Based on the middle book in J.K. Rowling's series, "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" was a pivotal film in many ways. Released 10 years ago this week (on November 18, 2005), "Goblet" marked the first time Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) saw one of his friends die, the first time Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) appeared in the flesh, and the first time we saw the young heroes of Hogwarts as hormonal teenagers.
As often as you've watched "Goblet of Fire," there's a lot you still may not know about it -- from the surprising controversy over the all-star band at the Yule Ball, to the Easter eggs that less-than-sharp-eyed Muggle viewers may have missed. So dip into the Pensieve and learn the secrets of "Goblet of Fire."1. Screenwriter Steve Kloves and the producers initially considered making Rowling's 734-page book into two films. Since they decided instead to condense it into a single 2.5 hour movie,...
As often as you've watched "Goblet of Fire," there's a lot you still may not know about it -- from the surprising controversy over the all-star band at the Yule Ball, to the Easter eggs that less-than-sharp-eyed Muggle viewers may have missed. So dip into the Pensieve and learn the secrets of "Goblet of Fire."1. Screenwriter Steve Kloves and the producers initially considered making Rowling's 734-page book into two films. Since they decided instead to condense it into a single 2.5 hour movie,...
- 11/17/2015
- by Gary Susman
- Moviefone
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Here are the songs that were considered forJames Bond themes but ultimately rejected. Some of them aren't half-bad, too...
Bond title songs are an intrinsic part of the series. But did you know that there were often unused tracks that were considered but rejected? Some of them are damn good too. This is bound to lead to comparisons and what if… discussions, and that's what we are here to encourage today.
As soon as we try to define what makes a great Bond song, we run into the problem that dogs any criticism of the series – every aspect of it is extremely divisive. Whatever element you nominate as a high point, best actor, score or film, for example, is someone else's least favourite and vice versa. The same goes for the Bond theme songs: some people like a bouncy pop song with a nice brass arrangement. For others,...
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Here are the songs that were considered forJames Bond themes but ultimately rejected. Some of them aren't half-bad, too...
Bond title songs are an intrinsic part of the series. But did you know that there were often unused tracks that were considered but rejected? Some of them are damn good too. This is bound to lead to comparisons and what if… discussions, and that's what we are here to encourage today.
As soon as we try to define what makes a great Bond song, we run into the problem that dogs any criticism of the series – every aspect of it is extremely divisive. Whatever element you nominate as a high point, best actor, score or film, for example, is someone else's least favourite and vice versa. The same goes for the Bond theme songs: some people like a bouncy pop song with a nice brass arrangement. For others,...
- 10/26/2015
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
Desiree Akhavan to head First Feature Competition jury; Jarvis Cocker to host annual awards ceremony.Scroll down for competition titles
The 59th BFI London Film Festival (Oct 7-18) has revealed the full line-up of its competition juries and announced that presenter and Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker will host this year’s awards ceremony on Oct 17.
The jury for the Sutherland Award for the First Feature Competition includes:
Desiree Akhavan, director/screenwriter (Appropriate Behaviour) (president)
Clio Barnard, director/artist (The Selfish Giant)James Kent, director (Testament of Youth)Allen Leech, actor (The Imitation Game)Kate Muir, film critic, The Times
The jury for the Grierson Award for the Documentary Competition includes:
Mark Cousins, director (I Am Belfast) (president)
Brian Woods, producer (The Dying Rooms)Charlie Phillips, head of docs, The GuardianAlex Cooke, filmmakerIain Forsyth, director (20,000 Days on Earth)Jane Pollard, director (20,000 Days on Earth)
The jury for the Lff’s first Short Film Competition includes:
Daisy Jacobs, director...
The 59th BFI London Film Festival (Oct 7-18) has revealed the full line-up of its competition juries and announced that presenter and Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker will host this year’s awards ceremony on Oct 17.
The jury for the Sutherland Award for the First Feature Competition includes:
Desiree Akhavan, director/screenwriter (Appropriate Behaviour) (president)
Clio Barnard, director/artist (The Selfish Giant)James Kent, director (Testament of Youth)Allen Leech, actor (The Imitation Game)Kate Muir, film critic, The Times
The jury for the Grierson Award for the Documentary Competition includes:
Mark Cousins, director (I Am Belfast) (president)
Brian Woods, producer (The Dying Rooms)Charlie Phillips, head of docs, The GuardianAlex Cooke, filmmakerIain Forsyth, director (20,000 Days on Earth)Jane Pollard, director (20,000 Days on Earth)
The jury for the Lff’s first Short Film Competition includes:
Daisy Jacobs, director...
- 9/23/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
The Greek paper Athens Voice speculated on the urban myth that Danae Stratou, daughter of a textile magnate and the wife of the Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, is the woman in the '90s Pulp classic "Common People." The reasoning was that Stratou attended Saint Martins College of Art and Design from 1983 to 1988, where she possibly could have met Jarvis Cocker, who was studying film there in '88. Also, she is rich and famous! Since school, Stratou became a successful artist: She represented Greece in the 48th Venice Biennale (1999) and currently lives in Austin, Texas. * Updated: On Twitter, there is a much more likely contender for the title of the rich Greek woman slumming it: Katerina Kana, who also attended Central Saint Martins and says in Lifo that she met Jarvis Cocker and told him she wanted to live like common people and doing whatever common people...
- 5/7/2015
- by E. Alex Jung
- Vulture
Exclusive: Sundance Institute puts UK edition on hold.
Sundance London, the UK festival offshoot of the Sundance Film Festival, will not take place in 2015, Screen has learned.
The film and music festival ran in late April at The O2 venue in Greenwich for three years but Us organizers have decided not to return for a fourth year.
A spokesperson for Sundance Institute confirmed to Screen: “We loved connecting with the vibrant community of filmmakers and audiences in the UK, and following a successful three years with The O2, we continue to explore our options for Sundance London.
