When you look at his body of work, it’s hard to believe Rory Kinnear is only 44: the man’s covered a hell of a lot of ground. He’s earned his place as a household name with roles like Tanner – M’s efficient Chief of Staff in several Bond films including Skyfall – and Detective Nock in Alan Turing biopic The Imitation Game, but while many actors would be rightly chuffed to bag these roles, they’re merely the tip of Kinnear’s acting iceberg.
Few actors, for instance, can claim to be responsible for a scene that has been burned onto our retinas, never to be forgotten, no matter how hard we try. For Rory Kinnear, that scene is in Black Mirror episode ‘The National Anthem’, the very first instalment of this disturbing dystopian anthology series, where he plays a Prime Minister forced into doing the dirty...
Few actors, for instance, can claim to be responsible for a scene that has been burned onto our retinas, never to be forgotten, no matter how hard we try. For Rory Kinnear, that scene is in Black Mirror episode ‘The National Anthem’, the very first instalment of this disturbing dystopian anthology series, where he plays a Prime Minister forced into doing the dirty...
- 1/25/2023
- by Lauravickersgreen
- Den of Geek
The beautiful game stands in for deeper, more personal struggles as Greg Cruttwell’s engaging characters pour their hearts out
A big season, this, for Greg Cruttwell. Next month, the BFI revives Mike Leigh’s Naked, in which Cruttwell landed his most indelible acting gig as the yuppie scumbag Jeremy. This week, however, he resumes writer-director duties with this genial indie that casts Leigh alumni and TV stalwarts as football-crazed individuals, pouring their hearts out to a mostly static camera for 90 minutes, plus injury time. It is an innately theatrical proposition, like a fringe play that’s snuck in through the Odeon fire doors. Yet this is pretty sound stuff, engagingly performed: if not a resounding triumph for one medium over another, then the kind of honourable draw that sends everybody home reasonably happy.
Its tactics derive from the Alan Bennett playbook, revealing what first seem like eccentrically heightened passions,...
A big season, this, for Greg Cruttwell. Next month, the BFI revives Mike Leigh’s Naked, in which Cruttwell landed his most indelible acting gig as the yuppie scumbag Jeremy. This week, however, he resumes writer-director duties with this genial indie that casts Leigh alumni and TV stalwarts as football-crazed individuals, pouring their hearts out to a mostly static camera for 90 minutes, plus injury time. It is an innately theatrical proposition, like a fringe play that’s snuck in through the Odeon fire doors. Yet this is pretty sound stuff, engagingly performed: if not a resounding triumph for one medium over another, then the kind of honourable draw that sends everybody home reasonably happy.
Its tactics derive from the Alan Bennett playbook, revealing what first seem like eccentrically heightened passions,...
- 10/26/2021
- by Mike McCahill
- The Guardian - Film News
Updated with full winners list: The Trial of the Chicago 7 won the Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture prize, SAG’s version of Best Picture, at the 27th annual SAG Awards on Sunday night. It was one of 13 awards honoring the year’s best film and TV acting performances.
The late Chadwick Boseman and Viola Davis took the best leading male and female actor in a motion picture honors for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. In the supporting actor category, Yuh-Jung Youn took the trophy for Minari and Daniel Kaluuya for his role as Fred Hampton in Judas and the Black Messiah.
Among the movie categories, the marquee ensemble prize is often an Oscar bellwether. Last year, Neon’s Parasite surprised with a win and it later repeated the feat by taking the Academy Awards’ Best Picture prize.The Trial of the Chicago 7 faced off against Da 5 Bloods,...
The late Chadwick Boseman and Viola Davis took the best leading male and female actor in a motion picture honors for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. In the supporting actor category, Yuh-Jung Youn took the trophy for Minari and Daniel Kaluuya for his role as Fred Hampton in Judas and the Black Messiah.
Among the movie categories, the marquee ensemble prize is often an Oscar bellwether. Last year, Neon’s Parasite surprised with a win and it later repeated the feat by taking the Academy Awards’ Best Picture prize.The Trial of the Chicago 7 faced off against Da 5 Bloods,...
- 4/5/2021
- by Denise Petski and Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
“The Crown” eyes dual Best Drama Actress nominations for the first time, as Netflix is campaigning Emma Corrin‘s portrayal of Princess Diana as a leading performance in direct competition with Olivia Colman‘s portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II. “The Crown” is further shaking up its awards strategy in its fourth season by swapping the categorization of its chief male actors: Tobias Menzies as Prince Philip contends now as a supporting actor and Josh O’Connor as Prince Charles takes his place in the lead race.
SEEthe “miraculous” reviews for Emma Corrin’s performance.
Menzies was nominated last year for Best Drama Actor by the Golden Globes and Critics’ Choice, then snubbed by the Emmys and BAFTA. Matt Smith portrayed Philip in the first two seasons of “The Crown” and was campaigned as a lead for the first, receiving no major nominations. He continued to be snubbed with the second season...
SEEthe “miraculous” reviews for Emma Corrin’s performance.
Menzies was nominated last year for Best Drama Actor by the Golden Globes and Critics’ Choice, then snubbed by the Emmys and BAFTA. Matt Smith portrayed Philip in the first two seasons of “The Crown” and was campaigned as a lead for the first, receiving no major nominations. He continued to be snubbed with the second season...
- 12/21/2020
- by Riley Chow
- Gold Derby
Gillian Anderson is a delight.
The actress has played many beloved characters over the years, but the role of Maggie Thatcher is poised to be a big change for her.
With a steely voice and a piercing stare, Thatcher takes center stage in the latest trailer for The Crown Season 4.
Thatcher and Olivia Colman's Queen Elizabeth II chat in the trailer, but it's clear things are not going well between them.
But Queen Elizabeth does defend Margaret when Prince Philip balks at the idea of two women running the country.
“Perhaps that’s precisely what this country needs.”
"It could be said that they are two very similar women, born only months apart," says writer and executive producer Peter Morgan.
"They are very much defined by the Second World War, by a sense of a sense of frugality, hard work, commitment, Christianity and so much more. It was a...
The actress has played many beloved characters over the years, but the role of Maggie Thatcher is poised to be a big change for her.
With a steely voice and a piercing stare, Thatcher takes center stage in the latest trailer for The Crown Season 4.
Thatcher and Olivia Colman's Queen Elizabeth II chat in the trailer, but it's clear things are not going well between them.
But Queen Elizabeth does defend Margaret when Prince Philip balks at the idea of two women running the country.
“Perhaps that’s precisely what this country needs.”
"It could be said that they are two very similar women, born only months apart," says writer and executive producer Peter Morgan.
"They are very much defined by the Second World War, by a sense of a sense of frugality, hard work, commitment, Christianity and so much more. It was a...
- 10/29/2020
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Two women running Britain, “perhaps that is precisely what this country needs,” Queen Elizabeth II (Olivia Colman) says in a new trailer for the fourth season of “The Crown.”
But, as anyone with an understanding of U.K. history knows, it is anything but smooth sailing when Margaret Thatcher (played here by Gillian Anderson) becomes Prime Minister.
“My goal is to change this country from being dependent to self-reliant, and I think in that I am succeeding,” Anderson’s Thatcher says in the trailer, which you can watch above. However, this sentiment is followed by the mention of “joblessness, recession and crises” that are occurring, as well as the enemies “left, right and center” she may be making.
The fourth season of “The Crown,” which launches Nov. 15 on Netflix, begins in the late-1970s and continues through the 1980s, following the tension between the Queen and Thatcher, which only continue...
But, as anyone with an understanding of U.K. history knows, it is anything but smooth sailing when Margaret Thatcher (played here by Gillian Anderson) becomes Prime Minister.
“My goal is to change this country from being dependent to self-reliant, and I think in that I am succeeding,” Anderson’s Thatcher says in the trailer, which you can watch above. However, this sentiment is followed by the mention of “joblessness, recession and crises” that are occurring, as well as the enemies “left, right and center” she may be making.
The fourth season of “The Crown,” which launches Nov. 15 on Netflix, begins in the late-1970s and continues through the 1980s, following the tension between the Queen and Thatcher, which only continue...
