In which we dusted off our black ties and wondered if Mel Gibson's Beaver film is a wholly good idea
And the award for best awards ceremony goes to …
The Oscars season got an unofficial starting pistol this weekend, with two major awards ceremonies dominating the cinema headlines. Saturday was the turn for Tallinn to enjoy the limelight, as the European Film Awards travelled to Estonia and awarded a rather remarkable number of trophies to Roman Polanski's The Ghost.
Sunday was the London's turn, as the British Independent Film awards bowed down before The King's Speech. Charles Gant wrote us his alternative awards; and the podcast – as well as featuring an interview with David Lynch on how he went pop – brought us a Bifas special, featuring chat with award winner Rob Lemkin.
Meanwhile, over at the Marrakech film festival, there was a golden star for Catherine Deneuve, a...
And the award for best awards ceremony goes to …
The Oscars season got an unofficial starting pistol this weekend, with two major awards ceremonies dominating the cinema headlines. Saturday was the turn for Tallinn to enjoy the limelight, as the European Film Awards travelled to Estonia and awarded a rather remarkable number of trophies to Roman Polanski's The Ghost.
Sunday was the London's turn, as the British Independent Film awards bowed down before The King's Speech. Charles Gant wrote us his alternative awards; and the podcast – as well as featuring an interview with David Lynch on how he went pop – brought us a Bifas special, featuring chat with award winner Rob Lemkin.
Meanwhile, over at the Marrakech film festival, there was a golden star for Catherine Deneuve, a...
- 12/9/2010
- The Guardian - Film News
There are film-makers working today who don’t even have low budgets to get by on. And forget all about marketing and advertising money because there is none. The wealth of creative talent in this country is almost absurd, but not all of it is centred in the capital: and doesn’t want to be.
Diary of a Bad Lad is a jet-black comedy set in Blackburn, Lancs and features a crazy college lecturer making a documentary on a couple of the town’s criminal figures. With his crew – made up of students – Barry Lick (Jon Williams) is the ringmaster to a circus that, naturally, descends into sordidness, depravity and lots of illegal activity.
Often funny, sometimes disgusting, Diary of a Bad Lad is a no-budget production brimming with creativity, aided by strong performances and very warped humour.
FilmShaft had a word with actor and writer Jonathan Williams about the...
Diary of a Bad Lad is a jet-black comedy set in Blackburn, Lancs and features a crazy college lecturer making a documentary on a couple of the town’s criminal figures. With his crew – made up of students – Barry Lick (Jon Williams) is the ringmaster to a circus that, naturally, descends into sordidness, depravity and lots of illegal activity.
Often funny, sometimes disgusting, Diary of a Bad Lad is a no-budget production brimming with creativity, aided by strong performances and very warped humour.
FilmShaft had a word with actor and writer Jonathan Williams about the...
- 6/24/2010
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
Sarah Palin is going to get her own reality show on the Discovery Channel. You know what? I'm fine with this. Whatever it takes to keep her from running for any kind of public office, as far as I'm concerned. (DListed)
Nerds rejoice! As you probably know, "Futurama" is moving to Comedy Central with brand new episodes this summer, and here is the first teaser trailer for it. (Topless Robot)
In other news of shit that's coming back, LeVar Burton just confirmed that "Reading Rainbow 2.0" is in the works. (Warming Glow)
If you look at it this way, Jesse James was basically having sex with Marilyn Manson. Nah, actually ... Manson would have been a step up. (Agent Bedhead)
Phillip Seymour Hoffman is being considered as the lead in a Daniel Johnston biopic, obviously, because Phillip Seymour Hoffman is weird-looking and good at pretending to be autistic. (Gordon and the Whale...
Nerds rejoice! As you probably know, "Futurama" is moving to Comedy Central with brand new episodes this summer, and here is the first teaser trailer for it. (Topless Robot)
In other news of shit that's coming back, LeVar Burton just confirmed that "Reading Rainbow 2.0" is in the works. (Warming Glow)
If you look at it this way, Jesse James was basically having sex with Marilyn Manson. Nah, actually ... Manson would have been a step up. (Agent Bedhead)
Phillip Seymour Hoffman is being considered as the lead in a Daniel Johnston biopic, obviously, because Phillip Seymour Hoffman is weird-looking and good at pretending to be autistic. (Gordon and the Whale...
- 3/24/2010
- by Stacey Nosek
It’s easy to pick on the Academy, but with the darkness comes the light, and all lists require balance. They have gotten it right just as often as they’ve gotten it wrong – and just to be really nice, we’re going to make the positive list bigger. At the end of the day, the Academy loves movies just as much as you or I do, and they have a pretty tough job trying to sift through a lot of brilliant films. I’d like to believe they have a really tough time choosing the very best in a given year, and that neurotic indecision is what causes them to check off the wrong box. Or maybe they just got sleepy and cheated. Who knows.
Once again, pay no attention to the numbers. They’re not really intended as a ranking. The years listed aren’t the years the films were released,...
Once again, pay no attention to the numbers. They’re not really intended as a ranking. The years listed aren’t the years the films were released,...
- 2/13/2010
- by Elisabeth Rappe
- ReelLoop.com
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