The London venue may be demolished to make way for a Crossrail ticket hall.
A petition in support of London’s Curzon Soho is gathering pace following reports that the arthouse cinema may face demolition.
The petition, hosted by 38 Degrees, generated close to 6,500 signatures in 24 hours after it was revealed that the cinema may be knocked down to make way for the £25bn Crossrail 2 development.
Among those to sign the petition are actors Mark Gatiss, David Morrissey, MyAnna Buring and Alice Lowe to journalist Jon Ronson and documentary maker Jeanie Finlay.
Transport for London (TfL) said the Curzon was needed to build a ticket hall and entrance into the new Crossrail 2 station. Plans show that nearby Soho Square would be cordoned off and used as a builders’ depot during works which could take 10 years to complete.
Organisers plan to email the petition to Crossrail developers and the Mayor of London as well as Curzon management.
A statement...
A petition in support of London’s Curzon Soho is gathering pace following reports that the arthouse cinema may face demolition.
The petition, hosted by 38 Degrees, generated close to 6,500 signatures in 24 hours after it was revealed that the cinema may be knocked down to make way for the £25bn Crossrail 2 development.
Among those to sign the petition are actors Mark Gatiss, David Morrissey, MyAnna Buring and Alice Lowe to journalist Jon Ronson and documentary maker Jeanie Finlay.
Transport for London (TfL) said the Curzon was needed to build a ticket hall and entrance into the new Crossrail 2 station. Plans show that nearby Soho Square would be cordoned off and used as a builders’ depot during works which could take 10 years to complete.
Organisers plan to email the petition to Crossrail developers and the Mayor of London as well as Curzon management.
A statement...
- 1/5/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Liz Bales appointed chief executive for both bodies, which will continue independent remits.
The British Video Association and the Industry Trust for IP Awareness are to merge their back office functions in a bid to streamline operations.
As part of the integration Liz Bales, the current director general of the Industry Trust, will be appointed chief executive for both bodies.
Lavinia Carey, who recently stepped down as director general of the Bva, will represent the sector’s policy interests as consultant lobbyist.
Each body will retain independent remits – the Bva to promote home entertainment formats and the Industry Trust to deliver consumer pro-copyright education and marketing campaigns.
Currently both organisations are based in 3 Soho Square on different floors. The new team will continue to be based there but on one floor.
Bales said: “I’m looking forward to taking on the challenge of driving two distinct and successful industry bodies through this period of transition, with two separate...
The British Video Association and the Industry Trust for IP Awareness are to merge their back office functions in a bid to streamline operations.
As part of the integration Liz Bales, the current director general of the Industry Trust, will be appointed chief executive for both bodies.
Lavinia Carey, who recently stepped down as director general of the Bva, will represent the sector’s policy interests as consultant lobbyist.
Each body will retain independent remits – the Bva to promote home entertainment formats and the Industry Trust to deliver consumer pro-copyright education and marketing campaigns.
Currently both organisations are based in 3 Soho Square on different floors. The new team will continue to be based there but on one floor.
Bales said: “I’m looking forward to taking on the challenge of driving two distinct and successful industry bodies through this period of transition, with two separate...
- 7/17/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Liz Bales appointed chief executive for both bodies, which will continue independent remits.
The British Video Association and the Industry Trust for IP Awareness are to merge their back office functions in a bid to streamline operations.
As part of the integration Liz Bales, the current director general of the Industry Trust, will be appointed chief executive for both bodies.
Lavinia Carey, who recently stepped down as director general of the Bva, will represent the sector’s policy interests as consultant lobbyist.
Each body will retain independent remits – the Bva to promote home entertainment formats and the Industry Trust to deliver consumer pro-copyright education and marketing campaigns.
Currently both organisations are based in 3 Soho Square on different floors. The new team will continue to be based there but on one floor.
Bales said: “I’m looking forward to taking on the challenge of driving two distinct and successful industry bodies through this period of transition, with two separate...
The British Video Association and the Industry Trust for IP Awareness are to merge their back office functions in a bid to streamline operations.
As part of the integration Liz Bales, the current director general of the Industry Trust, will be appointed chief executive for both bodies.
