Critical Mass – The Depreciating Value of Film Criticism – |
** This article first appeared in movieScope, issue 19. ** With the Internet turning a whole legion of casual moviegoers into film critics via blogs
Poetry – |
Director & Screenplay Chang-dong Lee Stars Jeong-hie Yun, Nae-sang Ahn Opened (UK) July 29 Tweet Poetry, in other hands, could have been a
Berlinale Talent Campus seeking young film journalists – movieScope
Berlinale Talent Campus, Goethe-Institut, and FIPRESCI has opened an invitation for applications from young film critics and film journalists
Upstream Colour – Review – movieScope
Its ‘disorienting, dreamlike quality is one of the key pleasures (and frustrations) of Upstream Colour,’ says Anton Bitel
Café de Flore – review – |
Parallel narratives unfold in Café de Flore, separated by time and space but conjoined by their shared motifs of love, loss, jealousy and obsession, writes Anton Bitel…
William Friedkin: Interview – movieScope
Exorcist director William Friedkin, whose latest film Killer Joe opened the Edinburgh Film Festival, talks to movieScope about his creative motivation.
Glasgow Film Festival 2013: The Highlights – movieScope
Tom Seymour reflects on his highlights of the 2013 Glasgow Film Festival
The Nun – Review – movieScope
The Nun is a “visually impressive adaptation is far from faithful to the original text,” says Helen Cox
Actor Johnny Harris – The Power of Hindsight – movieScope
British actor Johnny Harris has developed a successful career taking in the theatre, TV shows like This Is England ’86 and films including London to Brighton, Snow White and the Huntsman and Welcome to the Punch. Here he writes about his journey from stage to screen, and why hindsight is a powerful tool.
World War Z – Review – movieScope
Adapted as a straightforward summer blockbuster, World War Z is a ‘pale imitation’ of Max Brooks’ original novel, says Nikki Baughan
