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Keyword : British Cinema
1.

A sociological analysis of the British science-fiction film, using Quatermass 2 as a case study.

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An analysis of Freddie Francis' minor masterpiece in psychological and supernatural horror.

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Nicky Hamlyn

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A transcription of Peter Greenaway's talk from 1997.

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A tribute to the Hammer great Freddie Francis, cinematographer par excellence and director of countless horror films, including the film given extensive analysis here, The Creeping Flesh.

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A thoughtful overview of the 13th rendition of the Bradford International Film Festival, which ran from March 9-24, 2007.

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In-depth review of the three short film DVDs from Cinema 16, with volumes dedicated to British, American and European cinema. Includes early short films by Ridley Scott, Asif Kapadia, Lynne Ramsey, Christopher Nolan, DA Pennebaker, Tim Burton, Todd Solondz, Jean-Luc Godard, Tom Tykwer, and Lars von Trier.

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An industry analysis using Almodovar's Live Flesh and Guy Ritchie's Snatch as case studies of the sort of narrative and stylistic markers used by European cinema to compete with American films in the global market.

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Professor Paul Salmon reviews the Criterion Collection release of Powell and Pressburger's influential cinematic opera piece, The Tales of Hoffman.

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A festival report on the 20th installment of the Leeds International Film Festival.

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A review of the final Merchant-Ivory film, The White Countess, “a high-brow romance drama without romantic love.”

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A review essay of a multi-author reader on one of the greatest of Scottish films, The Wicker Man.

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A report on the 12th Bradford Film festival (UK).

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A look back at the underappreciated films of Bill Forsyth, with an emphasis on Comfort and Joy.

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Review of the Blue Underground Allan Clarke DVD Collection.

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Sometimes it is a fine line between homage and imitation. With the plentiful allusions to George Romero’s classic zombie trilogy (Night of the Living Dead, 1968, Dawn of the Dead, 1979, and Day of the Dead, 1985) the line is perilously treaded in Danny Boyle’s latest pseudo zombie, science-fiction action thriller 28 Days Later.

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Offscreen presents this probing interview with the Brothers Quay, conducted in Trieste, Italy.

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My curiosity about a film entitled Burn, Witch, Burn has been peaked since the day I purchased an original one-sheet of the film in the mid-1970's. With the film still unavailable on video, I had written off the likelihood of every seeing the film.

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« A quietly dark, sinister reworking of The Island of Dr. Moreau and various children's tales (Tom Thumb, Jack the Giant Killer)»


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