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Sally Potter Seeks Aspiring Actresses for 60s Period Film
This may not be related to comic books in any way, but is a shout to the million and one aspiring actresses out there. Director Sally Potter is looking for two young actresses, aged 15-16, to play parts in her latest film, a 60s-set period piece.
Oh to be 16 again. And also a girl…
So how might one apply? … read more
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Tagged British Cinema, film, films / movies, Independent Cinema
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A Swedish Midsummer Sex Comedy (Äntligen Midsommar!) DVD Review
2009
Director: Ian McCrudden
Script: Henrik Engström, Mattias Grosin, Erik Hörstadius, Ian McCrudden
Cast: Olle Sarri, Lisa Werlinder, Alexander Karim, Anna Littorin, Luke Perry
Not to be confused with Woody Allen’s 1982 comedy A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy, A Swedish Midsummer Sex Comedy is an amiable enough little movie that sees three couples (and Luke Perry) gather for the … read more
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Tagged film, films / movies, Independent Cinema, world cinema
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‘F’ DVD Review
2010
Director/Writer: Johannes Roberts
Cast: David Schofield, Eliza Bennett, Ruth Gemmel, Roxanne McKee
11 months after a violent altercation with a pupil lead to his suspensions, Robert Anderson is burnt-out, separated from his family and drinking on the job. He’s also the only teacher at his comprehensive prepared for an attack from murderous youths in this horror movie that, following … read more
Freakonomics DVD Review
2009
Directors: Alex Gibney, Morgan Spurlock, Seth Gordon, Eugene Jarecki, Rachel Grady, Heidi Ewing
Based on the book by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
Ever since Michael Moore’s Bowling for Columbine proved that documentaries could not only be provocative and entertaining but bring in the Box Office bucks, we’ve enjoyed a torrent of similar efforts to make “factual” … read more
Carlos: The Trilogy DVD Review
2010
Director: Olivier Assayas
Script: Dan Franck, Olivier Assayas
Cast: Édgar Ramírez, Alexander Scheer, Nora von Waldstätten, Ahmad Kaabour, Christoph Bach, Susanne Wuest, Anna Thalbach, Julia Hummer
Sidestepping the controversy that Aaron Sorkin’s Social Network script recently attracted, Carlos begins with a disclaimer informing us that it’s purely a work of fiction based on real events. Surely, the very nature … read more
ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction DVD Review
Released 18th October 2010 by Optimum Home Entertainment
Director: Kevin Hamedani
Cast: Janette Armand, Doug Fahl and Cooper Hopkins
Script: Kevin Hamedani, Ramon Isao
It’s probably best not to settle down to a film titled Zombies of Mass Destruction expecting Citizen Kane. Or even George A. Romero, for that matter. But this admirably earnest little horror movie, not to … read more
The Brothers Bloom DVD Review
2009, Optimum Home Entertainment
Director: Rian Johnson
Cast: Adrien Brody, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel Weisz, Robbie Coltrane, Rinko Kikuchi
Script: Rian Johnson
You have to admire writer/director Rian Johnson’s propensity for overreaching. His first movie, Brick, was a high school murder mystery which channelled the noir sensibilities of Hammett and Chandler, and even if its askew wit resulted in something … read more
Secret Cinema Announces “Most Ambitious Event to Date”
Wow. Secret Cinema continues to grow, in the face of fears that cinema attendance will eventually succumb to cheaper DVDs and internet piracy. It’s a phenomenon that seems to have spread from word of mouth and movie mag mentions to national media attention in just over a year.
I for one am not surprised. Not only does Secret Cinema’s “live … read more
Dogtooth Film Review
2009
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Writers: Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthymis Filippou
Cast: Christos Stergioglou, Michelle Valley, Aggeliki Papoulia, Mary Tsoni, Christos Passalis, Anna Kalaitzidou
Everything unknown is taken for magnificent, in this surreal and downright warped Greek movie that immediately evokes Lars von Trier and Michael Haneke, but is no less distinctive. Bar one home dentistry scene near the end there’s very … read more
The Bank Job Movie Review
Dir: Roger Donaldson
Script: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, George McIndoe, Aaron Shuster
Cast: Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows, Stephen Campbell Moore, Daniel Mays, James Faulkner, Alki David, Michael Jibson, Richard Lintern, Don Gallagher, David Suchet
When a Baker Street depository was robbed in 1971, London became engrossed in the story of the ‘walkie-talkie bank job’ and a … read more
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