Producer of Submarine and Berberian Sound Studio to take key role in the BFI Film Fund.
The BFI (British Film Institute) has appointed Warp Films exec Mary Burke as senior production and development executive at the BFI Film Fund.
Burke will take a senior editorial role at the BFI - identifying and supporting a range of new British feature film projects, and working closely with writers, directors and producers across development and production.
A recipient of two BAFTAs and two BIFAs, Burke’s producer credits include Bunny and the Bull, the 2009 feature debut from Paul King who went on last year to direct Paddington; Richard Ayoade’s Submarine; Paul Wright’s 2013 Cannes title For Those in Peril; Peter Strickland’s Berberian Sound Studio; and Chris Waitt documentary A Complete History of My Sexual Failures.
Burke is currently executive producer and board member at Warp Films, where she has worked in a variety of production and development roles since...
The BFI (British Film Institute) has appointed Warp Films exec Mary Burke as senior production and development executive at the BFI Film Fund.
Burke will take a senior editorial role at the BFI - identifying and supporting a range of new British feature film projects, and working closely with writers, directors and producers across development and production.
A recipient of two BAFTAs and two BIFAs, Burke’s producer credits include Bunny and the Bull, the 2009 feature debut from Paul King who went on last year to direct Paddington; Richard Ayoade’s Submarine; Paul Wright’s 2013 Cannes title For Those in Peril; Peter Strickland’s Berberian Sound Studio; and Chris Waitt documentary A Complete History of My Sexual Failures.
Burke is currently executive producer and board member at Warp Films, where she has worked in a variety of production and development roles since...
- 6/15/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Underneath its laddish title is a new comedy with a surprising amount of heart. Here's our preview of Channel 4's Scrotal Recall...
Channel 4's latest, arrestingly titled, comedy series begins with a rude awakening. Dylan Witter has tested positive for chlamydia and he doesn't know from whom he contracted it. Along with his lothario best friend Luke, he must build up the courage to contact all of his sexual partners and inform them. You could see it as a new take on My Name Is Earl but with STDs instead of karma.
Let's deal with the elephant in the room here. There are going to be a lot of people taking one look at the name and possibly writing this series off based on that alone. It's obviously going to be the first question I asked series creator and writer, Tom Edge. "It was kind of a joke for the producers.
Channel 4's latest, arrestingly titled, comedy series begins with a rude awakening. Dylan Witter has tested positive for chlamydia and he doesn't know from whom he contracted it. Along with his lothario best friend Luke, he must build up the courage to contact all of his sexual partners and inform them. You could see it as a new take on My Name Is Earl but with STDs instead of karma.
Let's deal with the elephant in the room here. There are going to be a lot of people taking one look at the name and possibly writing this series off based on that alone. It's obviously going to be the first question I asked series creator and writer, Tom Edge. "It was kind of a joke for the producers.
- 9/30/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Odd List Ryan Lambie Simon Brew 13 Feb 2014 - 06:39
Our voyage through history's underappreciated films arrives at the year 2008 - another great year for lesser-seen gems...
For some, 2008 will be memorable as the year of The Dark Knight, with its astonishingly unhinged turn from the late Heath Ledger. Alternatively, it could be remembered as the year a legion Indiana Jones fans left cinemas glum-faced, having sat through Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull.
Elsewhere, Meryl Streep and Pierce Brosnan sang and danced on a Greek island in Mamma Mia!, while Will Smith played an alcoholic superhero in Hancock. But as usual, 2008 offered plenty of watchable movies outside the top 10, which is where we swoop in - like Hancock after a bottle of gin.
So as usual, here's our selection of 25 underappreciated films from the year 2008 - starting with a British horror film starring Michael Fassbender...
25. Eden Lake
James Watkins had written...
Our voyage through history's underappreciated films arrives at the year 2008 - another great year for lesser-seen gems...
For some, 2008 will be memorable as the year of The Dark Knight, with its astonishingly unhinged turn from the late Heath Ledger. Alternatively, it could be remembered as the year a legion Indiana Jones fans left cinemas glum-faced, having sat through Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull.
