Need to catch up? Check out last week’s Westworld recap here.
This week, Westworld takes us to Pariah, a far-flung section of the park where rules don’t exist and everyone is spoiling for a fight. Think Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean ride, except that instead of a gift shop, there’s a couple having public sex in a stagecoach.
This anything-goes town becomes a proving ground for both Dolores and William, who finally find the impetus to define their own destinies. For her, it’s a breakthrough that, perhaps not coincidentally, comes with a body count. For him,...
This week, Westworld takes us to Pariah, a far-flung section of the park where rules don’t exist and everyone is spoiling for a fight. Think Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean ride, except that instead of a gift shop, there’s a couple having public sex in a stagecoach.
This anything-goes town becomes a proving ground for both Dolores and William, who finally find the impetus to define their own destinies. For her, it’s a breakthrough that, perhaps not coincidentally, comes with a body count. For him,...
- 10/31/2016
- TVLine.com
Exclusive: UK sales company Film Constellation launches with drama from Fish Tank producer.
Oscar-nominee Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine) and rising actor Jack Lowden (’71) are set to star in UK drama Cross My Mind, the first film on the slate of fledgling UK sales outfit Film Constellation.
Written by MacArthur Fellowship recipient Naomi Wallace and Bruce McLeod (Flying Blind), the film follows the intense and erotic love affair between a recovering blinded soldier (Lowden) and a married woman (Hawkins) who is taking care of him.
But the clock is ticking, as he is beginning to recover his sight, and the carer is not who the young soldier thinks she is.
Set against Glasgow’s iconic waterfront docks, the feature is produced by Fish Tank producer and Peter Greenaway regular Kees Kasander with Julia Ton under their Cinatura banner alongside John Archer’s Hopscotch Films, who initiated the project together with the late director Antonia Bird, who was on...
Oscar-nominee Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine) and rising actor Jack Lowden (’71) are set to star in UK drama Cross My Mind, the first film on the slate of fledgling UK sales outfit Film Constellation.
Written by MacArthur Fellowship recipient Naomi Wallace and Bruce McLeod (Flying Blind), the film follows the intense and erotic love affair between a recovering blinded soldier (Lowden) and a married woman (Hawkins) who is taking care of him.
But the clock is ticking, as he is beginning to recover his sight, and the carer is not who the young soldier thinks she is.
Set against Glasgow’s iconic waterfront docks, the feature is produced by Fish Tank producer and Peter Greenaway regular Kees Kasander with Julia Ton under their Cinatura banner alongside John Archer’s Hopscotch Films, who initiated the project together with the late director Antonia Bird, who was on...
- 4/27/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Well, now we know why Game of Thrones‘ Melisandre likes to drop her robe so much.
Think about it: If you were a zillion-year-old woman using mystical jewelry to fool people into thinking you were a powerful, if a bit nutty, young hottie, wouldn’t you want to show off the goods as often as possible?
Yep, as the Red Woman prepares for bed at the end of the HBO drama’s sixth season premiere, she removes all her clothing and her ever-present necklace… and we soon see that she’s actually an ancient crone.
PhotosGame of Thrones Cast...
Think about it: If you were a zillion-year-old woman using mystical jewelry to fool people into thinking you were a powerful, if a bit nutty, young hottie, wouldn’t you want to show off the goods as often as possible?
Yep, as the Red Woman prepares for bed at the end of the HBO drama’s sixth season premiere, she removes all her clothing and her ever-present necklace… and we soon see that she’s actually an ancient crone.
PhotosGame of Thrones Cast...
- 4/25/2016
- TVLine.com
Bristol short film showcase to host 207 films across competitive strands.
Bristol’s short film and animation festival Encounters (Sept 16-21) will showcase 207 works from 30 countries across its competitive strands.
The festival’s Thicker Than Water programme features Happy Toys, the directorial debut of actress Zawe Ashton, while Billy Connolly’s daughter Cara Connolly’s Sundance selected film, Exchange and Mart, will also feature in competition with a cast including Scottish actor Ewen Bremner.
The Journeys programme will feature The Karman Line by Oscar Sharp starring Olivia Colman and shot by Robbie Ryan and established artist filmmaker and Encounters veteran John Smith presents Dark Light in competition.
Meanwhile, Katarzyna Klimkiewicz’s Hanoi Warsaw plays in the Encounters Retrospective. Klimkiewicz previously collaborated with Bristol-based film producer Alison Stirling, which led to Katarzyna’s first feature Flying Blind.
