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GAEL GARCIA BERNAL & ALEJANDRO GONZALEZ INARRITU Chat About BABEL
Happy Feet
From a Derek to a King
There’s Something About Johnny
 
Hemanth Kissoon looks back at this year's London Film Festival 2009.
With the release of Resident Evil: Extinction, Tim Regan discusses the the relationship between horror films and video games.
101 Movies To Avoid
25th Hour
50 Years of the London Film Festival: The Lost Films
60 Seconds of Fame - the BAFTA Orange One Minute Film Competition
A Cinematic Look at Love
Absolution
Access All Areas – NFT - June & July 2006
Æon Flux – The Animated Series
Aileen: Life And Death Of A Serial Killer
motherhood in the Alien ‘quadrilogy’
Director Andrea Arnold Wins The Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film
The Post-Disney Apocalypse - Or How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Anime
BritishAsian Films
CINEMA ROYALE: The Rise of Asian Cinema
An Astrologer’s Guide To Film
Award Ceremonies: Talent Has its Own Rewards
BAFTA Nominations 2006 (presented 2007)
THE ORANGE BRITISH ACADEMY FILM AWARDS
2006 WINNERS (presented in 2007)
THE ORANGE BRITISH ACADEMY FILM AWARDS
2005 Overview
THE ORANGE BRITISH ACADEMY FILM AWARDS
2005 WINNERS
And the Winner Is…?
BAFTA PREDICTIONS
The 57th Berlin International Film Festival
bfi Sutherland Trophy Tour
Bollywood Reborn and Bollywood Remixed
Do Not Adjust Your Set!
The Brazilian Wave
British Horror: The Zombie Awakes
Rom-Com Heaven
Brown Paper Bag Movies
Building British Culture: the Independent Film Parliament 2005
Buster Keaton – The Rules of the Game
Cabin Fever
26th Cambridge Film Festival Review 6 -16 July 2006   
Cannes - Dan Hartley
Neil Oseman's Cannes Diary
Southern Stars Shine in Cannes
The Spirit of Cannes
Could it “bee” any sillier?
Censorship of Fools by Jon Holmes
Charging For Alexander
Children are our Future
Christopher Doyle Masterclass
CINEMA 16: AMERICAN SHORT FILMS
The Cold Blood of Truman Capote
Sympathy For The Devil
Look! Up there on the screen! Is it a comic? Is it a film…?
At Midnight All the Agents, And The Superhuman Crew…
Corpse Bride rises to the CGI challenge
Our Favourite Screen Couples
It's Alive... Again!
Creating the illusion
The Critics' Circle Film Awards 2007
Cutting Edge
The Dardenne Brothers – Cinema from a New Europe
Darkness Visible: the photography and influence of William Eggleston
The Tale of the School Teacher and the Paperback
The Writing on the Wall
Off the Rails?
Derek Jarman: This Other England
Desert Island Movies 1
Desert Island Movies…And Ray Mears
Desert Island Discs (DVD Style)
Desert Island Movies 2
Desert Island Movies 3
Desert Island Movies 4
Diary of a Movie Addict
Digital Animation – The Beginning or the End?
Documentary Films
Dogme 95
The Man Behind Dr Seuss
Doctor Who Goes to the Movies?
Edinburgh Film Festival 2006
ELI ROTH chats to Lorna Allen about HOSTEL and the Real Meaning of Horror
Enter the Dragon Rider
The (Im)mortality of Fame
Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas
Festival Director Goes the Extra (Royal) Mile
The Close-Up Writers Films of the Year 2006
Film Archives
Close-Up Film Writers Films of the Year 2005
BAFTA Winner Forest Whitaker, Best Actor in a Leading Role
Free Cinema   
Renault French Film Season 2004
French New Wave
Future Shorts at the Phoenix Cinema
Garden State
The Transformation of George Clooney
Blood from a Stone
Girl With A Pearl Earring
Golden Globe Winners 2006
Winners of the 64th Annual Golden Globes Awards 2007
HAIR-RAISING HORROR
The Effects Story Behind HAPPY FEET
HERBIE FULLY LOADED
The Way of the Future
Hidalgo
The hills are alive
HITCHCOCK: THE EARLY YEARS
Level 42: The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
Hitting the right note
Hollywood Propaganda:
