Dr. Garth Twa

Garth Twa is the award-winning writer and director of 'Pieces of Dolores' and 'Birds Die'. He has also written episodes of 'The Wright Verdicts', a programme from the makers of 24 and CSI, and is the author of the acclaimed book 'Durable Beauty'.

Sweet Lies

Sweet Lies

13th February 2013

A conversation with the makers of A Liar’s Autobiography – The Untrue Story of Monty Python’s Graham Chapman

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Midnight’s Children

Midnight’s Children

9th January 2013

Metastasizing war, schisms of family to mirror the schisms of topography, lust, hunger, upheaval, religion, nuclear bombs, forced sterilization, annihilation, and love. And hope. And second chances.

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Great Expectations

Great Expectations

10th December 2012

Is it unfair—and pointless— to discuss a film in relation to other past adaptations, to judge it by what it’s not? But, on the other hand, do we need another version of Great Expectations?

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Teaching Murder to Murderers

Teaching Murder to Murderers

24th November 2012

An interview with Vittorio Taviani

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Amour

Amour

24th November 2012

With Amour, you will remember the film, and you will remember the emotions, and there will be no humiliation in the crying.

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American Neo-realism: Robert Redford, Sundance, and London

American Neo-realism: Robert Redford, Sundance, and London

17th June 2012

by award-winning screenwriter and producer, Dr. Garth Twa.

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The Artist

The Artist

4th June 2012

It is an homage, it is a paean, it is a celebration: a behind-the-screen romantic comedy that fully embodies the glory and goofiness of a neonate film industry.

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Shame

Shame

19th May 2012

As McQueen says, ‘Morality is like socialism, great idea but it doesn’t bloody work.’

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A Dangerous Method

A Dangerous Method

29th April 2012

Normally with Cronenberg we’re deep into psychosis, subjectively, down in the dirty of our subconscious and nightmares. Here we’re in therapy.

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The Monk

The Monk

29th April 2012

It is just one man’s downfall, not mankind’s. Hardly apocalyptic, and it hardly seems worth all the fuss.

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