Long-term relationships between filmmakers and actors usually indicate mutually rewarding rapport. The empathy between director Michael Winterbottom and Steve Coogan has resulted in a laid-back travelogue series over the past 10 years and a handful of offbeat movies. Winterbottom is one of Britain’s most productive film-makers – 30 feature films and several TV series since 1990 … Read More about Greece and greed
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A black-and-white view of what it means to be Catholic
"I'm Catholic. Now What?" by Shaun McAfee. Our ... Read More about A black-and-white view of what it means to be Catholic
Racial spin on Vietnam war
The wave of global protests in support of the ... Read More about Racial spin on Vietnam war
Putting theory into practice
Critics of the creative arts occasionally attempt ... Read More about Putting theory into practice
Korea is not well known as a source of movies for New Zealand audiences, but that is changing. A growing market exists among Korean speakers — as it has for Chinese, Filipino and Indian movies — and distributors are meeting that need. But for non-Korean audiences, many of these fall … Read More about Koreans star on world screen
Music-related movies, as opposed to generic musicals, havebecome a box office juggernaut in the past 12 months. Elton John’s Rocketman ($2.6 million) has jumped to fourth place behind two Marvel blockbusters, Avengers: Endgame ($9.5 million) and Captain Marvel ($4.2 million), and the Disney musical Aladdin ($2.8 million). Last year, Bohemian … Read More about Hard dreams of Nashville
The response to calls for more diversity and racial balance in casts dominates this year’s best film lists. The comic-based blockbusters have started running out of steam and are also trying to change their gender stereotypes. November provides a convenient gap to sum up the year as the pre-Oscar season … Read More about Diversity dominates year’s best films
Far from ignoring American race relations, Hollywood filmmakers have been in the thick of it for decades. The rise of the civil rights movement in the 1960s, most recently depicted in LBJ, was accompanied by such classics of the liberal conscience as To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? (1967) and In the … Read More about Race drama BlacKkKlansman packs punch
Quality films dry up in the northern hemisphere summer so the mid-winter film festivals here are a welcome alternative.
Box office success can never be guaranteed, even for blockbusters, but a lot of hype helps.
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