Christopher Nolan is in the market to make a horror film, provided there is a good enough idea.
Nolan was speaking at an in-conversation event at at London’s British Film Institute (BFI) on Thursday, attended by a rapt, sold-out audience. In response to a question from an audience member whether he would consider making a horror film, Nolan said, “‘Oppenheimer’ has elements of horror in it definitely, as I think is appropriate to the subject matter. I think horror films are very interesting because they depend on very cinematic devices, it really is about a visceral response to things and so, at some point, I’d love to make a horror film. But I think a really good horror film requires a really exceptional idea. And those are few and far between. So I haven’t found a story that lends itself to that,” Nolan said.
“But I think...
Nolan was speaking at an in-conversation event at at London’s British Film Institute (BFI) on Thursday, attended by a rapt, sold-out audience. In response to a question from an audience member whether he would consider making a horror film, Nolan said, “‘Oppenheimer’ has elements of horror in it definitely, as I think is appropriate to the subject matter. I think horror films are very interesting because they depend on very cinematic devices, it really is about a visceral response to things and so, at some point, I’d love to make a horror film. But I think a really good horror film requires a really exceptional idea. And those are few and far between. So I haven’t found a story that lends itself to that,” Nolan said.
“But I think...
- 2/16/2024
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Jennifer Lawrence has revealed that she sensed a loss of control in the wake of the huge success of the first “Hunger Games” film in 2012.
Talking to Francine Stock about her career as part of the London Film Festival’s “Screen Talk” series, Lawrence opened up about her feelings on working in the hit franchise.
“I think I lost a sense of control. Between ‘The Hunger Games’ coming out and winning the Oscar [for 2012’s ‘Silver Lining Playbook’], I became such a commodity that I felt like every decision was a big, big group decision. When I reflect now, I can’t think of those following years, [because there was] just a loss of control.”
Lawrence went on to explain how she feels she has clawed her identity back again. “It feels personal for me the first time in a long time,” she said.
Since her breakthrough role in 2010’s “ Winter Bone”, the actor has racked up roles that include the “X-Men” franchise,...
Talking to Francine Stock about her career as part of the London Film Festival’s “Screen Talk” series, Lawrence opened up about her feelings on working in the hit franchise.
“I think I lost a sense of control. Between ‘The Hunger Games’ coming out and winning the Oscar [for 2012’s ‘Silver Lining Playbook’], I became such a commodity that I felt like every decision was a big, big group decision. When I reflect now, I can’t think of those following years, [because there was] just a loss of control.”
Lawrence went on to explain how she feels she has clawed her identity back again. “It feels personal for me the first time in a long time,” she said.
Since her breakthrough role in 2010’s “ Winter Bone”, the actor has racked up roles that include the “X-Men” franchise,...
- 10/8/2022
- by Greg Wetherall
- Variety Film + TV
Never mind the fact that Netflix original films traffic quite heavily in well-worn tropes — the streaming service has launched the first trailer for a new comedy special called “Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!” that finds celebrities discussing, dissecting, and having fun with familiar plot beats in your favorite movies. Hosted by Rob Lowe, the one-off special features a wide range of celebrities weighing in on everything from the Meet-Cute to the Ticking Time Bomb to the Jump Scare, using iconic films like “Forrest Gump” and “Out of the Past” as examples.
“Stock characters, familiar story beats, and convenient plot devices have crept in over time,” Lowe says in the trailer. “Tonight, we celebrate the clichés that have made cinema what it is today,” Lowe adds, as Netflix is pegging the special as something between a comedy special and a celebration of cinema history. It’s not quite the full-on roasting...
“Stock characters, familiar story beats, and convenient plot devices have crept in over time,” Lowe says in the trailer. “Tonight, we celebrate the clichés that have made cinema what it is today,” Lowe adds, as Netflix is pegging the special as something between a comedy special and a celebration of cinema history. It’s not quite the full-on roasting...
- 9/24/2021
- by Adam Chitwood
- The Wrap
Update: BBC issued the following statement in response to the letter featured in the Observer:
“We’re launching a new Radio 4 film programme later this year which will do even more to explore the expanding universe of cinema and screen. The changing nature of film distribution and availability, including on streaming platforms, has opened up new ways for us to take listeners on a journey through the best of cinematic storytelling.”
The statement continues, “The new show will explore the contemporary and the historical — digging deep into the relationship between past and present — with close reading and analysis. It will continue to feature serious and in-depth discussion with actors, writers, directors and critics. In addition to the new programme, Radio 4 dedicated arts shows will keep providing news of the latest film releases as well as expanded film criticism, discussion and major interviews with film makers.”