Lavinia Carey, who recently stepped down as director general of the Bva, will represent the sector’s policy interests as consultant lobbyist.
Each body will retain independent remits – the Bva to promote home entertainment formats and the Industry Trust to deliver consumer pro-copyright education and marketing campaigns.
Currently both organisations are based in 3 Soho Square on different floors. The new team will continue to be based there but on one floor.
Bales said: “I’m looking forward to taking on the challenge of driving two distinct and successful industry bodies through this period of transition, with two separate...
- 7/17/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
The 86th Academy Awards will take place this Sunday (March 2), with American Hustle and Gravity tied for the most nominations with ten apiece.
It feels like the most competitive Oscars in years, as seen by a Best Picture lineup that includes the brilliant 12 Years a Slave, Martin Scorsese's debauchery-drenched financial drama The Wolf of Wall Street and small films with a lot to say like Nebraska and Philomena.
Digital Spy's movies editor Simon Reynolds, features editor Emma Dibdin and movies contributor Ben Rawson-Jones sat down to assess the highly-competitive lineup in the video above.
Do you agree with our predictions, or will other nominees go on to Oscar glory? Leave your comments below!
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Video filmed...
It feels like the most competitive Oscars in years, as seen by a Best Picture lineup that includes the brilliant 12 Years a Slave, Martin Scorsese's debauchery-drenched financial drama The Wolf of Wall Street and small films with a lot to say like Nebraska and Philomena.
Digital Spy's movies editor Simon Reynolds, features editor Emma Dibdin and movies contributor Ben Rawson-Jones sat down to assess the highly-competitive lineup in the video above.
Do you agree with our predictions, or will other nominees go on to Oscar glory? Leave your comments below!
Oscars 2014: Your guide to this year's movie controversies
Benedict Cumberbatch, Emma Watson among Oscars presenters
My Best Picture is... Digital Spy staff's Academy Awards picks
Photo gallery - Academy Awards nominations in pictures:
Video filmed...
- 2/26/2014
- Digital Spy
Interview Ryan Lambie 8 Oct 2013 - 06:19
We talk to producer Robert Watts about his remarkable career in movies, which includes the Star Wars trilogy, Roger Rabbit and more...
With a career stretching back to the 1960s, British film producer Robert Watts played a key role in making some of the most influential films of the 1970s. Just a quick glance over his credits as a producer reveals an extraordinary career, which includes Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope and its sequels, the first three Indiana Jones films, and the groundbreaking Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
Those films are but the tip of the iceberg; before Star Wars, he worked on two James Bond films - Thunderball and You Only Live Twice - collaborated with Stanley Kubrick on 2001: A Space Odyssey, and, in films such as Man In The Middle, Darling and Papillon, worked with such legendary actors as Robert Mitchum,...
We talk to producer Robert Watts about his remarkable career in movies, which includes the Star Wars trilogy, Roger Rabbit and more...
With a career stretching back to the 1960s, British film producer Robert Watts played a key role in making some of the most influential films of the 1970s. Just a quick glance over his credits as a producer reveals an extraordinary career, which includes Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope and its sequels, the first three Indiana Jones films, and the groundbreaking Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
Those films are but the tip of the iceberg; before Star Wars, he worked on two James Bond films - Thunderball and You Only Live Twice - collaborated with Stanley Kubrick on 2001: A Space Odyssey, and, in films such as Man In The Middle, Darling and Papillon, worked with such legendary actors as Robert Mitchum,...
- 10/7/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Award-winning film editor who had an instinctive feel for pace, rhythm and nuance
Gerry Hambling, who has died aged 86, was one of the finest editors that the British film industry has produced. He was widely admired, particularly by his peers, for films such as Midnight Express (1978), Mississippi Burning (1988), In the Name of the Father (1993) and Evita (1996). He won many awards from the editors' guilds in the Us and UK, which made up for the fact that, although he was nominated six times, an Oscar always eluded him. He did, however, win the Bafta three times for film editing. My own collaboration with Gerry went back 40 years, as he cut 14 feature films for me, as well as three short films and scores of commercials.
