Melanie Sykes broke down in tears on 'I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!' after receiving a care package from home which contained photos of her kids. The TV presenter couldn't hold back the tears when she saw the pictures of sons, Roman, 12, and 10-year-old Valentino - her kids from her first marriage to Daniel Caltagirone. And her close friend Adam Phillips believes the 44-year-old star - who won nine out of 10 stars on the Hells Kitchen task on the Sunday night show (23.11.14) - will miss her children terribly while she's in the Australian jungle. After watching his...
- 11/24/2014
- Virgin Media - TV
Hanif Kureishi's muse has long been transgression: dazzling early success was followed by a sex-and-drugs phase, family falling-out and a lacerating novel about marital breakdown. Now, with The Last Word, has he finally pinned down who he really is?
The first time I met Hanif Kureishi it was the mid-80s, and we talked about writing fiction for Faber and Faber whose list I was directing. Kureishi came into my office like a rock star and I remember thinking that he did not seem in need of a career move. He was already riding high on the international success of his screenplay, My Beautiful Laundrette.
In fact, Kureishi was cannily pondering his next step. He was on the lookout for a means of self-expression that might sustain a way of life and over which he could have some control. Movies, he said, were chancy, a gold-rush business. There was...
The first time I met Hanif Kureishi it was the mid-80s, and we talked about writing fiction for Faber and Faber whose list I was directing. Kureishi came into my office like a rock star and I remember thinking that he did not seem in need of a career move. He was already riding high on the international success of his screenplay, My Beautiful Laundrette.
In fact, Kureishi was cannily pondering his next step. He was on the lookout for a means of self-expression that might sustain a way of life and over which he could have some control. Movies, he said, were chancy, a gold-rush business. There was...
- 1/19/2014
- by Robert McCrum
- The Guardian - Film News
Hilary Mantel, Jonathan Franzen, Mohsin Hamid, Ruth Rendell, Tom Stoppard, Malcolm Gladwell, Eleanor Catton and many more recommend the books that impressed them this year
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Five Star Billionaire by Tash Aw (Fourth Estate) is a brilliant, sprawling, layered and unsentimental portrayal of contemporary China. It made me think and laugh. I also love Dave Eggers' The Circle (Hamish Hamilton), which is a sharp-eyed and funny satire about the obsession with "sharing" our lives through technology. It's convincing and a little creepy.
William Boyd
By strange coincidence two of the most intriguing art books I read this year had the word "Breakfast" in their titles. They were Breakfast with Lucian by Geordie Greig (Jonathan Cape) and Breakfast at Sotheby's by Philip Hook (Particular). Greig's fascinating, intimate biography of Lucian Freud was a revelation. Every question I had about Freud – from the aesthetic to the intrusively gossipy – was...
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Five Star Billionaire by Tash Aw (Fourth Estate) is a brilliant, sprawling, layered and unsentimental portrayal of contemporary China. It made me think and laugh. I also love Dave Eggers' The Circle (Hamish Hamilton), which is a sharp-eyed and funny satire about the obsession with "sharing" our lives through technology. It's convincing and a little creepy.
William Boyd
By strange coincidence two of the most intriguing art books I read this year had the word "Breakfast" in their titles. They were Breakfast with Lucian by Geordie Greig (Jonathan Cape) and Breakfast at Sotheby's by Philip Hook (Particular). Greig's fascinating, intimate biography of Lucian Freud was a revelation. Every question I had about Freud – from the aesthetic to the intrusively gossipy – was...
