From Sponsored Movies to Coming-of-Age Classics: Bill Forsyth Talks About Pioneering Scottish Cinema
Bill Forsyth. Photo courtesy of Edinburgh International Film Festival.If you haven’t yet explored the work of trailblazing Scottish filmmaker Bill Forsyth, now is the perfect time to do so. Forsyth makes the kind of small-scale, humanistic films that there just aren’t enough of these days, and there are currently a number of opportunities to see his work in New York City. The Museum of the Moving Image is in the midst of a “Five by Forsyth” series, including35mm prints of his debut, the shoestring budget caper That Sinking Feeling (1979), and his biggest international success, Local Hero (1983), an eccentric fish-out-water comedy recently given the Criterion Collection treatment. On top of that, Gregory’s Girl, his charming 1981 coming-of-age tale, is newly restored and showing at Film Forum. Gregory’s Girl, a film involving a girl who takes a spot on an all-boy’s soccer team, becoming the gangly title character’s crush,...
- 10/3/2019
- MUBI
Local Hero
Blu ray
Criterion
1983/ 1.85:1 / 111 min.
Starring Peter Riegert, Burt Lancaster, Peter Capaldi, Denis Lawson
Cinematography by Chris Menges
Written and directed by Bill Forsyth
Beginning with the aptly named That Sinking Feeling in 1979, the Scottish filmmaker Bill Forsyth has produced comedies whose bittersweet humor barely concealed the hurt. “Grin and bear it” was the director’s credo and the marquees tipped his hand – Being Human, Comfort and Joy – though That Sinking Feeling said it all.
Local Hero boasts Forsyth’s most head-scratching title but there’s no mistaking the predicament of the movie’s nominal leading man played by Peter Riegert. Known simply as Mac, he’s just another cog in a Kafkaesque corporate machine, the air-conditioned nightmare of Knox Oil and Gas where Medication Time music wafts through the halls and workers in glass cubicles converse via primitive sign language.
The young executive is affable enough when...
Blu ray
Criterion
1983/ 1.85:1 / 111 min.
Starring Peter Riegert, Burt Lancaster, Peter Capaldi, Denis Lawson
Cinematography by Chris Menges
Written and directed by Bill Forsyth
Beginning with the aptly named That Sinking Feeling in 1979, the Scottish filmmaker Bill Forsyth has produced comedies whose bittersweet humor barely concealed the hurt. “Grin and bear it” was the director’s credo and the marquees tipped his hand – Being Human, Comfort and Joy – though That Sinking Feeling said it all.
Local Hero boasts Forsyth’s most head-scratching title but there’s no mistaking the predicament of the movie’s nominal leading man played by Peter Riegert. Known simply as Mac, he’s just another cog in a Kafkaesque corporate machine, the air-conditioned nightmare of Knox Oil and Gas where Medication Time music wafts through the halls and workers in glass cubicles converse via primitive sign language.
The young executive is affable enough when...
- 9/21/2019
- by Charlie Largent
- Trailers from Hell
Being Human (1994) is really something. Bill Forsyth's Hollywood career was essentially ended by it, and I get the impression that this was not so much because the film died at the box office, but because the experience of having it taken away from him—a first for a director who had enjoyed very good relationships with his producers up to that point—was so dispiriting.Forsyth's star had risen steadily from "the first no-budget film," That Sinking Feeling, through the charming Gregory's Girl and the poetic Local Hero. If Housekeeping and Breaking In weren't hits, they were certainly admired. I recall reading that the studio recut the film (I believe the once-great Deedee Dede Allen had become the "film doctor" at Warners specializing in performing such disfiguring operations without anesthetic) and it performed just as dismally with test audiences as it had in the Forsyth cut, so they kindly released that.
- 6/13/2019
- MUBI
To help convey the “visceral realism” of Christopher Nolan’s “Dunkirk,” the director needed an intense soundscape for the legendary evacuation of more than 300,000 British and Allied troops under German bombardment.
In fact, Nolan needed three distinctly rhythmic soundscapes for this tick-tock, overlapping, World War II actioner that covers land, sea, and air. Nolan and composer Hans Zimmer came up with the sound of a ticking watch that plays throughout, and sound editor/sound designer Richard King provided the real-world soundscapes for mounting excitement, panic, and jeopardy.
“Chris wanted a sense of velocity and everything’s happening so fast with the enemy approaching at their own speed, so there’s a time limit,” said King, Oscar winner for “Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World,” “The Dark Knight,” and “Inception.”