Elsewhere, Meryl Streep and Pierce Brosnan sang and danced on a Greek island in Mamma Mia!, while Will Smith played an alcoholic superhero in Hancock. But as usual, 2008 offered plenty of watchable movies outside the top 10, which is where we swoop in - like Hancock after a bottle of gin.
So as usual, here's our selection of 25 underappreciated films from the year 2008 - starting with a British horror film starring Michael Fassbender...
25. Eden Lake
James Watkins had written...
- 2/12/2014
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
A Hungarian shadow theatre act won Britain's Got Talent on Saturday night. But nobody really cares about that anymore. The only TV event that anyone is talking about this morning is Natalie Holt's eggs-citing stage invasion, eggs-cellent throwing arm, and the slightly whiffy smell coming from Simon Cowell's changing rooms on Sunday morning.
But what exactly do we know about the woman that cracked (geddit!) her way into the headlines on Saturday night?
Here are 10 facts that we do know about the eggs-treme talent show protester.
1. Thanks to the wonders of Twitter, we know for sure that Natalie is a "maker of music", a "viola player in Raven Quartet" and a "hater of cotton wool".
2. Raven Quartet are Holt, Stephanie Benedetti, Rachael Lander and Kirsty Mangan. They create "inventive interpretations of the hard-hitting rock tracks" and apparently have "a host of celebrity fans". They claim to have formed...
But what exactly do we know about the woman that cracked (geddit!) her way into the headlines on Saturday night?
Here are 10 facts that we do know about the eggs-treme talent show protester.
1. Thanks to the wonders of Twitter, we know for sure that Natalie is a "maker of music", a "viola player in Raven Quartet" and a "hater of cotton wool".
2. Raven Quartet are Holt, Stephanie Benedetti, Rachael Lander and Kirsty Mangan. They create "inventive interpretations of the hard-hitting rock tracks" and apparently have "a host of celebrity fans". They claim to have formed...
- 6/10/2013
- Digital Spy
Exclusive: Universal Pictures has acquired Family Therapy, a comic pitch that will be written by Jay Reiss about a dysfunctional but loving family that hires a therapist to fix their problems on the eve of an impending wedding. The studio bought the pitch for Aggregate Films. That U-based shingle, run by Jason Bateman and Jim Garavente, just teamed with Stuber Productions to produce the Universal hit Identity Thief, in which Bateman starred with Melissa McCarthy. Reiss scripted A Complete History Of My Sexual Failures for Universal, so he’s no stranger to scripting dysfunction. He also scripted the Hugh Laurie comedy The Oranges, as well as the Tony-winning musical The Twenty Fifth Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. He also is scripting League Of Princes for Fox Animation. Universal-based Aggregate is producing Bateman’s directorial debut Bad Words, and Game Night (with Davis Entertainment) for New Line. The producers also got...
- 3/19/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Back in 2008, Zam Salim created a short film called Laid Off. A critical smash and a minor YouTube sensation, it told the tale of a man that had died but lived on in an earth-bound purgatory until he was worthy of going up to heaven. Here today is the first trailer for the feature length version, Up There, starring Game Of Thrones/Torchwood/The Dark Knight Rises' Burn Gorman as Martin, a recently deceased man who wants to get Up There after being knocked down by a car.Winner of the Panavision Spirit Award - the top prize at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2012 - and co-starring Kate O'Flynn (Happy-Go-Lucky), Aymen Hamdouchi (Green Zone), it also features the acting takents of Chris Waitt (A Complete History of My Sexual Failures), Jo Hartley (Dead Man's Shoes, Ill Manors), Iain de Caestecker (The Fades, Young James Herriott), and Kirsty Strain (Burnistoun,...
- 9/19/2012
- EmpireOnline
Sexual Chronicles of a French Family sounds like a title for some creepy porn movie, but it actually has nothing to do with a porn. Well, maybe just a little bit. No, sorry, there’s no porn. The correct word would be erotica…or… something like that… Anyway, we’re here to share trailer and clip from a [...]
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- 6/11/2012
- by Fiona
- Filmofilia
An Assassin stumbles across a ritualistic cult in writer-director Ben Wheatley's upcoming horror film Kill List.
