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We like all sorts of films at Three Monkeys, and our film section reflects this - giving ample space to documentaries and foreign films, alongside the more mainstream. If you're passionate about film, and are itching to write, get in touch - we're on the lookout for someone to bolster our Film section. Submission guidelines are here
No other director in the history of Hollywood has had such a sudden trajectory between fame and infamy. Three Monkeys Online encountered the legendary film-maker, Michael Cimino, director of The Deer Hunter and Heaven's Gate recently in Bologna.
By Michael O'Connor
How would you picture Michael Cimino, director of The Deer Hunter and Heaven's Gate? Sitting, sipping a beer in the courtyard of Bologna's elegant Lumière Cinema, it's a question that occupies my mind while waiting for the arrival of the celebrated American director. A question, because I don't know the answer. There are ...
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey, is the eagerly awaited film adaptation of Thornton Wilder's 1927 Pulitzer prize winning novel. Tony Blair quoted it in the memorial for September 11th victims, and it has taken on a new resonance, but Irish Director Mary McGuckian has been fascinated by the book for over Ten years. She talks to Three Monkeys Online in an extensive interview.
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Atypical heroines, parochialism, noir as a genre? All up for discussion with Oscar winning Italian director Gabriele Salvatores, on the release of his new film Quo Vadis, Baby?, a noir set in Three Monkeys Online's very own Bologna.
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Indymedia film-maker, Eamonn Crudden, along with a multitude of others, shot footage at the Genoa G8 meeting in 2001. In the wake of the dramatic events there, including widespread police brutality on a scale unimaginable in a western democracy, he put together the film Berlusconi's Mousetrap. Robert Looby spoke to Crudden for Three Monkeys Online.
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The Lord of the Rings continues to endure, as shown by the massive success of The Return of the King. Brendan McManus S.J sees a strong Christian allegory running through Tolkien's masterpiece
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The 2004 winner of the Pardo d'Oro(Golden Leopard) award at the Locarno International Film Festival was Private, and Italian produced and directed film set in the occupied territories. A psychodrama examining the dynamics of Occupation, with a cast of Palestinian and Israeli actors, filmed in Calabria, Italy, by the son of one of Italy's most famous TV presenters. Director Saverio Costanzo explains the genesis and realisation of this extraordinary film.
No other director in the history of Hollywood has had such a sudden trajectory between fame and infamy. Three Monkeys Online encountered the legendary film-maker, Michael Cimino, director of The Deer Hunter and Heaven's Gate recently in Bologna.
Robert Quinn grew up in a cinema. Really. The son of a film-maker, Bob Quinn, who embarked on a mission to bring film-making to rural, gaelic speaking Ireland, Robert did in fact grow up in a Cinema which doubled as a family home. In the metaphoric sense, though, he has also grown up in the cinema, working his way up through the ranks of Irish film making. He is now an award winning director in his own right, and about to film the life story of Irish rock star Philip Lynott.
Atypical heroines, parochialism, noir as a genre? All up for discussion with Oscar winning Italian director Gabriele Salvatores, on the release of his new film Quo Vadis, Baby?, a noir set in Three Monkeys Online's very own Bologna.
Adrien Brody, Oscar winning star of The Piano was one of the stars Peter Jackson specifically wanted for his remake of King Kong. Speaking from the set in New Zealand, Brodey talks about the timeless appeal of the film, and the inspiration he found in Eugene O'Neill's work.
The Bridge of San Luis Rey, is the eagerly awaited film adaptation of Thornton Wilder's 1927 Pulitzer prize winning novel. ...
What tangled web will he weave, and will he get the girl? More to the point, is it worth watching? Three Monkeys Online goes to se...
Ken Loach's film The Navigators recently got an open air screening as part of the Cinema Ritrovato festival in Bolog...
Indymedia film-maker, Eamonn Crudden, along with a multitude of others, shot footage at the Genoa G8 meeting in 2001. In the wake...
Australian Director Peter Weir recently opened the Cinema Ritrovato film festival, and took some time out to talk about the...
Sean Walsh has attempted, what for many remains impossible, to film Joyce's novel Ulysses. Mark Harkin spoke to the directo...
A film about Jesus, in Aramaic? Directed by Mad Max Mel Gibson? Many were sceptical of his sanity, but box office returns h...
Holy Cross is a BBC docudrama, directed by Mark Brozel, focussing on events that occured outside Holy Cross school in Northern Ire...
Shane Barry takes a look at the enduring appeal of 2001 a Space Odyssey...
The Lord of the Rings continues to endure, as shown by the massive success of The Return of the King. Brendan McManu...
