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Film Review
24 Jun 2009
Somers Town
Steven Yates on Shane Meadows's latest view of Britain
Film Review
28 Nov 2008
Synecdoche, New York (U.S., 2008)
Too cooky can spoil the broth: Sarah Manvel is not very impressed with Charlie Kaufman's directorial debut
Film Review
24 Nov 2008
The Class (Entre les murs) (France, 2008)
A lesson in filmmaking: after 21 years, French wins the Palme d'Or with a film set in a school
Book Review
17 Nov 2008
Taboo Breakers by Calum Waddell
A new book by a regular Kamera contributor looks at cinema's taboo busters
DVD Review
9 Nov 2008
The B King: Roger Corman
Optimum Home Entertainment has put out on DVD some previously unpublished Roger Corman gems. Colin Odell and Michelle Le Blanc lap it up
Film Review
31 Oct 2008
Hunger
Steve McQueen's film strikes a dissonant chord with Sarah Manvel
Film Review
28 Oct 2008
Caos Calmo (Quiet Chaos, Italy, 2008)
Antonio Grimaldi's film is an emotional take on bereavement, with many fine moments - and some cringe-worth ones too...
Film Review
25 Oct 2008
Waltz With Bashir (Israel/Germany/France, 2008)
Animating memory: the 1982 Lebanon war gets the Waking Life treatment
Film Review
26 Sep 2008
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008)
Making films about the Jewish Holocaust is a real challenge, but The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas hits the right notes, say Michelle Le Blanc and Colin Odell
DVD Review
15 Sep 2008
Basic Instinct (1992)
Crossing the boundaries of good taste? The early 1990s hit is out on a new DVD edition
Film Review
1 Sep 2008
Badlands (1973)
Terrence Malick's Badlands is as relevant now as it was 25 years ago, says Sarah Manvel
Film Review
29 Aug 2008
The Wackness
Good times: Sarah Manvel enjoys the retro charm of the latest indie sensation, The Wackness
DVD Review
25 Aug 2008
Flower Drum Song
Drum with no drama, but plenty of visual flair, the musical classic is out on a new DVD edition
Film Review
18 Aug 2008
Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day
A funny surprise: Frances McDormand shines as a dowdy Englishwoman in wartime London
DVD Review
11 Aug 2008
Mardi Gras: Made in China
A garish string of beads may tell you more about globalisation than you thought, says Antonio Pasolini
DVD Review
4 Aug 2008
Funny Games (2007)
Split screen: Michael Haneke's brand of cinema is a challenge to the audience, but it pays off to face it, says Antonio Pasolini
Book Review
21 Jul 2008
Everything is Cinema plus Dekalog 1: On The Five Obstructions and Neil Jordan by Richard Brody, Mette Hjort (ed.) and Carole Zucker (ed.)
Recently released books look at the lives and the works of three living film auteurs
Film Review
13 Jul 2008
Female Agents (Les Femmes de l'ombre)
Girl power: A mixture of action film shenanigans and period drama may raise a few disapproving eyebrows, but Michelle Le Blanc and Colin Odell think the formula works in Female Agents
DVD Review
30 May 2008
The Wig (Gabal)
Scissor sisters: Colin Odell and Michelle Le Blanc on Shin-yeon Won's pulp hair horror
DVD Review
22 May 2008
Mala Noche
Gus Van Sant's grungy, dark debut feature is finally available on DVD
DVD Review
16 May 2008
Earthlings
Shaun Monson's haunting documentary is the definitive exposé of humanity's merciless exploitation of animals
Film Review
16 May 2008
Caramel (Sukkar banat)
Hard candy: A Lebanese film centred on women? That's worth checking out...
Book Review
1 May 2008
Mike Leigh on Mike Leigh by Amy Raphael
Kamera offers an exclusive peek inside Amy Raphael's new book on Britain's foremost auteur
DVD Review
23 Apr 2008
Princess
Colin Odell and Michelle Le Blanc on Danish cartoonist Anders Morgenthaler's animation
