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British Cinema: A Social Institution

The two films will be discussed in terms of comparison and how they vary in there representations of Britain. One will be a will be a romantic comedy, Bridget Jones Diary, with scenes of white middle class couples inhabiting well to do areas of London and England discussing such important issues as laser hair removal brentwood. There will be references to British heritage and what Andrew Higson refers to as invented tradition. The opposing film is a British comedy More

Robin Hood (2006 series)

The story of the popular English hero, an ordinary man helping the poor people, has become a theme of inspiration for many productions -books, historical research materials on whether he really existed, movies and series. The newest television release was the production Robin Hood, that started in 2009 and broadcasted 39 episodes in 3 seasons untill 2009. Funded by and made for BBC One (with the coorperation of BBC America), the series were made by the independant Tiger Aspect Productions More

The Exam

Recently a lot have been said about film industry in the UK, different people claim that its world influence have decreased, others support the idea that the traditional British genre of Criminal and Psychological Thrillers are still undisputed. Personally I support the second opinion and I got certain in my belief after seeing “The Exam”-a thriller that caught my attention and truely surprised me with its simple, at first sight, plot and at the same time complicated and fascinating scenario.

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Exit Through the Gift Shop

This UK made film by paranoid pictures was the gem of this years Sundance film festival and is possibly best described by the man not quite behind the camera Banksy as, “the story of how one man set out to film the un-filmable. And failed.”

This is the first film by Banksy, who’s graffiti can be seen on the separation barrier of Palestine’s West Bank, to post hurricane New Orleans, to right in your own back yard of Bristol and More

Rome

One of the best TV shows I have seen in recent memory was the BBC and HBO’s collaborative project; Rome. Set during the first Century BC, during the last years of the Roman Republic, the show included such famous protagonists of ancient history such as Julius Caesar, Pompey, Cleopatra, Mark Antony and Octavian, the latter of whom would become the first Emperor of Rome; Augustus Caesar.

This show was not suitable for children and did not shy away from showing More

Control - Film Review.

I have a confession to make. Although I have been quite a big fan of Joy Division for a great many years, I have only just got round to watching, ‘Control’… Why I did not go to see it when it was first released I am not entirely sure; and when it came out on DVD it just became another one of those films that ‘I must get round to watching’.

Well, after finally getting to see ‘Control’ I was More

Great British Comedies

Over the last few decades, there have been some truly great British comedies. The hallmarks of British comedy are much different to those of American comedies in general. Whereas in America, the objective is to get a laugh or a joke in every twenty seconds or so, in Britain, the comedy is far more subtle. Using dry humour and wit are considered the correct things to do, although we do have our fair share of American style sit-coms too.

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Locke On

I’ve never liked seafood, so I was dubious about Crust (2001, directed by Mark Locke). But I needn’t have been, because it shared absolutely nothing negative in common with the prawns I so love to hate. Locke, a little known but well established director from Birmingham, UK, is a comedy genius: someone to watch this year and to come. And the man has experience. He’s behind a slew of ingenious short-films, such as Eat In and Lube and More

Film Review: Notes On A Scandal.

This dark and broody tale of lust, deception and perverse temptation is as faithful an interpretation of the novel by Zoe Heller as is viable for the big screen; a rollocking roller-coaster of a psychological drama with as much bite—or more—as some horror films.

Sheba hart is a late thirties sweet and innocent middle-class school-teacher who gets a job at the same London school as the villainous Barbera (played by an outstanding Judi Dench). Sheba quickly becomes a mysterious presence More

Best Of British: X 3

For a small island, Great Britain more than pulls its weight in terms of making quality films, year after year. While America blows its entire budget on explosions, actresses with more leg than talent and scripts constructed wholly from an MTV auto-cue, English film-makers continue to blaze the trail of progression.

Nothing could be further from American style movie-making than Mark Locke’s debut feature film entitled Crust (2002); made for a modest sum that a Hollywood extra would barely get More