Jonathan Glazer hasn't made a feature film since 2013's Under The Skin, but his big return to screens with The Zone Of Interest has certainly been winning praise and attention. And so it continued with the 44th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards, where Zone took film of the year, director and technical achievement.
Yet it shared the limelight with Andrew Haigh's All Of Us Strangers, which won British/Irish film of the year, saw Andrew Scott nab a well deserved acting award and his co-star Paul Mescal go home with the award for his various excellent performances of last and this year.
Charles Melton, who has been largely unlucky at other awards ceremonies, went home with a supporting actor award, while some more regular winners such as Anatomy Of A Fall's writing team of director Justine Triet and Arthur Harari, plus Emma Stone and The Holdovers' Da'Vine Joy Randolph all repeated.
Yet it shared the limelight with Andrew Haigh's All Of Us Strangers, which won British/Irish film of the year, saw Andrew Scott nab a well deserved acting award and his co-star Paul Mescal go home with the award for his various excellent performances of last and this year.
Charles Melton, who has been largely unlucky at other awards ceremonies, went home with a supporting actor award, while some more regular winners such as Anatomy Of A Fall's writing team of director Justine Triet and Arthur Harari, plus Emma Stone and The Holdovers' Da'Vine Joy Randolph all repeated.
- 2/5/2024
- Empire - Movies
Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone Of Interest and Andrew Haigh’s All Of Us Strangers lead the winners at the 2024 London Film Critics’ Circle awards, with three prizes each.
At the ceremony held this evening in London, The Zone Of Interest received film of the year, director of the year and the technical achievement award – the latter for Mica Levi and Johnnie Burn for music and sound.
Scroll down for the full list of winners
All Of Us Strangers received British/Irish film of the year, actor of the year for Andrew Scott, and was one of the films credited...
At the ceremony held this evening in London, The Zone Of Interest received film of the year, director of the year and the technical achievement award – the latter for Mica Levi and Johnnie Burn for music and sound.
Scroll down for the full list of winners
All Of Us Strangers received British/Irish film of the year, actor of the year for Andrew Scott, and was one of the films credited...
- 2/4/2024
- ScreenDaily
The general consensus among sci-fi fans is that Nicholas Meyer's 1982 film "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" is the best of the 13 extant "Star Trek" movies. Watching the film, it's easy to see why it has this reputation; it's a corker of a thriller. It's a film that deals with Kirk getting older and having to face the consequences of his reckless younger days as a captain, facing the fact that he may not be the hero he thought he was. Moreso, though, the film features a very non-Trek villain in Khan (Ricardo Montalbán), a vicious ultra-human hellbent on revenge. Khan was such a powerful villain that he kind of altered the way "Star Trek" movies were perceived, and many of the more recent Trek flicks eschewed the show's typical bent toward diplomacy and science in favor of morally simplistic, violence-ready hero-vs.-villain stories.
Trekkies have a wonderful...
Trekkies have a wonderful...
- 1/28/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
The award is presented in honour of late UK critic and film historian, Derek Malcolm.
The Color Purple and Rustin star Colman Domingo is to receive the inaugural London Critics’ Circle Innovation Award at the 44th ceremony in February 2024.
Domingo is a US actor, producer, writer and director in film, television and theatre, winning an Emmy for his role in TV series Euphoria. His notable feature credits include Sing Sing (for which he received Toronto’s Tribute Performer Award), Candyman, If Beale Street Could Talk, The Butler, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and Zola.
Malcolm was a long-standing member of...
The Color Purple and Rustin star Colman Domingo is to receive the inaugural London Critics’ Circle Innovation Award at the 44th ceremony in February 2024.
Domingo is a US actor, producer, writer and director in film, television and theatre, winning an Emmy for his role in TV series Euphoria. His notable feature credits include Sing Sing (for which he received Toronto’s Tribute Performer Award), Candyman, If Beale Street Could Talk, The Butler, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and Zola.
Malcolm was a long-standing member of...
- 12/21/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
The UK’s leading film critics will present Colman Domingo with the first ever Derek Malcolm Award for Innovation at their upcoming awards ceremony.
Legendary critic and film historian Malcom died in August, aged 91. The award named in his honor will be part of the 44th London Critics’ Circle Awards that take place on February 4, 2024.
Domingo is being recognized for his work as an actor, producer, writer, and director in a career that spans film, television and theater.
He won an Emmy for his role in Euphoria and received a Tony nom as a producer of Fat Ham, a retelling of Hamlet. In film, his recent credits include The Color Purple and Rustin and other work includes appearances in Barry Jenkins’ If Beale Street Could Talk, Lee Daniels’ The Butler and Ava DuVernay’s Selma.
“It’s an honor to receive the inaugural Derek Malcolm Award for Innovation and to...
Legendary critic and film historian Malcom died in August, aged 91. The award named in his honor will be part of the 44th London Critics’ Circle Awards that take place on February 4, 2024.
Domingo is being recognized for his work as an actor, producer, writer, and director in a career that spans film, television and theater.
He won an Emmy for his role in Euphoria and received a Tony nom as a producer of Fat Ham, a retelling of Hamlet. In film, his recent credits include The Color Purple and Rustin and other work includes appearances in Barry Jenkins’ If Beale Street Could Talk, Lee Daniels’ The Butler and Ava DuVernay’s Selma.
“It’s an honor to receive the inaugural Derek Malcolm Award for Innovation and to...
- 12/21/2023
- by Stewart Clarke
- Deadline Film + TV
Colman Domingo will receive the London Film Critics’ Circle’s inaugural Innovation Award.
Domingo has been recognized for his work as an actor, producer, writer and director in film, television and theater. He won an Emmy for his role in “Euphoria.” He starred in Broadway musical “The Scottsboro Boys” (2011) for which he received a Tony nomination, and an Olivier nomination when the production transferred to London’s West End in 2014. He is a producer on “Fat Ham,” a retelling of “Hamlet,” which was nominated for five Tonys.
This year, he played Mister in film “The Color Purple” and civil-rights activist Bayard Rustin in Netflix’s “Rustin,” for which he has been nominated for a Golden Globe and Critics Choice Award. Domingo’s film credits also include Barry Jenkins’ “If Beale Street Could Talk,” Lee Daniels’ “The Butler” and Ava DuVernay’s “Selma.” He was nominated for an Independent Spirit and...
Domingo has been recognized for his work as an actor, producer, writer and director in film, television and theater. He won an Emmy for his role in “Euphoria.” He starred in Broadway musical “The Scottsboro Boys” (2011) for which he received a Tony nomination, and an Olivier nomination when the production transferred to London’s West End in 2014. He is a producer on “Fat Ham,” a retelling of “Hamlet,” which was nominated for five Tonys.
This year, he played Mister in film “The Color Purple” and civil-rights activist Bayard Rustin in Netflix’s “Rustin,” for which he has been nominated for a Golden Globe and Critics Choice Award. Domingo’s film credits also include Barry Jenkins’ “If Beale Street Could Talk,” Lee Daniels’ “The Butler” and Ava DuVernay’s “Selma.” He was nominated for an Independent Spirit and...
- 12/21/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Rustin star Colman Domingo will receive the inaugural Derek Malcolm Award for innovation from the London Film Critics’ Circle, the U.K. longest-standing film critics association.
The award, named in honor of the late British critic Derek Malcolm, who died in August at age 91, will be presented to Domingo at the 44th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards in London on Feb. 4, 2024.
Domingo, currently generating awards buzz for his performance as Civil Rights leader Bayard Rustin, the chief architect of the historic 1963 March on Washington, in George C. Wolfe’s Netflix drama Rustin, is being honored for his work as an actor, producer, writer and director across film, television and theater. Domingo has picked up Critics Choice and Golden Globe nominations for Rustin, has won an Emmy for a guest role on HBO’s Euphoria and earned a Tony nomination as a producer of Fat Ham, a Broadway retelling of Hamlet.
The award, named in honor of the late British critic Derek Malcolm, who died in August at age 91, will be presented to Domingo at the 44th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards in London on Feb. 4, 2024.
Domingo, currently generating awards buzz for his performance as Civil Rights leader Bayard Rustin, the chief architect of the historic 1963 March on Washington, in George C. Wolfe’s Netflix drama Rustin, is being honored for his work as an actor, producer, writer and director across film, television and theater. Domingo has picked up Critics Choice and Golden Globe nominations for Rustin, has won an Emmy for a guest role on HBO’s Euphoria and earned a Tony nomination as a producer of Fat Ham, a Broadway retelling of Hamlet.
