Hollywood’s studio system was declared dead in the past month. It was the end of an era in which big budget movies were released solely to paying…
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Festival hits recurring notes
The annual bounty from the New Zealand International Film Festival contained some recurring themes. This year’s offering followed overseas trends…
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Greece and greed
Long-term relationships between filmmakers and actors usually indicate mutually rewarding rapport. The empathy between director Michael Winterbottom and Steve Coogan…
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Racial spin on Vietnam war
The wave of global protests in support of the Black Lives Matter movement would have been no surprise to African-American…
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Putting theory into practice
Critics of the creative arts occasionally attempt their own artistic expression, while others try the reverse. Hollywood filmmaker Paul Schrader…
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