Other films in competition include Crocodile by Gaelle Denis which was selected in the Critics’ Week in Cannes.
In the Strange...
Bristol’s short film and animation festival Encounters (Sept 16-21) will showcase 207 works from 30 countries across its competitive strands.
The festival’s Thicker Than Water programme features Happy Toys, the directorial debut of actress Zawe Ashton, while Billy Connolly’s daughter Cara Connolly’s Sundance selected film, Exchange and Mart, will also feature in competition with a cast including Scottish actor Ewen Bremner.
The Journeys programme will feature The Karman Line by Oscar Sharp starring Olivia Colman and shot by Robbie Ryan and established artist filmmaker and Encounters veteran John Smith presents Dark Light in competition.
Meanwhile, Katarzyna Klimkiewicz’s Hanoi Warsaw plays in the Encounters Retrospective. Klimkiewicz previously collaborated with Bristol-based film producer Alison Stirling, which led to Katarzyna’s first feature Flying Blind.
Other films in competition include Crocodile by Gaelle Denis which was selected in the Critics’ Week in Cannes.
In the Strange...
- 8/19/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Bristol short film showcase to host 207 films across competitive strands.
Bristol’s short film and animation festival Encounters (Sept 16 – 21) will showcase 207 works from 30 countries across its competitive strands.
The festival’s Thicker Than Water programme features Happy Toys, the directorial debut of actress Zawe Ashton, while Billy Connolly’s daughter Cara Connolly’s Sundance selected film, Exchange and Mart, will also feature in competition with a cast including Scottish actor Ewen Bremner.
The Journeys programme will feature The Karman Line by Oscar Sharp starring Olivia Colman and shot by Robbie Ryan and established artist filmmaker and Encounters veteran John Smith presents Dark Light in competition.
Meanwhile, Katarzyna Klimkiewicz’s Hanoi Warsaw plays in the Encounters Retrospective. Klimkiewicz previously collaborated with Bristol-based film producer Alison Stirling, which led to Katarzyna’s first feature Flying Blind.
Other films in competition include Crocodile by Gaelle Denis which was selected in the Critics’ Week in Cannes.
In the Strange...
Bristol’s short film and animation festival Encounters (Sept 16 – 21) will showcase 207 works from 30 countries across its competitive strands.
The festival’s Thicker Than Water programme features Happy Toys, the directorial debut of actress Zawe Ashton, while Billy Connolly’s daughter Cara Connolly’s Sundance selected film, Exchange and Mart, will also feature in competition with a cast including Scottish actor Ewen Bremner.
The Journeys programme will feature The Karman Line by Oscar Sharp starring Olivia Colman and shot by Robbie Ryan and established artist filmmaker and Encounters veteran John Smith presents Dark Light in competition.
Meanwhile, Katarzyna Klimkiewicz’s Hanoi Warsaw plays in the Encounters Retrospective. Klimkiewicz previously collaborated with Bristol-based film producer Alison Stirling, which led to Katarzyna’s first feature Flying Blind.
Other films in competition include Crocodile by Gaelle Denis which was selected in the Critics’ Week in Cannes.
In the Strange...
- 8/19/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
★★☆☆☆The latest offering to emerge from Bristol's iFeatures micro-budget funding scheme, which also saw Polish-born director Katarzyna Klimkiewicz's impressive Flying Blind (2012) secure a UK theatrical release last year, Mark Simon Hewis' debut feature 8 Minutes Idle (2012) (based on a novel of the same name by Matt Thorne) also had the added backing of funds from Kickstarter to help ensure it managed the same distribution pathway. Unfortunately, Hewis' amiable twentysomething drama doesn't quite impress in the the same way as its predecessor, despite an appealingly straight-faced performance from lead actor Tom Hughes and the abstract, sometimes almost Lynchian comedic tone.
- 6/2/2014
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
★★★☆☆ Katarzyna Klimkiewicz's assured debut feature Flying Blind (2012), starring Helen McCrory, Najib Oudghiri and Kenneth Cranham, is a political thriller with a sting in its tail. Frankie (McCrory), an attractive middle-aged woman, is a successful aerospace engineer designing drones for the British military. She also lectures at Bristol University where she meets Kahil (Oudghiri), a French-Algerian student. They begin an affair and Frankie swiftly becomes obsessed with her young lover but after discovering, by accident, that he is a part-time taxi driver, she realises that she doesn't really know Kahil, his past, or where his loyalties lie.