“Rather than observing it off in the distance, Chris really wanted to make you feel how horrible that would be,...
In fact, Nolan needed three distinctly rhythmic soundscapes for this tick-tock, overlapping, World War II actioner that covers land, sea, and air. Nolan and composer Hans Zimmer came up with the sound of a ticking watch that plays throughout, and sound editor/sound designer Richard King provided the real-world soundscapes for mounting excitement, panic, and jeopardy.
“Chris wanted a sense of velocity and everything’s happening so fast with the enemy approaching at their own speed, so there’s a time limit,” said King, Oscar winner for “Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World,” “The Dark Knight,” and “Inception.”
“Rather than observing it off in the distance, Chris really wanted to make you feel how horrible that would be,...
- 7/27/2017
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
After the heart-stopping conclusion of The Walking Dead‘s sixth season finale last week, the second season premiere of Fear the Walking Dead might have felt like an episode of The Love Boat by comparison.
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However, it was anything but smooth sailing for enigmatic Strand and the uncomfortably blended families beating a hasty retreat from Los Angeles aboard his yacht, the Abigail. So, before you drop anchor in the comments section, let’s review the highlights, shall we?
Anchors Aweigh | Shortly after “Monster...
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However, it was anything but smooth sailing for enigmatic Strand and the uncomfortably blended families beating a hasty retreat from Los Angeles aboard his yacht, the Abigail. So, before you drop anchor in the comments section, let’s review the highlights, shall we?
Anchors Aweigh | Shortly after “Monster...
- 4/11/2016
- TVLine.com
The Path Review: Stellar Cast Will Strengthen Your Belief in Hulu's Deliberate, Intriguing New Drama
Ambiguity may not be the end goal of most religions, but it’s the cornerstone of Hulu’s new drama series The Path, a meditative examination of a fast-growing cult (or is it merely a movement?) and its ambitious, sometimes menacing leader.
Hannibal‘s Hugh Dancy stars as Cal Robertson, head of East Coast operations for the Meyerist Movement and heir apparent to its founder Stephen Meyer, who is secretly/rapidly dying of untreatable cancer in a compound in Peru.
RelatedParenthood Vet Max Burkholder to Lead Hulu Pilot When the Street Lights Go On
Cal’s optimistic speeches about...
Hannibal‘s Hugh Dancy stars as Cal Robertson, head of East Coast operations for the Meyerist Movement and heir apparent to its founder Stephen Meyer, who is secretly/rapidly dying of untreatable cancer in a compound in Peru.
RelatedParenthood Vet Max Burkholder to Lead Hulu Pilot When the Street Lights Go On
Cal’s optimistic speeches about...
- 3/24/2016
- TVLine.com
(Bill Forsyth, 1979; BFI, 12)
Among the happiest surprises of my years as a movie critic was the world premiere of That Sinking Feeling, the unknown 33-year-old Glaswegian Bill Forsyth's first movie at the Edinburgh film festival, knowing only that the whole £5,000 budget (which made into the Guinness Book of Records) had been raised in Scotland.
Writing in the Observer (2 September 1979), I noted that it "brings back happy memories of Ealing in its heyday and Ealing's resident Scot, Alexander Mackendrick. A delightful comedy, it does for present-day Glasgow what Hue and Cry did for postwar London it gives a gang of lively, unemployed working-class teenagers the freedom of the city. This time, however, they're the crooks, and the objective of their elaborate heist is a warehouse full of stainless steel sinks." I noted Forsyth's pawky humour and the skilful way he played off the heavy Victorian legacy of Glasgow (the civil...
Among the happiest surprises of my years as a movie critic was the world premiere of That Sinking Feeling, the unknown 33-year-old Glaswegian Bill Forsyth's first movie at the Edinburgh film festival, knowing only that the whole £5,000 budget (which made into the Guinness Book of Records) had been raised in Scotland.
Writing in the Observer (2 September 1979), I noted that it "brings back happy memories of Ealing in its heyday and Ealing's resident Scot, Alexander Mackendrick. A delightful comedy, it does for present-day Glasgow what Hue and Cry did for postwar London it gives a gang of lively, unemployed working-class teenagers the freedom of the city. This time, however, they're the crooks, and the objective of their elaborate heist is a warehouse full of stainless steel sinks." I noted Forsyth's pawky humour and the skilful way he played off the heavy Victorian legacy of Glasgow (the civil...