- 10/29/2020
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix dropped the trailer for the fourth season of “The Crown” Thursday, switching fans’ attention from the eagerly anticipated introduction of Princess Diana (played by Emma Corrin) to the arrival of Gillian Anderson’s portrayal of Britain’s formidable first female prime minister, Margaret Thatcher.
And when the Iron Lady reports for duty, she comes ready to challenge Queen Elizabeth II (Olivia Colman) in more ways than the monarch seems to have expected.
Watch “The Crown” Season 4 trailer here and via the video above.
The fourth season of Peter Morgan’s Netflix royal family drama picks up in the late 1970s. Here is the official description:
“Queen Elizabeth (Olivia Colman) and her family find themselves preoccupied with safeguarding the line of succession by securing an appropriate bride for Prince Charles (Josh O’Connor), who is still unmarried at 30. As the nation begins to feel the impact of divisive policies introduced by...
And when the Iron Lady reports for duty, she comes ready to challenge Queen Elizabeth II (Olivia Colman) in more ways than the monarch seems to have expected.
Watch “The Crown” Season 4 trailer here and via the video above.
The fourth season of Peter Morgan’s Netflix royal family drama picks up in the late 1970s. Here is the official description:
“Queen Elizabeth (Olivia Colman) and her family find themselves preoccupied with safeguarding the line of succession by securing an appropriate bride for Prince Charles (Josh O’Connor), who is still unmarried at 30. As the nation begins to feel the impact of divisive policies introduced by...
- 10/29/2020
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
After tackling Wilderpeople hunts, squabbling vampires and family tussles in Asgard, writer/director Taika Waititi returns with a bold aim of adapting Christine Leunens’ book Caging Skies. Getting satire right is a difficult enough task as it is, let alone casting your net over one of the most brutal and oppressive eras in human history. And while Waititi has all the best intentions and means well with his “anti-hate” picture, Jojo Rabbit is more good than great, and has a fair few irritating flaws that keep it grounded where it could soar.
The plot centres on 10-year old Johannes “Jojo” Betzler (Roman Griffin Davis), an enthusiastic member of the Hitler youth, with high goals to advance to the top, while his more benevolent mother Rosie (Scarlett Johansson) just wants the fighting to end and her boy to be allowed to be a kid again. Soon though, Jojo’s loyalties are tested,...
The plot centres on 10-year old Johannes “Jojo” Betzler (Roman Griffin Davis), an enthusiastic member of the Hitler youth, with high goals to advance to the top, while his more benevolent mother Rosie (Scarlett Johansson) just wants the fighting to end and her boy to be allowed to be a kid again. Soon though, Jojo’s loyalties are tested,...
- 2/3/2020
- by Jack Bottomley
- The Cultural Post
Forget "stuffy old Britain." Since the U.K. voted to leave the European Union on June 23, the country has resembled a modern day Game of Thrones - with all three leading members of the Brexit campaign firmly pushed aside as the campaign to succeed Prime Minister David Cameron heats up. First to go was wild-haired Brexit poster-boy Boris Johnson, who sensationally quit the race on Thurdsay amid claims that he was backstabbed by fellow Brexit front man, Justice Minister Michael Gove. On Monday, right wing political leader Nigel Farage - who did more than anyone to push Britain to the...
- 7/5/2016
- by Philip Boucher, @philipboucher
- PEOPLE.com
Forget "stuffy old Britain." Since the U.K. voted to leave the European Union on June 23, the country has resembled a modern day Game of Thrones - with all three leading members of the Brexit campaign firmly pushed aside as the campaign to succeed Prime Minister David Cameron heats up. First to go was wild-haired Brexit poster-boy Boris Johnson, who sensationally quit the race on Thurdsay amid claims that he was backstabbed by fellow Brexit front man, Justice Minister Michael Gove. On Monday, right wing political leader Nigel Farage - who did more than anyone to push Britain to the...
- 7/5/2016
- by Philip Boucher, @philipboucher
- PEOPLE.com
Margaret Thatcher, the unyielding Conservative politician who from 1979 to 1990 served as Britain's first female prime minister - and the 20th century's longest running - died Monday. She was 87. Her spokesman Lord Bell made the announcement: "It is with great sadness that Mark and Carol Thatcher announced that their mother Baroness Thatcher died peacefully following a stroke this morning. A further statement will be made later." Lady Thatcher, who was awarded title of Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven in 1992, had suffered a series of strokes in recent years, and in 2005 her doctors advised that she no longer give speeches in public. Her...
- 4/8/2013
- by Stephen M. Silverman
- PEOPLE.com
House of Cards author Michael Dobbs has revealed that he is working with the writer of Borgen.
The Conservative peer explained that he and Adam Price are developing a "very major project" together.
The project has "a pretty good pedigree" and will "hopefully be on BBC screens" in 2014, he told BBC Radio 4's The World This Weekend.
Dobbs's novel House of Cards was turned into a BBC drama in 1990 starring Ian Richardson, before recently being remade in the Us with Kevin Spacey in the lead role.
While no details about the new project have been revealed, the author did state an interest in the "real story" of Denis Thatcher, the late husband of Margaret Thatcher.
"What a brilliant, brilliant character to base a play on," he said, describing him as "misunderstood" and "wonderfully strong".
Kevin Spacey stars as Us Representative Frank Underwood in the Netflix series House of Cards developed by Beau Willimon.
The Conservative peer explained that he and Adam Price are developing a "very major project" together.
The project has "a pretty good pedigree" and will "hopefully be on BBC screens" in 2014, he told BBC Radio 4's The World This Weekend.
Dobbs's novel House of Cards was turned into a BBC drama in 1990 starring Ian Richardson, before recently being remade in the Us with Kevin Spacey in the lead role.
While no details about the new project have been revealed, the author did state an interest in the "real story" of Denis Thatcher, the late husband of Margaret Thatcher.
"What a brilliant, brilliant character to base a play on," he said, describing him as "misunderstood" and "wonderfully strong".
Kevin Spacey stars as Us Representative Frank Underwood in the Netflix series House of Cards developed by Beau Willimon.
- 4/8/2013
- Digital Spy
Meryl Streep Meryl Streep is a Best Actress BAFTA nominee for her performance as Margaret Thatcher in Phyllida Lloyd's The Iron Lady. Jim Broadbent, who plays Thatcher's husband Denis Thatcher, is in the running for Best Supporting Actor. The above Meryl Streep photo was posted on BAFTA's Twitter page, where they've posted many more red carpet images. Streep has been nominated for 14 BAFTA Awards. She has won only once, for Karel Reisz's The French Lieutenant's Woman (1982*). Her other nominations were for the following: Manhattan (1980, supporting), The Deer Hunter (1980), Kramer vs. Kramer (1981), Sophie's Choice (1984), Silkwood (1985), Out of Africa (1987), Adaptation (2003, supporting), The Hours (2003), The Manchurian Candidate (2005), The Devil Wears Prada (2007), Doubt (2009), Julie & Julia (2010). * The years in parentheses are those of the BAFTA nomination/awards ceremony. Meryl Streep photo: © BAFTA...
- 2/12/2012
- by D. Zhea
- Alt Film Guide
Bits from the BAFTA 2012 red carpet, included Best Supporting Actress presenter Daniel Radcliffe (photo) declaring "you can't always have favorites, but I'd be delighted if she [Drive's Carey Mulligan] wins." Radcliffe, of course, is the star of The Woman in Black and the Harry Potter movies — Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 was the biggest worldwide blockbuster of 2011. [BAFTA 2012 winners.] When asked how he'd like people to see Denis Thatcher as portrayed in The Iron Lady, BAFTA Best Supporting Actor nominee Jim Broadbent remarked: "That he was a loving husband and supportive of a very remarkable woman." The "very remarkable woman" is Margaret Thatcher, played by Meryl Streep. When asked, "Do you follow politics?" Broadbent responded: "I'm not an activist of any sort, but I follow politics. One has to." He then added he's rooting for Nicolas Winding Refn's thriller Drive, starring Ryan Gosling and the aforementioned Carey Mulligan. The Artist's Michel Hazanavicius,...
- 2/12/2012
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
Has the Academy chosen wisely? What about the glaring omissions? And who will win? Our panel of experts review the shortlist – and dare to give some predictions
Flattery will get you everywhere in Hollywood. So it is that the films leading the nominations haul for this year's Oscars – to be presented on Sunday 26 February – are both love letters to movie making.
