Our rave review of Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri notes that cinematographer Ben Davis “captures the action and outbursts of violence with assured zip and clarity.” Though true, it’s only the tip of the iceberg. Martin McDonagh’s third feature — his second with Davis behind the camera, following 2012’s Seven Psychopaths — is among the most beautiful released this year, photographed with a knowledge of its small-town environment (North Carolina rather than Missouri, but let’s not hold that against the film) that renders seemingly quotidian settings a scarred landscape of pain and anger.
Speaking one-on-one with Davis will make clear that Billboards‘ fine palette is no happy accident, instead being the result of intense consideration for environment, emotion, color, space, and, especially in the case of a show-stopping single take — one that hardly asks for us to stand and applaud, even as we’re wondering how it could be pulled off — movement.
Speaking one-on-one with Davis will make clear that Billboards‘ fine palette is no happy accident, instead being the result of intense consideration for environment, emotion, color, space, and, especially in the case of a show-stopping single take — one that hardly asks for us to stand and applaud, even as we’re wondering how it could be pulled off — movement.
- 11/16/2017
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
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BBC Three put Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding’s wilfully shambolic live act and radio series, The Mighty Boosh, on TV…
Part of The Mighty Boosh’s delight comes from its unlikelihood as a TV sitcom. Its boundless Day-Glo imagination isn’t an immediate fit with the constraints of the form. A sunshine simpleton and his awkward, jazz-obsessed colleague meet mythic monsters and talking animals while performing expertly observed musical parody? It’s not exactly My Family.
As comedian, writer, and director of Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding’s 1999 Edinburgh show Arctic Boosh, Stewart Lee, put it, “No television exec would ever have gone ‘What we need is a kind of purple head with tentacles coming out of it which speaks like a member of the Small Faces’”.
And yet a television exec did. Granted, probably not in those exact words. After Danny Wallace opened the door...
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BBC Three put Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding’s wilfully shambolic live act and radio series, The Mighty Boosh, on TV…
Part of The Mighty Boosh’s delight comes from its unlikelihood as a TV sitcom. Its boundless Day-Glo imagination isn’t an immediate fit with the constraints of the form. A sunshine simpleton and his awkward, jazz-obsessed colleague meet mythic monsters and talking animals while performing expertly observed musical parody? It’s not exactly My Family.
As comedian, writer, and director of Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding’s 1999 Edinburgh show Arctic Boosh, Stewart Lee, put it, “No television exec would ever have gone ‘What we need is a kind of purple head with tentacles coming out of it which speaks like a member of the Small Faces’”.
And yet a television exec did. Granted, probably not in those exact words. After Danny Wallace opened the door...
- 2/16/2016
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
By Patrick Shanley
Managing Editor
There are a number of films that sit on the Oscar bubble this season with strong possibilities at either original or adapted screenplay nominations. Many of these films, however, are not serious threats in any other category, which is not that rare for films in this century.
Generally, films that receive a nomination for their screenplay are often nominated in at least one other category, and, often, for one of the night’s major awards, such as best picture or director. One of this year’s indie darlings, Ex Machina, the sci-fi thriller from writer/director Alex Garland, was a big winner this past Sunday at the British Independent Film Awards. The film took home the best film, best director and best screenplay awards, yet the likelihood of an Oscar nomination in either the best pic or best director category is not high, as the...
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There are a number of films that sit on the Oscar bubble this season with strong possibilities at either original or adapted screenplay nominations. Many of these films, however, are not serious threats in any other category, which is not that rare for films in this century.
Generally, films that receive a nomination for their screenplay are often nominated in at least one other category, and, often, for one of the night’s major awards, such as best picture or director. One of this year’s indie darlings, Ex Machina, the sci-fi thriller from writer/director Alex Garland, was a big winner this past Sunday at the British Independent Film Awards. The film took home the best film, best director and best screenplay awards, yet the likelihood of an Oscar nomination in either the best pic or best director category is not high, as the...
- 12/9/2015
- by Patrick Shanley
- Scott Feinberg
By Anjelica Oswald
Managing Editor
Justin Simien’s feature debut Dear White People is a satirical comedy that deals with intra- and inter-race relations at a fictional Ivy League university after a group of white students throw a “black-themed” party. The film — which has been critically acclaimed and holds a 97% critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes — opened this weekend in limited release, receiving an average of $31,273 from 11 theaters. The film premiered at Sundance Film Festival and won a Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Talent at the festival. Simien, who wrote and directed the film, used to work on studio publicity and is now getting his own Oscar campaign from Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions, the distributors for Dear White People. The film covers social issues that people often choose not to acknowledge and does so in a smart, humorous way. Though these types of films may cover topics the Academy is often wary of,...
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Justin Simien’s feature debut Dear White People is a satirical comedy that deals with intra- and inter-race relations at a fictional Ivy League university after a group of white students throw a “black-themed” party. The film — which has been critically acclaimed and holds a 97% critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes — opened this weekend in limited release, receiving an average of $31,273 from 11 theaters. The film premiered at Sundance Film Festival and won a Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Talent at the festival. Simien, who wrote and directed the film, used to work on studio publicity and is now getting his own Oscar campaign from Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions, the distributors for Dear White People. The film covers social issues that people often choose not to acknowledge and does so in a smart, humorous way. Though these types of films may cover topics the Academy is often wary of,...