- 5/17/2014
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
★★★★☆Following on from the recent rerelease of his 1979 debut That Sinking Feeling, Bill Forsyth's teen rom-com Gregory's Girl (1981) has also undergone a similar digital upgrade to its predecessor. However, underneath the (admittedly) outstanding transfer, Gregory's Girl remains that same delightful and hugely appealing coming-of-age tale which managed to transcend its parochial setting and go on to achieve global success and recognition. The first thing which instantly chimes upon revisiting is Forsyth's considerable knack for casting. This is a British film where teenagers actually look like real adolescents, and not just the usual air-brushed, blemish-free screen representations.
- 5/6/2014
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Before creating such classics of modern British Cinema as Gregory's Girl and Local Hero, Glaswegian filmmaker Bill Forsyth's debut feature was the 1979 gem That Sinking Feeling, about a gang of young chancers who look to make a quick buck by stealing a truckload of stainless steel kitchen sinks. Forsyth had already been working in documentaries for a good decade when he approached the Glasgow Youth Theatre, looking for fresh young talent to cast in a filmed version of a script he'd written, Gregory's Girl. However, as he got to know the young lads, and workshopped ideas, scenes and characters with them, Forsyth shelved the relatively ambitious tale of a young footballer who falls for the new girl who joins the school team, in favour...
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- 4/23/2014
- Screen Anarchy
★★★☆☆The debut feature from beloved Scottish writer and director Bill Forsyth (best known for such classic regional offerings as Gregory's Girl and Local Hero), That Sinking Feeling may not have aged particularly well since its 1979 release, but it still has a rough-around-the edges, lo-fi charm that's largely absent in contemporary indie cinema. In many ways it feels like an early precursor to the works of Shane Meadows, the main character here sharing the same name as the eponymous loser in Meadows' Where's the Money, Ronnie? Like that film, it also features an inept and desperate bunch of crooks, similarly portrayed by inexperienced actors delivering unpolished, endearing performances.
- 4/22/2014
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Eager to become a rockin' mom, Olivia Wilde went to Earthbar to refuel after taking a spin at Soul Cycle in Los Angeles on Saturday (November 16).
The "Tron: Legacy" star wore a white T-shirt with Keith Richards on it, a white hooded sweatshirt, and gray pants as she smiled at awaiting photographers.
She may be stoked for her first child with fiancée Jason Sudeikis, but the 29-year-old actress is keeping her expectations realistic.
Posting an adorable photo, Olivia tweeted, "That sinking feeling when you realize that, no matter what, your baby won't be nearly as cute as a baby panda."...
The "Tron: Legacy" star wore a white T-shirt with Keith Richards on it, a white hooded sweatshirt, and gray pants as she smiled at awaiting photographers.
She may be stoked for her first child with fiancée Jason Sudeikis, but the 29-year-old actress is keeping her expectations realistic.
Posting an adorable photo, Olivia tweeted, "That sinking feeling when you realize that, no matter what, your baby won't be nearly as cute as a baby panda."...
- 11/17/2013
- GossipCenter
Olivia Wilde is working on her fitness. The pregnant Rush actress was spotted leaving a Pilates studio in West Hollywood on Friday morning wearing a pair of Reebok stretch pants and a long-sleeve top. The stunning brunette covered up her barely-there baby bump and accessorized her exercise ensemble with a knit beanie and flip flops. And if her latest tweet is any indicator, Wilde appears to be setting realistic expectations in preparation for her baby's arrival. She posted an adorable picture of an infant panda and wrote, "That sinking feeling when you realize that, no matter what, your baby won't be nearly as cute as a baby panda." Hmm…those furry creatures are...
- 11/15/2013
- E! Online
The Nfdc Film Bazaar has announced “Market Recommendations” for 2013. Market Recommendations showcase select films looking for gap finance, distribution partners and world sales.
Film Bazaar 2013 will be held from 20 – 24 Nov, at Marriott Resort, Goa, alongside Iffi (International Film Festival of India – 20 – 30 Nov). Read Work-in-Progress Lab projects 2013
Below are the “Film Bazaar Recommends” films for this year:
Attihannu Mattu Kanaja
(Fig Fruit and The Wasps)
Director – M S PrakashBabu
Chaurya
(Theft)
Director – Sameer Patil
Chikka Putta
(Small Things, Big Things)
Director – Saumyananda Sahi
Coffee Bloom
Director – Manu Warrier
It’s not about the Cycle
Director – Achyutanand Dwivedi
Jai Ho – A Film On A.R. Rahman
Director – Umesh Aggarwal
Jayjaykar
(Triumph of Life)
Director – Shantanu Ganesh Rode
Kutchi Vahan Pani Wala
(From Gulf to Gulf to Gulf)
Director – Shaina Anand, Ashok Sukumaran
Lajwanti
(The Honor Keeper)
Director – Pushpender Singh
M Cream
Director – Agneya Singh
Margarita, With A Straw
Director – Shonali Bose
Mrs. Scooter...