Martin Scorsese's Hugo is, essentially, about the need to preserve film history, couched in a kids' adventure that pays homage to George Méliès, the early effects pioneer. Michel Hazanavicius's The Artist is a paean to old Hollywood itself, to the silver screen, to studio moguls and to old-school Beverly Hills glamour. Academy voters in their retirement homes must be lapping it up – art telling old artists their art was important, and still is.
After a few years wringing its hands over Iraq, in documentary and feature form,...
Flattery will get you everywhere in Hollywood. So it is that the films leading the nominations haul for this year's Oscars – to be presented on Sunday 26 February – are both love letters to movie making.
Martin Scorsese's Hugo is, essentially, about the need to preserve film history, couched in a kids' adventure that pays homage to George Méliès, the early effects pioneer. Michel Hazanavicius's The Artist is a paean to old Hollywood itself, to the silver screen, to studio moguls and to old-school Beverly Hills glamour. Academy voters in their retirement homes must be lapping it up – art telling old artists their art was important, and still is.
After a few years wringing its hands over Iraq, in documentary and feature form,...
- 1/29/2012
- by Jason Solomons, Philip French, Bidisha, Mariella Frostrup
- The Guardian - Film News
London -- Meryl Streep, fresh from her Golden Globe success for her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady, said she was thrilled with her BAFTA film award nomination. "Thrilling thrilling news! Not just for me, but for the film of which I am very proud, and for the hundreds of people who worked on it! Thanks, from a (New) Jersey girl...,” Streep said. Gallery: 'Iron Lady' Red Carpet: Who Came, What Happened, Who Wore What Jim Broadbent, nominated in the supporting actor category for his portrayal of Denis Thatcher opposite Streep, gave a very British reaction. Said Broadbent: "Really
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- 1/17/2012
- by Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has announced its nominations for the awards it'll be presenting on February 12.
Best Film
The Artist
The Descendants
Drive
The Help
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Outstanding British Film
My Week with Marilyn
Senna
Shame
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
Attack the Block - Joe Cornish (Director/Writer)
Black Pond - Will Sharpe (Director/Writer), Tom Kingsley (Director), Sarah Brocklehurst (Producer)
Coriolanus - Ralph Fiennes (Director)
Submarine - Richard Ayoade (Director/Writer)
Tyrannosaur - Paddy Considine (Director), Diarmid Scrimshaw (Producer)
Director
The Artist - Michel Hazanavicius
Drive - Nicolas Winding Refn
Hugo - Martin Scorsese
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Tomas Alfredson
We Need to Talk About Kevin - Lynne Ramsay
Documentary
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
Project Nim
Senna
Original Screenplay
The Artist - Michel Hazanavicius
Bridesmaids - Annie Mumolo,...
Best Film
The Artist
The Descendants
Drive
The Help
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Outstanding British Film
My Week with Marilyn
Senna
Shame
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
Attack the Block - Joe Cornish (Director/Writer)
Black Pond - Will Sharpe (Director/Writer), Tom Kingsley (Director), Sarah Brocklehurst (Producer)
Coriolanus - Ralph Fiennes (Director)
Submarine - Richard Ayoade (Director/Writer)
Tyrannosaur - Paddy Considine (Director), Diarmid Scrimshaw (Producer)
Director
The Artist - Michel Hazanavicius
Drive - Nicolas Winding Refn
Hugo - Martin Scorsese
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Tomas Alfredson
We Need to Talk About Kevin - Lynne Ramsay
Documentary
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
Project Nim
Senna
Original Screenplay
The Artist - Michel Hazanavicius
Bridesmaids - Annie Mumolo,...
- 1/17/2012
- MUBI
The complete list of nominations for this year's British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards
Best Film
The Artist
The Descendants
Drive
The Help
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Film Not in the English Language
Incendies
Pina
Potiche
A Separation
The Skin I Live In
Outstanding British Film
My Week with Marilyn
Senna
Shame
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Director
The Artist - Michel Hazanavicius
Drive - Nicolas Winding Refn
Hugo - Martin Scorsese
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Tomas Alfredson
We Need to Talk About Kevin - Lynne Ramsay
Original Screenplay
The Artist
Bridesmaids
The Guard
The Iron Lady
Midnight in Paris
Adapted Screenplay
The Descendants
The Help
The Ides of March
Moneyball
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Cinematography
The Artist
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
War Horse
Editing
The Artist
Drive
Hugo
Senna
Tinker Tailor Solider Spy
Production...
Best Film
The Artist
The Descendants
Drive
The Help
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Film Not in the English Language
Incendies
Pina
Potiche
A Separation
The Skin I Live In
Outstanding British Film
My Week with Marilyn
Senna
Shame
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Director
The Artist - Michel Hazanavicius
Drive - Nicolas Winding Refn
Hugo - Martin Scorsese
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Tomas Alfredson
We Need to Talk About Kevin - Lynne Ramsay
Original Screenplay
The Artist
Bridesmaids
The Guard
The Iron Lady
Midnight in Paris
Adapted Screenplay
The Descendants
The Help
The Ides of March
Moneyball
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Cinematography
The Artist
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
War Horse
Editing
The Artist
Drive
Hugo
Senna
Tinker Tailor Solider Spy
Production...
- 1/17/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
Join us from 7.40am when we'll be liveblogging the nominations in the second round of voting for this year's British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards
7.40am:
Tim Curry is teeing things up …
We're going to star those longlist contenders that make the shortlist:
Best Film
The Artist
The Descendants
Drive
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Help
Hugo
The Ides of March
The Iron Lady
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
My Week with Marilyn
Senna
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
War Horse
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Film Not in the English Language
Extra Potiche 1
Abel
As If I Am Not There
The Boy Mir – Ten Years in Afghanistan
Calvet
Dhobi Ghat (Mumbai Diaries)
Incendies
Little White Lies
Pina
Post Mortem
Potiche
Le Quattro Volte
A Separation
The Skin I Live In
Tomboy
The Troll Hunter
Outstanding British Film
Attack The Block
Arthur Christmas
Attack the Block
Coriolanus...
7.40am:
Tim Curry is teeing things up …
We're going to star those longlist contenders that make the shortlist:
Best Film
The Artist
The Descendants
Drive
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Help
Hugo
The Ides of March
The Iron Lady
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
My Week with Marilyn
Senna
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
War Horse
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Film Not in the English Language
Extra Potiche 1
Abel
As If I Am Not There
The Boy Mir – Ten Years in Afghanistan
Calvet
Dhobi Ghat (Mumbai Diaries)
Incendies
Little White Lies
Pina
Post Mortem
Potiche
Le Quattro Volte
A Separation
The Skin I Live In
Tomboy
The Troll Hunter
Outstanding British Film
Attack The Block
Arthur Christmas
Attack the Block
Coriolanus...
- 1/17/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
Phyllida Lloyd has really missed a trick with her film about Margaret Thatcher
I have been too busy to see The Iron Lady (which I assumed was a distaff spin-off from Marvel's Iron Man), but none the less, I am now about to use it as a lead-in to discussing the critical rehabilitation of Margaret Thatcher. I did, however, find time to watch Troll Hunter last week, an enormous metaphor for Norwegian national identity, which engaged more critically with Norway's mythologised past than The Iron Lady does with ours. I expect. I haven't seen The Iron Lady, as I said.
Phyllida Lloyd's Thatcher biopic includes some daring sight gags employing the literal snatching of milk, but softens the controversial prime minister's legacy. The sympathetic figure of the ageing Maggie is played, by all accounts brilliantly, by the always excellent Glenn Close, her micro-managed Hollywood features magically transformed by hours...
I have been too busy to see The Iron Lady (which I assumed was a distaff spin-off from Marvel's Iron Man), but none the less, I am now about to use it as a lead-in to discussing the critical rehabilitation of Margaret Thatcher. I did, however, find time to watch Troll Hunter last week, an enormous metaphor for Norwegian national identity, which engaged more critically with Norway's mythologised past than The Iron Lady does with ours. I expect. I haven't seen The Iron Lady, as I said.