Kahil mixes with some dubious characters, his body carries the signs of torture and he's lied about his student status. Frankie works in a sensitive field and becomes increasingly suspicious of Kahil's intentions towards her, but finds that she can't give him up so easily and starts to spy on him. She trawls...
Kahil mixes with some dubious characters, his body carries the signs of torture and he's lied about his student status. Frankie works in a sensitive field and becomes increasingly suspicious of Kahil's intentions towards her, but finds that she can't give him up so easily and starts to spy on him. She trawls...
- 7/17/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Imagine falling passionately in love with someone unsuitable. He's 20 years younger than you, but you get over that. He's from a completely different culture and speaks another language, but you somehow bridge your differences. Then the authorities come knocking, and tell you he's someone of great interest to them. You don't get over that.
Helen McCrory and Najib Oudghiri co-star in 'Flying Blind'
This is the premise of 'Flying Blind', starring Helen McCrory as Frankie, a woman I think we can safely deem a success. Professionally, she is a scientist, charged with the development of military machines. Academically, she's a well-respected lecturer. Her father (Kenneth Cranham) used to work on Concorde. Her down time is spent, solo, on her running machine. Romantically, she's a sitting duck, which is where one of her students, Kahil (Najib Oudghiri) comes in.
Their connection is magnetic, by turns sweet and challenging,...
Helen McCrory and Najib Oudghiri co-star in 'Flying Blind'
This is the premise of 'Flying Blind', starring Helen McCrory as Frankie, a woman I think we can safely deem a success. Professionally, she is a scientist, charged with the development of military machines. Academically, she's a well-respected lecturer. Her father (Kenneth Cranham) used to work on Concorde. Her down time is spent, solo, on her running machine. Romantically, she's a sitting duck, which is where one of her students, Kahil (Najib Oudghiri) comes in.
Their connection is magnetic, by turns sweet and challenging,...
- 4/23/2013
- by Caroline Frost
- Huffington Post
In her latest film Helen McCrory is once again playing a mature woman with a youthful lover. And why not, she asks? Though in real life, they'd have to fight off her husband, Damian Lewis, aka Brody from Homeland…
It's a good thing in an actor to know how to make an entrance, and Helen McCrory does. She arrives late – dashing in every sense. It's not possible to walk into a room unobserved wearing a coat like hers: the colour of wet sand, with fur cuffs and lapels. Nor can it pass uncommented upon. Is it as comfortable as it is beautiful? "Comfortable on me as it was on the fox," she says, with an air of self-mocking defiance, shrugging inside it: "It's from Paris," she adds, settling into the red leather corner banquette in Colbert, Sloane Square – a cafe engaged in a more doomed attempt than hers at recalling Paris.
It's a good thing in an actor to know how to make an entrance, and Helen McCrory does. She arrives late – dashing in every sense. It's not possible to walk into a room unobserved wearing a coat like hers: the colour of wet sand, with fur cuffs and lapels. Nor can it pass uncommented upon. Is it as comfortable as it is beautiful? "Comfortable on me as it was on the fox," she says, with an air of self-mocking defiance, shrugging inside it: "It's from Paris," she adds, settling into the red leather corner banquette in Colbert, Sloane Square – a cafe engaged in a more doomed attempt than hers at recalling Paris.
- 4/13/2013
- by Kate Kellaway
- The Guardian - Film News
The highly photogenic city of Bristol has too rarely been used on the widescreen. But a couple of years ago, there was Starter for 10 and now in Flying Blind we have a good-looking, fortysomething heroine (the excellent Helen McCrory) living in a flat in a beautiful Georgian crescent overlooking the city from Clifton, working at Filton airport and dining out at suave restaurants in the old central dockland.
McCrory is Frankie, an aeronautical scientist, daughter of a retired aircraft engineer (Kenneth Cranham) who had worked on Concorde. She has a top security job, designing drones for the MoD, and gets picked up by a 24-year-old Algerian refugee, Kahil (Najib Oudghiri), who's been sitting in on her lectures at Bristol University.
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McCrory is Frankie, an aeronautical scientist, daughter of a retired aircraft engineer (Kenneth Cranham) who had worked on Concorde. She has a top security job, designing drones for the MoD, and gets picked up by a 24-year-old Algerian refugee, Kahil (Najib Oudghiri), who's been sitting in on her lectures at Bristol University.