Film Bazaar 2013 will be held from 20 – 24 Nov, at Marriott Resort, Goa, alongside Iffi (International Film Festival of India – 20 – 30 Nov). Read Work-in-Progress Lab projects 2013
Below are the “Film Bazaar Recommends” films for this year:
Attihannu Mattu Kanaja
(Fig Fruit and The Wasps)
Director – M S PrakashBabu
Chaurya
(Theft)
Director – Sameer Patil
Chikka Putta
(Small Things, Big Things)
Director – Saumyananda Sahi
Coffee Bloom
Director – Manu Warrier
It’s not about the Cycle
Director – Achyutanand Dwivedi
Jai Ho – A Film On A.R. Rahman
Director – Umesh Aggarwal
Jayjaykar
(Triumph of Life)
Director – Shantanu Ganesh Rode
Kutchi Vahan Pani Wala
(From Gulf to Gulf to Gulf)
Director – Shaina Anand, Ashok Sukumaran
Lajwanti
(The Honor Keeper)
Director – Pushpender Singh
M Cream
Director – Agneya Singh
Margarita, With A Straw
Director – Shonali Bose
Mrs. Scooter...
- 11/4/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
We've all experienced it. That sinking feeling that comes with the realization that the item we've been lusting after has sold out, or isn't available in our size. Well, everyone, that it, except Vogue Japan editor-at-large, Anna Dello Russo. In its recently released "The One That Got Away" video series, shopping site Moda Operandi asked the fashion set to reveal their greatest shopping regret. And while style stars like Poppy Delevingne and blogger Leandra Medine had fashion regrets at the ready, Dello Russo revealed she never met an outfit she couldn't have. News: Bitch stole my look! Lily Collins vs. Anna Dello Russo in Givenchy Bambi...
- 10/11/2013
- E! Online
England in the World Cup, finding out Santa doesn’t exist, the first time you have sex and watching the films of Michael Bay, any of them, are all disappointing life experiences.
That sinking feeling you get when you have been looking forward to something, only for it to blow up in your face in a puff of missed opportunity, it can be a hard thing to get over. This is especially true when it comes to movies. If it’s a follow-up to a smash hit blockbuster or an adaptation of a beloved franchise, sometimes productions crumble under the pressure and end up being critical failures.
So make yourself a cup of tea and come with us on a journey of broken dreams as WhatCulture uses this scientific formula
to work out and count down the 100 Most Disappointing Films Of All Time. And take note, we’re not saying...
That sinking feeling you get when you have been looking forward to something, only for it to blow up in your face in a puff of missed opportunity, it can be a hard thing to get over. This is especially true when it comes to movies. If it’s a follow-up to a smash hit blockbuster or an adaptation of a beloved franchise, sometimes productions crumble under the pressure and end up being critical failures.
So make yourself a cup of tea and come with us on a journey of broken dreams as WhatCulture uses this scientific formula
to work out and count down the 100 Most Disappointing Films Of All Time. And take note, we’re not saying...
- 1/1/2013
- by Amarpal Biring
- Obsessed with Film
Mumbai, Oct 14: Actress Neha Dhupia is emotional after the shooting of her first Punjabi film "Rangeeley" got over. She says that the "character still stays with me".
"Team 'Rangeeley' take a bow! Get ready Punjabis and movie buffs of the world. We are coming to entertain you," Neha tweeted.
"That sinking feeling when you say goodbye to your cast and crew! The past 45 days have been the most fantastic days at work! 'Rangeeley'," she further tweeted.
In the film, Neha's character is loud and boisterous who believes in romance. Jimmy Shergill will be seen in the male lead.
"As an actor it's easy to give life to a character, what's harder is to put an end to it. Simi in 'Rangeeley still stays with me," she tweeted.
The.
"Team 'Rangeeley' take a bow! Get ready Punjabis and movie buffs of the world. We are coming to entertain you," Neha tweeted.