Phyllida Lloyd's Thatcher biopic includes some daring sight gags employing the literal snatching of milk, but softens the controversial prime minister's legacy. The sympathetic figure of the ageing Maggie is played, by all accounts brilliantly, by the always excellent Glenn Close, her micro-managed Hollywood features magically transformed by hours...
- 1/16/2012
- by Stewart Lee
- The Guardian - Film News
The Iron Lady
Directed by Phyllida Lloyd
Written by Abi Morgan
UK, 2011
Is it just me, or is it that Meryl Streep really can’t go wrong with anything?
The Iron Lady, directed by Phyllida Lloyd of Mamma Mia fame, stars Meryl Streep at her unrivalled usual – the most nominated actress ever is almost disconcertingly perfect as former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Apart from the uncanny physical transmogrification into Thatcher at different ages (which will probably win Best Make-up unless Academy members go blind by voting time), Streep has a breeze of a time capturing the annoying quirks, mannerisms, and above all spunk of the first female Prime Minster in British history.
Marketed as a look at power and the price Thatcher pays for it, a tag line which probably has a better chance of drawing in North American film viewers, The Iron Lady is rather about the unlikely ascent of a supremely stubborn,...
Directed by Phyllida Lloyd
Written by Abi Morgan
UK, 2011
Is it just me, or is it that Meryl Streep really can’t go wrong with anything?
The Iron Lady, directed by Phyllida Lloyd of Mamma Mia fame, stars Meryl Streep at her unrivalled usual – the most nominated actress ever is almost disconcertingly perfect as former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Apart from the uncanny physical transmogrification into Thatcher at different ages (which will probably win Best Make-up unless Academy members go blind by voting time), Streep has a breeze of a time capturing the annoying quirks, mannerisms, and above all spunk of the first female Prime Minster in British history.
Marketed as a look at power and the price Thatcher pays for it, a tag line which probably has a better chance of drawing in North American film viewers, The Iron Lady is rather about the unlikely ascent of a supremely stubborn,...
- 1/16/2012
- by Zornitsa
- SoundOnSight
The Iron Lady
Directed by: Phyllida Lloyd
Cast: Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent
Running Time: 1 hr 40 mins
Rating: PG-13
Release Date: January 13, 2012 (Chicago)
Plot: The rise and fall of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (Streep).
Who’S It For? Sure, you might be a fan of biopics, and maybe you even like movies in general, but there’s one big reason you’re here: Meryl Streep. If you come to The Iron Lady looking to love Streep even more, you’ll be satisfied. Appreciating the reign of Thatcher is second or even third on Iron Lady’s objective list.
Expectations: Any time Streep’s name gets thrown into nomination season hullabaloo, it’s always interesting to see just how much the praise is actually warranted. Also, this movie was written by Abi Morgan, who most recently did the sex addiction bummer flick Shame. What could that possibly mean for a biopic?...
Directed by: Phyllida Lloyd
Cast: Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent
Running Time: 1 hr 40 mins
Rating: PG-13
Release Date: January 13, 2012 (Chicago)
Plot: The rise and fall of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (Streep).
Who’S It For? Sure, you might be a fan of biopics, and maybe you even like movies in general, but there’s one big reason you’re here: Meryl Streep. If you come to The Iron Lady looking to love Streep even more, you’ll be satisfied. Appreciating the reign of Thatcher is second or even third on Iron Lady’s objective list.
Expectations: Any time Streep’s name gets thrown into nomination season hullabaloo, it’s always interesting to see just how much the praise is actually warranted. Also, this movie was written by Abi Morgan, who most recently did the sex addiction bummer flick Shame. What could that possibly mean for a biopic?...
- 1/14/2012
- by Nick Allen
- The Scorecard Review
Chicago – It would be a cheap jab to say that “The Iron Lady” is a drag version of “J. Edgar,” and also redundant (hyy-ooh). Meryl Streep takes on the role of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, with a dreamy and vague interpretation of the Pm’s life that at times feels like it’s told through the wrong end of a telescope.
Rating: 3.0/5.0
Encompassing a life such as Margaret Thatcher is a daunting task – she was as much reviled as lionized in her years in leadership. She came from very humble roots, and was a woman gaining power during an era where that wasn’t an easy thing to do. Screenwriter Abi Morgan (co-writer of the recent “Shame”) and director Phyllida Lloyd (”Mamma Mia!”) tackle the biography with a cinematic approach – depicting the still living Thatcher as a dementia-oriented old woman dreaming of and conjuring her own past. This technique yields some interesting passages,...
Rating: 3.0/5.0
Encompassing a life such as Margaret Thatcher is a daunting task – she was as much reviled as lionized in her years in leadership. She came from very humble roots, and was a woman gaining power during an era where that wasn’t an easy thing to do. Screenwriter Abi Morgan (co-writer of the recent “Shame”) and director Phyllida Lloyd (”Mamma Mia!”) tackle the biography with a cinematic approach – depicting the still living Thatcher as a dementia-oriented old woman dreaming of and conjuring her own past. This technique yields some interesting passages,...
- 1/14/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
The Iron Lady
Starring Maryl Streep, Jim Broadbent and Richard E. Grant
Directed by Phyllida Lloyd
Rated PG-13
Meryl Streep plays the former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who became the most powerful woman at the time. The first female Pm of Britain dubbed by Soviets as “The Iron Lady” because of her severe spending cuts, racked anger and protests against her and her government. Screenwriter Abi Morgan makes the film about pitying Thatcher in her old age, while Phyllida Lloyd’s direction is a paint-by-numbers effort when not screwing up the narrative structure to The Iron Lady.
Portraying Thatcher is not an easy task, for she’s a very polarizing political figure, making decisions that weren’t always in the best short-term interest of her people. The screenwriter Abi Morgan makes the film about pitying Thatcher in her old age, creating a structure sharing time between those “moments” during...
Starring Maryl Streep, Jim Broadbent and Richard E. Grant
Directed by Phyllida Lloyd
Rated PG-13
Meryl Streep plays the former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who became the most powerful woman at the time. The first female Pm of Britain dubbed by Soviets as “The Iron Lady” because of her severe spending cuts, racked anger and protests against her and her government. Screenwriter Abi Morgan makes the film about pitying Thatcher in her old age, while Phyllida Lloyd’s direction is a paint-by-numbers effort when not screwing up the narrative structure to The Iron Lady.
Portraying Thatcher is not an easy task, for she’s a very polarizing political figure, making decisions that weren’t always in the best short-term interest of her people. The screenwriter Abi Morgan makes the film about pitying Thatcher in her old age, creating a structure sharing time between those “moments” during...
- 1/14/2012
- by Mario Melidona
- GetTheBigPicture.net
Baroness Thatcher's tale prompted an oddly persistent squalling from the benches. Her fellow mothers were far more intrigued
If I'm one of Thatcher's children, born as I was in 1980, what's Kitty? Her grandchild?
Kitty's contemporaries, more grandchildren of Thatcher, were certainly not interested in hearing about the trials and tribulations of young Margaret Roberts or old Baroness T. We had one or two real screamers – clearly really staunch socialists – for whom no moment of the film was an emollient.
Not even Maggie's post-elocution voice could calm them down. The wailing peaked when Carol had to tell her vague and baffled mother that she was no longer prime minister and that her husband was dead. They really didn't like all the explosions, either – not of Airey Neave in a Westminster underground car park, nor of the Grand Hotel in Brighton. Yelled and yelled they did, as Jim Broadbent's Denis appeared in his dusty pyjamas.
If I'm one of Thatcher's children, born as I was in 1980, what's Kitty? Her grandchild?
Kitty's contemporaries, more grandchildren of Thatcher, were certainly not interested in hearing about the trials and tribulations of young Margaret Roberts or old Baroness T. We had one or two real screamers – clearly really staunch socialists – for whom no moment of the film was an emollient.
Not even Maggie's post-elocution voice could calm them down. The wailing peaked when Carol had to tell her vague and baffled mother that she was no longer prime minister and that her husband was dead. They really didn't like all the explosions, either – not of Airey Neave in a Westminster underground car park, nor of the Grand Hotel in Brighton. Yelled and yelled they did, as Jim Broadbent's Denis appeared in his dusty pyjamas.
