Australian director and screenwriter Jane Campion (born 1954) created a number of films with strong female protagonists starting in the late 1980s. Among the best known of her works was the Academy-aw...
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The films of Jane Campion have brought the New Zealander an array of prestigious critical awards in just a few short years. Perhaps more rewarding, however, is the acceptance her work has found inside...
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Greenberg is an American educator, psychiatrist, nonfiction writer, and author of Screen Memories: Hollywood Cinema on the Psychoanalytic Couch (1993). In the following review, he discusses the themes...
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Kauffmann is an American playwright, actor, director, and critic. In the following excerpt, he contends that Campion is more interested in her film's visual impact than its narrative.
Jane C...
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Rome (dpa) - George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Richard Gere head a
star-studded cast vying for the coveted Golden Lion awards at this
year's Venice Film Festival, which opens on...
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Question 1 of 10:"Throne of Blood", a classic Japanese film about a murderous Samurai, is based on which play?a) Macbeth (1)b) Richard III (0)c) Hamlet (0)d) Othello (0)Question 2 of 10:Who recentl...
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Today is Monday, April 30, the 120th day of 2007. There are 245 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On April 30, 1945, as Russian troops approached his Berlin bunker, Adolf Hitler co...
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When Jane Campion was honored onstage at the Cannes Film Festival with about 30 other major directors Sunday, she was the lone woman of the bunch. And she's still not used to how strange that feels...
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Female directors are flooding today's theaters more than ever, with movies as diverse as the women themselves. Yet the struggle for equality, recognition and respect continues.Moving beyond the tra...
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Jane Campion
Jane Campion
Critical Review by Harvey Greenberg
Big names vying for awards at revamped Venice Film Fest
