Alien³ And The Tales Of The Wooden Planet
David Fincher’s feature directorial debut and a sci-fi favourite of Patrick Samuel’s, we look at the making of Alien³ from its early conception to its troubled production.
Raja Harishchandra
When we think of Indian films we think of songs and spontaneous musical numbers. Let’s then look at Raja Harishchandra, India’s first feature film and incidentally, a silent one.
NEDS
Peter Mullan’s third feature film, NEDS, pulls us into the anger fuelled world of 1970′s Glasgow, giving us a view of the life he once experienced.
The Thin Red Line
After a 20 year hiatus Terrence Malick returned with The Thin Red Line, his ode to war and spirituality and a film that improves with age, demanding to be watched again.
The Curious Case Of Louis Le Prince
Was Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince the father of the motion picture? His collection of films from 1888 are the oldest surviving films but could they also be the very first?
L’Arrivée D’un Train En Gare De La Ciotat
This 1895 film by the Lumière Brothers excited audiences when it was first shown and is a great example of film’s ability to command our emotions and imagination.
Doing It First: The Great Train Robbery
As one of the earliest films in history to be remade, only months after its release in 1903, The Great Train Robbery is an exercise in filmmaking that stands the test of time.
Popular Indian Cinema & Q. Mukerjee’s Gandu
Qaushiq Mukerjee’s Gandu trespasses boundaries of rationality, morality and sex. It smacks at the face of Popular Indian Cinema and marks the beginning of a new genre.
Life Is Only On Earth. And Not For Long: Melancholia
Watching Lars von Trier’s Melancholia, a hypnotic tale of worlds colliding, I couldn’t help but think of how close we came with comet Elenin and an extinction level event.
New Jersey To San Francisco: Flight 93
On the morning of September 11th, 2001, four passenger jets were hijacked. While three of them reached their targets, one of them didn’t. This is Flight 93’s story.
The Mystery Of United Airlines Flight 93
Written and directed by Paul Greengrass, United 93 is a minute-by-minute account of how NORAD, the FAA and NSA failed to act as the events September 11th unfolded.
From The Rubble Comes Hope: World Trade Center
PADP workers John McLoughlin and William Jimeno lay trapped in rubble when the World Trade Center towers collapsed, but were among the few who were pulled out alive.
Emulating Metropolis In The Fifth Element
We take a look at some of the parallels between The Fifth Element, directed by Luc Besson and starring Milla Jovovich as the Supreme Being, and Fritz Lang’s Metropolis.
Leaving No Stone Unturned?
Rachid Bouchareb writes and directs London River, a film which plays out against the backdrop of the July 7th bombings in the UK’s capital, but does it sidestep the issues?
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