- 12/21/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Walter Francisco named head of programming and Anne-Marie Flynn joins as executive director.
Walter Francisco has been named as the new head of programming at the Chichester International Film Festival and Chichester Cinema, taking over from founding curator Roger Gibson.
Chichester has also appointed Anne-Marie Flynn, the former managing director of BFI Festivals, head of awards at BAFTA and publisher of Screen International, as executive director.
Gibson stepped down after 31 years in the role after this year’s festival wrapped on August 27. Francisco has overseen the Chichester Cinema’s yearly seasonal programming for almost two decades.
“After my 20 years of...
Walter Francisco has been named as the new head of programming at the Chichester International Film Festival and Chichester Cinema, taking over from founding curator Roger Gibson.
Chichester has also appointed Anne-Marie Flynn, the former managing director of BFI Festivals, head of awards at BAFTA and publisher of Screen International, as executive director.
Gibson stepped down after 31 years in the role after this year’s festival wrapped on August 27. Francisco has overseen the Chichester Cinema’s yearly seasonal programming for almost two decades.
“After my 20 years of...
- 9/4/2023
- by Tim Dams
- ScreenDaily
The Guardian’s longstanding film critic, who has died aged 91, was known for his insight into blockbusters and art pictures alike. Here are excerpts from his takes on Solaris, Star Wars, Taxi Driver, Malcolm X and more
• Peter Bradshaw on Derek Malcolm: my predecessor was a mighty critic, film world darling and heir to a scandal
• Derek Malcolm obituary
26 September 1969...
• Peter Bradshaw on Derek Malcolm: my predecessor was a mighty critic, film world darling and heir to a scandal
• Derek Malcolm obituary
26 September 1969...
- 7/20/2023
- by Compiled by Richard Nelsson
- The Guardian - Film News
Avec will be phased in from the beginning of 2024.
The UK industry is breathing a cautious sigh of relief as the draft legislation of the reforms to the audio-visual creative tax reliefs published by the UK government on July 18 contained no surprises, according to accountants and sources at the British Film Institute (BFI) which administrates the relief.
The impact of the audio-visual expenditure credit (Avec) for film and high-end TV and video games expenditure credit (Vgec) system will mostly be felt by accountants, according to Dave Morrison, an accountant and tax specialist at Nyman Libson Paul specialising in film.
“For the accountants making the claims,...
The UK industry is breathing a cautious sigh of relief as the draft legislation of the reforms to the audio-visual creative tax reliefs published by the UK government on July 18 contained no surprises, according to accountants and sources at the British Film Institute (BFI) which administrates the relief.
The impact of the audio-visual expenditure credit (Avec) for film and high-end TV and video games expenditure credit (Vgec) system will mostly be felt by accountants, according to Dave Morrison, an accountant and tax specialist at Nyman Libson Paul specialising in film.
“For the accountants making the claims,...
- 7/19/2023
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
The performing arts and entertainment trade union will hold rallies in London and Manchester.
Equity, the performing arts and entertainment trade union in the UK, will hold rallies in solidarity with its US sister union SAG-AFTRA this Friday in London and Manchester.
The rallies will take place at 12pm on Friday, July 21 in both cities. The London rally will be at Leicester Square, with speakers including Equity general secretary Paul W Fleming, president Lynda Rooke, and former shadow chancellor John McDonnell. The Manchester rally will be at Media City, near the Metrolink tram stop.
According to the union, the rallies are open to “Equity members,...
Equity, the performing arts and entertainment trade union in the UK, will hold rallies in solidarity with its US sister union SAG-AFTRA this Friday in London and Manchester.
The rallies will take place at 12pm on Friday, July 21 in both cities. The London rally will be at Leicester Square, with speakers including Equity general secretary Paul W Fleming, president Lynda Rooke, and former shadow chancellor John McDonnell. The Manchester rally will be at Media City, near the Metrolink tram stop.
According to the union, the rallies are open to “Equity members,...
- 7/18/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The well-liked film critic is fondly remembered as a passionate supporter of arthouse films.
Figures from the UK and international industry have been paying tribute to the beloved former Guardian, Screen International and Evening Standard film critic Derek Malcolm, who died aged 91 at the weekend.
“Derek Malcolm was a great critic and a true friend of the Venice Film Festival. Even at the Lido he exercised his great curiosity and sensitivity towards global cinema. It’s a big loss for film culture,” Alberto Barbera, artistic director of the Vernice Film Festival, told Screen.
Legendary US documentary maker Fred Wiseman reminisced...
Figures from the UK and international industry have been paying tribute to the beloved former Guardian, Screen International and Evening Standard film critic Derek Malcolm, who died aged 91 at the weekend.
“Derek Malcolm was a great critic and a true friend of the Venice Film Festival. Even at the Lido he exercised his great curiosity and sensitivity towards global cinema. It’s a big loss for film culture,” Alberto Barbera, artistic director of the Vernice Film Festival, told Screen.
Legendary US documentary maker Fred Wiseman reminisced...
- 7/18/2023
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
The well-respected film reviewer also contributed to Screen International, the Evening Standard, and HuffPost.
Former film critic, author, broadcaster and London Film Festival director Derek Malcolm died aged 91 on Saturday (July 15).
He was the film reviewer at national newspaper The Guardian from 1971 to 1997 and briefly contributed to Screen International. He later became critic at the Evening Standard and, toward the end of his career, wrote for HuffPost.
Malcolm estimated he watched an average of 500 films a year during his time at The Guardian.
The gregarious, much-travelled Malcolm had a huge range of friends and acquaintances. He knew well many of...
Former film critic, author, broadcaster and London Film Festival director Derek Malcolm died aged 91 on Saturday (July 15).
He was the film reviewer at national newspaper The Guardian from 1971 to 1997 and briefly contributed to Screen International. He later became critic at the Evening Standard and, toward the end of his career, wrote for HuffPost.
Malcolm estimated he watched an average of 500 films a year during his time at The Guardian.
The gregarious, much-travelled Malcolm had a huge range of friends and acquaintances. He knew well many of...
- 7/17/2023
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
Highly respected veteran British film critic Derek Malcolm died of heart and lung failure at his home in Deal, south-eastern England, his wife Sarah Gristwood announced on Sunday.
Malcolm served as the chief movie critic for The Guardian newspaper for more than 25 years, and was a familiar face at film festivals around the world throughout that time.
Before he settled down at the movies, he tried his hand at being a National Hunt jockey and then working as an actor. He joined The Guardian in the early 1970s and stayed there as its chief movie critic until 1999, moving to the London Evening Standard paper in the same role.
He also published a personal memoir in 2003, ‘Family Secrets,’ in which he recounted his dysfuctional family background, including the fact that his father shot dead his mother’s lover, an incident for which he was acquitted, and Malcolm’s parents stayed together afterwards.
Malcolm served as the chief movie critic for The Guardian newspaper for more than 25 years, and was a familiar face at film festivals around the world throughout that time.
Before he settled down at the movies, he tried his hand at being a National Hunt jockey and then working as an actor. He joined The Guardian in the early 1970s and stayed there as its chief movie critic until 1999, moving to the London Evening Standard paper in the same role.
He also published a personal memoir in 2003, ‘Family Secrets,’ in which he recounted his dysfuctional family background, including the fact that his father shot dead his mother’s lover, an incident for which he was acquitted, and Malcolm’s parents stayed together afterwards.
- 7/16/2023
- by Caroline Frost
- Deadline Film + TV
The droll former Guardian film writer was an old Etonian ex-jockey whose father killed his wife’s lover, and who crossed swords with the Kray gang
Derek Malcolm was a brilliantly funny, convivial, professional film critic and memoirist, the last survivor of that great Guardian generation of arts journalism titans that also included Neville Cardus and Wl Webb. Derek was simply a legend and an international treasure on the film festival circuit. He was the indefatigably globetrotting president of Fipresci, the international film critics’ circle, and a passionate champion of Indian and south Asian cinema.
Well into his 80s, Derek wrote and broadcast about film – and cheerfully attended film festival parties – his latest television broadcasts being his witty and trenchant contributions to Sky Arts. His slight, wiry form was a familiar and much-loved sight at Cannes and Venice where he would appear, often with his wife, the historian Sarah Gristwood.
