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DVD Review
28 Feb 2008
Overlord
Michelle Le Blanc and Colin Odell review the DVD release of Stuart Cooper's award-winning 1975 film about the D-Day landings
DVD Review
15 Nov 2007
One Last Dance
Mondo bizarro: Michelle Le Blanc and Colin Odell on a motley Singapore-set action fest
Film Review
4 Aug 2006
Omkara
Bollywood Othello Goes Native in Uttar Pradesh: Released throughout the UK last Friday (28 July 06), Bollywood's take on Othello, Omkara, joins the ranks of recent productions still faithful to masala formats, but exploring themes beyond the Mumbai dream factory. Thessa Mooij, Kamera's New York correspondent, saw the film n New York, where a large Indian-American community can be counted on for strong box office openings.
Film Review
8 Jun 2006
Offside
Women strike: Jafar Panahi focuses once again on the trials and tribulations of women in Iran with the football comedy Offside
DVD Review
7 Feb 2006
Oliver Twist
Polanski's Twist: it may have failed to capture the critics and the paying public's imagination, but Edward Lamberti thinks Polanski's latest offer deserves more than that
Film Review
1 Aug 2005
Overnight
It's the stuff of which young indie directors' dreams are made - debut film is made for peanuts, gets picked up by a Hollywood studio and fame and fortune follows - except for Troy Duffy, it didn't work out quite like that. Antonio Pasolini reviews Overnight
Film Review
22 May 2005
Only Human
In a companion piece to this week's interview with Teresa de Pelegri and Dominic Harari, Antonio Pasolini reviews their new film, Only Human - in which the Jewish sense of humour meets Spanish screwball comedy
Film Review
17 May 2005
Ong-Bak
Martial arts fans haven't been this excited about a new film since Bruce Lee was alive, and now this hugely successful Thai film is about to hit screens across the UK. Leon Hunt wonders if it's a sign of things to come
Film Review
16 Mar 2005
Oldboy
The latest film from the much-lauded Korean director Park Chan-Wook walked away with the Grand Prix at last year's Cannes Film Festival and drew high praise from Quentin Tarantino. Oliver Berry reviews the film for its DVD release
Film Review
23 Apr 2004
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
Film Review
25 Mar 2004
Once Upon a Time in Mexico (DVD)
Robert Rodriguez returned for the third instalment of his Mariachi trilogy with predictably explosive results - but does the spectacle hold up on the small screen? Bob Carroll heads south of the border to find out
Film Review
25 Nov 2003
Okay
Following on from Russia and Iceland this week comes the latest export from Danish cinema, an off-kilter drama by Jesper Westerlin Nielsen. Elke de Wit is impressed by a film which views the family from every angle
Film Review
29 Sep 2003
Once Upon A Time In Mexico
Robert Rodriguez allegedly made his first film for $7000, but spent most of the next ten years making big-budget Hollywood movies. His latest film marks a return to his roots, and revives the Mariachi character which made his name. Jon Ashton reports
Film Review
8 Jul 2003
Owning Mahowny
Philip Seymour Hoffman is fast becoming the defining actor of his generation. In his latest movie, PSH turns in a typically inventive performance as a gambling-addicted bank manager, but as yet the film has still not received a UK release. John Gorick reports
DVD Review
23 Jun 2003
Orlando
Sally Potter is one of Britain's busiest multimedia directors, but her work rarely reaches mainstream audiences. Her adaptation of a gender-bending novel by Virginia Woolf is unlikely to be any different, says Charlie Phillips
DVD Review
15 May 2003
Ossessione
To coincide with the forthcoming Visconti season at the NFT, the Bfi has released several of the great director's films on DVD. Richard Armstrong traces the influence of hard-boiled fiction, film noir and neo-realism in Ossessione
Film Review
19 Apr 2003
Open Hearts
Thomas Vinterburg has just directed a sci-fi spectacular. Lars von Trier is working on a depression-era melodrama. And now Susanne Bier's Open Hearts breaks most of the Dogme 95 rules in its first five minutes. Does this mean Dogme is dead? Tim Smedley doesn't think so
Film Review
1 Jan 1970
Offside