Earlier: More than 100 filmmakers and...
“We’re launching a new Radio 4 film programme later this year which will do even more to explore the expanding universe of cinema and screen. The changing nature of film distribution and availability, including on streaming platforms, has opened up new ways for us to take listeners on a journey through the best of cinematic storytelling.”
The statement continues, “The new show will explore the contemporary and the historical — digging deep into the relationship between past and present — with close reading and analysis. It will continue to feature serious and in-depth discussion with actors, writers, directors and critics. In addition to the new programme, Radio 4 dedicated arts shows will keep providing news of the latest film releases as well as expanded film criticism, discussion and major interviews with film makers.”
Earlier: More than 100 filmmakers and...
- 7/25/2021
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
It was all lined up. Willem Dafoe was going to win an Academy Award, his first, for a stellar (and frankly conventionally rewarded type) performance as the kind but strict motel manager Bobby in Sean Baker’s The Florida Project. But a late run in the category by Sam Rockwell in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri saw Dafoe clinch defeat from the jaws of victory, resigned to wait again for his turn at the coveted prize and de facto lifetime achievement award he’s deserved for some time.
Well, luck may now be on his side. Dafoe is in three films this year — which often helps actors, allowing a name and face to be as well-known to wavering Academy voters as it can be — and of those, Robert Eggers’ genre-transcending buddy (?) drama The Lighthouse is fuelling this particular run. A jolly and disturbed turn as the keeper Thomas Wake, opposite...
Well, luck may now be on his side. Dafoe is in three films this year — which often helps actors, allowing a name and face to be as well-known to wavering Academy voters as it can be — and of those, Robert Eggers’ genre-transcending buddy (?) drama The Lighthouse is fuelling this particular run. A jolly and disturbed turn as the keeper Thomas Wake, opposite...
- 12/10/2019
- by Adam Solomons
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The renowned documentary film-maker delivered a masterclass with long-term collaborator Chris Hegedus.
Veteran documentarian D.A Pennebaker (Bob Dylan: Don’t Look Back) delivered a masterclass at Sheffield Doc/Fest on Sunday (June 12) in which he discussed his lengthy career in the business.
He was on stage with frequent collaborator Chris Hegedus, who is also his wife. The film-making duo were behind 1993 Oscar-nominated documentary feature The War Room and have worked together on several of projects.
Clips were shown from some of their most notable films including 1979’s Town Bloody Hall and 2009’s Kings Of Pastry, as well as...
Veteran documentarian D.A Pennebaker (Bob Dylan: Don’t Look Back) delivered a masterclass at Sheffield Doc/Fest on Sunday (June 12) in which he discussed his lengthy career in the business.
He was on stage with frequent collaborator Chris Hegedus, who is also his wife. The film-making duo were behind 1993 Oscar-nominated documentary feature The War Room and have worked together on several of projects.
Clips were shown from some of their most notable films including 1979’s Town Bloody Hall and 2009’s Kings Of Pastry, as well as...
- 6/13/2016
- ScreenDaily
Francine Stock's exploration of the way film has entered our lives is Aliya's non-fiction choice for this month's Book Club...
There are lots of different ways to talk about films. There’s film as an art form, in which people try to objectively discuss how the director makes a statement by manipulating sounds and images. There’s film as a historical document – why was it made at that time? What does it say about what was happening in society? And there’s film on a totally subjective level, where you just like what you like; whether it’s important artistically or historically or in any other way is not the point.
It’s rare to come across a book that attempts to address film on all three of those levels at the same time, but In Glorious Technicolor! gives it a good shot. It’s described in the introduction as,...
There are lots of different ways to talk about films. There’s film as an art form, in which people try to objectively discuss how the director makes a statement by manipulating sounds and images. There’s film as a historical document – why was it made at that time? What does it say about what was happening in society? And there’s film on a totally subjective level, where you just like what you like; whether it’s important artistically or historically or in any other way is not the point.
It’s rare to come across a book that attempts to address film on all three of those levels at the same time, but In Glorious Technicolor! gives it a good shot. It’s described in the introduction as,...
