Western Edge Pictures credits include Prevenge, The Canal.
Billie Piper’s directorial debut ‘anti rom-com’ Rare Beasts has begun principal photography for London and Wales-based production outfit Western Edge Pictures.
The cast has also been announced. Piper stars as Mandy alongside Leo Bill, who has Peterloo and In Fabric at Tiff, as well as David Thewlis, Kerry Fox, and newcomer Toby Woolf.
Rare Beasts takes place against the backdrop of the modern feminism movement and centres on a single mother in crisis, writing about a love that no longer exists, who falls for a traditionalist religious man in search of sense-worth.
Billie Piper’s directorial debut ‘anti rom-com’ Rare Beasts has begun principal photography for London and Wales-based production outfit Western Edge Pictures.
The cast has also been announced. Piper stars as Mandy alongside Leo Bill, who has Peterloo and In Fabric at Tiff, as well as David Thewlis, Kerry Fox, and newcomer Toby Woolf.
Rare Beasts takes place against the backdrop of the modern feminism movement and centres on a single mother in crisis, writing about a love that no longer exists, who falls for a traditionalist religious man in search of sense-worth.
- 9/11/2018
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
Western Edge Pictures credits include Prevenge, The Canal.
Billie Piper’s directorial debut ‘ anti rom-com’ Rare Beasts has begun principal photography for London and Wales-based production outfit Western Edge Pictures.
Piper stars as Mandy alongside Leo Bill, who has Peterloo and In Fabric at Tiff, as well as David Thewlis, Kerry Fox, and newcomer Toby Woolf.
Rare Beasts takes place against the backdrop of the modern feminism movement and centres on a single mother in crisis, writing about a love that no longer exists, who falls for a traditionalist religious man in search of sense-worth.
“Rare Beasts is a cautionary tale,...
Billie Piper’s directorial debut ‘ anti rom-com’ Rare Beasts has begun principal photography for London and Wales-based production outfit Western Edge Pictures.
Piper stars as Mandy alongside Leo Bill, who has Peterloo and In Fabric at Tiff, as well as David Thewlis, Kerry Fox, and newcomer Toby Woolf.
Rare Beasts takes place against the backdrop of the modern feminism movement and centres on a single mother in crisis, writing about a love that no longer exists, who falls for a traditionalist religious man in search of sense-worth.
“Rare Beasts is a cautionary tale,...
- 9/11/2018
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Three Welsh films head to production in scheme backed by BFI, S4C.
Three Welsh features have been selected for production through Ffilm Cymru Wales’ Cinematic scheme, supported by the BFI and broadcaster S4C.
Nuclear is a supernatural thriller and directorial feature debut from writer-director Catherine Linstrum.
Set in a small village under the shadow of a nuclear power station, the film follows a toxic family with a combustible past which must face the ghosts that threaten their future.
Linstrum, whose writing credits include Dreaming of Joseph Lees and California Dreamin’, has co-written the script with David John Newman, while Stella Nwimo will produce. The three had previously collaborated on the short film Things That Fall from the Sky, starring Ophelia Lovibond and Steve Waddington, through BFI Network Wales’ Beacons scheme.
Cadi (previously Gwrach) is a contemporary Welsh-language horror, set in the beautiful but brutal landscape of Snowdonia. The movie will...
Three Welsh features have been selected for production through Ffilm Cymru Wales’ Cinematic scheme, supported by the BFI and broadcaster S4C.
Nuclear is a supernatural thriller and directorial feature debut from writer-director Catherine Linstrum.
Set in a small village under the shadow of a nuclear power station, the film follows a toxic family with a combustible past which must face the ghosts that threaten their future.
Linstrum, whose writing credits include Dreaming of Joseph Lees and California Dreamin’, has co-written the script with David John Newman, while Stella Nwimo will produce. The three had previously collaborated on the short film Things That Fall from the Sky, starring Ophelia Lovibond and Steve Waddington, through BFI Network Wales’ Beacons scheme.
Cadi (previously Gwrach) is a contemporary Welsh-language horror, set in the beautiful but brutal landscape of Snowdonia. The movie will...
- 7/13/2017
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Incident follows a teenage girl who is the subject of a witch hunt at her school.
Prevenge producers Western Edge Pictures and Gennaker Group are on board to produce and finance Toby Fell-Holden’s feature debut Incident.
Fell-Holden, a Screen Star of Tomorrow in 2016, received accolades for his short film Balcony, which won a Crystal Bear at last year’s Berlinale and was supported by Western Edge and Gennaker.
Incident is the contemporary story of a teenage girl who, after returning home from a foreign country, attempts to keep her past hidden when she becomes the subject of a witch hunt after an accident at her school.
Tom Kimberley and Ali Mansuri will produce the film, which will be exec produced by Vaughan Sivell (Prevenge, Third Star, Mr Calzaghe).
Fell-Holden commented: “I’m thrilled to have Wep and Gennaker’s continued support, their guidance has been invaluable and I’m excited to move forward on our...
Prevenge producers Western Edge Pictures and Gennaker Group are on board to produce and finance Toby Fell-Holden’s feature debut Incident.
Fell-Holden, a Screen Star of Tomorrow in 2016, received accolades for his short film Balcony, which won a Crystal Bear at last year’s Berlinale and was supported by Western Edge and Gennaker.
Incident is the contemporary story of a teenage girl who, after returning home from a foreign country, attempts to keep her past hidden when she becomes the subject of a witch hunt after an accident at her school.
Tom Kimberley and Ali Mansuri will produce the film, which will be exec produced by Vaughan Sivell (Prevenge, Third Star, Mr Calzaghe).
Fell-Holden commented: “I’m thrilled to have Wep and Gennaker’s continued support, their guidance has been invaluable and I’m excited to move forward on our...
- 2/12/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Sightseers co-writer and star is directing and starring in Prevenge while seven-and-a-half months pregnant.
Sightseers co-writer and star Alice Lowe is set to start shooting her directorial debt feature, provisionally titled Prevenge, on Thursday (Oct 29) in Cardiff. Western Edge Pictures/Gennaker is fully financing.
Lowe, who is seven-and-a-half months pregnant in real life, also stars as a pregnant woman on a killing spree, targeting individuals from different walks of life. Her motivation for revenge is gradually revealed.
Lowe described Prevenge as a “post-feminist revenge movie”. The writer-director has structured a narrative for the film and said it is “a classic revenge tale and very episodic, so the structure was quite laid out,” but will also employ improvisation on set.
“We’re using improvisation a lot and that’s quite a good tool if you are confident enough to use it,” Lowe told ScreenDaily.
“You can get really, really exciting results from that that give it a freshness...
Sightseers co-writer and star Alice Lowe is set to start shooting her directorial debt feature, provisionally titled Prevenge, on Thursday (Oct 29) in Cardiff. Western Edge Pictures/Gennaker is fully financing.
Lowe, who is seven-and-a-half months pregnant in real life, also stars as a pregnant woman on a killing spree, targeting individuals from different walks of life. Her motivation for revenge is gradually revealed.
Lowe described Prevenge as a “post-feminist revenge movie”. The writer-director has structured a narrative for the film and said it is “a classic revenge tale and very episodic, so the structure was quite laid out,” but will also employ improvisation on set.
“We’re using improvisation a lot and that’s quite a good tool if you are confident enough to use it,” Lowe told ScreenDaily.
“You can get really, really exciting results from that that give it a freshness...
- 10/27/2015
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Sightseers co-writer and star is directing and starring in Pre-Venge while seven-and-a-half months pregnant.