Derek Malcolm was a brilliantly funny, convivial, professional film critic and memoirist, the last survivor of that great Guardian generation of arts journalism titans that also included Neville Cardus and Wl Webb. Derek was simply a legend and an international treasure on the film festival circuit. He was the indefatigably globetrotting president of Fipresci, the international film critics’ circle, and a passionate champion of Indian and south Asian cinema.
Well into his 80s, Derek wrote and broadcast about film – and cheerfully attended film festival parties – his latest television broadcasts being his witty and trenchant contributions to Sky Arts. His slight, wiry form was a familiar and much-loved sight at Cannes and Venice where he would appear, often with his wife, the historian Sarah Gristwood.
- 7/16/2023
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Malcolm, who served as chief movie reviewer for more than 25 years, was a much-loved and well-respected staple of the film industry in Britain and beyond
Derek Malcolm, who served as the Guardian’s film critic for more than 25 years, has died at the age of 91.
His death on Saturday was confirmed by his wife, the historian Sarah Gristwood. He died at home in Deal, of heart and lung failure, after a few months of illness.
Derek Malcolm, who served as the Guardian’s film critic for more than 25 years, has died at the age of 91.
His death on Saturday was confirmed by his wife, the historian Sarah Gristwood. He died at home in Deal, of heart and lung failure, after a few months of illness.
- 7/16/2023
- by Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
India’s annual Film Bazaar market has revealed the five projects chosen for its work-in-progress lab.
The selected projects are Jaicheng Zxai Dohutia’s Assamese and Moran-language “Baghjan”; Shailendra Sahu’s Hindi and Chattisgarhi-language “Bailadila; Ektara Collective’s Hindi-language “Ek Jagah Apni; Harshad Nalawade’s Marathi, Kannada and Hindi-language “Follower”; and Jai Shankar’s Kannada-language “Shivamma.”
The director and editor of the selected films show their rough cuts to the panel of mentors and receive in-depth one-on-one feedback. The international editor assigned to the film guides the director and editor of the selected films through two sessions of the editing lab.
Mentors this year include producers Philippa Campbell (“Top of the Lake”) and Olivia Stewart (“The House of Mirth”), veteran film festival curator Marco Müller, editor and festival curator Marie-Pierre Duhamel, editors Jacques Comets and Lizi Gelber (“Venice Elsewhere”) and critic Derek Malcolm.
Since its inception in 2008, the lab has...
The selected projects are Jaicheng Zxai Dohutia’s Assamese and Moran-language “Baghjan”; Shailendra Sahu’s Hindi and Chattisgarhi-language “Bailadila; Ektara Collective’s Hindi-language “Ek Jagah Apni; Harshad Nalawade’s Marathi, Kannada and Hindi-language “Follower”; and Jai Shankar’s Kannada-language “Shivamma.”
The director and editor of the selected films show their rough cuts to the panel of mentors and receive in-depth one-on-one feedback. The international editor assigned to the film guides the director and editor of the selected films through two sessions of the editing lab.
Mentors this year include producers Philippa Campbell (“Top of the Lake”) and Olivia Stewart (“The House of Mirth”), veteran film festival curator Marco Müller, editor and festival curator Marie-Pierre Duhamel, editors Jacques Comets and Lizi Gelber (“Venice Elsewhere”) and critic Derek Malcolm.
Since its inception in 2008, the lab has...
- 11/16/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
May 23 marks the 40th anniversary of Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining,” and while today it may be hard to dispute its masterpiece status, the Stephen King adaptation did not satisfy critics in 1980. Sure, the movie has spawned countless imitations and parodies, the sequel “Doctor Sleep,” and even an entire documentary centered on its many obsessives and their far-fetched close reads with “Room 237.” But its legacy wasn’t certain when Warner Bros. opened the movie, which went on to earn two Razzie Awards at the first ceremony in 1981. Author King has famously derided the Kubrick adaptation as “misogynistic” and “cold,” but he did give his stamp of approval for “Doctor Sleep” last year. Here’s a sample of what first reviews for “The Shining” had to say in 1980.
“Though we may admire the effects, we’re never drawn in by them, mesmerized. When we see a flash of bloody cadavers...
“Though we may admire the effects, we’re never drawn in by them, mesmerized. When we see a flash of bloody cadavers...
- 5/23/2020
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
14 February 1981: Derek Malcolm interviews the director of Raging Bull who says the film finishes off what he started to say in Mean Streets
No one ever floored Jake Lamotta, one of the middle-weight boxing division’s toughest and roughest champions. No one, that is, except himself. This was the idea that fascinated Martin Scorsese, and the main reason why he made Raging Bull, with Robert De Niro as Lamotta. It was not that he wanted to film a story about boxing, which even now doesn’t interest him very much. But this particular boxer, born like himself in the Bronx and of Italian parents was “something else.”
Related: Jake Lamotta: a flawed character alchemised by Raging Bull into a mythical figure...
No one ever floored Jake Lamotta, one of the middle-weight boxing division’s toughest and roughest champions. No one, that is, except himself. This was the idea that fascinated Martin Scorsese, and the main reason why he made Raging Bull, with Robert De Niro as Lamotta. It was not that he wanted to film a story about boxing, which even now doesn’t interest him very much. But this particular boxer, born like himself in the Bronx and of Italian parents was “something else.”
Related: Jake Lamotta: a flawed character alchemised by Raging Bull into a mythical figure...
- 2/14/2020
- by Derek Malcolm
- The Guardian - Film News
SandalwoodThe 'Work In Progress' lab is open only to fictional feature films that are looking for theatrical release.Tnm StaffCourtesy: Film Bazaar/FacebookKannada film Pedro, directed by Natesh Hegde, is one among the five Indian films selected for the prestigious Nfdc Film Bazaar’s Work In Progress (Wip) Lab, which will be held in Panjim from November 20 to 24. Wip Lab is open only to fiction features looking for theatrical release. According to information on Nfdc Film Bazaar’s website, “the director and editor of the selected film screen their rough cuts to the panel of mentors and receive an in-depth one-on-one feedback. The international editor assigned to the film guides the director and editor of the selected film through two sessions of the editing lab which takes place at Film Bazaar itself.” Those who mentor the director and editors include a film festival director, producer and film editors. Since the...
- 11/5/2019
- by Geetika
- The News Minute
Selected projects include four debut features and the second fiction feature from Pushpendra Singh.
Film Bazaar, organised by India’s National Film Development Corp (Nfdc), has selected five projects to participate in this year’s Work-in-Progress (Wip) Lab, four of which are from first-time directors.
The four debut features are Kannada-language Pedro, directed by Natesh Hegde, and Hindi-language titles Shankar’s Fairies, directed by Irfana Majumdar, Switzerland, from Ajitpal Singh, and The Knot (Uljhan), from Ashish Pant. The one project from a returning director is the Gujari-language The Shepherdess And The Seven Songs, directed by Pushpendra Singh (Lajwanti).
The mentors...
Film Bazaar, organised by India’s National Film Development Corp (Nfdc), has selected five projects to participate in this year’s Work-in-Progress (Wip) Lab, four of which are from first-time directors.
The four debut features are Kannada-language Pedro, directed by Natesh Hegde, and Hindi-language titles Shankar’s Fairies, directed by Irfana Majumdar, Switzerland, from Ajitpal Singh, and The Knot (Uljhan), from Ashish Pant. The one project from a returning director is the Gujari-language The Shepherdess And The Seven Songs, directed by Pushpendra Singh (Lajwanti).
The mentors...
- 11/4/2019
- by 89¦Liz Shackleton¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
“ You’re a comical little geezer. You’ll look funny when you’re fifty.” James Fox as Chas to Mick Jagger as Turner in Performance.
Last weekend saw the loss of one of the UK’s finest and most admired filmmakers, Nicolas Roeg, who died at 90. 2018 also marks fifty years since the making of his first film as director, the BAFTA-nominated Performance, alongside co-director Donald Cammell starring James Fox, Mick Jagger and Anita Pallenberg.
To celebrate the anniversary a lavish 348 page book, Performance: The 50th Anniversary of the Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg Cinematic Classic, boasting over 500 images, many previously unseen by the public, will be published on 3rd December 2018, as James Kleinmann reports for HeyUGuys.
The book, by Jay Glennie, takes an in-depth look at the making of the hugely influential film, the reluctance of Warner Bros. to release it without substantial cuts, the initial critical reaction as well...