- 10/20/2014
- by Anjelica Oswald
- Scott Feinberg
As the plight of illegal immigrants remains a hot-button issue in American and international politics, many current films have looked at this struggle in unique, singular ways. Titles like Sin Nombre, A Better Life and Dirty Pretty Things have dramatized a collection of sad, squalid tales that need to be told in today’s inflamed political arena. However, few of them boast much in the way of laugh-out-loud comedy.
Samba, the new film from The Intouchables directors Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano, uses the appeal of its lead star, Omar Sy, to generate crowd-pleasing moments in what is likely the cheeriest movie ever made about the immigrant’s plight. Despite its light touch, the levity works.
Sy plays Samba Cissé, a man from Senegal who has worked a lot of low-paying jobs after arriving in France a decade earlier. He sends much of his measly paycheck to his family back home.
Samba, the new film from The Intouchables directors Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano, uses the appeal of its lead star, Omar Sy, to generate crowd-pleasing moments in what is likely the cheeriest movie ever made about the immigrant’s plight. Despite its light touch, the levity works.
Sy plays Samba Cissé, a man from Senegal who has worked a lot of low-paying jobs after arriving in France a decade earlier. He sends much of his measly paycheck to his family back home.
- 9/8/2014
- by Jordan Adler
- We Got This Covered
The first entry in a new and on-going series of audiovisual essays by Cristina Álvarez López and Adrian Martin.
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When asked about the central dance scene in Regular Lovers (Les amants réguliers, 2005), director Philippe Garrel testified that, as he and his closest co-workers get older, they more naturally collaborate – in order to get things done more efficiently, creatively and pleasantly. So did Garrel plot every camera move, choreograph every gesture, set the entire mise en scène of this dance, or any of the similar scenes in his films of the 21st century? It’s unlikely. This is not the awesome, choreographic, one-man mastery of a Max Ophüls, but a collectively shaped vibration or wave: actors, cinematographer, off-screen advisers, director, all mucking in together to capture a particular swirl of sensations and associations clustered around the motif of dance.
The songs, we imagine, are chosen (or at least vetted) by Garrel:...
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When asked about the central dance scene in Regular Lovers (Les amants réguliers, 2005), director Philippe Garrel testified that, as he and his closest co-workers get older, they more naturally collaborate – in order to get things done more efficiently, creatively and pleasantly. So did Garrel plot every camera move, choreograph every gesture, set the entire mise en scène of this dance, or any of the similar scenes in his films of the 21st century? It’s unlikely. This is not the awesome, choreographic, one-man mastery of a Max Ophüls, but a collectively shaped vibration or wave: actors, cinematographer, off-screen advisers, director, all mucking in together to capture a particular swirl of sensations and associations clustered around the motif of dance.
The songs, we imagine, are chosen (or at least vetted) by Garrel:...
- 1/21/2014
- by Cristina Álvarez López & Adrian Martin
- MUBI
Peter Sarsgaard and Liev Schreiber are in negotiations to star opposite Tobey Maguire in the long-gestating Bobby Fischer drama Pawn Sacrifice. For years, Maguire has been developing the Cold War-era project, which has attracted a number of potential directors including David Fincher. Ed Zwick is onboard to direct the film, which will begin filming in Montreal next month. Stephen Knight (Eastern Promises, Dirty Pretty Things) wrote the screenplay. Fischer, who will be played by Maguire, became a pop culture icon as the youngest grand master in the history of chess, also known for his unpredictable outbursts. In 1972, after a record-
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- 9/24/2013
- by Tatiana Siegel
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
World Bank study recommends 51 films using development as a plot device - sometimes at expense of accuracy and complexity
International development is just about at the bottom of the list of things that the average westerner thinks about each day. News organisations are closing their foreign bureaus. One of the big Us television networks turned down more money for global health reporting after a series, entirely funded by grants, led to a dip in viewers. In other words ratings were so bad that the network turned down millions of dollars. It is that tough.
Aside from advocacy efforts like (the much-criticised) Kony 2012 and Oxfam advertisements, how do people learn about the world around them? The answer could be Hollywood. Reporting on Africa does not get much attention in the Us, but a film staring Leonardo DiCaprio about Sierra Leone does.
A film like Blood Diamond, setting aside its problems, brings...
International development is just about at the bottom of the list of things that the average westerner thinks about each day. News organisations are closing their foreign bureaus. One of the big Us television networks turned down more money for global health reporting after a series, entirely funded by grants, led to a dip in viewers. In other words ratings were so bad that the network turned down millions of dollars. It is that tough.
Aside from advocacy efforts like (the much-criticised) Kony 2012 and Oxfam advertisements, how do people learn about the world around them? The answer could be Hollywood. Reporting on Africa does not get much attention in the Us, but a film staring Leonardo DiCaprio about Sierra Leone does.
A film like Blood Diamond, setting aside its problems, brings...
- 9/5/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
Chicago – Stephen Knight, the writer of brilliant scripts for “Eastern Promises” & “Dirty Pretty Things,” makes his directorial debut with “Redemption,” opening today in limited release, starring Jason Statham in a role that proves that he has more dramatic range than he’s usually asked to display.
With Statham’s best performance since “The Bank Job,” “Redemption” nearly works. It’s one of those truly frustrating films in that there are numerous scenes & moments that work but Knight can’t quite fashion them into a whole that’s not a disappointment. But he comes damn close.
Rating: 3.0/5.0
Joey Jones (Statham) participated in something horrible in his time in the service. He’s shattered with Ptsd to the degree that he even has hallucinations (one involving hummingbirds, which contributed to the film’s superior, original title, “Hummingbird,” when it was released overseas) and has taken to life on the street. He drowns his trauma in booze,...