Nightmares in the Dream Factory?
Once Upon a Time in the Future - The Many Faces of the Hollywood Time Traveller
How Real Do You Want It?: When the horror film crosses the fine line between truth and fiction
The ICA
Images of War
In America
Iranian Cinema
Irish Cinema Takes Root
Independent Spirit Awards
Is Life Really Beautiful?
James Dean Remembered
John Carpenter: Imitations and Clones
Keeping it Real
Telling It Like It Is: The Cinema of Ken Loach
Krzysztof Kieslowski and Marty McFly, Back to the Future
THE RETURN OF THE KING (KONG)
Kinofilm Festival 2006
Kinsey: the film, the man, the debate
A Match Made in Heaven
Who does Lars Von Trier think he is?
Lawless Heart
Left For Dead: A Very British Kung-Fu Movie
The Critics' Circle Film Awards
'JANE LLOYD' IS WINNER OF TCM CLASSIC SHORTS 2005
New British producer wins Alfred Dunhill Award at this year's Times bfi London Film Festival
George Clooney Signs Off 49th London Film Festival
The 49th Times BFI London Film Festival –
Close-Up Film’s Highlights
Listening to Britain: An interview with Michael Grigsby
Kate Winslet and Todd Field in Conversation
The London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
The London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival 2006
The Times Bfi 50th London Film Festival: Part One
Lord Of The Rings Trilogy
Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne – The Heart of the Matter
MADE IN TAIWAN?
The Magic Lantern
The Manchurian Candidate
Rumor Has It: Ruffalo is a Rising Star
Miami Vice: Back to the 80s
Helen Mirren wins the BAFTA for The Queen
Ramon Tikaram Shows Close-Up's Samantha Hamilton his Naughty Side when he talks about Mischief Night
Modern Anti-War Movies
NAMASTEY LONDON
A Necessary Evil
The Nine Circles of Hell – or a Filmgoer’s Inferno
On Iranian Cinema
78th Annual Academy Awards - Overview
Close-Up Film’s Reactions to the 78th Academy Award Winners
Oscars 2006 - The Winners
A brief history of the Oscar® 1
A brief history of the Oscar®  2
Oscars 2006 Preview
2007 Oscar Nominations
The 79th Academy Awards Overview
2007 Oscar Winners
THE TOP 10 MODERN OSCAR TRAVESTIES
An Outsiders Guide To The Cannes Film Festival
The Passion of Mel Gibson
Is The Pen Mightier Than The Lens?
The Pianist: Warsaw Requiem
Politics on screen: A message from the stars
The Queer and Now
Bright Days at Raindance
Reclaiming The Toons
The Recruit: This Acting Thing
The Red Mile
A Slacker Darkly: Richard Linklater, the Philosophical Filmmaker
The Rights to Rewrite
Roald Dahl: From Page to Screen
SYLVESTER STALLONE IS ROCKY BALBOA
Rome film festival
35th Rotterdam Film Festival
Rumer Godden – Out of India
Comedy that cuts through the drama
Rushes Soho Shorts Awards Ceremony
A Vintage Comedy: Russell Crowe Chats about A Good Year
13th ANNUAL SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS®
Getting Wet and Dirty with the Sanchez Boys
Scary Movie: The Crazy Gang
Selling a Movie in Two Minutes – The Modern
Day Film Trailer
Selling The Screen: The Art of the Film Poster
Semi-Permanent Design Conference 2005
Serial Killers in film
“I’ve Built It, But Will They Come?!”
Shakespeare in Translation
Shaun of the Dead
Silverscreen Crackers
sssSNAKES ON A PLANE
SNOW CAKE: some production comments...
The Spice of Life
Independent Spirit Awards
Presented Saturday 4th March, 2006
Your Stars for 2006
Star Wars: End of an Era, for fans of the original films
Star Wars: From Script to CGI
The Intimacy of Strangers
SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2006 AWARD WINNERS
Sundance given a dose of reality
2007 Sundance Film Festival Announces
Jury and Audience Awards
The Legacy of Superman
Quentin Tarantino on Kill Bill
TAXI!!!
Teenage Screams - The Rise and Fall of the Teen Slasher Film
Here’s To You, Mrs Robinson
Thirteen: Growing Pains

