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Jane Campion Talks Her Career and ‘Top Of The Lake: China Girl’

September 11, 2017 4:10 pm

Jane Campion has helped to pave the way for women in her field since the early 1980s. As much as it would be nice to overlook Campion’s gender, the industry appeared both unable and unwilling to do so in the pa...

Essentials: The Films Of Jane Campion

The Playlist Staff

September 11, 2017 1:20 pm

Features, News

What can we say about Jane Campion that we didn’t already say last week in lauding the venerable filmmaker’s feminist history? Simply put, the New Zealander is one of the greatest filmmakers in the world. Th...

The Feminist History Of Jane Campion, From ‘Sweetie’ To ‘Top Of The Lake’

Lena Wilson

September 7, 2017 3:33 pm

News

Starting tomorrow, The Film Society of Lincoln Center will honor Jane Campion with a retrospective, "Jane Campion’s Own Stories," including an evening with the filmmaker herself. This is just one more accolade ...

The 50 Best Romantic Films Of The 21st Century So Far

Oliver Lyttelton

February 14, 2017 3:04 pm

Features, News

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If you haven’t noticed from the decorations, shop displays, email reminders, and worried reminder texts from your partner, it's Valentine’s Day, the annual celebration of love, sex, romance, coupledom and havin...

On The Rise: 5 Cinematographers On Their Way To The A-LIst

Oliver Lyttelton

August 20, 2010 5:59 pm

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A couple of months ago, we took a look at five of the screenwriters that we're most excited about making their big screen debuts in the near future. For the next step in our semi-regular series, we wanted to lo...

Why Scrapping The UK Film Council Is Bad News For Film Fans Everywhere

Oliver Lyttelton

July 28, 2010 3:20 pm

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Between 1997 and 2009, turnover in the British film industry went up by 50%, contributing £4.5 billion to the economy, while cinema takings in the U.K. are at an all time high. This can be partly attributed to ...

Most Overlooked/Underappreciated Films of 2009

Rodrigo Perez

January 22, 2010 10:11 pm

News

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We see a lot of movies every year, and there are always those films that we end up sitting in awe of in an empty theater wondering, "Where is everybody?" These are the films that for whatever mystical reason sl...

The Playlist’s Best Films Of 2009 (*Editor’s Picks Only)

Rodrigo Perez

January 20, 2010 5:45 pm

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Getting a definitive top 10 out of the Playlist team is hard.There's a lot of differing opinions and some writers, due to their locations (we've got people in the U.K., Australia, Canada and U.S. places other t...

Jane Campion To Develop Six-Hour Mini-Series For The BBC, ‘Bright Star’ Screenplay Classified By The Academy As Adaptated Not Original

Simon Dang

January 6, 2010 12:49 pm

News

TV 1, Cinema 0.Jane Campion has temporarily turned her back on cinema and is set to develop a six-hour mini-series for the BBC, according to The Australian (via Eyes Wired Open).Details of the project were not ...

Emily Blunt Reigns Among A Fine Cast In ‘The Young Victoria’

Kimber Myers

December 17, 2009 7:22 pm

News

In contrast to the buttoned-up, mourning monarch most people are accustomed to, "The Young Victoria" offers an alternate take on the historic queen during her youth. As played by the vivacious Emily Blunt, Vict...

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