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Articles by Christopher Tookey

The British patient
Christopher Tookey / June 20, 1997
Despite an abundance of film-making talent and growing cinema audiences the British film industry continues to droop. Subsidy is not the answer. New Labour should look to Ireland
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I'm singin' again
Christopher Tookey / April 20, 1997
The film musical has been out of fashion for 20 years. Christopher Tookey explains why it is now suddenly back
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Why Star Wars matters
Christopher Tookey / March 20, 1997
George Lucas has never been a household name to compare with Disney or Spielberg. But Christopher Tookey argues that the maker of "Star Wars" is the most important figure in world cinema
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Crash, ban, wallop
Christopher Tookey / February 20, 1997
When Christopher Tookey suggested in the Daily Mail that the film "Crash" should be banned, he became a hate figure of the liberal establishment
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All I wanted for Christmas
Christopher Tookey / January 20, 1997
Recent Christmas films have been exercises in seasonal cynicism. Christopher Tookey says he would happily swap this year's two releases for Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life"
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Four biopics and a funeral
Christopher Tookey / December 20, 1996
Screen biographies, from Schindler's List to Gandhi, have swept the board at the Oscars. But, Christopher Tookey argues, four recent releases testify to the wretched state of the genre
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This unsporting life
Christopher Tookey / November 20, 1996
Sports movies remain popular because they are about dreams and achievement-themes at the heart of narrative film-making. But Christopher Tookey regrets the death of sportsmanship
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Europe trumps Hollywood
Christopher Tookey / August 20, 1996
Christopher Tookey says that remakes reveal the cultural divide between Europe and the US
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Why Tarantino matters
Christopher Tookey / July 20, 1996
Christopher Tookey compares Tarantino's films with Evelyn Waugh's novels
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Sight and sound
Christopher Tookey / May 20, 1996
Christopher Tookey regrets that film scores do not receive the attention they deserve
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