As with many film technicians of his generation, Gerry's choice of profession was serendipitous: born and raised in Croydon, Surrey, he left school at 16 and went to work at the local factory,...
Gerry Hambling, who has died aged 86, was one of the finest editors that the British film industry has produced. He was widely admired, particularly by his peers, for films such as Midnight Express (1978), Mississippi Burning (1988), In the Name of the Father (1993) and Evita (1996). He won many awards from the editors' guilds in the Us and UK, which made up for the fact that, although he was nominated six times, an Oscar always eluded him. He did, however, win the Bafta three times for film editing. My own collaboration with Gerry went back 40 years, as he cut 14 feature films for me, as well as three short films and scores of commercials.
As with many film technicians of his generation, Gerry's choice of profession was serendipitous: born and raised in Croydon, Surrey, he left school at 16 and went to work at the local factory,...
- 2/12/2013
- by Alan Parker
- The Guardian - Film News
Paul Willey has been appointed as the General Manager of Soundfirm.s Sydney facility. Willey hails from Soho Square Studios and Prime Focus in London, where he was responsible for business development and co-production management. "It's an exciting time for the global creative industries. Producers will continue to look to international resources for high-end post production; both for commercial and creative reasons," Willey said. "Soundfirm's pedigree is second-to-none and I'm really excited to work with the team to expand the facilities they offer film-makers; both in Australia and off-shore." Soundfirm CEO, Roger Savage, said Willey.s experience and excellent business sense would greatly benefit the company as it continues to grow. "Paul is a well-respected and highly experienced Post Production Manager. As we expand into digital imaging, as well as our core business of sound post, Paul's knowledge and commercial acumen will be vital to this growth. I am...
- 11/28/2012
- by Emily Blatchford
- IF.com.au
Shrek, Futurama, and Marge and Homer would not have come into being without the Beatles' subversive masterpiece, says Simpsons writer Josh Weinstein
Going to see Yellow Submarine is my first memory ever. And it's a doozy. A world-shaking, world-shaping event. It was the early 1970s and I was taken to see the movie on a big screen. It blew my young, impressionable six-year-old mind and I'm pretty sure it's what sent me on a career path in animation. I'm just glad my parents took me to see that and not A Clockwork Orange.
There have been some excellent books about the making of the film (I highly recommend Inside the Yellow Submarine by Dr Robert Hieronimus), so rather than blab on about the back story, I would rather talk about what happened after the yellow sub surfaced in 1968 and shot its torpedoes through traditional animation. Because in my opinion, Yellow Submarine...
Going to see Yellow Submarine is my first memory ever. And it's a doozy. A world-shaking, world-shaping event. It was the early 1970s and I was taken to see the movie on a big screen. It blew my young, impressionable six-year-old mind and I'm pretty sure it's what sent me on a career path in animation. I'm just glad my parents took me to see that and not A Clockwork Orange.
There have been some excellent books about the making of the film (I highly recommend Inside the Yellow Submarine by Dr Robert Hieronimus), so rather than blab on about the back story, I would rather talk about what happened after the yellow sub surfaced in 1968 and shot its torpedoes through traditional animation. Because in my opinion, Yellow Submarine...
- 11/20/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
Chancellor George Osborne has today opened Facebook's new engineering centre in London, where a team will build predominantly mobile products for the 1 billion member-strong social network. Facebook has previously had bases in London, including a small office at Soho Square, but this represents a considerably larger investment in the UK by the social network. The new base is a little slice of Silicon Valley in central London. An open plan floor with full height windows leads to a decked outside area, giving panoramic views of the capital's skyline, including the green- and orange-clad building used by tech rival Google to the north. Osborne said that today's opening is an important milestone in the government's ambition to encourage the "world's leading technology companies" to come and do business in Britain. "Our ambitions is that the (more)...