With Statham’s best performance since “The Bank Job,” “Redemption” nearly works. It’s one of those truly frustrating films in that there are numerous scenes & moments that work but Knight can’t quite fashion them into a whole that’s not a disappointment. But he comes damn close.
Rating: 3.0/5.0
Joey Jones (Statham) participated in something horrible in his time in the service. He’s shattered with Ptsd to the degree that he even has hallucinations (one involving hummingbirds, which contributed to the film’s superior, original title, “Hummingbird,” when it was released overseas) and has taken to life on the street. He drowns his trauma in booze,...
- 6/28/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Chicago – Stephen Knight, the writer of brilliant scripts for “Eastern Promises” & “Dirty Pretty Things,” makes his directorial debut with “Redemption,” opening today in limited release, starring Jason Statham in a role that proves that he has more dramatic range than he’s usually asked to display. With Statham’s best performance since “The Bank Job,” “Redemption” nearly works. It’s one of those truly frustrating films in that there are numerous scenes & moments that work but Knight can’t quite fashion them into a whole that’s not a disappointment. But he comes damn close.
Rating: 3.0/5.0
Joey Jones (Statham) participated in something horrible in his time in the service. He’s shattered with Ptsd to the degree that he even has hallucinations (one involving hummingbirds, which contributed to the film’s superior, original title, “Hummingbird,” when it was released overseas) and has taken to life on the street. He drowns his trauma in booze,...
Rating: 3.0/5.0
Joey Jones (Statham) participated in something horrible in his time in the service. He’s shattered with Ptsd to the degree that he even has hallucinations (one involving hummingbirds, which contributed to the film’s superior, original title, “Hummingbird,” when it was released overseas) and has taken to life on the street. He drowns his trauma in booze,...
- 6/28/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
by Vadim Rizov
French auteur Philippe Garrel's work has always been a tough sell. He began in experimental cinema in the '60s, personally processing his first short, and only gradually worked his way towards narrative. His American "breakthrough"—2005's Regular Lovers, four decades into his career—is a nearly three-hour, black-and-white, Academy-ratio portrait of May '68's discontented survivors. Rather than trying to convince the unconverted through synopsis and laudatory adjectives, I'd suggest just watching this abbreviated clip of French kids dancing to The Kinks' "This Time Tomorrow":
It's an ebullient moment out of time: young men and women momentarily freed of revolutionary rhetoric and responsibility, interrupted only by shots of Philippe's son Louis balefully staring down fun he refuses to join in. In Regular Lovers, Louis relived his father's youth. In the new drama A Burning Hot Summer, Garrel the younger is now embodying dad's late...
French auteur Philippe Garrel's work has always been a tough sell. He began in experimental cinema in the '60s, personally processing his first short, and only gradually worked his way towards narrative. His American "breakthrough"—2005's Regular Lovers, four decades into his career—is a nearly three-hour, black-and-white, Academy-ratio portrait of May '68's discontented survivors. Rather than trying to convince the unconverted through synopsis and laudatory adjectives, I'd suggest just watching this abbreviated clip of French kids dancing to The Kinks' "This Time Tomorrow":
It's an ebullient moment out of time: young men and women momentarily freed of revolutionary rhetoric and responsibility, interrupted only by shots of Philippe's son Louis balefully staring down fun he refuses to join in. In Regular Lovers, Louis relived his father's youth. In the new drama A Burning Hot Summer, Garrel the younger is now embodying dad's late...
- 11/13/2012
- GreenCine Daily
Carl Barat has been awarded an honorary degree by the University of Winchester. The 34-year-old is renowned as the frontman of Dirty Pretty Things, and a co-founder of The Libertines with Pete Doherty. This Is Fake Diy reports that the University of Winchester has now chosen to bestow an honorary degree on Barat in recognition of his contribution of the arts. Senior Pro-Vice-Chancellor Professor Elizabeth Stuart said that the university was "delighted to honour such a creative and reflective performer", and added that Barat was an innovative contributor to contemporary British music. The singer and guitarist has family ties to the university, (more)...
- 11/10/2012
- by By Paul Martinovic
- Digital Spy
Moviefone's New Release Pick of the Week "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen" What's It About? A stuffy fisheries expert (Ewan McGregor) is sent on the bizarre mission to bring the sport of fly-fishing to Yemen, all paid for by a sheik. See It Because: This is about as far from your typical rom-com as you can get. A pleasant surprise from beginning to end, the movie is funny, charming and not derivative at all. We also reveled in the comedic performances of Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt and Kristin Scott Thomas. (Also Available on Redbox | Amazon Instant Video) Moviefone's Blu-ray Pick of the Week "Singin' In the Rain" 60th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition What's It About? The beloved Gene Kelly-starring musical concerns a blossoming Hollywood romance between a leading man and a chorus girl, amidst the transition from silent films to "talkie" pictures. See It Because: You've never seen "Singin' in the Rain...
- 7/17/2012
- by Eric Larnick
- Moviefone
A Burning Hot Summer features another of Philippe Garrel's unforgettable dance sequences. (Who can forget "This Time Tomorrow" in Les amants réguliers?) Here the song is Dirty Pretty Things' "Truth Begins," the actors include Monica Bellucci and Louis Garrel and it is photographed in vibrant color by the great Willy Kurant (Masculin Féminin, Under the Sun of Satan, Pootie Tang).