Sightseers co-writer and star Alice Lowe is set to start shooting her directorial debt feature, provisionally titled Pre-Venge, on Thursday (Oct 29) in Cardiff.
Lowe, who is seven-and-a-half months pregnant in real life, also stars as a pregnant woman on a killing spree, targeting individuals from different walks of life. Her motivation for revenge is gradually revealed.
Lowe described Pre-Venge as a “post-feminist revenge movie”. The writer-director has structured a narrative for the film and said it is “a classic revenge tale and very episodic, so the structure was quite laid out,” but will also employ improvisation on set.
“We’re using improvisation a lot and that’s quite a good tool if you are confident enough to use it,” Lowe told ScreenDaily.
“You can get really, really exciting results from that that give it a freshness. It’s kind...
Sightseers co-writer and star Alice Lowe is set to start shooting her directorial debt feature, provisionally titled Pre-Venge, on Thursday (Oct 29) in Cardiff.
Lowe, who is seven-and-a-half months pregnant in real life, also stars as a pregnant woman on a killing spree, targeting individuals from different walks of life. Her motivation for revenge is gradually revealed.
Lowe described Pre-Venge as a “post-feminist revenge movie”. The writer-director has structured a narrative for the film and said it is “a classic revenge tale and very episodic, so the structure was quite laid out,” but will also employ improvisation on set.
“We’re using improvisation a lot and that’s quite a good tool if you are confident enough to use it,” Lowe told ScreenDaily.
“You can get really, really exciting results from that that give it a freshness. It’s kind...
- 10/27/2015
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Film London, global film streaming platform We Are Colony and Edge Hill University have announced the latest phase of an innovative research project which explores ways to capitalize on digital film releases, empower filmmakers and satisfy audiences’ appetite for exclusive content. Don't you wish you were British so you could partake in this project with your film?
Made possible by the Digital R&D fund for the Arts, the project examines the rapidly-evolving world of video on demand, and how the We Are Colony platform can engage fans who are keen to unlock exciting additional content such as deleted scenes, interviews, scripts and trailers. The seven titles selected for the year-long research project are the critically-acclaimed "Appropriate Behavior," Benedict Cumberbatch road movie "Third Star," feted Alternative Miss World documentary "The British Guide To Showing Off," Agyness Deyn’s breakout performance in "Electricity," uncompromising British drama "We Are Monster," high-concept thriller "Containment," and award-winning short film "Some Candid Observations on the Eve of the End of the World."
Adrian Wootton, Chief Executive of Film London and the British Film Commission , said: “Film London exists to help connect ideas, finance and talent at every stage of the filmmaking process, so a project which helps our industry capitalize on new technologies while exploring innovative ways to engage audiences is a perfect fit for us. By bringing together industry nous, entrepreneurial instincts and academic excellence this partnership is proving to be extremely exciting, and I’m looking forward to see how it develops and benefits the seven films we have selected.”
Sarah Tierney, founder of We Are Colony, comments: “We are pleased to be working with a group of forward-thinking and innovative producers, distributors and sales agents, keen to interrogate the potential of new digital models to engage an audience early and through additional content. In addition, with content being delivered to registered account holders in over 100 countries, We Are Colony is looking forward to sharing data from the beta launch, and the results of a significant user survey looking at viewing behaviors and attitudes to content.”
Working with a range of budgets and varying international appeal, the slate aims to reflect the reality of independent production in the UK. As Leeshon Alexander, writer, producer and star of "We Are Monster," comments: “'We Are Monster' is a truly independent film. As such, we feel it’s not only important to be a part of such a study, but a fantastic opportunity to work closely with a progressive screen agency such as Film London and a sector innovator such as We Are Colony.”
Cecilia Frugiuele of Parkville Pictures, producer of "Appropriate Behavior" and short film "Some Candid Observations on the Eve of the End of the World" also comments: “The international reach of the platform is also a way for producers and Sales Agents to be in control of their film’s destiny offering new ways to exploit a title without a traditional distributor.”
Core to We Are Colony’s unique place in the VOD market is the release of ‘special edition bundles,' releasing quality films with a range of (often exclusive) additional and behind-the-scenes content. Franki Goodwin of Western Edge Pictures, who produced "Third Star," adds: “For us, the opportunity to partner with We Are Colony to bring additional content to our fans, and in turn to support a fantastic new VOD platform, was a no-brainer. This is a huge opportunity for film makers to offer their audiences more than just a movie.”
In addition, the platform works hands-on with licensors in a marketing role, delivering content and creative, plus organic and paid marketing. Cecilia Frugiuele states: “We Are Colony is an empowering tool for filmmakers. It encourages them to think of audience engagement earlier in production, helping them shape their future distribution strategy.”
Lastly, as part of the research phase, the We Are Colony platform will be trialing new windows, including an innovative pre-sale model where users pay early in exchange for instant fulfillment on extra content, ahead of general release. One title currently in pre-sales in the UK is Containment, and producer Christine Hartland states: “We’re thrilled to be partnering with We Are Colony for the release of 'Containment.' We will be able to offer audiences a deeper experience of the film and a chance to engage in its world in innovative ways. As independent filmmakers we’re very aware of the crowded marketplace for indie British thrillers, and are excited about the possibilities of offering our audience more than just a conventional cinema experience. By connecting with audiences early and building their investment in the film, we intend to build a fanbase even ahead of release”.
The report, lead by Prof. Philip Drake of Edge Hill University and researcher Michael Franklin, co-authored by the project partners, is due to release in Q4 2015.
About the seven films selected for the project:
"Appropriate Behavior," the sexually-frank romantic comedy written, directed and starring Desiree Akhavan ("Girls"), produced by Cecilia Frugiuele, nominated in the Independent Spirit Awards 2014. The film was licensed from Peccadillo Pictures (UK), Gravitas Ventures (North America) and Transmission Films (Australia and New Zealand).
"The British Guide To Showing Off," the critically-acclaimed documentary which pays homage to the eccentric universe of the Alternative Miss World Show, directed by Jes Benstock and produced by Dorigen Hammond.
"Third Star," the critically-acclaimed British road movie starring Benedict Cumberbatch ("The Imitation Game," "Sherlock"), Tom Burke ( The Musketeers"), Jj Feild ("Captain America"), Adam Robertson and Hugh Bonneville ("Downton Abbey"), re-released internationally through the We Are Colony platform. The film was licensed from Independent Film Sales.
"Electricity," the startling 'Alice in Wonderland' tale with a breakout performance by Agyness Deyn, directed by Bryn Higgins and produced by Clare Duggan. Licensed from Soda Pictures (UK).
"We Are Monster," the critically-acclaimed, uncompromising British drama written, produced and starring Leeshon Alexander, directed by Antony Petrou, with producers including Noel Clarke ("Adulthood, Kidulthood"). The film was licensed from Metrodome Distribution (UK).
"Containment," the high-concept British thriller with an ensemble cast including Lee Ross ("The English Patient," "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes") and Louise Brealey ("Sherlock"), directed by Neil Mcenery-West and produced by Christine Hartland, Casey Herbert and Pete Smyth. The film was licensed by Vision Films (international sales).
And "Some Candid Observations on the Eve of the End of the World," the award-winning short film starring Theo Barklem-Biggs ("KIngsman: The Secret Service," "The Inbetweeners Movie") and Adrian Scarborough ("The King’s Speech," "Les Misérables").
For more information visit Here...
