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Interview: Mark Hartley on Not Quite Hollywood

by Ambrose Heron on 25/10/2008

Not Quite Hollywood is a new documentary exploring the world of Australian exploitation cinema that began in the early 1970s.  Directed by Mark Hartley it shows how a new generation of maverick filmmakers capitalised on the relaxing of censorship laws to create wilder films on smaller budgets. Whilst more refined directors like Peter Weir achieved [...]

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LFF 2008: Day 2

by Ambrose Heron on 16/10/2008

It was a bit of a muted day for me today as I am still trying to shake off a cold and had to catch up on some rest.  However, nothing was going to stop me from the press screening this morning of Charlie Kaufman‘s directorial debut Synecdoche, New York.  I’ve put up a more [...]

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Frost/Nixon to open the 52nd London Film Festival

by Ambrose Heron on 26/06/2008

Frost/Nixon, the film version of Peter Morgan’s play about the famous TV interviews between David Frost and Richard Nixon, will open this year’s London Film Festival on Wednesday 15th October. Directed by Ron Howard and produced by Brian Grazer and Working Title, it sees both principals reprise their West End and Broadway roles as Michael [...]

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