latest features

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

Feature
14 Mar 2008
Festival report: 58th Berlin International Film Festival (7-17 February)
It doesn't happen often that The Hollywood Reporter trades in its usual slangy reverence for the hand that feeds it, but during the 58th Berlin International Film Festival it accused the aging festival of playing it safe especially when it comes to the competition and the art-house minded Forum sidebar ("...a section for poseurs.") Ouch. Thessa Mooij was in Berlin to see whether the festival, like its neighbouring competitor Rotterdam, has indeed been coasting for too long.

Comment
14 Mar 2008
Berlin 2008: Faster, Captain! Kill! Kill!
The jury's grand winner choice at the 2008 Berlin Festival was one of the most misguided decisions in recent festival times

Feature
6 Mar 2008
Preview: French Film Festival UK, 07-20 March 2008
Our European cinema expert, Boyd van Hoeij, editor of european-films.net, gives us the low-down on the UK French film extravaganza that starts tomorrow

Feature
14 Feb 2008
Festival report: 37th International Film Festival Rotterdam 2008 (23 January - 03 February)
Having established itself as a launching pad for new arthouse talent, the International Film Festival Rotterdam kicks off the global festival circuit. Thessa Mooij sets out to find this year's discoveries

Feature
7 Feb 2008
Cinema at war
Andrew Benbow compares the representations of war in Nick Broomfield´s Battle of Haditha, currently playing in the UK, and in the upcoming Redacted, by Brian de Palma, slated for a 21 March theatrical release

Profile
21 Dec 2007
Val Lewton's A Grade B-movies
Frightfully good: Val Lewton's horror film legacy is a case of elegance and sophistication. He's one of the topics in Kamera Books' latest title, Horror Films, by Michelle Le Blanc and Colin Odell, and we present the section on Lewton as a Christmas present to all of you fans of Cat People and many other films Lewton produced and wrote. A warm holiday salute from the Kamera posse.

Festival Preview
17 Oct 2007
The Times BFI 51st London Film Festival
London eye: John Atkinson previews the 2007 edition of the London Film Festival, which starts today and runs until 01 November

Festival Review
20 Sep 2007
The 64th Venice film festival, 28 August – 8 September 2007
Dearth in Venice: sex, politics and violence dominated the latest edition of the Venice film festival to the detriment of art, says Thessa Mooij

Feature
7 Sep 2007
The 9th Motovun International Film Festival, 23-27 July 2007
Cinema paradise: Steven Yates on the joys of attending the Motovun International Film Festival

Feature
16 Aug 2007
How to get seen
Show me around: Two film distribution professionals give us their perspectives on the DVD market and the Internet

Feature
14 Jul 2007
International man of mystery: David Lynch
To celebrate the release of Kamera Books' latest release, a complete survey of David Lynch's ouevre by Michelle LeBlanc and Colin Odell, we present an exclusive extract about the mysteries and secrets in the films of the great American auteur

Festival previews
24 May 2007
Trans-Europe Express
An overview of film events across Europe in June

Feature
9 May 2007
Cannes 2007
Cannes it survive? The French Riviera film festival arrives at its 60th edition to face a challenging future ahead

Feature
14 Feb 2007
Profile: Margaret Tait
Poetry in motion: The Lux in London releases a DVD compilation of the work of the late Scottish film poet, Margaret Tait, accompanied by a reader

Feature
29 Dec 2006
January round-up
January is not usually the best time of the year for film options, but the new year in London seems promising

2006 retrospective
28 Dec 2006
2006: the year in rear view
2006: Kamera reviews the closing year's cinematic achievements

2006 retrospective
28 Dec 2006
Dystopia Now: 2006
Future tense: science fiction in 2006 captured our anxieties in relation to state control systems, say Colin Odell and Michelle Le Blanc

Festival Review
14 Dec 2006
Dispatch: Cinénygma Luxembourg International Film Festival (Part I)
Grim Tales of Reality and the Fantastic: A look at the Méliès d'argent Competition for Best Fantastic Film from Europe at the Cinénygma Luxembourg International Film Festival

Festival report
13 Dec 2006
Dispatch: Night of the Dead 6 at the Leeds International Film Festival
All about evil: Larry Elwes tells us what he saw (when he didn't cover his eyes with his hands) at the Leeds International Film Festival's Night of the Dead VI

Festival Review
30 Nov 2006
Dispatch: The 36th Molodist Film Festival in Kiev
Look east: Steven Yates reports from the 36th Molodist Film Festival in Kiev

Festival preview
19 Nov 2006
The Italian Film Festival Manual of Love
Boyd van Hoeij tells us what we need to know about some of the films now showing across in the UK as part of the Italian film festival

Festival Review
1 Nov 2006
Ghosts in Venice
The 2006 Venice Film Festival that others did not see. By Boyd van Hoeij

Halloween special
27 Oct 2006
The nightmare factory
Thriller night: as the popularity of Halloween grows all over the world, Kamera decided to publish a list of horror films just for shock value