“Though we are not confirmed to host public events in London this year, we hope to be able to return very soon.”
It is not immediately clear whether the decision was motivated by financial or practical necessity.
A spokesperson for the O2 told Screen: “We loved having Sundance here and we’d be glad to have them back.”
Last year’s...
Sundance London, the UK festival offshoot of the Sundance Film Festival, will not take place in 2015, Screen has learned.
The film and music festival ran in late April at The O2 venue in Greenwich for three years but Us organizers have decided not to return for a fourth year.
A spokesperson for Sundance Institute confirmed to Screen: “We loved connecting with the vibrant community of filmmakers and audiences in the UK, and following a successful three years with The O2, we continue to explore our options for Sundance London.
“Though we are not confirmed to host public events in London this year, we hope to be able to return very soon.”
It is not immediately clear whether the decision was motivated by financial or practical necessity.
A spokesperson for the O2 told Screen: “We loved having Sundance here and we’d be glad to have them back.”
Last year’s...
- 1/16/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay) andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
1. Frank
Those of us who care about movie posters often complain about “big head” posters from Hollywood studios, but the design for Lenny Abrahamson’s Frank is the ne plus ultra of big head posters: a poster for a film about a big head. The head in question is the papier-mâché noggin worn by Michael Fassbender’s title character, which was inspired by the nearly identical prop worn by Chris Sievey, a.k.a. Frank Sidebottom, the nasal-voiced troubadour from Timperley, Manchester, who famously covered the Sex Pistols (“Anarchy in Timperley”) and had his moment of cult fame in the 80s. The poster for Frank, designed by an as-yet uncredited designer at P+A studio (the anonymity seems apt) subverts the chief function of the big head poster by not showing us the film’s star. To me it’s a thing of beauty (my affection for Frank Sidebottom and...
Those of us who care about movie posters often complain about “big head” posters from Hollywood studios, but the design for Lenny Abrahamson’s Frank is the ne plus ultra of big head posters: a poster for a film about a big head. The head in question is the papier-mâché noggin worn by Michael Fassbender’s title character, which was inspired by the nearly identical prop worn by Chris Sievey, a.k.a. Frank Sidebottom, the nasal-voiced troubadour from Timperley, Manchester, who famously covered the Sex Pistols (“Anarchy in Timperley”) and had his moment of cult fame in the 80s. The poster for Frank, designed by an as-yet uncredited designer at P+A studio (the anonymity seems apt) subverts the chief function of the big head poster by not showing us the film’s star. To me it’s a thing of beauty (my affection for Frank Sidebottom and...
- 12/15/2014
- by Adrian Curry
- MUBI
Channel 5 will count down the Most Shocking TV Moments tonight (Monday, December 1) from 10pm.
In the 3-hour special, celebrities will recall Tom Cruise's sofa jump, Charles Ingram's Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? con, Oliver Reed's drunken chat show antics and much more.
Digital Spy can reveal which shock moments have made the top ten, though you'll have to tune in tonight to find out which order they come in, and which has claimed the top spot.
Michael Jackson's performance at the 1996 Brit Awards is interrupted by a stage invasion from Pulp's Jarvis Cocker
Strictly Come Dancing professional Kristina Rihanoff is surprised to be partnered with John Sergeant back in 2008
Diana, Princess of Wales gives a revealing interview on Panorama in November 1995
A Blind Date contestant believed to be a secretary is revealed to be a journalist writing an article for Cosmopolitan magazine
The Bee Gees...
In the 3-hour special, celebrities will recall Tom Cruise's sofa jump, Charles Ingram's Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? con, Oliver Reed's drunken chat show antics and much more.
Digital Spy can reveal which shock moments have made the top ten, though you'll have to tune in tonight to find out which order they come in, and which has claimed the top spot.
Michael Jackson's performance at the 1996 Brit Awards is interrupted by a stage invasion from Pulp's Jarvis Cocker
Strictly Come Dancing professional Kristina Rihanoff is surprised to be partnered with John Sergeant back in 2008
Diana, Princess of Wales gives a revealing interview on Panorama in November 1995
A Blind Date contestant believed to be a secretary is revealed to be a journalist writing an article for Cosmopolitan magazine
The Bee Gees...
- 12/1/2014
- Digital Spy
To American audiences, Pulp front man Jarvis Cocker has always been a little inscrutable. British, rail thin, well-dressed, and bespectacled, Cocker resembles something of a hybrid of Bryan Ferry and Philip Larkin. Although Pulp first scored an international hit in 1995 with “Common People," Cocker had been laboring away under the same moniker since 1978 — many of those years in his small hometown of Sheffield. Nearly a decade after the band’s demise, Florian Habicht’s new documentary, Pulp: A Film About Life, Death & Supermarkets, out now in theaters, follows Cocker & Co. back to Sheffield as they conclude their 2012 reunion tour.Musicians have said that the worst shows are hometown shows and the worst audiences are hometown audiences. Was that Pulp’s experience going back home to Sheffield?That was definitely a factor in why we were nervous playing [Sheffield] and maybe why we had put it off until the last...
- 11/24/2014
- by Erik Morse
- Vulture
At a loss for what to watch this week? From new DVDs and Blu-rays, to what's streaming on Netflix, we've got you covered.
New on DVD and Blu-ray
"What If"
This charming indie rom-com stars Daniel Radcliffe as Wallace and Zoe Kazan as Chantry, two platonic friends who maybe, kinda sorta want to be more than friends. At least Wallace does; Chantry is in a long-term relationship, and Wallace has convinced himself being "just friends" is better than not having Chantry in his life at all. Adam Driver and Mackenzie Davis co-star as Wallace's best friend and his new girl; together, their newfound lust (or it is love?) is hilarious and unstoppable.
