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The Rake’s founder Wei Koh interviews distinguished American actor and filmmaker Paul Feig.
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‘We lived in silence… He has only one way of expressing himself: his work.” So said Michelangelo Antonioni’s first wife, Letizia Balboni. It’s true, the Italian director was notorious for taking existential inquiry — and his own artistic purity — to another level. But what a legacy of film he left behind…
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We examine the work – and exceptional style – of photographer, filmmaker, musician and writer Gordon Parks, whose legacy is being embraced by a new generation of influential artists.
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With the release of Silence later this year, Ed Cripps takes a look at how Martin Scorsese has carved such a successful niche for himself in cinema.
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David Lynch is little short of a cinematic visionary, an individual committed to creative thought and expressionism in a way that few other rakish men have matched, Ben St George…
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Pilot, petrol-head and womaniser, Howard Hughes’ had an impressive repertoire, but there was a darker side to the director, The Rake discovers.
From Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr Fox to The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Anderson’s contribution to modern cinema brings colour, fantasy and style to a unique formula that equals brilliance.
In a month dedicated firmly to maximalism, The Rake commences a three-part exploration of the life and work of some undisputedly rakish individuals for whom understatement was a foreign concept.
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Who can’t benefit from a bit of Eminem to get them going every now and then? Craig Roberts, the star of Submarine and an emerging director, likes to pay a…
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The Oscar winning Italian director may have been known for his double life and fiery dual personality, but that didn’t stop De Sica from being heralded as one of the great…
Not only one of the greatest, most multi-talented creative minds of the 20th century, Jean Cocteau evinced elegance in every move, mode and mannerism.
The Rake continues its celebration of rakish artistry, with a toast to the life and work of the troubled auteur and unofficial king of the posthumous director’s cut.