The Thirty Eight Steps - or how to get away with murder in adaptations

The Three Burials of the Western

Three is the Magic Number: The History of the Beastie Boys

Tobin Bell (Jigsaw) on Saw III
The Ten Best Working Directors – A Close-Up Special
Unlucky in Love
V for Vendetta: Cast and Crew in Conversation
Valentine's Day Special
Voyeurs And Visionaries
Model Performances From Wallace and Gromit
Wong Kar Wai
Sally Potter talks about YES
The Yes Men

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jean Lynch meets Tim Burton, Johnny Depp and the cast of the Golden Globe winning Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Daniel Day-Lewis talks about his Golden Globe winning role in There Will Be Blood in this Empire interview.
Keira Knightley, James McAvoy & director Joe Wright are in the mood for some AtonementGeorgie Hobbs reports on the winner of the Golden Globe winner for Best Picture - Drama.
Director Ang Lee talks about Lust, Caution
It's Golden Globe nominated and now its stars - Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden and Susan Sarandon - talk about Enchanted.  Plus, we take a look at the treasure trove of Disney references in the film.
Johnny Messias talks to Werner Herzog about casting Christian Bale in Rescue Dawn.
Sean Penn talks about Emile Hirsch and the rest of the cast as he directs Into the Wild
Peter Fraser chats to Rosamund Pike about her role in Fracture.
With The Painted Veil and The Illusionist, Edward Norton talks about the timeless appeal of period dramas.
Director Temur Bekmambetov talks about Day Watch, the sequel to the hit Russian movie Night Watch.
The Night HE came home.  Michael Myers is back in Rob Zombie's HalloweenDaeg Faerch & Tyler Mane, who respectively star as the young and adult Michael, talk about their roles.
Simon Pegg, Thandie Newton & David Schwimmer were in town to talk about Run Fat Boy Run.
Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later was the inspiration for 2 Days Later, but here, in Boyle's Law, he talks about Sunshine
Matt Damon on The Bourne Ultimatum
Shia Labeouf and Michael Bay talk about Transformers.
Shane Meadows tells us This is England.
Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst and James Franco swing by to chat about Spider-Man 3
Director David Fincher, author Robert Graysmith and stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Mark Ruffalo chat about Zodiac.
Orlando Bloom goes green and Keira Knightley quite likes corsets, while producer Jerry Bruckheimer muses on the popularity of Pirates of the Caribbean.
Kim Cattrall talks about her role in John Boorman's The Tiger's Tail.
Drew Barrymore and Eric Bana chats about their roles in Curtis Hanson's Lucky You.
Eli Roth checks in for Hostel 2.
Sian Thatcher meets the cast and crew of Shrek the Third in An Ogre at the Box Office, plus we have interviews with Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake.
All-American guy Bruce Willis is back as John McCLane in Die Hard 4.0, together with new crime-fighting partner, Justin Long
Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint and co chat about 'that kiss' and growing up in public in our Harry Potter Feature Interview.
The Pacifier Interview - Adam Shankman
INTERVIEW WITH AGNÈS VARDA ON THE RESTORATION OF  "LES PARAPLUIES DE CHERBOURG "
