2011
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Barbican Film: Andrei Konchalovsky Directorspective
This January, Barbican Film’s regular director retrospective series presents the films of one of Russia’s best known and revered Russian film makers, Andrei Konchalovsky.Konchalovsky was student to the celebrated Mosfilm veteran Mikhail Romm at VKIG (Moscow State Film School) and his filmmaking career has seen him receive both censorship and major awards such as Venice Grand Special…
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DVD Releases: ‘Freakonomics’
Based off the bestselling book by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, Freakonomics (2010) brings together five documentary film makers – each tackling their own unique chapters loosely relating to an aspect of the human condition – including Morgan Spurlock (of Super Size Me [2004] fame), Seth Gorden (King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters [2007]) and Alex Gibney…
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DVD Releases: ‘Deep Red’
Continuing Arrow Video’s campaign to reinvigorate ageing ‘giallo’ exploitation cinema with the freshness of high definition, Dario Argento’s Deep Red (1975) is released today on Blu-ray disc. Beginning with the violent slaughter of a psychic, Argento’s cult thriller soon develops into a gripping detective murder mystery following music teacher Marcus Daly (David Hemmings) and his flirtatious,…
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DVD Review: ‘A Serbian Film’
★☆☆☆☆ There are, it would seem, a growing number of films that can claim to have at one stage carried the hallowed moniker ‘the most controversial film of all time’. Controversy is, of course, entirely subjective – Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ (2004) was controversial in the context of its religious content, whilst David Cronenberg’s…