"The Long Goodbye"/"Thieves Like Us"
Don't overlook these classic '70s films by Robert Altman. "The Long Goodbye" stars Elliot Gould as Philip Marlowe in an updated version of Raymond Chandler's novel, alongside Nina Van Pallandt,...
New on DVD and Blu-ray
"What If"
This charming indie rom-com stars Daniel Radcliffe as Wallace and Zoe Kazan as Chantry, two platonic friends who maybe, kinda sorta want to be more than friends. At least Wallace does; Chantry is in a long-term relationship, and Wallace has convinced himself being "just friends" is better than not having Chantry in his life at all. Adam Driver and Mackenzie Davis co-star as Wallace's best friend and his new girl; together, their newfound lust (or it is love?) is hilarious and unstoppable.
"The Long Goodbye"/"Thieves Like Us"
Don't overlook these classic '70s films by Robert Altman. "The Long Goodbye" stars Elliot Gould as Philip Marlowe in an updated version of Raymond Chandler's novel, alongside Nina Van Pallandt,...
- 11/24/2014
- by Jenni Miller
- Moviefone
This is an abbreviated version of our Movies This Week roundup because there will be some turnover at area theaters on as we head into the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. I'll be back with an early post on Wednesday to let you know about what will be changing. In the meantime, here's a quick look at what is on tap for this weekend and early next week.
At Alamo Drafthouse Ritz, they are continuing on with 70mm screenings of Interstellar, but those are currently only confirmed through Tuesday night. It's possible that it will keep playing, but if you've been meaning to catch it there on film, you may want to squeeze it in this weekend. The Ritz has added a Saturday afternoon matinee of Florian Habicht's outstanding documentary Pulp: A Film About Life, Death and Supermarkets. They've also got a Mad Max trilogy marathon on Sunday and Monday...
At Alamo Drafthouse Ritz, they are continuing on with 70mm screenings of Interstellar, but those are currently only confirmed through Tuesday night. It's possible that it will keep playing, but if you've been meaning to catch it there on film, you may want to squeeze it in this weekend. The Ritz has added a Saturday afternoon matinee of Florian Habicht's outstanding documentary Pulp: A Film About Life, Death and Supermarkets. They've also got a Mad Max trilogy marathon on Sunday and Monday...
- 11/21/2014
- by Matt Shiverdecker
- Slackerwood
Pulp: a Film About Life, Death & Supermarkets
Directed by Florian Habicht
UK, 2014
Perhaps the new documentary Pulp: a Film About Life, Death & Supermarkets is best summed up by Pulp’s frontman, Jarvis Cocker: “Life is a random process, but you can add narrative to it.” Director Florian Habicht tries to impose a narrative upon his mishmash of concert footage, band interviews, and fan testimonials, but it never coalesces. Ultimately, some top-notch concert cinematography, a few intriguing visuals, and Cocker’s delightful cheekiness make this a must-see for Pulp fans, and a must-skip for general audiences.
Sometimes, you can go home again. After taking an impromptu nine-year hiatus in the 2000s, the seminal alt-rock band Pulp re-assembled in 2011 to “tidy things up.” The ensuing European tour culminates with one last electrifying performance in the band’s hometown of Sheffield. Interviews with band members make it clear that, despite...
Directed by Florian Habicht
UK, 2014
Perhaps the new documentary Pulp: a Film About Life, Death & Supermarkets is best summed up by Pulp’s frontman, Jarvis Cocker: “Life is a random process, but you can add narrative to it.” Director Florian Habicht tries to impose a narrative upon his mishmash of concert footage, band interviews, and fan testimonials, but it never coalesces. Ultimately, some top-notch concert cinematography, a few intriguing visuals, and Cocker’s delightful cheekiness make this a must-see for Pulp fans, and a must-skip for general audiences.
Sometimes, you can go home again. After taking an impromptu nine-year hiatus in the 2000s, the seminal alt-rock band Pulp re-assembled in 2011 to “tidy things up.” The ensuing European tour culminates with one last electrifying performance in the band’s hometown of Sheffield. Interviews with band members make it clear that, despite...
- 11/19/2014
- by J.R. Kinnard
- SoundOnSight
When I was a kid in upstate New York, I’d hear Petula Clark’s “Downtown” on the radio — a song about the promise of glittering lights, “movie shows,” and all the excitement and dazzle adult life had to offer — and revel in the anywhere-but-hereness of it all. That’s not to denigrate where I grew up. Almost all kids, growing up anywhere, ask themselves: What else does the world have to offer? Long before they became world-famous, the members of the Yorkshire-bred Pulp, led by precocious stringbean-in-pants Jarvis Cocker, must have asked too. And as Florian Habicht’s gingery, deeply affectionate documentary Pulp: A Film About Life, Death & Supermarkets shows, even after they found out what the world had to offer &md...
- 11/19/2014
- Village Voice
Exclusive: Oscilloscope Laboratories is taking its rock doc Pulp: A Film About Life, Death & Supermarkets to the common people, for a day. The feature-length film snuck online Monday on music site Pitchfork and will stream for free in its entirety for 24 hours. Here’s a sneak peek at Pulp singer Jarvis Cocker recounting his days as a teenage fishmonger in the pic, which hits theaters nationwide on Wednesday and goes digital on iTunes, VOD, and other platforms on November 21.
Pic is by Florian Habicht (Love Story), who takes an unusual approach to his profile of the British rock band on the occasion of their final UK show in Sheffield in 2012, the hometown where the band endured a disastrous farewell concert in 1988. In addition to tracking the band itself, Habicht explores the city and fans of Sheffield, whose denizens share a great affection for Pulp and its frontman.
The move...