The History of Mr Bennett
Alejandro Amenabar & Javier Bardem
Alexander Payne
An Interview with ALICE BRAGA, actress in LOWER CITY
Alice Eve Plays ‘Josie’ in Big Nothing
Director ALICE SCHERSON Chats About PLAY
Al Pacino
An interview with Battle in Heaven 's Anapola Mushkadiz
Machuca Interview - Andres Woods
ANGELINA JOLIE
Brokeback Mountain Interview - Ang Lee
ANNE HATHAWAY Chats About HOODWINKED
Cold Mountain: Love In A Cold Climate
Interview - Arnaud Desplechin
A Lot Like Love - According to it's stars Ashton Kutcher and Amanda Peet
Asif Kapadia: An Independent Mind
ATOM EGOYAN Talks About his Latest Film 'Where The Truth Lies'
Batman Begins - In Conversation with the Cast
Benicio Del Toro on Sin City
BEN STILLER Chats about his NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM
BEN WHISHAW Chats About
PERFUME: THE STORY OF A MURDERER
GAEL GARCIA BERNAL & ALEJANDRO GONZALEZ INARRITU Chat About BABEL
Bertrand Tavernier: French Resistance
Billy Boyd: Hobbit Forming
Lt. Commander Data visits the Honesty Bar: an Interview with BRENT SPINER
Brittany Murphy on Sin City
BRITTANY MURPHY chats about HAPPY FEET
Bruce Willis
IDLEWILD Interview with Director BRYAN BARBER
An interview with Carlos Reygadas, director of Battle in Heaven
Carmen in South Africa
DAVID FINCHER Chats about ZODIAC
DIRECTOR JOE CARNAHAN Chats About SMOKIN’ ACES
Cate Blanchett talks about her role
as Tracy Heart in LITTLE FISH
Christopher Doyle
CHRISTIAN BALE Chats About HARSH TIMES
Jinnah
Claire Danes talks about her role in SHOPGIRL
CLINT EASTWOOD
Clive Owen on Sin City
COLIN FARRELL Talks About MIAMI VICE
COLIN FIRTH Chats About his Role in 'WHERE THE TRUTH LIES'
Jaume Collet-Serra Chats About Goal! 2: Living the Dream
COMMON Chats about SMOKIN’ ACES
Tim Burton and the Cast and Crew of Corpse Bride chat about the Making of the Film
Cursed Interview - Christina Ricci
DANE COOK Chats about About EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH
Danny Boyle - Director in Residence - Raindance East Q&A
David Schwimmer Plays ‘Charlie’ in Big Nothing
Dave McKean talks to Close-Up Film About Mirrormask
DAX SHEPARD Chats about EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH
DENZEL WASHINGTON Chats About DEJA VU
Cheryl Hines - Waitress
Clive Owen, Mikael Hafstrom and Vincent Cassel on DERAILED
The Descent- Cast Interviews
Sergio Castellitto & Andy Whittaker
The Beautiful Mind of Ekachai Uekrongtham
ELIJAH WOOD Chats about HAPPY FEET
THE GOOD SHEPHERD
ERIC ROTH (Screenwriter)
EMILIO ESTEVEZ Chats About BOBBY
Bond girl not so green any more
Frank Miller (Graphic Novelist / Executive Producer) Chats About 300 
The Future of Film
ANDY GARCIA Chats about SMOKIN’ ACES
George Clooney
GEORGE MILLER (Director) chats about HAPPY FEET
Gerard Butler (King Leonidas) Chats About 300
Gianni Amelio
GREG KINNEAR Q&A FOR THE MATADOR
The Guardian
Guy Pearce Talks about The Proposition
GUY RITCHIE TALKS ABOUT REVOLVER
GWYNETH PALTROW Talks about ‘PROOF
Heath Ledger Interview on Casanova
HEATH LEDGER on The Brothers Grimm
Interview with Herbie - the free-wheelin' volkswagen bug
Hideo Nakata Interview
HILARY SWANK Chats About FREEDOM WRITERS
Alan Bennett Talks about The History Boys
IDLEWILD Interviews
Interview with Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau, Co-Directors of Cockles and Muscles