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- 4/13/2013
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
The highly photogenic city of Bristol has too rarely been used on the widescreen. But a couple of years ago, there was Starter for 10 and now in Flying Blind we have a good-looking, fortysomething heroine (the excellent Helen McCrory) living in a flat in a beautiful Georgian crescent overlooking the city from Clifton, working at Filton airport and dining out at suave restaurants in the old central dockland.
McCrory is Frankie, an aeronautical scientist, daughter of a retired aircraft engineer (Kenneth Cranham) who had worked on Concorde. She has a top security job, designing drones for the MoD, and gets picked up by a 24-year-old Algerian refugee, Kahil (Najib Oudghiri), who's been sitting in on her lectures at Bristol University.
A torrid affair with this handsome student ensues, after he's left her some lines from an Arabic love poem and she's seen his torture scars. But soon, she becomes...
McCrory is Frankie, an aeronautical scientist, daughter of a retired aircraft engineer (Kenneth Cranham) who had worked on Concorde. She has a top security job, designing drones for the MoD, and gets picked up by a 24-year-old Algerian refugee, Kahil (Najib Oudghiri), who's been sitting in on her lectures at Bristol University.
A torrid affair with this handsome student ensues, after he's left her some lines from an Arabic love poem and she's seen his torture scars. But soon, she becomes...
- 4/13/2013
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
The Place Beyond The Pines | Oblivion | Simon Killer | The Gatekeepers | Flying Blind | Scary Movie 5 | Bafta Shorts 2013 | First Position | Theorem | Nautanki Saala!
The Place Beyond The Pines (15)
(Derek Cianfrance, 2012, Us) Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper. 141 mins
Fans might be disappointed to hear it, but this has bigger ambitions than just drooling over Ryan Gosling. His criminal stunt-biker is merely one part of a weighty cross-generational triptych: a study of fathers, sons, sins and justice that seeks a place beyond standard storytelling structure, even if there's not quite enough meat on the bones, especially of the Gosling variety.
Oblivion (12A)
(Joseph Kosinski, 2013, Us) Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Olga Kurylenko. 125 mins
Cruise is in his familiar anchorman role for this big-budget sci-fi, set on a devastated future Earth where all is not what it seems with his drone repairman's job. It's potentially a Philip K Dick-style thriller, though the lack of advance screenings is a danger sign.
The Place Beyond The Pines (15)
(Derek Cianfrance, 2012, Us) Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper. 141 mins
Fans might be disappointed to hear it, but this has bigger ambitions than just drooling over Ryan Gosling. His criminal stunt-biker is merely one part of a weighty cross-generational triptych: a study of fathers, sons, sins and justice that seeks a place beyond standard storytelling structure, even if there's not quite enough meat on the bones, especially of the Gosling variety.
Oblivion (12A)
(Joseph Kosinski, 2013, Us) Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Olga Kurylenko. 125 mins
Cruise is in his familiar anchorman role for this big-budget sci-fi, set on a devastated future Earth where all is not what it seems with his drone repairman's job. It's potentially a Philip K Dick-style thriller, though the lack of advance screenings is a danger sign.
- 4/13/2013
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
★★★☆☆ What starts as a sexy, May-September romance turns into an involving and studied look at post-911 prejudice and paranoia. Flying Blind (2012) is the feature-length debut of Polish shorts director Katarzyna Klimkiewicz, and features a career-best performance from Brit Helen McCrory. McCrory plays Frankie, a successful middle-aged employee of an aerospace company who have landed a lucrative contract to design surveillance drones for the military. Her single life enables her to also work as a part-time university lecturer, where she meets and embarks on a passionate affair with twentysomething French/Algerian student, Kahil.
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- 4/11/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Spring Breakers | A Late Quartet | The Expatriate | Thursday Till Sunday | Dark Skies | The Odd Life Of Timothy Green | Papdopoulos & Sons | All Things To All Men | Home
Spring Breakers (18)
(Harmony Korine, 2012, Us) Selena Gomez, James Franco, Gucci Mane. 94 mins
The new American dream/nightmare of the endless beach party is both celebrated and satirised in Korine's woozy Florida tale. The story is fittingly loose – four naive teens turn to criminal means to fund their hedonism – but it's more of an experience: a dubstep-tracked collage of neon, Day-Glo and tanned flesh, all facilitated by Franco's fantastically watchable gangsta rapper.
A Late Quartet (15)
(Yaron Zilberman, 2012, Us) Christopher Walken, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener. 106 mins
A respected New York string quartet is struck by an excess of issues here: terminal illness, infidelity, professional jealousy, you name it. Without the distinguished cast, its highbrow melodramas would seem ludicrous.