Garrel's new film is being released in the U.S. from IFC Films this Friday exclusively at the IFC Center in Manhattan, and is available nationwide in the U.S. on demand via Sundance Selects, plus digital outlets iTunes, Amazon Streaming, SundanceNOW, Xbox and PS3....
Garrel's new film is being released in the U.S. from IFC Films this Friday exclusively at the IFC Center in Manhattan, and is available nationwide in the U.S. on demand via Sundance Selects, plus digital outlets iTunes, Amazon Streaming, SundanceNOW, Xbox and PS3....
- 6/28/2012
- MUBI
This is a reprint of our review from the Venice Film Festival.
There are certain cliches associated with European cinema -- they're not necessarily always accurate, but they do exist. Ask a layman -- a well educated, smart, nice person who might not be quite as subtitle-happy as you or I -- what they imagine they might see in, say, an average French film, and a number of things might come up. Characters who are constantly having extra-marital affairs, for instance. A vaguely homoerotic relationship between two friends. Unbroken four-to-five minute takes. Dialogue talking about 'the revolution.' An actress, perhaps Monica Bellucci, taking her clothes off within the first 45 seconds.
If you were to take this layman's thoughts and turn them into a screenplay, you'd end up with "A Burning Hot Summer," the latest from Venice Film Festival favorite Philippe Garrel. Ostensibly, it's a film about male friendship: Paul...
There are certain cliches associated with European cinema -- they're not necessarily always accurate, but they do exist. Ask a layman -- a well educated, smart, nice person who might not be quite as subtitle-happy as you or I -- what they imagine they might see in, say, an average French film, and a number of things might come up. Characters who are constantly having extra-marital affairs, for instance. A vaguely homoerotic relationship between two friends. Unbroken four-to-five minute takes. Dialogue talking about 'the revolution.' An actress, perhaps Monica Bellucci, taking her clothes off within the first 45 seconds.
If you were to take this layman's thoughts and turn them into a screenplay, you'd end up with "A Burning Hot Summer," the latest from Venice Film Festival favorite Philippe Garrel. Ostensibly, it's a film about male friendship: Paul...
- 6/28/2012
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
December 7, 1998 – Hollywood, California: Director Gus Van Sant slowly makes his way to the Universal Studios production offices, head hung low. His Psycho remake starring Anne Heche and Vince Vaughn, promoted as a shot-for-shot modern take on Alfred Hitchcock’s genre defining 1960 classic, opened the Friday before and spent the weekend on the lips of film fans the world over. Van Sant ends up silently standing at the foot of the desk of execuitive producer Dany Wolf, reaches in his pocket, and extends his hand. A receipt dangles from his fingertips, reading (in bright red ink), “$50,000,000.00.” Before the number is a minus sign.
Toying with revered cinema staples is risky business, and few could believe it when Universal dared to put a remake of one of cinema’s greatest treasures in motion. The picture cost the studio over $60mil to make, and when the box office ticker read just over $10mil after the first weekend,...
Toying with revered cinema staples is risky business, and few could believe it when Universal dared to put a remake of one of cinema’s greatest treasures in motion. The picture cost the studio over $60mil to make, and when the box office ticker read just over $10mil after the first weekend,...
- 2/10/2012
- by Justin
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
"Frozen River," "The Messenger," "The Savages," "In Bruges," "Dirty Pretty Things," "You Can Count on Me," "Winter's Bone," "In the Loop," "City of God," "The Sweet Hereafter." All examples of smaller and/or independent films over the past 15 years or so that found a way to sneak past the big boys into the Oscar party. There are a number of potential candidates to join that list this year, but the big surprise among them may be "Margin Call." Debuting at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, the picture received positive but unenthusiastic reviews and was overshadowed by grand jury prize winning "Like...
- 11/16/2011
- Hitfix
Fernando Meirelles's 360 makes for a disappointing start to the London film festival and Jude Law can't be bothered dressing up for the red carpet
Sandra's revolutionary exit
Despite London's position as a key city for world cinema, global ensemble piece 360 wasn't the best of openers for the 55th London film festival. The film, directed by Fernando Mereilles, is too bitty and fragmented, never allowing a character, setting or storyline to develop before nipping off on some tangential, frustrating bit-plot. We're all connected, says the film's schematic screenplay, right? On opening night, ran the joke at the after-party, half the BlackBerry users in the industry weren't. Outgoing Lff director Sandra Hebron has had a great record with her opening galas over the last 10 years, showcasing distinctive work even when the choices have been eccentric (Fantastic Mr Fox) or downers (Vera Drake). She's given us Frost/Nixon, The Constant Gardener, The Last King of Scotland,...
Sandra's revolutionary exit
Despite London's position as a key city for world cinema, global ensemble piece 360 wasn't the best of openers for the 55th London film festival. The film, directed by Fernando Mereilles, is too bitty and fragmented, never allowing a character, setting or storyline to develop before nipping off on some tangential, frustrating bit-plot. We're all connected, says the film's schematic screenplay, right? On opening night, ran the joke at the after-party, half the BlackBerry users in the industry weren't. Outgoing Lff director Sandra Hebron has had a great record with her opening galas over the last 10 years, showcasing distinctive work even when the choices have been eccentric (Fantastic Mr Fox) or downers (Vera Drake). She's given us Frost/Nixon, The Constant Gardener, The Last King of Scotland,...
- 10/15/2011
- by Jason Solomons
- The Guardian - Film News
Alien invasion, wormholes and a remarkably nasty horror flick are on offer from the Brits at SXSW 2011
The Brits are coming at SXSW. Or is it the cliques? One type of limey dominates at the festival: the 40-year-old with a background in Channel 4 comedy, keen on alien invasion, now lucratively tapping a big screen Us geek sensibility. These are the crown princes here; better groomed, more successful versions of the lads lapping up their films.