An American Haunting - James D'Arcy ( Richard Powell) Interview

JAMIE FOXX Talks About MIAMI VICE
Local Cinema Focus – The Metro
JASON STATHAM ON REVOLVER
C.R.A.Z.Y. Talk
Q&A with Cry_Wolf Director Jeff Wadlow & his Co-writer, Beau Bauman
Interview with Directors Jeff Zimbalist and Matt Mochary
Jennifer Connelly Interview - Dark Water
Jeremy Bulloch Interview
Jeremy Irons Interview on Casanova
Jessica Alba on Sin City
JESSICA SIMPSON Chats about EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH
Room 36: A film made against the odds
JODIE FOSTER talks about FLIGHTPLAN
THE GOOD SHEPHERD
JOHN TURTURRO (Ray Brocco)
John Curran
Julian McMahon talks about his role in Premonition
WHEN HEMANTH MET HILLCOAT
Richard Mellor gets down and dirty with John Cameron Mitchell, the director of Shortbus: a late contender for the year's most controversial film
JOHN KRASINSKI Interview:
'License to Wed'
John Moore
Interview with Four Brothers Director, John Singleton
KEEPING MUM Interview
KEN WATANABE
Ken Comes Home –
An Interview With Ken Loach
KEVIN BACON Chats About his Role in 'WHERE THE TRUTH LIES'
Kevin Bacon and the Grilling of the Sixth Degree
ONE DAY IN SEPTEMBER

Director KEVIN WILLMOTT Talks about CSA: CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA

KINKY BOOTS PRESS CONFERENCE
Kuno Becker Chats About Goal! 2: Living the Dream
Sky High Interview - Kurt Russell
Lasse Hallstrom Interview for Casanova
Interview with Laura Linney
An Interview with the Director of Heading South, Laurent Cantet
The League of Gentlemen Interview
Lena Headey (Queen Gorgo) Chats About 300
Lena Olin Interview on Casanova
Le Grand Voyage - Director and cast interviews
Interview with Liam Neeson
I WANT CANDY - Carmen Electra, Tom Riley, & Director Stephen Surjik Chat
Herbie Fully Loaded Star Lindsay Lohan
It’s No CRY WOLF, Rising Star Lindy Booth is the New Scream Queen
JERRY BRUCKHEIMER on PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY PLAYS ELIZABETH SWANN IN PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END
LINDSAY LOHAN Chats About BOBBY
Sci-Fi London - An Interview with founder Louis Savy
An interview with Mark Bittner, subject of 'The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill'
Q&A Mark Dornford-May and Pauline Malefane
An Interview with Director Mark Mylod
Marton Csokas takes over the ASYLUM
THE GOOD SHEPHERD
MATT DAMON (Edward Wilson)
MATT DAMON on The Brothers Grimm
MANDY MOORE Interview:
'License to Wed'
MEL GIBSON Chats to John Millar about APOCALYPTO
MICHAEL DOUGLAS on THE SENTINEL AND HIS CAREER
An interview with Michael Hayden, Festival Programmer for the 49 th London Film Festival
Herbie Fully Loaded
Star Michael Keaton and Director Angela Robinson
MICHAEL MANN Talks About MIAMI VICE
The Rourke Returns
Mickey Rourke on Sin City
THE GOOD SHEPHERD
MILT BEARDEN (CIA Consultant)
A chat with Milo Addica
MONICA BELLUCCI on The Brothers Grimm
Nathan Fillion - Waitress
New Town Original
Interview with Nick Broomfield
Nick Cave and John Hillcoat talk about The Proposition
ORLANDO BLOOM PLAYS WILL TURNER IN PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END
A Grand Day out with Nick Park and Steve Box
Cate Blanchett, Richard Eyre, Patrick Marber Chat About NOTES ON A SCANDAL
The Pacifier Interview - BRITTANY SNOW/MAX THIERIOT/MORGAN YORK
CONVERSATION WITH MR VENGEANCE
PATRICK SWAYZE on KEEPING MUM
Interview with Paul Kaye and DJ Lol Hammond
Paul Schrader talks to Sian Thatcher about his latest film, The Walker
PEDRO ALMODOVAR Chats about VOLVER
PENELOPE CRUZ Chats About VOLVER
Pierce Brosnan on The Matador
An Interview with Pratibha Parmar, Director of Nina’s Heavenly Delights