Pic is by Florian Habicht (Love Story), who takes an unusual approach to his profile of the British rock band on the occasion of their final UK show in Sheffield in 2012, the hometown where the band endured a disastrous farewell concert in 1988. In addition to tracking the band itself, Habicht explores the city and fans of Sheffield, whose denizens share a great affection for Pulp and its frontman.
The move...
- 11/17/2014
- by Jen Yamato
- Deadline
Following in the path of former Sundance premiered, Australian stamped films such as Animal Kingdom, Top of the Lake and last year’s The Babadook, Ariel Kleiman’s feature debut is a high profile project that received the Sundance Institute/Mahindra Global Filmmaking Award back in ’12 and was part of the 2012 June Directors and Screenwriters Labs. Production on Partisan began in late 2013 and actually shot for a spurt in Georgia, and originally had Oscar Isaac in the lead before being replaced by Vincent Cassel. It was reported that Pulp singer Jarvis Cocker, French artist Sebastian Tellier and UK group Metronomy have each composed a karaoke song especially for the flick. Prior to this, Kleiman built an especially great rapport with the festival, his 2010 short Young Love won an Honorable Mention in Short Filmmaking, and his following short Deeper Than Yesterday (watch here) won the Kodak Discovery Award for Best Short Film...
- 11/13/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Universal Pictures on board film adaptation of classic British series; cast to include Billy Nighy, Catherine Zeta Jones and Toby Jones
The cast of a long-rumoured film based on classic British comedy series Dad’s Army has been revealed.
Toby Jones, best known for roles in The Hunger Games and Harry Potter franchises, will take the leading role of Captain Mainwaring, a stiff-upper-lipped veteran who oversees the Home Guard in a small village toward the end of the Second World War.
His right-hand man, Wilson, will be played by Bill Nighy, known to international audiences for his roles in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and Love Actually.
Both were previously rumoured to be attached to the project, an adaptation of a BBC comedy series than ran from 1968-77, but Catherine Zeta Jones is newly attached to the film as journalist Rose Winters.
The all-star British cast will also include Tom Courtenay as Corporal Jones, Harry Potter...
The cast of a long-rumoured film based on classic British comedy series Dad’s Army has been revealed.
Toby Jones, best known for roles in The Hunger Games and Harry Potter franchises, will take the leading role of Captain Mainwaring, a stiff-upper-lipped veteran who oversees the Home Guard in a small village toward the end of the Second World War.
His right-hand man, Wilson, will be played by Bill Nighy, known to international audiences for his roles in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and Love Actually.
Both were previously rumoured to be attached to the project, an adaptation of a BBC comedy series than ran from 1968-77, but Catherine Zeta Jones is newly attached to the film as journalist Rose Winters.
The all-star British cast will also include Tom Courtenay as Corporal Jones, Harry Potter...
- 10/8/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Other winners included Norwegian drama Blind, Danish horror When Animals Dream and Nick Cave doc 20,000 Days On Earth.
Yann Demange’s ’71 has won the best film award – the Golden Athena – at the 20th Athens International Film Festival (Sept 17-28).
The film, co-produced by Crab Apple Films, Protagonist Pictures and Warp Films, stars Jack O’Connell as a soldier left behind enemy lines in Belfast during the height of the Troubles.
It debuted at the Berlinale in February and more recently played at Toronto.
The Aiff awards ceremony also saw Eskil Vogt win the best director trophy for Norwegian drama Blind.
The film, which previously won awards at Berlin and Sundance (where it debuted), is about a recently blind woman who fears and fantasies begin to take over her life.
Blind marks Vogt’s directorial debut following a screenwriting career that has included Reprise (2006), Oslo, August 31st (2011) and Joachim Trier’s upcoming Louder Than Bombs. It was co-produced...
Yann Demange’s ’71 has won the best film award – the Golden Athena – at the 20th Athens International Film Festival (Sept 17-28).
The film, co-produced by Crab Apple Films, Protagonist Pictures and Warp Films, stars Jack O’Connell as a soldier left behind enemy lines in Belfast during the height of the Troubles.
It debuted at the Berlinale in February and more recently played at Toronto.
The Aiff awards ceremony also saw Eskil Vogt win the best director trophy for Norwegian drama Blind.
The film, which previously won awards at Berlin and Sundance (where it debuted), is about a recently blind woman who fears and fantasies begin to take over her life.
Blind marks Vogt’s directorial debut following a screenwriting career that has included Reprise (2006), Oslo, August 31st (2011) and Joachim Trier’s upcoming Louder Than Bombs. It was co-produced...
- 9/28/2014
- by alexisgrivas@yahoo.com (Alexis Grivas)
- ScreenDaily
The 20th edition of the festival includes competition titles ’71 and Blind.
The Athens International Film Festival (Sept 17-28) kicks off its 20th edition today with 241 titles selected by artistic director Orestis Andreadakis.
The festival will open with Damian Szifron’s hit Wild Tales, which has proved a critical hit since its world premiere in competition at Cannes, and will close with David Fincher’s Us crime drama Gone Girl, marking its European premiere.
This year’s international competition includes Yann Demange’s Berlinale title, ’71, and Eskil Vogt’s Blind, which has picked up awards in Berlin and Sundance among others.
‘71, Yann Demange (UK)10,000 km, Carlos Marques-Marcet (Spa)Blind, Eskil Vogt (Nor)The Canal, Ivan Kavanagh (Irel)Manos Sucias, Josef Wladyka (Us-Col)The Mend, John Magary (Us)Natural Sciences, Matías Lucchesi (Arg)Thou Wast Mild and Lovely, Josephine Decker (Us)The Way He Looks, Daniel Ribeiro (Bra)When Animals Dream, Jonas Alexander Arnby (De)
A five-member Youth Jury, comprised...
