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While over in the United States there were a wealth of animation studios jostling for position, in Britain for many decades there was really only one that made much of an impact until Bob Godfrey, Cos...
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The British disease is what is often called its class system, but the antidote in the mind of many a commentator is the power of laughter, and the nation's comedy has long had a tradition of taking th...
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Rocket Attack U.S.A. (1959)
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One of the most fascinating aspects to and about me is how, in a sense, there are multiple manifestations of me.
For instance, those who follow Manor On Movies most often have no idea I hold the wo...
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TSI: Did it take a long time to set ...
While the great filmmakers of China’s so-called fifth generation, e.g. Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou, now paint stories on a broader canvas with stately epics, the films of writer-director Zhang Yuan ar...
The following interview was conducted in January, 2007.
Danish animator Anders Morgenthaler is widely known in his home country as the creator of the children’s television shows KatjaKaj & BenteBen...
Here's a feature we were sent to advertise Banshee - consider yourself square-eyed if you recognise every one of these...
Sheriffs have made a come back, ruling our television screens once a...
In the wild world of Hong Kong film, science fiction seems at first glance, an underrepresented genre. Lack of Hollywood sized budgets isn’t an issue as much as cultural differences. Who needs a st...
The documentary feature film playing at the 2013 San Francisco International Film Festival A River Changes Course takes an intimate look at families living along the Tonle Sap River which chang...
How do you sum up a decade with one movie? A whole ten years have to be taken into account, and a lot can happen in that passage of time, but there are certain cultural artefacts which encapsulate th...
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Part of the excitement of Sundance involves experimental films where the filmmakers create audacious and bold experiences. Such can be said for the documentary Charlie Victor Romeo in which the...
While many films at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival offer thrills and high concepts, the documentary The Moo Man focuses on an English farmer who treats his cows better than some people treat h...
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