what's new

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

Feature
21 Aug 2008
The sky is not the limit, it is only the beginning
I need a hero: author Liam Burke on cinema's love affair with superheroes

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

Festival review
1 Aug 2008
Festival review: Britdoc 08, Oxford, 23-July 2008
What's up, doc? Hannah Patterson gives us the view from the 2008 edition of a festival that in just three years has become a key event of the documentary film calendar

Feature
30 Jul 2008
Vampire films
Fangs a lot: the Pocket Essentials collection seeks its teeth into cinema's most loved - and feared - horror character

Feature
26 Jul 2008
Editor's picks: Dali, future cinema conference and Alain Resnais
A quick round-up of film events around the world

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

Feature
14 Jul 2008
New: a quick guide to film events around the world
Take your pick from Kamera's choices of film events currently on

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...

Interview
5 May 2008
A chat with Brian Mills
We caught up with the author of Kamera Books' latest release, 101 Forgotten Films

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

Book Review
18 Apr 2008
Independent Cinema by D. K. Holm
State of independence: What is independent cinema? Kamera Books' title on the topic sets out to find out, with a little help from some of the greatest indie luminaries

Film Review
11 Apr 2008
Manda Bala (Send a Bullet)
Bullet proof: a documentary about Brazil's social and economic disparities makes for a terrific, eye-opening cinematic experience

Film Review
10 Apr 2008
[REC]
Highly Rec-commended: Colin Odell and Michelle Le Blanc hail yet another horror winner from Spain

Film Review
3 Apr 2008
Son of Rambow
Growing up, retro style: Colin Odell and Michelle Le Blanc hail Garth Jennings' tale of friendship, innocence and fantasy

Book Review
2 Apr 2008
Documentaries...and how to make them by Andy Glynne
Facing the facts: Kamera Books' latest release reveals the secrets involved in the making of a documentary film

Film Review
1 Apr 2008
The Orphanage
Chill out: The Orphanage shows that Spain has become a force to be reckoned with when it comes to ghost stories

DVD Review
29 Mar 2008
Diary of a Country Priest (Journal d'un curé de campagne)
Robert Bresson's masterpiece is now available on Region 2 DVD via Optimum World