The Athens International Film Festival (Sept 17-28) kicks off its 20th edition today with 241 titles selected by artistic director Orestis Andreadakis.
The festival will open with Damian Szifron’s hit Wild Tales, which has proved a critical hit since its world premiere in competition at Cannes, and will close with David Fincher’s Us crime drama Gone Girl, marking its European premiere.
This year’s international competition includes Yann Demange’s Berlinale title, ’71, and Eskil Vogt’s Blind, which has picked up awards in Berlin and Sundance among others.
‘71, Yann Demange (UK)10,000 km, Carlos Marques-Marcet (Spa)Blind, Eskil Vogt (Nor)The Canal, Ivan Kavanagh (Irel)Manos Sucias, Josef Wladyka (Us-Col)The Mend, John Magary (Us)Natural Sciences, Matías Lucchesi (Arg)Thou Wast Mild and Lovely, Josephine Decker (Us)The Way He Looks, Daniel Ribeiro (Bra)When Animals Dream, Jonas Alexander Arnby (De)
A five-member Youth Jury, comprised...
- 9/17/2014
- by alexisgrivas@yahoo.com (Alexis Grivas)
- ScreenDaily
Pilot P&A fund launched at Sundance extends to Toronto.
The BFI has extended its P&A support for UK films seeking Us distribution to a crop of titles bowing at the Toronto International Film Festival (Sept 4-14).
The BFI will make awards of up to £25,000 ($42,000) to Us distributors who pick up UK premieres, to help them strengthen the marketing campaigns for the Us releases of the films.
Films must have budgets under £4m ($6.6m).
The Toronto titles to benefit from the scheme are Michael Winterbottom’s The Face of an Angel, Gerard Johnson’s Hyena, Liv Ullman’s Miss Julie, Debbie Tucker Green’s Second Coming and Morgan Matthews’ X+Y.
The initiative was launched as a pilot at Sundance and extended to cover SXSW. Four films which had their world premieres and applied to the scheme have all secured Us theatrical distribution deals: Hong Khaou’s Lilting (Strand Releasing); Stuart Murdoch’s God Help the Girl (GoDigital...
The BFI has extended its P&A support for UK films seeking Us distribution to a crop of titles bowing at the Toronto International Film Festival (Sept 4-14).
The BFI will make awards of up to £25,000 ($42,000) to Us distributors who pick up UK premieres, to help them strengthen the marketing campaigns for the Us releases of the films.
Films must have budgets under £4m ($6.6m).
The Toronto titles to benefit from the scheme are Michael Winterbottom’s The Face of an Angel, Gerard Johnson’s Hyena, Liv Ullman’s Miss Julie, Debbie Tucker Green’s Second Coming and Morgan Matthews’ X+Y.
The initiative was launched as a pilot at Sundance and extended to cover SXSW. Four films which had their world premieres and applied to the scheme have all secured Us theatrical distribution deals: Hong Khaou’s Lilting (Strand Releasing); Stuart Murdoch’s God Help the Girl (GoDigital...
- 9/1/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
The 2014 Viennale gets underway on October 23rd and runs to November 6th. The festival has published a preview of their lineup:
Features
Frank (Lenny Abrahamson)
Jauja (Lisandro Alonso)
Clouds of Sils Maria (Olivier Assayas)
Winter Sleep (Nuri Bilge Ceylan)
Whiplash (Damien Chazelle)
Two Day, One Night (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne)
Li'l Quinguin (Bruno Demont)
Hard to Be a God (Aeksej German)
Adieu au langage (Jean-Luc Godard)
Mambo Cool (Chris Gude)
Amour fou (Jessica Hausner)
The Last Summer of the Rich (Peter Kern)
Time Lapse (Bradley King)
The Kindergarten Teacher (Nadav Lapid)
Sorrow and Joy (Nils Malmros)
Suddarth (Richie Mehta)
Macondo (Sudabeh Mortezai)
Force Majeure (Ruben Ostlund)
I'm Not Him (Tayfun Pirselimoglu)
Favula (Raúl Perrone)
Buzzard (Joel Potrykus)
A Proletarian Winter's Tale (Julian Radlmaier)
Two Shots Fired (Martín Rejtman)
Mauro (Hernán Rosselli)
The Sad Smell of Flesh (Cristóbal Arteaga Rozas)
Love is Strange (Ira Sachs)
The Tribe (Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy)
Why Don't You Play in Hell?...
Features
Frank (Lenny Abrahamson)
Jauja (Lisandro Alonso)
Clouds of Sils Maria (Olivier Assayas)
Winter Sleep (Nuri Bilge Ceylan)
Whiplash (Damien Chazelle)
Two Day, One Night (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne)
Li'l Quinguin (Bruno Demont)
Hard to Be a God (Aeksej German)
Adieu au langage (Jean-Luc Godard)
Mambo Cool (Chris Gude)
Amour fou (Jessica Hausner)
The Last Summer of the Rich (Peter Kern)
Time Lapse (Bradley King)
The Kindergarten Teacher (Nadav Lapid)
Sorrow and Joy (Nils Malmros)
Suddarth (Richie Mehta)
Macondo (Sudabeh Mortezai)
Force Majeure (Ruben Ostlund)
I'm Not Him (Tayfun Pirselimoglu)
Favula (Raúl Perrone)
Buzzard (Joel Potrykus)
A Proletarian Winter's Tale (Julian Radlmaier)
Two Shots Fired (Martín Rejtman)
Mauro (Hernán Rosselli)
The Sad Smell of Flesh (Cristóbal Arteaga Rozas)
Love is Strange (Ira Sachs)
The Tribe (Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy)
Why Don't You Play in Hell?...
