The 57th BFI London Film Festival line-up has officially been revealed, and it is led by a slew of incredibly promising films, many of which have already been buzzing on the festival circuit, and a number of which will be making their debuts here in London.
As previously announced, Paul Greengrass’ Captain Phillips will open the festival next month, and John Lee Hancock’s Saving Mr. Banks will close it, book-ending the festival with Tom Hanks leading two highly prominent, Oscar-primed movies.
Stephen Frears’ Philomena was also previously announced as the Lff American Express Gala, with The Epic of Everest announced as the Lff Archive Gala.
And leading the line-up alongside them this year will be some of the most Oscar-buzzed movies of 2013, including Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave, Jason Reitman’s Labor Day, Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity (in 3D), Joel and Ethan Coen’s Inside Llewyn Davis, Terry Gilliam’s The Zero Theorem,...
As previously announced, Paul Greengrass’ Captain Phillips will open the festival next month, and John Lee Hancock’s Saving Mr. Banks will close it, book-ending the festival with Tom Hanks leading two highly prominent, Oscar-primed movies.
Stephen Frears’ Philomena was also previously announced as the Lff American Express Gala, with The Epic of Everest announced as the Lff Archive Gala.
And leading the line-up alongside them this year will be some of the most Oscar-buzzed movies of 2013, including Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave, Jason Reitman’s Labor Day, Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity (in 3D), Joel and Ethan Coen’s Inside Llewyn Davis, Terry Gilliam’s The Zero Theorem,...
- 9/4/2013
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Mick Anglo has died at the age of 95. The Marvelman creator passed away on October 31, reports ComicBitsOnline. Born in Bow in East London in 1916, the writer and artist studied at Central Foundation School and John Cass Art School working freelance and going on to draw strips for an army newspaper during World War II. Anglo worked for a variety of British publications during the Golden Age of comics. In 1954, he created Marvelman for L. Miller & Son after the publisher lost the rights to use Fawcett (more)...
- 11/11/2011
- by By Hugh Armitage
- Digital Spy
He was a key figure in the development of media education
Manuel Alvarado, who has died aged 62 after an operation, was a major figure in the development of media education in Britain and beyond. In the 1970s he was one of a small group of highly motivated teachers who were working to combat the general prejudice against the serious study of the media. Although film studies was beginning to creep into the academic curriculum, the systematic and informed study of television was regarded with suspicion. Becoming the secretary of the Society for Education in Film and Television, and the editor of Screen Education, Manuel was at the centre of a movement that propelled the study of media from being a fringe subject to occupying a solid place in both school and university curriculums.
As the editor of Screen Education, Manuel promoted and pioneered work on the education system (he was...
Manuel Alvarado, who has died aged 62 after an operation, was a major figure in the development of media education in Britain and beyond. In the 1970s he was one of a small group of highly motivated teachers who were working to combat the general prejudice against the serious study of the media. Although film studies was beginning to creep into the academic curriculum, the systematic and informed study of television was regarded with suspicion. Becoming the secretary of the Society for Education in Film and Television, and the editor of Screen Education, Manuel was at the centre of a movement that propelled the study of media from being a fringe subject to occupying a solid place in both school and university curriculums.
As the editor of Screen Education, Manuel promoted and pioneered work on the education system (he was...
- 6/1/2010
- The Guardian - Film News
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