The Expatriate (15)
(Philipp Stölzl, 2012, Us/Bel/Can/UK) Aaron Eckhart,...
Spring Breakers (18)
(Harmony Korine, 2012, Us) Selena Gomez, James Franco, Gucci Mane. 94 mins
The new American dream/nightmare of the endless beach party is both celebrated and satirised in Korine's woozy Florida tale. The story is fittingly loose – four naive teens turn to criminal means to fund their hedonism – but it's more of an experience: a dubstep-tracked collage of neon, Day-Glo and tanned flesh, all facilitated by Franco's fantastically watchable gangsta rapper.
A Late Quartet (15)
(Yaron Zilberman, 2012, Us) Christopher Walken, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener. 106 mins
A respected New York string quartet is struck by an excess of issues here: terminal illness, infidelity, professional jealousy, you name it. Without the distinguished cast, its highbrow melodramas would seem ludicrous.
The Expatriate (15)
(Philipp Stölzl, 2012, Us/Bel/Can/UK) Aaron Eckhart,...
- 4/6/2013
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Frankie (Helen McCrory) is a successful, smart and furiously driven aeronautical engineer and part-time lecturer who takes her work very seriously. When she strikes up a relationship with murky student Kahil (Najib Oudghiri), her work ethic decreases in favour of sex-fuelled infatuation. However, as Frankie starts to discover more and more about Kahil (he’s an illegal immigrant and seems eerily interested in fundamentalism), she becomes concerned for both her wellbeing and that of her country, which she’s involved in protecting.
Tapping into post-9/11 issues that are as controversial and discussion-raising as ever, Flying Blind elevates itself beyond minor budgeted romantic drama into a discerning and puzzling directorial debut from Polish filmmaker Katarzyna Klimkiewicz. Slow-burning in its nature, screenwriters Caroline Harrington, Bruce McLeod and Naomi Wallace continually challenge the audience’s perceptions through Frankie’s multiplying speculation and sense of insecurity.
It’s a mostly successful approach, particularly in...
Tapping into post-9/11 issues that are as controversial and discussion-raising as ever, Flying Blind elevates itself beyond minor budgeted romantic drama into a discerning and puzzling directorial debut from Polish filmmaker Katarzyna Klimkiewicz. Slow-burning in its nature, screenwriters Caroline Harrington, Bruce McLeod and Naomi Wallace continually challenge the audience’s perceptions through Frankie’s multiplying speculation and sense of insecurity.
It’s a mostly successful approach, particularly in...
- 7/3/2012
- by Jamie Neish
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Walking around Edinburgh today it almost felt like there was a Film Festival taking place – an improvement over last year, when even the city’s residents seemed oblivious to the whole thing. Between films today I spotted a group of journalists snapping Festival patrons Tilda Swinton and Mark Cousins (whose film What Is This Film Called Love? I am seeing tomorrow). Elliott Gould could be seen hanging around the Cineworld in Fountainbridge. I was genuinely moved to look up from the DVDs in the Filmhouse foyer today and find that the sweet little lady smiling back at me was Thelma Schoonmaker, long-time collaborator of Martin Scorsese, widow of British film legend Michael Powell, and one of the finest editors in cinema history.
I kicked off today with a documentary about which I knew zip: One Mile Away. It explores gang culture in Birmingham, and the long-standing feud between the Burger...
I kicked off today with a documentary about which I knew zip: One Mile Away. It explores gang culture in Birmingham, and the long-standing feud between the Burger...
- 6/23/2012
- by Adam Whyte
- Obsessed with Film
Cannes is now over which means it’s time to move to Britain as the Edinburgh Film Festival kicks off!
We’ve just been sent the full line-up for the 2012 Edinburgh Film Festival which is now in it’s 66th year. We have our people (Jamie, Steven and Emma) on the ground at the event right now ready to catch as many films as they possible can throughout the next wee or two as we get to see 121 new features and 19 world premieres.
I’ll let the full press release below do the talking but let us know what you’re looking forward to in the comments section below.
World Premieres:
Berberian Sound Studio Borrowed Time Day Of The Flowers Exit Elena Flying Blind Fred Future My Love Guinea Pigs Here, Then Leave It On The Track The Life And Times Of Paul The Psychic Octopus Life Just Is Mnl...
