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Foreign Filmmaking Legends: Jean-Luc Godard

 Over the next couple of months our writers will be picking choice foreign filmmakers who they have a particular affinity for, talking about them and one of what they perceive to be their best films. First up, Eleanor looks at Jean-Luc Godard and Bande á part. Jean-Luc Godard…

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Monday 23rd January 2012

Competition – Win 5 DVDs Courtesy of Momentum Pictures

  ****This competition is now closed.**** It’s the first competition of the new year and boy do we have a great prize for you. Shame – director Steve McQueen’s second feature – was released in cinemas last Friday, and as a follow-up to our 5-star review last week…

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Friday 20th January 2012

The Baftas 2012 – Predictions

Below are all the categories in the upcoming 2012 BAFTA Film Awards. The nominees are listed below each heading, with my prediction for the winner in bold. BEST FILM THE ARTIST Thomas Langmann THE DESCENDANTS Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor DRIVE Marc Platt, Adam Siegel THE HELP…

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Saturday 17th December 2011

An Interview with Andy Harries

Andy Harries has produced films such as the Oscar-winning The Queen and The Damned United, as well as hit television series Cold Feet, Wallander and The Royle Family. He talks to Impact about his new film The Lady, starring Michelle Yeoh, and what it means to produce movies in the modern…

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Tuesday 6th September 2011

Is The Rom-Com Over?

Will Hollywood ever get films for women right? The classic female staple, the romantic-comedy, is increasingly becoming more predictable and generic. Open up their trademark pink and white covers, and behind the pretty disguise of glitz and makeovers lurk thin plots, clichéd characters and a prominent sense of…

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Friday 2nd September 2011

‘World’s Smallest Cinema’ set to (re)open in Nottingham

Formerly known as The Screen Room, Nottingham’s smallest entertainment venue is set to reopen under new management and a new name. Now titled Screen 22, the single-screen cinema housed in a 15ft auditorium has received a dramatic £30,000 overhaul including a new floor, roof, screen and seats, as well…

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Wednesday 24th August 2011

Fernando Meirelles’ 360 to open 55th London Film Festival

Today it was announced that 360, from director Fernando Meirelles (City of God, The Constant Gardener), is to open the 55th BFI London Film Festival, which gets underway on the 12th of October for a two week period. While the film – which is apparently inspired by La…

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Tuesday 23rd August 2011

Japanese Animation, the Pacific War and the Atomic Bomb

The tagline of the 1988 cult film Akira, ‘Neo-Tokyo is about to E.X.P.L.O.D.E’, exemplifies the manner in which the memories of World War II remain embedded in Japanese animation and culture. It was during the Post-War era that anime and manga became established in Japan’s society. The 1960s…

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Monday 11th July 2011

It All Ends… On Friday

This weekend will mark the end of one of Britain’s most beloved franchises: Harry Potter. While the seven written instalments have consecutively set records as the fastest-selling books in history, arguably the films have been even more successful. Individually, the last three movies have all surpassed a worldwide box…

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Friday 10th June 2011

This Article Was Inspired By Actual Events

The last 18 months have seen a sharp rise in the number of films reaching multiplexes that proclaim to be ‘based on true events’, or even ‘inspired by the epic true story’, or perhaps simply ‘definitely true’. This trend has run through Hollywood since time immemorial. But with…

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