- 11/23/2013
- by Hilary Mantel, Jonathan Franzen, Mohsin Hamid, Tom Stoppard, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, William Boyd, Bill Bryson, Shami Chakrabarti, Sarah Churchwell, Antonia Fraser, Mark Haddon, Robert Harris, Max Hastings, Philip Hensher, Simon Hoggart, AM Homes, John Lanchester, Mark Lawson, Robert Macfarlane, Andrew Motion, Ian Rankin, Lionel Shriver, Helen Simpson, Colm Tóibín, Richard Ford, John Gray, David Kynaston, Penelope Lively, Pankaj Mishra, Blake Morrison, Susie Orbach
- The Guardian - Film News
The 55th San Francisco International Film Festival (site), opening tomorrow and running through May 3, "will seem comfortingly the same" to many in the Bay Area, writes G Allen Johnson in the Chronicle:
[A] lavish opening-night film and party, a rocking closing-night film and, in the two weeks between, 172 more films from 45 countries and tributes to distinguished celebrities... But behind the scenes, it's been the most challenging year in the festival's history. Two executive directors of the San Francisco Film Society have died — Graham Leggat, who lost a battle to cancer in August at 51; and his replacement, independent film maestro Bingham Ray, who had two strokes and died at 57 while attending the Sundance Film Festival in January. He had been on the job only 10 weeks.
"It sounds like a line, but it's actually true that for me personally it was a relief that I had something I could throw myself into that...
[A] lavish opening-night film and party, a rocking closing-night film and, in the two weeks between, 172 more films from 45 countries and tributes to distinguished celebrities... But behind the scenes, it's been the most challenging year in the festival's history. Two executive directors of the San Francisco Film Society have died — Graham Leggat, who lost a battle to cancer in August at 51; and his replacement, independent film maestro Bingham Ray, who had two strokes and died at 57 while attending the Sundance Film Festival in January. He had been on the job only 10 weeks.
"It sounds like a line, but it's actually true that for me personally it was a relief that I had something I could throw myself into that...
- 4/18/2012
- MUBI
Grant Gee's likably loquacious documentary elegantly re-traces Wg Sebald's steps through the Suffolk countryside
In the summer of 1992, the author Wg Sebald, "irradiated by melancholy", set off on a physical and philosophical wander through the Suffolk countryside – a route that he later re-traced in his landmark book The Rings of Saturn. Grant Gee's likably loquacious, digressive documentary re-traces that re-tracing, complete with handy page references ("pg 41: Lowestoft") and erudite talking heads (Andrew Motion, Adam Phillips, Tacita Dean) to guide us through the psycho-geography.
The way ahead touches on everything from the nature of walking to the tenor of depression; from silkworms to bombing raids. In keeping with the spirit of Sebald's writing, Gee's film is teasing, elegant and perhaps inevitably unresolved: an invitation as opposed to a destination. The answers, presumably, are out there somewhere; lying low in the flat, monochrome landscape, or hunched at a table at a Lowestoft pub.
In the summer of 1992, the author Wg Sebald, "irradiated by melancholy", set off on a physical and philosophical wander through the Suffolk countryside – a route that he later re-traced in his landmark book The Rings of Saturn. Grant Gee's likably loquacious, digressive documentary re-traces that re-tracing, complete with handy page references ("pg 41: Lowestoft") and erudite talking heads (Andrew Motion, Adam Phillips, Tacita Dean) to guide us through the psycho-geography.
The way ahead touches on everything from the nature of walking to the tenor of depression; from silkworms to bombing raids. In keeping with the spirit of Sebald's writing, Gee's film is teasing, elegant and perhaps inevitably unresolved: an invitation as opposed to a destination. The answers, presumably, are out there somewhere; lying low in the flat, monochrome landscape, or hunched at a table at a Lowestoft pub.
- 1/27/2012
- by Xan Brooks
- The Guardian - Film News
The 49th New York Film Festival has announced their Masterworks and Special Anniversary screenings that will show between the festival’s seventeen days, September 30th – October 16th. The Masterworks program and the festival’s additional programming will provide audiences with exciting opportunities to explore new film-making styles and storytelling events. To learn more about the Masterworks and Anniversary films, please check out below for full synopsis and details.
Masterworks And Special Anniversary Screenings
Masterworks: The Gold Rush
Chaplin’s personal favorite among his own films, The Gold Rush (1925), is a beautifully constructed comic fable of fate and perseverance, set in the icy wastes of the Alaskan gold fields. Re-released by Chaplin in 1942 in a recut version missing some scenes, and with added narration and musical score, The Gold Rush will be presented in a new restoration of the original, silent 1925 version. In this frequently terrifying and always unpredictable universe of...
