Carnal Cinema
Dr Andrew Cousins, tireless typist of talented testimony and tirades trawls and treks across the world with his semantic spotlight in search of the shining stars of this business we call show.
Accompanied by Marseilles cartoonist, Le Petit Dubois, Dr Andrew has shared lattes with the good, the bad and Michael Whiner. And no, he doesn't have a love child with Lauren Beckncall. They just play golf.
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Margaux Shapiro: Growing Old Disgracefully
It has often been said that men age and women mature. However women, like wine, tend to mature in one of two ways. They either ripen into something full-flavoured, with lots of body and a myriad of intriguing flavours or they turn onto an unpleasant, acidic vinegar.
It's further said that there are no good parts in Hollywood for the older woman. Well, one person would take issue with that. She's…
Hans Von Looz - Film Making the Dogma 3000 Way
The low budget digital film making revolution is sweeping the industry like a big brush. But in this case the brush is made of pixels, ones and zeros as opposed to the usual brush construction of celluloid, photosensitive dyes and developing chemicals.
One of the leading exponents of this 'Cinema Electronique' is Dutch auteur Hans Von Looz. His films such as, 'Breaking My Patience', 'The Nutters…
Sir Wilberforce Reddington: A British Acting Legend at 95
Caine, Hopkins, Connery, Finney, Attenborough, Guinness, Mills, Gielguid, Olivier. Names that epitomise the very best in British acting talent. But one name towers above them all; Sir Wilberforce Reddington.
He made his first screen appearance as Willy Reddington playing Third Cockney Urchin in 'It's a Right Bloomin' Caper Alright' in1937. From then on his face became a familiar fixture on Briti…
Knowledgology: Religion to the Stars
Forget Buddhism, Kabbala, and Scientology - there's only one religion that the Hollywood A-list want to be seen to be worshiping these days - Knowledgology.
It began five years ago when the Reverend Doctor-Professor Solomon Profundis set up The Knowledge Hub, a spiritual retreat where burned out celebrities could recharge their batteries and at the same time broaden their religious horizons. Her…
Forget Cowboys. All Movies Are Gay
Following
the success of Brokeback Mountain and Capote, 2006 has been called by
some, the gayest year in recorded history. But one man has gone further
still. Josh Tenttrow is Professor of Gender Studies at the University
of San Francisco. Often called the most flamboyant academic in the US,
Tenttrow has written a string of books examining gender and sexuality
issues in mainstream cinema…