Our experts also pick some overlooked titles from this year’s race.
In the second Screen Awards Podcast for the 2023/24 race, our experts look at which titles are gaining momentum following the Golden Globe nominations, the European Film Awards ceremony and the first US critics’ prizes.
The Screen International Podcast · What awards titles are gaining momentum; plus in-depth on entering a film for Bafta
Screen’s editor Matt Mueller, executive editor, reviews and new talent Fionnuala Halligan, and awards and box-office editor Charles Gant discuss why it’s been a good few weeks for Anatomy Of A Fall, which may...
In the second Screen Awards Podcast for the 2023/24 race, our experts look at which titles are gaining momentum following the Golden Globe nominations, the European Film Awards ceremony and the first US critics’ prizes.
The Screen International Podcast · What awards titles are gaining momentum; plus in-depth on entering a film for Bafta
Screen’s editor Matt Mueller, executive editor, reviews and new talent Fionnuala Halligan, and awards and box-office editor Charles Gant discuss why it’s been a good few weeks for Anatomy Of A Fall, which may...
- 12/18/2023
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
Our team look at this year’s Bifa nominations, and which UK & Ireland titles have the potential to go all the way.
In the first Screen Awards Podcast for the 2023/24 race, Screen’s editor Matt Mueller, executive editor, reviews and new talent Fionnuala Halligan, and awards and box-office editor Charles Gant assess the early UK and international frontrunners.
The Screen International Podcast · Picking the buzziest UK and international film award contenders this year
The trio look at this year’s Bifa nominations, and which UK & Ireland titles have the potential to go all the way to the Baftas and Oscars.
In the first Screen Awards Podcast for the 2023/24 race, Screen’s editor Matt Mueller, executive editor, reviews and new talent Fionnuala Halligan, and awards and box-office editor Charles Gant assess the early UK and international frontrunners.
The Screen International Podcast · Picking the buzziest UK and international film award contenders this year
The trio look at this year’s Bifa nominations, and which UK & Ireland titles have the potential to go all the way to the Baftas and Oscars.
- 11/23/2023
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
The renowned annual talent showcase spotlights the hottest up-and-coming actors and filmmakers in the UK and Ireland.
Screen International has unveiled the 2023 edition of Stars of Tomorrow, spotlighting the hottest up-and-coming actors and filmmakers in the UK and Ireland.
This year marks a special milestone for Stars of Tomorrow – its 20th edition, and the annual talent showcase has demonstrated an unparalleled track record for spotting emerging UK and Irish talent, both in front of and behind the camera, since its launch in 2004.
Those selected this time include Heartstopper star Kit Connor, Mia McKenna-Bruce, who played the lead role in Cannes breakout How To Have Sex,...
Screen International has unveiled the 2023 edition of Stars of Tomorrow, spotlighting the hottest up-and-coming actors and filmmakers in the UK and Ireland.
This year marks a special milestone for Stars of Tomorrow – its 20th edition, and the annual talent showcase has demonstrated an unparalleled track record for spotting emerging UK and Irish talent, both in front of and behind the camera, since its launch in 2004.
Those selected this time include Heartstopper star Kit Connor, Mia McKenna-Bruce, who played the lead role in Cannes breakout How To Have Sex,...
- 6/28/2023
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
Will Aftersun’s abundance of prizes at the Bifas translate into Bafta glory, and what next for gender-neutral acting categories?
For the latest episode in The Screen Podcast’s 2022/2023 awards season series our team assesses the state of the race following last weekend’s Bifas, what they could mean for the Baftas, and the first US critics ceremonies.
The Screen International Podcast · Bifas, Baftas, international frontrunners, and the return of the Golden Globes
Podcast host and Screen International editor Matt Mueller is joined by deputy editor Louise Tutt and awards and box office editor Charles Gant.
The trio look at...
For the latest episode in The Screen Podcast’s 2022/2023 awards season series our team assesses the state of the race following last weekend’s Bifas, what they could mean for the Baftas, and the first US critics ceremonies.
The Screen International Podcast · Bifas, Baftas, international frontrunners, and the return of the Golden Globes
Podcast host and Screen International editor Matt Mueller is joined by deputy editor Louise Tutt and awards and box office editor Charles Gant.
The trio look at...
- 12/8/2022
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
Recovery continues, but lack of titles poses concern for rest of year.
The 2022 UK-Ireland box office is tracking at 80 of the last complete pre-pandemic year, with cinemas continuing a recovery towards full strength; as eyes turn to the release schedule for the remainder of the year.
Total box office for 2022 stood at £493m at the end of June, compared to £614.2m for the first six months of 2019.
Should box office continue at this rate, 2022 will end at £1.08bn. That figure would be 80.1 up on the £597m total for 2021, when cinemas were closed until mid-May; and 234.4 up on the £323m of...
The 2022 UK-Ireland box office is tracking at 80 of the last complete pre-pandemic year, with cinemas continuing a recovery towards full strength; as eyes turn to the release schedule for the remainder of the year.
Total box office for 2022 stood at £493m at the end of June, compared to £614.2m for the first six months of 2019.
Should box office continue at this rate, 2022 will end at £1.08bn. That figure would be 80.1 up on the £597m total for 2021, when cinemas were closed until mid-May; and 234.4 up on the £323m of...
- 7/14/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Screen analyses the hot topics of the ongoing awards season.
In the latest episode of The Screen Podcast, the team discusses the latest awards season developments including the Bafta longlists, the SAG award nominations and the Golden Globes. Plus, Sundance senior programmer John Nein offers his insights into this year’s festival.
The Screen International Podcast · The Bafta longlists plus senior programmer John Nein on Sundance 2022
Screen International editor Matt Mueller, chief film critic and reviews editor Fionnuala Halligan, and awards and box office editor Charles Gant take the temperature of the ongoing awards season. The Screen trio considers key...
In the latest episode of The Screen Podcast, the team discusses the latest awards season developments including the Bafta longlists, the SAG award nominations and the Golden Globes. Plus, Sundance senior programmer John Nein offers his insights into this year’s festival.
The Screen International Podcast · The Bafta longlists plus senior programmer John Nein on Sundance 2022
Screen International editor Matt Mueller, chief film critic and reviews editor Fionnuala Halligan, and awards and box office editor Charles Gant take the temperature of the ongoing awards season. The Screen trio considers key...
- 1/18/2022
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
The talk will be preceded by a 15-minute presentation from Comscore.
Tim Richards, founder and CEO at Vue Cinemas, and Clare Binns, joint managing director at Picturehouse Cinemas, are coming together in conversation to talk abou how they plan to attract audiences back to cinemas, at the upcoming Restart Conference (May 18-20).
Register here
Richards, who was recently appointed chair of the British Film Institute, and Binns will talk about the issues including how they plan to meet the challenge of the ever-shrinking theatrical window, programming to entice new audience and creating appealing pricing structures.
The live panel, chaired by...
Tim Richards, founder and CEO at Vue Cinemas, and Clare Binns, joint managing director at Picturehouse Cinemas, are coming together in conversation to talk abou how they plan to attract audiences back to cinemas, at the upcoming Restart Conference (May 18-20).
Register here
Richards, who was recently appointed chair of the British Film Institute, and Binns will talk about the issues including how they plan to meet the challenge of the ever-shrinking theatrical window, programming to entice new audience and creating appealing pricing structures.
The live panel, chaired by...
- 5/7/2021
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
“A very similar picture to the territories we would compare ourselves to.”
The full extent of the damage wrought on the UK and Ireland cinema box office during the Covid-19 crisis was laid bare during a Distributor Slate Days panel on box office trends and prospects held today (September 23).
Box office experts Lucy Jones from Comscore, Dimitrios Mitsinikos from Gower Street and moderator Charles Gant – Screen’s awards/box office editor – discussed disappointing data in what is shaping up as the weakest year in UK cinema-going since the mid-1980s.
Jones revealed that box office for the UK and Ireland...
The full extent of the damage wrought on the UK and Ireland cinema box office during the Covid-19 crisis was laid bare during a Distributor Slate Days panel on box office trends and prospects held today (September 23).
Box office experts Lucy Jones from Comscore, Dimitrios Mitsinikos from Gower Street and moderator Charles Gant – Screen’s awards/box office editor – discussed disappointing data in what is shaping up as the weakest year in UK cinema-going since the mid-1980s.
Jones revealed that box office for the UK and Ireland...
- 9/23/2020
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
Gant has worked for Screen since 2017.
Charles Gant has been appointed awards/box office editor of Screen International, and assumes the role with immediate effect.
Gant was previously features editor on Screen International, a role he has held since 2017. As awards/box office editor, he will oversee the expansion of Screen’s international box office reporting, while also spearheading the editorial development of the brand’s growing awards-season coverage for both print and online.
He will also continue in his duties commissioning, editing and writing features for Screen’s print and digital output.
Previously Gant held roles as film editor...
Charles Gant has been appointed awards/box office editor of Screen International, and assumes the role with immediate effect.
Gant was previously features editor on Screen International, a role he has held since 2017. As awards/box office editor, he will oversee the expansion of Screen’s international box office reporting, while also spearheading the editorial development of the brand’s growing awards-season coverage for both print and online.
He will also continue in his duties commissioning, editing and writing features for Screen’s print and digital output.
Previously Gant held roles as film editor...
- 8/7/2020
- by 14¦Screen staff¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
The first episode looks at the serious business of awards season with guests Daniel Battsek, Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley.
