in this unedited interview, Dheera Sujan talks at length to American writer Gore Vidal (1925-2012) about movies (he wrote 20 screenplays and many more for television), their impact, the changes […]
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By the 1980’s, new generations were growing up in a world where the moving image had become so proliferous that it was more dominant than the written word, taking on […]
As the world struggled to emerge from the World War, this period of cinema history saw a splash of colourful, energetic films come out of Hollywood—especially wonderful musicals. “An American […]
A new branch of cinema art was born when sound was introduced, but at first it was reserved only for music and singing, as in the 1927 Al Jolson classic […]
D.W. Griffith, “Intolerance”, 1916 (© Wikimedia) Moving pictures were a sensational, new visual experience when first seen at the Grand Café in Paris on December 28, 1895. From the time […]
In 1988, the Rotterdam International Film Festival presented a programme entitled “The Cruel Machine”. David Swatling presents six filmmakers whose work was on show. The films are violent, perverse – […]
Ingrid Bergman (1915-1982), one of the greatest screen actresses of the 20th century, looks back with Pete Myers on her career but also discusses her remarkable sustained popularity among young […]