Actress Lucie Lucas, director Gabe Klinger, and actor Anton YelchinYou may already know the work of Brazilian-born American Gabe Klinger, perhaps through his writing as a critic for Cinema Scope and Sight & Sound, or through his programming at such venues as the Museum of Modern Art and the International Film Festival Rotterdam. In 2013, Klinger leapt behind the camera for his delightfully idiosyncratic debut film, Double Play, a documentary twofer chatting with and exploring the work of two distinctively different yet unexpectedly compatible American filmmakers, Richard Linklater and James Benning. This move to documenting (and combining) favorite filmmakers seemed like a natural extension of Klinger's advocacy in print and work at cinematheques and film festivals. Yet rather than remaining in the documentary mode, for his follow-up Klinger has gone overseas to Portugal to make a cleverly time-addled romance that's at once elated and melancholy. Porto, taking place in a dreamy, remembered...
- 9/20/2016
- MUBI
The 59Th BFI London Film Festival Announces Full 2015 Programme
You can peruse the programme at your leisure here.
The programme for the 59th BFI London Film Festival in partnership launched today, with Festival Director Clare Stewart presenting this year’s rich and diverse selection of films and events. BFI London Film Festival is Britain’s leading film event and one of the world’s oldest film festivals. It introduces the finest new British and international films to an expanding London and UK-wide audience. The Festival provides an essential platform for films seeking global success; and promotes the careers of British and international filmmakers through its industry and awards programmes. With this year’s industry programme stronger than ever, offering international filmmakers and leaders a programme of insightful events covering every area of the film industry Lff positions London as the world’s leading creative city.
The Festival will screen a...
You can peruse the programme at your leisure here.
The programme for the 59th BFI London Film Festival in partnership launched today, with Festival Director Clare Stewart presenting this year’s rich and diverse selection of films and events. BFI London Film Festival is Britain’s leading film event and one of the world’s oldest film festivals. It introduces the finest new British and international films to an expanding London and UK-wide audience. The Festival provides an essential platform for films seeking global success; and promotes the careers of British and international filmmakers through its industry and awards programmes. With this year’s industry programme stronger than ever, offering international filmmakers and leaders a programme of insightful events covering every area of the film industry Lff positions London as the world’s leading creative city.
The Festival will screen a...
- 9/1/2015
- by John
- SoundOnSight
Twenty-seven new features will screen over the extended five-day anniversary event and there will be tributes to Robert Redford, T-Bone Burnett, the Coen Brothers and Mohammad Rasoulof - and there has already been a Us acquisition.
While observers do not expect much buyer activity at the festival, Zeitgeist announced it had made a preemptive Us buy on Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine’s The Galapagos Affair (see below).
The Sony Pictures Classics team, RADiUS-twc, IFC, Fox Searchlight’s production head Claudia Lewis and president of Paramount Film Group Adam Goodman are among those expected to attend the Colorado event, which runs from Aug 29 through the additional day of programming on Sept 2.
The main programme features are:
All Is Lost, Robert RedfordBefore The Winter Chill (France) Philippe ClaudelBethlehem (Israel) Yuval AdlerBlue Is The Warmest Color (France) Abdellatif KechicheBurning Bush (Czech Republic) Agnieszka HollandDeath Row: Blaine Milam + Robert Fratta, Werner HerzogFifi Howls From Happiness, Mitra FarahaniThe...
While observers do not expect much buyer activity at the festival, Zeitgeist announced it had made a preemptive Us buy on Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine’s The Galapagos Affair (see below).
The Sony Pictures Classics team, RADiUS-twc, IFC, Fox Searchlight’s production head Claudia Lewis and president of Paramount Film Group Adam Goodman are among those expected to attend the Colorado event, which runs from Aug 29 through the additional day of programming on Sept 2.
The main programme features are:
All Is Lost, Robert RedfordBefore The Winter Chill (France) Philippe ClaudelBethlehem (Israel) Yuval AdlerBlue Is The Warmest Color (France) Abdellatif KechicheBurning Bush (Czech Republic) Agnieszka HollandDeath Row: Blaine Milam + Robert Fratta, Werner HerzogFifi Howls From Happiness, Mitra FarahaniThe...