Made possible by the Digital R&D fund for the Arts, the project examines the rapidly-evolving world of video on demand, and how the We Are Colony platform can engage fans who are keen to unlock exciting additional content such as deleted scenes, interviews, scripts and trailers. The seven titles selected for the year-long research project are the critically-acclaimed "Appropriate Behavior," Benedict Cumberbatch road movie "Third Star," feted Alternative Miss World documentary "The British Guide To Showing Off," Agyness Deyn’s breakout performance in "Electricity," uncompromising British drama "We Are Monster," high-concept thriller "Containment," and award-winning short film "Some Candid Observations on the Eve of the End of the World."
Adrian Wootton, Chief Executive of Film London and the British Film Commission , said: “Film London exists to help connect ideas, finance and talent at every stage of the filmmaking process, so a project which helps our industry capitalize on new technologies while exploring innovative ways to engage audiences is a perfect fit for us. By bringing together industry nous, entrepreneurial instincts and academic excellence this partnership is proving to be extremely exciting, and I’m looking forward to see how it develops and benefits the seven films we have selected.”
Sarah Tierney, founder of We Are Colony, comments: “We are pleased to be working with a group of forward-thinking and innovative producers, distributors and sales agents, keen to interrogate the potential of new digital models to engage an audience early and through additional content. In addition, with content being delivered to registered account holders in over 100 countries, We Are Colony is looking forward to sharing data from the beta launch, and the results of a significant user survey looking at viewing behaviors and attitudes to content.”
Working with a range of budgets and varying international appeal, the slate aims to reflect the reality of independent production in the UK. As Leeshon Alexander, writer, producer and star of "We Are Monster," comments: “'We Are Monster' is a truly independent film. As such, we feel it’s not only important to be a part of such a study, but a fantastic opportunity to work closely with a progressive screen agency such as Film London and a sector innovator such as We Are Colony.”
Cecilia Frugiuele of Parkville Pictures, producer of "Appropriate Behavior" and short film "Some Candid Observations on the Eve of the End of the World" also comments: “The international reach of the platform is also a way for producers and Sales Agents to be in control of their film’s destiny offering new ways to exploit a title without a traditional distributor.”
Core to We Are Colony’s unique place in the VOD market is the release of ‘special edition bundles,' releasing quality films with a range of (often exclusive) additional and behind-the-scenes content. Franki Goodwin of Western Edge Pictures, who produced "Third Star," adds: “For us, the opportunity to partner with We Are Colony to bring additional content to our fans, and in turn to support a fantastic new VOD platform, was a no-brainer. This is a huge opportunity for film makers to offer their audiences more than just a movie.”
In addition, the platform works hands-on with licensors in a marketing role, delivering content and creative, plus organic and paid marketing. Cecilia Frugiuele states: “We Are Colony is an empowering tool for filmmakers. It encourages them to think of audience engagement earlier in production, helping them shape their future distribution strategy.”
Lastly, as part of the research phase, the We Are Colony platform will be trialing new windows, including an innovative pre-sale model where users pay early in exchange for instant fulfillment on extra content, ahead of general release. One title currently in pre-sales in the UK is Containment, and producer Christine Hartland states: “We’re thrilled to be partnering with We Are Colony for the release of 'Containment.' We will be able to offer audiences a deeper experience of the film and a chance to engage in its world in innovative ways. As independent filmmakers we’re very aware of the crowded marketplace for indie British thrillers, and are excited about the possibilities of offering our audience more than just a conventional cinema experience. By connecting with audiences early and building their investment in the film, we intend to build a fanbase even ahead of release”.
The report, lead by Prof. Philip Drake of Edge Hill University and researcher Michael Franklin, co-authored by the project partners, is due to release in Q4 2015.
About the seven films selected for the project:
"Appropriate Behavior," the sexually-frank romantic comedy written, directed and starring Desiree Akhavan ("Girls"), produced by Cecilia Frugiuele, nominated in the Independent Spirit Awards 2014. The film was licensed from Peccadillo Pictures (UK), Gravitas Ventures (North America) and Transmission Films (Australia and New Zealand).
"The British Guide To Showing Off," the critically-acclaimed documentary which pays homage to the eccentric universe of the Alternative Miss World Show, directed by Jes Benstock and produced by Dorigen Hammond.
"Third Star," the critically-acclaimed British road movie starring Benedict Cumberbatch ("The Imitation Game," "Sherlock"), Tom Burke ( The Musketeers"), Jj Feild ("Captain America"), Adam Robertson and Hugh Bonneville ("Downton Abbey"), re-released internationally through the We Are Colony platform. The film was licensed from Independent Film Sales.
"Electricity," the startling 'Alice in Wonderland' tale with a breakout performance by Agyness Deyn, directed by Bryn Higgins and produced by Clare Duggan. Licensed from Soda Pictures (UK).
"We Are Monster," the critically-acclaimed, uncompromising British drama written, produced and starring Leeshon Alexander, directed by Antony Petrou, with producers including Noel Clarke ("Adulthood, Kidulthood"). The film was licensed from Metrodome Distribution (UK).
"Containment," the high-concept British thriller with an ensemble cast including Lee Ross ("The English Patient," "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes") and Louise Brealey ("Sherlock"), directed by Neil Mcenery-West and produced by Christine Hartland, Casey Herbert and Pete Smyth. The film was licensed by Vision Films (international sales).
And "Some Candid Observations on the Eve of the End of the World," the award-winning short film starring Theo Barklem-Biggs ("KIngsman: The Secret Service," "The Inbetweeners Movie") and Adrian Scarborough ("The King’s Speech," "Les Misérables").
For more information visit Here...
- 8/25/2015
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
I stumble into this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival like a startled deer, this being the first year in living memory in which I’ve missed a substantial part of the Festival. Having only returned to bonnie Scotland on Sunday, I have missed the first week and many of the headlining films. These include this year’s opening film, Breathe In, as well as Sofia Coppola’s much-talked-about The Bling Ring and Monsters University, the new Pixar (last year’s Festival closed with Brave, a movie at least as Scottish as Brigadoon).
So my blogs and reviews this year will necessarily give only a hint of what has been on offer, but so it always goes with a Film Festival; even the most astute attendee is likely to miss many gems, and endure both high-profile twaddle and films that will vanish, post-festival time, into the abyss of arthouse hooey.
So my blogs and reviews this year will necessarily give only a hint of what has been on offer, but so it always goes with a Film Festival; even the most astute attendee is likely to miss many gems, and endure both high-profile twaddle and films that will vanish, post-festival time, into the abyss of arthouse hooey.
- 6/26/2013
- by Adam Whyte
- Obsessed with Film
Chicago – Though Benedict Cumberbatch has been delivering fine work in film and television for the past decade, he hadn’t received a great deal of attention until last year, when he played strikingly diverse characters in Oscar bait such as “War Horse” and “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,” while earning legions of fans on BBC’s “Sherlock.” He’s such a deft chameleon that it’s easy for audiences to overlook his formidable body of work.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
In Hattie Dalton’s “Third Star,” which is currently available via On Demand, Cumberbatch delivers the sort of performance that would be considered a Best Actor front-runner this awards season—had it been delivered by George Clooney. As James, a 29-year-old man stricken with cancer, Cumberbatch is utterly wrenching without ever once settling for easy clichés. Though he says early on that, “The sickness may be mine but the tragedy is there’s,” referring to his loved ones,...
Rating: 3.5/5.0
In Hattie Dalton’s “Third Star,” which is currently available via On Demand, Cumberbatch delivers the sort of performance that would be considered a Best Actor front-runner this awards season—had it been delivered by George Clooney. As James, a 29-year-old man stricken with cancer, Cumberbatch is utterly wrenching without ever once settling for easy clichés. Though he says early on that, “The sickness may be mine but the tragedy is there’s,” referring to his loved ones,...