Screen International looks at the serious business of awards season in the first of our new Media Business Podcasts, which will be brought to listeners monthly by Media Business Insight, the publisher of Screen International and Broadcast.
In this inaugural episode, Screen International editor Matt Mueller is joined by the director of Film4 Daniel Battsek and Screen International’s chief film critic Finn Halligan and features editor Charles Gant to discuss this year’s awards season, looking at what it...
Screen International looks at the serious business of awards season in the first of our new Media Business Podcasts, which will be brought to listeners monthly by Media Business Insight, the publisher of Screen International and Broadcast.
In this inaugural episode, Screen International editor Matt Mueller is joined by the director of Film4 Daniel Battsek and Screen International’s chief film critic Finn Halligan and features editor Charles Gant to discuss this year’s awards season, looking at what it...
- 2/4/2019
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
Gant appointed features editor, Baughan joins as supplements editor.
Screen International has appointed two new members to its London-based editorial team. Charles Gant has been named features editor and Nikki Baughan is joining as supplements editor.
Gant, who is joining Screen from Heat Magazine, will coordinate the commissioning, planning and editorial development of the features for Screen’s multiple print editions, including monthlies, awards-season weeklies and festival dailies.
Baughan will oversee the commissioning and planning of Screen’s festival and events supplements as well as brand-affiliated publications including UK In Focus, published in partnership with the British Film Commission.
Gant and Baughan will also contribute to Screen’s digital offering Screendaily.com. They will both report directly to editor Matt Mueller.
An experienced and respected film journalist, Gant has been the film editor of Heat magazine since its launch. He is a former deputy editor at The Face magazine and has served on juries for BAFTA and Berlinale...
Screen International has appointed two new members to its London-based editorial team. Charles Gant has been named features editor and Nikki Baughan is joining as supplements editor.
Gant, who is joining Screen from Heat Magazine, will coordinate the commissioning, planning and editorial development of the features for Screen’s multiple print editions, including monthlies, awards-season weeklies and festival dailies.
Baughan will oversee the commissioning and planning of Screen’s festival and events supplements as well as brand-affiliated publications including UK In Focus, published in partnership with the British Film Commission.
Gant and Baughan will also contribute to Screen’s digital offering Screendaily.com. They will both report directly to editor Matt Mueller.
An experienced and respected film journalist, Gant has been the film editor of Heat magazine since its launch. He is a former deputy editor at The Face magazine and has served on juries for BAFTA and Berlinale...
- 4/10/2017
- ScreenDaily
Ten Screen critics select their hidden film gems of the year.Fionnuala Halligan, chief film critic
A Date For Mad Mary
Dir Darren Thornton
This big-hearted Irish romcom, which shared the top prize at Galway this summer, has all the smarts to hit with younger audiences should it get the chance. Just released from prison, surly, boozy Mary pines for her bridezilla Bff who has moved on. Now she needs a date for the wedding and rarely has someone looked for love with less interest. Thornton directs a scuzzily radiant Seana Kerslake as the miserably mad Mary, wildly unpredictable and widely misunderstood, in a film that feels like the love child of Weekend and Once.
Contact Mongrel International international@mongrelmedia.com
Tim Grierson, Senior Us critic
The Student
Dir Kirill Serebrennikov
The dangers of religious fervor overwhelming reason is the cauldron into which The Student drops its audience, taking us to a Russian high school where a Bible-quoting...
A Date For Mad Mary
Dir Darren Thornton
This big-hearted Irish romcom, which shared the top prize at Galway this summer, has all the smarts to hit with younger audiences should it get the chance. Just released from prison, surly, boozy Mary pines for her bridezilla Bff who has moved on. Now she needs a date for the wedding and rarely has someone looked for love with less interest. Thornton directs a scuzzily radiant Seana Kerslake as the miserably mad Mary, wildly unpredictable and widely misunderstood, in a film that feels like the love child of Weekend and Once.
Contact Mongrel International international@mongrelmedia.com
Tim Grierson, Senior Us critic
The Student
Dir Kirill Serebrennikov
The dangers of religious fervor overwhelming reason is the cauldron into which The Student drops its audience, taking us to a Russian high school where a Bible-quoting...
- 12/15/2016
- ScreenDaily
Manchester By The Sea is second, while Moonlight sits third.
Maren Ade’s comedy Toni Erdmann has been crowned Screen’s critical darling of 2016, narrowly edging out Kenneth Lonergan’s drama Manchester By The Sea on this year’s critics’ poll.
While boths films amassed eighteen points (see below for an explanation of the points system), Toni Erdmann edged out its rival courtesy of having one extra top-place finish.
Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight was third on the overall list with 15 points, while Paul Verhoeven’s Elle was fourth with 12.
Damien Chazelle’s La La Land rounded out the top five with 10 points.
Screen critics’ top films of 2016 in full1) Toni Erdmann (18 points)
“Surprising, tense, funny, unsettling and uplifting,” Lee Marshall.
“A masterclass of building a film over time,” Sarah Ward.
“Superbly written and directed…Sandra Huller and Peter Simonischek both give revelatory performances,” Jonathan Romney.
2) Manchester By The Sea (18 points)
“A story of monumental heartbreak that just crackles...
Maren Ade’s comedy Toni Erdmann has been crowned Screen’s critical darling of 2016, narrowly edging out Kenneth Lonergan’s drama Manchester By The Sea on this year’s critics’ poll.
While boths films amassed eighteen points (see below for an explanation of the points system), Toni Erdmann edged out its rival courtesy of having one extra top-place finish.
Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight was third on the overall list with 15 points, while Paul Verhoeven’s Elle was fourth with 12.
Damien Chazelle’s La La Land rounded out the top five with 10 points.
Screen critics’ top films of 2016 in full1) Toni Erdmann (18 points)
“Surprising, tense, funny, unsettling and uplifting,” Lee Marshall.
“A masterclass of building a film over time,” Sarah Ward.
“Superbly written and directed…Sandra Huller and Peter Simonischek both give revelatory performances,” Jonathan Romney.
2) Manchester By The Sea (18 points)
“A story of monumental heartbreak that just crackles...
- 12/13/2016
- ScreenDaily
Charles Gant chronicles the evolution of London’s long-running Lgbt film festival.
When in 1986, film programmer Mark Finch persuaded the British Film Institute (BFI) to let him present a seven-day season of nine gay and lesbian features under the banner Gays’ Own Pictures, nobody would have envisaged the scale and popularity of the annual festival that resulted – or its status within the BFI calendar.
As the 30th edition of London’s Lgbt film festival sets to launch this week with the world premiere of the Duncan Kenworthy-produced The Pass at the 1,679-capacity Odeon Leicester Square, the BFI can be forgiven for allowing itself a celebratory mood over the event it rebranded Flare two years ago.
Programmers past and present all concur regarding the distance the festival has travelled in its 30 years. Says Briony Hanson, co-programmer from 1997 to 2000 and now director of film at the British Council: “I look at the festival now, going to the...
When in 1986, film programmer Mark Finch persuaded the British Film Institute (BFI) to let him present a seven-day season of nine gay and lesbian features under the banner Gays’ Own Pictures, nobody would have envisaged the scale and popularity of the annual festival that resulted – or its status within the BFI calendar.
As the 30th edition of London’s Lgbt film festival sets to launch this week with the world premiere of the Duncan Kenworthy-produced The Pass at the 1,679-capacity Odeon Leicester Square, the BFI can be forgiven for allowing itself a celebratory mood over the event it rebranded Flare two years ago.
Programmers past and present all concur regarding the distance the festival has travelled in its 30 years. Says Briony Hanson, co-programmer from 1997 to 2000 and now director of film at the British Council: “I look at the festival now, going to the...
- 3/15/2016
- ScreenDaily
The honorary vice president of Fipresci has been a contributor to Screen for 15 years.
Long-standing contributor Dan Fainaru is to become critic-at-large for Screen International, a roving role which caps his 15-year relationship with the title.
Based in Israel, Fainaru has been a film critic for over 55 years and is honorary vice president of Fipresci. He has served as critic for Screen across the full range of international film festivals since he joined the tile.
His critic-at-large role will afford him the opportunity to assess and review titles outside the driver of Screen’s daily coverage at festivals. Formerly the director of the Israeli Film Institute, Fainaru edits Israel’s only film magazine, Cinematheque.
Screen International’s reviews editor Fionnuala Halligan said: “Dan’s knowledge and taste is unrivalled, and I am looking forward to working with him in this new capacity as he becomes an ambassador at large for Screen’s busy reviews desk.”
Screen International...
Long-standing contributor Dan Fainaru is to become critic-at-large for Screen International, a roving role which caps his 15-year relationship with the title.
Based in Israel, Fainaru has been a film critic for over 55 years and is honorary vice president of Fipresci. He has served as critic for Screen across the full range of international film festivals since he joined the tile.
His critic-at-large role will afford him the opportunity to assess and review titles outside the driver of Screen’s daily coverage at festivals. Formerly the director of the Israeli Film Institute, Fainaru edits Israel’s only film magazine, Cinematheque.
Screen International’s reviews editor Fionnuala Halligan said: “Dan’s knowledge and taste is unrivalled, and I am looking forward to working with him in this new capacity as he becomes an ambassador at large for Screen’s busy reviews desk.”
Screen International...
- 12/16/2015
- ScreenDaily
Speakers to discuss emerging cinema trends at conference in Manchester, UK.