Masterworks And Special Anniversary Screenings
Masterworks: The Gold Rush
Chaplin’s personal favorite among his own films, The Gold Rush (1925), is a beautifully constructed comic fable of fate and perseverance, set in the icy wastes of the Alaskan gold fields. Re-released by Chaplin in 1942 in a recut version missing some scenes, and with added narration and musical score, The Gold Rush will be presented in a new restoration of the original, silent 1925 version. In this frequently terrifying and always unpredictable universe of...
- 8/28/2011
- by Christopher Clemente
- SoundOnSight
Brit werewolf flick '13Hrs' premiered recently at the Empire Cinema in Leicester Square, London, as part of Film 4's Frightfest horror movie festival. And two of the gorgeous actresses from the movie, namely Gemma Atkinson (below) and Isabella Calthorpe, have been caught posing for a few premiere snaps alongside a terrifying werewolf outside the cinema. You can check out the stills below along with a few hot pics of ex-'Hollyoaks' star Gemma Atkinson thrown in. 'Sarah Tyler returns to her troubled family home in the isolated countryside, for a much put-off visit. As a storm rages outside, Sarah, her family and friends shore up for the night, cut off from the outside world. But something comes out of the driving rain and darkness. Something that holds a dark secret so devastating that, in one night, it could wipe out the entire family.' Don't forget you can grab '13Hrs',...
- 9/8/2010
- Horror Asylum
13Hrs
Stars: Gemma Atkinson, Isabella Calthorpe, Tom Felton, Joshua Bowman, Peter Gaddiot | Written by Adam Phillips | Directed by Jonathan Glendening
Sarah Tyler returns to her troubled family home in the isolated countryside, for a much put-off visit from Los Angeles. The rundown stately pile isn’t so much a money pit as a financial abyss though and the massive cost of the ongoing renovations has caused much distanced friction between Sarah’s parents. But as a storm rages outside, Sarah, her family and friends leave all their problems at the door and shore up for the night, cut off from the outside world. But something is about to come out of the driving rain and darkness. Something that needs to kill and is looking for human prey amongst the distressed and trapped group of people scared out of their wits in the vast darkness. Something that holds a terrifying secret so devastating that,...
Stars: Gemma Atkinson, Isabella Calthorpe, Tom Felton, Joshua Bowman, Peter Gaddiot | Written by Adam Phillips | Directed by Jonathan Glendening
Sarah Tyler returns to her troubled family home in the isolated countryside, for a much put-off visit from Los Angeles. The rundown stately pile isn’t so much a money pit as a financial abyss though and the massive cost of the ongoing renovations has caused much distanced friction between Sarah’s parents. But as a storm rages outside, Sarah, her family and friends leave all their problems at the door and shore up for the night, cut off from the outside world. But something is about to come out of the driving rain and darkness. Something that needs to kill and is looking for human prey amongst the distressed and trapped group of people scared out of their wits in the vast darkness. Something that holds a terrifying secret so devastating that,...
- 8/30/2010
- by Phil
- Nerdly
13 Hrs is a Feature Productions film that will release in the United Kingdom January 26, 2010. The film is supernatural in form as a mysterious dark secret threatens to "wipe out the entire [Moore] family." Tense and setting a thrilling atmosphere the trailer will give fans a dramatic hint as to what to expect from the film. This Eyeline Entertainment film is still a ways off from being released in N. America, but for now a full synopsis and trailer can be found for horror fans below. Some good stunts take place in the one and a half minute trailer below. Digg it!
A synopsis for 13 Hrs below:
"Sarah Tyler returns to her troubled family home in the isolated countryside, for a much put-off visit. As a storm rages on, Sarah, her family and friends shore up for the night, cut off from the outside world. But something comes out of the driving rain and darkness.