It will hit cinema screens on September 2, via Optimum Releasing. The story sees ex-soldier turned contract killer Jay pressured by his partner Gal into taking a new assignment, eight months after a disastrous job in Kiev left him physically and mentally scarred. As they descend into the dark and disturbing world of the contract, Jay begins to unravel once again - his fear and paranoia sending him deep into the heart of darkness.
In his first starring role, Neil Maskell plays Jay. His previous credits include It's All Gone Pete Tong, Basic Instinct 2, Atonement and The Football Factory. Michael Smiley (Burke and Hare, The Other Boleyn Girl) plays Gal, MyAnna Buring (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, The Descent, Lesbian Vampire Killers) is Shel and - in her first major film role - Emma Fryer plays Fiona.
It will hit cinema screens on September 2, via Optimum Releasing. The story sees ex-soldier turned contract killer Jay pressured by his partner Gal into taking a new assignment, eight months after a disastrous job in Kiev left him physically and mentally scarred. As they descend into the dark and disturbing world of the contract, Jay begins to unravel once again - his fear and paranoia sending him deep into the heart of darkness.
In his first starring role, Neil Maskell plays Jay. His previous credits include It's All Gone Pete Tong, Basic Instinct 2, Atonement and The Football Factory. Michael Smiley (Burke and Hare, The Other Boleyn Girl) plays Gal, MyAnna Buring (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, The Descent, Lesbian Vampire Killers) is Shel and - in her first major film role - Emma Fryer plays Fiona.
- 7/27/2011
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
Chris Waitt had some bad luck when it came to the ladies. So much so that he decided to make a movie about it. A Complete History of My Sexual Failures documents the trials and tribulations of Waitt’s dating life, taking a High-Fideltiy-esque tour through past romances in attempt to get to the crux of the problem, and in the end, find true love.
After being dumped by every girl he ever dated (somewhere around 20), Chris came to the realization that there must be something wrong with him. Besides the obvious fact that he has no job or motivation, doesn’t return phone calls, has seemingly never cleaned his apartment, and only owns two outfits. He had to find out what else he was doing to drive these girls away, why he was so unappealing. To do so, he began a journey that took him back through his past...
After being dumped by every girl he ever dated (somewhere around 20), Chris came to the realization that there must be something wrong with him. Besides the obvious fact that he has no job or motivation, doesn’t return phone calls, has seemingly never cleaned his apartment, and only owns two outfits. He had to find out what else he was doing to drive these girls away, why he was so unappealing. To do so, he began a journey that took him back through his past...
- 12/20/2010
- by Melissa Kovner
- JustPressPlay.net
A look at what's new on DVD today:
"Gasland" (2010)
Directed by Josh Fox
Released by New Video Group
"Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work"
Directed by Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg
Released by Mpi Home Video
"Exit Through the Gift Shop" (2010)
Directed by Banksy
Released by Oscilloscope Laboratories
If you haven't caught up on the year's best documentaries in time to fill out your top 10 list, three of them will be hitting DVD shelves this week, beginning with Josh Fox's Sundance award-winning "Gasland," an exploration of the "hydraulic fracturing" going on in own backyard, a type of drilling that has spread to 34 states in the U.S. and has left a host of reservoirs of toxic waste and frequent gas explosions along the way. For something less serious, but equally compelling, there is also Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg's "Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work," which follows the...
"Gasland" (2010)
Directed by Josh Fox
Released by New Video Group
"Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work"
Directed by Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg
Released by Mpi Home Video
"Exit Through the Gift Shop" (2010)
Directed by Banksy
Released by Oscilloscope Laboratories
If you haven't caught up on the year's best documentaries in time to fill out your top 10 list, three of them will be hitting DVD shelves this week, beginning with Josh Fox's Sundance award-winning "Gasland," an exploration of the "hydraulic fracturing" going on in own backyard, a type of drilling that has spread to 34 states in the U.S. and has left a host of reservoirs of toxic waste and frequent gas explosions along the way. For something less serious, but equally compelling, there is also Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg's "Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work," which follows the...
- 12/12/2010
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
Year: 2010
Directors: Steve Sale
Writers: N/A
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: projectcyclops
Rating: 5.5 out of 10
Superhero Me is a documentary by English music producer Steve Sale. He preceeds the film with a bit of text explaining that he filmed any which way he could and that the budget was almost non-existant. Then he quotes Mariah Carey; "So when you feel like hope is gone, Look inside you and be strong, And you'll finally see the truth, That a hero lies in you." We begin with comic book experts comicly explaining their veiws on what it means to be a superhero - and I'm about ready to sit back and watch an entertaining documentary about a guy who wants to join the growing cult of real life superheros that's expanding around the world.
