Category: Retrospectives
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The evolution of ‘Star Wars’
Fans have long cried out for the ‘original’ versions of the Star Wars trilogy to be released on a digital home format, but which version is truly original?
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The Water Magician
One of Kenji Mizoguchi’s earliest works is not only a great example of the art of benshi, but a strong voice for the strength of women in Meiji era Japan. Screened as part of the Bigpond Adelaide Film Festival and Screen Live, we present it here for International Women’s Day.
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The evolution of the western: Part 3 – The Last Man Standing
In the final entry in our three-part series on the western, we look take a look at the last twenty years of gunslingers in the US and abroad. From Kevin Costner to Takashi Miike, the western has been elevated to epic proportions – even when it isn’t being a western at all.
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The evolution of the western: Part 2 – The Man with No Name
In The Evolution of the Western – Part 1: The Last Gunslingers, we discussed the changing nature of the cowboy over the first half of the 20th century. From the earliest days of cinema through to John Ford’s The Searchers (1954), the gunslinger turned from hero of legend to “a figure of pathos, not tragedy”…
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The evolution of the western: Part 1 – the last gunslingers
With the release of the Coen Brothers’ True Grit, a remake of Henry Hathaway’s 1969 John Wayne late-vehicle, the American western has been brought back into focus. Set to become the second highest grossing western of all time, behind Kevin Costner’s revisionist western Dances with Wolves, True Grit may be just the blockbuster the genre…
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Back to the Future: Charity Screening
PHOTOS: A charity screening of Back to the Future saw the biggest star of them all, the DeLorean, in town.
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Back to the Future: 25th Anniversary
Last night, I had the distinct pleasure of watching Back to the Future with a packed house as part of Popcorn Taxi’s 25th Anniversary screening of the film. First of all, I’ll let you in on a little secret. I may have seen this film in excess of 100 times. I first saw this back…
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1001 Movies: Häxan (1922)
One Christmas, I was given a copy of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die. I’ve never been able to resist The List, and after a quick count I was already up to about 300-and-something. Rather than being proud of having accomplished at least 600 hours plonked in front of a screen of one…
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