Last weekend saw the loss of one of the UK’s finest and most admired filmmakers, Nicolas Roeg, who died at 90. 2018 also marks fifty years since the making of his first film as director, the BAFTA-nominated Performance, alongside co-director Donald Cammell starring James Fox, Mick Jagger and Anita Pallenberg.
To celebrate the anniversary a lavish 348 page book, Performance: The 50th Anniversary of the Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg Cinematic Classic, boasting over 500 images, many previously unseen by the public, will be published on 3rd December 2018, as James Kleinmann reports for HeyUGuys.
The book, by Jay Glennie, takes an in-depth look at the making of the hugely influential film, the reluctance of Warner Bros. to release it without substantial cuts, the initial critical reaction as well...
- 11/28/2018
- by James Kleinmann
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
In 1947, the teenage Derek Malcolm saw the legendary duo perform in London – and was then invited backstage. As the biopic Stan & Ollie premieres, the former Guardian film critic still cherishes the memory
As someone who met Orson Welles, Luis Buñuel, John Ford, Satyajit Ray, Howard Hawks, Katharine Hepburn, Charlie Chaplin and many others in the course of a long stint as the Guardian’s film critic, I am often asked who was my favourite movie star. The answer is none of them. My favourites are Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Mind you, I was in my mid-teens when I met them, which probably led to the kind of adolescent hero worship I might later have abjured.
My mother had taken me to the London Coliseum to see them perform. It was 1947 and they were in their 50s, with 20 years as a double act under their belts. It was the matinee...
As someone who met Orson Welles, Luis Buñuel, John Ford, Satyajit Ray, Howard Hawks, Katharine Hepburn, Charlie Chaplin and many others in the course of a long stint as the Guardian’s film critic, I am often asked who was my favourite movie star. The answer is none of them. My favourites are Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Mind you, I was in my mid-teens when I met them, which probably led to the kind of adolescent hero worship I might later have abjured.
My mother had taken me to the London Coliseum to see them perform. It was 1947 and they were in their 50s, with 20 years as a double act under their belts. It was the matinee...
- 10/11/2018
- by Derek Malcolm
- The Guardian - Film News
An endorsement of rape culture or a rejection of slut-shaming: the debate over the film continues, four decades on. How did it become arguably the most beloved movie musical of all time?
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When Grease was released in cinemas in 1978, a starry, bubblegum-bright adaptation of the 1971 Chicago-to-Broadway musical, the initial reviews were not kind. “A grave disappointment to anyone in search of style or substance,” wrote the Guardian’s Derek Malcolm that year – although, like many of his similarly unimpressed critical peers, he did concede that it was fun and likely to be a big hit. Such an assessment turned out to be as understated as Sandy’s pre-makeover twinset-and-pearls. According to Box Office Mojo, Grease is the second-most-successful musical movie ever, beaten only in the past 12 months by Disney’s mammoth Beauty and the Beast live-action reboot.
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When Grease was released in cinemas in 1978, a starry, bubblegum-bright adaptation of the 1971 Chicago-to-Broadway musical, the initial reviews were not kind. “A grave disappointment to anyone in search of style or substance,” wrote the Guardian’s Derek Malcolm that year – although, like many of his similarly unimpressed critical peers, he did concede that it was fun and likely to be a big hit. Such an assessment turned out to be as understated as Sandy’s pre-makeover twinset-and-pearls. According to Box Office Mojo, Grease is the second-most-successful musical movie ever, beaten only in the past 12 months by Disney’s mammoth Beauty and the Beast live-action reboot.
- 4/20/2018
- by Rebecca Nicholson
- The Guardian - Film News
Queen of the French New Wave who combined sharp intelligence and smouldering sexuality
With her sensual, pouting mouth, her Gauloises-saturated voice, and her combination of sharp intelligence and smouldering sexuality, Jeanne Moreau, who has died aged 89, seemed to many the embodiment of French womanhood. Although by the early 1950s she was established on stage, Moreau achieved screen stardom only with her 20th film, Louis Malle’s first solo feature, Lift to the Scaffold (1958), as an actor who represented the spirit of emerging feminism. Her status was consolidated in Malle’s The Lovers, released later the same year, and reached a peak as Moreau, queen of the French New Wave, took the role of Catherine, object of the affections of the best friends of the title in François Truffaut’s Jules et Jim (1961).
According to the critic Derek Malcolm: “Moreau was the perfect choice for Catherine: she gives a performance...
With her sensual, pouting mouth, her Gauloises-saturated voice, and her combination of sharp intelligence and smouldering sexuality, Jeanne Moreau, who has died aged 89, seemed to many the embodiment of French womanhood. Although by the early 1950s she was established on stage, Moreau achieved screen stardom only with her 20th film, Louis Malle’s first solo feature, Lift to the Scaffold (1958), as an actor who represented the spirit of emerging feminism. Her status was consolidated in Malle’s The Lovers, released later the same year, and reached a peak as Moreau, queen of the French New Wave, took the role of Catherine, object of the affections of the best friends of the title in François Truffaut’s Jules et Jim (1961).
According to the critic Derek Malcolm: “Moreau was the perfect choice for Catherine: she gives a performance...
- 7/31/2017
- by Ronald Bergan
- The Guardian - Film News
9 May 1991: Kathy Bates’ demented devotee in Misery is inspired casting, says Derek Malcolm
Any mixture of Stephen King, William Goldman and Rob Reiner ought to be out of the ordinary. If you add to that an Oscar-winning performance by a relatively unknown actress, you’ve got something reasonably special. It’s called Misery (Odeon, Leicester Square, 18) and you’d have to be churlish not to be entertained.
Predicated, like most Hollywood box-office swingers, on a one-line concept – famous writer gets kidnapped by number one fan – the film hasn’t any depth to speak of, but is consistently shrewd enough not to go totally obvious ways. And the audacity in casting Kathy Bates as the dotty fan pays considerable dividends.
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Any mixture of Stephen King, William Goldman and Rob Reiner ought to be out of the ordinary. If you add to that an Oscar-winning performance by a relatively unknown actress, you’ve got something reasonably special. It’s called Misery (Odeon, Leicester Square, 18) and you’d have to be churlish not to be entertained.
Predicated, like most Hollywood box-office swingers, on a one-line concept – famous writer gets kidnapped by number one fan – the film hasn’t any depth to speak of, but is consistently shrewd enough not to go totally obvious ways. And the audacity in casting Kathy Bates as the dotty fan pays considerable dividends.
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- 5/9/2017
- by Derek Malcolm
- The Guardian - Film News
The retrospective Frank Capra, The American Dreamer is showing April 10 - May 31, 2017 in the United Kingdom.Frank CapraFrank Capra has fallen badly out of fashion in recent decades. While still well-known for the extraordinary Depression-era purple patch that produced It Happened One Night (1934), Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), the critics have rarely been kind. His work is routinely derided as “Capra-corn” for its perceived sentimentality and “fairy tale” idealism while the man himself is written off in favour of contemporaries Howard Hawks, Preston Sturges and Ernst Lubitsch.Elliot Stein, writing in Sight & Sound in 1972, attacked Capra’s “fantasies of good will, which at no point conflict with middle-class American status quo values”, arguing that his “shrewdly commercial manipulative tracts” consist of little more than “philistine-populist notions and greeting-card sentiments”. Pauline Kael found him “softheaded,” Derek Malcolm a huckster hawking “cosily absurd fables.” To an extent,...
- 4/4/2017
- MUBI
Krzysztof Kieślowski's magnum opus for Polish Television is a transcendent 'cycle' of moral tales, each based on one of the Ten Commandments. But sometimes it's difficult to get the connection -- these brilliant mini-movies are pretty tricky. Dekalog Blu-ray The Criterion Collection 837 1988 / Color / 1:33 flat full frame; 1:70 widescreen / 583 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date September 27, 2016 / 99.95 Starring Aleksander Bardini, Janusz Gajos, Krystyna Janda, Bugoslaw Linda, Daniel Olbrychski many others. Cinematography Witold Adamek, Jacek Blawut, Slavomir Idziak, Andrzej Jaroszewicz, Edward Klosinski, Dariusz Kuc, Krzysztof Pakulski, Piotr Sobocinski, Wieslaw Zdort Film Editor Ewa Smal Original Music Zbigniew Preisner Written by Krzysztof Kieślowski, Krzysztof Plesiewicz Produced by Ryszard Chutkowski Directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Back in the early 1990s I believe my first access to Polish director Krzystof Kieślowski was a laserdisc of his film The Double Life of Veronique. I also remember a big reaction in 1996 when...