Film exhibition innovation conference This Way Up (Dec 2-3) is to return for a second year at a new venue, the Home cinema in Manchester, and has unveiled its programme of events and speakers.
The two-day event will include workshops, labs, panel discussions and keynotes, exploring emerging trends, models and ideas currently impacting the sector.
Keynotes will be presented by Anna Higgs, former head of Film4.0 and executive producer of High-Rise, The Duke of Burgundy, A Field in England; BBC director of audiences Nick North; and National Theatre of Scotland producer Marianne Maxwell.
Topics under discussion will include the rise of event cinema and alternative content; generating audience loyalty through different pricing models; embracing user-generated video; if the power of the film critic is dwindling; and the use of data in exhibition.
Other topics will explore if documentary is being sidelined by theatres; the use of...
Film exhibition innovation conference This Way Up (Dec 2-3) is to return for a second year at a new venue, the Home cinema in Manchester, and has unveiled its programme of events and speakers.
The two-day event will include workshops, labs, panel discussions and keynotes, exploring emerging trends, models and ideas currently impacting the sector.
Keynotes will be presented by Anna Higgs, former head of Film4.0 and executive producer of High-Rise, The Duke of Burgundy, A Field in England; BBC director of audiences Nick North; and National Theatre of Scotland producer Marianne Maxwell.
Topics under discussion will include the rise of event cinema and alternative content; generating audience loyalty through different pricing models; embracing user-generated video; if the power of the film critic is dwindling; and the use of data in exhibition.
Other topics will explore if documentary is being sidelined by theatres; the use of...
- 11/11/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
The Screen Awards has unveiled its 2015 winners, recognising excellence in UK marketing, distribution and exhibition.Scroll down for full list of winnersBrowse the Screen Awards book Heregallery: Click here for pictures from the nightVIDEO: Screen Awards 2015
The awards were handed out at a glamorous ceremony at The Brewery in London last night (Oct 22), before 500 assembled guests. Broadcaster Edith Bowman hosted the event for the fourth year.
Universal Pictures UK took home the hotly contested studio distributor of the year award, having broken the record for the biggest annual box office of all time with releases including Fast & Furious 7, Jurassic World and Fifty Shades of Grey.
Curzon Artificial Eye was highly commended in the category after an “exceptional year” that included the release of Still Alice, its highest grossing title to date at £2.6m, and growing audiences through innovative approaches to releases.
Amy Winehouse documentary, Amy, won a hat-trick of awards for poster design of the year...
The awards were handed out at a glamorous ceremony at The Brewery in London last night (Oct 22), before 500 assembled guests. Broadcaster Edith Bowman hosted the event for the fourth year.
Universal Pictures UK took home the hotly contested studio distributor of the year award, having broken the record for the biggest annual box office of all time with releases including Fast & Furious 7, Jurassic World and Fifty Shades of Grey.
Curzon Artificial Eye was highly commended in the category after an “exceptional year” that included the release of Still Alice, its highest grossing title to date at £2.6m, and growing audiences through innovative approaches to releases.
Amy Winehouse documentary, Amy, won a hat-trick of awards for poster design of the year...
- 10/23/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Wendy Ide is to join Screen International’s reviews team as a critic at large.
She will start at Screen by reviewing titles at the upcoming Busan International Film Festival (Oct 1-10) in Korea, and will be based in London.
Ide was a film critic and feature writer for The Times for 11 years. Before that, she was a critic for The Sunday Herald, film editor of Dazed & Confused, a contributer to Elle and the programmer of the short film strand of the BFI London Film Festival.
She joins Screen’s UK-based reviews team of reviews editor and chief film critic Fionnuala Halligan, Allan Hunter and Charles Gant, and colleagues including senior Us critic Tim Grierson, based in Los Angeles, Lee Marshall in Rome and Lisa Nesselson in Paris.
“Wendy is an outstanding writer whose reviews I have long enjoyed reading - I am delighted to have her joining as a critic at large,” said [link=nm...
She will start at Screen by reviewing titles at the upcoming Busan International Film Festival (Oct 1-10) in Korea, and will be based in London.
Ide was a film critic and feature writer for The Times for 11 years. Before that, she was a critic for The Sunday Herald, film editor of Dazed & Confused, a contributer to Elle and the programmer of the short film strand of the BFI London Film Festival.
She joins Screen’s UK-based reviews team of reviews editor and chief film critic Fionnuala Halligan, Allan Hunter and Charles Gant, and colleagues including senior Us critic Tim Grierson, based in Los Angeles, Lee Marshall in Rome and Lisa Nesselson in Paris.
“Wendy is an outstanding writer whose reviews I have long enjoyed reading - I am delighted to have her joining as a critic at large,” said [link=nm...
- 9/15/2015
- ScreenDaily
For some, Labor Day signals a Monday off from school and work, the final hurrah of the summer and college football games galore.
But for Oscar watchers, the three day break heralds the beginning of the Awards Season with film festivals being held at Venice (Sept. 2 – 12) and Telluride (Sept. 4 – 7).
Getting a shot in the arm from the weekend festivals were Spotlight, Steve Jobs, Black Mass and The Danish Girl. Below is a sampling of the films in play this awards season that screened over the busy holiday weekend.
The Danish Girl (Nov. 27)
Synopsis:
Based on the book by David Ebershoff, The Danish Girl is the remarkable love story inspired by the lives of Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener (portrayed by Academy Award winner Eddie Redmayne [The Theory of Everything] and Alicia Vikander [Ex Machina]), and directed by Academy Award winner Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech, Les Misérables). Lili and Gerda’s marriage and work evolve...
But for Oscar watchers, the three day break heralds the beginning of the Awards Season with film festivals being held at Venice (Sept. 2 – 12) and Telluride (Sept. 4 – 7).
Getting a shot in the arm from the weekend festivals were Spotlight, Steve Jobs, Black Mass and The Danish Girl. Below is a sampling of the films in play this awards season that screened over the busy holiday weekend.
The Danish Girl (Nov. 27)
Synopsis:
Based on the book by David Ebershoff, The Danish Girl is the remarkable love story inspired by the lives of Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener (portrayed by Academy Award winner Eddie Redmayne [The Theory of Everything] and Alicia Vikander [Ex Machina]), and directed by Academy Award winner Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech, Les Misérables). Lili and Gerda’s marriage and work evolve...
- 9/7/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Dheepan's shock Palme d'Or win at Cannes has received a mixed response from critics and film fans alike.
Twitter divided when Jacques Audiard's French refugee drama picked up the highest award at this year's Cannes Film Festival earlier today (May 24), with comments ranging from "least deserving" to "brilliant direction, deeply moving".
Digital Spy rounds up Twitter's reaction to this year's Cannes Film Festival winner.
Dheepan, a perfectly fine, unremarkable drama, is the most surprising Palme d'Or winner in recent memory, and certainly the least deserving.
— Justin Chang (@JustinCChang) May 24, 2015
And the Palme d'Or goes to...Jacques Audiard's Dheepan #Cannes2015 pic.twitter.com/l1Q5Bw4HSL
— Robbie Collin (@robbiereviews) May 24, 2015
Well like everyone else on here I didn't see Dheepan happening. Good film but no more. Far better out there this year.
— Stephen Mayne (@finalreel) May 24, 2015
Et la Palme d'Or... Audiard's Dheepan. What the....!!!!!!
— Jonathan Romney (@JonathanRomney...
Twitter divided when Jacques Audiard's French refugee drama picked up the highest award at this year's Cannes Film Festival earlier today (May 24), with comments ranging from "least deserving" to "brilliant direction, deeply moving".
Digital Spy rounds up Twitter's reaction to this year's Cannes Film Festival winner.
Dheepan, a perfectly fine, unremarkable drama, is the most surprising Palme d'Or winner in recent memory, and certainly the least deserving.
— Justin Chang (@JustinCChang) May 24, 2015
And the Palme d'Or goes to...Jacques Audiard's Dheepan #Cannes2015 pic.twitter.com/l1Q5Bw4HSL
— Robbie Collin (@robbiereviews) May 24, 2015
Well like everyone else on here I didn't see Dheepan happening. Good film but no more. Far better out there this year.
— Stephen Mayne (@finalreel) May 24, 2015
Et la Palme d'Or... Audiard's Dheepan. What the....!!!!!!
— Jonathan Romney (@JonathanRomney...
- 5/24/2015
- Digital Spy
Charles Gant has been appointed as UK critic for Screen International.
Gant will report to Fionnuala Halligan following her recent appointment as chief film critic and reviews editor for Screen.
He will be reviewing for Screen at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival and BFI London Film Festival, as well as covering UK releases throughout the year.
An experienced and respected film critic and journalist, Gant is also the film editor of Heat magazine and writes widely-read columns on box office and development for, respectively, theguardian.com and Sight & Sound magazine.
A former deputy editor at The Face magazine, he has served on the jury for the Ee BAFTA Rising Star Award since its inception and was a jury member for the 2014 edition of Berlinale Shooting Stars.
On top of his UK critic role, Gant will also contribute features and interviews to Screen.
Matt Mueller, editor of Screen International, said: “I’m delighted to have a critic and journalist...
Gant will report to Fionnuala Halligan following her recent appointment as chief film critic and reviews editor for Screen.
He will be reviewing for Screen at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival and BFI London Film Festival, as well as covering UK releases throughout the year.
An experienced and respected film critic and journalist, Gant is also the film editor of Heat magazine and writes widely-read columns on box office and development for, respectively, theguardian.com and Sight & Sound magazine.