- 1/11/2012
- by Esther Walker
- The Guardian - Film News
A portrait of Margaret Thatcher from colossus to recluse is distinguished by Meryl Streep's superb central performance
In his mid-19th-century poem "A Psalm of Life", Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote: "Lives of great men all remind us/ We can make our lives sublime/ And departing leave behind us/ Footprints on the sands of time." This was the kind of thinking that underlay the inspirational movies produced by Warner Brothers in the 1930s for which Variety coined the term "biopic" – films about medical pioneers, democratic revolutionaries and other movers and shakers who changed the world, invariably men (MGM's Madame Curie was a rare exception).
But suddenly, in 1941, Orson Welles entered the scene with Citizen Kane, a picture that fractured chronological narrative and constantly changed points of view while presenting a lightly fictionalised, highly critical life of the press tycoon William Randolph Hearst. The biopic was never the same again, and...
In his mid-19th-century poem "A Psalm of Life", Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote: "Lives of great men all remind us/ We can make our lives sublime/ And departing leave behind us/ Footprints on the sands of time." This was the kind of thinking that underlay the inspirational movies produced by Warner Brothers in the 1930s for which Variety coined the term "biopic" – films about medical pioneers, democratic revolutionaries and other movers and shakers who changed the world, invariably men (MGM's Madame Curie was a rare exception).
But suddenly, in 1941, Orson Welles entered the scene with Citizen Kane, a picture that fractured chronological narrative and constantly changed points of view while presenting a lightly fictionalised, highly critical life of the press tycoon William Randolph Hearst. The biopic was never the same again, and...
- 1/9/2012
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
Eddie Redmayne in Simon Curtis' My Week with Marilyn The Artist, My Week With Marilyn, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Lead BAFTA Longlists Leading Actor Antonio Banderas (Robert Ledgard) – The Skin I Live In Brad Pitt (Billy Beane) – Moneyball* Brendan Gleeson (Gerry Boyle) – The Guard Daniel Craig (Mikael Blomkvist) – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Eddie Redmayne (Colin Clark) – My Week with Marilyn Gary Oldman (George Smiley) – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy* George Clooney (Matt King) – The Descendants* Jean Dujardin (George Valentin) – The Artist* Leonardo DiCaprio (J. Edgar Hoover) – J. Edgar Michael Fassbender (Brandon) – Shame* Owen Wilson (Gil) – Midnight in Paris Peter Mullan (Joseph) – Tyrannosaur Ralph Fiennes (Caius Martius Coriolanus) – Coriolanus Ryan Gosling (Driver) – Drive Ryan Gosling (Stephen Meyers) – The Ides of March Leading Actress Bérénice Bejo (Peppy Miller) – The Artist* Carey Mulligan (Sissy) – Shame Charlize Theron (Mavis Gary) – Young Adult Emma Stone (Skeeter Phelan) – The Help Helen Mirren (Rachel Singer...
- 1/8/2012
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
The full list of contenders in the first round of voting for this year's British Academy Film Awards
Best Film
The Artist
The Descendants
Drive
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Help
Hugo
The Ides of March
The Iron Lady
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
My Week with Marilyn
Senna
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
War Horse
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Film Not in the English Language
Abel
As If I Am Not There
The Boy Mir – Ten Years in Afghanistan
Calvet
Dhobi Ghat (Mumbai Diaries)
Incendies
Little White Lies
Pina
Post Mortem
Potiche
Le Quattro Volte
A Separation
The Skin I Live In
Tomboy
The Troll Hunter
Outstanding British Film
Arthur Christmas
Attack the Block
Coriolanus
The Guard
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
The Iron Lady
Jane Eyre
My Week with Marilyn
Senna
Shame
Submarine
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Tyrannosaur
War Horse
We Need to Talk About Kevin...
Best Film
The Artist
The Descendants
Drive
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Help
Hugo
The Ides of March
The Iron Lady
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
My Week with Marilyn
Senna
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
War Horse
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Film Not in the English Language
Abel
As If I Am Not There
The Boy Mir – Ten Years in Afghanistan
Calvet
Dhobi Ghat (Mumbai Diaries)
Incendies
Little White Lies
Pina
Post Mortem
Potiche
Le Quattro Volte
A Separation
The Skin I Live In
Tomboy
The Troll Hunter
Outstanding British Film
Arthur Christmas
Attack the Block
Coriolanus
The Guard
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
The Iron Lady
Jane Eyre
My Week with Marilyn
Senna
Shame
Submarine
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Tyrannosaur
War Horse
We Need to Talk About Kevin...
- 1/6/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
There's a scene in The Iron Lady when Meryl Streep, as a very elderly Margaret Thatcher, is being examined by her doctor. "How do you feel?" he asks. She scoffs dismissively and retorts, "Ask me what I think."
What audiences feel (or think) about Margaret Thatcher may depend on their politics, but there is no denying The Iron Lady is another tour de force by Streep, who nails the voice and physicality Great Britian's first and only female Prime Minister with eerie accuracy. She also delivers a layered performance that approaches compassion, even when the script gives her little to work with.
Writer Abi Morgan (Shame) and director Phyllida Lloyd (Mamma Mia! also starring Meryl) lay out Thatcher's rise to power and subsequent ouster through a present-day Thatcher's flashbacks, triggered by the early stages of dementia. There are numerous scenes of Thatcher rattling around her house, having conversations with her...
What audiences feel (or think) about Margaret Thatcher may depend on their politics, but there is no denying The Iron Lady is another tour de force by Streep, who nails the voice and physicality Great Britian's first and only female Prime Minister with eerie accuracy. She also delivers a layered performance that approaches compassion, even when the script gives her little to work with.
Writer Abi Morgan (Shame) and director Phyllida Lloyd (Mamma Mia! also starring Meryl) lay out Thatcher's rise to power and subsequent ouster through a present-day Thatcher's flashbacks, triggered by the early stages of dementia. There are numerous scenes of Thatcher rattling around her house, having conversations with her...
- 12/29/2011
- by Dara Nai
- AfterEllen.com
Wishy-washy and unfocused, Phyllida Lloyd's Margaret Thatcher biopic fails to embody the indomitable spirit of its subject
Director: Phyllida Lloyd
Entertainment grade: C+
History grade: C
Margaret Thatcher was prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990.
Structure
The Iron Lady tells its story as a series of flashbacks experienced by the ageing Thatcher (Meryl Streep), suffering from dementia and haunted by the imagined ghost of her late husband, Denis (Jim Broadbent). Streep is terrific, carrying off Thatcher in her prime and Thatcher in her dotage with equal aplomb. Regrettably, however, so much of the film's screentime has been devoted to the dotage – and so many of the flashbacks are, unlike Thatcher herself, preoccupied with her role as a wife and mother – that little time is left for the interesting stuff. A few of those who are relegated to blink-and-you'll-miss-'em status, or don't appear at all: Cecil Parkinson, Nigel Lawson,...
Director: Phyllida Lloyd
Entertainment grade: C+
History grade: C
Margaret Thatcher was prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990.
Structure
The Iron Lady tells its story as a series of flashbacks experienced by the ageing Thatcher (Meryl Streep), suffering from dementia and haunted by the imagined ghost of her late husband, Denis (Jim Broadbent). Streep is terrific, carrying off Thatcher in her prime and Thatcher in her dotage with equal aplomb. Regrettably, however, so much of the film's screentime has been devoted to the dotage – and so many of the flashbacks are, unlike Thatcher herself, preoccupied with her role as a wife and mother – that little time is left for the interesting stuff. A few of those who are relegated to blink-and-you'll-miss-'em status, or don't appear at all: Cecil Parkinson, Nigel Lawson,...
- 12/29/2011
- by Alex von Tunzelmann
- The Guardian - Film News
Meryl Streep has spoken of how her admiration for Lady Margaret Thatcher grew as she made a film about Britain's former prime minister.
There has been praise - and talk of an Oscar win - for Streep's role in The Iron Lady, although the controversial movie has drawn criticism from the ex-Tory party leader's former colleagues.
The actress says making the film has given her greater respect for a woman who succeeded against overwhelming odds.