- 12/14/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Nymphomaniac: One Night Stand | Keswick film festival | Borderlines film festival | Pan-Asia film festival
Nymphomaniac: One Night Stand, Nationwide
That Lars von Trier, he's a naughty one, eh? And befitting its subject matter, his latest grandiose provocation has been preceded by a prolonged foreplay-session of teaser trailers and titillating rumours. Now, for one night only, you can watch both halves of the movie back to back before it goes on release in two halves later this month. Despite being four hours long and sexually explicit, it's far from the sado-masochistic experience it sounds, with digressions into baroque music, fly fishing and dessert forks, and a steady procession of familiar faces including Uma Thurman, Christian Slater, Jamie Bell and Willem Dafoe. Afterwards, you'll be rewarded with a satellite Q&A, live from the Curzon Chelsea, in which three of the film's stars – Von Trier veteran Stellan Skarsgård and Britons Stacy Martin...
Nymphomaniac: One Night Stand, Nationwide
That Lars von Trier, he's a naughty one, eh? And befitting its subject matter, his latest grandiose provocation has been preceded by a prolonged foreplay-session of teaser trailers and titillating rumours. Now, for one night only, you can watch both halves of the movie back to back before it goes on release in two halves later this month. Despite being four hours long and sexually explicit, it's far from the sado-masochistic experience it sounds, with digressions into baroque music, fly fishing and dessert forks, and a steady procession of familiar faces including Uma Thurman, Christian Slater, Jamie Bell and Willem Dafoe. Afterwards, you'll be rewarded with a satellite Q&A, live from the Curzon Chelsea, in which three of the film's stars – Von Trier veteran Stellan Skarsgård and Britons Stacy Martin...
- 2/22/2014
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
You may find it hard to believe, but it’s been almost thirty years since Tom Hanks made his feature film breakthrough in Ron Howard’s “Splash.” That film jumpstarted a career which first saw Hanks spend the rest of the ‘80s establishing himself as a leading man, mostly appearing in comedies. Now, not all of the films he made back in those days were a success, so it must have been surprising at the time to see Turner from “Turner & Hootch” soon catapult himself to the top of the A-list. He starred in some of the biggest films of the 1990s, won two Oscars, and managed to have that success carry over into the present day. And 2013 could perhaps be considered a “comeback year” for the man. “Captain Phillips” and “Saving Mr. Banks” are among the best reviewed movies of Hanks’ career, at least in the past ten years.
- 11/14/2013
- by Ken Guidry
- The Playlist
The BBC has launched a poll across its TV and radio stations to find the greatest ever movie soundtrack.
BBC Radio 1's Rhianna Dillon, BBC Radio 2's Simon Mayo, BBC Radio 3's Matthew Sweet, Francine Stock from BBC Radio 4, Mary Anne Hobbs from BBC Radio 6music, Tommy Sandhu from Asian Network and film music conductor Robert Ziegler have joined forces to choose the 20-strong shortlist.
Voting is open now on the BBC website and closes at midnight on Friday, September 20.
The results will be announced and played live by the BBC Concert Orchestra on Friday, September 27 at 2pm and will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 3.
The poll is part of the BBC's Sound of Cinema season, which starts today with the broadcast of the first of a three-part BBC Four series Sound of Cinema: The Music That Made The Movies.
It is presented by Neil Brand and airs at 9pm.
BBC Radio 1's Rhianna Dillon, BBC Radio 2's Simon Mayo, BBC Radio 3's Matthew Sweet, Francine Stock from BBC Radio 4, Mary Anne Hobbs from BBC Radio 6music, Tommy Sandhu from Asian Network and film music conductor Robert Ziegler have joined forces to choose the 20-strong shortlist.
Voting is open now on the BBC website and closes at midnight on Friday, September 20.
The results will be announced and played live by the BBC Concert Orchestra on Friday, September 27 at 2pm and will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 3.
The poll is part of the BBC's Sound of Cinema season, which starts today with the broadcast of the first of a three-part BBC Four series Sound of Cinema: The Music That Made The Movies.
It is presented by Neil Brand and airs at 9pm.
- 9/12/2013
- Digital Spy
Joss Whedon is a man of many talents. He’s written and directed some of my favourite TV shows and films of all time, with his latest film, Much Ado About Nothing, opening over the weekend on our shores. So when the possibility arose to attend BAFTA’s Joss Whedon: A Life in Pictures on Friday night, I naturally jumped at the opportunity.
Of all of the people in the industry, Whedon’s work has had the greatest influence on me. I grew up on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and have had nothing but love for everything I’ve seen Whedon do since then.
Talking to a sold-out audience at BAFTA’s Princess Anne Theatre in Piccadilly, interviewed by the BBC’s Francine Stock, the evening started at the beginning, with his childhood.
Both his parents and his grandfather were writers, with his father and grandfather writers for television...