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Back in the early 1990s I believe my first access to Polish director Krzystof Kieślowski was a laserdisc of his film The Double Life of Veronique. I also remember a big reaction in 1996 when...
- 10/17/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
The Film Society of Lincoln Center has announced the lineup for the Revivals section, taking place during the 54th New York Film Festival (Nyff). The Revivals section showcases masterpieces from renowned filmmakers whose diverse and eclectic works have been digitally remastered, restored, and preserved with the assistance of generous partners.
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Some of the films in the lineup include plenty of Nyff debuts returning once again: Gillo Pontecorvo’s “The Battle of Algiers,” which was the the Nyff Opening Night selection in 1967, Robert Bresson’s “L’argent,” and Barbara Kopple’s “Harlan County USA.” Also included are a program of Jacques Rivette’s early short films, Edward Yang’s second feature “Taipei Story,” Kenji Mizoguchi’s “Ugetsu,” and Marlon Brando’s solo directorial effort “One-Eyed Jacks.”
The Nyff previously announced three of the films screening...
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Some of the films in the lineup include plenty of Nyff debuts returning once again: Gillo Pontecorvo’s “The Battle of Algiers,” which was the the Nyff Opening Night selection in 1967, Robert Bresson’s “L’argent,” and Barbara Kopple’s “Harlan County USA.” Also included are a program of Jacques Rivette’s early short films, Edward Yang’s second feature “Taipei Story,” Kenji Mizoguchi’s “Ugetsu,” and Marlon Brando’s solo directorial effort “One-Eyed Jacks.”
The Nyff previously announced three of the films screening...
- 8/4/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
As much as we’re excited for the already enticing line-up for the 2016 New York Film Festival, their Revivals slate is always a place where one can discover a number of classics or revisit favorite films. This year is no different as they have newly restored films from Robert Bresson, Edward Yang, Jacques Rivette, Marlon Brando, Kenji Mizoguchi, and more. Check out the line-up below and return for our coverage this fall. If you don’t live in New York City, there’s a good chance a number of these restorations will travel in the coming months (or year) as well as get the home video treatment.
L’argent
Directed by Robert Bresson
1983, France, 83m
Robert Bresson’s final film, an adaptation of Tolstoy’s story The Forged Coupon, is simultaneously bleak and luminous, and sharp enough to cut diamonds. The story of a counterfeit bill’s passage from hand...
L’argent
Directed by Robert Bresson
1983, France, 83m
Robert Bresson’s final film, an adaptation of Tolstoy’s story The Forged Coupon, is simultaneously bleak and luminous, and sharp enough to cut diamonds. The story of a counterfeit bill’s passage from hand...
- 8/4/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The director’s 18th-century epic is legendary for the hardships imposed upon its cast, with 150 takes for a single shot not uncommon. But, four decades on, the film’s stars remain united in praise of this beautiful, slow-burning masterpiece
In between the stark futurism of A Clockwork Orange and the floodlit horror of The Shining, Stanley Kubrick made an 18th-century picaresque costume drama that was far less widely loved than either of those films but infinitely more devastating. Barry Lyndon follows the adventures of an opportunistic Irish nitwit, Redmond Barry (Ryan O’Neal), as he clambers inelegantly up the social ladder in search of a title and a fortune. Those who disliked the picture on its release in 1975 cited the pace, which even a snail might consider a tad slow. Defenders, such as Alexander Walker of the Evening Standard (“cinema to marvel at”) and Nigel Andrews of the Financial Times...
In between the stark futurism of A Clockwork Orange and the floodlit horror of The Shining, Stanley Kubrick made an 18th-century picaresque costume drama that was far less widely loved than either of those films but infinitely more devastating. Barry Lyndon follows the adventures of an opportunistic Irish nitwit, Redmond Barry (Ryan O’Neal), as he clambers inelegantly up the social ladder in search of a title and a fortune. Those who disliked the picture on its release in 1975 cited the pace, which even a snail might consider a tad slow. Defenders, such as Alexander Walker of the Evening Standard (“cinema to marvel at”) and Nigel Andrews of the Financial Times...
- 7/14/2016
- by Ryan Gilbey
- The Guardian - Film News
Perhaps harder to believe than the fact that Stanley Kubrick's The Shining -- which turns 36 today -- wasn't universally beloved by critics in 1980 is the idea that it was nominated for two Razzies (Worst Director and Worst Actress, Shelley Duvall) following its release. First off: Shelley Duvall's Wendy Torrance may very well have been a misogynistic portrait (Stephen King once colorfully described the character as a "screaming dishrag"), but Duvall was nothing short of great in that role, a perfect reflection of the audience's mounting terror. It seems to me that there is also some misogyny at work in the widespread idea that Nicholson was brilliant and she was terrible, but that's another post. So just what did the critics say in 1980? While a number of reviewers enjoyed the film (People magazine's critic described it as a "near-miss auto accident: You don't know how scared you really were...
- 5/23/2016
- by Chris Eggertsen
- Hitfix
16 March 1976: Derek Malcolm pays tribute to the film director who had an age named after him
It was once fashionable to call Busby Berkeley, the pioneering Hollywood dance director who has died aged 80, a vulgarian whose garish confections, usually involving women as fruits ripe for plucking, were the epitome of American bad taste.
Now, even in the age of women’s liberation, a nostalgic world takes a gentler view. The girly-merchandising Busby ballets are regarded more as celebratory masterpieces of art deco than as exploitative male fantasies. He even has an era named after him, which is more than you can say for Ingmar Bergman.
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It was once fashionable to call Busby Berkeley, the pioneering Hollywood dance director who has died aged 80, a vulgarian whose garish confections, usually involving women as fruits ripe for plucking, were the epitome of American bad taste.
Now, even in the age of women’s liberation, a nostalgic world takes a gentler view. The girly-merchandising Busby ballets are regarded more as celebratory masterpieces of art deco than as exploitative male fantasies. He even has an era named after him, which is more than you can say for Ingmar Bergman.
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- 3/16/2016
- by Derek Malcolm
- The Guardian - Film News
Shanker Raman’s Gurgaon and Rahul Jain’s Machines both picked up Prasad Digital Intermediate Awards at the close of Film Bazaar on Nov 25.
Both projects were screened in Film Bazaar’s Work-in-Progress Lab.
Gurgaon, selected in the fiction section, revolves around the impact that sudden wealth has on a family living on the outskirts of Delhi.
Jain’s Machines, which screened in the documentary section, presents a sensory experience of working conditions in a textile factory in Gujarat.
The awards were presented by Work-in-Progress Lab mentors Marco Mueller and Derek Malcolm. “Every year I come here, the documentaries get just a little bit better and this year, in particular, has been a very good year,” Malcolm said.
Nina Lath Gupta, MD of India’s National Film Development Corp, said: “The response at the ninth edition of Film Bazaar has been overwhelming. It’s been great to see Indian cinema grow. For me, every...
Both projects were screened in Film Bazaar’s Work-in-Progress Lab.
Gurgaon, selected in the fiction section, revolves around the impact that sudden wealth has on a family living on the outskirts of Delhi.
Jain’s Machines, which screened in the documentary section, presents a sensory experience of working conditions in a textile factory in Gujarat.
The awards were presented by Work-in-Progress Lab mentors Marco Mueller and Derek Malcolm. “Every year I come here, the documentaries get just a little bit better and this year, in particular, has been a very good year,” Malcolm said.
Nina Lath Gupta, MD of India’s National Film Development Corp, said: “The response at the ninth edition of Film Bazaar has been overwhelming. It’s been great to see Indian cinema grow. For me, every...
- 11/26/2015
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
I’d like to add to what Derek Malcolm and Peter Bradshaw have said about the kindness of Philip French. In 1965, I was a struggling young critic in London and Philip, as a BBC producer, gave me not only a vast amount of constructive advice but also vital commissions: he first asked me to review two short BBC Third Programme plays by a then totally unknown writer just out of Bristol called Tom Stoppard. For those of us who went on to work on The Critics and Critics’ Forum, Philip’s advice to “keep the first round short” is forever engraved on our hearts.
I also had wonderful evidence of Philip’s encyclopedic memory. Flattered to be included in the same batch of OBEs as Philip two years ago, I ended a congratulatory telephone call with the jokey line, “See you at the palace.” Quick as a flash, he replied,...