A former deputy editor at The Face magazine, he has served on the jury for the Ee BAFTA Rising Star Award since its inception and was a jury member for the 2014 edition of Berlinale Shooting Stars.
On top of his UK critic role, Gant will also contribute features and interviews to Screen.
Matt Mueller, editor of Screen International, said: “I’m delighted to have a critic and journalist...
- 4/10/2015
- by matt.mueller@screendaily.com (Matt Mueller)
- ScreenDaily
With its nudity, sex and bad-boy hero Jordan Belfort, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese's film is packing them in. So much so that it's proving tricky for many of us to get a seat …
Reports have been reaching our ears that Martin Scorsese's finance-sector-excess yarn The Wolf of Wall Street has been packing them in – to the extent that getting hold of a ticket in some cinemas seems almost as impossible as acquiring a Lemmon 714 quaalude. (When you've managed to see the film, that'll make more sense.)
It certainly roared in to the No 1 spot on its first weekend in the UK, driving its Porsche across three parking spaces, falling semi-paralysed on to the street and obliterating the competition with some £4.6m. That's actually the third biggest 18-certificate opening ever in the UK, after Hannibal and Bruno; and boy, is The Wolf of Wall Street 18-certificate. Drugs,...
Reports have been reaching our ears that Martin Scorsese's finance-sector-excess yarn The Wolf of Wall Street has been packing them in – to the extent that getting hold of a ticket in some cinemas seems almost as impossible as acquiring a Lemmon 714 quaalude. (When you've managed to see the film, that'll make more sense.)
It certainly roared in to the No 1 spot on its first weekend in the UK, driving its Porsche across three parking spaces, falling semi-paralysed on to the street and obliterating the competition with some £4.6m. That's actually the third biggest 18-certificate opening ever in the UK, after Hannibal and Bruno; and boy, is The Wolf of Wall Street 18-certificate. Drugs,...
- 1/28/2014
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
Birds Eye View its launching its new training programme Filmonomics at this year’s Loco London Comedy Film Festival on Jan 26.
The series will focus on topics such as finance, teams, marketing, exhibition and distribution.
Speakers at the initial sessions will include writers Rachel Hirons and Tess Morris, Film London’s Deborah Sathe, former Paramount executive Deborah Sheppard, iFeatures executive producer Christopher Granier-Deferre, journalists Karen Krizanovich and Charles Gant.
Selected participants, almost 90% of whom are female filmmakers, will participate in a bespoke programme. Filmonomics will also include three public sessions at BFI Southbank. Two of those sessions will be held during the 10th Birds Eye View Film Festival (April 8-13).
Creative Skillset supports Filmonomics, which is created in assocation with former Screen editor Colin Brown, author of the Filmonomics blog at Slated.com.
Birds Eye View Creative Director Kate Gerova said: “We created Filmonomics because with digital cameras and low-budget filmmaking schemes everyone has access to making...
The series will focus on topics such as finance, teams, marketing, exhibition and distribution.
Speakers at the initial sessions will include writers Rachel Hirons and Tess Morris, Film London’s Deborah Sathe, former Paramount executive Deborah Sheppard, iFeatures executive producer Christopher Granier-Deferre, journalists Karen Krizanovich and Charles Gant.
Selected participants, almost 90% of whom are female filmmakers, will participate in a bespoke programme. Filmonomics will also include three public sessions at BFI Southbank. Two of those sessions will be held during the 10th Birds Eye View Film Festival (April 8-13).
Creative Skillset supports Filmonomics, which is created in assocation with former Screen editor Colin Brown, author of the Filmonomics blog at Slated.com.
Birds Eye View Creative Director Kate Gerova said: “We created Filmonomics because with digital cameras and low-budget filmmaking schemes everyone has access to making...
- 1/24/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Birds Eye View its launching its new training programme Filmonomics at this year’s Loco London Comedy Film Festival on Jan 26.
The series will focus on topics such as finance, teams, marketing, exhibition and distribution.
Speakers at the initial sessions will include writers Rachel Hirons and Tess Morris, Film London’s Deborah Sathe, former Paramount executive Deborah Sheppard, iFeatures executive producer Christopher Granier-Deferre, journalists Karen Krizanovich and Charles Gant.
Selected participants, almost 90% of whom are female filmmakers, will participate in a bespoke programme. Filmonomics will also include three public sessions at BFI Southbank. Two of those sessions will be held during the 10th Birds Eye View Film Festival (April 8-13).
Creative Skillset supports Filmonomics, which is created in assocation with former Screen editor Colin Brown, author of the Filmonomics blog at Slated.com.
Birds Eye View Creative Director Kate Gerova said: “We created Filmonomics because with digital cameras and low-budget filmmaking schemes everyone has access to making...
The series will focus on topics such as finance, teams, marketing, exhibition and distribution.
Speakers at the initial sessions will include writers Rachel Hirons and Tess Morris, Film London’s Deborah Sathe, former Paramount executive Deborah Sheppard, iFeatures executive producer Christopher Granier-Deferre, journalists Karen Krizanovich and Charles Gant.
Selected participants, almost 90% of whom are female filmmakers, will participate in a bespoke programme. Filmonomics will also include three public sessions at BFI Southbank. Two of those sessions will be held during the 10th Birds Eye View Film Festival (April 8-13).
Creative Skillset supports Filmonomics, which is created in assocation with former Screen editor Colin Brown, author of the Filmonomics blog at Slated.com.
Birds Eye View Creative Director Kate Gerova said: “We created Filmonomics because with digital cameras and low-budget filmmaking schemes everyone has access to making...
- 1/24/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
BAFTA has announced the nominees for the 2014 EE Rising Star Award, which consists of actors and actresses who have "demonstrated exceptional talent" and are "destined to be bright stars in the future of cinema." This year’s nominees are: Dane DeHaan ("Kill Your Darlings"), George MacKay ("How I Live Now"), Lupita Nyong'o ("12 Years a Slave"), Will Poulter ("We're The Millers") and Léa Seydoux ("Blue Is The Warmest Color"). Notably the much more established Seydoux was chosen over her "Blue" co-star Adèle Exarchopoulos. Previous honorees have included James McAvoy, Eva Green, Shia Labeouf, Noel Clarke, Kristen Stewart, Tom Hardy, Adam Deacon and Juno Temple. Nominations for the BAFTA Film Awards will be announced on Wednesday. The nominees were selected by the Ee Rising Star Award jury, made up of the following film industry figures: Mark Kermode, Kirk Jones, Peter Czernin, Charles Gant, Chris Hewitt, Priya Elan, Martin Robinson, Gemma Arterton,...
- 1/6/2014
- by Peter Knegt
- Indiewire
Seasonal movies aimed at families vie with more serious Oscar contenders as studios pitch their biggest hitters in cinemas
Christmas has always been a busy time for the movies; with much of the world off work or school, there are rich pickings to be had. In the Us, box office takings for the holiday season last year was more than £1.59bn – approximately a quarter of its entire yearly revenue in the UK, the same period saw £129.5m in takings – 12% of annual sales.
No wonder then that Christmas is seen as the ideal time to release films about princesses, hobbits and teenage gladiators; that is what Christmas 2013 has in store for us. A new Disney cartoon, Frozen, based on Hans Christian Andersen's The Snow Queen; The Desolation of Smaug, the second in Peter Jackson's epic trilogy about Bilbo Baggins and chums; and Catching Fire, the follow-up to the enormously...
Christmas has always been a busy time for the movies; with much of the world off work or school, there are rich pickings to be had. In the Us, box office takings for the holiday season last year was more than £1.59bn – approximately a quarter of its entire yearly revenue in the UK, the same period saw £129.5m in takings – 12% of annual sales.
No wonder then that Christmas is seen as the ideal time to release films about princesses, hobbits and teenage gladiators; that is what Christmas 2013 has in store for us. A new Disney cartoon, Frozen, based on Hans Christian Andersen's The Snow Queen; The Desolation of Smaug, the second in Peter Jackson's epic trilogy about Bilbo Baggins and chums; and Catching Fire, the follow-up to the enormously...
- 12/27/2013
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
As news emerged of casting for the Pope Francis movie, we've the full rundown of today's headlines and more
In the headlines
• Jennifer Lawrence and Chloe Grace Moretz named IMDb's most popular stars yet male actors paid more, gender inequality rife in Hollywood
• Antonio Banderas tipped to play young Pope Francis
• NBC plans Rosemary's Baby TV miniseries
• Later today, the Screen Actors Guild nominations are out
Elsewhere on the site
• Our countdown of the year's best films continues. Today: number eight.
• The best reader reviews of the Cinema Paradiso reissue
• Charles Gant's UK box office report
• Top 10 biopics
• Clip joint is twisted sisters
You may have missed
• As news of the Joan and Pauline Collins buddy movie emerged, Stuart Heritage suggested other same-surname collaborations
• Adam Sandler tops Forbes annual list of overpaid actors
• Week in geek on the first trailer for Jupiter Ascending
• The AFI names its top 10 films...
In the headlines
• Jennifer Lawrence and Chloe Grace Moretz named IMDb's most popular stars yet male actors paid more, gender inequality rife in Hollywood
• Antonio Banderas tipped to play young Pope Francis
• NBC plans Rosemary's Baby TV miniseries
• Later today, the Screen Actors Guild nominations are out
Elsewhere on the site
• Our countdown of the year's best films continues. Today: number eight.