- 8/22/2014
- by Notebook
- MUBI
Vienna film festival to include a tribute to Viggo Mortensen and a retrospective on John Ford.Scroll down for list of higlights
Highlights of the 52nd Vienna International Film Festival (Oct 23-Nov 6) have been unveiled, including buzz titles from Cannes and Sundance as well as a tribute to actor Viggo Mortensen and a retrospective on director John Ford.
The feature film programme includes Jean-Luc Godard’s Goodbye to Language 3D, Olivier Assayas’s Clouds of Sils Maria and the Dardenne brothers’ Two Days, One Night. Other titles include Damien Chazelle’s Whiplash, Ruben Ostlund’s Turist and Lenny Abrahamson’s Frank.
In the documentary line-up, highlights include Nick Cave doc 20,000 Days On Earth, from directors Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard; Frederick Wiseman’s National Gallery; and Tessa Louise Salome’s Mr Leos Carax.
The Viennale will pay tribute to American-Danish actor Viggo Mortensen, whose films range from The Lord of the Rings trilogy to David Cronenberg features...
Highlights of the 52nd Vienna International Film Festival (Oct 23-Nov 6) have been unveiled, including buzz titles from Cannes and Sundance as well as a tribute to actor Viggo Mortensen and a retrospective on director John Ford.
The feature film programme includes Jean-Luc Godard’s Goodbye to Language 3D, Olivier Assayas’s Clouds of Sils Maria and the Dardenne brothers’ Two Days, One Night. Other titles include Damien Chazelle’s Whiplash, Ruben Ostlund’s Turist and Lenny Abrahamson’s Frank.
In the documentary line-up, highlights include Nick Cave doc 20,000 Days On Earth, from directors Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard; Frederick Wiseman’s National Gallery; and Tessa Louise Salome’s Mr Leos Carax.
The Viennale will pay tribute to American-Danish actor Viggo Mortensen, whose films range from The Lord of the Rings trilogy to David Cronenberg features...
- 8/22/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Sound + Vision Film Festival, a showcase of music documentaries from world over, celebrates its second outing at Fslc, here in NYC. This year's festival consists of eclectic mix of new films, retrospectives and musical performances and more. The lineup includes spotlights on subjects like a Japanese trance didgeridoo player, seminal atmospheric bands of the late 1980s and early 1990s, a Mexican acoustic duo who combine thrash metal and flamenco, and music created on 1980s video-game hardware.Opening night selection is Beautiful Noise, a documentary on the rise of the influential 'wall-of-sound' scene that started with Cocteau Twins, The Jesus and Mary Chain and My Bloody Valentine. The series concludes with Florian Habicht's Pulp, which follows iconic Brit band Pulp and the lead-up to their reunion...
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- 7/30/2014
- Screen Anarchy
It's a mix of tried-and-true names along with some relative unknowns on the music version of Beck's "Song Reader." Jack White, Jack Black, Jeff Tweedy, Jarvis Cocker of Pulp, Laura Marling, fun., Juanes, David Johansen and more made the cut as collaborators on the forthcoming album. The songwriter has seen a surge of activity lately since releasing his critically acclaimed new album "Morning Phase" this year, and he's now circled back on what what was originally a sheet-music-only 20-song project. "Song Reader" is officially being dubbed a compilation by Warby Parker/Capitol, who will release the set on July 29. The eyewear manufacture worked with the songwriter previously on making special edition frames, and now the two together with donate proceeds from the album's sale to the non-profit 826 National, an young creative writers' institution. Warby Parker was also the sponsor behind limited engagements where "Song Reader" compositions were performed in L.
- 7/10/2014
- by Katie Hasty
- Hitfix
Damián Szifrón’s Cannes Competition film Wild Tales and Palm d’Or winner Winter Sleep to open the T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival in Wroclaw.
A total of 20 films from Cannes Film Festival have been secured for the 14th New Horizons International Film Festival (July 24-Aug 3), Poland’s largest film event.
The festival, held in Wroclaw, will comprise screenings of around 365 films, including 199 features.
The opening film will be Damián Szifrón’s Cannes Competition film Wild Tales, an Argentinian satire co-produced by Pedro Almodovar.
A second opening film will be this year’s Palme d’Or winner Winter Sleep, by Nuri Bilge Ceylan.
Third, after the opening gala, will be Olivier Assayas’ Sils Maria starring Juliette Binoche and Kristen Stewart.
The festival will close with Cannes Grand Prix winner The Wonders by Italian director Alice Rohrwacher.
Main programme
The main programme will include Aleksey German’s Hard to be God, Naomi Kawase’s Still...
A total of 20 films from Cannes Film Festival have been secured for the 14th New Horizons International Film Festival (July 24-Aug 3), Poland’s largest film event.
The festival, held in Wroclaw, will comprise screenings of around 365 films, including 199 features.
The opening film will be Damián Szifrón’s Cannes Competition film Wild Tales, an Argentinian satire co-produced by Pedro Almodovar.
A second opening film will be this year’s Palme d’Or winner Winter Sleep, by Nuri Bilge Ceylan.
Third, after the opening gala, will be Olivier Assayas’ Sils Maria starring Juliette Binoche and Kristen Stewart.
The festival will close with Cannes Grand Prix winner The Wonders by Italian director Alice Rohrwacher.
Main programme
The main programme will include Aleksey German’s Hard to be God, Naomi Kawase’s Still...
- 7/2/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
The Marfa Film Festival has announced its 2014 program. The five-day event (July 2-6) will present 52 films including features, shorts, and music videos in a variety of genres with over 15 countries represented. Musical artists Coco Rosie will perform an original live score to Sergei Parajanov’s 1968 masterpiece, "The Color of Pomegranates." 4th of July festivities include an advance screening of acclaimed French director Michel Gondry’s new film "Mood Indigo." Mff 2014 will also feature an interactive experimental gaming space where visitors will experience cutting-edge virtual reality games designed especially for Mff with a “Space Cowboy” theme. Comedy website Funny or Die will present humorous content and special events.