- 8/22/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides; Pina; Incendies; Insidious; The Roommate; Third Star; Take Me Home Tonight
The failure of 3D TVs to make any significant inroads into the nation's front rooms ensures that even the most high-profile stereoscopic cinema outings wind up being watched in good old flatscreen at home. This doesn't much matter for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011, Disney, 12), in which the much-vaunted "real 3D" was utterly forgettable – much like the feature itself. It would have been hard for new franchise helmsman Rob Marshall to make a worse fist of things than previous incumbent Gore Verbinski, but what this belated fourth instalment lacks in outrageous awfulness it makes up for in terms of plodding mediocrity.
Despite being based (in part) on the novel from which it takes its subtitle, On Stranger Tides suffers from the same lack of narrative coherence that hobbled its lengthy...
The failure of 3D TVs to make any significant inroads into the nation's front rooms ensures that even the most high-profile stereoscopic cinema outings wind up being watched in good old flatscreen at home. This doesn't much matter for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011, Disney, 12), in which the much-vaunted "real 3D" was utterly forgettable – much like the feature itself. It would have been hard for new franchise helmsman Rob Marshall to make a worse fist of things than previous incumbent Gore Verbinski, but what this belated fourth instalment lacks in outrageous awfulness it makes up for in terms of plodding mediocrity.
Despite being based (in part) on the novel from which it takes its subtitle, On Stranger Tides suffers from the same lack of narrative coherence that hobbled its lengthy...
- 9/10/2011
- by Mark Kermode
- The Guardian - Film News
Later this month, actor Jj Feild will be courting fame as one of Captain America's sidekicks.
Feild plays Montgomery Falsworth, a British peer and secret agent who, in the comics at least, takes the codename Union Jack and wears a costume with the national flag emblazoned across the front (see picture right). In World War II, Falsworth fought alongside Captain America as part of a team called the Invaders.
But before the $140million Hollywood blockbuster is released, Feild was on screen in British movie Third Star, shot on location in Pembrokeshire with an ensemble cast of four for just $650,000.
The actor, who joined co-stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Burke and Adam Robertson in the low-key film, is well aware of the gulf between the two movies.
The actor, who finished filming on Captain America in early May, said: "I play one of the Captain's sidekicks, so I've been running around,...
Feild plays Montgomery Falsworth, a British peer and secret agent who, in the comics at least, takes the codename Union Jack and wears a costume with the national flag emblazoned across the front (see picture right). In World War II, Falsworth fought alongside Captain America as part of a team called the Invaders.
But before the $140million Hollywood blockbuster is released, Feild was on screen in British movie Third Star, shot on location in Pembrokeshire with an ensemble cast of four for just $650,000.
The actor, who joined co-stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Burke and Adam Robertson in the low-key film, is well aware of the gulf between the two movies.
The actor, who finished filming on Captain America in early May, said: "I play one of the Captain's sidekicks, so I've been running around,...
- 7/4/2011
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
The Edinburgh International Film Festival wound down yesterday, without the traditional Closing Night Film (then again last year’s closing film, Third Star, was mediocre at best). The Festival was brought to a more dramatic end, really, on Saturday, with two late additions to the Festival Programme: the premieres of The Lion King in 3D and the Kings of Leon documentary Talihina Sky. In the interest of transparency I have to make two confessions up front: I am not a fan of 3D, and I am a fan of the Kings of Leon.
Despite their best efforts (we of course gave 3 pairs of tickets away ourselves at Owf), the screening of “The Lion King” in Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre was far from capacity – perhaps three-quarters full – but it seemed to go down very well with the families in attendance. I was a little surprised by how many kids apparently had never seen the movie,...
Despite their best efforts (we of course gave 3 pairs of tickets away ourselves at Owf), the screening of “The Lion King” in Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre was far from capacity – perhaps three-quarters full – but it seemed to go down very well with the families in attendance. I was a little surprised by how many kids apparently had never seen the movie,...
- 6/27/2011
- by Adam Whyte
- Obsessed with Film
Despite the fact that Helena Bonham Carter is currently in England filming Tim Burton's reimagining of the '60s TV series "Dark Shadows," she's sending her best to America. And she isn't alone. As the digital distributor Emerging Pictures did last fall for a selection of Australian hits that wouldn't have made it to U.S. theaters otherwise, the company is teaming up with the Film Society of Lincoln Center and the UK Film Council to bring a group of six acclaimed British films Stateside, kicking off with "Toast," a '60s set coming-of-age story based on food writer Nigel Slater's memoir with Freddie Highmore as his teen surrogate who must compete for the attention of his gruff father against a cleaning woman (Bonham Carter) whose heavenly lemon meringue pie masks the tartness she demonstrates upon becoming the boy's stepmother.
However, that's nearly the only thing about the...
However, that's nearly the only thing about the...
- 6/11/2011
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
The best of British indie cinema is landing June 11: "From Britain With Love." Six new films, curated by the Film Society of Lincoln Center and presented by the UK Film Council, will screen: Toast, In Our Name, Third Star (all Us premieres) as well as A Boy Called Dad, Africa United and NEDs. The series kicks off in New York City but 30 additional venues for the screenings are listed here. Toast (pictured), starring Helena Bonham Carter, opens the showcase with a live broadcast from Lincoln Center on June 11, including a Q & A with director S.J. Clarkson.
- 6/9/2011
- Thompson on Hollywood
Commencing on the 8th June, the Annual Sydney Film Festival (now in its 58th year) promises to be a sterling celebration of modern cinema from around the world. Perhaps not as glitzy as Cannes, nor as iconic as Sundance or Toronto, the Sff has in any case plenty to recommend it, with one of the most impressively diverse film line ups I’ve had the pleasure of glancing over in a long time. Fifth generation Chinese director Chen Kaige (Farewell My Concubine) is Jury President of the Official Competition where 12 films will be in competition for the $60,000 film prize.
The festival will open with a Gala premiere of Joe Wright’s (Atonement, Pride and Prejudice) pursuit thriller Hanna, with Aussie’s answer to Meryl Streep actress Cate Blanchett in attendance on the red carpet and will close with Mike Mills’ (Thumbsucker) Toronto Film Festival triumph, the drama of later life-changing...
The festival will open with a Gala premiere of Joe Wright’s (Atonement, Pride and Prejudice) pursuit thriller Hanna, with Aussie’s answer to Meryl Streep actress Cate Blanchett in attendance on the red carpet and will close with Mike Mills’ (Thumbsucker) Toronto Film Festival triumph, the drama of later life-changing...
- 6/5/2011
- by Oliver Pfeiffer
- Obsessed with Film
The Sydney Film Festival has announced a selection of free talks, Q&As and workshops surrounding film premieres and the arrival of international filmmakers.
Meet the Filmmakers at the Apple Store
Director Miranda July discusses her film The Future, in Official Competition, about a couple who feel the impending pressure of adopting a kitten and live out their dreams before responsibility strikes. The Future has competed at Sundance and Berlin film festivals. Session time: Sunday 12 June, 2-3pm.
The Forgiveness of Blood director, Joshua Marston will discuss his film, about an Albanian family caught in an old feud, and no doubt his debut, 2004′s Maria Full of Grace. Session time: Monday 13 June 12.30-1.30pm.
Phil Rosenthal discusses his hit TV series Everybody Loves Raymond and his feature film Exporting Raymond, about attempting to turn the show into a Russian sitcom. Session time: Monday 13 June, 2-3pm.