- 10/16/2012
- by By Andrew Laughlin
- Digital Spy
From counting f-words to examining hours of graphic gore, the British Board of Film Classification reveals the secrets of a century of rating, cutting and occasionally banning movies
The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) denies extensive use of protractors. Rumours, fanned by newspaper articles, had long led me to imagine small, dedicated groups of BBFC examiners, in their Soho Square headquarters, pausing sex scenes at the judicious moment, reaching for a mathematical instrument, and assiduously checking "the angle of the dangle". Is the man on screen aroused? Are the examiners looking at a Sid Soft, Maurice Middling, or Harry Hard-on? Does the scene conform to the much-discussed Mull of Kintyre rule – that no male member can be allowed on screen at an elevation more pronounced than the southernmost tip of the Scottish peninsula?
Over lunch with three BBFC staff, I broach the protractor question. David Cooke, director of the board,...
The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) denies extensive use of protractors. Rumours, fanned by newspaper articles, had long led me to imagine small, dedicated groups of BBFC examiners, in their Soho Square headquarters, pausing sex scenes at the judicious moment, reaching for a mathematical instrument, and assiduously checking "the angle of the dangle". Is the man on screen aroused? Are the examiners looking at a Sid Soft, Maurice Middling, or Harry Hard-on? Does the scene conform to the much-discussed Mull of Kintyre rule – that no male member can be allowed on screen at an elevation more pronounced than the southernmost tip of the Scottish peninsula?
Over lunch with three BBFC staff, I broach the protractor question. David Cooke, director of the board,...
- 7/26/2012
- by Kira Cochrane
- The Guardian - Film News
Kentucky rockers Sleeper Agent showcased their infectious exuberance at the Aloft Birmingham Soho Square on May 20. Traveling back from Hangout Music Fest, the band performed an acoustic performance that exhibited their knack for catchy songwriting. Typically boasting six members and a raucous electric sound, Sleeper Agent stripped down to a trio featuring members Alex Kandel, Tony Smith and Josh Martin--who performed a number of reworked originals off their debut album Celabrasion. In addition, the group also performed a handful of impressive covers, including songs from notable indie-rock artists such as The xx and Girls. Watch Sleeper Agent perform "Force a Smile" live at Aloft Birmingham Soho Square.
- 7/9/2012
- Pastemagazine.com
On Thursday 24th May the streets of the picturesque Oxfordshire village of Kingston Bagpuize will be deserted as nearly the entire population will be in Leicester Square to see the fruition of a dream: the premiere of Tortoise in Love and we have two tickets to giveaway to one lucky HeyUGuys reader! Tortoise in Love is a charming and genuinely funny romantic comedy which has been specially selected to have a Premiere in the newly re-opened Leicester Square and will form part of the events to mark the occasion! In the year of the Queen’s Jubilee this is a true celebration of British creativity, community spirit and something everyone in Kingston Bagpuize is rightly proud of and you could be there to celebrate this!
Tom, gardener at the big house, is not a fast mover with women. In fact he’s glacially slow. When beautiful Polish au pair Anya arrives for the summer,...
Tom, gardener at the big house, is not a fast mover with women. In fact he’s glacially slow. When beautiful Polish au pair Anya arrives for the summer,...
- 5/21/2012
- by Competitons
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
I don’t believe in film censorship. I believe that adults (as legally defined) have an inalienable right to watch disturbing or challenging material if they choose to do so.
I do however believe in a system of clear and simple film classification, which functions as a set of parental guidelines and as a means by which adults may avoid watching content that will offend them. Classification should be about providing adult consumers with the knowledge to make informed choices, and nothing more.
In the 1990s I worked as label manager for a number of UK video labels and distributors, a role which usually included acting as a VHS release producer (and, for a time, LaserDisc) responsible for all or most of the steps involved in getting videos mastered, packaged and on to retail shelves. In that capacity I had a few enlightening experiences dealing with the mindset of the...
I do however believe in a system of clear and simple film classification, which functions as a set of parental guidelines and as a means by which adults may avoid watching content that will offend them. Classification should be about providing adult consumers with the knowledge to make informed choices, and nothing more.
In the 1990s I worked as label manager for a number of UK video labels and distributors, a role which usually included acting as a VHS release producer (and, for a time, LaserDisc) responsible for all or most of the steps involved in getting videos mastered, packaged and on to retail shelves. In that capacity I had a few enlightening experiences dealing with the mindset of the...
- 10/20/2011
- by Ian Gilchrist
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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