Focus: The Art and Soul of Cinema
Many of the films mentioned in Focus: The Art and Soul of Cinema have related study guides or articles on Culturewatch, which are listed below. For some films there are multiple articles - check the links at the bottom of each page.
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (Steven Spielberg, 2001) study guide and article
About a Boy (Chris and Paul Weitz, 2002) study guide and article
Alfie (Charles Shyer, 2004) study guide
Amélie (Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain) (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2001) study guide
American Beauty (Sam Mendes, 1999) study guide and article
American Pie (Paul Weitz, 1999) article
Before Sunrise (Richard Linklater, 1995) study guide
Before Sunset (Richard Linklater, 2004) study guide
Being John Malkovich (Spike Jonze, 1999) study guide
Bend it like Beckham (Gurinder Chadha, 2002) study guide and article
Billy Elliot (Stephen Daldry, 2000) study guide and article
Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982) study guide and article
The Blair Witch Project (Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez, 1999) study guide
Bride and Prejudice (Gurinda Chadha, 2004) study guide and article
Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee, 2005) study guide and article
Broken Flowers (Jim Jarmusch, 2005) study guide
Bruce Almighty (Tom Shadyac, 2003) study guide and article
Cast Away (Robert Zemeckis, 2000) study guide
Catch Me If You Can (Steven Spielberg, 2002) study guide
Changing Lanes (Roger Michell, 2002) study guide and article
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Tim Burton, 2005) study guide
Chocolat (Lasse Hallström, 2000) study guide and article
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Andrew Adamson, 2005) study guide, article 1, 2, 3
Closer (Mike Nichols, 2004) study guide and article
A Cock and Bull Story (Michael Winterbottom, 2005) article
Collateral (Michael Mann, 2004) study guide and article
The Constant Gardener (Fernando Meirelles, 2005) study guide
Contact (Robert Zemeckis, 1997) article
Crash (Paul Haggis, 2004) study guide and article
The Da Vinci Code (Ron Howard, 2006) study guide, article 1, 2, 3
The Day After Tomorrow (Roland Emmerich, 2004) study guide
Deep Impact (Mimi Leder, 1998) study guide and article
Enduring Love (Roger Michell, 2004) study guide and article 1, 2, 3
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry, 2004) study guide
Everything is Illuminated (Liev Schreiber, 2005) study guide
The Exorcism of Emily Rose (Scott Derrickson, 2005) article
Eyes Wide Shut (Stanley Kubrick, 1999) article
The Fifth Element (Luc Besson, 1997) article
Fight Club (David Fincher, 1999) study guide and article
Flatliners (Joel Schumacher, 1990) article
Forrest Gump (Robert Zemeckis, 1994) article (pdf)
Gattaca (Andrew Niccol, 1998) study guide and article 1, 2, 3, 4
The Good Girl (Miguel Arteta, 2002) study guide
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Mike Newell, 2005) article
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Chris Columbus, 2001) article 1, 2
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Alfonso Cuarón, 2004) article
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Garth Jennings, 2005) study guide and article
Hotel Rwanda (Terry George, 2004) study guide
I Heart Huckabees (David O. Russell, 2004) study guide and article
I, Robot (Alex Proyas, 2004) study guide and article 1, 2
In Her Shoes (Curtis Hanson, 2005) study guide
The Incredibles (Brad Bird, 2004) study guide and article
The Island (Michael Bay, 2005) study guide
King Kong (Peter Jackson, 2005) study guide
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Peter Jackson, 2001) study guide article
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Peter Jackson, 2002) study guide
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Peter Jackson, 2003) study guide Lord of War (Andrew Niccol, 2005) study guide
Lord of War (Andrew Niccol, 2005) study guide
Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003) study guide and article
Love Actually (Richard Curtis, 2003) study guide and article 1, 2
The Machinist (Brad Anderson, 2004) article
Magnolia (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1999) study guide
Match Point (Woody Allen, 2005) study guide
The Matrix (Andy and Larry Wachowski, 1999) study guide and article 1, 2, 3, 4
The Matrix Reloaded (Andy and Larry Wachowski, 2003) study guide and article 1, 2, 3
The Matrix Revolutions (Andy and Larry Wachowski, 2003) study guide and article 1, 2, 3
Memento (Christopher Nolan, 2000) study guide
Million Dollar Baby (Clint Eastwood, 2004) study guide
Minority Report (Steven Spielberg, 2002) study guide and article
Monster House (Gil Kenan, 2006) article
The Motorcycle Diaries (Walter Salles, 2004) study guide and article
Moulin Rouge! (Baz Lurhmann, 2001) study guide
Mulholland Dr. (David Lynch, 2001) article
Munich (Steven Spielberg, 2006) study guide
Mystic River (Clint Eastwood, 2003) article
Nanny McPhee (Kirk Jones, 2005) study guide and article
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Joel Coen, 2000) study guide
The Passion of the Christ (Mel Gibson, 2004) article
Pay It Forward (Mimi Leder, 2001) study guide
Phonebooth (Joel Schumacher, 2002) study guide
Piano, The (Jane Campion, 1993) article
Saved! (Brian Dannelly, 2004) study guide and article 1, 2
Saving Private Ryan (Steven Spielberg, 1998) study guide
Secret Window (David Koepp, 2004) study guide
The Shawshank Redemption (Frank Darabont, 1994) study guide and article
Shrek 2 (Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury and Conrad Vernon, 2004) article
Sideways (Alexander Payne, 2004) study guide
Signs (M. Night Shyamalan, 2002) study guide
Spiceworld: The Movie (Bob Spiers, 1997) study guide and article
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (George Lucas, 1999) study guide and article 1, 2
Star Wars Episode II: The Attack of the Clones (George Lucas, 2002) study guide
Star Wars Episode III: The Revenge of the Sith (George Lucas, 2005) study guide
Starter for Ten (Tom Vaughan, 2006) article
Superman Returns (Bryan Singer, 2006) article
Swordfish (Dominic Sena, 2001) study guide
The Terminal (Steven Spielberg, 2004) study guide and article
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (Jill Sprecher, 2001) article
Three Colours: Blue (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1993) article
Three Colours: White (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1994) article
Three Colours: Red (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1994) article
Transamerica (Duncan Tucker, 2005) study guide
Tristan & Isolde (Kevin Reynolds, 2006) article
The Truman Show (Peter Weir, 1998) study guide and article 1, 2
Unfaithful (Adrian Lyne, 2002) article
V for Vendetta (James McTeigue, 2006) study guide
Vera Drake (Mike Leigh, 2004) study guide
The Weather Man (Gore Verbinski, 2005) study guide and article
What Dreams May Come (Vincent Ward, 1998) article
The Wind that Shakes the Barley (Ken Loach, 2006) article
You've Got Mail (Nora Ephron, 1998) study guide and article
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