Of all of the people in the industry, Whedon’s work has had the greatest influence on me. I grew up on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and have had nothing but love for everything I’ve seen Whedon do since then.
Talking to a sold-out audience at BAFTA’s Princess Anne Theatre in Piccadilly, interviewed by the BBC’s Francine Stock, the evening started at the beginning, with his childhood.
Both his parents and his grandfather were writers, with his father and grandfather writers for television...
- 6/17/2013
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Superman is an American icon, and was depicted that way right from the very first time he appeared in Action Comics #1 all those years ago. But as time went on the character evolved into more of a global protector, despite holding tight to his American roots. In Zack Snyder's Man Of Steel we see Supes fight to protect his adopted Country from General Zod's attack, even though the Kryptonian's are threatening the entire planet. While chatting to Francine Stock on this week’s BBC Radio 4 Film Programme (transcription via Bleeding Cool), Snyder explains why he felt it was important to establish the character's roots, but teases an arc that will take him global in future movies. Francine Stock: I’ll tell you something about General Zod. General Zod gets gloablisation, doesn’t he? Because when he arrives on Earth he sends out his message in all the languages of the world,...
- 6/16/2013
- ComicBookMovie.com
Jameson Cult Film Club | Between The Lines | Borderlines Film Festival | Pier Paolo Pasolini
Jameson Cult Film Club, Liverpool & Sheffield
Twenty years before he had the budget to film men shooting each other on horses, Quentin Tarantino had to resort to filming men shooting each other in warehouses. But while Django Unchained has been praised as a bracing return to form, these special "immersive" screenings celebrate the movie that established Tarantino's form in the first place: Reservoir Dogs. By "immersive", they mean screening the movie in a warehouse setting, decked out like an extension of the movie, with characters (watch out for the psychotic Mr Blonde), themed catering and even recreations of the movie's more memorable moments (bring spare ears). It's all free as well, though you'll have to register quickly.
Camp & Furnace, Liverpool, Wed; Gibb Street Warehouse, Birmingham, Thu
Between The Lines, London
This promises to be a ground-breaking festival...
Jameson Cult Film Club, Liverpool & Sheffield
Twenty years before he had the budget to film men shooting each other on horses, Quentin Tarantino had to resort to filming men shooting each other in warehouses. But while Django Unchained has been praised as a bracing return to form, these special "immersive" screenings celebrate the movie that established Tarantino's form in the first place: Reservoir Dogs. By "immersive", they mean screening the movie in a warehouse setting, decked out like an extension of the movie, with characters (watch out for the psychotic Mr Blonde), themed catering and even recreations of the movie's more memorable moments (bring spare ears). It's all free as well, though you'll have to register quickly.
Camp & Furnace, Liverpool, Wed; Gibb Street Warehouse, Birmingham, Thu
Between The Lines, London
This promises to be a ground-breaking festival...
- 2/23/2013
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Last Sunday, BAFTA’s A Life In Pictures series shone a spotlight on one of this country’s most distinguished talents, Sir Anthony Hopkins. Conducted once again by writer and radio presenter Francine Stock, the veteran actor (who turns 75 at the end of this month) chatted about his long and illustrious career, in a very open and humorous fashion (Hopkins has a fine talent for mimicking his famous contemporaries).
Born in Port Talbot, Wales, Hopkins admitted that as a student at school he would rather immerse himself in the arts, than attend to his studies. His career began on stage, but the big screen was a place he unabashedly aspired to part of, much to the discontent of his seasoned theatrical co-star, including such eminent figures as John Gielgud and Laurence Olivier.
“In was never comfortable being in the theatre, I have to admit. I couldn’t stand being cooped...
Born in Port Talbot, Wales, Hopkins admitted that as a student at school he would rather immerse himself in the arts, than attend to his studies. His career began on stage, but the big screen was a place he unabashedly aspired to part of, much to the discontent of his seasoned theatrical co-star, including such eminent figures as John Gielgud and Laurence Olivier.
“In was never comfortable being in the theatre, I have to admit. I couldn’t stand being cooped...
- 12/14/2012
- by Adam Lowes
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Italian Film Festival In Scotland
The cream of Italy's recent output is served here, including a host of festival winners. Oscar entry Terraferma contrasts the stunning Sicilian landscape with issues of seaside poverty and immigration, while the latter topic also crops up in the realist drama Our Life, for which Elio Germano won a Cannes best actor award in 2010. The big winner at the national Donatello awards, We Believed, is a three-hour account exploring Italy's reunification, and for perspective there are classics such as Elio Petri's Oscar-winning 1970 thriller Investigation Of A Citizen Above Suspicion.