That mirroring is part of the appeal: this audience has no hang-ups about whether the films are a disappointment after Spaced or The Adam and Joe Show. They're open and excitable; an irresistible sorbet after Britain's hard cheese.
Also glimpsed in the city: chancer music documentarians, who've cooked up lyrical UK curios on a shoestring. Remember: in Austin, Teesside counts as exotica.
Duncan Jones
The (slight) exception to the rule is also king Brit.
The Brits are coming at SXSW. Or is it the cliques? One type of limey dominates at the festival: the 40-year-old with a background in Channel 4 comedy, keen on alien invasion, now lucratively tapping a big screen Us geek sensibility. These are the crown princes here; better groomed, more successful versions of the lads lapping up their films.
That mirroring is part of the appeal: this audience has no hang-ups about whether the films are a disappointment after Spaced or The Adam and Joe Show. They're open and excitable; an irresistible sorbet after Britain's hard cheese.
Also glimpsed in the city: chancer music documentarians, who've cooked up lyrical UK curios on a shoestring. Remember: in Austin, Teesside counts as exotica.
Duncan Jones
The (slight) exception to the rule is also king Brit.
- 3/15/2011
- by Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
Carl Barât and Anthony Rossomando on documentaries, disappearing London, and brushes with the law at SXSW
Watch a clip from The Rime of the Modern Mariner
Last time half the team behind the The Rime of the Modern Mariner were at South by Southwest, they got arrested. After a Dirty Pretty Things gig in a too-small bar went unwieldy, Austin's boys in blue hauled Carl Barât and Anthony Rossomando off-stage and down to the station.
Five years on, and their festival involvement is rather more mellow: Barât narrates and Rossomando scores a salty, evocative documentary about the slow death of docking (maritime, rather than computing). Yet something of that rock'n'roll spirit has survived in Mark Donne's movie: a stylish essay that combines chinwags with East End sea dogs with a gonzo two-week adventure on the high seas with the crew of a Maersk cargo boat.
The idea was hatched in the pub,...
Watch a clip from The Rime of the Modern Mariner
Last time half the team behind the The Rime of the Modern Mariner were at South by Southwest, they got arrested. After a Dirty Pretty Things gig in a too-small bar went unwieldy, Austin's boys in blue hauled Carl Barât and Anthony Rossomando off-stage and down to the station.
Five years on, and their festival involvement is rather more mellow: Barât narrates and Rossomando scores a salty, evocative documentary about the slow death of docking (maritime, rather than computing). Yet something of that rock'n'roll spirit has survived in Mark Donne's movie: a stylish essay that combines chinwags with East End sea dogs with a gonzo two-week adventure on the high seas with the crew of a Maersk cargo boat.
The idea was hatched in the pub,...
- 3/13/2011
- by Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
Hustle departs, Modern Family season 2 starts in the UK, there's Community, The Walking Dead, 30 Rock and Kevin Costner. It's our UK TV look-ahead...!
We wave goodbye to a too short run of a favourite show and welcome back some older programming for a return visit to our TV sets over the next seven days in tellyland.
It feels like it just began, but Hustle series 7 ends tonight, Friday, February 18th at 9:00pm on BBC1. Albert is featured heavily, and worries are pressing weightily on the eldest of the group of cons with hearts. The series finale sees them helping a pal who's rubbed the Mafia the wrong way. We wouldn't rub the Mafia at all, frankly. But the damage has been done and we'll see if the Hustle crew can make repairs. We'll have a review of the finale as soon as possible.
If you haven't yet had the...
We wave goodbye to a too short run of a favourite show and welcome back some older programming for a return visit to our TV sets over the next seven days in tellyland.
It feels like it just began, but Hustle series 7 ends tonight, Friday, February 18th at 9:00pm on BBC1. Albert is featured heavily, and worries are pressing weightily on the eldest of the group of cons with hearts. The series finale sees them helping a pal who's rubbed the Mafia the wrong way. We wouldn't rub the Mafia at all, frankly. But the damage has been done and we'll see if the Hustle crew can make repairs. We'll have a review of the finale as soon as possible.
If you haven't yet had the...
- 2/18/2011
- Den of Geek
I have mentioned Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair more times than I can imagine from those Quentin Tarantino quotes back in 2005 saying it would come to theaters, to a rumored December 2008 DVD release date, to talk of a new animated sequence and then even box art. Obviously none of that talk ever came true as the Miramax and Disney relationship never saw fit to release the film. At one point Miramax was even preparing to release Tarantino's Pulp Fiction on Blu-ray back in August 2009 before pulling the plug and never releasing it.
This is just the start of things when it comes to Miramax's unreleased slate on Blu-ray, but perhaps that's all about to change as Lionsgate, Studiocanal and Miramax announced today they have entered into a worldwide home entertainment distribution deal. Under the long-term deal, Lionsgate and Studiocanal will distribute more than 550 titles from the renowned Miramax film library via DVD,...
This is just the start of things when it comes to Miramax's unreleased slate on Blu-ray, but perhaps that's all about to change as Lionsgate, Studiocanal and Miramax announced today they have entered into a worldwide home entertainment distribution deal. Under the long-term deal, Lionsgate and Studiocanal will distribute more than 550 titles from the renowned Miramax film library via DVD,...
