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TV DRAMA LEARNS LOW BUDGET AND DOES IT WELL
Britain's latest and remotest filmfest in the Shetland Islands got off to a great start with a screening of BBC 4's drama Reichenbach Falls, a fast-moving drama made by a BBC Scotland team. The TV programme clearly proved that low budget does not exclude high production values - something known to indie filmmakers for a long time - but clearly the message is now getting through to TV...
Blockbuster matures as Spiderman 3 looks at shades of grey
Will Self, I think, once blamed Hollywood in part for the current 'war on terror' because
its depiction in epics such as Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter of
good and evil as black and white absolutes leads the audience to simplify
incredibly complex situations. Even Star Wars – where Obi Wan rebuked
Anakin's Bush-like 'you're either with us or against us&...
'Geminis' by Albertina Carri
Since fully entering the London rat race I have come across a number of 30-somethings that appear to feel rather bitter about being around 20-somethings, much to the bewilderment of the latter. It is these people that will perhaps scoff at the idea that there is a big leap between being 21 and 24, crying that it is all within the same degree of naivety, but I can vouch for this leap whe...
From Leeds Film Festival: Khadak, A Taste of Tea & Paprkia
A trio of films from the east exploring the subconcious world offered a mind-expanding taste of world cinema at the 20th Leeds International Film Festival.
Khadak, A Taste of Tea and Paprika each show exactly why international film festivals are so important, as they opened a wardrobe door into a Narnia both culturally and aesthetically on the other side of the world. Maybe you would se...
Spice Girls Story: Nina’s Heavenly Delights
There are plenty of surprises cooking up in the Shah family's Indian restaurant in Pratibha Parmar's debut feature, Nina's Heavenly Delights. Described by one of the cast as "My Beautiful Restaurant," the film's director acknowledges that ground- breaking launderette drama's influence upon her colourful and amusing romp across some of the boundaries that...