BBC director general Tony Hall has been appointed chair of the board of trustees of the National Gallery.
The executive, who has served on the Gallery’s board since November, takes over as chair from Sir John Kingman, who has been interim chair since Hannah Rothschild stood down from the role in September.
Hall said: “The National Gallery houses the greatest collection of paintings – not just in the UK – but the world. It is a hugely important cultural asset for the country and for the many people who visit from across the globe.
“I am proud to take on the role of its chair. The National Gallery isn’t just about serving those who already love art, but reaching a wider audience and future generations.
“The National Gallery is one of our finest institutions and I look forward to working with Gabriele Finaldi, the Trustees, and the wider team, to ensure its continued success.
The executive, who has served on the Gallery’s board since November, takes over as chair from Sir John Kingman, who has been interim chair since Hannah Rothschild stood down from the role in September.
Hall said: “The National Gallery houses the greatest collection of paintings – not just in the UK – but the world. It is a hugely important cultural asset for the country and for the many people who visit from across the globe.
“I am proud to take on the role of its chair. The National Gallery isn’t just about serving those who already love art, but reaching a wider audience and future generations.
“The National Gallery is one of our finest institutions and I look forward to working with Gabriele Finaldi, the Trustees, and the wider team, to ensure its continued success.
- 1/20/2020
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Making for a memorable Tuesday evening, a slew of sexy stars showed up at the Claridge’s Hotel in London for the 2015 Harper’s Bazaar Women of the Year Awards last night (November 3).
Clad in a Stella McCartney design, Ellie Goulding was all smiles as she posed for photos along with her boyfriend Dougie Poynter while Lily James, Sienna Miller, Kate Winslet and Nicole Kidman meandered around the exclusive event.
And by the end of the shindig, Harper’s honored a variety of deserving females (and one guy) with trophies to commemorate their accomplishments. Check the winners’ list!
Harper's Bazaar Women Of The Year Winners:
Breakthrough Designer: Mary Katrantzou
Musician: Ellie Goulding
Model: Lara Stone
Contribution to the Arts: Hannah Rothschild
Breakthrough: Lily James
British Actress: Sienna Miller
Philanthropy: Karen Elson
Television Icon: Michelle Dockery
Outstanding Performance: Ruth Wilson
British Icon: Kate Winslet
Designer: Clare Waight Keller
Man of...
Clad in a Stella McCartney design, Ellie Goulding was all smiles as she posed for photos along with her boyfriend Dougie Poynter while Lily James, Sienna Miller, Kate Winslet and Nicole Kidman meandered around the exclusive event.
And by the end of the shindig, Harper’s honored a variety of deserving females (and one guy) with trophies to commemorate their accomplishments. Check the winners’ list!
Harper's Bazaar Women Of The Year Winners:
Breakthrough Designer: Mary Katrantzou
Musician: Ellie Goulding
Model: Lara Stone
Contribution to the Arts: Hannah Rothschild
Breakthrough: Lily James
British Actress: Sienna Miller
Philanthropy: Karen Elson
Television Icon: Michelle Dockery
Outstanding Performance: Ruth Wilson
British Icon: Kate Winslet
Designer: Clare Waight Keller
Man of...
- 11/4/2015
- GossipCenter
Hannah Rothchild's documentary The Real Pm? follows the infamous spin doctor around in the run-up to the election. But what might have been going through his mind as the cameras rolled?
On Have I Got News For You recently, Andy Hamilton recounted an anecdote about Peter Mandelson complaining to DJ Stuart Maconie about his "prince of darkness" image, claiming it was all much exaggerated, before slipping away to take a phone call in which he could be heard to hiss the words, "This. Must. Be. Suppressed!" It's a tale that chimes perfectly with what we believe of the man. With his saturnine demeanour, sharp features and fixed, menacing glower, he looks every inch the henchman, as if he is the real-life creation of some fine character actor.
In Hannah Rothschild's clever, punningly titled film Mandelson: The Real Pm?, Mandelson, the grandson of Labour grandee Herbert Morrison, visibly retains the...
