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RADAR – WORLD MOVIES ON THE PROWL
World Movies subscription channel is launching Radar, a new Monday night
programming block dedicated to old and new works that may have gone under the
radar. The premiere is on Monday, October 5, 9:30pm with director Albert
Lamorisse's Oscar-winning 34 minute short, The Red Balloon (pic).
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RATATOUILLE – FOOD, GLORIOUS (DIGITAL) FOOD
To bring to life Remy’s culinary world in an accurate and exciting way, they
immersed themselves in the world of fine cooking. “This story is about much more
than cooking, but I felt that by creating a real kitchen atmosphere and
real-looking food, you could give the fantasy a believability that you otherwise
wouldn’t have,” says director Brad Bird. And sure enough, we can almost taste
the ... Ratatouille.
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RAVENOUS
HELEN BECK talks to Robert Carlyle, Guy Pearce and Antonia Bird about the ingredients that
went into Ravenous.
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RAZORBACK & RAPID FEAR: REAPING REWARDS
Two decades ago, Russell Mulcahy’s Razorback (pic) ripped across the Australian cinema landscape before its production company went bankrupt. Now, Los Angeles & Melbourne based Australian, Anthony I. Ginnane, has taken on the film for a new lease of life on DVD around the world, with a restored version that will hit Australian DVD shops in the first quarter of 2005. And Ginnane’s IFM World Releasing is selling another 45 Australian productions, including low budget genre films, like Rapid Fear. The box office has moved, as Andrew L. Urban reports.
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RAZZLE DAZZLE - INSIDER BRIEFING
Politically correct dance routines for pre-teens (eg The Dance of the Taliban),
routines designed to help save the world, are some of the attractions of Razzle
Dazzle, a new Australian satire that takes us behind the dazzle of the dance
school competition world. Are you ready for Mr Jonathon, asks Andrew L. Urban.
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READERS PROFILE - YOU SAVVY LOT
The results of our user survey show that our readers are smart, savvy - and single. Of course, you watch a helluva lot of films!
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READERS RESPOND TO JAMES BOND JNR SHOOTING IN AUSTRALIA
Readers were quick to respond to our world exclusive on April 1, 1998, in which we broke the news that George
Miller (of Babe fame, pic) was working on the next James Bond movie,
introducing James Bond’s illegitimate son, with perhaps Noah
Taylor in the role of James jnr, and Ruth Cracknell as
Bond’s one time one-night stand affair on Dunk Island off
the Queensland coast. Here we publish a selection of your
replies.
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REAL MACAW: ON LOCATION
Andrew L. Urban interviews (semi-successfuly) a parrot,
and meets Oscar winning actor Jason Robards, on location in
Brisbane.
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REALPLAYER MOVIE LIBRARY - FREE ONLINE
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fun, and edgy entertainment programming. It streams a variety of shows, which
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- hearted comedy, feel good romance / drama, nail biting thriller / horror,
hard-hitting reality, TV series and documentary – all free. BROWSE more than
1000 hours of movies, TV series, reality and documentary.
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RED VIOLIN: VISIT TO CREMONA
The story of Francois Girard's international co-production, The Red Violin, begins in
17th century Cremona, in the fictional workshop of master violin maker Nicolo
Bussotti. ANDREW L. URBAN visited 20th century Cremona to find the lutemakers
still build the world's finest violins, in the tradition of the past masters.
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RENCONTRES – SMALL FEST, BIG CHANCE
As film distributors and exhibitors seem to take fewer risks in what they buy, one
small film festival in Paris is quietly turning the tables, offering filmmakers
– NZ and Australian ones included - big opportunities, as Wendy Nye, herself a filmmaker,
reports; applications for 1998 close end of July.(In 1997, Topless Women Talk About Their Lives (pic) was screened.)
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RENCONTRES INTERNATIONALES DU CINEMA DES ANTIPODES: 2002
Although the title sounds a tad paternalistic, the festival known as Cinema Des Antipodes, is in fact a genuine tribute to Australian and New Zealand filmmaking, founded four years ago by Australia’s ‘French connection’, Bernard Bouries. This year’s event at St Tropez, was officially launched at a Paris breakfast by Australia’s French Ambassador. Helen Barlow reports from the house that Gough built.
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RICHARDSON, NATASHA – OBITUARY
Acclaimed actress Natasha Richardson, the wife of actor Liam Neeson and
daughter of acting legend Vanessa Redgrave, died on March 19, 2009 after
sustaining a head injury in a skiing accident; she was 45.
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ROAD TO EL DORADO
When producer Jeffrey Katzenberg and the DreamWorks team set out on The Road to El
Dorado, they were determined to do things differently: he wanted the losers to have their
own big adventure. ELEANOR SINGER reports.
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ROAD TO PERDITION
"He who sows the wind… shall reap the whirlwind.” Those are the lines from the Bible that came into Tom Hanks’ head when he first read Road to Perdition. Max Levant discovers what he
meant.
