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Globalisation should mean fostering difference, not fencing off the aliens, says Tom Nairn after seeing the film District 9

The Danish filmmaker uses image as a "celluloid icon" to explore the depths of the Christian unconscious

The great filmmaker's bond with his homeland was conflictual as well as intimate 

The great Russian actor Oleg Yankovsky died in May this year.  Mumin Shakirov reviews the career of this outstanding actor and man

 

Oleg Yankovsky as Metropolit Philip in  Pavel Lungin's film "Tsar".

The passing of a great filmmaker of Alexandria and Egypt casts light on his country’s journey (archive)

Vladimir Bortko's blockbuster "Taras Bulba" reveals Hollywood's inroads into Russian film

Pavel Bardin's film Russia 88, about Russian Nazis, has incurred official displeasure even before its release. Bardin says he wants to help government fight Russian fascism. Critics say the film's good. So what's the problem?The blogosphere is buzzing with answers

(Photo: Rossiya 88 film)

 Russia has been gripped by the spectacle of a public battle for the heart of the film industry, says the cultural sociologist, Danil Dondurey.

In an era of growing Kremlin control over media, two big new Russian films remain defiant

The film director Theo Angelopoulos talks about turmoil in Greece, a generational failure and about his new film ‘The Dust of Time'

"Gomorrah", a fearless anatomy of Napoli's mafia, also exposes the new face of global crime    

The Dark Knight offers - via Slavoj Zizek - a bleak insight into democracy's post-9/11 moral void

Kasia Boddy celebrates the brief reign of screwball's madcap women

Cristian Mungiu makes humane, engaging art from the bleakness of a young woman's illegal abortion

The homecoming of an exiled militant is the beginning of a new journey

The great Swedish filmmaker made art that speaks profoundly to the truth of ourselves

"The Lives of Others" depicts a world of paranoia and foreboding, but this is no ordinary cold war thriller. The compelling exploration of the "dark side" of Communist East Germany sets this film apart, says Steve Crawshaw.

Rachel Rawlins talks to director Abderrahmane Sissako about his new film Bamako, the IMF, the World Bank and relationships.

Clint Eastwood's film "Letters from Iwo Jima" finds the humanity behind the brutality of war, thus honouring the past and opening hearts in the present, says Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney, author of "Kamikaze Diaries".

Robert Altman's last film, A Prairie Home Companion is a beautiful farewell to life and art, writes Maggie Gee