On Have I Got News For You recently, Andy Hamilton recounted an anecdote about Peter Mandelson complaining to DJ Stuart Maconie about his "prince of darkness" image, claiming it was all much exaggerated, before slipping away to take a phone call in which he could be heard to hiss the words, "This. Must. Be. Suppressed!" It's a tale that chimes perfectly with what we believe of the man. With his saturnine demeanour, sharp features and fixed, menacing glower, he looks every inch the henchman, as if he is the real-life creation of some fine character actor.
In Hannah Rothschild's clever, punningly titled film Mandelson: The Real Pm?, Mandelson, the grandson of Labour grandee Herbert Morrison, visibly retains the...
- 11/15/2010
- The Guardian - Film News
Hannah Rothschild's portrait of Peter Mandelson leaves our perceptions of the master manipulator intact. Has she failed?
For their surprise screening, the Sheffield documentary festival programmers made an astute choice. Doc-makers like to believe their craft can lay bare truths beyond the reach of other disciplines. What, though, when the camera's turned upon a past master of media manipulation? Will its gaze penetrate the firewall that its subject is bound to throw up? Or will he succeed in demonstrating that this genre too can be spun?
Such was the challenge that Hannah Rothschild took on when she asked Lord Mandelson to let her be a fly on his wall during the slow expiration of the last government. For this joust, she was no mean contender: she has 20 years' experience of construing people both on screen and in print. The terms of engagement weren't bad. She'd have to lay off...
For their surprise screening, the Sheffield documentary festival programmers made an astute choice. Doc-makers like to believe their craft can lay bare truths beyond the reach of other disciplines. What, though, when the camera's turned upon a past master of media manipulation? Will its gaze penetrate the firewall that its subject is bound to throw up? Or will he succeed in demonstrating that this genre too can be spun?
Such was the challenge that Hannah Rothschild took on when she asked Lord Mandelson to let her be a fly on his wall during the slow expiration of the last government. For this joust, she was no mean contender: she has 20 years' experience of construing people both on screen and in print. The terms of engagement weren't bad. She'd have to lay off...
- 11/8/2010
- by David Cox
- The Guardian - Film News
This is the daily news vodcast from the London Film Festival which hosts Black Swan, 127 Hours, Another Year, Never Let Me Go, Let Me In and West is West amongst its premieres this week. Day 12 saw the surprise screening of Brighton Rock, directed by Rowan Joffe and starring Helen Mirren, Andy Serkis, John Hurt, Sam Riley, Andrea Riseborough, Steven Robertson and Sean Harris. On Day 12 we spoke to the Best Film Jury about the nominated shortlist and their deliberations. Acclaimed French writer and director Olivier Assayas gave an onstage masterclass about his significant work. Peter Mandelson also attended the world premiere of Hannah Rothschild's documentary Mandelson: The Real Pm?, and artist and filmmaker Carol Morley presented her feature directorial debut Edge. Finally, the much anticipated Surprise Film was revealed to be Brighton Rock, after which the creative team took part in a Q and A after the film.
- 10/31/2010
- by Dan Higgins
- Pure Movies
• The then-business secretary allowed filmmaker Hannah Rothschild to shadow him for eight months leading up to May
• Guardian has exclusive footage
A fly-on-the-wall documentary about Peter Mandelson, filmed in the dying days of the Labour government, is expected to cause a political sensation when it is screened later this month.
The Guardian has been given an exclusive preview of the film, which includes remarkably candid footage of sensitive meetings with Labour's high command as the election campaign unravelled, as well as private telephone calls with Gordon Brown and the editor of the Times, James Harding.
Mandelson allowed the filmmaker Hannah Rothschild – sister of financier Nathaniel Rothschild – to film his inner circle in the eight months leading up to the general election in May.
Mandelson ran into controversy in 2008 when he stayed in Corfu on the yacht of Russian aluminium tycoon Oleg Deripaska as a guest of Nathaniel Rothschild.
On the...
• Guardian has exclusive footage
A fly-on-the-wall documentary about Peter Mandelson, filmed in the dying days of the Labour government, is expected to cause a political sensation when it is screened later this month.