- 2/11/2011
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
The Libertines rocker Carl Barat is set for a very special Christmas - he will become a first-time father in December. The British star, who is preparing to release his debut solo album in October, has confirmed rumors he and his girlfriend Edie Langley are preparing to welcome a baby boy.
He tells Reuters, "(My priorities are) my album, my tour and my baby. I am very happy, nervous and excited. It's time for a change. It's time to move on."
Barat further reveals that his upcoming album will be "truthful and cathartic" as well as a clear step away from his past work with the Libertines or Dirty Pretty Things, the band he split with in 2008. He says, "Take away the guitars and you can see things, it's the first time I had the confidence to take away the guitars."...
He tells Reuters, "(My priorities are) my album, my tour and my baby. I am very happy, nervous and excited. It's time for a change. It's time to move on."
Barat further reveals that his upcoming album will be "truthful and cathartic" as well as a clear step away from his past work with the Libertines or Dirty Pretty Things, the band he split with in 2008. He says, "Take away the guitars and you can see things, it's the first time I had the confidence to take away the guitars."...
- 9/8/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Carl Barat has unveiled the name and release date of his debut solo album. The Libertines frontman and ex-Dirty Pretty Things star will release the self-titled Carl Barat on October 4. It is preceded by a single 'Run With The Boys' on the same day. The album features collaborations with Miike Snow's Andrew Wyatt and The Divine Comedy frontman Neil Hannon, NME reports. A book titled Three Penny Memoir will also be available around the same time as the LP. Barat plays a warm-up gig with The Libertines at London's (more)...
- 8/12/2010
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
British rockers Babyshambles have assured fans the band will not split now frontman Pete Doherty has rejoined The Libertines. The troubled rocker was kicked out of The Libertines in 2004 after his spiraling drug habit lead to a series of bust-ups with bandmate Carl Barat. The band split shortly after the singer's departure.
Doherty went on to form his own band, Babyshambles, while Barat launched Dirty Pretty Things, who went their separate ways in 2008. The Libertines recently announced a reunion, with gigs planned in Britain over the summer and the news sparked fears that Babyshambles would be no more.
But the group's management has moved to assure fans the band will continue once Doherty's reunion with The Libertines is over. A statement, released to NME, reads, "Reports that Babyshambles are no more are categorically untrue."
Doherty and his fellow Babyshambles rockers underlined their commitment to the group on Thursday, April 8 by...
Doherty went on to form his own band, Babyshambles, while Barat launched Dirty Pretty Things, who went their separate ways in 2008. The Libertines recently announced a reunion, with gigs planned in Britain over the summer and the news sparked fears that Babyshambles would be no more.
But the group's management has moved to assure fans the band will continue once Doherty's reunion with The Libertines is over. A statement, released to NME, reads, "Reports that Babyshambles are no more are categorically untrue."
Doherty and his fellow Babyshambles rockers underlined their commitment to the group on Thursday, April 8 by...
- 4/9/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
The Libertines are reportedly planning to reunite for this year's Reading and Leeds Festivals. The group - fronted by Pete Doherty and Carl Barat - have been hugely influential since shooting to fame in 2002, despite splitting just two years later amid inter-band conflicts. While Doherty went on to form Babyshambles, Barat launched Dirty Pretty Things - although rumours of a Libertines reunion have increased since (more)...
- 3/25/2010
- by By Oli Simpson
- Digital Spy
Carl Barat has revealed that he recently completed work on his debut solo album. Discussing the forthcoming release, his first since the demise of his previous band The Dirty Pretty Things, Barat admitted that the new songs may come as a surprise to some fans. "It's a bit different. It's a bit older - like myself really," he told Newsbeat of the as-yet-untitled record. "It's (more)...
- 3/18/2010
- by By Oli Simpson
- Digital Spy
I was reminded by an email I received today of an enquiry I received over the weekend from a regular S&A reader about an upcoming British film called Sus. I’d never heard of the film before last Saturday and could only assume that it was about the so called “sus laws” which were used prolifically in the 1970s and allowed policemen to stop and search, and even arrest, people they suspected were about to commit a crime. These sus laws were used most heavily, and randomly, against black men in the 70s, causing much discord between Black British communities and the police, and it wasn’t until riots in Bristol, London and Liverpool in 1981 that these laws were dropped.
Turns out I was right. And in my online search for information about the film, it turns out that the screenplay was written by Barrie Keeffe, who penned the seminal 1980 British mobster flick,...
Turns out I was right. And in my online search for information about the film, it turns out that the screenplay was written by Barrie Keeffe, who penned the seminal 1980 British mobster flick,...
- 3/11/2010
- by MsWOO
- ShadowAndAct
Carl Barat has revealed that he is expecting to reform The Libertines in 2011. The ex-Dirty Pretty Things frontman confirmed that he is ready to reunite with Pete Doherty and his former bandmates when he has more free time. "It's not definite-definite. I can say 2011, but it's hard to plan The Libertines until next Tuesday," he told the Evening Standard. "But 2011 is where there's room for that to happen. So if everything is all right, then, yeah, it would be glorious to get on the old jacket and venture forth, into the known. "If it works, and (more)...
- 1/18/2010
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
No one knows movies like Leonard Maltin. As the decade winds down, we asked him to name his favorite hidden gems from the past 10 years. As he put things:
I've never been a fan of "10 best" lists; they're too arbitrary for my taste. And besides, if there were only 10 outstanding hidden gems over the past decade I wouldn't have nearly enough material to fill my weekly show, Secret's Out. So let's refer to these as "10 Really Good Movies of the PastDecade" or "10 Hidden Gems You Really Ought to See." That way I'll have less guilt about the titles I had to leave out!