• The best reader reviews of the Cinema Paradiso reissue
• Charles Gant's UK box office report
• Top 10 biopics
• Clip joint is twisted sisters
You may have missed
• As news of the Joan and Pauline Collins buddy movie emerged, Stuart Heritage suggested other same-surname collaborations
• Adam Sandler tops Forbes annual list of overpaid actors
• Week in geek on the first trailer for Jupiter Ascending
• The AFI names its top 10 films...
- 12/11/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
The actor is about to appear in the return of BBC1's Sherlock and Peter Jackson's blockbuster sequel The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
There was a scene in The Office in which Tim Canterbury, the benign sales rep played by Martin Freeman, compared his life to a roll of the dice.
"My situation now may only be a three. If I jack that in, go for something bigger and better, I could easily roll a six," he told the programme's faux documentary maker. "I could also roll a one. Ok? So I think … just leave the dice alone."
Freeman, who will star alongside Benedict Cumberbatch in the eagerly awaited return on New Year's Day of BBC1's Sherlock, and as Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson's blockbuster sequel The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug next week, has just rolled a double six.
It has been an extraordinary rise for the 42-year-old actor,...
There was a scene in The Office in which Tim Canterbury, the benign sales rep played by Martin Freeman, compared his life to a roll of the dice.
"My situation now may only be a three. If I jack that in, go for something bigger and better, I could easily roll a six," he told the programme's faux documentary maker. "I could also roll a one. Ok? So I think … just leave the dice alone."
Freeman, who will star alongside Benedict Cumberbatch in the eagerly awaited return on New Year's Day of BBC1's Sherlock, and as Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson's blockbuster sequel The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug next week, has just rolled a double six.
It has been an extraordinary rise for the 42-year-old actor,...
- 12/7/2013
- by John Plunkett
- The Guardian - Film News
Today's film news is doing that impressive thing with bullets and metal bracelets
On the site today
• Israeli actor Gal Gadot to play Wonder Woman in Man of Steel 2
• Sundance 2014 announces competition lineup
• Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu to direct The Jungle Book
• Warner battling Weinsteins over Hobbit profits
• Britain and China sign landmark co-production deal
• National Board of Review heralds Spike Jonze's Her
• Video interview with Daniel Radcliffe and Dane DeHaan of Kill Your Darlings
• Peter Bradshaw on what to watch this week: The Patience Stone
• Week in geek examines the trailer for Amazing Spider-Man 2
• Callout for readers' films of the year
• Phil Hoad on the enduring influence of Cinema Paradiso
• Peter Bradshaw's review of Alexander Payne's road movie Nebraska
You may have missed
• A first look review of David O Russell's Oscar contender, American Hustle
• Awards season kicks off with American Hustle winning the New...
On the site today
• Israeli actor Gal Gadot to play Wonder Woman in Man of Steel 2
• Sundance 2014 announces competition lineup
• Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu to direct The Jungle Book
• Warner battling Weinsteins over Hobbit profits
• Britain and China sign landmark co-production deal
• National Board of Review heralds Spike Jonze's Her
• Video interview with Daniel Radcliffe and Dane DeHaan of Kill Your Darlings
• Peter Bradshaw on what to watch this week: The Patience Stone
• Week in geek examines the trailer for Amazing Spider-Man 2
• Callout for readers' films of the year
• Phil Hoad on the enduring influence of Cinema Paradiso
• Peter Bradshaw's review of Alexander Payne's road movie Nebraska
You may have missed
• A first look review of David O Russell's Oscar contender, American Hustle
• Awards season kicks off with American Hustle winning the New...
- 12/5/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
All today's film news. Plus what's going on across theguardian.com/film
In the news
- Evan Rachel Wood says the MPAA's editing of a man-on-woman oral sex scene from her new film Charlie Countryman is symptomatic of 'a society that wants to shame women and put them down for enjoying sex'.
- Meanwhile The Wolf of Wall Street has had sex scenes cut to earn it a softer rating.
- The real Philomena has defended Stephen Frears' film against accusations that it's anti-Catholic.
- The Millennium Falcon is being built for Star Wars: Episode VII at Pinewood Studios.
- The designer of the posters for Spike Lee's Oldboy has claimed his ideas were stolen.
- Nanni Moretti has announced his new film, which is under the working title My Mother.
Elsewhere on the site
- Peter Bradshaw will be explaining why fishing documentary Leviathan contains all the...
In the news
- Evan Rachel Wood says the MPAA's editing of a man-on-woman oral sex scene from her new film Charlie Countryman is symptomatic of 'a society that wants to shame women and put them down for enjoying sex'.
- Meanwhile The Wolf of Wall Street has had sex scenes cut to earn it a softer rating.
- The real Philomena has defended Stephen Frears' film against accusations that it's anti-Catholic.
- The Millennium Falcon is being built for Star Wars: Episode VII at Pinewood Studios.
- The designer of the posters for Spike Lee's Oldboy has claimed his ideas were stolen.
- Nanni Moretti has announced his new film, which is under the working title My Mother.
Elsewhere on the site
- Peter Bradshaw will be explaining why fishing documentary Leviathan contains all the...
- 11/28/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
Today's film news is sad for the financial stability of the film industry, but cheerful too as it can hear sleigh bells
On the site today
• Financial analysts named 2013's biggest movie turkeys.
• Baz Luhrmann was tipped to direct Spielberg-produced miniseries based on Stanley Kubrick's Napoleon for HBO.
• Life of Pi's tiger "nearly drowned", according to a report into animal safety on film sets.
• Scarlett Johansson's Her performance was ruled ineligible for the Golden Globes.
• Twelve Years a Slave lead the Independent Spirit Awards nominations list.
• Scottish funding for Pixar's Brave "damaged local film industry", according to producer Gillian Berrie.
• Clip joint tucked into restaurants.
• Charles Gant's legendary UK box office report told us that The Hunger Games: Catching Fire turned up the heat.
• Emma Thompson took Walt Disney for a spin in our interview with the Saving Mr Banks star.
• And Tom Shone posted our...
On the site today
• Financial analysts named 2013's biggest movie turkeys.
• Baz Luhrmann was tipped to direct Spielberg-produced miniseries based on Stanley Kubrick's Napoleon for HBO.
• Life of Pi's tiger "nearly drowned", according to a report into animal safety on film sets.
• Scarlett Johansson's Her performance was ruled ineligible for the Golden Globes.
• Twelve Years a Slave lead the Independent Spirit Awards nominations list.
• Scottish funding for Pixar's Brave "damaged local film industry", according to producer Gillian Berrie.
• Clip joint tucked into restaurants.
• Charles Gant's legendary UK box office report told us that The Hunger Games: Catching Fire turned up the heat.
• Emma Thompson took Walt Disney for a spin in our interview with the Saving Mr Banks star.
• And Tom Shone posted our...
- 11/27/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
As first pictures emerge of the simian pretender, we're feeling the force of all today's film news and more
In the headlines
• First pictures released of the monkey that might have played Yoda, as it's revealed that Star Wars characters will be in Lego movie
• Harvey Weinstein is co-offering free Mandela movie lessons to La schools, while Obama will end "official" White House screenings after Mandela film to avoid "Oscar politics"
• Joe Carnahan calls MGM boss "gutless turd" after exiting Death Wish remake
• Kevin Spacey sent Woody Allen Netflix subscription in hope of being cast
• Watch Gravity spin-off short featuring voice of Sandra Bullock, while Alfonso Cuarón says China references in Gravity no marketing ploy
Elsewhere on the site
• Peter Bradshaw tells us why we should watch Gone with the Wind
• Reel History shoots from the hip with Parkland
• Week in geek: Amazing Spider-Man 2 viral site hints at catastrophe in sequel,...
In the headlines
• First pictures released of the monkey that might have played Yoda, as it's revealed that Star Wars characters will be in Lego movie
• Harvey Weinstein is co-offering free Mandela movie lessons to La schools, while Obama will end "official" White House screenings after Mandela film to avoid "Oscar politics"
• Joe Carnahan calls MGM boss "gutless turd" after exiting Death Wish remake
• Kevin Spacey sent Woody Allen Netflix subscription in hope of being cast
• Watch Gravity spin-off short featuring voice of Sandra Bullock, while Alfonso Cuarón says China references in Gravity no marketing ploy
Elsewhere on the site
• Peter Bradshaw tells us why we should watch Gone with the Wind
• Reel History shoots from the hip with Parkland
• Week in geek: Amazing Spider-Man 2 viral site hints at catastrophe in sequel,...
- 11/21/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
Today's film news comes from a galaxy far far away
On the site today
• R2D2 confirmed for Star Wars: Episode VII
• Ian McKellen "considered giving up acting" over The Hobbit green screen horrors
• Robert De Niro says he will reunite with Martin Scorsese on new gangster film
• Jack Nicholson sought for Tom Cruise comedy
• Toxicologist casts doubt on Britanny Murphy poisoning claims
• Boston college renamed Ron Burgundy School of Communication
• Charles Gant's UK box office
• Just how adorable is Tom Hiddleston in PR mode?
• Stuart Heritage liveblogs The Iron Lady TV screening
• Clip joint is on anti-heroines
• Top 10 animated films
• With Nebraska on the way, GuardianWitness put out a call out for best family road trip pics
You may have missed
• Donald Sutherland: 'I want Hunger Games to stir up a revolution'
• It's a Wonderful Life to get sequel treatment
• Toxicology tests suggests Brittany Murphy may have...