An American Haunting - Rachel Hurd-Wood (Betsy Bell) Interview

Reese Witherspoon on her Oscar Nominated Role in Walk The Line
Renee Zellweger & Producer Brian Grazer talk about Cinderella Man
ASIF KAPADIA, SARAH MICELLE GELLAR and Crew Chat About THE RETURN
Richard E Grant – Talking Wah-Wah
Right at Your Door: Close-Up Film chats to Actor RORY COCHRANE and Writer/Director CHRIS GORAK
... Ring in the New
THE GOOD SHEPHERD
ROBERT DE NIRO (Bill Sullivan, Director, Producer)
A Prairie Home Companion -
The final piece in the Altman Legacy
Robert Rodriguez on Sin City
Director ROBERT SCHWENTKE talks about FLIGHTPLAN
Robert Stone
ROBIN WILLIAMS chats about his role as Gabriel Noone in THE NIGHT LISTENER
Robin Williams chats about HAPPY FEET
ROBIN WILLIAMS Interview: 'License to Wed'
Rodrigo Santoro (Xerxes) Chats About 300
Director Rowan Woods on LITTLE FISH
Sally Potter talks about YES
Director SARAH WATT chats about LOOK BOTH WAYS
A Good Woman Interview - Scarlett Johansson and director Mike Barker
SEAN BEAN talks about FLIGHTPLAN
An Interview with SERGIO MACHADO, Director of LOWER CITY
Primer Interview - Writer/Director Shane Carruth
MARTIN SHEEN Chats About BOBBY
Sienna Miller Interview on Casanova
Simon Pegg Plays ‘Gus’ in Big Nothing
The long-awaited Simpsons Movie is here. Richard Badley attended the first preview with Q&A by the makers, and Matt Groening, James L Brooks, David Silverman, Al Jean & Mike Scully chat about the All-American family.
An American Haunting
Sissy Spacek (Lucy Bell) Interview
An interview with STEVE CARELL on EVAN ALMIGHTY
Stephan Rwangezi — Minister Wasswa, The Last King of Scotland
An interview with Stephen Woolley, Director of Stoned
Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon on A COCK AND BULL STORY
Steven Soderbergh: Space Invaders
STORMBREAKER – INTERVIEWS WITH STAR ALEX PETTYFER, DIRECTOR GEOFFREY SAX, AND WRITER ANTHONY HOROWITZ
Tasawar Bashir, Mirage Film Festival of Arabic Cinema, Co-ordinator
TERRY GILLIAM on The Brothers Grimm
Theo Angelopoulos
TOM TYKWER Chats About
PERFUME: THE STORY OF A MURDERER
An interview with TOM SHADYAC on EVAN ALMIGHTY
TONI COLLETTE talks to Elaine Lipworth about LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
PAUL VERHOEVEN Chats About BLACK BOOK
Interview with SATAN producer/star Vincent Cassel: ‘why did I have to produce this film?’
The Pacifier Interview - Vin Diesel
Wedding Crashers - Cast/Crew Interviews
Werner Herzog Discusses the Making of GRIZZLY MAN
WILL FERRELL races ahead in the funny stakes with TALLAGEDA NIGHTS: THE BALLAD OF RICKY BOBBY
Zack Snyder (Director) Chats About 300
Zhang Yimou
Ziyi Zhang
Memoirs of a Geisha – Ziyi Zhang

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