Check out Maltin's full list here, and check back every weekday through Jan. 1 for another 10 movies that made the ReelzChannel 100.
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Link | Posted 12/21/2009 by reelz
Leonard Maltin | My Architect | The Dish | Brothers | The Band's Visit | Frozen River | Songcatcher | Dirty Pretty Things | Starting Out in the Evening...
I've never been a fan of "10 best" lists; they're too arbitrary for my taste. And besides, if there were only 10 outstanding hidden gems over the past decade I wouldn't have nearly enough material to fill my weekly show, Secret's Out. So let's refer to these as "10 Really Good Movies of the PastDecade" or "10 Hidden Gems You Really Ought to See." That way I'll have less guilt about the titles I had to leave out!
Check out Maltin's full list here, and check back every weekday through Jan. 1 for another 10 movies that made the ReelzChannel 100.
Next Showing:
Link | Posted 12/21/2009 by reelz
Leonard Maltin | My Architect | The Dish | Brothers | The Band's Visit | Frozen River | Songcatcher | Dirty Pretty Things | Starting Out in the Evening...
- 12/21/2009
- by reelz reelz
- Reelzchannel.com
Faye Jackson fields some questions from projectcyclops about her first feature film, a horror/thriller/mystery about the Romanian myth of the Strigoi. You can read his review here.
How did you become interested in the Strigoi myth? Before seeing your film I’d never heard of it, and the Internet has so many convoluted and alternative descriptions of what Strigoi really are. Was that part of the attraction?
I’d never heard of the Strigoi myth until I went to Romania (my husband’s Romanian and I’ve visited a lot over the past 10 years).
I was researching the origins of Dracula out of curiosity and became interested in the folklore stories that appear to have inspired Stoker. I immediately loved the accounts I read of Strigoi. In particular I remember reading a story about a guy burying an uncle only to go home and find him sitting in his favourite chair,...
How did you become interested in the Strigoi myth? Before seeing your film I’d never heard of it, and the Internet has so many convoluted and alternative descriptions of what Strigoi really are. Was that part of the attraction?
I’d never heard of the Strigoi myth until I went to Romania (my husband’s Romanian and I’ve visited a lot over the past 10 years).
I was researching the origins of Dracula out of curiosity and became interested in the folklore stories that appear to have inspired Stoker. I immediately loved the accounts I read of Strigoi. In particular I remember reading a story about a guy burying an uncle only to go home and find him sitting in his favourite chair,...
- 12/7/2009
- QuietEarth.us
Carl Barat has revealed that he prefers performing without a band. The former Libertines and Dirty Pretty Things frontman, who is currently working on his debut solo LP, said that he is enjoying the experience. Bang Showbiz quotes him as saying: "Life really is easier not being in a band, it's very liberating. I've always liked working with other people, to have someone to throw ideas back and forth with, but it is really good." The rocker also admitted that he was initially concerned that his material would not measure up to expectations. "I was worried before. I was always scared in case what I was writing was (more)...
- 10/17/2009
- by By Oli Simpson
- Digital Spy
Carl Barat has revealed that he is hoping to star in two plays early next year. The ex-Libertines and Dirty Pretty Things frontman did not give any further details about either project, but said that the shows are likely to open next January. He further stated that he plans to release his long-rumoured solo album before pursuing reforming The Libertines with Pete Doherty. "I am not ruling it out completely (reforming The Libertines), but next year I am doing my album and maybe acting in two plays in London in January," Barat told Reuters. "I'd like to release (more)...
- 9/22/2009
- by By Oli Simpson
- Digital Spy
Anthony Rossomando has said that while The Libertines will probably reform one day, a reunion will not happen in the near future. The Dirty Pretty Things guitarist replaced Pete Doherty for a number of live performances when the frontman was sacked from the band in 2004. Rossomando told BBC 6 Music: "I bet it will happen but I don't think it will be anytime soon. "People's lives change, they find a new reality for themselves and that old (more)...
- 4/23/2009
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
By R. Emmet Sweeney
The buzz is building around Alexis dos Santos' swoony sophomore effort, "Unmade Beds." Premiering at Sundance to no small acclaim, it made its way to Rotterdam and continues to impress. A jaunty, romantic tale of restless youth and their search for identity and a little sex, the film's real star is its set, a bohemian's paradise: a giant, labyrinthine warehouse stocked with drum sets, animal masks and an international cast of idealistic dreamers. Buzzing with French New Wave-like energy, there's a surprise (and a party) after every cut. Despite traveling from the wilds of Utah to the perpetually damp Holland, not to mention nursing a robust hangover, dos Santos heroically managed to sit down with me for a few questions about his latest work.
Could you talk about the origin of the film?
It goes back a long way. I started writing it when I finished film school in London.
The buzz is building around Alexis dos Santos' swoony sophomore effort, "Unmade Beds." Premiering at Sundance to no small acclaim, it made its way to Rotterdam and continues to impress. A jaunty, romantic tale of restless youth and their search for identity and a little sex, the film's real star is its set, a bohemian's paradise: a giant, labyrinthine warehouse stocked with drum sets, animal masks and an international cast of idealistic dreamers. Buzzing with French New Wave-like energy, there's a surprise (and a party) after every cut. Despite traveling from the wilds of Utah to the perpetually damp Holland, not to mention nursing a robust hangover, dos Santos heroically managed to sit down with me for a few questions about his latest work.