"The more I learned, the more my view of her changed. Wherever you stand on her policies, and many people didn't like her, the scale of her influence and the fact that she got things done was extraordinary," she told the Radio Times.
"And the mental, physical, spiritual energy that it took to live every one of those days as head of the government was phenomenal. It's really humbling to consider that she was at 10 Downing Street for 10-and-a-half years.
There has been praise - and talk of an Oscar win - for Streep's role in The Iron Lady, although the controversial movie has drawn criticism from the ex-Tory party leader's former colleagues.
The actress says making the film has given her greater respect for a woman who succeeded against overwhelming odds.
"The more I learned, the more my view of her changed. Wherever you stand on her policies, and many people didn't like her, the scale of her influence and the fact that she got things done was extraordinary," she told the Radio Times.
"And the mental, physical, spiritual energy that it took to live every one of those days as head of the government was phenomenal. It's really humbling to consider that she was at 10 Downing Street for 10-and-a-half years.
- 12/28/2011
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
Oscar-winner and Hollywood liberal says playing former Pm in The Iron Lady has made her see the woman behind the politics
She is firmly a part of Hollywood's liberal elite, who describes herself as part of "the Left", but Meryl Streep has confessed developing a strong admiration for Margaret Thatcher after playing her in a film.
Streep – who is in the running for her third Oscar for her role in The Iron Lady – said playing the role had given her a greater respect for a woman who succeeded in a male-dominated world.
"I was aware of her very early on and, even though her policies were not popular, to say the least, in my circles, people were kind of thrilled that a woman had become leader," she told the Radio Times.
"When I was in college the professions open to women were so few – there were very few women that went to law school,...
She is firmly a part of Hollywood's liberal elite, who describes herself as part of "the Left", but Meryl Streep has confessed developing a strong admiration for Margaret Thatcher after playing her in a film.
Streep – who is in the running for her third Oscar for her role in The Iron Lady – said playing the role had given her a greater respect for a woman who succeeded in a male-dominated world.
"I was aware of her very early on and, even though her policies were not popular, to say the least, in my circles, people were kind of thrilled that a woman had become leader," she told the Radio Times.
"When I was in college the professions open to women were so few – there were very few women that went to law school,...
- 12/28/2011
- by Alexandra Topping
- The Guardian - Film News
Almost a month before its official release, Volkswagen screens The Iron Lady, sure to be Oscar contender, at the film’s ‘Houses of Parliament’ location in Manchester.
An exclusive gala screening of one of this year’s most highly anticipated British films, The Iron Lady, is set to take place on Thursday 15th December at Manchester Town Hall – the setting for the Houses of Parliament, a key location central to the film.
We have Four Pairs of tickets to give away to our readers so you can see this film early.
All you need to do for your chance of winning is email contest@obsessedwithfilm.com with the e-mail header The Iron Lady. Make sure you leave your full name and address and that you are over the age of 15. Winners will be picked at random and notified on Monday.
Read on to find out more about the event;
The...
An exclusive gala screening of one of this year’s most highly anticipated British films, The Iron Lady, is set to take place on Thursday 15th December at Manchester Town Hall – the setting for the Houses of Parliament, a key location central to the film.
We have Four Pairs of tickets to give away to our readers so you can see this film early.
All you need to do for your chance of winning is email contest@obsessedwithfilm.com with the e-mail header The Iron Lady. Make sure you leave your full name and address and that you are over the age of 15. Winners will be picked at random and notified on Monday.
Read on to find out more about the event;
The...
- 12/8/2011
- by Matt Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
The first trailer for The Iron Lady focused on the period elements of the biopic and the historical events that took place during Margaret Thatcher's time in office. The second trailer, on the other hand, does all but suggest that stars Meryl Streep and Jim Broadbent make some room on their awards shelf for one more Oscar. Even the backing music is more reminiscent of an Awards-show clip than it is of a main-stream trailer.
The moments we see in the trailers are impressive, as Streep is nearly unrecognizable in terms of both her physical appearance and her voice. She naturally transforms right before our eyes into the former British Prime Minister. Broadbent, meanwhile, appears to be made for the role of Denis Thatcher. Perhaps making room for another statuette or two might not be a bad plan, after all.
Next Showing:
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Jim Broadbent | Meryl Streep...
The moments we see in the trailers are impressive, as Streep is nearly unrecognizable in terms of both her physical appearance and her voice. She naturally transforms right before our eyes into the former British Prime Minister. Broadbent, meanwhile, appears to be made for the role of Denis Thatcher. Perhaps making room for another statuette or two might not be a bad plan, after all.
Next Showing:
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Jim Broadbent | Meryl Streep...
- 12/8/2011
- by Mandy McAdoo
- Reelzchannel.com
I’ve just watched this brand new featurette for The Iron Lady and I’m now so eager to see the film when it’s released January 6th. It stars Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher in this ‘work of fiction’ from scriptwriter Abi Moore that spans 40 years of the life of Thatcher’s rise from a greengrocer’s daughter to become the British Prime Minister. When you see snippets of Streep in this you’ll be blown away which surely makes her a nominee for this year’s Oscars but I guess we’ll wait to see.
If you’ve missed our Thatcher coverage, click here for trailer and posters and scroll down to see the featurette.
The Iron Lady is directed by Phyllida Lloyd who also directed Meryl Streep who plays Thatcher in Mamma Mia back in 2008. Her supporting cast is rather impressive and includes Jim Broadbent as Denis Thatcher,...
If you’ve missed our Thatcher coverage, click here for trailer and posters and scroll down to see the featurette.
The Iron Lady is directed by Phyllida Lloyd who also directed Meryl Streep who plays Thatcher in Mamma Mia back in 2008. Her supporting cast is rather impressive and includes Jim Broadbent as Denis Thatcher,...
- 12/8/2011
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Watch Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher, Anthony Head as Geoffrey Howe and Jim Broadbent as Dennis Thatcher in the second trailer for director Phyllida Lloyd’s film The Iron Lady.
The Iron Lady is a surprising and intimate portrait of Margaret Thatcher (Meryl Streep), the first and only female Prime Minister of The United Kingdom. One of the 20th century’s most famous and influential women, Thatcher came from nowhere to smash through barriers of gender and class to be heard in a male dominated world.
The film stars Academy Award-winners Meryl Streep as Lady Thatcher and Jim Broadbent as Denis Thatcher. Alexandra Roach and Harry Lloyd will play the younger Thatchers. The British cast includes Olivia Colman, Nicholas Farrell, Susan Brown, Roger Allam, Anthony Head, Julian Wadham, Pip Torrens, Nick Dunning, Richard E Grant, David Westhead, Angus Wright and John Sessions.
The Iron Lady opens in the U.S.
The Iron Lady is a surprising and intimate portrait of Margaret Thatcher (Meryl Streep), the first and only female Prime Minister of The United Kingdom. One of the 20th century’s most famous and influential women, Thatcher came from nowhere to smash through barriers of gender and class to be heard in a male dominated world.
The film stars Academy Award-winners Meryl Streep as Lady Thatcher and Jim Broadbent as Denis Thatcher. Alexandra Roach and Harry Lloyd will play the younger Thatchers. The British cast includes Olivia Colman, Nicholas Farrell, Susan Brown, Roger Allam, Anthony Head, Julian Wadham, Pip Torrens, Nick Dunning, Richard E Grant, David Westhead, Angus Wright and John Sessions.
The Iron Lady opens in the U.S.
- 12/8/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
"No matter how hard I've tried, I know I will never be truly one of them." The Weinstein Co. has debuted the second official Us trailer for Phyllida Lloyd's The Iron Lady, the film starring Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher. Unlike the last British trailer, this one is all serious, all drama, and damn does it look excellent. I think it really hit me with the scene where all the UK flags can be seen on display, this looks riveting. Jim Broadbent co-stars as her husband Denis Thatcher, and the cast includes Anthony Head, Roger Allam and Nick Dunning. I really think this looks like it could be fantastic, give it a chance, check it out below. Watch the second official trailer for Phyllida Lloyd's The Iron Lady, via Apple: You can also download The Iron Lady official trailer in High Def over on Apple Written by award-winning writer Abi Morgan (Sex Traffic,...