"That sinking feeling when you say goodbye to your cast and crew! The past 45 days have been the most fantastic days at work! 'Rangeeley'," she further tweeted.
In the film, Neha's character is loud and boisterous who believes in romance. Jimmy Shergill will be seen in the male lead.
"As an actor it's easy to give life to a character, what's harder is to put an end to it. Simi in 'Rangeeley still stays with me," she tweeted.
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- 10/14/2012
- by Amith Ostwal
- RealBollywood.com
Ken Loach expertly combines comedy with politics – and a drop of the hard stuff – in a warm, deftly-plotted heist movie
Though not generally considered a comedy director, Ken Loach has made films that have contained some of the funniest moments and sequences of the past 50 years, and he has regularly employed club comedians in serious roles (Crissy Rock in Ladybird Ladybird, John Bishop in Route Irish) and developed the talents of people such as Ricky Tomlinson not previously considered comics. It's just that Loach is a master of sudden, disturbing shifts of mood, and the comedy is embedded in works that are often deeply sad or tragic. The football game, for instance, that Brian Glover referees in Kes is at once hilariously funny and a brilliant study of bullying, bad education and humiliation that illuminates the film's larger context.
The background of The Angels' Share, his latest collaboration with the...
Though not generally considered a comedy director, Ken Loach has made films that have contained some of the funniest moments and sequences of the past 50 years, and he has regularly employed club comedians in serious roles (Crissy Rock in Ladybird Ladybird, John Bishop in Route Irish) and developed the talents of people such as Ricky Tomlinson not previously considered comics. It's just that Loach is a master of sudden, disturbing shifts of mood, and the comedy is embedded in works that are often deeply sad or tragic. The football game, for instance, that Brian Glover referees in Kes is at once hilariously funny and a brilliant study of bullying, bad education and humiliation that illuminates the film's larger context.
The background of The Angels' Share, his latest collaboration with the...
- 6/2/2012
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
HollywoodNews.com:Directors Guild of America President Taylor Hackford today announced the DGA’s nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television and Commercials for the year 2011.
?The caliber of work being done on television these days is incredible, and our director nominees in each category are an indispensable element to the success of every project — establishing and enhancing the vision and tone, eliciting outstanding performances and furthering the narrative arc through their creative choices,? said Hackford. ?That they are able to create excellence regardless of obstacles like tighter schedules and in an environment in which audiences have more entertainment options to choose from — is a true testament to the importance of directorial skill in television.?
The winners will be announced at the 64th Annual DGA Awards Dinner on Saturday, January 28, 2012 at the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland in Los Angeles.
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The nominees for the Directors Guild...
?The caliber of work being done on television these days is incredible, and our director nominees in each category are an indispensable element to the success of every project — establishing and enhancing the vision and tone, eliciting outstanding performances and furthering the narrative arc through their creative choices,? said Hackford. ?That they are able to create excellence regardless of obstacles like tighter schedules and in an environment in which audiences have more entertainment options to choose from — is a true testament to the importance of directorial skill in television.?
The winners will be announced at the 64th Annual DGA Awards Dinner on Saturday, January 28, 2012 at the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland in Los Angeles.
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Movies For Television And Mini-series
The nominees for the Directors Guild...
- 1/10/2012
- by Josh Abraham
- Hollywoodnews.com
The list of winners in the major categories at the 2011 Primetime Emmy Awards, held at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles on the evening of September 18, is as follows: Outstanding Animated Program
The Cleveland Show - Murray Christmas (Fox)
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III (Cartoon Network)
Futurama - The Late Philip J. Fry (Comedy Central)
The Simpsons - Angry Dad - The Movie (Fox)
South Park - Crack Baby Athletic Association (Comedy Central) Outstanding Short-Format Animated Program
SpongeBob SquarePants - That Sinking Feeling (Nickelodeon)
Robot Chicken - Robot Chicken's Dp Christmas (Cartoon Network)
Regular Show - Mordecai and the Rigbys (Cartoon Network)
Disney Prep & Landing: Operation Secret Santa (ABC)
Adventure Time - It Came From The Nightosphere (Cartoon Network) Outstanding Art Direction for a Multi-Camera Series
Hot (more)...
