Wang Xiaoshuai, director of “So Long, My Son” and “Red Amnesia,” will be the most senior mainland Chinese director to present a new film at a major Western festival this year.
That may be a reflection of the growing political and economic separation between China and the West over the past couple of years — with Covid an additional irritant. But tough times can also breed innovation.
Wang’s latest, “The Hotel,” a chamber piece about a small group of Chinese tourists trapped in a hotel in Thailand during the early days of the pandemic, was inspired by events that Wang personally endured in 2020. It was made in almost improvised fashion, with a hastily written screenplay and shot with available crew.
The film was financed and produced entirely outside mainland China and has not obtained the “Dragon Seal,” the mark of China’s censorship approval. That means the film cannot (yet) have a release in China,...
That may be a reflection of the growing political and economic separation between China and the West over the past couple of years — with Covid an additional irritant. But tough times can also breed innovation.
Wang’s latest, “The Hotel,” a chamber piece about a small group of Chinese tourists trapped in a hotel in Thailand during the early days of the pandemic, was inspired by events that Wang personally endured in 2020. It was made in almost improvised fashion, with a hastily written screenplay and shot with available crew.
The film was financed and produced entirely outside mainland China and has not obtained the “Dragon Seal,” the mark of China’s censorship approval. That means the film cannot (yet) have a release in China,...
- 9/9/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
New films from Werner Herzog, Laura Poitras, Cristian Mungiu and Jerzy Skolimowski have been added to the lineup of the 2022 Toronto International film Festival, TIFF organizers announced on Wednesday.
The new films are in the TIFF Docs and Contemporary World Cinema sections and together will make up almost 75 additions to the lineup of the festival, which will run from Sept. 8-18.
The TIFF Docs section will open with the world premiere of Sacha Jenkins’ “Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues.” Other films in the section include Herzog’s “Theatre of Thought,” which examines new research into the brain; Poitras’ “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” about artist Nan Goldin and her campaign to get museums to reject the patronage of the Purdue Pharma-owning Sackler family; and “In Her Hands,” Tamana Ayazi and Marcel Mettelsiefen’s film about Zarifa Ghafari, the youngest woman mayor in Afghanistan as the Taliban returned to power in that country.
The new films are in the TIFF Docs and Contemporary World Cinema sections and together will make up almost 75 additions to the lineup of the festival, which will run from Sept. 8-18.
The TIFF Docs section will open with the world premiere of Sacha Jenkins’ “Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues.” Other films in the section include Herzog’s “Theatre of Thought,” which examines new research into the brain; Poitras’ “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” about artist Nan Goldin and her campaign to get museums to reject the patronage of the Purdue Pharma-owning Sackler family; and “In Her Hands,” Tamana Ayazi and Marcel Mettelsiefen’s film about Zarifa Ghafari, the youngest woman mayor in Afghanistan as the Taliban returned to power in that country.
- 8/17/2022
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
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The Toronto Film Festival has announced new titles for its TIFF Docs and Contemporary World Cinema sections.
The TIFF Docs section will open with the previously announced Sacha Jenkins’ Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues, and there’s a North American premiere for Laura Poitras’ opioid epidemic doc All the Beauty and the Bloodshed from Participant.
The festival will also feature newly-added world bows for Cine-Guerrilas: Scenes from the Labudovic Reels, by director Mila Rurajlic; Documentary Now!, by Alex Buono, Rhys Thomas and Micah Gardner; Sam Soko and Lauren DeFilippo’s Free Money, about a Kenyan village being given a universal basic income by an American organization; The Grab, from Blackfish director Gabriela Cowperthwaite; and Stephanie Johnes’ Maya and the Wave.
Other documentary first looks headed to Toronto include Mark Fletcher’s Patrick and the Whale; Sinead O’Shea’s Pray for our Sinners; Self-Portrait as a Coffee Pot,...
The Toronto Film Festival has announced new titles for its TIFF Docs and Contemporary World Cinema sections.
The TIFF Docs section will open with the previously announced Sacha Jenkins’ Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues, and there’s a North American premiere for Laura Poitras’ opioid epidemic doc All the Beauty and the Bloodshed from Participant.
The festival will also feature newly-added world bows for Cine-Guerrilas: Scenes from the Labudovic Reels, by director Mila Rurajlic; Documentary Now!, by Alex Buono, Rhys Thomas and Micah Gardner; Sam Soko and Lauren DeFilippo’s Free Money, about a Kenyan village being given a universal basic income by an American organization; The Grab, from Blackfish director Gabriela Cowperthwaite; and Stephanie Johnes’ Maya and the Wave.
Other documentary first looks headed to Toronto include Mark Fletcher’s Patrick and the Whale; Sinead O’Shea’s Pray for our Sinners; Self-Portrait as a Coffee Pot,...
- 8/17/2022
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Now this is the comeback we've been waiting for. The Hotel is back tomorrow (December 28) but with a twist - this time, the legend Mark Jenkins has been drafted in by Torquay hotel The Cavendish to revamp their entertainment. Well, this is going to go well.