Metro Screen Q&As
Jody Shapiro,...
Meet the Filmmakers at the Apple Store
Director Miranda July discusses her film The Future, in Official Competition, about a couple who feel the impending pressure of adopting a kitten and live out their dreams before responsibility strikes. The Future has competed at Sundance and Berlin film festivals. Session time: Sunday 12 June, 2-3pm.
The Forgiveness of Blood director, Joshua Marston will discuss his film, about an Albanian family caught in an old feud, and no doubt his debut, 2004′s Maria Full of Grace. Session time: Monday 13 June 12.30-1.30pm.
Phil Rosenthal discusses his hit TV series Everybody Loves Raymond and his feature film Exporting Raymond, about attempting to turn the show into a Russian sitcom. Session time: Monday 13 June, 2-3pm.
Metro Screen Q&As
Jody Shapiro,...
- 5/31/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Have distributors given in? Rob Marshall-directed fourth in the franchise had blanket UK screenings, even at arthouse cinemas
The winner
Four years after Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End left British cinemagoers a little less than satisfied and a good deal confused, the question remained: just how big an appetite would there be for a fourth helping of Captain Jack Sparrow? The answer: a healthy one. On Stranger Tides debuted with an impressive £11.63m, including £3.07m in Wednesday and Thursday previews. That's the biggest opening of 2011 by a considerable margin, beating Paul (£5.52m), Thor (£5.45m) and Fast & Furious 5 (£5.33m).
Thanks to multiple screen occupancy at many sites, the new Pirates flick dominates the market to an incredible degree, with the weekend's number two title, Fast & Furious 5, grossing just 5% of Tides' tally. The Rob Marshall-directed sequel's dominance can be seen most evidently in the top 100 engagements chart, which...
The winner
Four years after Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End left British cinemagoers a little less than satisfied and a good deal confused, the question remained: just how big an appetite would there be for a fourth helping of Captain Jack Sparrow? The answer: a healthy one. On Stranger Tides debuted with an impressive £11.63m, including £3.07m in Wednesday and Thursday previews. That's the biggest opening of 2011 by a considerable margin, beating Paul (£5.52m), Thor (£5.45m) and Fast & Furious 5 (£5.33m).
Thanks to multiple screen occupancy at many sites, the new Pirates flick dominates the market to an incredible degree, with the weekend's number two title, Fast & Furious 5, grossing just 5% of Tides' tally. The Rob Marshall-directed sequel's dominance can be seen most evidently in the top 100 engagements chart, which...
- 5/24/2011
- by Charles Gant
- The Guardian - Film News
Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (12A)
(Rob Marshall, 2011, Us) Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Ian McShane, Geoffrey Rush, Sam Claflin. 137 mins
Ahoy! Aha! Ahem. The excitement of another rip-roaring high seas adventure dissipates almost before they set sail in this lightweight epic of action set-pieces and people trying to get stuff they want. Depp is business as usual and the presentation is classy, but the new blood brings little to this non-party, which feels less like a story than a succession of twists and swoops along well-established tracks – like a theme-park ride, in fact. Oh, hang on …
Win Win (15)
(Tom McCarthy, 2011, Us) Paul Giamatti, Amy Ryan, Bobby Cannavale. 106 mins
Giamatti's hard-up lawyer inherits a whole heap of surrogate family issues, and a teen high-school wrestling ace, in a wry drama that doesn't really stray out of its suburban comfort zone.
Julia's Eyes (15)
(Guillem Morales, 2010, Spa) Belén Rueda, Lluís Homar,...
(Rob Marshall, 2011, Us) Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Ian McShane, Geoffrey Rush, Sam Claflin. 137 mins
Ahoy! Aha! Ahem. The excitement of another rip-roaring high seas adventure dissipates almost before they set sail in this lightweight epic of action set-pieces and people trying to get stuff they want. Depp is business as usual and the presentation is classy, but the new blood brings little to this non-party, which feels less like a story than a succession of twists and swoops along well-established tracks – like a theme-park ride, in fact. Oh, hang on …
Win Win (15)
(Tom McCarthy, 2011, Us) Paul Giamatti, Amy Ryan, Bobby Cannavale. 106 mins
Giamatti's hard-up lawyer inherits a whole heap of surrogate family issues, and a teen high-school wrestling ace, in a wry drama that doesn't really stray out of its suburban comfort zone.
Julia's Eyes (15)
(Guillem Morales, 2010, Spa) Belén Rueda, Lluís Homar,...
- 5/20/2011
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Attack The Block (15)
(Joe Cornish, 2011, UK) John Boyega, Nick Frost, Jodie Whittaker. 88 mins
More Critters than Cloverfield, this alien-invasion movie is modest in scale and ambition but makes up for it in local flavour. The setting is south London – Brit cinema's default "ghetto" location, bruv – where sharp-toothed ETs come to regret messing with the hoodies, who team up with their recent victim and the upstairs drug dealer to defend their manor. It's no Shaun Of The Dead, but it's up-to-date and fitfully entertaining, and there's at least some social grit beneath the down-with-the-kids comedy.
A Screaming Man (PG)
(Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, 2010, Cha/Fra/Bel) Youssouf Djaoro, Dioucounda Koma, Emile Abssolo M'Bo. 91 mins
Saying a great deal with few resources, this skillful Chadian drama finds weighty moral, global and generational concerns in the story of a swimming pool attendant and his son.
Love Like Poison (15)
(Katell Quillévéré, 2010, Fra) Clara Augarde, Lio, Stefano Cassetti.
(Joe Cornish, 2011, UK) John Boyega, Nick Frost, Jodie Whittaker. 88 mins
More Critters than Cloverfield, this alien-invasion movie is modest in scale and ambition but makes up for it in local flavour. The setting is south London – Brit cinema's default "ghetto" location, bruv – where sharp-toothed ETs come to regret messing with the hoodies, who team up with their recent victim and the upstairs drug dealer to defend their manor. It's no Shaun Of The Dead, but it's up-to-date and fitfully entertaining, and there's at least some social grit beneath the down-with-the-kids comedy.
A Screaming Man (PG)
(Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, 2010, Cha/Fra/Bel) Youssouf Djaoro, Dioucounda Koma, Emile Abssolo M'Bo. 91 mins
Saying a great deal with few resources, this skillful Chadian drama finds weighty moral, global and generational concerns in the story of a swimming pool attendant and his son.
Love Like Poison (15)
(Katell Quillévéré, 2010, Fra) Clara Augarde, Lio, Stefano Cassetti.
- 5/13/2011
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
“From Britain with Love” – a curated program of six independent UK films will screen across ten Us cities from June 11 – July 9, 2011, as part of a partnership between Film Society of Lincoln Center, UK Film Council and Emerging Pictures.
The showcase’s premiere constitutes a component of the Film Society’s celebration of its new Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center, and the screenings will run contemporaneously to online webcast conversations with the film’s key talent.
A similar program, named “From Blighty with Love” was run across India in 2010.
Featured in the program are the following films, three of which will be making their Us premieres:
· A Boy Called Dad (80min)
Director: Brian Percival
The debut feature from BAFTA short film winner Brian Percival follows the story of a boy thrust into early adulthood when he becomes a father at the age of 14. Newcomer, Kyle Ward, delivers an impressive performance as...
The showcase’s premiere constitutes a component of the Film Society’s celebration of its new Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center, and the screenings will run contemporaneously to online webcast conversations with the film’s key talent.
A similar program, named “From Blighty with Love” was run across India in 2010.