The Guardian has been given an exclusive preview of the film, which includes remarkably candid footage of sensitive meetings with Labour's high command as the election campaign unravelled, as well as private telephone calls with Gordon Brown and the editor of the Times, James Harding.
Mandelson allowed the filmmaker Hannah Rothschild – sister of financier Nathaniel Rothschild – to film his inner circle in the eight months leading up to the general election in May.
Mandelson ran into controversy in 2008 when he stayed in Corfu on the yacht of Russian aluminium tycoon Oleg Deripaska as a guest of Nathaniel Rothschild.
On the...
- 10/15/2010
- by Paul Lewis
- The Guardian - Film News
Hannah Rothschild has claimed that her upcoming Peter Mandelson documentary is a fair record of the New Labour architect. Speaking to the Evening Standard, the director of Mandelson: The Real Pm? brushed off the suggestion that her brother and father's friendship with the politician had affected her work. Asked if her familial connection to the ex-first secretary of state had won her the job, Rothschild replied: "You'd have to ask Peter that question but he said he wanted a record of what politics is really like. And that's what I've done - warts and all.” She (more)...
- 10/14/2010
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
Hannah Rothschild has admitted that she has not read Peter Mandelson's autobiography, despite making a documentary about the politician. The director of Mandelson: The Real Pm? told Digital Spy at the launch of the London Film Festival that she did not want the written words of the New Labour architect to affect her "fly-on-the-wall observational" picture. Asked if she had read Mandelson's memoir The Third Man, Rothschild said: "I haven't read it, no. I decided not to. I decided just to stay within the material that I'd shot. The moment that you start getting something (more)...
- 9/16/2010
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
This year's lineup has been revealed, and there are even fewer surprises than usual. Does it matter to you? And how should that affect our coverage?
If bookies took bets on the lineup at film festivals, whoops and cheers would be shaking the Guardian HQ this lunchtime. As they don't, the noise is more muted: a smile, a shrug – even a meh.
The programme for this year's London film festival is precisely as predicted: a comprehensive mop-up of the best of the premieres in the five big festivals that will have already happened this year (Sundance, Cannes, Tribeca, Venice, Toronto). We've listed our highlights below, and there's loads of titles to tempt the cineaste who lives within spitting distance of London. The way that this year's festivals have panned out – a fairly low-key Cannes, followed by stellar lineups at Venice and, especially, Toronto (which kicks off next week) – helps, too.
If bookies took bets on the lineup at film festivals, whoops and cheers would be shaking the Guardian HQ this lunchtime. As they don't, the noise is more muted: a smile, a shrug – even a meh.
The programme for this year's London film festival is precisely as predicted: a comprehensive mop-up of the best of the premieres in the five big festivals that will have already happened this year (Sundance, Cannes, Tribeca, Venice, Toronto). We've listed our highlights below, and there's loads of titles to tempt the cineaste who lives within spitting distance of London. The way that this year's festivals have panned out – a fairly low-key Cannes, followed by stellar lineups at Venice and, especially, Toronto (which kicks off next week) – helps, too.
- 9/8/2010
- by Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
The full line up for the 54th BFI London Film Festival was announced in the Odeon, Leicester Square this morning, with a number of highly anticipated films set to light up the capital this October.
The festival runs from the 13th to the 28th of October and will begin with Mark Romanek’s adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s haunting masterpiece Never Let Me Go, and will close with Danny Boyle’s 127 Hours which stars James Franco.
Announcing the roster were Artistic Director Sandra Hebron and the Director of the British Film Institute, Amanda Nevill.
HeyUGuys will be all over the festival this year, it looks like it will be one to remember.
Click here to view the full calendar
The 54Th BFI London Film Festival Programme Launch
London, Wednesday 8 September: The programme for the 54th BFI London Film Festival, launched today by Artistic Director Sandra Hebron, showcases an array of...
The festival runs from the 13th to the 28th of October and will begin with Mark Romanek’s adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s haunting masterpiece Never Let Me Go, and will close with Danny Boyle’s 127 Hours which stars James Franco.
Announcing the roster were Artistic Director Sandra Hebron and the Director of the British Film Institute, Amanda Nevill.
HeyUGuys will be all over the festival this year, it looks like it will be one to remember.