The Cleveland Show - Murray Christmas (Fox)
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III (Cartoon Network)
Futurama - The Late Philip J. Fry (Comedy Central)
The Simpsons - Angry Dad - The Movie (Fox)
South Park - Crack Baby Athletic Association (Comedy Central) Outstanding Short-Format Animated Program
SpongeBob SquarePants - That Sinking Feeling (Nickelodeon)
Robot Chicken - Robot Chicken's Dp Christmas (Cartoon Network)
Regular Show - Mordecai and the Rigbys (Cartoon Network)
Disney Prep & Landing: Operation Secret Santa (ABC)
Adventure Time - It Came From The Nightosphere (Cartoon Network) Outstanding Art Direction for a Multi-Camera Series
Hot (more)...
- 9/19/2011
- by By Kate Goodacre
- Digital Spy
Mon Oncle Antoine
Directed by Claude Jutra
Canada, 1971
Mon Oncle Antoine could easily have been directed by Louis Malle. Its bittersweet tone, its curious, naïve protagonist, its meandering semi-narrative structure all find cousins in such films as Murmur of the Heart (released the same year, 1971), Lacombe Lucien, and Au Revoir Les Enfants.
For that matter, Mon Oncle Antoine could easily have been directed by Bill Forsyth. Its rejection of traditional narrative principles, its look at a small, tightly-knit community, its balancing act of comedy and coming-of-age all find cousins in such films as That Sinking Feeling, Gregory’s Girl, and Gregory’s Two Girls.
While Malle, Forsyth, and Claude Jutra might form some distinct directorial triumvirate, Mon Oncle Antoine is still uniquely Jutra.
The plotting is simple. Adolescent Benoit (a magnificent Jacques Gagnon) lives in foster care with his uncle Antoine (Jean Duceppe) and aunt Cecile (Olivette Thibault). Also in...
Directed by Claude Jutra
Canada, 1971
Mon Oncle Antoine could easily have been directed by Louis Malle. Its bittersweet tone, its curious, naïve protagonist, its meandering semi-narrative structure all find cousins in such films as Murmur of the Heart (released the same year, 1971), Lacombe Lucien, and Au Revoir Les Enfants.
For that matter, Mon Oncle Antoine could easily have been directed by Bill Forsyth. Its rejection of traditional narrative principles, its look at a small, tightly-knit community, its balancing act of comedy and coming-of-age all find cousins in such films as That Sinking Feeling, Gregory’s Girl, and Gregory’s Two Girls.
While Malle, Forsyth, and Claude Jutra might form some distinct directorial triumvirate, Mon Oncle Antoine is still uniquely Jutra.
The plotting is simple. Adolescent Benoit (a magnificent Jacques Gagnon) lives in foster care with his uncle Antoine (Jean Duceppe) and aunt Cecile (Olivette Thibault). Also in...
- 7/14/2011
- by Neal Dhand
- SoundOnSight
The list of nominees in the major categories at the 2011 Primetime Emmy Awards, to be held on September 18, is as follows: Outstanding Animated Program
The Cleveland Show - Murray Christmas (Fox)
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III (Cartoon Network)
Futurama - The Late Philip J. Fry (Comedy Central)
The Simpsons - Angry Dad - The Movie (Fox)
South Park - Crack Baby Athletic Association (Comedy Central) Outstanding Short-Format Animated Program
SpongeBob SquarePants - That Sinking Feeling (Nickelodeon)
Robot Chicken - Robot Chicken's Dp Christmas (Cartoon Network)
Regular Show - Mordecai and the Rigbys (Cartoon Network)
Disney Prep & Landing: Operation Secret Santa (ABC)
Adventure Time - It Came From The Nightosphere (Cartoon Network) Outstanding Art Direction for a Multi-Camera Series
Hot In Cleveland - Sisterhood Of The Travelling (more)...
The Cleveland Show - Murray Christmas (Fox)
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III (Cartoon Network)
Futurama - The Late Philip J. Fry (Comedy Central)
The Simpsons - Angry Dad - The Movie (Fox)
South Park - Crack Baby Athletic Association (Comedy Central) Outstanding Short-Format Animated Program
SpongeBob SquarePants - That Sinking Feeling (Nickelodeon)
Robot Chicken - Robot Chicken's Dp Christmas (Cartoon Network)
Regular Show - Mordecai and the Rigbys (Cartoon Network)
Disney Prep & Landing: Operation Secret Santa (ABC)
Adventure Time - It Came From The Nightosphere (Cartoon Network) Outstanding Art Direction for a Multi-Camera Series
Hot In Cleveland - Sisterhood Of The Travelling (more)...