Dca, Dundee; Edinburgh Filmhouse; Gft, Glasgow; Eden Court, Inverness, Fri to 26 Apr
Terracotta Far East Film Festival, London
If names such as Sion Sono, Kim Ki-duk and, um, Kevin Spacey, or a summary like, "fish grow legs and attack Okinawa" mean something to you, then this is your kind of festival. It's mostly fresh Japanese and South Korean movies,...
The cream of Italy's recent output is served here, including a host of festival winners. Oscar entry Terraferma contrasts the stunning Sicilian landscape with issues of seaside poverty and immigration, while the latter topic also crops up in the realist drama Our Life, for which Elio Germano won a Cannes best actor award in 2010. The big winner at the national Donatello awards, We Believed, is a three-hour account exploring Italy's reunification, and for perspective there are classics such as Elio Petri's Oscar-winning 1970 thriller Investigation Of A Citizen Above Suspicion.
Dca, Dundee; Edinburgh Filmhouse; Gft, Glasgow; Eden Court, Inverness, Fri to 26 Apr
Terracotta Far East Film Festival, London
If names such as Sion Sono, Kim Ki-duk and, um, Kevin Spacey, or a summary like, "fish grow legs and attack Okinawa" mean something to you, then this is your kind of festival. It's mostly fresh Japanese and South Korean movies,...
- 4/6/2012
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Hollywood was quick to jump on the 3D bandwagon, but ticket sales are falling. Film buffs Francine Stock and Danny Leigh discuss whether or not the format has a future
The number of films being made in 3D is falling – and so are ticket sales, it emerged this week. Broadcasters Francine Stock, presenter of Radio 4's The Film Programme, and Danny Leigh, critic and co-host of BBC1's Film 2012, discuss whether the 3D bubble has burst. Emine Saner listens in.
Danny Leigh: The death knell has been sounding for a while. It's impossible to talk about 3D without a slightly funereal bearing, because it has not worked. When Avatar came out, it seemed like the dawning of a new era, but if I was financially invested in 3D, I would be feeling a bit glum because there hasn't been a follow-up to Avatar, either a film or a general groundswell of enthusiasm.
The number of films being made in 3D is falling – and so are ticket sales, it emerged this week. Broadcasters Francine Stock, presenter of Radio 4's The Film Programme, and Danny Leigh, critic and co-host of BBC1's Film 2012, discuss whether the 3D bubble has burst. Emine Saner listens in.
Danny Leigh: The death knell has been sounding for a while. It's impossible to talk about 3D without a slightly funereal bearing, because it has not worked. When Avatar came out, it seemed like the dawning of a new era, but if I was financially invested in 3D, I would be feeling a bit glum because there hasn't been a follow-up to Avatar, either a film or a general groundswell of enthusiasm.
- 3/10/2012
- by Emine Saner
- The Guardian - Film News
Keswick Film Festival
The paparazzi won't exactly be beating a path to the Lake District for this, but it's a small festival with an agreeably broad outlook. The guest of honour is John Hurt, who's in conversation and introducing a number of movies from his prolific career, including his celebrated Quentin Crisp double bill. There's also a tribute to the versatile Tony Palmer, including his seminal Leonard Cohen movie Bird On A Wire, and a complete showing of his eight-hour Wagner series (starring Richard Burton and Laurence Olivier). Also in the mix are recent releases such as Tyrannosaur and Melancholia, award-winning world cinema and uplifting films about life-changing illnesses.
Various venues, Thu to 26 Feb, keswickfilmclub.org/kff
Exposures: New Talent In Moving Image, Manchester
God knows it's not easy being a student these days, but at least you get your own film festivals. This is the UK's largest, and therefore...
The paparazzi won't exactly be beating a path to the Lake District for this, but it's a small festival with an agreeably broad outlook. The guest of honour is John Hurt, who's in conversation and introducing a number of movies from his prolific career, including his celebrated Quentin Crisp double bill. There's also a tribute to the versatile Tony Palmer, including his seminal Leonard Cohen movie Bird On A Wire, and a complete showing of his eight-hour Wagner series (starring Richard Burton and Laurence Olivier). Also in the mix are recent releases such as Tyrannosaur and Melancholia, award-winning world cinema and uplifting films about life-changing illnesses.