Founding sponsor Patron will return to elevate the mood with premium tequila spirits. According to festival director Robin Lambaria: “2014 feels like a transformative year for cinema. The films we received really surprised us with so much electric energy, talent, and raw imagination. Selecting our 2014 program seemed more challenging than ever given the sheer abundance of quality and novelty in so much of what today’s filmmakers are exploring.”
Festival highlights will include the world premieres of "Buttercup Bill" (a steamy psycho-sexual romance showcasing the fresh talents of up-and-coming directors Remy Bennett and Émilie Richard-Froozan) and "Book Of Ruth" (the harrowing tale of a young Mexican woman crossing the treacherous Us / Mexican border, directed by Pablo Veliz). Ryan Pierce Williams will present his new feature "X/Y" (America Fererra, Melonie Diaz, Common). Adan Jodorowsky’s new short "The Voice Thief"will make its Texas debut. Music fans will enjoy Florian Habicht’s visually mesmerizing documentary "Pulp: A Film About Life, Death, and Supermarkets." Mff’s 2014 program also includes films addressing controversial social issues including the "Death Penalty," "Juvenile Justice," "The Keystone Xl Pipeline," and the "Challenging Realities" of contemporary Native American life.
The full 2014 lineup can be viewed at : http://www.marfafilmfestival.com/2014-program/
About the Marfa Film Festival:
Since 2008 the Marfa Film Festival has attracted talented filmmakers, international press, industry professionals, and attendees from around the world to a remote corner of far West Texas. Over 5 days Mff screens a diverse mix of features, shorts, music videos, and experimental works, including a full afternoon schedule followed each evening with outdoor screenings under the stars, plus special happenings and spaces throughout.
Mff’s program celebrates innovation and excellence in film through highly selective curation and fostering a relaxed social space where up-and-coming filmmakers and adventurous cinephiles can mix with film veterans and living legends in a captivatingly scenic, culturally rich environment.
Founding sponsor Patron will return to elevate the mood with premium tequila spirits. According to festival director Robin Lambaria: “2014 feels like a transformative year for cinema. The films we received really surprised us with so much electric energy, talent, and raw imagination. Selecting our 2014 program seemed more challenging than ever given the sheer abundance of quality and novelty in so much of what today’s filmmakers are exploring.”
Festival highlights will include the world premieres of "Buttercup Bill" (a steamy psycho-sexual romance showcasing the fresh talents of up-and-coming directors Remy Bennett and Émilie Richard-Froozan) and "Book Of Ruth" (the harrowing tale of a young Mexican woman crossing the treacherous Us / Mexican border, directed by Pablo Veliz). Ryan Pierce Williams will present his new feature "X/Y" (America Fererra, Melonie Diaz, Common). Adan Jodorowsky’s new short "The Voice Thief"will make its Texas debut. Music fans will enjoy Florian Habicht’s visually mesmerizing documentary "Pulp: A Film About Life, Death, and Supermarkets." Mff’s 2014 program also includes films addressing controversial social issues including the "Death Penalty," "Juvenile Justice," "The Keystone Xl Pipeline," and the "Challenging Realities" of contemporary Native American life.
The full 2014 lineup can be viewed at : http://www.marfafilmfestival.com/2014-program/
About the Marfa Film Festival:
Since 2008 the Marfa Film Festival has attracted talented filmmakers, international press, industry professionals, and attendees from around the world to a remote corner of far West Texas. Over 5 days Mff screens a diverse mix of features, shorts, music videos, and experimental works, including a full afternoon schedule followed each evening with outdoor screenings under the stars, plus special happenings and spaces throughout.
Mff’s program celebrates innovation and excellence in film through highly selective curation and fostering a relaxed social space where up-and-coming filmmakers and adventurous cinephiles can mix with film veterans and living legends in a captivatingly scenic, culturally rich environment.
- 6/27/2014
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
It takes a special kind of nerd to walk through the streets of London obsessively looking at the driver of every taxi in the hopes of spotting Tony from the Up films. That was me on Saturday during a brisk walk through the rain on my way to catch a train to Sheffield for this year’s Doc/Fest. Also in that wet walk: a brief stop at Covent Garden for a feeling of disappointment that it doesn’t look as it does in Lindsay Anderson‘s 1957 short Every Day Except Christmas. Or My Fair Lady – because I’m not just into docs. I also stopped into the original Forbidden Planet to look at Doctor Who toys and almost bought a t-shirt that says “Keep Calm and Don’t Blink.” Again, a special kind of nerd. The last time I was in England was 1995, for an art class trip. In those days, I...
- 6/9/2014
- by Nonfics.com
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Not even a week after Florian Habicht’s documentary about Britpop outfit Pulp is released, comes a sweet drama from first time filmmakers Stewart Alexander and Kerry Skinner, that shares the same name of the band’s signature hit. However that is where similarities end, as this ensemble piece instead bears comparisons to Ed Blum’s 2006 endeavour, Scenes of a Sexual Nature.
Set on a London common, predominantly across one day – we delve into the lives of various people, some passing through, some staying for the afternoon. We meet the widowed Ian (Iarla McGowan) and his young daughter, the pregnant Jenny – played by co-director Skinner, the alcoholic Harry, played by other director Alexander, and elderly couple Derrick (Sam Kelly) and Pam (Diana Payan), to name just a few. Each character with their own respective problems, but as the day turns to night, the varying narratives combine, and blend in to one another.
Set on a London common, predominantly across one day – we delve into the lives of various people, some passing through, some staying for the afternoon. We meet the widowed Ian (Iarla McGowan) and his young daughter, the pregnant Jenny – played by co-director Skinner, the alcoholic Harry, played by other director Alexander, and elderly couple Derrick (Sam Kelly) and Pam (Diana Payan), to name just a few. Each character with their own respective problems, but as the day turns to night, the varying narratives combine, and blend in to one another.
