trois
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by Oliver Berry | Oct 12, 2004 | Feature Item
With the release of Zhang Yimou’s epic House of Flying Daggers just weeks away, we have two tickets to the forthcoming screening at the London Film Festival to give away, courtesy of the good people at Orange
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by Lee Griffiths | Oct 12, 2004 | Film and DVD Review
This film version of Harold Pinter’s classic play was directed by Peter Hall, best-known as an experimental theatre practitioner. Lee Griffiths is impressed by another intriguing release from the American Film Theatre
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by Colin Odell and Michelle Le Blanc | Oct 12, 2004 | Film and DVD Review
Ingmar Bergman’s reputation as a serious, bleak and often impenetrable director is well-known, but you might be surprised to learn he also directed a number of comedies during his long career. Colin Odell & Michelle Le Blanc find out more
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by Edward Lamberti | Oct 12, 2004 | Book Review
Italy has had a profound influence on the development of cinema as a modern medium, producing some of the truly great directors – Fellini, Visconti, Antonioni, Rossellini, to name a few. Edward Lamberti reviews a new overview of Italian cinema from Wallflower Press
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by Ian Haydn-Smith | Oct 12, 2004 | Film and DVD Review
The life of the celebrated composer Cole Porter comes to the big screen in this biopic starring Kevin Kline. The main talking point is the director’s decision to update the songs using contemporary performers – Ian Haydn Smith things it was a big mistake
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by Ben McCann | Oct 5, 2004 | Film and DVD Review
It might have been directed by one of Britain’s leading playwrights, Harold Pinter, but be honest – have you ever heard of Butley? Ben McCann reviews The American Film Theatre’s DVD re-release of the film
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by Marcelle Perks | Oct 5, 2004 | Feature Item
The Oldenburg Film Festival is now in its eleventh year, and it’s steadily gaining a reputation as one of Germany’s most imaginative and progressive cinematic events. Marcelle Perks has the lowdown on this year’s festival
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by Calum Waddell | Oct 5, 2004 | Film and DVD Review
It’s the film that’s been charged with trying to bring down a corporation, but Morgan Spurlock’s dietary documentary started out as little more than a humble experiment. Calum Wadell reports on the film’s rise to cinematic fame
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by Edward Lamberti | Oct 5, 2004 | Book Review
Spielberg is the most famous and arguably most enduring director of our times, but critics have been slow to appreciate his work. Edward Lamberti reviews the latest book to examine his career from the Pocket Essentials stable
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