- 8/28/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Apart from the three sneak screening titles that will stir up the buzz in the coming days, Julie Huntsinger and Tom Luddy’s 40th edition of the Telluride Film Festival excels in bringing a concentration of solid docus from the likes of Errol Morris and Werner Herzog who this year cuts the ribbon on a theatre going by his name and introduces Death Row, a pinch of Berlin Film Fest items (Gloria, Slow Food Story, Fifi Howls from Happiness) Palme d’Or winner (this year Abdellatif Kechiche will be celebrated), upcoming Sony Pictures Classics items (Tim’s Vermeer, The Lunchbox), Venice to Telluride to Tiff titles (Bethlehem, Tracks and Under the Skin), the latest Jason Reitman film (Labor Day) and the barely known docu-home-movie whodunit (by helmers Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine) The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden which features narration from the likes of Cate Blanchett, Diane Kruger and Connie Nielsen.
- 8/28/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Am I the only Dario Argento nerd who thinks of the director when I hear electronic artist Vitalic's "My Friend Dario"? Probably. The second single from Pascal Arbez's latest album, Rave Age, has a bloody new video. Ditching the sexy robo sounds of speech-synthesis program Brigitte from Ok Cowboy, Arbez tapped French music video director Romain Chassaing (Vampire Weekend, Air) for "Fade Away." The track, with guest vocals from Shitdisco's Joe Reeves, is pretty great, but the video trumps all. In a beautifully orchestrated chain of executions, Chassaing has dropped references to several films — most notably Alan Clarke's Elephant (produced by Danny Boyle). The 1989 short is set in Northern Ireland and was a silent, stark commentary...
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- 5/14/2013
- by Alison Nastasi
- Movies.com
The director of the Olympic opening ceremony has been garlanded with awards for his films and praised for his down-to-earth approach
A junkie diving into "the worst toilet in Scotland" to recover his drug suppositories; a double-decker bus lying on its side in the deserted, zombie-infested London streets; privileged Edinburgh students dismembering corpses; a poet living with a stray dog in a squalid flat; a policeman telling residents they should expect to be burgled – probably not the "best of Britain" image the Olympic organisers had in mind for the opening ceremony.
But despite being the purveyor of these memorably grim moments (via Trainspotting, 28 Days Later, Shallow Grave, TV movie Strumpet, and Millions, respectively), Danny Boyle was chosen to direct the show.
And when his appointment was announced two years ago, the collective response was one of pleasant surprise, rather than collective groans and yawns. Such a commission could easily have been put into safer,...
A junkie diving into "the worst toilet in Scotland" to recover his drug suppositories; a double-decker bus lying on its side in the deserted, zombie-infested London streets; privileged Edinburgh students dismembering corpses; a poet living with a stray dog in a squalid flat; a policeman telling residents they should expect to be burgled – probably not the "best of Britain" image the Olympic organisers had in mind for the opening ceremony.
But despite being the purveyor of these memorably grim moments (via Trainspotting, 28 Days Later, Shallow Grave, TV movie Strumpet, and Millions, respectively), Danny Boyle was chosen to direct the show.
And when his appointment was announced two years ago, the collective response was one of pleasant surprise, rather than collective groans and yawns. Such a commission could easily have been put into safer,...
- 7/26/2012
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
'I was called a hack once. When you put as much emotion into a piece of work as I do, that's heartbreaking'
Which other artists do you admire the most?
David Lynch. I met him for the first time the other day, and it was like meeting my guru. He was sitting at a dinner table and I felt odd standing above him, so I ended up falling to my knees so that I could be lower than he was. In Hollywood everyone goes round giving each other slaps on the back – and he wasn't like that at all. In fact, I'm not sure that he had seen any of my films. But he did tell me that he liked my waistcoat.
Will British film survive the axing of the UK Film Council?
Yes, it will. The fact that the production arm has moved to the BFI is vital. It...
Which other artists do you admire the most?
David Lynch. I met him for the first time the other day, and it was like meeting my guru. He was sitting at a dinner table and I felt odd standing above him, so I ended up falling to my knees so that I could be lower than he was. In Hollywood everyone goes round giving each other slaps on the back – and he wasn't like that at all. In fact, I'm not sure that he had seen any of my films. But he did tell me that he liked my waistcoat.