Various venues, Thu to 26 Feb, keswickfilmclub.org/kff
Exposures: New Talent In Moving Image, Manchester
God knows it's not easy being a student these days, but at least you get your own film festivals. This is the UK's largest, and therefore...
- 2/18/2012
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
I’m getting a little tired of seeing Jean Dujardin’s face. That I can say this about an actor I like so much reflects the degree of media saturation surrounding The Artist. For most of January, the same shot of Dujardin stared out at me every time I opened the arts section of a newspaper or a copy of TimeOut. The Artist has become The King’s Speech of 2012. It’s hard to find a critic with a word to say against it: kudos to Francine Stock for bringing up the word pastiche in her interview with Michel Haznavicius, who nobly accepted it. The public are flocking to see the film, and seem to be enjoying it very much—apart from the people who demanded their money back when they discovered that the film was silent…
On the strength of Hazanavicius’ previous James Bond spoofs (Oss 117: Lost in...
On the strength of Hazanavicius’ previous James Bond spoofs (Oss 117: Lost in...
- 2/7/2012
- by Alison Frank
- The Moving Arts Journal
"In 1976," notes Manohla Dargis in the New York Times, "the year that Marilyn Monroe would have turned 50, Larry McMurtry wrote that she 'is right in there with our major ghosts: Hemingway, the Kennedy brothers — people who finished with American life before America had time to finish with them.' Almost a half-century after her death, the world, or at least its necrophiliac fantasists, still haven't finished with Monroe and try to resurrect her again and again in movies, books, songs and glamour layouts featuring dewy and ruined ingénues. Maybe it's because it's so difficult to imagine her as Old Marilyn that she has become a Ghost of Hollywood Past, a phantom that periodically materializes to show us things that have been. The latest attempt at resurrection occurs in My Week With Marilyn, with Michelle Williams as the Ghost."
"The 'my' is Colin Clark (Eddie Redmayne), a wet-eared assistant director on...
"The 'my' is Colin Clark (Eddie Redmayne), a wet-eared assistant director on...
- 11/26/2011
- MUBI
An ambitious attempt to write a 'personal' history of cinema is sometimes intelligent but rarely convincing
Maxim Gorky, the first major writer to record his impressions of the cinema, wrote in his local newspaper the day after seeing the first Lumière brothers show in Nizhny Novgorod in 1896: "Last night I was in the Kingdom of Shadows. If you only knew how strange it is to be there … I was at Aumont's and saw Lumière's cinématographe – moving photography. The extraordinary impression it creates is so unique and complex that I doubt my ability to describe it with all its nuances." A few years later Rudyard Kipling wrote Mrs Bathurst, the first significant work of fiction inspired by the movies, a mysteriously haunting tale of a sailor driven to his death by a brief newsreel he obsessively views in Cape Town. The new medium had the power to disturb, to fascinate,...
Maxim Gorky, the first major writer to record his impressions of the cinema, wrote in his local newspaper the day after seeing the first Lumière brothers show in Nizhny Novgorod in 1896: "Last night I was in the Kingdom of Shadows. If you only knew how strange it is to be there … I was at Aumont's and saw Lumière's cinématographe – moving photography. The extraordinary impression it creates is so unique and complex that I doubt my ability to describe it with all its nuances." A few years later Rudyard Kipling wrote Mrs Bathurst, the first significant work of fiction inspired by the movies, a mysteriously haunting tale of a sailor driven to his death by a brief newsreel he obsessively views in Cape Town. The new medium had the power to disturb, to fascinate,...
- 10/15/2011
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
Last week Us comic Will Ferrell had the opportunity to take centre stage and discuss his Hollywood career as part of BAFTA’s Life In Picture Series.
Like many of his contemporaries in the field of comedy, Ferrell came to prominence as a regular on famed Us sketch show Saturday Night Live, before making his mark on the big screen in such universally-loved fare as Elf, Zoolander, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, Step Brothers and perhaps his most iconic role to date as the hopelessly shallow and breezily chauvinistic newscaster in Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy.
HeyUGuys were fortunate enough to grab a couple of minutes with the star before heading in for the hour-long Q&A hosted by BBC Radio 4’s The Film Programme presenter, Francine Stock (more on that below). The talk was followed by a screening of Ferrell’s new film Everything Must Go...
Like many of his contemporaries in the field of comedy, Ferrell came to prominence as a regular on famed Us sketch show Saturday Night Live, before making his mark on the big screen in such universally-loved fare as Elf, Zoolander, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, Step Brothers and perhaps his most iconic role to date as the hopelessly shallow and breezily chauvinistic newscaster in Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy.
