Dispatches: Karlovy Vary Film Festival – Part I
East of the West: Emerging Eastern European talents at the 2006 Karlovy Vary Film Festival in a two-part special report from Kamera’s Euopean film pundit, Boyd van Hoeij
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The Films of Tod Browning
Colin Odell and Michelle Le Blanc welcome the latest addition to literature on Tod Browning
»The River
Edmund Hardy reviews the DVD release of Jean Renoir’s India-set The River
»BAFTA’s call for entries: Live and animated shorts
(24/08/06) The British Academy of Film and Television Arts is now accepting entries for its Short Film and and Short Animation Awards. The deadline for entries is Tuesday 31 October 2006. The Short Film Award is open to entries from the UK only and “provides an... »Second London Spanish Film Festival takes place in September
(24/08/06) The second edition of the London Spanish Film Festival takes place between 08 and 20 September at the Cine Lumière in West London. The festival aims to increase exposure of contemporary cinema from Spain to Londoners and is divided into two sections: recent... »Brazilian Cinema Novo director gets retrospective in Venice
(24/08/06) The 63rd Venice Film Festival, the longest-running festival in the world and which takes place between 30 August and 09 September, is dedicating a section of this year’s programme to the work of the one of the founding fathers of Brazilian Cinema Novo,... »An interview with Craig Chester
Treasure Chester: an interview with the director of the gay comedy Adam & Steve, Craig Chester
»Dreams That Money Can Buy (plus Fantastic Planet)
Style that money can’t buy: Hans Richter’s 1947 take on the dream factory arrives on DVD. Plus the Fantastic Planet
»Woman of the Dunes (plus Funeral Parade of Roses)
Japan calling: two landmarks of the Japanese 1960s New Wave arrive on DVD: Woman of the Dunes and Funeral Parade of Roses
»Lady in the Water
Bad time story: Colin Odell and Michelle Le Blanc thought M. Night Shyamalan’s latest effort, Lady In the Water, lacks a bit of oxygen
»Nacho Libre
He’s… so Nacho: Colin Odell and Michelle Le Blanc are not knocked down by Nacho Libre but feel it’s got enough punch…
»Volver
Cruz control: John Atkinson is not all that impressed with Almodóvar’s hyped ‘comeback’ movie, Volver. But Penelope Cruz’s prosthetic arse did impress him…
»Stop mopping and start writing
All write: ever dreamed of writing a screenplay? John Costello, author of the Pocket Essentials Writing a Screenplay offers a few hints. Here’s an excerpt in which Costello tells us how to fight the lure of the broom and the washing up and get to work on the keyboard.
»Cult Files #2: Maya Deren’s Meshes of the Afternoon
Spellbound: the beauty and magic of Maya Deren’s 1943 short classic Meshes of the Afternoon is now available in the UK
»Lisbon call for documentarians
(11/08/06) EDN and AporDoc are inviting submissions and proposals for papers for the 8th edition of Lisbon Docs, a documentary conference that includes a pitching workshop for Portuguese, Western and Eastern European documentary filmmakers and producers who want to... »Resfest turns 10
(11/08/06) RESFEST is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. The mark pioneering film and digital arts Festival kicks-off in Chicago on 19 October before traveling to over 40 cities on six continents with its mix of screenings, retrospectives, panels, parties,... »Last Call for Early Bird entries to the 19th Seagate Foyle Film Festival
(11/08/06) DepicT! ‘06 will be accepting until 04/09 entries for its micro movie competition. The shortlist will then be posted on the Depict website on 09/10 and the winners will be announced at Encounters Short Film Festival in Bristol, UK, which takes place between... »Stormbreaker
Stormbreaker is a sugar-free James-Bond-a-like espionage movie with a schoolboy for a spy and you may very well be thoroughly entertained by it, says Edward Lamberti
»The Searchers
Kamera’s new contributor Sarah Manvel on John Ford’s Western classic, The Searchers, recently released on DVD
»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.
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