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EASTWOOD, CLINT: A Hollywood Legend
The man with no name became the man with an ironic name: by rights, he should be called
Westwood. From delivery boy to cinematic icon, Clint Eastwood is a Hollywood legend who
started in Westerns and then went wherever he wanted. PAUL LePETIT traces his career on
the occasion of a new Clint Eastwood Collection out on video from Warner Bros Home
Entertainment.
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ED TV
SCOTT ORLIN reports from the set of Edtv, the new Ron Howard comedy in which Matthew
McConaughey’s Ed gets more than he bargained for when he wins 30 days of TV fame in a
competition.
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EDWARD BURNS: NO LOOKING BACK
On the eve of his 31st birthday (January 28, 1999), Edward Burns’ third
movie opens in Australia; this time, it’s not romantic comedy but drama, and it tests
Burns’ ‘heat’, which first singed audiences at Sundance in 1995.
He’s still hot, as this brief profile suggests.
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EIGHT BELOW – THE DOGS THAT DID
The canine stars of Eight Below had to be able to do much more than sit and stay
- they had to demonstrate the indomitable will to survive. To cast the furry
actors who would face unusual challenges for animal stars, head animal trainer
Mike Alexander of Birds & Animals searched far and wide for a team of unusually
intelligent and charismatic huskies.
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ELIZABETH: Modern Thriller, Funny Clothes
With two Australians heading the cast and an Indian director giving new meaning to the
material, Elizabeth is one historical drama that is a modern thriller – in funny
clothes. PAUL FISCHER talks to Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush and director Shekhar Kapur.
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EMPEROR'S NEW GROOVE, THE
It started out as an epic drama with serious issues and ended up as a wacky frolic, say
the filmmakers, pleasantly surprised at their own work. They mixed absurdity with emotion,
as director Mark Dindal explains.
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ENEMY OF THE STATE
An overzealous government agency goes too far in trying to ensure that new snooping
powers are passed into law; but an inadvertent snooper puts them at risk, and in turn
embroils a family in a game of I Spy that tramples on civil liberties. Who is the real
enemy of the State?
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ENIGMA – THE FILM BETRAYS TURING
Critics and audiences may enjoy Tom Stoppard and Michael Apted’s version of the
Enigma code breaking story, but those who know the real Alan Turing are outraged. Brett A.
Morgan puts his view, and below, we quote from Andrew Hodges’ review written for the
British Society for the History of Mathematics (October 2001).
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EROTIC MOVIES
Eroticism happens between the ears not between the legs, argues BRAD GREEN, and
serious, quality eroticism in cinema (mainstream and otherwise) is far too rare. (Pic - Eyes Wide Shut)
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ETHICAL EXTREMES
Extreme Measures is the first of a slate of films to
go into production from Simian Films, the development company set
up by Hugh Grant and Elizabeth Hurley. Andrew L. Urban reports.
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EUCALYPT RIDGE
Exclusive, expensive, excellent: Eucalypt Ridge is designed
for those who know what's what. If you were a film star, you
could not want for more. And you can have it without the
inconvenience of becoming a film star. Andrew L. Urban and Louise
checked in for a weekend:
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EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS 2005 - NOMINEES
Not surprisingly, many of the nominees for this year’s European Film Awards are
familiar from the Cannes Festival, including Wim Wenders and Michael Haneke –
but what is surprising is that Cannes winners Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne (L’Enfant)
are not nominated for Best Director, although their film is in contention for
Best European Film. Andrew L. Urban reports.
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EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS 2005 – WINNERS
Michael Haneke has triumphed at this year’s European Film Awards (Berlin, Dec.
3), his film Caché (Hidden) winning awards for Best Film, Best Director and the
FIPRESCI (international critics) prize, while the star of the film, Daniel
Auteuil won Best Actor; the film’s editors also won their category.
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EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS 2007 – WINNERS
The old new and the new new cinema of Europe were celebrated at this year’s
European Film Awards held in Berlin (December 1) with old ‘new wave’ director
Jean-Luc Godard receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award and ‘new’ Romanian
director Cristian Mungiu winning the Best Film award with 4 Months 3 Weeks and 2
Days
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EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS 2008 - NOMINATIONS
Three films already released in Australia are among the nominations for the
European Film Award: Mike Leigh’s Happy-Go-Lucky, Juan Antonio Bayona’s The
Orphanage and Ari Folman’s Waltz With Bashir; a fourth, Laurent Cantet’s The
Class, is releasing in Australia on January 22, 2009. It goes to show Australia
gets the best of foreign films.
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EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS 2008 – WINNERS
The people – European people, that is – voted for Harry Potter as their
favourite movie of 2008, but the professionals voted for Gomorra, the Italian
drama about crime families (and perhaps Italy itself), in this year’s European
Film Awards, presented in Copenhagen on December 6.
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EVER AFTER – NEVER AGAIN THE SAME
Cinderella will never be the same again: this is not the Cinderella your grandmother
read about; co-writer and director Andy Tennant has given her – and the other
characters in the story – a 90s makeover. He explains how and why –
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EVER AFTER, THE BOOK
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EVERYBODY FAMOUS
More than an entertaining exploration of a showbiz dad and his hopeful daughter,
Everybody Famous is also a critical essay on the medium of television itself as a
parasite, says its writer director, Dominique Deruddere, the award winning Belgian
filmmaker.
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EVERYONE SAYS I LOVE YOU
"This film is experimental for me. I’ve never tried
anything this musical before," explains Woody Allen.
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