Could you talk about the origin of the film?
It goes back a long way. I started writing it when I finished film school in London.
- 2/3/2009
- by R. Emmet Sweeney
- ifc.com
Carl Barat has admitted that he was too "idealistic" about the Dirty Pretty Things as a band. The group played their final gig together on December 20 after announcing their plans to split up. "I do have regrets," Barat told NME. "I have to refer you to Max Weber and functionalism - democracy can’t always work. I was a bit idealistic. I wanted a band of brothers and friends." The group formed in 2004 after the break-up of Barat's old group The Libertines and consisted of drummer Gary Powell, (more)...
- 12/23/2008
- by By David Balls
- Digital Spy
Over the weekend Slumdog Millionaire won big at the British Independent Film Awards as Danny Boyle took home director kudos, Dev Patel won for most promising newcomer and the film itself won best independent film. Of course, many are reporting the news as if this is just the start of something big as buzz around the little film has gotten louder and louder over the course of the previous week. I reviewed it and gave it a well-earned "A-", but when it comes down to awards I can't see this flick moving all the way to the big show. Take, for example, the last five Bifa "Best British Independent Film" award winners were Control, This Is England, The Constant Gardener, Vera Drake and Dirty Pretty Things. Of that bunch there are eight Oscar nominations including a win for Rachel Weisz for The Constant Gardener, but there isn't a best picture...
- 12/1/2008
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Pete Doherty is looking to reform The Libertines, according to reports. The singer is said to be trying to persuade former bandmate Carl Barat to reform the group, who split in 2004. He reportedly attended a recent gig by Barat's new band Dirty Pretty Things in Paris in order to discuss working together again. However, a source told The Mirror that Barat will need assurances (more)...
- 11/30/2008
- by By Michael Thornton
- Digital Spy
Carl Barat's Dirty Pretty Things have confirmed that they have split. In a statement, the frontman announced that the four-piece want "to try new things" and pursue "other ventures". Formed after the break-up of Barat's old group The Libertines, the band consists of drummer Gary Powell, guitarist Anthony Rossomando and bassist Didz Hammond. "It is with some sadness we announce the farewell of the Dirty Pretty Things," said Barat. "It's been a glorious three years which we all would gladly live out again, but it is time for us (more)...
- 10/1/2008
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
Carl Barat has revealed that he has landed a second movie role. The Dirty Pretty Things musician, who stars as Gene Vincent in upcoming Joe Meek biopic Telstar, told the Sunday Mail that he will also play a scientist in a new British film. He said: "I have something coming up. It's a very different direction (to Telstar) - a part you really would (more)...
- 9/30/2008
- by By Michael Thornton
- Digital Spy
Carl Barat's planned collaboration with Mark Ronson is in doubt because he cannot reach the producer, he has claimed. "I wanna do a track with him for this film about northern soul music," the Dirty Pretty Things star told BBC 6 Music. "[But] I can't get hold of him. Maybe he is ignoring me, I don’t know." Barat also revealed (more)...
- 7/17/2008
- by By Dave West
- Digital Spy
Dirty Pretty Things frontman Carl Barat has teamed up with Mark Ronson for a top-secret project. The singer vowed to keep tight-lipped about the details of their plans, but there is speculation that he could stray from his indie rock roots on the new venture. "I'm a fan of Ronson, who isn't? We have something coming up but it's very hush-hush," Barat told the Daily Star. "I don't (more)...
- 7/8/2008
- by By Daniel Kilkelly
- Digital Spy
Carl Barat has criticised Coldplay for letting fans download their new single 'Violet Hill' for free.
The Dirty Pretty Things singer argued that Chris Martin's band were "jumping on the bandwagon" by giving away their music without charge.
Barat also claimed that Coldplay's actions were damaging to smaller artists, who can't afford to give away their songs for nothing.
He told the Daily Star: "Fair enough they did it, but you can’t escape the fact that big name, big money bands who release their stuff for free are harming the scene.
"The . . .
The Dirty Pretty Things singer argued that Chris Martin's band were "jumping on the bandwagon" by giving away their music without charge.
Barat also claimed that Coldplay's actions were damaging to smaller artists, who can't afford to give away their songs for nothing.
He told the Daily Star: "Fair enough they did it, but you can’t escape the fact that big name, big money bands who release their stuff for free are harming the scene.
"The . . .
- 5/2/2008
- by Alex_Fletcher_imdb_@digitalspy.co.uk (Alex Fletcher)
- Digital Spy
Carl Barat has criticised Coldplay for letting fans download their new single 'Violet Hill' for free.
The Dirty Pretty Things singer argued that Chris Martin's band were "jumping on the bandwagon" by giving away their music without charge.
Barat also claimed that Coldplay's actions were damaging to smaller artists, who can't afford to give away their songs for nothing.
He told the Daily Star: "Fair enough they did it, but you can’t escape the fact that big name, big money bands who release their stuff for free are harming the scene.
"The . . .
The Dirty Pretty Things singer argued that Chris Martin's band were "jumping on the bandwagon" by giving away their music without charge.
Barat also claimed that Coldplay's actions were damaging to smaller artists, who can't afford to give away their songs for nothing.
He told the Daily Star: "Fair enough they did it, but you can’t escape the fact that big name, big money bands who release their stuff for free are harming the scene.
"The . . .
- 5/2/2008
- by Alex_Fletcher_imdb_@digitalspy.co.uk (Alex Fletcher)
- Digital Spy
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