17/10/2009
» London Film Festival - off to a good start.
Have had a busy week at the London Film Festival…
Following Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr.Fox, which opened the festival on Wednesday, we’re 3 days in and still alot to come. Next week there’s Up In The Air from Juno director Jason Reitman, Toy Story 2 in 3D, A Serious Man, The White Ribbon and The Road to name but a few.
Last week amongst the bigger galas, were some excellent small or less well known productions. Personally my favourite so far is Inferno and most bizarre experience has been Gasper Noe’s follow up to Irreversible, called Enter the Void. For 2.5 hours it assaults the audiences senses, in the most intense and at times beautiful way, not one for the fainthearted, but must be watched with an audience to fully realise it’s potential.
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11/10/2009
» HMV to show films via their 'instore cinema'
Bad news for cinemas, but an interesting experiment. Has anyone had a chance to attend this yet?
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» The 100 Best Movie Posters?
Interesting article on movie artwork - featuring some truly classic poster designs.
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03/10/2009
» @Colinmovie plays @Raindance_Fest tonight!
Cannes in a Van’s friends at COLIN are holding a free Q&A with the filmmakers and the cast at Raindance Film Festival tonight. There is are also screenings of the film both tonight and tomorrow at the Apollo Cinema
This is a rare chance to the see the sensational film on the big screen. If your in London tonight - check it out.
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25/09/2009
» Cinema Manager Takes Up Movie Watching Challenge!
Dallas at the lovely Belmont Picturehouse in Aberdeen takes up a movie challenge inspired by the new film, JULIE & JULIA. Instead of recipes however, Dallas will work his way through the recent(ish) Empire top 500 movie list over the course of one year. It means he has to fit it around his personal and professional life, and must average at 1.35 movies a day!
Wish him luck on Twitter; @Dallas_Belmont, Good luck sir!
(Hope it doesn’t resort to this…)
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23/09/2009
» Happy 10th Birthday SPACED!
Director, Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead) reminded his Twitter fans that today is the 10th anniversary of the popular (and in my opinion, groundbreaking) Channel 4 British TV series Spaced.
If you’ve not seen the series yet, please check it out. It is on DVD in both region 1 & 2 in a fetching boxset with some excellent commentaries and bonus features.
As well as being hilarious, it also successfully launched the careers of Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, Jessica Hynes and Nick Frost.
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19/09/2009
» Age of Stupid Global Premiere - Check it out!
Franny Armstrong, and the amazing people who worked on The Age of Stupid are planning the worlds largest simultaneous film premiere in New York on the 21st/22nd September. Please keep an eye on the site - and if you’re lucky enough to be living near a cinema which is taking part - it would be great to show your support for the film…and helping stop climate change!
Franny and the team have been promoting the film like crazy over the last few weeks, please check out the video of Franny on News Night below.
(Age of Stupid Producer Lizzie Gillet at Cannes in a Van 2009)
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15/09/2009
» Alternative Movie Posters by Brandon Schafer
Discovered these after reading an interview with Brandon in a free London fiilm magazine called The Big Picture.
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» R.I.P. Patrick Swayze
Patrick Swayze has had a very prominent career, from 80’s classics including Dirty Dancing to his recent revival with acclaimed performances on US TV shows. We’ll miss the star of Donnie Darko, Ghost, Roadhouse but most importantly to me - Point Break. RIP sir.
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10/09/2009
» London Film Festival Line Up Announced - See The Hottest Films of 2009 and 2010 Before Anyone Else.
Great line-up this year, as well as having some exciting premieres on the line up, it also features some of the big yet still unreleased films from Cannes 2009. Look out for Enter The Void, Dogtooth, Precious and The White Ribbon from Cannes. World premieres include Wes Anderson’s new film, The Fantastic Mr. Fox…starring George Clooney, who stars in at least 3 of the major films of the festival (Men Who Stare at Goats and Up In The Air also). Looks like even the LFF aren’t immune to his charms!
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