Featured in the program are the following films, three of which will be making their Us premieres:
· A Boy Called Dad (80min)
Director: Brian Percival
The debut feature from BAFTA short film winner Brian Percival follows the story of a boy thrust into early adulthood when he becomes a father at the age of 14. Newcomer, Kyle Ward, delivers an impressive performance as...
- 5/12/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
“From Britain with Love” – a curated program of six independent UK films will screen across ten Us cities from June 11 – July 9, 2011, as part of a partnership between Film Society of Lincoln Center, UK Film Council and Emerging Pictures.
The showcase’s premiere constitutes a component of the Film Society’s celebration of its new Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center, and the screenings will run contemporaneously to online webcast conversations with the film’s key talent.
A similar program, named “From Blighty with Love” was run across India in 2010.
Featured in the program are the following films, three of which will be making their Us premieres:
· A Boy Called Dad (80min)
Director: Brian Percival
The debut feature from BAFTA short film winner Brian Percival follows the story of a boy thrust into early adulthood when he becomes a father at the age of 14. Newcomer, Kyle Ward, delivers an impressive performance as...
The showcase’s premiere constitutes a component of the Film Society’s celebration of its new Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center, and the screenings will run contemporaneously to online webcast conversations with the film’s key talent.
A similar program, named “From Blighty with Love” was run across India in 2010.
Featured in the program are the following films, three of which will be making their Us premieres:
· A Boy Called Dad (80min)
Director: Brian Percival
The debut feature from BAFTA short film winner Brian Percival follows the story of a boy thrust into early adulthood when he becomes a father at the age of 14. Newcomer, Kyle Ward, delivers an impressive performance as...
- 5/12/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Film Society of Lincoln Center, UK Film Council & Emerging Pictures presents From Britain With Love
June 11 . July 9
6 indie UK films will screen in 10 Us cities launching with Toast starring Helena Bonham Carter
The Film Society of Lincoln Center, UK Film Council and Emerging Pictures announced the details today for plans to showcase six recent independent films produced in the United Kingdom for a release in more than ten cities stateside from June 11 . July 9.
Curated by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, and in partnership with Emerging Pictures – the largest all-digital specialty film and alternate content theatre network in the United States – the showcase will premiere at the Film Society of Lincoln Center on June 11 as part of the opening celebration for its state-of-the art Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center. Each of the films will be shown once at the Film Society of Lincoln Center and once downtown at the IFC Center.
June 11 . July 9
6 indie UK films will screen in 10 Us cities launching with Toast starring Helena Bonham Carter
The Film Society of Lincoln Center, UK Film Council and Emerging Pictures announced the details today for plans to showcase six recent independent films produced in the United Kingdom for a release in more than ten cities stateside from June 11 . July 9.
Curated by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, and in partnership with Emerging Pictures – the largest all-digital specialty film and alternate content theatre network in the United States – the showcase will premiere at the Film Society of Lincoln Center on June 11 as part of the opening celebration for its state-of-the art Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center. Each of the films will be shown once at the Film Society of Lincoln Center and once downtown at the IFC Center.
- 5/12/2011
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Independent Films have released the first trailer and poster for comedy-drama Third Star.
Directed by BAFTA Award-winning filmmaker Hattie Dalton, Third Star stars Hugh Bonneville, Tom Burke, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jj Feild, Rupert Frazer, Nia Roberts, Adam Robertson and Eros Vlahos.
James (Cumberbatch) and his three closest lifelong friends go on an ill-advised trip to the stunning coastal area of Barafundle Bay in West Wales. What follows is a touching and comical adventure dealing with friendship, heroism and love.
Third Star closed the 64th annual Edinburgh International Film Festival last year, and will be released nationwide on May 20.
Check out the poster below, then head over to The Guardian to watch the trailer premiere:...
Directed by BAFTA Award-winning filmmaker Hattie Dalton, Third Star stars Hugh Bonneville, Tom Burke, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jj Feild, Rupert Frazer, Nia Roberts, Adam Robertson and Eros Vlahos.
James (Cumberbatch) and his three closest lifelong friends go on an ill-advised trip to the stunning coastal area of Barafundle Bay in West Wales. What follows is a touching and comical adventure dealing with friendship, heroism and love.
Third Star closed the 64th annual Edinburgh International Film Festival last year, and will be released nationwide on May 20.
Check out the poster below, then head over to The Guardian to watch the trailer premiere:...
- 4/22/2011
- by Jamie Neish
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Love is in the air, but there's a definite whiff of opportunism in there too
The big story
A nation holds its breath. Unshakeable from the collective imagination is the image of a tall, blond, regal-looking young man and his shapely dark-haired companion. In feverish newsrooms they check the wires for stories of surges in sales of booze, bunting and widescreen TVs among a recession-hit populace thirsty for a shot of euphoria. Yes, Lifetime TV's William & Kate: the movie, is coming to your screens this Sunday.
Not everyone was swept away in the excitement of the royal romance-themed Us movie. Indeed Lifetime's William, whose name sounds like one Beano writers might have concocted for a used car salesman, Nico Evers-Swindell, felt compelled to defend the film. Why? Well, the Daily Mail had shown it some tough love, calling it "truly terrible: a shoddily cast, poorly executed, badly edited and surprisingly...
The big story
A nation holds its breath. Unshakeable from the collective imagination is the image of a tall, blond, regal-looking young man and his shapely dark-haired companion. In feverish newsrooms they check the wires for stories of surges in sales of booze, bunting and widescreen TVs among a recession-hit populace thirsty for a shot of euphoria. Yes, Lifetime TV's William & Kate: the movie, is coming to your screens this Sunday.
Not everyone was swept away in the excitement of the royal romance-themed Us movie. Indeed Lifetime's William, whose name sounds like one Beano writers might have concocted for a used car salesman, Nico Evers-Swindell, felt compelled to defend the film. Why? Well, the Daily Mail had shown it some tough love, calling it "truly terrible: a shoddily cast, poorly executed, badly edited and surprisingly...
- 4/21/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
"We really only completed the film a couple of days before we found out we were closing Edinburgh," "Third Star" director Hattie Dalton told indieWIRE days before her film debuted at the Scottish film festival. "So we literally had just finished the mix and everything, and I was in this stage of still slightly reeling. I wasn't sure if the film quite worked or not. I mean, it's a natural role ...
- 7/2/2010
- Indiewire
With the Edinburgh Film Festival finished for this year, I thought that it would be a great opportunity to list my personal top ten films at the festival.
Although I loved all of these films, there has to be a winner out of the bunch and so I will count from my tenth favourite film to my number one from the fantastic film festival and it’s amazing line-up.
You can click on the name of the film to link to my review.
10. Winter’s Bone
This dark drama managed to win the Grand Jury Prize at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and really deserves its critical success, with a strong female protagonist, shifty characters and a dark, realistic story that keeps your attention all the way through. The reason for being number ten? It’s a dark, gritty film that I loved seeing on the big screen, but...
Although I loved all of these films, there has to be a winner out of the bunch and so I will count from my tenth favourite film to my number one from the fantastic film festival and it’s amazing line-up.
You can click on the name of the film to link to my review.
10. Winter’s Bone
This dark drama managed to win the Grand Jury Prize at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and really deserves its critical success, with a strong female protagonist, shifty characters and a dark, realistic story that keeps your attention all the way through. The reason for being number ten? It’s a dark, gritty film that I loved seeing on the big screen, but...
- 7/2/2010
- by Martyn Warren
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Lovely bones...