- 12/7/2011
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
To celebrate the release of The Iron Lady, in cinemas January 6th, we have teamed up with Pathé to offer you the chance to win tickets to the Premiere in London on Wednesday 4th January.
The Iron Lady tells the compelling story of Margaret Thatcher, a woman who smashed through the barriers of gender and class to be heard in a male-dominated world. The story concerns power and the price that is paid for power, and is a surprising and intimate portrait of an extraordinary and complex woman.
The film stars Academy Award-winners Meryl Streep as Lady Thatcher and Jim Broadbent as Denis Thatcher. Their young selves are played by Alexandra Roach and Harry Lloyd. The rest of the cast of family and friends, politicians and advisers, is made up of the very best of British acting talent, including: Olivia Colman, Anthony Head, Richard E Grant, Iain Glen, Susan Brown,...
The Iron Lady tells the compelling story of Margaret Thatcher, a woman who smashed through the barriers of gender and class to be heard in a male-dominated world. The story concerns power and the price that is paid for power, and is a surprising and intimate portrait of an extraordinary and complex woman.
The film stars Academy Award-winners Meryl Streep as Lady Thatcher and Jim Broadbent as Denis Thatcher. Their young selves are played by Alexandra Roach and Harry Lloyd. The rest of the cast of family and friends, politicians and advisers, is made up of the very best of British acting talent, including: Olivia Colman, Anthony Head, Richard E Grant, Iain Glen, Susan Brown,...
- 12/2/2011
- by Competitons
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Due in theaters December 30, 2011 for an Oscar qualifying run, watch the United Kingdom trailer for The Iron Lady. Having the British, ”Our House” (1982) by Madness, underneath is a nice touch.
Doesn’t that give you chills? Streep is brilliant as usual (when isn’t she?) and will see another nomination. But enough of the “actress of our generation” rhetoric. A film about Thatcher – one of my heroes, now thats my cuppa tea.
The Iron Lady is a surprising and intimate portrait of Margaret Thatcher (Meryl Streep), the first and only female Prime Minister of The United Kingdom. One of the 20th century’s most famous and influential women, Thatcher came from nowhere to smash through barriers of gender and class to be heard in a male dominated world.
The film stars Academy Award-winners Meryl Streep as Lady Thatcher and Jim Broadbent as Denis Thatcher. Alexandra Roach and Harry Lloyd will play the younger Thatchers.
Doesn’t that give you chills? Streep is brilliant as usual (when isn’t she?) and will see another nomination. But enough of the “actress of our generation” rhetoric. A film about Thatcher – one of my heroes, now thats my cuppa tea.
The Iron Lady is a surprising and intimate portrait of Margaret Thatcher (Meryl Streep), the first and only female Prime Minister of The United Kingdom. One of the 20th century’s most famous and influential women, Thatcher came from nowhere to smash through barriers of gender and class to be heard in a male dominated world.
The film stars Academy Award-winners Meryl Streep as Lady Thatcher and Jim Broadbent as Denis Thatcher. Alexandra Roach and Harry Lloyd will play the younger Thatchers.
- 11/16/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
By Sean O’Connell
hollywoodnews.com: British press who got their first look at “The Iron Lady” yesterday are praising Meryl Streep’s performance as Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher while gently condemning the movie, as a whole.
Writing for The Guardian, chief critic Xan Brooks says Streep “is the one great weapon of this often silly and suspect picture. Her performance is astonishing and all but flawless; a masterpiece of mimicry which re-imagines Thatcher in all her half-forgotten glory. Streep has the basilisk stare; the tilted, faintly predatory posture. Her delivery, too, is eerily good – a show of demure solicitude, invariably overtaken by steely, wild-eyed stridency.”
No surprise. Sight unseen, Streep was determined to be the cream of this film’s crop, if only because you largely can say that about Every Streep film.
Most of us paying attention to Phyllida Lloyd’s pending biopic wondered if it had the...
hollywoodnews.com: British press who got their first look at “The Iron Lady” yesterday are praising Meryl Streep’s performance as Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher while gently condemning the movie, as a whole.
Writing for The Guardian, chief critic Xan Brooks says Streep “is the one great weapon of this often silly and suspect picture. Her performance is astonishing and all but flawless; a masterpiece of mimicry which re-imagines Thatcher in all her half-forgotten glory. Streep has the basilisk stare; the tilted, faintly predatory posture. Her delivery, too, is eerily good – a show of demure solicitude, invariably overtaken by steely, wild-eyed stridency.”
No surprise. Sight unseen, Streep was determined to be the cream of this film’s crop, if only because you largely can say that about Every Streep film.
Most of us paying attention to Phyllida Lloyd’s pending biopic wondered if it had the...
- 11/15/2011
- by Sean O'Connell
- Hollywoodnews.com
Sneak Peek a new UK trailer and poster supporting the upcoming bio-pic feature "The Iron Lady".
"The Iron Lady" stars Oscar-winner Meryl Streep as former British prime minister 'Lady Margaret Thatcher'.
Directed by Phyllida Lloyd, the film co-stars Jim Broadbent as 'Denis Thatcher' and Anthony Head as cabinet minister 'Geoffrey Howe.
"The prospect of exploring the swathe cut through history by this remarkable woman is a daunting and exciting challenge," said Streep.
"I am trying to approach the role with as much zeal, fervour and attention to detail as the real 'Lady Thatcher' possesses – I can only hope my stamina will begin to approach her own..."
The film is narrated through a series of flashbacks, including the 17 days leading up to the Falklands War in 1982.
"The Iron Lady" is a Pathé, Film4, UK Film Council presentation with the participation of Canal+ and Cine Cinema...
"The Iron Lady" stars Oscar-winner Meryl Streep as former British prime minister 'Lady Margaret Thatcher'.
Directed by Phyllida Lloyd, the film co-stars Jim Broadbent as 'Denis Thatcher' and Anthony Head as cabinet minister 'Geoffrey Howe.
"The prospect of exploring the swathe cut through history by this remarkable woman is a daunting and exciting challenge," said Streep.
"I am trying to approach the role with as much zeal, fervour and attention to detail as the real 'Lady Thatcher' possesses – I can only hope my stamina will begin to approach her own..."
The film is narrated through a series of flashbacks, including the 17 days leading up to the Falklands War in 1982.
"The Iron Lady" is a Pathé, Film4, UK Film Council presentation with the participation of Canal+ and Cine Cinema...
- 11/15/2011
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
"One's life must matter." A brand new full-length UK trailer for The Iron Lady, starring Meryl Streep as former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, has hit the web on The Daily Mail (via The Playlist), and it's definitely something to see. It starts very serious, then takes a rather amusing break with some "Our House" by Madness tossed in, and ends on a very powerful note, but it definitely looks intriguing, and of course Streep seems tremendous as Thatcher. I'm not particularly fond of this trailer, but it does make me very interested in seeing it. Jim Broadbent also stars as her husband Denis Thatcher. Take a look below! Watch the full UK trailer for Phyllida Lloyd's The Iron Lady, originally via The Daily Mail: Written by award-winning writer Abi Morgan (Sex Traffic, Brick Lane), directed by Phyllida Lloyd (Mamma Mia), The Iron Lady tells the compelling story of Margaret Thatcher,...
- 11/14/2011
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
It takes a brave woman to portray Margaret Thatcher on screen – and that brave woman is Meryl Streep. The film? The Iron Lady.As you'll see from the first full trailer released today, The Iron Lady concentrates more on her power as a woman and a politician, rather than the effects of her policies and Britain at large. Also, thanks to a booming soundtrack and snappy editing, Meryl's Maggie is much more of a rock star than most people remember – unless our memory is seriously fizzing out these days.Still, it's great to see more from not only our leading lady but her supporting cast too, notably Jim Broadbent as Denis Thatcher, Richard E. Grant as Michael Heseltine and Anthony Head's Geoffrey Howe.This being such a contentious biopic, a lot of this trailer's good bits / bad bits are up to the opinion of the trailer watcher him/herself,...
- 11/14/2011
- EmpireOnline
Alexandra Roach left Rada only last year but the young Welsh actress has had five big parts opposite Hollywood names
Being chosen to appear in a film months after leaving drama college is the dream of every aspiring actor. For Welsh actress Alexandra Roach it is a reality. She is on the brink of international stardom, having been cast in five leading productions just a year after leaving the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (Rada).