- 7/14/2011
- by By Catriona Wightman
- Digital Spy
Cinema Retro has received the following press release:
For Immediate Release -
MI6 Confidential – Always Bet On Bond
Issue #10 Out Now
(London, UK, May 30th 2011) MI6 Confidential, the full-colour magazine celebrating the world of
James Bond 007, returns with its tenth issue.
With the tabloid press railing against his selection and criticizing his suitability as the new James
Bond on an almost daily basis, and the producers making the bold step of resetting the character
back to the start of his career, the stakes could not have been higher for the release of “Casino
Royale” and Daniel Craig’s debut as 007.
As well as rounding up interviews with the on-screen villains, Issue #10 of MI6 Confidential - the
leading James Bond magazine - focuses on some of the aspects of the critically-acclaimed
production that are often overlooked: pre-visualization, production design, scoring, special effects,
costume design and the publicity machine that made sure everyone knew ‘Bond was back!
For Immediate Release -
MI6 Confidential – Always Bet On Bond
Issue #10 Out Now
(London, UK, May 30th 2011) MI6 Confidential, the full-colour magazine celebrating the world of
James Bond 007, returns with its tenth issue.
With the tabloid press railing against his selection and criticizing his suitability as the new James
Bond on an almost daily basis, and the producers making the bold step of resetting the character
back to the start of his career, the stakes could not have been higher for the release of “Casino
Royale” and Daniel Craig’s debut as 007.
As well as rounding up interviews with the on-screen villains, Issue #10 of MI6 Confidential - the
leading James Bond magazine - focuses on some of the aspects of the critically-acclaimed
production that are often overlooked: pre-visualization, production design, scoring, special effects,
costume design and the publicity machine that made sure everyone knew ‘Bond was back!
- 6/3/2011
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Martin Lawrence once again dresses up as a lady in Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son. But is it actually funny? Here’s our review...
As any writer will tell you, even the proper ones who write for posh newspapers and magazines, there's nothing more terrifying than the dreaded block. That sinking feeling you get when you're hypnotised by a flashing cursor, and your brain refuses to impart any useful information. Your synapses aren't firing. There's no inspiration. No one's home.
Such is my dilemma with Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son. Having sat through all 107 minutes of Martin Lawrence's latest comedy outing, I'm lost for words.
I went back and consulted the notes I scrawled, in a trance-like state, during the screening, but they make no sense. Most of the sentences look more like ancient runes, or like skulls, like a forgotten language, or the faces of long-dead ancestors,...
As any writer will tell you, even the proper ones who write for posh newspapers and magazines, there's nothing more terrifying than the dreaded block. That sinking feeling you get when you're hypnotised by a flashing cursor, and your brain refuses to impart any useful information. Your synapses aren't firing. There's no inspiration. No one's home.
Such is my dilemma with Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son. Having sat through all 107 minutes of Martin Lawrence's latest comedy outing, I'm lost for words.
I went back and consulted the notes I scrawled, in a trance-like state, during the screening, but they make no sense. Most of the sentences look more like ancient runes, or like skulls, like a forgotten language, or the faces of long-dead ancestors,...
- 2/15/2011
- Den of Geek
This week's podcast goes from kids to kidnapping with two great British character actors: Ian Hart on playing a wayward father in A Boy Called Dad, and Eddie Marsan on playing a menacing criminal in The Disappearance of Alice Creed. Plus, Iron Man 2 is reviewed.
Ian Hart, who first came to wide attention as John Lennon in Backbeat in 1994, has consistently brought an edgy blend of humour, anger and tenderness to his subsequent roles in everything from Ken Loach's Land and Freedom to Prof Quirrell in Harry Potter, and now Joe, an absentee father whose 14-year-old son himself becomes a father, in new film A Boy Called Dad. The actor tells Jason Solomons about improvising with young co-star Kyle Ward, how That Sinking Feeling first inspired him to act and about holding out for parts.
Peter Bradshaw then joins Jason to review the week's key films: Robert Downey Jr in unbeatable,...
Ian Hart, who first came to wide attention as John Lennon in Backbeat in 1994, has consistently brought an edgy blend of humour, anger and tenderness to his subsequent roles in everything from Ken Loach's Land and Freedom to Prof Quirrell in Harry Potter, and now Joe, an absentee father whose 14-year-old son himself becomes a father, in new film A Boy Called Dad. The actor tells Jason Solomons about improvising with young co-star Kyle Ward, how That Sinking Feeling first inspired him to act and about holding out for parts.