Will British film survive the axing of the UK Film Council?
Yes, it will. The fact that the production arm has moved to the BFI is vital. It...
- 8/22/2011
- by Sarah Phillips
- The Guardian - Film News
Elephant by Alan Clarke (1989)
The first time I watched Elephant, all I knew was the idea behind the title. It's essentially about the Troubles in Northern Ireland during which time people related them to having an elephant in your living room: eventually, you just accept that it's there and learn how to move around it.
The bare bones of the film, which is only 38 minutes long, has all the impact of an epic in the way it tells the story. In those 38 minutes there are 18 killings. You only see the killers and the victims. You don't know if they're Protestant or Catholic, Republicans or Unionists. All you know is that someone is either on the way to their death or on their way to kill somebody.
It's shot in a unique way. An individual walks along a street, across a road, into buildings, down corridors and eventually, when he reaches his destination,...
The first time I watched Elephant, all I knew was the idea behind the title. It's essentially about the Troubles in Northern Ireland during which time people related them to having an elephant in your living room: eventually, you just accept that it's there and learn how to move around it.
The bare bones of the film, which is only 38 minutes long, has all the impact of an epic in the way it tells the story. In those 38 minutes there are 18 killings. You only see the killers and the victims. You don't know if they're Protestant or Catholic, Republicans or Unionists. All you know is that someone is either on the way to their death or on their way to kill somebody.
It's shot in a unique way. An individual walks along a street, across a road, into buildings, down corridors and eventually, when he reaches his destination,...
- 8/13/2011
- by Jessica Hopkins
- The Guardian - Film News
Winning accolades and fans across the festival circuit for the past year, and comparisons to material as far and wide as Ken Loach and The Sopranos (although in all fairness it is neither of those things, more like deader-than-deadpan Coen Brothers absurdity) Down Terrace has been playing in limited release for a month, and is opening in Canada commercially at the Carlton Theatre in Toronto (before expanding out to Vancouver) November 12th. I have been shamelessly been sitting on a lengthy chat with writer/director Ben Wheatley while the film played at the Fantasia Film Festival back in July. He left his copy of Sight & Sound behind as he took off to the airport after our conversation, which I scored (snack-cake!) but don't tell him. A prolific advertisement and TV director, he is as film literate and verbose has one would expect from a genre-mashing drama/comedy/gangster picture with literate and verbose characters.
- 11/11/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Jason Solomons talks to Danny Boyle, and nominates his own London film festival awards
Elephant in hiding
Danny Boyle's mantelpiece must be groaning. He was characteristically gracious accepting his BFI fellowship last week, and carried away the handsome, emerald, deco-style sculpture in what looked like a cake tin. "I'll definitely be putting this one in the living room," he told me. "It's beautiful and apparently refracts the light in amazing ways." Will it go next to the Oscar, I asked. "Oh no, I keep that in a box," he said. "I just couldn't face seeing that every day. You couldn't get any work done if you had to look at it staring back at you. It's the elephant in the room. I'll put it out one day, when I'm old. We're all much better off with it in the box until then."
Overheard
A restored 1920s train carriage from...
Elephant in hiding
Danny Boyle's mantelpiece must be groaning. He was characteristically gracious accepting his BFI fellowship last week, and carried away the handsome, emerald, deco-style sculpture in what looked like a cake tin. "I'll definitely be putting this one in the living room," he told me. "It's beautiful and apparently refracts the light in amazing ways." Will it go next to the Oscar, I asked. "Oh no, I keep that in a box," he said. "I just couldn't face seeing that every day. You couldn't get any work done if you had to look at it staring back at you. It's the elephant in the room. I'll put it out one day, when I'm old. We're all much better off with it in the box until then."
Overheard
A restored 1920s train carriage from...
- 10/30/2010
- by Jason Solomons
- The Guardian - Film News
HollywoodNews.com: The 14th Annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Awards, presented by Starz, are pleased to announce that producers Danny Boyle and Christian Colson will be honored with the “Hollywood Producer Award,” screenwriter Aaron Sorkin will get the “Hollywood Screenwriter Award,” and Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall will be honored with the “Hollywood Editor Award” at the festival’s Hollywood Awards Gala Ceremony.
