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  • THE LIVING & THE DEAD

    REVIEWED - FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS: EVERY war produces an indelible image that resonates more than any others, be it the toppling of the Saddam Hussein statue in Baghdad three years ago; the screaming, burnt naked young Vietnamese girl after a napalm bomb attack in 1972; or the six US soldiers raising the Stars & Stripes on the summit of Mount Suribachi on the desolate Pacific island of Iwo Jima in February 1945.

  • NIGHT WITHOUT END

    REVIEWED - NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: NIGHT at the Museum is one of those so-called high concept movies whereby the entire plot can be summarised in a few words: new museum security guard discovers that the exhibits come to life by night.  

  • DANGLING CONVERSATIONS

    REVIEWED - GABRIELLE:  A RENAISSANCE man of French culture over the past 30 years, Patrice Chéreau moves with ease and equal levels of empathy between directing for cinema, theatre and opera. Gabrielle, his 10th feature, represents a fusion of his interests in its essentially two-hander form and the theatrical confines of the house that is its principal setting, and in its dramatic use of an orchestral score to accentuate its shifting moods.

  • SWAP SLOP

    REVIEWED - IT'S A BOY GIRL THING: IN HIS lyrics for the 1970 Kinks single Lola, Ray Davies observed that "girls will be boys and boys will be girls", unwittingly anticipating a recurring theme in several body swap comedies, the latest of which is aptly titled It's a Boy Girl Thing. However, the screenplay, by Kinky Boots writer Geoff Deane, is firmly rooted in a scenario that predates the invention of cinema: the attraction of opposites. 

  • SMELL O' VISION

    REVIEWED - PERFUME: THE STORY OF A MURDERER: IF ALFRED Hitchcock had made a film of Patrick Süskind's novel Perfume he would, most likely, have plucked out the nastiest murders, taken note of any potentially unhealthy romantic attachments and thrown everything else in the bin. Mind you, exceptions such as Rebecca noted, Hitch rarely tackled prestigious, prize-winning novels. Here's why.

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  • Stars in her eyes: Ros Hubbard receives her WFTV award from Jason Isaacs and Michael Sheen.

    Casting call for Hubbard gong

    Casting director Ros Hubbard has been feted for her outstanding contribution to the film and TV industries in the annual citations made by Women in Film and TV (WFTV). She received her award from actors Michael Sheen and Jason Isaacs at the WFTV ceremony in London this month.

  • Global recognition for flag-waver Clint

    THIS year's Golden Globe nominations yielded more than a few surprises and anomalies. Even though Clint Eastwood takes two of the five places on the shortlist for best director, neither of his companion war movies, Flags of Our Fathers and Letters From Iwo Jima, received a nomination for best picture. In fact, the only other nomination achieved by either was for Letters in the best foreign-language film category.

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