Steve does some research into what kind of name his alter-ego should have, and how to make an effective costume.
Directors: Steve Sale
Writers: N/A
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: projectcyclops
Rating: 5.5 out of 10
Superhero Me is a documentary by English music producer Steve Sale. He preceeds the film with a bit of text explaining that he filmed any which way he could and that the budget was almost non-existant. Then he quotes Mariah Carey; "So when you feel like hope is gone, Look inside you and be strong, And you'll finally see the truth, That a hero lies in you." We begin with comic book experts comicly explaining their veiws on what it means to be a superhero - and I'm about ready to sit back and watch an entertaining documentary about a guy who wants to join the growing cult of real life superheros that's expanding around the world.
Steve does some research into what kind of name his alter-ego should have, and how to make an effective costume.
- 6/21/2010
- QuietEarth.us
Are you bored of the same old TV shows? Tired of the mainstream? Then check out this round-up of alternative movies and series showing on UK television tonight…
8.00pm Painkiller Jane (Syfy)
Drama based on the Event Comic series in which a DEA agent discovers she can heal rapidly from any injury and is recruited by a government agency to track genetically enhanced individuals. The team tracks a Neuro who has the ability to take a person’s skill, experience and memory, but the assailant encounters Riley he uses him as a gateway to learn all about Jane’s secret organisation. Season One, episode 3. Followed immediately by episode 4.
9.00pm The Shepherd (FiveUSA)
Explosive thriller in which a former homicide detective (Jean Claude Van Damme) becomes a Us border patrol agent and must single-handedly thwart a drug cartel attempting to bring $35million-worth of heroin into the country. Along the way, the agent encounters suicide bombers,...
8.00pm Painkiller Jane (Syfy)
Drama based on the Event Comic series in which a DEA agent discovers she can heal rapidly from any injury and is recruited by a government agency to track genetically enhanced individuals. The team tracks a Neuro who has the ability to take a person’s skill, experience and memory, but the assailant encounters Riley he uses him as a gateway to learn all about Jane’s secret organisation. Season One, episode 3. Followed immediately by episode 4.
9.00pm The Shepherd (FiveUSA)
Explosive thriller in which a former homicide detective (Jean Claude Van Damme) becomes a Us border patrol agent and must single-handedly thwart a drug cartel attempting to bring $35million-worth of heroin into the country. Along the way, the agent encounters suicide bombers,...
- 5/18/2010
- by Phil
- Nerdly
The nominees for the eleventh annual British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) have been announced. On Tuesday, October 28, at Soho House in London, it is unveiled that IRA prison drama "Hunger" and crime comedy "In Bruges" have dominated the list by collecting seven nominations each.
Both of them will battle it out for the title of Best British Independent Film, contending also with "Slumdog Millionaire", "Man on Wire" and "Somers Town". They will also go head-to-head for Best Screenplay and Best Debut Director. The latter is also known as The Douglas Hickox Award.
On the performers' category, past Variety Award recipient Keira Knightley has been nominated for Best Actress for her performance in "The Duchess". She will be facing Vera Farmiga, Samantha Morton, Kelly Reilly and Sally Hawkins. Moreover, "In Bruges" star Colin Farrell will be up against Michael Fassbender, Brendan Gleeson, Riz Ahmed and Thomas Turgoose for the Best Actor.
Both of them will battle it out for the title of Best British Independent Film, contending also with "Slumdog Millionaire", "Man on Wire" and "Somers Town". They will also go head-to-head for Best Screenplay and Best Debut Director. The latter is also known as The Douglas Hickox Award.
On the performers' category, past Variety Award recipient Keira Knightley has been nominated for Best Actress for her performance in "The Duchess". She will be facing Vera Farmiga, Samantha Morton, Kelly Reilly and Sally Hawkins. Moreover, "In Bruges" star Colin Farrell will be up against Michael Fassbender, Brendan Gleeson, Riz Ahmed and Thomas Turgoose for the Best Actor.