HeyUGuys were fortunate enough to grab a couple of minutes with the star before heading in for the hour-long Q&A hosted by BBC Radio 4’s The Film Programme presenter, Francine Stock (more on that below). The talk was followed by a screening of Ferrell’s new film Everything Must Go...
- 10/12/2011
- by Adam Lowes
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Gary Oldman has a secret. He is all set to star with Colin Firth in a remake of critically acclaimed film of the 1960s but he’s not telling anyone what it is. "I can see my agent at the back shaking his head" joked Oldman as BBC Radio 4 film presenter Francine Stock did her best to coax more information out of him. He never did reveal the mystery, but during his hour or so on stage he did provide the packed audience with a rare insight into the world of a working actor.
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- 10/5/2011
- by Daniel Green
- CineVue
Just before the Christmas rush, HeyUGuys had the great pleasure of attending 2010’s final Alfred Dunhill BAFTA ‘A Life in Pictures’ which celebrated the sensational and enduring cinematic works of one of film history’s greatest figures, Martin Scorsese. The event was hosted by BAFTA at their lustrous Piccadilly headquarters where whiskey cocktails, champagne and movie-loving company flowed ever so freely. HeyUGuys arrived promptly in order to secure a prime seat and I was drawn like a moth to a flame to a chair which claimed to be ‘endowed by George Clooney’ – lucky chair. Broadcaster and critic Francine Stock took centre stage to introduce the eagerly anticipated film-maker and proved to be a most elegant presenter and succinct interviewer over the course of their comprehensive discussion. Scorsese made his entrance to rapturous applause which he humbly diminished with a gentle wave of his hand. When one considers he stands at...
- 1/3/2011
- by Rebecca-Jane Joseph
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Here’s another wonderful Christmas present from the good people over at the BBC Archive.
Following their captivating James Bond at the BBC online exhibition the BBC Archive have collected recorded interviews with the giants of Hollywood’s past which offer a wonderful and unique retrospective on Hollywood and movie making.
Giants of the silent era are captured in conversation and hearing Chaplin talk about his life in film is truly fascinating. Buster Keaton, Louise Brooks, Bette Davis are all present as are Alfred Hitchock, Orson Welles, Boris Karloff – it’s a goldmine. Some are amazing accounts of movie making from the 50s, others have the actors and directors reflecting on their careers and the changing face of Film.
A particular favourite is the brief interview with Louise Brooks who talks about her film Pandora’s Box, and the direction she received from Georg Wilhelm Pabst, which was simply – “In the afternoon,...
Following their captivating James Bond at the BBC online exhibition the BBC Archive have collected recorded interviews with the giants of Hollywood’s past which offer a wonderful and unique retrospective on Hollywood and movie making.
Giants of the silent era are captured in conversation and hearing Chaplin talk about his life in film is truly fascinating. Buster Keaton, Louise Brooks, Bette Davis are all present as are Alfred Hitchock, Orson Welles, Boris Karloff – it’s a goldmine. Some are amazing accounts of movie making from the 50s, others have the actors and directors reflecting on their careers and the changing face of Film.
A particular favourite is the brief interview with Louise Brooks who talks about her film Pandora’s Box, and the direction she received from Georg Wilhelm Pabst, which was simply – “In the afternoon,...
- 12/22/2010
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Last week HeyUGuys were invited to attend the Alfred Dunhill BAFTA A Life in Pictures event and in an extended interview on stage at BAFTA Headquarters along with critic, writer and broadcaster Francine Stock, was BAFTA Award Winner and Academy Award Nominee Colin Firth. Greeted with rapturous applause, Firth’s appearance had the audience on tenterhooks as we were privy to a thoroughly engaging evening dedicated to one of Britain’s most respected, versatile and beloved actors.
Having appeared in a variety of critically-acclaimed television, film and theatre productions, Firth’s career shows no signs of slowing down at the age of 50. Much like a fine wine, his body of work just keeps on getting better and better. From his humble family roots in Grayshott, Hampshire, Firth’s journey into acting began as a sprightly 5 year old, whose determination to act was made touchingly clear by his penchant for playing...
Having appeared in a variety of critically-acclaimed television, film and theatre productions, Firth’s career shows no signs of slowing down at the age of 50. Much like a fine wine, his body of work just keeps on getting better and better. From his humble family roots in Grayshott, Hampshire, Firth’s journey into acting began as a sprightly 5 year old, whose determination to act was made touchingly clear by his penchant for playing...
