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The Amazonas Film Festival, which took place from November 3-9, completed its eighth annual run with a rich cycle of…
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Most moviemakers will tell you that story trumps technology on the best movie sets. It is nonetheless fair to say…
Something striking has occurred in the career of Chris Weitz. Once the self-described “techie” half of a low-key directing duo…
Set mostly in Depression era Chicago, Public Enemies, an adaptation of Bryan Burrough’s nonfiction book, follows the attempts of FBI…
Actor Freddy Rodríguez has been picking up the pace of late. By now clearly established as one of the most…
In his latest picture, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, artist-moviemaker Julian Schnabel returns to familiar terrain while managing to…
With over 60 pictures to his credit, actor-director John Turturro, purveyor of somewhat off-the-wall, idiosyncratic characters drawn largely from the…
So much of what makes a motion picture work at the level of technique (the subtle or dramatic use of…
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Cate Blanchett in Charlotte Gray Jeremy Brock had it coming. After cutting his teeth as a writer in British television…
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Sitting down to a chat with Ismail Merchant is rather like having a friendly neighbor over for coffee and a…
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Sam Mendes (l) and Conrad Hall on the set of The Road To Perdition With over 40 years of experience…
Carol Littleton Some people plan and scheme for years about how to forge a career in the film business. For…
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Director Anthony Minghella There are few people truly interested in cinema to whom the name "Anthony Minghella" is not familiar.…