Things to Come: Operatic Urban Regeneration
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As well as being one of the first ever sci-fi talkies, William Cameron Menzies film of HG Wells’s Things to Come (1936) is notable for inaugurating a new wave of British film soundtrack composition.
Column by Robert Barry
CURRENT ARTICLES
Edward Hollis is Wall-E (0)
03/9/10 •
The author of The Secret Lives of Buildings explains why his film alter ego is Wall-E.
The Refuge: Interview with Francois Ozon (0)
12/8/10 •
François Ozon talks about wanting to challenge preconceptions about maternity, his interest in identity, and the unexpected reaction of the French right-wing press to the film.
Interview by Virginie Sélavy
No Politics: The New US War Film (1)
01/8/10 •
Since the launch of George W Bush’s ‘War Against Terror’ in Afghanistan, a number of war movies have been made in and out of the Hollywood system, which all have in common a virtual absence of politics and/or propaganda.
Feature by Sarah Cronin
Mother: Interview with Bong Joon-ho (0)
01/8/10 •
Bong Joon-ho talks about his intense murder drama Mother, an unlikely follow-up to his hugely successful monster movie The Host.
Interview by Pamela Jahn
The Illusionist: Interview with Sylvain Chomet (3)
01/8/10 •
Sylvain Chomet talks about The Illusionist, based on a script written by Jacques Tati.
Interview by Pamela Jahn
Terrorism Considered as One of the Fine Arts (0)
01/8/10 •
Peter Whitehead talks about the development of the film and the multiple readings that are presented by his unorthodox approach.
Interview by John Berra
Triumph of the Will: Feeble Bombast (0)
01/8/10 •
The ghost of Tannhäuser haunts the opening scenes of Leni Riefenstahl’s hyper-real document of the 1934 Nuremberg rally.
Column by Robert Barry
Bluebeard: Interview with Catherine Breillat (0)
16/7/10 •
Although the film was one of the highlights on last year’s festival circuit, it has taken a while for Catherine Breillat’s Bluebeard to get a UK theatrical release.
Interview by Pamela Jahn
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recent Alter Ego
03/9/10 •
Edward Hollis is Wall-E04/7/10 •
Patrick Hargadon is Yul Brynner’s Gunslinger01/6/10 •
Ryan David Jahn and Jim Thompson01/4/10 •
Alter Ego: Craig Silvey is Fantastic Mr Fox (Vulpes vulpes)03/3/10 •
Alter Ego: Mythogeographer Phil Smith is Mick Travis
recent Film Jukebox
04/7/10 •
Cours Lapin01/6/10 •
Allo Darlin’05/5/10 •
Film Jukebox: Lali Puna01/4/10 •
Film Jukebox: Dead Meadow03/3/10 •
Film Jukebox: Josiah Wolf
recent Interviews
12/8/10 •
The Refuge: Interview with Francois Ozon01/8/10 •
Mother: Interview with Bong Joon-ho01/8/10 •
The Illusionist: Interview with Sylvain Chomet01/8/10 •
Terrorism Considered as One of the Fine Arts16/7/10 •
Bluebeard: Interview with Catherine Breillat
recent Reel Sounds
03/9/10 •
Things to Come: Operatic Urban Regeneration01/8/10 •
Triumph of the Will: Feeble Bombast04/7/10 •
The Great Silence: Mute Melody01/6/10 •
Serie noire: Murder Goes Pop05/5/10 •
Reel Sounds: Ominous Silences – Knife in the Water
recent Short Cuts
05/7/10 •
Shorts in Edinburgh 201005/5/10 •
Short Cuts: Puppetoons04/4/10 •
Short Cuts: Flatpack 201003/3/10 •
Short Cuts: Redmond Entwistle’s Monuments01/2/10 •
Short Cuts: 7th London Short Film Festival