I also had wonderful evidence of Philip’s encyclopedic memory. Flattered to be included in the same batch of OBEs as Philip two years ago, I ended a congratulatory telephone call with the jokey line, “See you at the palace.” Quick as a flash, he replied,...
- 10/28/2015
- by Michael Billington
- The Guardian - Film News
The Hollywood Film Awards® was founded in 1997 and honors excellence in filmmaking and traditionally signals the Official Launch of the Award Season®. The HFAs showcase to the public at large previews of quality films released during the calendar year. The first-ever Hollywood Film Awards® gala took place in October 1997 in the historic Blossom Room at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, in Hollywood. Kirk Douglas took home the inaugural “Hollywood Lifetime Achievement Award.” The Hollywood Film Awards launch the awards season. Over the past 18 years, prior honorees have gone on to garner many Oscar nominations and wins. With participating Hollywood insiders, our Advisory Team identifies and selects the recipients of our honors. Our winners are pre-selected to receive our awards. Our selection is based on their outstanding achievement and contribution to the art of cinema. They are not “nominees.” 2014 honorees included some of the biggest names in Hollywood such as Keira Knightley,...
- 10/2/2015
- by HollywoodNews.com
- Hollywoodnews.com
The Hollywood Film Awards honor established Hollywood artists. The criteria for these awards is based on the recipient’s body of work and/or a film that they have coming out this year. These awards are bestowed in all disciplines of filmmaking*: Career, Leadership, Producer, Director, Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Screenwriter, Cinematographer, Editor, Film Composer, Production Designer, Costume Designer, Animation, and Visual Effects. Our award/tribute recipients are selected by our Advisory Team which is comprised of a cross section of Hollywood professionals. To read more about the Hollywood Film Awards The selection process for our honorees takes multiple elements into consideration and involves attending pre-press private industry screenings, press screenings, festival screenings, and research. It also includes the support and participation of established entertainment industry executives, from agents, critics, directors, managers, producers, publicists, screenwriters and studio execs to members of the craft guilds. With participating Hollywood insiders,...
- 10/2/2015
- by HollywoodNews.com
- Hollywoodnews.com
Derek Malcolm is unimpressed by grim dancing, an aging cast and a misplaced disco soundtrack
“If you can’t be an athlete, be an athletic supporter,” says someone in Grease (Empire, A). It’s one of the few funny lines in this all-conquering movie but then, such is its lack of real panache, one is not quite sure whether it understands the double meaning. The Robert Stigwood film, already pre-sold to countless millions, is a grave disappointment to anyone in search of style or substance. But one thing this botched fifties pastiche does achieve is an increased affection for George Lucas’ American Graffiti.
Based on the pop musical which took Broadway by storm in 1972, which Time correctly described as “like an old yearbook in the carton of high school memorabilia we all keep stored somewhere in the back of our lives,” the film shrewdly but impertinently inserts a huge dose...
“If you can’t be an athlete, be an athletic supporter,” says someone in Grease (Empire, A). It’s one of the few funny lines in this all-conquering movie but then, such is its lack of real panache, one is not quite sure whether it understands the double meaning. The Robert Stigwood film, already pre-sold to countless millions, is a grave disappointment to anyone in search of style or substance. But one thing this botched fifties pastiche does achieve is an increased affection for George Lucas’ American Graffiti.
Based on the pop musical which took Broadway by storm in 1972, which Time correctly described as “like an old yearbook in the carton of high school memorabilia we all keep stored somewhere in the back of our lives,” the film shrewdly but impertinently inserts a huge dose...
- 9/14/2015
- by Derek Malcolm
- The Guardian - Film News
The Raindance Film Festival is holding their 2nd annual Independent Filmmakers Ball, a charity event in aid of The British Independent Film trust and its programs. Filmmakers and indie film lovers alike are invited to join the Raindancers and Ift patrons for an evening of celebrating the independent spirit and fundraising as they host the hottest party in London.
Held at art deco inspired Cafe de Paris, with the live big band sound of Natty Congeroo & the Flames of Rhythm, a charity raffle where you could win a £1000 Ted Baker London shopping spree! #Pinch_Me with other prizes from festival partners and a fun #FilmFantasy matchmaking game - get a tarot card on the door, match it with a patron and get a surprise gift.
Ift Patrons scheduled to appear include: Terry Gilliam, Sadie Frost, Nik Powell, Michael Winterbottom, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Peter Straughan, Eline Powell, Kierston Wareing, Derek Malcolm and more.
The event will take place on Wednesday April 29, 2015 at the Cafe De Paris, London. Arrivals are scheduled from 7:30-9:30 Pm.
Partners include: Ted Baker London, Nikon, Vue Cinemas, Cinema Jam, Mayfair Hotels, Rotolight, The Athenaeum, The Smalls, Writer’s Store, Pond5, The Telegraph, Total Film/Future Publishing, Time Out, Indiewire and Variety.
About The British independent Film Trust
The Independent Film Trust is a UK charity which was set up to advance the cause of independent film-making by various means. We support initiatives that encourage interest in film production and help emerging film-makers to develop and express themselves. Our activities include the provision of training for the disadvantaged and scholarships for those who have shown talent but need monetary or other help. We work with groups such as Raindance and Bifa to find and showcase the best in independent film, to promote innovation and to celebrate the vitality and diversity of the sector.
About Raindance Film Festival
Now in its 23rd year, the festival has a strong legacy of showing alternative films and uncovering the hottest new filmmakers to hit the cinematic scene. Raindance-premiered hits include "Memento," "Old Boy," "The Blair Witch Project," "Pusher," "Ghost World" and "Lover Exposure." Listed by Variety as one of the world’s top 50 ‘unmissable film festivals’, Raindance aims to nurture, support and promote independent films and filmmakers from the UK and around the world. Based in the heart of London, Raindance combines Raindance Film Festival, Training Courses, the prestigious British Independent Film Awards, the Raindance Web Fest, the British Independent Series Awards and Raindance Releasing.
Held at art deco inspired Cafe de Paris, with the live big band sound of Natty Congeroo & the Flames of Rhythm, a charity raffle where you could win a £1000 Ted Baker London shopping spree! #Pinch_Me with other prizes from festival partners and a fun #FilmFantasy matchmaking game - get a tarot card on the door, match it with a patron and get a surprise gift.
Ift Patrons scheduled to appear include: Terry Gilliam, Sadie Frost, Nik Powell, Michael Winterbottom, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Peter Straughan, Eline Powell, Kierston Wareing, Derek Malcolm and more.
The event will take place on Wednesday April 29, 2015 at the Cafe De Paris, London. Arrivals are scheduled from 7:30-9:30 Pm.
Partners include: Ted Baker London, Nikon, Vue Cinemas, Cinema Jam, Mayfair Hotels, Rotolight, The Athenaeum, The Smalls, Writer’s Store, Pond5, The Telegraph, Total Film/Future Publishing, Time Out, Indiewire and Variety.
About The British independent Film Trust
The Independent Film Trust is a UK charity which was set up to advance the cause of independent film-making by various means. We support initiatives that encourage interest in film production and help emerging film-makers to develop and express themselves. Our activities include the provision of training for the disadvantaged and scholarships for those who have shown talent but need monetary or other help. We work with groups such as Raindance and Bifa to find and showcase the best in independent film, to promote innovation and to celebrate the vitality and diversity of the sector.
About Raindance Film Festival
Now in its 23rd year, the festival has a strong legacy of showing alternative films and uncovering the hottest new filmmakers to hit the cinematic scene. Raindance-premiered hits include "Memento," "Old Boy," "The Blair Witch Project," "Pusher," "Ghost World" and "Lover Exposure." Listed by Variety as one of the world’s top 50 ‘unmissable film festivals’, Raindance aims to nurture, support and promote independent films and filmmakers from the UK and around the world. Based in the heart of London, Raindance combines Raindance Film Festival, Training Courses, the prestigious British Independent Film Awards, the Raindance Web Fest, the British Independent Series Awards and Raindance Releasing.
- 4/27/2015
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Touring festival to show Cannes titles and spotlight Resnais, Truffaut and Tati.
The touring French Film Festival UK (Nov 5 – Dec 4) will host Cannes titles including Mathieu Amalric’s The Blue Room (La Chambre Bleue), Jean-Luc Godard’s 3D trip Goodbye to Language (Adieu Au Langage), and Camera d’Or winner Party Girl, directed by Marie Amachoukeli.