Aged 24, Roach's potential has been recognised by some of the industry's foremost directors and producers. She has lead roles in four forthcoming films, and a supporting role in another.
Her break came after she was spotted by Nina Gold, a casting director, in a Rada production, leading to an invitation to audition for one of the most sought-after roles for a young actress – playing the young Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady, the much anticipated...
Being chosen to appear in a film months after leaving drama college is the dream of every aspiring actor. For Welsh actress Alexandra Roach it is a reality. She is on the brink of international stardom, having been cast in five leading productions just a year after leaving the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (Rada).
Aged 24, Roach's potential has been recognised by some of the industry's foremost directors and producers. She has lead roles in four forthcoming films, and a supporting role in another.
Her break came after she was spotted by Nina Gold, a casting director, in a Rada production, leading to an invitation to audition for one of the most sought-after roles for a young actress – playing the young Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady, the much anticipated...
- 11/6/2011
- by Dalya Alberge
- The Guardian - Film News
The first movie poster for The Iron Lady has been unveiled. Meryl Streep features as former prime minister Margaret Thatcher in the upcoming biopic from Mamma Mia!'s Phyllida Lloyd, who directs from a script by Abi Morgan. The new poster shows Streep as Thatcher and the Houses of Parliament - as well as a dagger-like neckline and the tagline "Never Compromise". Streep is supported in the film by Jim Broadbent as Denis Thatcher and Anthony Head as Geoffrey Howe. Alexandra (more)...
- 9/23/2011
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
This poster is fabulous and it’s so nice to see someone go to a great deal of effort to create an amazing poster. Here’s the first poster for Meryl Streep’s new movie, The Iron Lady courtesy of Yahoo. As you can see, in this poster, we get to see an awesome London cityscape explode out of Streep’s (Margaret Thatcher) head. Sounds painful but looks excellent!
The Iron Lady is directed by Phyllida Lloyd who also directed Meryl Streep who plays Thatcher in Mamma Mia back in 2008. Her supporting cast is rather impressive and includes Jim Broadbent as Denis Thatcher, Richard E Grant, Olivia Colman, Nicholas Farrell, Susan Brown, Roger Allam, Anthony Head and John Sessions.
Plot: The Iron Lady tells the compelling story of Margaret Thatcher, a woman who smashed through the barriers of gender and class to be heard in a male-dominated world. The story...
The Iron Lady is directed by Phyllida Lloyd who also directed Meryl Streep who plays Thatcher in Mamma Mia back in 2008. Her supporting cast is rather impressive and includes Jim Broadbent as Denis Thatcher, Richard E Grant, Olivia Colman, Nicholas Farrell, Susan Brown, Roger Allam, Anthony Head and John Sessions.
Plot: The Iron Lady tells the compelling story of Margaret Thatcher, a woman who smashed through the barriers of gender and class to be heard in a male-dominated world. The story...
- 9/23/2011
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Sneak Peek a new poster supporting the upcoming bio-pic feature "The Iron Lady", starring Oscar-winning actress Meryl Streep as former British prime minister 'Lady Margaret Thatcher'.
Directed by Phyllida Lloyd, the film co-stars Jim Broadbent as 'Denis Thatcher' and Anthony Head as cabinet minister 'Geoffrey Howe.
"The prospect of exploring the swathe cut through history by this remarkable woman is a daunting and exciting challenge," said Streep.
"I am trying to approach the role with as much zeal, fervour and attention to detail as the real 'Lady Thatcher' possesses – I can only hope my stamina will begin to approach her own..."
The film is narrated through a series of flashbacks, including the 17 days leading up to the Falklands War in 1982.
"The Iron Lady" is a Pathé, Film4, UK Film Council presentation with the participation of Canal+ and Cine Cinema in association with Goldcrest Film...
Directed by Phyllida Lloyd, the film co-stars Jim Broadbent as 'Denis Thatcher' and Anthony Head as cabinet minister 'Geoffrey Howe.
"The prospect of exploring the swathe cut through history by this remarkable woman is a daunting and exciting challenge," said Streep.
"I am trying to approach the role with as much zeal, fervour and attention to detail as the real 'Lady Thatcher' possesses – I can only hope my stamina will begin to approach her own..."
The film is narrated through a series of flashbacks, including the 17 days leading up to the Falklands War in 1982.
"The Iron Lady" is a Pathé, Film4, UK Film Council presentation with the participation of Canal+ and Cine Cinema in association with Goldcrest Film...
- 9/23/2011
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Meryl Streep stars as Margaret Thatcher in this first poster for The Weinstein Company’s The Iron Lady. I can appreciate the duality of the poster – it rings true. For a time in the 80′s Thatcher and England were synonymous with each other. The Soviet Union knew better not to cross the United Kingdom and “The Iron Lady”.
To be released on December 16, 2011, The Iron Lady is a surprising and intimate portrait of Margaret Thatcher (Meryl Streep), the first and only female Prime Minister of The United Kingdom. One of the 20th century.s most famous and influential women, Thatcher came from nowhere to smash through barriers of gender and class to be heard in a male dominated world.
The film stars Academy Award-winners Meryl Streep as Lady Thatcher and Jim Broadbent as Denis Thatcher. Alexandra Roach and Harry Lloyd will play the younger Thatchers. The British cast includes Olivia Colman,...
To be released on December 16, 2011, The Iron Lady is a surprising and intimate portrait of Margaret Thatcher (Meryl Streep), the first and only female Prime Minister of The United Kingdom. One of the 20th century.s most famous and influential women, Thatcher came from nowhere to smash through barriers of gender and class to be heard in a male dominated world.
The film stars Academy Award-winners Meryl Streep as Lady Thatcher and Jim Broadbent as Denis Thatcher. Alexandra Roach and Harry Lloyd will play the younger Thatchers. The British cast includes Olivia Colman,...
- 9/23/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
From Peep Show to Rev, Olivia Colman usually brings out the comedy in her hapless onscreen husbands. But this time her role as an abused wife in Paddy Considine's Tyrannosaur is deadly serious
Olivia Colman says that the first time they met, she opened the door to Paddy Considine, grinned and that was that. He knew he wanted her. Love at first sight.
But it's not quite as dreamy as it sounds. Hannah, the female lead in Considine's first feature, Tyrannosaur, is possibly the most humiliated woman in the history of cinema. A good Samaritan who runs a local charity shop, she is verbally eviscerated by the raging stranger who bullies his way into her life. He berates her goody-goody Christianity and cosy values, while the reality is that at home her husband horrendously abuses her. Astonishingly, Colman manages to bring a sense of hope, transcendence even, to this unremittingly bleak world.
Olivia Colman says that the first time they met, she opened the door to Paddy Considine, grinned and that was that. He knew he wanted her. Love at first sight.
But it's not quite as dreamy as it sounds. Hannah, the female lead in Considine's first feature, Tyrannosaur, is possibly the most humiliated woman in the history of cinema. A good Samaritan who runs a local charity shop, she is verbally eviscerated by the raging stranger who bullies his way into her life. He berates her goody-goody Christianity and cosy values, while the reality is that at home her husband horrendously abuses her. Astonishingly, Colman manages to bring a sense of hope, transcendence even, to this unremittingly bleak world.
- 9/10/2011
- by Simon Hattenstone
- The Guardian - Film News
The Iron Lady tells the compelling story of Margaret Thatcher, a woman who smashed through the barriers of gender and class to be heard in a male-dominated world. The story concerns power and the price that is paid for power, and is a surprising and intimate portrait of an extraordinary and complex woman. The film stars Academy Award-winners Meryl Streep as Lady Thatcher and Jim Broadbent as Denis Thatcher. Their young selves are played by Alexandra Roach and Harry Lloyd. The rest of the cast of family and friends, politicians and advisers, is made up of the very best of British acting talent, including: Olivia Colman, Nicholas Farrell, Susan Brown, Roger Allam, Anthony Head, Julian Wadham, Pip Torrens, Nick Dunning, Richard E Grant, David Westhead, Angus Wright and John Sessions.
- 7/16/2011
- by admin
- Pure Movies
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