- 12/13/2010
- by Andy Petrou
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Michael Powell's groundbreaking 1960 horror, Peeping Tom, Optimum Releasing are screening a newly restored digital print at The Curzon Soho on 13th November.
What's also incredibly exciting is that it'll be followed by a live interview with long-standing supporter Martin Scorsese, as well as Thelma Schoonmaker-Powell (Michael's wife) and Columba Powell (Michael's son, who played the serial killer's young self).
Long before Haneke got to grips with chiding his audience for their fascination with violence, Powell sadly managed to cripple his own career with an exploration of cinematic voyeurism through a killer who specialised in filming the terror on his victims' faces as they died. Vilified when originally released, it's since been re-appraised. And rightly so.
This theatrical re-release follows in a long line of classics that have been given a suitably generous treatment by Optimum on blu-ray, as part of The Studio Canal Collection.
What's also incredibly exciting is that it'll be followed by a live interview with long-standing supporter Martin Scorsese, as well as Thelma Schoonmaker-Powell (Michael's wife) and Columba Powell (Michael's son, who played the serial killer's young self).
Long before Haneke got to grips with chiding his audience for their fascination with violence, Powell sadly managed to cripple his own career with an exploration of cinematic voyeurism through a killer who specialised in filming the terror on his victims' faces as they died. Vilified when originally released, it's since been re-appraised. And rightly so.
This theatrical re-release follows in a long line of classics that have been given a suitably generous treatment by Optimum on blu-ray, as part of The Studio Canal Collection.
- 10/16/2010
- Screen Anarchy
For those living in London and surrounding areas there’s a very special screening of Michael Powell’s psycho-sexual thriller Peeping Tom happening at the Curzon Soho on 13th November.
Not only will you get to see the film in a gorgeous new print, director, film preservationist and all round legend St. Martin Scorsese will be there in person talking about how much he loves it!
Optimum Releasing, who are distributing the classic British picture, announced in this press release:
To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the original release, Oscar-winning filmmakers Martin Scorsese and Thelma Schoonmaker-Powell, and one of the stars of the film: Columba Powell, have very generously agreed to be interviewed by BBC Radio 4’s Francine Stock in front of a public audience, following a screening of Michael Powell’s masterpiece: Peeping Tom.
Synopsis:
Peeping Tom was originally released in 1960, shortly before Hitchcock’s equally shocking Psycho, and...
Not only will you get to see the film in a gorgeous new print, director, film preservationist and all round legend St. Martin Scorsese will be there in person talking about how much he loves it!
Optimum Releasing, who are distributing the classic British picture, announced in this press release:
To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the original release, Oscar-winning filmmakers Martin Scorsese and Thelma Schoonmaker-Powell, and one of the stars of the film: Columba Powell, have very generously agreed to be interviewed by BBC Radio 4’s Francine Stock in front of a public audience, following a screening of Michael Powell’s masterpiece: Peeping Tom.
Synopsis:
Peeping Tom was originally released in 1960, shortly before Hitchcock’s equally shocking Psycho, and...
- 10/15/2010
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
Last week HeyUGuys were invited to attend the Alfred Dunhill BAFTA A Life in Pictures event and in an extended interview on stage at BAFTA Headquarters with critic, writer and broadcaster Francine Stock, French Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet reflected on his career to date.
Reminiscing about his film-making roots, Jeunet recalled his early love of film as a very young and wide-eyed 8 year old. Captivated by the movie, Once Upon a Time in the West, Jeunet cheerfully remembered how much it impacted him and piqued his interest in film-making. By the age of 12 , the budding film-maker had acquired his first camera, projector and view-master, and began dabbling in puppet theatre slides.
Mesmerised by the appeal of working with his own camera, Jeunet instinctively knew that he was destined to work in film. A sci-fi lover and fan of Italian and 1940s French cinema, Jeunet has always been passionately inspired by genres unbridled by limitation or imagination.
Reminiscing about his film-making roots, Jeunet recalled his early love of film as a very young and wide-eyed 8 year old. Captivated by the movie, Once Upon a Time in the West, Jeunet cheerfully remembered how much it impacted him and piqued his interest in film-making. By the age of 12 , the budding film-maker had acquired his first camera, projector and view-master, and began dabbling in puppet theatre slides.
Mesmerised by the appeal of working with his own camera, Jeunet instinctively knew that he was destined to work in film. A sci-fi lover and fan of Italian and 1940s French cinema, Jeunet has always been passionately inspired by genres unbridled by limitation or imagination.
- 2/22/2010
- by Andy Petrou
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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