We’ve just been sent the full line-up for the 2012 Edinburgh Film Festival which is now in it’s 66th year. We have our people (Jamie, Steven and Emma) on the ground at the event right now ready to catch as many films as they possible can throughout the next wee or two as we get to see 121 new features and 19 world premieres.
I’ll let the full press release below do the talking but let us know what you’re looking forward to in the comments section below.
World Premieres:
Berberian Sound Studio Borrowed Time Day Of The Flowers Exit Elena Flying Blind Fred Future My Love Guinea Pigs Here, Then Leave It On The Track The Life And Times Of Paul The Psychic Octopus Life Just Is Mnl...
- 5/30/2012
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The full programme for the 66th edition of the Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff), which runs from 20 June to 1 July, has been officially announced and will feature nineteen World premieres and thirteen International premieres.
The Festival will showcase one hundred and twenty-one new features from fifty-two countries, including eleven European premieres and seventy-six UK premieres in addition to the World and International premieres. Highlights include the World premieres of Richard Ledes’ Fred; Nathan Silver’s Exit Elena and Benjamin Pascoe’s Leave It On The Track and European premieres of Lu Sheng’s Here, There and Yang Jung-ho’s Mirage in the maiden New Perspectives section; and the International premiere of Benicio Del Toro, Pablo Trapero, Julio Medem, Elia Suleiman, Gaspar Noé, Juan Carlos Tabio and Laurent Cantet’s 7 Days In Havana and the European premiere of Bobcat Goldthwait’s God Bless America in the Directors’ Showcase. In addition to the new features presented,...
The Festival will showcase one hundred and twenty-one new features from fifty-two countries, including eleven European premieres and seventy-six UK premieres in addition to the World and International premieres. Highlights include the World premieres of Richard Ledes’ Fred; Nathan Silver’s Exit Elena and Benjamin Pascoe’s Leave It On The Track and European premieres of Lu Sheng’s Here, There and Yang Jung-ho’s Mirage in the maiden New Perspectives section; and the International premiere of Benicio Del Toro, Pablo Trapero, Julio Medem, Elia Suleiman, Gaspar Noé, Juan Carlos Tabio and Laurent Cantet’s 7 Days In Havana and the European premiere of Bobcat Goldthwait’s God Bless America in the Directors’ Showcase. In addition to the new features presented,...
- 5/30/2012
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Getty Helen McCrory at the royal performance of ‘Hugo in 3D’ in London last month.
Fresh on the heels of her role as Mama Jeanne in the latest Martin Scorsese movie, “Hugo,” English Actress Helen McCrory — whose previous roles include Narcissa Malfoy in “Harry Potter” films — tells Speakeasy how she enjoys working on big Hollywood productions as much as independent films.
McCrory is also set to appear in the latest Bond film directed by Sam Mendes.
Tell us about the last movie you were in.
Fresh on the heels of her role as Mama Jeanne in the latest Martin Scorsese movie, “Hugo,” English Actress Helen McCrory — whose previous roles include Narcissa Malfoy in “Harry Potter” films — tells Speakeasy how she enjoys working on big Hollywood productions as much as independent films.
McCrory is also set to appear in the latest Bond film directed by Sam Mendes.
Tell us about the last movie you were in.
- 12/6/2011
- by Javier Espinoza
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Our month-long series about working in the arts in Europe comes to an end with award-winning Polish film-maker Katarzyna Klimkiewicz
How did you get started in your job?
I knew I wanted to be a film director since I was a teenager. I never really changed my mind, although I had a few moments of despair. I was lucky to have that certainty about what I wanted to do in my life.
Is there such a thing as Polish film?
I think there is, but it has been lost for the last 20 years. The strength of Polish cinema has always been its confidence in the audience's ability to read images. Nowadays film-makers in Poland have lost this confidence, and they feel they have to explain everything in dialogue, so the films have lost their magic.
How are the arts funded in your country? Does it work?
Film in Poland is...
How did you get started in your job?
I knew I wanted to be a film director since I was a teenager. I never really changed my mind, although I had a few moments of despair. I was lucky to have that certainty about what I wanted to do in my life.
Is there such a thing as Polish film?
I think there is, but it has been lost for the last 20 years. The strength of Polish cinema has always been its confidence in the audience's ability to read images. Nowadays film-makers in Poland have lost this confidence, and they feel they have to explain everything in dialogue, so the films have lost their magic.
How are the arts funded in your country? Does it work?
Film in Poland is...
- 4/7/2011
- by Jo Harper
- The Guardian - Film News
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