- 10/29/2008
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
We'll have lots of guests at Fantastic Fest this year, more than ever before. Here are just a few of the many interesting people who'll be joining us this year, in no particular order. We'll continually update our roster so keep an eye on this page.
Filmmakers and Actors
Norihiro Koizumi (Gachi Boy: Wrestling With A Memory)
A young, talented director who is quickly making his mark in the Japanese filmmaking scene. At the tender age of 25, he directed his first major feature-length film, “Midnight Sun.” “Midnight Sun” was not only critically-acclaimed, but became a commercial hit, grossing over 1 billion yen at the Japanese boxoffice. His latest film, “Gachi Boy Wrestling with a Memory,” won the grand prix at the Udine Far East Film Festival.
Nacho Vigalondo (Shorts Program)
Last year at Fantastic Fest noted Spanish director Nacho Vigalondo won the Next Wave competition, later securing domestic distribution for Timecrimes...
Filmmakers and Actors
Norihiro Koizumi (Gachi Boy: Wrestling With A Memory)
A young, talented director who is quickly making his mark in the Japanese filmmaking scene. At the tender age of 25, he directed his first major feature-length film, “Midnight Sun.” “Midnight Sun” was not only critically-acclaimed, but became a commercial hit, grossing over 1 billion yen at the Japanese boxoffice. His latest film, “Gachi Boy Wrestling with a Memory,” won the grand prix at the Udine Far East Film Festival.
Nacho Vigalondo (Shorts Program)
Last year at Fantastic Fest noted Spanish director Nacho Vigalondo won the Next Wave competition, later securing domestic distribution for Timecrimes...
- 9/8/2008
- by noreply@blogger.com (Lars Nilsen)
- FantasticFest.com
- As usual, Wild Bunch comes to Cannes this year loaded up in film offerings with most notably three antcipated titles in post production status: Aronofsky's The Wrestler, Belge helmer Jaco Van Dormael's Mr Nobody and Claire Denis' White Material. The Paris-based company has a heavy slate which is comprised of Cannes selected films and market projects. A Complete History Of My Sexual Failure by Chris Waitt - Completed Afterwards by Gilles Bourdos - Post-Production Buddhas Collapsed Out Of Shame by Hana Makhmalbaf - Completed Camino by Javier Fesser - Post-Production Che - Part 1 by Steven Soderbergh - Completed Che - Part 2 by Steven Soderbergh - Completed Chelsea On The Rocks by Abel Ferrara - Completed Don't Look Back by Marina De Van - Post-Production Dorothy Mills by Agnès Merlet - Completed Downloading Nancy by Johan Renck - Completed Hollywood : I'm Sleeping Over Tonight by Antoine De Maximy
- 5/15/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
LONDON -- Errol Morris' Standard Operating Procedure, Chris Waitt's A Complete History of My Sexual Failures and James Marsh's Man on Wire are three of 22 documentaries selected to unspool during this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival.
Nine of the documentaries come from the U.S., organizers said. These include Daniel O'Connor and Neil Ortenberg's Obscene, Ron Davis and Stewart Halpern's Pageant, Margaret Brown's The Order of Myths and C. Karim Chrobog's War Child.
The documentary section also includes Werner Herzog's Encounters at the End of the World, Erik Nelson's Dreams With Sharp Teeth and Peter Geyer's Jesus Christ Savior.
The 19 films in the documentary festival sidebar, along with three docus presented as galas, will compete for the festival's best documentary prize.
This year's festival runs June 18-29, The First Edition not to take place in its traditional August dates.
Nine of the documentaries come from the U.S., organizers said. These include Daniel O'Connor and Neil Ortenberg's Obscene, Ron Davis and Stewart Halpern's Pageant, Margaret Brown's The Order of Myths and C. Karim Chrobog's War Child.
The documentary section also includes Werner Herzog's Encounters at the End of the World, Erik Nelson's Dreams With Sharp Teeth and Peter Geyer's Jesus Christ Savior.
The 19 films in the documentary festival sidebar, along with three docus presented as galas, will compete for the festival's best documentary prize.
This year's festival runs June 18-29, The First Edition not to take place in its traditional August dates.
- 4/21/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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