ISSN 1717-9559
All Reviews
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An exclusive look at one of the lesser known Hammer films from its peak period, starring Christopher Lee and directed by Hammer stalwart Terence Fisher.
2.
A festival report on the 27th International Istanbul Film Festival. Films reviewed include Ara, Ex Drummer, and A Jihad for Love.
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Review of the DVD release of this fascinating speculative science-fiction film pitting humans against ants.
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A report of the 2008 Bradford International Film Festival.
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The end of the world is hot on US screens of late, culminating in the intriguing technological experiment, Cloverfield.
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An earnest, DIY account of a sighted creature in the New Orleans, Louisiana area.
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All too often film criticism takes itself too seriously. What if film criticism tried to be as entertaining as its product? Offscreen introduces 'Bran Stakhage's' new concept in film criticism: 'post-it' styled criticism which you could print out and stick on your kitchen fridge.
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An genre analysis of Park Chan-Wook's particular brand of film thriller.
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In this survey some of Offscreen's regular contributors speak their mind on cinema of the last ten years. Offscreen would like to thank the valuable contribution of its many writers. To note the obvious, Offscreen would not be where it is today if not for them.
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Author Becky Korman compares and contrasts the strengths and weaknesses of a Nigerian (Ezra) and American (Blood Diamond) film based on a similar subject: the consequences of civil war on the people of Sierra Leone as a result of conflict surrounding the diamond trade.
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Authour Jason Lindop offers a close analysis of director Sissako's symbolic treatment of the social and economic effects of globalization and Western intervention in Africa.
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Ryan Spence’s essay concentrates on Sissako’s formal interplay between varying forms of interogative discourse (trial process, question/answer, song) and narration, and how the differing power structures of communication in Africa and the West need to be addressed before the true collective voice of Africa can be heard and, in turn, true economic and social progress.
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