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ROCKY BALBOA – INSIDER BRIEFING
Sylvester Stallone makes a comeback as Rocky Balboa just like his character
does, to scratch a 30 year itch – and it’s sweet, as Stallone discovers amidst
the snowflakes that seemed to fall on cue. But he still had to get in that ring
and fight for real, just as he wants to make us feel – for real.
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ROHMER, ERIC - OBITUARY
Geoff Gardner’s personal reflections on French filmmaker Eric Rohmer pays
tribute to a pioneer of modern cinema.
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ROMANCE
As expected, French film, Romance, has been banned in Australia - and the public
doesn't like it..
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ROMANCE : NOTES ON THE FILM THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANY
Considering the amount of heat and debate caused by the
prospect of the film's banning, now that it has a commercial
release, Romance deserves to be discussed - even at the risk of
adding to an already massive list of opinions, articles and
examinations about this film. ANDREW L. URBAN has his say:
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ROMEFILMFEST 2006 - WRAP
The buzz around the inaugural RomeFilmfest was palpable as the likes of Nicole
Kidman, Richard Gere, Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio sang the city’s
praises. The earlier spat with the Venice Festival up the road seemed to fade
into insignificance as Romans turned up in droves to view what the Festival had
to offer and to support the new local event. Helen Barlow reports.
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RONIN
It’s called Ronin, it has a star studded cast - and it is unusual. . . an action film
that questions ethics and evaluates honour. By a special correspondent.
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ROTTERDAM REPORT
Budding young film critic VERONICA GLEESON was the guest of the Rotterdam Film Festival as
part of the festival’s (enlightened) trainee film critics scheme. She spotted the
invitation in Urban Cinefile and was astounded when her application was accepted. This is
her personal report on the experience.(Pic, Happiness
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ROUNDERS
There’s an ace up Edward Norton’s sleeve, he reveals, as we chart the making
of his latest film, Rounders, with comments from Norton, his co-star Matt Damon and
director John Dahl.
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RUNAWAY BRIDE
In our recent competitionfor tickets and
soundtrack CDs to Runaway Bride, we jokingly asked why it has taken so long for Hollywood
to re-team the successful Pretty Woman (1990) cast and crew. We had hundreds of entries; here are a few of them - and an ironic footnote
about the reality.
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RUSH HOUR – WHAT A RUSH!
The fastest hands in the East meet the biggest mouth in the West when legendary martial
arts daredevil Jackie Chan teams with comedic powerhouse Chris Tucker in Rush Hour. The
result is quite a rush for audiences. Here, Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker and the filmmakers
talk about the making of this funny action yarn.
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RUSH, GEOFFREY – AUSTRALIA'S SCREEN IDENTITY
At a media conference today (21/11/2003) in Melbourne, Geoffrey Rush articulated the
importance of screen culture in Australia and its dependence on Government nurturing, in
the context of the industry’s clamour for the Government to take all aspects of
culture off the negotiating agenda in the talks on a Free Trade Agreement with America.
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RUSH, GEOFFREY: OSCARS 2001
Geoffrey Rush is Academy-acclaimed material as an actor; but no actor currently working at
the top of the cinematic tree can boast such an ongoing, high octane relationship with
theatre, says Andrew L. Urban.
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RUSSIAN FILM FEST 2009 - EPICS BOOKEND
Two historical epics bookend this year’s Russian Resurrection Film Festival across Australia (Aug 19 – Sept 20); opening the fest is Vladimir Brotko’s Taras Bulba
set in the 16th century, while closing film is Andrei Kravchuk’s Admiral, set at the start of the Russian Revolution.
Andrew L. Urban reports.
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RUSSIAN RESURRECTION 2004 FILM FESTIVAL
The first Australian festival of films from Russia since the collapse of the communist collective known as the Soviet Union celebrates the centenary of the death of writer Anton Chekhov; it’s a chance to glimpse into Russian culture, past and present, says festival director Nicholas Maksymov, a Sydney born Russian.
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RUSSIAN RESURRECTION 2009 – PREVIEW
The world premiere of Soundtrack of Passion, billed as Russia’s first ever
sex-thriller, directed by Nikolai Lebedev (director of Wolfhound, the 2007
Opening Night film) will be one of the highlights of this year’s Russian
Resurrection film festival around Australia.
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RUSSIAN RESURRECTION FILM FESTIVAL 2006 - PREVIEW
An evening of rousing Russian revelry is planned for the Opening Night of the
2006 Russian Resurrection Film Festival on September 26 at Sydney’s Chauvel
cinema in Paddington. The Stolichnaya Festival Lounge will be filled with Vodka
and wild Cossack Dancers, all to the powerful tones of the renowned Russian
soloist from Opera Australia, Gennadi Dubinsky, prior to the screening of
Counsellor of the State. Andrew L. Urban reports.
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RUSSIAN RESURRECTION! 2005 - PREVIEW
One major reason why Russian cinema is so engaging is that the subject matter is always dramatic, powerful, and drawn from the heart of Russian society, says Nicholas Maksymow, the director of Russian Resurrection!, the second festival of films from his homeland.
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