A synopsis for 13 Hrs below:
"Sarah Tyler returns to her troubled family home in the isolated countryside, for a much put-off visit. As a storm rages on, Sarah, her family and friends shore up for the night, cut off from the outside world. But something comes out of the driving rain and darkness.
- 12/17/2009
- by Michael Ross Allen
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Considering how generally well regarded Dog Soldiers is, it's no surprise a new flick from the UK, 13 Hrs, is marketing itself as being "from the producers of" that film. Even so, based on 13 Hrs' synopsis and cast & crew, it looks potentially good enough to stand on its own merits.
A production of Eyeline Entertainment, 13 Hrs was directed by Jonathan Glendening from a script by Adam Phillips and stars Isabella Calthorpe, Gemma Atkinson, Joshua Bowman, Gabriel Thomson, Tom Felton, Peter Gadiot, Antony De Liseo, Simon MacCorkindale, Cornelius Clarke, John Lynch, and Sue Scadding. Click on the below image to visit Eyeline Entertainment's official site, where a promo teaser also awaits.
Synopsis
A full moon hangs in the night sky, and lightning streaks across dark storm clouds. Sarah Tyler (Calthorpe) returns to her troubled family home in the isolated countryside for a much put-off visit. As the storm rages on, Sarah, her family,...
A production of Eyeline Entertainment, 13 Hrs was directed by Jonathan Glendening from a script by Adam Phillips and stars Isabella Calthorpe, Gemma Atkinson, Joshua Bowman, Gabriel Thomson, Tom Felton, Peter Gadiot, Antony De Liseo, Simon MacCorkindale, Cornelius Clarke, John Lynch, and Sue Scadding. Click on the below image to visit Eyeline Entertainment's official site, where a promo teaser also awaits.
Synopsis
A full moon hangs in the night sky, and lightning streaks across dark storm clouds. Sarah Tyler (Calthorpe) returns to her troubled family home in the isolated countryside for a much put-off visit. As the storm rages on, Sarah, her family,...
- 12/13/2009
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
On the surface, this new horror flick from the producers of Dog Soldiers seems like a typical teen kill-thrill. And then you hit the end of the trailer where you discover that some very weird and freaky stuff appears to be happening that you weren't expecting at all. Is it another werewolf film? Hard to tell a this point but we're intrigued.
Another interesting thing to note is that 13 hrs is the new film by director Jonathan Glendening, the dude who directed the British post-apocalyptic actioner, S.N.U.B! that we've been waiting to see for about a year now.
Synopsis:
A full moon hangs in the night sky and lightning streaks across dark storm clouds. Sarah Tyler returns to her troubled family home in the isolated countryside, for a much put-off visit. As the storm rages on, Sarah, her family and friends shore up for the night, cut off from the outside world.
Another interesting thing to note is that 13 hrs is the new film by director Jonathan Glendening, the dude who directed the British post-apocalyptic actioner, S.N.U.B! that we've been waiting to see for about a year now.
Synopsis:
A full moon hangs in the night sky and lightning streaks across dark storm clouds. Sarah Tyler returns to her troubled family home in the isolated countryside, for a much put-off visit. As the storm rages on, Sarah, her family and friends shore up for the night, cut off from the outside world.
- 12/11/2009
- QuietEarth.us
A decade or so ago, several (hundred) jokes made the rounds having to do with thin books. You know: The Italian Cuisine Diet Book, The Smart-Blonde Gag Collection. Mock titles of that sort, often based -- as so many mildly amusing jokes are -- on stereotypes. That spate of chuckle-getters came to mind a few days ago when a very thin book called On Kindness showed up in my mailbox. "Yup," I thought to myself, "these days it makes sense that something of such meager size is all anyone might scrape together about on the subject of kindness." Nevertheless, I read what is essentially a long-ish essay (114 6"x4" pages) by the revered psychoanalyst Adam Phillips and the respected historian Barbara Taylor. The authors get admirably serious about the history...
- 5/15/2009
- by David Finkle
- Huffington Post
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