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      Lesley Chow
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Author Lesley Chow

Lesley Chow

Lesley Chow is an Australian writer who has written for The Times Literary Supplement, Salon, Bright Lights and The Age.

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Gods on Earth: The Players of Kings and Queen

Lesley Chow
July 2006
Feature Articles
Issue 40
One of the best films in recent years receives extended appraisal.
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Besieged

Lesley Chow
July 2005
Cinémathèque Annotations on Film
Issue 36
Besieged/L'Assedio (1998 Italy/Britain 94 mins) Source: Hopscotch Prod Co: Fiction/Navert Film/Mediaset Prod: Massimo Cortesi Dir: Bernardo Bertolucci Scr: Bernardo Bertolucci, Clare Peploe, from a...
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A Science of Pleasure: Screen Couple Chemistry: The Power of 2 by Martha P. Nochimson

Lesley Chow
April 2004
Book Reviews
Issue 31
The unique excitement of this book is in the way it dares to apply science and truth to the watching of films. Film studies has never had much use for scientific theory, but then it has never paid significant...
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Acting “Genius”: Judy Davis

Lesley Chow
October 2003
Feature Articles
Issue 28
How can an actor convincingly suggest "genius" in a character? Judy Davis' stylised, self-conscious performances approach this problem in an unusual way.
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Speed and Light: David Thomson on Film

Lesley Chow
October 2003
Book Reviews
Issue 28
...but this second assessment argues that despite his foibles, Thomson remains unrivalled as a describer of the film-viewing experience.
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Absolute Definition: Katharine Hepburn

Lesley Chow
July 2003
Feature Articles
Issue 27
Katherine Hepburn died last month aged 96. This tribute takes a close look at what made her performances unique.

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