The 64th Edinburgh international film festival closed last night, giving its highest prize to Skeletons. Directed by Nick Whitfield, the dark comedy stars Jason Isaacs and two new talents, Ed Gaughan and Andrew Buckley, as a pair of "emotional exorcists". Skeletons goes on general release next weekend, boosted by the Michael Powell Award for the festival's best new British feature. Other winners included the brilliant David Thewlis for Mr Nice (although Rhys Ifans plays the film's lead, as drug runner Howard Marks), and the Moët New Directors Award went to Gareth Edwards for his inventive sci-fi road movie, Monsters. The festival closed with Hattie Dalton's debut feature, a tender male bonding drama called Third Star. It looks beautiful, and Dalton brings a sensual understanding of male ego to the proceedings.
Lynch mob
David Lynch has appealed to his fans for cash in order to finance an autobiographical documentary.
The 64th Edinburgh international film festival closed last night, giving its highest prize to Skeletons. Directed by Nick Whitfield, the dark comedy stars Jason Isaacs and two new talents, Ed Gaughan and Andrew Buckley, as a pair of "emotional exorcists". Skeletons goes on general release next weekend, boosted by the Michael Powell Award for the festival's best new British feature. Other winners included the brilliant David Thewlis for Mr Nice (although Rhys Ifans plays the film's lead, as drug runner Howard Marks), and the Moët New Directors Award went to Gareth Edwards for his inventive sci-fi road movie, Monsters. The festival closed with Hattie Dalton's debut feature, a tender male bonding drama called Third Star. It looks beautiful, and Dalton brings a sensual understanding of male ego to the proceedings.
Lynch mob
David Lynch has appealed to his fans for cash in order to finance an autobiographical documentary.
- 6/26/2010
- by Jason Solomons
- The Guardian - Film News
Third Star is the official film to end the Edinburgh Film Festival and although I am sad that the festival has seemed to come to an end so quickly, this lovely film from Wales helps to soften the blow.
Having directed several short films and edited some of the most recognisable British films during the last few years, Hattie Dalton has made a lovely debut into feature length films with this film.
The film follows thirty-something James (Benedict Cumberbatch) and his three friends as they attempt to head out for one last road trip on his birthday before James’ cancer advances and takes his life away.
Travelling to James’ favourite location, which is a coastal area named Barafundle Bay, their friendship builds up during the course of the film and they face new challenges into what they individually believe in and the difficulties they have back home. From meeting a...
Having directed several short films and edited some of the most recognisable British films during the last few years, Hattie Dalton has made a lovely debut into feature length films with this film.
The film follows thirty-something James (Benedict Cumberbatch) and his three friends as they attempt to head out for one last road trip on his birthday before James’ cancer advances and takes his life away.
Travelling to James’ favourite location, which is a coastal area named Barafundle Bay, their friendship builds up during the course of the film and they face new challenges into what they individually believe in and the difficulties they have back home. From meeting a...
- 6/25/2010
- by Martyn Warren
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
This week Jason Solomons meets one of the team behind one of cinema's most enduring classics, Jean-Luc Godard's À bout de souffle (Breathless), which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. Pierre Rissient was part of the production team and talks about the shooting of the masterpiece and its subsequent influence on a generation of film-makers.
Meanwhile, the Edinburgh film festival continues and Jason meets Hattie Dalton, the director of this year's closing night gala, Third Star. Hattie discusses her tale of death and friendship among a group of young men holidaying in rural Wales.
Andrew Pulver joins Jason to review some of this week's other releases including Larry David in Woody Allen's Whatever Works and Russell Brand in Get Him to the Greek.
Jason SolomonsAndrew PulverJason Phipps...
Meanwhile, the Edinburgh film festival continues and Jason meets Hattie Dalton, the director of this year's closing night gala, Third Star. Hattie discusses her tale of death and friendship among a group of young men holidaying in rural Wales.
Andrew Pulver joins Jason to review some of this week's other releases including Larry David in Woody Allen's Whatever Works and Russell Brand in Get Him to the Greek.
Jason SolomonsAndrew PulverJason Phipps...
- 6/24/2010
- by Jason Solomons, Andrew Pulver, Jason Phipps
- The Guardian - Film News
London -- Former Bond girl Britt Ekland, director Mike Hodges, New York's Museum of Modern Art's senior film curator Laurence Kardish and Iranian director Rafi Pitts have all been called to jury duty as the Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) is due to kick off June 16.
The quartet have signed up for the festival's main draw jury, the Michael Powell jury, and will assemble under the panel's president Patrick Stewart, organizers said.
Named in homage to the U.K. filmmaker and inaugurated in 1993, the Michael Powell Award is sponsored by the U.K. Film Council and carries a prize of £15,000 ($22,000).
The prize aims to reward imagination and creativity in British filmmaking and 2009 saw Duncan Jones walk off with the prize for his debut "Moon," while the jury gave Katie Jarvis last year's best performance in a British film for "Fish Tank."
The winner of 2010's Michael Powell Award will come from Ashey Horner's "brilliantlove,...
The quartet have signed up for the festival's main draw jury, the Michael Powell jury, and will assemble under the panel's president Patrick Stewart, organizers said.
Named in homage to the U.K. filmmaker and inaugurated in 1993, the Michael Powell Award is sponsored by the U.K. Film Council and carries a prize of £15,000 ($22,000).
The prize aims to reward imagination and creativity in British filmmaking and 2009 saw Duncan Jones walk off with the prize for his debut "Moon," while the jury gave Katie Jarvis last year's best performance in a British film for "Fish Tank."
The winner of 2010's Michael Powell Award will come from Ashey Horner's "brilliantlove,...
- 6/15/2010
- by By Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Two highly-anticipated second feature films from U.S. underground filmmakers will be making their World Premieres all the way over at the 64th annual Edinburgh International Film Festival, which will run for twelve days on June 16-27. The films are Rona Mark’s The Crab and Zach Clark’s Vacation!.
The Crab, which screens on June 21, is the touching story of a verbally abusive man born with two enormous, mutant-like hands; while Vacation!, which screens on June 20, tracks four urban gals let loose in a sunny seaside resort down South.
Both Mark and Clark previously screened their debut features at Eiff. Mark’s Strange Girls screened there in 2008 and Clark’s Modern Love Is Automatic screened in 2009. Both films also ended up as runners-up in Bad Lit’s annual Movie of the Year award, again Strange Girls in 2008 and Modern Love in 2009. Sadly, these two masterpieces are still unavailable on...
The Crab, which screens on June 21, is the touching story of a verbally abusive man born with two enormous, mutant-like hands; while Vacation!, which screens on June 20, tracks four urban gals let loose in a sunny seaside resort down South.
Both Mark and Clark previously screened their debut features at Eiff. Mark’s Strange Girls screened there in 2008 and Clark’s Modern Love Is Automatic screened in 2009. Both films also ended up as runners-up in Bad Lit’s annual Movie of the Year award, again Strange Girls in 2008 and Modern Love in 2009. Sadly, these two masterpieces are still unavailable on...
- 6/4/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
The Edinburgh International Film Festival this afternoon published their full line-up for 2010, and it’s looking good. Check out the website - www.edfilmfest.org.uk
I’ll be covering the festival which runs from 16th-29th of June, so keep your eye out for reviews, interviews and insider info in our third year of coverage from Eiff.