On the site today
• R2D2 confirmed for Star Wars: Episode VII
• Ian McKellen "considered giving up acting" over The Hobbit green screen horrors
• Robert De Niro says he will reunite with Martin Scorsese on new gangster film
• Jack Nicholson sought for Tom Cruise comedy
• Toxicologist casts doubt on Britanny Murphy poisoning claims
• Boston college renamed Ron Burgundy School of Communication
• Charles Gant's UK box office
• Just how adorable is Tom Hiddleston in PR mode?
• Stuart Heritage liveblogs The Iron Lady TV screening
• Clip joint is on anti-heroines
• Top 10 animated films
• With Nebraska on the way, GuardianWitness put out a call out for best family road trip pics
You may have missed
• Donald Sutherland: 'I want Hunger Games to stir up a revolution'
• It's a Wonderful Life to get sequel treatment
• Toxicology tests suggests Brittany Murphy may have...
- 11/20/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
3D space disaster movie relies on her personal qualities and acting chops that continue to produce hits from unlikely material
• Video: Gravity star Sandra Bullock: 'What we do, it's all sci-fi'
• Peter Bradshaw's five-star review for Gravity
Sandra Bullock may not have been the obvious first choice to play a scientist stuck in high-earth orbit in a 3D space thriller – especially not for producing studio Warner Bros, who had originally intended Gravity to be a vehicle for Angelina Jolie.
But there's no question now that she made the role her own. After a string of perky, cornbread roles over the past two decades, Bullock can also claim to have substantially reinvented herself with this grim-faced, physically demanding performance. Gravity's success – it will almost certainly overtake The Blind Side as her highest-grossing film in the not too distant future – caps a spectacular second coming for the actor, whose...
• Video: Gravity star Sandra Bullock: 'What we do, it's all sci-fi'
• Peter Bradshaw's five-star review for Gravity
Sandra Bullock may not have been the obvious first choice to play a scientist stuck in high-earth orbit in a 3D space thriller – especially not for producing studio Warner Bros, who had originally intended Gravity to be a vehicle for Angelina Jolie.
But there's no question now that she made the role her own. After a string of perky, cornbread roles over the past two decades, Bullock can also claim to have substantially reinvented herself with this grim-faced, physically demanding performance. Gravity's success – it will almost certainly overtake The Blind Side as her highest-grossing film in the not too distant future – caps a spectacular second coming for the actor, whose...
- 11/19/2013
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
The jury will select ten actors to be showcased at next year’s Berlinale from a 24-strong shortlist.
European Film Promotion (Efp) has announced the five members of the Shooting Stars jury for 2014.
The jury consists of Norwegian actor and fortmer Shooting Star Anders Baasmo Christiansen, UK film critic and editor Charles Gant, German film director Hermine Huntgeburth, Croatian casting director Oriana Kunčić and film producer Jani Thiltges from Luxembourg.
24 Efp member countries have nominated one emerging actor from their territory to be considered as a 2014 Shooting Star, and the jury will select the final list of ten actors to be showcased to the international film community and entertainment media at next year’s Berlinale (Feb 6-14).
The three-day event during the first weekend of the festival will culminate in the annual awards ceremony, where each actor will be honoured with the Shooting Star award, presented by Tesiro, on the main festival stage.
Shooting Stars is financially...
European Film Promotion (Efp) has announced the five members of the Shooting Stars jury for 2014.
The jury consists of Norwegian actor and fortmer Shooting Star Anders Baasmo Christiansen, UK film critic and editor Charles Gant, German film director Hermine Huntgeburth, Croatian casting director Oriana Kunčić and film producer Jani Thiltges from Luxembourg.
24 Efp member countries have nominated one emerging actor from their territory to be considered as a 2014 Shooting Star, and the jury will select the final list of ten actors to be showcased to the international film community and entertainment media at next year’s Berlinale (Feb 6-14).
The three-day event during the first weekend of the festival will culminate in the annual awards ceremony, where each actor will be honoured with the Shooting Star award, presented by Tesiro, on the main festival stage.
Shooting Stars is financially...
- 11/13/2013
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
As news breaks of open auditions in the UK for Jj Abrams's reboot, we've a full rundown of what's coming up on the site today
Coming up today
• Sandra Bullock answers readers questions about Gravity
• Leslie Felperin on how even feminist films can flunk the Bechdel test
• Clip joint wrangles canine companions
• Charles Gant's UK box office on how Philomena and Thor fared over their first weekends
• Star Wars VII set for UK open auditions and Stuart Heritage offers his advice and we've words of wisdom from original Star Wars producer Gary Kurtz
• China wants more "positive Chinese" images in return for opening up to Hollywood, says film chief
• The Wolverine to get surprise James Mangold-directed sequel
You may have missed
• No sequel for Ender's Game (even though its ending sets it up)
• Horror maestro David Cronenberg rubbishes The Shining
• Obama to host a screening of Mandela...
Coming up today
• Sandra Bullock answers readers questions about Gravity
• Leslie Felperin on how even feminist films can flunk the Bechdel test
• Clip joint wrangles canine companions
• Charles Gant's UK box office on how Philomena and Thor fared over their first weekends
• Star Wars VII set for UK open auditions and Stuart Heritage offers his advice and we've words of wisdom from original Star Wars producer Gary Kurtz
• China wants more "positive Chinese" images in return for opening up to Hollywood, says film chief
• The Wolverine to get surprise James Mangold-directed sequel
You may have missed
• No sequel for Ender's Game (even though its ending sets it up)
• Horror maestro David Cronenberg rubbishes The Shining
• Obama to host a screening of Mandela...
- 11/6/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
All the films news and views on Wednesday 30 October 2013
In the headlines
- James Cromwell - the kindly farmer of Babe - has criticised Walmart for using pork suppliers that "torture" animals.
- Us novelist Dennis Lehane will be writing the American remake of A Prophet.
- Justin Timberlake sci-fi In Time stole its bonkers premise from Greek screenwriter Odysseus Lappas, says Greek screenwriter Odysseus Lappas.
- Johnny Depp is rumoured to be making a cameo in London Fields, the film adaptation of the Martin Amis book.
- Screenings of Lgbt-themed films at a festival in Ukraine have drawn homophobic protests.
Elsewhere on the site today
- Ben Child will Xpress how he feels about the Xplosive new X-men: Days of Future Past trailer. Xciting!
- Charles Gant will be filling us in on what made bucks at the UK box office this week.
- They can handle the awesome power of the Tesseract,...
In the headlines
- James Cromwell - the kindly farmer of Babe - has criticised Walmart for using pork suppliers that "torture" animals.
- Us novelist Dennis Lehane will be writing the American remake of A Prophet.
- Justin Timberlake sci-fi In Time stole its bonkers premise from Greek screenwriter Odysseus Lappas, says Greek screenwriter Odysseus Lappas.
- Johnny Depp is rumoured to be making a cameo in London Fields, the film adaptation of the Martin Amis book.
- Screenings of Lgbt-themed films at a festival in Ukraine have drawn homophobic protests.
Elsewhere on the site today
- Ben Child will Xpress how he feels about the Xplosive new X-men: Days of Future Past trailer. Xciting!
- Charles Gant will be filling us in on what made bucks at the UK box office this week.
- They can handle the awesome power of the Tesseract,...
- 10/30/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
As the latest actor to be named as the lead in Fifty Shades of Grey is announced, we've the lowdown on what's coming up today
In the headlines
• Jamie Dornan will probably play Christian in Fifty Shades of Grey
• Universal Studios Hollywood pulls "anti-gay" Bill and Ted Halloween show
• Tom Hardy to play Elton John in Rocketman
• Blue is the Warmest Colour director threatens legal action over "slurs"
• Alec Baldwin calls Rock of Ages a "horrible film"
• Row over Jeremy Piven pay holding back Entourage movie
Elsewhere on the site
• Xan Brooks tells us in no uncertain terms why we should go to the BFI's Gothic season
• Week in geek on the first trailer for Captain America: The Winter Soldier
• A first look review of Ridley Scott's The Counsellor
You may have missed
• Ben and Jerry releases Anchorman ice cream Scotchy Scotch Scotch, and there was a new trailer...
In the headlines
• Jamie Dornan will probably play Christian in Fifty Shades of Grey
• Universal Studios Hollywood pulls "anti-gay" Bill and Ted Halloween show
• Tom Hardy to play Elton John in Rocketman
• Blue is the Warmest Colour director threatens legal action over "slurs"
• Alec Baldwin calls Rock of Ages a "horrible film"
• Row over Jeremy Piven pay holding back Entourage movie
Elsewhere on the site
• Xan Brooks tells us in no uncertain terms why we should go to the BFI's Gothic season
• Week in geek on the first trailer for Captain America: The Winter Soldier
• A first look review of Ridley Scott's The Counsellor
You may have missed
• Ben and Jerry releases Anchorman ice cream Scotchy Scotch Scotch, and there was a new trailer...
- 10/24/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
New commercial fare helped box office bounce back; Escape Plan proves Sly + Arnie still works but Enough Said not enough
• Peter Bradshaw's review of Turbo
• Watch the Ender's Game trailer
The winner
Following a session that saw the lowest grosses of any weekend in 2013 so far, box office has bounced back, thanks to the arrival at last of some commercially strong new product. Both Turbo and Captain Phillips delivered numbers north of £3m. The last time a film – any film, let alone two at once – managed a £3m-plus session was back in late August with the arrival of One Direction: This Is Us.