The announcement was made today by Carlos de Abreu, Founder of the Hollywood Awards Gala.
“We are honored to recognize these exceptionally talented artists for their outstanding work and creative vision at this year’s Hollywood Awards Gala,” said de Abreu.
Previously announced honorees for this year’s Hollywood Awards Gala include: Sean Penn for the “Humanitarian Award”; Helena Bonham Carter for the “Supporting Actress Award”; Sam Rockwell for the “Supporting Actor Award”; Andrew Garfield for the “Breakthrough Actor Award”; Mia Wasikowska for the “Breakthrough Actress...
The announcement was made today by Carlos de Abreu, Founder of the Hollywood Awards Gala.
“We are honored to recognize these exceptionally talented artists for their outstanding work and creative vision at this year’s Hollywood Awards Gala,” said de Abreu.
Previously announced honorees for this year’s Hollywood Awards Gala include: Sean Penn for the “Humanitarian Award”; Helena Bonham Carter for the “Supporting Actress Award”; Sam Rockwell for the “Supporting Actor Award”; Andrew Garfield for the “Breakthrough Actor Award”; Mia Wasikowska for the “Breakthrough Actress...
- 9/27/2010
- by Linny Lum
- Hollywoodnews.com
This week we're getting snippy, cutting a swathe through the best film clips that give a nod to the Louise Brooks bob
Georg Wilhelm Pabst's Pandora's Box (1929) owes its iconic status not to its plot – a lurid morality tale – but the subversive sheen of its star. Louise Brooks's screen presence redefined the proverbial fatality of the femmes. Here was no temptress hell-bent on destruction but a girl whose spontaneity and unrepressed sexuality proved too hot to handle for the leering males around her.
The message was much aided by a boyish bob which, in its angular minimalism, posed an affront to cliches of femininity. "The girl in the black helmet", she was called, the gritty hue of her barnet more redolent of the dominatrix's leather boot than the flowing locks of the damsel in distress.
Brooks's haircut was a piece of fashion and, as such, has been sported...
Georg Wilhelm Pabst's Pandora's Box (1929) owes its iconic status not to its plot – a lurid morality tale – but the subversive sheen of its star. Louise Brooks's screen presence redefined the proverbial fatality of the femmes. Here was no temptress hell-bent on destruction but a girl whose spontaneity and unrepressed sexuality proved too hot to handle for the leering males around her.
The message was much aided by a boyish bob which, in its angular minimalism, posed an affront to cliches of femininity. "The girl in the black helmet", she was called, the gritty hue of her barnet more redolent of the dominatrix's leather boot than the flowing locks of the damsel in distress.
Brooks's haircut was a piece of fashion and, as such, has been sported...
- 9/22/2010
- The Guardian - Film News
Bullet in the Head
Spain/France, 2008, 84 minutes
Director: Jaime Rosales
I doubt I will ever see a movie title play so imperatively in the tone of a film. At least not quite this way. Bullet in the Head, without its bluntly violent title, would have provided a completely different experience for me. If it was called Dude Goes to Coffee Shops, this movie would have been useless. Well, more than it is now, I should say.
I’m not surprised that the movie has not found a Us distributor yet, as it’s unlikely that it would escape the festival circuit. The reason is simple: it’s impossible to market this film. At 84 minutes, it spends 60 of them staring at its protagonist engaging in the most banal activities imaginable. There is no dialogue, since the camera is always positioned at a distance, as if the viewer is a voyeur observing through a P.
Spain/France, 2008, 84 minutes
Director: Jaime Rosales
I doubt I will ever see a movie title play so imperatively in the tone of a film. At least not quite this way. Bullet in the Head, without its bluntly violent title, would have provided a completely different experience for me. If it was called Dude Goes to Coffee Shops, this movie would have been useless. Well, more than it is now, I should say.
I’m not surprised that the movie has not found a Us distributor yet, as it’s unlikely that it would escape the festival circuit. The reason is simple: it’s impossible to market this film. At 84 minutes, it spends 60 of them staring at its protagonist engaging in the most banal activities imaginable. There is no dialogue, since the camera is always positioned at a distance, as if the viewer is a voyeur observing through a P.
- 4/26/2009
- by Arya Ponto
- JustPressPlay.net
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