Peter Bradshaw then joins Jason to review the week's key films: Robert Downey Jr in unbeatable,...
- 4/29/2010
- by Jason Solomons, Peter Bradshaw, Jason Phipps, Observer
- The Guardian - Film News
Thirty years after it won hearts the world over, the cast of Bill Forsyth's classic teen romance come together for an emotional anniversary screening
It was the kind of fanatical reception that they all assumed would be forever reserved for "real" movie stars. But last Sunday, 30 years after the quiet man they used to call "Bill the van driver" directed them together in a tiny low-budget Scottish film about a schoolboy's unrequited first love, the cast of Gregory's Girl walked up the red carpet to a sea of jostling TV cameras, flashing paparazzi bulbs and thrusting autograph hunters at the anniversary screening of what has become one of the most loved British films of all time.
The enduring allure of the film that catapulted Bill Forsyth into the British film industry elite has surprised no one so much as its stars, most of whom were in their teens when they made it.
It was the kind of fanatical reception that they all assumed would be forever reserved for "real" movie stars. But last Sunday, 30 years after the quiet man they used to call "Bill the van driver" directed them together in a tiny low-budget Scottish film about a schoolboy's unrequited first love, the cast of Gregory's Girl walked up the red carpet to a sea of jostling TV cameras, flashing paparazzi bulbs and thrusting autograph hunters at the anniversary screening of what has become one of the most loved British films of all time.
The enduring allure of the film that catapulted Bill Forsyth into the British film industry elite has surprised no one so much as its stars, most of whom were in their teens when they made it.
- 3/4/2010
- by Jane Graham
- The Guardian - Film News
Anyone who has ever gambled in a Las Vegas casino probably has encountered that awful downturn, the moment where your luck starts to turn bad and then even worse; soon, you've lost all the money you've gained as well as the money you had when you sat down. (Or maybe that's just us!) That sinking feeling seems to be the normal pattern suffered by Steve Buscemi's John Alighieri in Hue Rhodes' comedy Saint John of Las Vegas until he leaves Vegas and takes a job working at an insurance company in Albuquerque, New Mexico. While trying to get a raise to impress his cute cubicle neighbor Jill (Sarah Silverman), John is coerced by his tough boss (Peter Dinklage) to team with the company's top fraud investigator Virgil, played by Romany Malco ( The 40-Year-Old Virgin ), to look into...
- 1/26/2010
- Comingsoon.net
Bill Forsyth, 1984
Whenever I contemplate the career of Bill Forsyth, I realise I'm getting old. It's more than a quarter of a century since he was considered one of the great new hopes of British cinema, but to me, the sudden flowering of his oblique, wilful talent still seems like one of the more recent miracles of film history.
After the cult success of his Glaswegian caper comedy That Sinking Feeling (just issued on DVD in an insulting format – with a dubbed soundtrack for American audiences), Forsyth hit the big time with his second feature, Gregory's Girl. I watch this film whenever it comes on TV – every two or three years, I suppose – and it never disappoints. The bittersweet experience of adolescent love is expertly captured, but more than that there is an unstoppable flow of comic invention: even the smallest characterisations are quirkily memorable, every scene crackles with good lines.
Whenever I contemplate the career of Bill Forsyth, I realise I'm getting old. It's more than a quarter of a century since he was considered one of the great new hopes of British cinema, but to me, the sudden flowering of his oblique, wilful talent still seems like one of the more recent miracles of film history.
After the cult success of his Glaswegian caper comedy That Sinking Feeling (just issued on DVD in an insulting format – with a dubbed soundtrack for American audiences), Forsyth hit the big time with his second feature, Gregory's Girl. I watch this film whenever it comes on TV – every two or three years, I suppose – and it never disappoints. The bittersweet experience of adolescent love is expertly captured, but more than that there is an unstoppable flow of comic invention: even the smallest characterisations are quirkily memorable, every scene crackles with good lines.
- 12/6/2009
- The Guardian - Film News
Art-pop hopefuls issue another rough gem “Oh my god, my life is so fucked up,” Elia Einhorn emotes in the most overwrought fashion possible on the otherwise lightly swinging “Something’s Happening,” delivering the clincher for both laughs and blood: “I’m supposed to go out with Alie to a midnight movie at the Music Box / Maybe we’ll see That Sinking Feeling, maybe we’ll see A Clockwork Orange.”...
- 10/30/2009
- Pastemagazine.com
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