Director Showcase
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Director Showcase – Christopher Nolan
To celebrate the release of The Dark Knight Rises Tom and Mike take a look at Christopher Nolan’s incredible career so far. Unless you have been living in a cave for the past six months you will be well aware that The Dar...
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Director Showcase – David Lynch
As a number of his films have recently been given the Blu-ray treatment, Tom decided to take a look at the master of surreal cinema, David Lynch, in this week’s Director Showcase. It has been six years since David Lynch&#...
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Director Showcase – Chan-wook Park
Master of Korean revenge Chan-wook Park is working on his first English language film set for release later this year. Tom takes a look at his career so far in this week’s Director Showcase. At the turn of the millennium ...
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Director Showcase – David Cronenberg
To celebrate the release of Cronenberg’s A Dangerous Method on Blu-ray and DVD this week I decided to take a look at his career as Canada’s leading directors of all things dark and disturbing. David Cronenberg is an...
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Director Showcase Takeover – Michael Mann: Pushing The Envelope
Jack Deth is back this week with another detailed post about Michael Mann, check it out… Greetings once again! Having introduced you to Michael Mann’s earliest efforts in film for television and the Big Screen. With...
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Director Showcase – Robert Rodriguez
With Robert Rodriguez hard at work on sequels to Sin City and Machete, Tom takes a look at his career so far. An independent film-maker of the highest calibre, Rodriguez raised the budget of $7,000 dollars for his feature lengt...
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Director Showcase – Richard Linklater
For this week’s Director Showcase Tom takes a look at the unorthodox films of self-taught Screenwriter and director Richard Linklater Linklater’s dialogue driven films are not to everyone’s taste but his exper...
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Director Showcase – Michael Mann, The Early Years
This week in the Director Showcase, Jack Deth is back to look at the early years of Michael Mann Greetings, once again! I am going to take this opportunity to dig into the early, bygone days of one Hollywood’s most recogn...
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Director Showcase – Ridley Scott
With the release of what could well be the Science-Fiction film of the year looming, Tom decided to take a look at Ridley Scott’s previous films to see if Prometheus can live up to the standards set before it. Ever since ...
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Director Showcase – Shane Meadows
This weeks Director Showcase is being taken over by the much-loved Brit, Shane Meadows. Tom takes a look at this great director… Born in Uttoxeter, just over twenty miles from my home town, Shane Meadows is a local legend...
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Director Showcase – Terry Gilliam
As our series on remarkable Directors progresses, Tom has taken the opportunity to look at the often misunderstood genius of Terry Gilliam. One of the most unlucky and unfortunate film-makers of recent times, Terry Gilliam is a...
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Director Showcase – Pedro Almodovar
Tom has allowed me to add to take control of this weeks Director Showcase, who else would I choose but my favourite Spanish Director, Pedro Almodovar Pedro Almodóvar is Spain’s most critically acclaimed Director of the modern e...
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Director Showcase – Roger Corman
It is Friday, so it is Director showcase day. This week FRC’s favourite guest authort Jack Deth takes through the works of Roger Corman Greetings all and sundry! With all the love spread about this past week by several bl...
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Director Showcase – Danny Boyle
In the latest instalment of our Director Showcase Tom takes a look at the diverse films of Danny Boyle. One of England’s most reliable directors, Danny Boyle is held in such high esteem that he has been commissioned to di...
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Director Showcase – Werner Herzog
For the second installment of our Director Showcase Feature Tom takes a look at the enigmatic German behind some of the most wonderfully bizarre films of the last few decades, the one and only Werner Herzog. There have been man...
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FRC Director Showcase – Stanley Kubrick
In Front Room Cinema’s new feature we are going to be exploring the films of visionary directors from the past and present to highlight their importance in shaping the world of cinema. It seems only right to start the ser...