Giant scones, alpacas, jackpot bingo - it's all in there, along with a fair few arguments along the way. We caught up with Mark to find out more about his time at the Cavendish, so read on to find out what bizarre happenings you can expect from The Hotel this series...
Why did you want to take on the challenge at the Cav, Mark?
"It was brilliant. I had a great time. Well, I say I had a great time – I had a great time most of the time. It was completely different because I'd never worked for anybody. The last job I had...
Giant scones, alpacas, jackpot bingo - it's all in there, along with a fair few arguments along the way. We caught up with Mark to find out more about his time at the Cavendish, so read on to find out what bizarre happenings you can expect from The Hotel this series...
Why did you want to take on the challenge at the Cav, Mark?
"It was brilliant. I had a great time. Well, I say I had a great time – I had a great time most of the time. It was completely different because I'd never worked for anybody. The last job I had...
- 12/27/2014
- Digital Spy
The Hotel will be back on Channel 4 - and star Mark Jenkins will be the focus.
The fourth series of the show will again be set in Torquay, but this time Jenkins will be taking on a job as Entertainment Manager in a different hotel for five weeks.
While the second and third runs were filmed at The Grosvenor, series four will see Jenkins joining the staff at The Cavendish - which is just down the road from his previous place of employment.
The Cavendish - which has 96 bedrooms and 30 members of staff - has been owned by Joyce and Ernie Blagden for 22 years and is run by their daughter Vicky and son-in-law Andy with help from their grandson James.
The family have decided to seek Jenkins' help to shake up the hotel and attract more customers.
"The Hotel has become one of Channel 4's best loved and most memorable series,...
The fourth series of the show will again be set in Torquay, but this time Jenkins will be taking on a job as Entertainment Manager in a different hotel for five weeks.
While the second and third runs were filmed at The Grosvenor, series four will see Jenkins joining the staff at The Cavendish - which is just down the road from his previous place of employment.
The Cavendish - which has 96 bedrooms and 30 members of staff - has been owned by Joyce and Ernie Blagden for 22 years and is run by their daughter Vicky and son-in-law Andy with help from their grandson James.
The family have decided to seek Jenkins' help to shake up the hotel and attract more customers.
"The Hotel has become one of Channel 4's best loved and most memorable series,...
- 6/19/2014
- Digital Spy
The National Television Awards 2014 longlist nominations have been announced and voting is now (September 17) open.
Hosted by Dermot O'Leary, the NTAs celebrate the best and most popular TV and are exclusively voted for by viewers. The 2014 awards take place at London's O2 on January 22.
Full list of 2014 nominations:
Drama
Broadchurch
Call The Midwife
Casualty
Dci Banks
Death In Paradise
Doc Martin
Doctor Who
Downton Abbey
Endeavour
Foyle's War
Holby City
Homeland
Jonathan Creek
Last Tango in Halifax
Law & Order: UK
Lewis
Love and Marriage
Luther
Midsomer Murders
Mr Selfridge
New Tricks
Poirot
Revolution
Ripper Street
Scott & Bailey
Shetland
Silent Witness
The Fall
The Paradise
The Suspicions of Mr Whicher
The Syndicate
The Village
The White Queen
Under The Dome
Vera
What Remains
TV Detective
Olivia Colman - Broadchurch
David Tennant - Broadchurch
Stephen Tompkinson - Dci Banks
Shaun Evans - Endeavour
Michael Kitchen - Foyle's War
Alan Davies - Jonathan Creek...
Hosted by Dermot O'Leary, the NTAs celebrate the best and most popular TV and are exclusively voted for by viewers. The 2014 awards take place at London's O2 on January 22.
Full list of 2014 nominations:
Drama
Broadchurch
Call The Midwife
Casualty
Dci Banks
Death In Paradise
Doc Martin
Doctor Who
Downton Abbey
Endeavour
Foyle's War
Holby City
Homeland
Jonathan Creek
Last Tango in Halifax
Law & Order: UK
Lewis
Love and Marriage
Luther
Midsomer Murders
Mr Selfridge
New Tricks
Poirot
Revolution
Ripper Street
Scott & Bailey
Shetland
Silent Witness
The Fall
The Paradise
The Suspicions of Mr Whicher
The Syndicate
The Village
The White Queen
Under The Dome
Vera
What Remains
TV Detective
Olivia Colman - Broadchurch
David Tennant - Broadchurch
Stephen Tompkinson - Dci Banks
Shaun Evans - Endeavour
Michael Kitchen - Foyle's War
Alan Davies - Jonathan Creek...
- 9/17/2013
- Digital Spy
London, July 14: Encouraged by the growing demand of 'Fifty Shades of Grey' an enterprising hotel manager has decided to replace the Gideon Bible with copies of the racy best-seller.
Wayne Bartholomew, Damson Dene hotel manager and star of Channel 4's first 'The Hotel', is making the exchange for the benefit of guests and in response to the online chatter from.
Wayne Bartholomew, Damson Dene hotel manager and star of Channel 4's first 'The Hotel', is making the exchange for the benefit of guests and in response to the online chatter from.
- 7/14/2012
- by Anita Agarwal
- RealBollywood.com
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