In the official chart, DreamWorks Animation's Turbo grabs the top spot with £3.89m, boosted by £1.77m in previews. That number compares unfavourably with the previous effort from the company, The Croods, which kicked off with £5.37m including £1.85m in previews back in March. Turbo's result...
• Peter Bradshaw's review of Turbo
• Watch the Ender's Game trailer
The winner
Following a session that saw the lowest grosses of any weekend in 2013 so far, box office has bounced back, thanks to the arrival at last of some commercially strong new product. Both Turbo and Captain Phillips delivered numbers north of £3m. The last time a film – any film, let alone two at once – managed a £3m-plus session was back in late August with the arrival of One Direction: This Is Us.
In the official chart, DreamWorks Animation's Turbo grabs the top spot with £3.89m, boosted by £1.77m in previews. That number compares unfavourably with the previous effort from the company, The Croods, which kicked off with £5.37m including £1.85m in previews back in March. Turbo's result...
- 10/23/2013
- by Charles Gant
- The Guardian - Film News
No film managed to take in an excess of £1m, but Proclaimers musical Sunshine on Leith moves to second place and Le Week-end had a commendable opening
• Sunshine on Leith: watch the trailer for Dexter Fletcher's musical – video
• Read Peter Bradshaw's review of Le Week-end
The slump
From bad to worse: the expression is aptly applied to the currently becalmed UK box office. The weekend delivered the lowest overall grosses of the past year, with no film achieving takings in excess of £1m. The last time no title managed seven figures was back in June 2012, when a staggered release of Ice Age: Continental Drift saw it occupy the top spot with takings just from Scotland, Ireland and Northern Ireland.
The poor result is partly an anomaly relating to the way the UK box office is tracked and accounted. In fact, new DreamWorks animation Turbo was playing previews on Saturday and Sunday,...
• Sunshine on Leith: watch the trailer for Dexter Fletcher's musical – video
• Read Peter Bradshaw's review of Le Week-end
The slump
From bad to worse: the expression is aptly applied to the currently becalmed UK box office. The weekend delivered the lowest overall grosses of the past year, with no film achieving takings in excess of £1m. The last time no title managed seven figures was back in June 2012, when a staggered release of Ice Age: Continental Drift saw it occupy the top spot with takings just from Scotland, Ireland and Northern Ireland.
The poor result is partly an anomaly relating to the way the UK box office is tracked and accounted. In fact, new DreamWorks animation Turbo was playing previews on Saturday and Sunday,...
- 10/16/2013
- by Charles Gant
- The Guardian - Film News
Everything worth knowing about in the world of film on Thursday 10 October
In the news today
• Christian reviewers say Gravity is an allegory for God, while George Clooney denies writing Gravity scenes
• First full trailer for David O Russell's American Hustle released
• Kevin Smith walrus horror gets green light
• Sacha Baron Cohen would have been "distracting" as Freddie Mercury, says Brian May
• Ab Fab film "may happen" says Jennifer Saunders
• James Woods "doesn't expect to work in Hollywood again" after anti-Obama tweets
• The first bacon film festival hits New York
Elsewhere on the site today
• Xan Brooks will be telling us, in moving picture video style, what we should be watching at this year's London film festival
• Fancy some more London film festival lowdown? Tony Paley fills us in on the restored Lady of Shanghai
• Peter Bradshaw reviews coastal cruising hot potato Stranger by the Lake
• This week's Week in...
In the news today
• Christian reviewers say Gravity is an allegory for God, while George Clooney denies writing Gravity scenes
• First full trailer for David O Russell's American Hustle released
• Kevin Smith walrus horror gets green light
• Sacha Baron Cohen would have been "distracting" as Freddie Mercury, says Brian May
• Ab Fab film "may happen" says Jennifer Saunders
• James Woods "doesn't expect to work in Hollywood again" after anti-Obama tweets
• The first bacon film festival hits New York
Elsewhere on the site today
• Xan Brooks will be telling us, in moving picture video style, what we should be watching at this year's London film festival
• Fancy some more London film festival lowdown? Tony Paley fills us in on the restored Lady of Shanghai
• Peter Bradshaw reviews coastal cruising hot potato Stranger by the Lake
• This week's Week in...
- 10/10/2013
- by Adam Boult
- The Guardian - Film News
Viking: westerly becoming cyclonic 5 or 6. Cromarty: visibility moderate becoming poor. London: conditions are tip-top for the opening night of the 67th film festival
Coming up today
Ahoy there mateys! Avast ye heavin and lend me ye ears, for tonight the good ship London film festival 67th edition hoists anchor for its 11 day voyage. And shiver me timbers if Captain Phillips isn't first to walk the gangplank. It's a tale of piracy on the high seas as the booty of our noble seadog Tom Hanks is seized by a clutch of thievin buccaneers who's hoisted the Jolly Roger off the horn of Africa. But here be warned: this ain't no yo-ho-ho affair, but a serious and Oscar-tipped thriller from Paul Greengrass about the true-life tale of a cargo liner set upon by Somali pirates in 2009. Sorry if the tone so far has been misleading.
Peter Bradshaw will review Captain Phillips around lunchtime today,...
Coming up today
Ahoy there mateys! Avast ye heavin and lend me ye ears, for tonight the good ship London film festival 67th edition hoists anchor for its 11 day voyage. And shiver me timbers if Captain Phillips isn't first to walk the gangplank. It's a tale of piracy on the high seas as the booty of our noble seadog Tom Hanks is seized by a clutch of thievin buccaneers who's hoisted the Jolly Roger off the horn of Africa. But here be warned: this ain't no yo-ho-ho affair, but a serious and Oscar-tipped thriller from Paul Greengrass about the true-life tale of a cargo liner set upon by Somali pirates in 2009. Sorry if the tone so far has been misleading.
Peter Bradshaw will review Captain Phillips around lunchtime today,...
- 10/9/2013
- by Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
After a quiet period at the box office, Britain's favourite movie remains unchanged for the first time since July
• Read Mark Kermode's review of Prisoners
• Read the archive of Charles Gant's UK box office reports
The winner
After a pretty dismal frame at the UK box office, Prisoners, starring Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal, retained the top spot, with a 17% decline from the previous weekend. It marks the end of a long run where fresh titles conquered the chart summit each week – The Wolverine, The Smurfs 2, Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa, Kick-Ass 2, Elysium, One Direction: This Is Us, About Time, Insidious Chapter 2 and Rush. Prisoners is the first film to land consecutive number one chart placements since Monsters University back in July.
Jackman has now spent seven weeks at the UK chart summit, with Prisoners, The Wolverine and Les Miserables.
The runner-up
Following its very strong opening in Scotland the previous weekend,...
• Read Mark Kermode's review of Prisoners
• Read the archive of Charles Gant's UK box office reports
The winner
After a pretty dismal frame at the UK box office, Prisoners, starring Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal, retained the top spot, with a 17% decline from the previous weekend. It marks the end of a long run where fresh titles conquered the chart summit each week – The Wolverine, The Smurfs 2, Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa, Kick-Ass 2, Elysium, One Direction: This Is Us, About Time, Insidious Chapter 2 and Rush. Prisoners is the first film to land consecutive number one chart placements since Monsters University back in July.
Jackman has now spent seven weeks at the UK chart summit, with Prisoners, The Wolverine and Les Miserables.
The runner-up
Following its very strong opening in Scotland the previous weekend,...
- 10/9/2013
- by Charles Gant
- The Guardian - Film News
Today's film news comes floating gently through space - oh my God, is that Russian satellite debris?!
In the news today
• Famed astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse rubbishes Gravity science
• The Academy considers "radical" changes to foreign language Oscar rules after several heavily tipped films fail to make cut
• Jennifer Lawrence and Gary Ross reunite on 19th century tale of Iceland murder trial
• Michel Hazanavicius shooting The Artist followup "in secret"
• Christopher Lee to get BFI fellowship
• Korean film-maker Bong Joon-ho "furious" over Weinstein move to recut Snowpiercer
Coming up elsewhere on the site
• Charles Gant's peerless analysis of the UK box office figures
• Henry Barnes explains why he loves "fake movie pop songs". Go figure
• Stuart Heritage's film on the box live blog - I Met Him Online. Me neither, but you voted for it
• Cine-files heads for Copenhagen's Huset Biograf cinema
• A quiz about Hollywood titan Tom Hanks, whose...
In the news today
• Famed astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse rubbishes Gravity science
• The Academy considers "radical" changes to foreign language Oscar rules after several heavily tipped films fail to make cut
• Jennifer Lawrence and Gary Ross reunite on 19th century tale of Iceland murder trial
• Michel Hazanavicius shooting The Artist followup "in secret"
• Christopher Lee to get BFI fellowship
• Korean film-maker Bong Joon-ho "furious" over Weinstein move to recut Snowpiercer
Coming up elsewhere on the site
• Charles Gant's peerless analysis of the UK box office figures
• Henry Barnes explains why he loves "fake movie pop songs". Go figure
• Stuart Heritage's film on the box live blog - I Met Him Online. Me neither, but you voted for it
• Cine-files heads for Copenhagen's Huset Biograf cinema
• A quiz about Hollywood titan Tom Hanks, whose...
