Retrospective

Stephen King: Misery or Apt Pupil?

Jarrod Walker looks at the success and failure of Stephen King screen adaptations. “Some people say I have the …Full Article

Retrospective: Kick the door in, slowly: the films of Béla Tarr

To mark the release of Béla Tarr’s The Turin Horse, Colin Dibben looks back at the short career that’s …Full Article

Retrospective: Down There: the films of Shôhei Imamura

To mark Eureka! Video’s current crop of excellent Imamura releases as well as Artificial Eye’s release of the Palme …Full Article

Director Retrospective as Theo Angelopoulos Collection Vol.3 Comes to DVD

Over the last four months, Artificial Eye has been busy releasing all the films by one of the world’s …Full Article

Retrospective: Michelangelo Antonioni

With the release of Kung Chuo China (1972) on DVD, Colin Dibben offers a timely reminder why Michelangelo Antonioni (1912-2007) is …Full Article

Here’s to You Mrs Robinson

Ah, Mrs Robinson, Jesus loves you more than you will know, and so too do the scores of middle-aged …Full Article

From a Derek to a King – The Rise of Peter Jackson

In the first of a new series of profiles looking at major modern directors, Dave Smith describes the career …Full Article

Swords and Sorcery, Comic book heroes and Gay Cowboys: The Many Sides of Ang Lee

The most acclaimed and famous director to emerge from the tiny island of Taiwan has gained a reputation for …Full Article

From the Close-Up Archives – John Carpenter: Imitations and Clones

Feature by Darren Horne Whether you think of John Carpenter as the master of suspense, a horror maestro or …Full Article

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