Click here to view the full calendar
The 54Th BFI London Film Festival Programme Launch
London, Wednesday 8 September: The programme for the 54th BFI London Film Festival, launched today by Artistic Director Sandra Hebron, showcases an array of...
- 9/8/2010
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
From My Beautiful Laundrette to The Queen and his latest, the much-praised Tamara Drewe, the director boasts a reputation for impatience as well as one of the most diverse outputs of any British film-maker. Famously interview-shy, he talks here of his dislike of agents, the glory days of the BBC, and why he is no auteur
Not liking to be interviewed probably starts with the reluctance to submit yourself to an alien, unpredictable critical gaze, but in Stephen Frears's case it has flowered into a bizarre art form. He'll answer questions in fits and starts, gnomically, in obscure one-liners or by means of silences punctuated by cigarette puffs or plaintive grunts. Always courteous and welcoming, he would just rather you didn't ask questions. "Have you got enough?" he asks at the end of a session, in the full knowledge that you haven't. So you arrange to meet him again...
Not liking to be interviewed probably starts with the reluctance to submit yourself to an alien, unpredictable critical gaze, but in Stephen Frears's case it has flowered into a bizarre art form. He'll answer questions in fits and starts, gnomically, in obscure one-liners or by means of silences punctuated by cigarette puffs or plaintive grunts. Always courteous and welcoming, he would just rather you didn't ask questions. "Have you got enough?" he asks at the end of a session, in the full knowledge that you haven't. So you arrange to meet him again...
- 8/14/2010
- by Nick Fraser
- The Guardian - Film News
I’ve written about this film previously, back in October of last year.
It’s screened in festivals in London, Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver, and will have its New York premiere this month, at MoMA.
A descendant of the famous Jewish dynasty, Baroness Pannonica “Nica” Rothschild de Konigswarter abruptly leaves her family and creates a new one among celebrated jazz musicians in postwar New York. She goes on to become Thelonious Monk’s close friend and muse, a patron saint for the bebop world. Documentary filmmaker Hannah Rothschild delves into her great aunt’s biography, Monk’s troubled mental health, and the pair’s different backgrounds.
Featuring illuminating interviews with Quincy Jones, Sonny Rollins, Clint Eastwood, The Duchess of Devonshire, and the voice of Helen Mirren as Nica.
It will screen at MoMA on the below dates. Click to buy tickets: Sat Jan 16: 9:15pm; Sun Jan 17: 4:...
It’s screened in festivals in London, Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver, and will have its New York premiere this month, at MoMA.
A descendant of the famous Jewish dynasty, Baroness Pannonica “Nica” Rothschild de Konigswarter abruptly leaves her family and creates a new one among celebrated jazz musicians in postwar New York. She goes on to become Thelonious Monk’s close friend and muse, a patron saint for the bebop world. Documentary filmmaker Hannah Rothschild delves into her great aunt’s biography, Monk’s troubled mental health, and the pair’s different backgrounds.
Featuring illuminating interviews with Quincy Jones, Sonny Rollins, Clint Eastwood, The Duchess of Devonshire, and the voice of Helen Mirren as Nica.
It will screen at MoMA on the below dates. Click to buy tickets: Sat Jan 16: 9:15pm; Sun Jan 17: 4:...
- 1/14/2010
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
- Grabbing the best from Cannes' In Competition titles (A Prophet, Bright Star, Fish Tank, White Ribbon), a sampling of Venice items (Bad Lieutenant, Life During Wartime, The Road) with a bit of Sundance and Berlin thrown in for good measure, Telluride is stealing a little bit of that North American premiere thunder from Tiff. They haven't got many world preems, today's press release only mentions Michael Hoffman's The Last Station, but that could all change – as the festival has some surprises in store for patrons (this would be a good time to bring out All Good Things into the Oscar mix) and everyone is expecting Jason Reitman to show up. We are checking his twitter status. I've never been to Telluride, but Firstshowing.net's Alex Billington and Slashfilm.com's Peter Sciretta often tell me I'd love it there (check out their sites for updates) and judging by the slate this year,
- 9/4/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
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