- 10/8/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
Handsome, soulful and sensitive, George MacKay – one of the stars of the Proclaimers musical Sunshine on Leith – has all the makings of a leading man. And he's only 21
Every actor knows the perils of overexposure. Flavour of the month is fine; a glut is not so good. At the 2005 Oscars, Chris Rock ribbed Jude Law about his roles "in every movie I have seen in the last four years". Last year, Jessica Chastain pre-empted the backlash, calling herself "the unknown everyone's already sick of". George MacKay is not yet in danger of wearing out his welcome. But it would take a dedicated enthusiast indeed to catch all of his movies that open in the UK today.
In two of them, the soft-spoken Londoner offers two distinct Scottish accents: as a former squaddie in the Proclaimers musical Sunshine on Leith, and as the tortured survivor of a fishing accident in low-budget drama For Those in Peril.
Every actor knows the perils of overexposure. Flavour of the month is fine; a glut is not so good. At the 2005 Oscars, Chris Rock ribbed Jude Law about his roles "in every movie I have seen in the last four years". Last year, Jessica Chastain pre-empted the backlash, calling herself "the unknown everyone's already sick of". George MacKay is not yet in danger of wearing out his welcome. But it would take a dedicated enthusiast indeed to catch all of his movies that open in the UK today.
In two of them, the soft-spoken Londoner offers two distinct Scottish accents: as a former squaddie in the Proclaimers musical Sunshine on Leith, and as the tortured survivor of a fishing accident in low-budget drama For Those in Peril.
- 10/3/2013
- by Charles Gant
- The Guardian - Film News
Your complete Thursday in film, crushed and condensed for ease of use
On the site today
Composer Danny Elfman looks back on the Simpsons' theme, his collaboration with Tim Burton and his years in the mosh pit.
Stuart Heritage races against the clock to liveblog The Day the Earth Stood Still, off the telly. Do join him if you dare.
James McAvoy chats to us about Filth, the latest Irvine Welsh movie.
Why Xan Brooks loves Cary Grant's pratfalls
Reel history scrums down for rugby drama Invictus
In the latest of our Oscar predictions, we weigh up the chances of Richard Linklater's Before Midnight.
Week in Geek explains why Hollywood is making the wrong Narnia movie.
Slavoj Zizek talks cinematic perversions.
Xan Brooks (him again) explains why Wadjda is the one film you should see this week
And Peter Bradshaw reviews Sunshine on Leith, the Proclaimers musical which...
On the site today
Composer Danny Elfman looks back on the Simpsons' theme, his collaboration with Tim Burton and his years in the mosh pit.
Stuart Heritage races against the clock to liveblog The Day the Earth Stood Still, off the telly. Do join him if you dare.
James McAvoy chats to us about Filth, the latest Irvine Welsh movie.
Why Xan Brooks loves Cary Grant's pratfalls
Reel history scrums down for rugby drama Invictus
In the latest of our Oscar predictions, we weigh up the chances of Richard Linklater's Before Midnight.
Week in Geek explains why Hollywood is making the wrong Narnia movie.
Slavoj Zizek talks cinematic perversions.
Xan Brooks (him again) explains why Wadjda is the one film you should see this week
And Peter Bradshaw reviews Sunshine on Leith, the Proclaimers musical which...
- 10/3/2013
- by Xan Brooks
- The Guardian - Film News
Jake Gyllenhaal cop drama was the only film to deliver a gross in excess of £1m, though Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine sneaked a nifty total to become his biggest ever opener
• Read Mark Kermode's review of Prisoners
• Read the archive of Charles Gant's UK box office reports
The winner
Late September, rarely a robust time for UK cinemagoing, continues the seasonally becalmed pattern. Overall, the 27-29 September session represented the third worst weekend for box office in the past year. Given that the previous frame delivered the second worst, it's clear just how sluggish the market is right now.
The only film delivering a weekend gross in excess of £1m was Prisoners, starring Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal. Aside from the previous weekend, when Rush held on to the top spot with £1.34m, Prisoners' £1.37m tally is the lowest for a No 1 film since Dredd landed...
• Read Mark Kermode's review of Prisoners
• Read the archive of Charles Gant's UK box office reports
The winner
Late September, rarely a robust time for UK cinemagoing, continues the seasonally becalmed pattern. Overall, the 27-29 September session represented the third worst weekend for box office in the past year. Given that the previous frame delivered the second worst, it's clear just how sluggish the market is right now.
The only film delivering a weekend gross in excess of £1m was Prisoners, starring Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal. Aside from the previous weekend, when Rush held on to the top spot with £1.34m, Prisoners' £1.37m tally is the lowest for a No 1 film since Dredd landed...
- 10/3/2013
- by Charles Gant
- The Guardian - Film News
Today's film news, crushed mercilessly down to the size of one article
On the site today
Here's what's in the news ...
- Mamma Mia! (sorry): Joseph Gordon-Levitt faces criticism over his 'racist' portrayal of Italian-Americans in Don Jon.
- Saoirse Ronan has said she has auditioned for Star Wars VII, "but so has everyone else".
- Orc to be good: Duncan Jones' World of Warcraft movie will be released in 2015.
- Director Mark Basseley Youssef, the man behind the Youtube video that was blamed of inciting the Benghazi attack, has a new film on the way.
- Angelina Jolie will shoot Unbroken down under.
- Here no gore: Eli Roth's Las Vegas haunted house has shut its (creaky) doors.
And elsewhere on the site ...
- Nell Frizzell will tell us why she loves how Rambo took down a helicopter with a rock.
- Ben Child takes a...
On the site today
Here's what's in the news ...
- Mamma Mia! (sorry): Joseph Gordon-Levitt faces criticism over his 'racist' portrayal of Italian-Americans in Don Jon.
- Saoirse Ronan has said she has auditioned for Star Wars VII, "but so has everyone else".
- Orc to be good: Duncan Jones' World of Warcraft movie will be released in 2015.
- Director Mark Basseley Youssef, the man behind the Youtube video that was blamed of inciting the Benghazi attack, has a new film on the way.
- Angelina Jolie will shoot Unbroken down under.
- Here no gore: Eli Roth's Las Vegas haunted house has shut its (creaky) doors.
And elsewhere on the site ...
- Nell Frizzell will tell us why she loves how Rambo took down a helicopter with a rock.
- Ben Child takes a...
- 10/2/2013
- by Henry Barnes
- The Guardian - Film News
The One Direction documentary took three times the business of its nearest rival, as families rushed to see it before the end of school holidays – and We're the Millers has loyal fans too
• Read the archive of Charles Gant's UK box office reports
The winner
With nearly triple the gross of the second-placed film, One Direction: This Is Us is a convincing winner at the UK box-office, grossing £3.47m including a hefty £1.27m from extra day Thursday. With schools still on holiday, Directioners were able to rush out for Thursday daytime showings without the downside of truanting, and may already have been back for second helpings. The opening is massively ahead of recent films in this 3D concert/documentary genre: Katy Perry: Part of Me (debut of £449,000 including £91,000 in previews) and Justin Bieber: Never Say Never (£821,000). However, This Is Us is behind the pace of Michael Jackson's This Is It,...
• Read the archive of Charles Gant's UK box office reports
The winner
With nearly triple the gross of the second-placed film, One Direction: This Is Us is a convincing winner at the UK box-office, grossing £3.47m including a hefty £1.27m from extra day Thursday. With schools still on holiday, Directioners were able to rush out for Thursday daytime showings without the downside of truanting, and may already have been back for second helpings. The opening is massively ahead of recent films in this 3D concert/documentary genre: Katy Perry: Part of Me (debut of £449,000 including £91,000 in previews) and Justin Bieber: Never Say Never (£821,000). However, This Is Us is behind the pace of Michael Jackson's This Is It,...
- 9/16/2013
- by Charles Gant
- The Guardian - Film News
Your daily movie bulletin bringing you the lowdown on 11 September
Like Old Man River, the Toronto film festival just keeps rolling along. Here's what we'll have today.
Coming up from Toronto
Reviews of cycling doc The Armstrong Lie, Aussie cop thriller Felony, Saoirse Ronan-starring dystopian thriller How I Live Now, Elmore Leonard adaptation Life of Crime, Mike Myer's documentary about music biz legend Shep Gordon, Supermensch, duelling-teacher drama Words and Pictures and Jimi Henrix biopic All Is By My Side.
Plus news from August: Osage County and Belle if we're really lucky.
Coming up from London
In the headlines today:
• The Mortal Instruments franchise has taken a big hit, so will be "delayed".
• Derek Jacobi reveals Hannibal Lecter in Silence of the Lambs was between him, Daniel Day Lewis and Anthony Hopkins
• James Bond submarine car sells for nearly $1m
• Hugh Jackman hints next X-Men film could be his...
Like Old Man River, the Toronto film festival just keeps rolling along. Here's what we'll have today.
Coming up from Toronto
Reviews of cycling doc The Armstrong Lie, Aussie cop thriller Felony, Saoirse Ronan-starring dystopian thriller How I Live Now, Elmore Leonard adaptation Life of Crime, Mike Myer's documentary about music biz legend Shep Gordon, Supermensch, duelling-teacher drama Words and Pictures and Jimi Henrix biopic All Is By My Side.
Plus news from August: Osage County and Belle if we're really lucky.
Coming up from London
In the headlines today:
• The Mortal Instruments franchise has taken a big hit, so will be "delayed".
• Derek Jacobi reveals Hannibal Lecter in Silence of the Lambs was between him, Daniel Day Lewis and Anthony Hopkins
• James Bond submarine car sells for nearly $1m
• Hugh Jackman hints next X-Men film could be his...
- 9/11/2013
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.