The festival, which travels to cities between Inverness and London, will open with Belgian director Lucas Belvaux’s Not My Type (Pas mon genre), the cultural and social divide romantic comedy with Emilie Dequenne and Loïc Corbery.
There will be tributes to the late Alain Resnais, with screenings of a restored copy of his first feature Hiroshima Mon Amour and the director’s last film Life of Riley, as well as films from François Truffaut and Jacques Tati.
The festival’s First World War focus revolves around a screening of the 1931 classic Wooden Crosses (Les Croix de Bois) by Raymond Bernard.
Cannes...
The touring French Film Festival UK (Nov 5 – Dec 4) will host Cannes titles including Mathieu Amalric’s The Blue Room (La Chambre Bleue), Jean-Luc Godard’s 3D trip Goodbye to Language (Adieu Au Langage), and Camera d’Or winner Party Girl, directed by Marie Amachoukeli.
The festival, which travels to cities between Inverness and London, will open with Belgian director Lucas Belvaux’s Not My Type (Pas mon genre), the cultural and social divide romantic comedy with Emilie Dequenne and Loïc Corbery.
There will be tributes to the late Alain Resnais, with screenings of a restored copy of his first feature Hiroshima Mon Amour and the director’s last film Life of Riley, as well as films from François Truffaut and Jacques Tati.
The festival’s First World War focus revolves around a screening of the 1931 classic Wooden Crosses (Les Croix de Bois) by Raymond Bernard.
Cannes...
- 8/15/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Amos Gitai [pictured], Michael Smiley and Lenora Crichlow among the judges at this year’s festival.
Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) has announced this year’s juries.
Amos Gitai will chair the jury for the Michael Powell Award Competition for Best British Feature Film, with Nina Hoss and Michael Smiley also on the jury. The award carries a cash prize of £20,000 and the jury will also select the award for Best Performance in a British feature film.
The jury for Best International Feature Film Competition (£10,000) includes Niki Karimi (chair), Michael Fitzgerald and Mark Rabinowitz, while the Best Documentary Feature Film Competition (£10,000 and supported by Al Jazeera) will be chaired by Cynthia Beatt alongside Dominique Auvray and Sunmin Park.
Linda Ruth Williams will chair the jury for the Short Film Competition (supported by Virgin Atlantic) along with Lenora Crichlow and Nicole Gerhards.
Now in its third year, the Student Critics Jury programme will see seven aspiring film critics work under...
Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) has announced this year’s juries.
Amos Gitai will chair the jury for the Michael Powell Award Competition for Best British Feature Film, with Nina Hoss and Michael Smiley also on the jury. The award carries a cash prize of £20,000 and the jury will also select the award for Best Performance in a British feature film.
The jury for Best International Feature Film Competition (£10,000) includes Niki Karimi (chair), Michael Fitzgerald and Mark Rabinowitz, while the Best Documentary Feature Film Competition (£10,000 and supported by Al Jazeera) will be chaired by Cynthia Beatt alongside Dominique Auvray and Sunmin Park.
Linda Ruth Williams will chair the jury for the Short Film Competition (supported by Virgin Atlantic) along with Lenora Crichlow and Nicole Gerhards.
Now in its third year, the Student Critics Jury programme will see seven aspiring film critics work under...
- 6/10/2014
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
Derek Malcolm wonders if "Exhibition" is a valid documentary about pornograpic actress Claudine Beccarie or an excuse to excite the dirty mac brigade
"I'm fed up with stars who supposedly have great bodies but it's really my arse," says Claudine Beccarie, porno star in Exhibition (Pigalle, X, Glc only). The film is a document, but not quite a documentary, about her life and times which has been labeled the bluest yet to open publically in London. And Mlle Beccarie clearly knows what she is talking about, though the most titillating knowledge of all – exactly whose bottom hers has stood in for – is understandably never imparted.
Shown at the New York Festival, presided over by our own Richard Roud, the film has a reasonably serious reputation even though its director, Jean-François Davy, has previous features to his credit called Bananes Mechaniques and so forth. It is one of several versions around and not the most whole-hearted,...
"I'm fed up with stars who supposedly have great bodies but it's really my arse," says Claudine Beccarie, porno star in Exhibition (Pigalle, X, Glc only). The film is a document, but not quite a documentary, about her life and times which has been labeled the bluest yet to open publically in London. And Mlle Beccarie clearly knows what she is talking about, though the most titillating knowledge of all – exactly whose bottom hers has stood in for – is understandably never imparted.
Shown at the New York Festival, presided over by our own Richard Roud, the film has a reasonably serious reputation even though its director, Jean-François Davy, has previous features to his credit called Bananes Mechaniques and so forth. It is one of several versions around and not the most whole-hearted,...
- 12/9/2013
- by Derek Malcolm
- The Guardian - Film News
Kanu Behl’s Titli and Shonali Bose’s Margarita, With a Straw among selected projects, Rome Artistic Director Marco Mueller to mentor
The Nfdc Film Bazaar announced the five projects of its Work-In-Progress Lab program.
Film Bazaar 2013 will be held from 20 – 24 Nov, at Marriott Resort, Goa, alongside Iffi (International Film Festival of India – 20 – 30 Nov).
The Work-in-Progress Lab gives five filmmakers a chance to have their rough-cut feature length films viewed by a panel of international advisors who have a one-on-one discussion with the filmmaker with an intention to help the filmmaker achieve an accomplished final cut of the film.
The mentors of the lab this year are; Marco Mueller – Artistic Director, Rome Film Festival; Derek Malcolm – British Film Critic and Historian; Laurent Danielou – of Rezo Films and Chairman of A.D.E.F., the French Film Export Association, and Philippa Campbell – Acclaimed Producer and Script Consultant including New Zealand Film Commission initiatives and workshops.
The Nfdc Film Bazaar announced the five projects of its Work-In-Progress Lab program.
Film Bazaar 2013 will be held from 20 – 24 Nov, at Marriott Resort, Goa, alongside Iffi (International Film Festival of India – 20 – 30 Nov).
The Work-in-Progress Lab gives five filmmakers a chance to have their rough-cut feature length films viewed by a panel of international advisors who have a one-on-one discussion with the filmmaker with an intention to help the filmmaker achieve an accomplished final cut of the film.
The mentors of the lab this year are; Marco Mueller – Artistic Director, Rome Film Festival; Derek Malcolm – British Film Critic and Historian; Laurent Danielou – of Rezo Films and Chairman of A.D.E.F., the French Film Export Association, and Philippa Campbell – Acclaimed Producer and Script Consultant including New Zealand Film Commission initiatives and workshops.
- 11/1/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
In this extract from his forthcoming book, the Observer's new film critic, Mark Kermode, examines how the internet has changed the role of the professional reviewer. When everyone has an opinion, what value does the critic retain?
"Forrest Gump on a tractor." Those five words are probably my favourite film review ever. More importantly, they constitute the most damaging hatchet job I ever encountered, managing to do something I had often argued was impossible – to kill a movie stone dead. I didn't read them in a newspaper or on a blog, I didn't hear them on the radio or television; rather, they were whispered in my ear by a trusted friend and colleague, David Cox, as the house lights went down on a screening of David Lynch's The Straight Story.
I'd been really looking forward to that movie. I've been a huge Lynch fan ever since being blindsided by...
"Forrest Gump on a tractor." Those five words are probably my favourite film review ever. More importantly, they constitute the most damaging hatchet job I ever encountered, managing to do something I had often argued was impossible – to kill a movie stone dead. I didn't read them in a newspaper or on a blog, I didn't hear them on the radio or television; rather, they were whispered in my ear by a trusted friend and colleague, David Cox, as the house lights went down on a screening of David Lynch's The Straight Story.
I'd been really looking forward to that movie. I've been a huge Lynch fan ever since being blindsided by...
- 9/30/2013
- by Mark Kermode
- The Guardian - Film News
Starring Oscar-winner Judi Dench and Steve Coogan, Philomena is the touching true story of a woman searching for her son.
Philomena Lee was sent away to a convent to be looked after as a “fallen woman”. Taken from her at the age of 3, her son was “sold” in America. Forced to vow she would never seek him, Philomena fought her vow and spent the next 50 years searching for her lost son. With the help of journalist, Martin Sixsmith, Philomena travels to America to find her lost son.
The reviews have been overwhelmingly positive for the movie, which had it’s premiere last week at the Venice International Film Festival.
Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline – “Although Philomena treats a very delicate subject matter, which resulted in the pulling out of a lot of hankies in the Sala Darsena, it’s also a very funny and heart-warming film. People I spoke with after the...
Philomena Lee was sent away to a convent to be looked after as a “fallen woman”. Taken from her at the age of 3, her son was “sold” in America. Forced to vow she would never seek him, Philomena fought her vow and spent the next 50 years searching for her lost son. With the help of journalist, Martin Sixsmith, Philomena travels to America to find her lost son.
The reviews have been overwhelmingly positive for the movie, which had it’s premiere last week at the Venice International Film Festival.
Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline – “Although Philomena treats a very delicate subject matter, which resulted in the pulling out of a lot of hankies in the Sala Darsena, it’s also a very funny and heart-warming film. People I spoke with after the...
- 9/2/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Marking Alfonso Cuaron's much-anticipated return to the big screen following a seven-year absence, his sci-fi thriller Gravity holds its world premiere tonight at the Venice Film Festival.
Sandra Bullock and George Clooney star as a pair of astronauts who are left stranded in space after their shuttle is hit by debris during a routine mission.
The first reviews are in, and the early buzz is effusive, with critics praising Cuaron's command of the outer space setting and Bullock's haunted lead performance.
Digital Spy rounds up the major critical opinion so far below.
Justin Chang - Variety
"Suspending viewers alongside Bullock for a taut, transporting 91 minutes (with George Clooney in a sly supporting turn), the director's long-overdue follow-up to Children of Men is at once a nervy experiment in blockbuster minimalism and a film of robust movie-movie thrills, restoring a sense of wonder, terror and possibility to the big screen...
Sandra Bullock and George Clooney star as a pair of astronauts who are left stranded in space after their shuttle is hit by debris during a routine mission.
The first reviews are in, and the early buzz is effusive, with critics praising Cuaron's command of the outer space setting and Bullock's haunted lead performance.
Digital Spy rounds up the major critical opinion so far below.
Justin Chang - Variety
"Suspending viewers alongside Bullock for a taut, transporting 91 minutes (with George Clooney in a sly supporting turn), the director's long-overdue follow-up to Children of Men is at once a nervy experiment in blockbuster minimalism and a film of robust movie-movie thrills, restoring a sense of wonder, terror and possibility to the big screen...
- 8/28/2013
- Digital Spy
The Norwegian International Film Festival (Niff) is to showcase the “diversity” of the region’s current output, according to programme director Håkon Skogrand.
The 41st Niff will run from Aug 15-22 in Haugesund, opening with the world premiere of Erik Skjoldbjærg’s oil rush thriller, Pionér (Pioneer) starring Aksel Henie.
The festival will close with Gunhild Westhagen Magnor’s Optimistene (The Optimists), a documentary about a volleyball club of ladies aged 66-98.
“There is currently an impressive diversity in Norwegian cinema,” declared programme director Håkon Skogrand
However, there has been an increasing emphasis on films from Norway and the Nordic countries in recent years and festival director Gunnar Johan Løvvik has decided to give each section equal status to address this.
The sections include the main selection, Cinemagi (for children), French Touch, New British Films, Nordic Focus and New Nordic Films.
In the international line-up Skogrand will present 23 films from 13 countries and wide-ranging environments – “from New York...
The 41st Niff will run from Aug 15-22 in Haugesund, opening with the world premiere of Erik Skjoldbjærg’s oil rush thriller, Pionér (Pioneer) starring Aksel Henie.
The festival will close with Gunhild Westhagen Magnor’s Optimistene (The Optimists), a documentary about a volleyball club of ladies aged 66-98.
“There is currently an impressive diversity in Norwegian cinema,” declared programme director Håkon Skogrand
However, there has been an increasing emphasis on films from Norway and the Nordic countries in recent years and festival director Gunnar Johan Løvvik has decided to give each section equal status to address this.
The sections include the main selection, Cinemagi (for children), French Touch, New British Films, Nordic Focus and New Nordic Films.
In the international line-up Skogrand will present 23 films from 13 countries and wide-ranging environments – “from New York...
- 8/14/2013
- by jornrossing@aol.com (Jorn Rossing Jensen)
- ScreenDaily
Legendary Indian film and documentary maker Adoor Gopalakrishnan attended an exclusive master-class at the British Film Institute (BFI) as part of this year’s London Indian Film Festival. Hosted by Derek Malcolm, the event reflected on the life and works of the great Malayalam director and screenwriter, who is a multiple National Award winner, a Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, as well as a recipient of the Padma Vibushan; India’s second highest civilian honour. Adoor is known for travelling to London on a rare basis, which made this event even more special for his fans and Indian film lovers alike.
Born in the South Indian city of Kerala in 1941, Adoor initially did not want to enter the Indian film industry and was working as a statistical investigator for the Government of India. He eventually embraced his passion for cinema and went onto study Screenplay Writing and Advanced Film Direction at the...
Born in the South Indian city of Kerala in 1941, Adoor initially did not want to enter the Indian film industry and was working as a statistical investigator for the Government of India. He eventually embraced his passion for cinema and went onto study Screenplay Writing and Advanced Film Direction at the...
- 7/21/2013
- by Bodrul Chaudhury
- Bollyspice
Mahdi Fleifel’s refugee documentary wins Best Film in the International Competition. Experimental doc Leviathan wins Best British Feature.Scroll down for full list of winners
The winners have been announced at the 67th Edinburgh International Film Festival.
The ceremony, held at Edinburgh’s Filmhouse this afternoon, saw the award for Best Film in the International Competition presented to Mahdi Fleifel’s A World Not Ours (Lebanon/UAE/Denmark/UK).
The jury also gave a special mention to Elias Giannakakis’ Joy.
South Korean director Bong Joon-ho chaired the International Feature Film Competition Jury, which also included actress Natalie Dormer and film critic Siobhan Synnot.
The jury citation read: “The International Jury loved this film’s warm regard for the people at the heart of the film. A difficult subject was handled with confidence and humour.”
Fleifel said: “I have lived, studied and worked in the UK for 13 years, but I’ve never managed to screen any of...
The winners have been announced at the 67th Edinburgh International Film Festival.
The ceremony, held at Edinburgh’s Filmhouse this afternoon, saw the award for Best Film in the International Competition presented to Mahdi Fleifel’s A World Not Ours (Lebanon/UAE/Denmark/UK).
The jury also gave a special mention to Elias Giannakakis’ Joy.
South Korean director Bong Joon-ho chaired the International Feature Film Competition Jury, which also included actress Natalie Dormer and film critic Siobhan Synnot.
The jury citation read: “The International Jury loved this film’s warm regard for the people at the heart of the film. A difficult subject was handled with confidence and humour.”
Fleifel said: “I have lived, studied and worked in the UK for 13 years, but I’ve never managed to screen any of...
- 6/28/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Yesterday we gave you an overview about the exciting London Indian Film Festival that is running from July 18th to the 24th. Today we thought we would give you the full list of films and events that will be featured at the Beyond Bollywood film festival!
Films
B.A. Pass | Dir. Ajay Bahl | Hindi, Punjabi, with English subtitles
The Graduate meets film noir in this sizzling tale of seduction and betrayal where a young man is seduced by a gorgeous cougar who leaves him entranced, that is until she farms him out to entertain her lady friends with dangerous consequences. The film’s steamy trailer drew millions of hits on YouTube and the eroticism of the film has drawn the ire of India’s moral police.
Bombay Talkies | Dirs. Karan Johar, Zoya Akhtar, Dibakar Bannerjee, Anurag Kashyap | Hindi, Marathi with English subtitles | Closing Film.
Mumbai’s spectacular homage to 100 years of...
Films
B.A. Pass | Dir. Ajay Bahl | Hindi, Punjabi, with English subtitles
The Graduate meets film noir in this sizzling tale of seduction and betrayal where a young man is seduced by a gorgeous cougar who leaves him entranced, that is until she farms him out to entertain her lady friends with dangerous consequences. The film’s steamy trailer drew millions of hits on YouTube and the eroticism of the film has drawn the ire of India’s moral police.
Bombay Talkies | Dirs. Karan Johar, Zoya Akhtar, Dibakar Bannerjee, Anurag Kashyap | Hindi, Marathi with English subtitles | Closing Film.
Mumbai’s spectacular homage to 100 years of...
- 6/28/2013
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
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