The McHenry brothers direct Jackboots on WhiteHall an eagerly anticipated film in which Winston Churchill hides out in lawless Scotland, as an all-star cast voices an alternative animated history of WWII – I can’t wait to see this one! In Ollier Kepler’s Expanding Purple World, the brilliant Edward Hogg (White Lightnin’; Bunny and the Bull) stars in a darkly funny study of one man’s walk on the weird side. Then there’s Cherry Tree Lane, Paul Andrew Willaim’s latest thriller. Pelican Blood by Karl Golden looks pretty incredible and...
I’ll be covering the festival which runs from 16th-29th of June, so keep your eye out for reviews, interviews and insider info in our third year of coverage from Eiff.
The McHenry brothers direct Jackboots on WhiteHall an eagerly anticipated film in which Winston Churchill hides out in lawless Scotland, as an all-star cast voices an alternative animated history of WWII – I can’t wait to see this one! In Ollier Kepler’s Expanding Purple World, the brilliant Edward Hogg (White Lightnin’; Bunny and the Bull) stars in a darkly funny study of one man’s walk on the weird side. Then there’s Cherry Tree Lane, Paul Andrew Willaim’s latest thriller. Pelican Blood by Karl Golden looks pretty incredible and...
- 6/1/2010
- QuietEarth.us
New films from Werner Herzog and Steven Soderbergh will screen at the 64th Edinburgh International Film Festival. This year's program includes 133 features from 34 countries.
Sylvain Chomet’s “The Illusionist” will open the festival at the June 16 gala, while the world premiere of “Third Star,” from first-time British director Hattie Dalton, will close the festivities on June 26.
Herzog’s “My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done” (produced by David Lynch) and Soderbergh’s documentary “And Everything is Going Fine” are among the marquee titles on the Edinburgh docket. Morag McKinnon’s “Donkeys,” the second of the Scottish-Danish Advance Party features, receives a World Premiere in a strong British field that also features Paul Andrew William’s thriller “Cherry Tree Lane,” Ben Miller’s comedy about comedians “Huge” and Bernard Rose’s Howard Marks biopic “Mr. Nice.”
The festival runs June 16-27.
Sylvain Chomet’s “The Illusionist” will open the festival at the June 16 gala, while the world premiere of “Third Star,” from first-time British director Hattie Dalton, will close the festivities on June 26.
Herzog’s “My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done” (produced by David Lynch) and Soderbergh’s documentary “And Everything is Going Fine” are among the marquee titles on the Edinburgh docket. Morag McKinnon’s “Donkeys,” the second of the Scottish-Danish Advance Party features, receives a World Premiere in a strong British field that also features Paul Andrew William’s thriller “Cherry Tree Lane,” Ben Miller’s comedy about comedians “Huge” and Bernard Rose’s Howard Marks biopic “Mr. Nice.”
The festival runs June 16-27.
- 6/1/2010
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Rarely seen works by Ken Russell, Stephen Frears and Albert Finney among festival retrospective
A batch of "lost and forgotten" British films, made more than 30 years ago by many of the industry's leading figures, including Ken Russell, Stephen Frears and Albert Finney, is to be screened at this year's Edinburgh film festival.
The retrospective of 16 rarely seen British-made and directed films from between 1967 and 1979, which have been rediscovered after more than a year's detective work by the event's staff, is expected to be a highlight of the festival, which opens in two weeks.
Some are being shown for the first time in decades, as many of the films, including Savage Messiah made by Ken Russell in 1972 and starring Helen Mirren, the children's detective story What Next, and the original cut of Robert Fuest's The Final Programme, starring Jon Finch, have never been released on video or DVD.
The mini-season,...
A batch of "lost and forgotten" British films, made more than 30 years ago by many of the industry's leading figures, including Ken Russell, Stephen Frears and Albert Finney, is to be screened at this year's Edinburgh film festival.
The retrospective of 16 rarely seen British-made and directed films from between 1967 and 1979, which have been rediscovered after more than a year's detective work by the event's staff, is expected to be a highlight of the festival, which opens in two weeks.
Some are being shown for the first time in decades, as many of the films, including Savage Messiah made by Ken Russell in 1972 and starring Helen Mirren, the children's detective story What Next, and the original cut of Robert Fuest's The Final Programme, starring Jon Finch, have never been released on video or DVD.
The mini-season,...
- 6/1/2010
- by Severin Carrell
- The Guardian - Film News
Werner Herzog will unveil his 'horror film without the blood' alongside new work from Soderbergh and Bernard Rose's biopic of Howard Marks
New work from the likes of Werner Herzog, Bernard Rose and Steven Soderbergh will take its place among 133 features screening at this year's Edinburgh film festival.
The event opens on 16 June with The Illusionist, an animation set in Scotland and created by Sylvain Chomet, previously best known for the acclaimed Belleville Rendez-vous. The curtain comes down 11 days later with the premiere of Third Star, a British buddy movie that marks the feature debut of director Hattie Dalton.
Other potential highlights include screenings of Toy Story 3, Bernard Rose's Howard Marks biopic Mr Nice and the Argentine thriller The Secret in Their Eyes – winner of this year's best foreign film Oscar. Elsewhere, London to Brighton director Paul Andrew Williams returns with Cherry Tree Lane, while Soderbergh is...
New work from the likes of Werner Herzog, Bernard Rose and Steven Soderbergh will take its place among 133 features screening at this year's Edinburgh film festival.
The event opens on 16 June with The Illusionist, an animation set in Scotland and created by Sylvain Chomet, previously best known for the acclaimed Belleville Rendez-vous. The curtain comes down 11 days later with the premiere of Third Star, a British buddy movie that marks the feature debut of director Hattie Dalton.
Other potential highlights include screenings of Toy Story 3, Bernard Rose's Howard Marks biopic Mr Nice and the Argentine thriller The Secret in Their Eyes – winner of this year's best foreign film Oscar. Elsewhere, London to Brighton director Paul Andrew Williams returns with Cherry Tree Lane, while Soderbergh is...
- 6/1/2010
- by Xan Brooks
- The Guardian - Film News
London -- This year's Edinburgh International Film Festival will close with the world premiere of "Third Star," a British tragicomedy from newcomer Hattie Dalton starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Burke, Jj Feild and Adam Robertson.
The movie will bookend the Scottish shindig with the previously announced opening gala of Sylvain Chomet's "The Illusionist" at the festival boasting 133 movies from 34 countries, organizers said Tuesday.
British galas competing for the U.K. Film Council sponsored Michael Powell Award for best British feature include world debuts for Paul Andrew Williams' "Cherry Tree Lane," "Huge" by Ben Miller, Edward McHenry and Rory McHenry's "Jackboots On Whitehall," Nick Moran's "The Kid," Viv Fongenie's "Ollie Kepler's Expanding Purple World," "Pelican Blood," by Karl Golden and "Soulboy" by Shimmy Marcus.
Organizers picked Ryan Piers Williams' "The Dry Land," Werner Herzog's "My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?," Floria Sigismondi's...
The movie will bookend the Scottish shindig with the previously announced opening gala of Sylvain Chomet's "The Illusionist" at the festival boasting 133 movies from 34 countries, organizers said Tuesday.
British galas competing for the U.K. Film Council sponsored Michael Powell Award for best British feature include world debuts for Paul Andrew Williams' "Cherry Tree Lane," "Huge" by Ben Miller, Edward McHenry and Rory McHenry's "Jackboots On Whitehall," Nick Moran's "The Kid," Viv Fongenie's "Ollie Kepler's Expanding Purple World," "Pelican Blood," by Karl Golden and "Soulboy" by Shimmy Marcus.
Organizers picked Ryan Piers Williams' "The Dry Land," Werner Herzog's "My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?," Floria Sigismondi's...
- 6/1/2010
- by By Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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