- 6/9/2014
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The 21st edition of Sheffield Doc/Fest kicked off last night with the European premiere of Florian Habicht’s documentary Pulp: A Film About Life, Death And Supermarkets, about Britpop band Pulp.
It was one of three opening films being screened in Sheffield last night, together with Rehad Desai’s South African documentary Miners Shot Down and Thomas Balmes’ Bhutan set documentary Happiness.
With over 3,000 tickets sold across the events, it was the biggest opening night in Doc/Fest’s history.
The Pulp screening took place at Sheffield’s City Hall and was broadcast to 120 cinemas around the UK, including the BFI Southbank.
Speaking to the packed City Hall audience, festival director Heather Croall said: “About 18 months ago I met the film director and film producer down the road in the pub and we agreed right there and then that this film was going to open the festival in a year and a half and that...
It was one of three opening films being screened in Sheffield last night, together with Rehad Desai’s South African documentary Miners Shot Down and Thomas Balmes’ Bhutan set documentary Happiness.
With over 3,000 tickets sold across the events, it was the biggest opening night in Doc/Fest’s history.
The Pulp screening took place at Sheffield’s City Hall and was broadcast to 120 cinemas around the UK, including the BFI Southbank.
Speaking to the packed City Hall audience, festival director Heather Croall said: “About 18 months ago I met the film director and film producer down the road in the pub and we agreed right there and then that this film was going to open the festival in a year and a half and that...
- 6/8/2014
- by sarah.cooper@screendaily.com (Sarah Cooper)
- ScreenDaily
“This band are the reason that I’ve never worn a tie.” This quote is one of the many superb fan quotes from Shane Meadows’ excellent documentary Made of Stone. Released last year, the film followed the comeback of legendary band The Stone Roses. The documentary was outstanding, but what made it exceptional were the scenes that explored the reaction of the band’s fans, many of whom had never expected to ever see a reunion. Ranging from unashamed joy to downright hysteria (even Meadows himself could barely keep it together when hearing the news), each of the fans discussed what exactly the band and their music had meant to them. Through listening to the fans, Meadows gains a true understanding of the way in which music can form the identity of the common man, and how music can allow a person to break out of the comfort of their...
- 6/6/2014
- by Nia Childs
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The annual Sheffield Doc/Fest, which takes place from 7-12 June, recently unveiled its full programme for this year's international documentary showcase. The festival's biggest coup is unquestionably the world premiere of Martin Scorsese and David Tedeschi's A 50 Year Argument, which charts how the prestigious New York Review of Books has reflected Us culture since its launch in 1963. As previously announced, Florian Habicht's Pulp: A Film About Life Death and Supermarkets will open Doc/Fest on 7 June, with Paul Kelly's How We Used To Live, which cuts together footage of London from the 1950s-80s, closing the six-day event. In total the festival will include twenty-one world premieres, twelve European premieres, eight international premieres and twenty-four UK premieres.
- 6/5/2014
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
"When they first started out I listened to their music with Blur. And of the two I prefer Pulp," says an older Pulp fan Josephine in new documentary film Pulp: A Film About Life, Death & Supermarkets.
"More melodic and better words actually. It makes you think, what they say. And I like music that makes you think."
Josephine isn't wrong. Jarvis Cocker might have been a reluctant lyricist at the start, but his words about sex, Sheffield, class, sex, jealousy, sex, growing up and sex are an integral part of what makes Pulp so very special.
Below, Digital Spy rounds up 20 of the very best Pulp lyrics and invites you to share your favourites in the comments box below.
Nb Please do not read the lyrics whilst listening to the recordings.
1. 'Love Love'
"I recall a special friend, I invited her home for tea,
And while my mother cooked the meal,...
"More melodic and better words actually. It makes you think, what they say. And I like music that makes you think."
Josephine isn't wrong. Jarvis Cocker might have been a reluctant lyricist at the start, but his words about sex, Sheffield, class, sex, jealousy, sex, growing up and sex are an integral part of what makes Pulp so very special.
Below, Digital Spy rounds up 20 of the very best Pulp lyrics and invites you to share your favourites in the comments box below.
Nb Please do not read the lyrics whilst listening to the recordings.
1. 'Love Love'
"I recall a special friend, I invited her home for tea,
And while my mother cooked the meal,...
- 6/4/2014
- Digital Spy
Director: Florian Habicht; Starring: Jarvis Cocker, Mark Webber, Candida Doyle, Nick Banks, Steve Mackey and the people of Sheffield; Running time: 90 mins; Certificate: 12A
Forming in 1978 and releasing their first album It in 1983, Pulp became the slowest-burning overnight success in history when the double-whammy of His 'n' Hers and Different Class made them pop superstars in 1994/95.
But rather than trudge us through the Fire to the Promised Island, director Florian Habicht instead picks - more or less - a single day in the Pulp story. December, 8, 2012 - the band's homecoming show after their reunion the year before.
Most of the film is made up of chats (it'd be over-formalising them to call them interviews) with the band, their fans, and the people of Sheffield. By narrowing his film's focus, Habicht has made a tender, charming life in the day of a unique band in British pop.
From lads working the...
Forming in 1978 and releasing their first album It in 1983, Pulp became the slowest-burning overnight success in history when the double-whammy of His 'n' Hers and Different Class made them pop superstars in 1994/95.
But rather than trudge us through the Fire to the Promised Island, director Florian Habicht instead picks - more or less - a single day in the Pulp story. December, 8, 2012 - the band's homecoming show after their reunion the year before.
Most of the film is made up of chats (it'd be over-formalising them to call them interviews) with the band, their fans, and the people of Sheffield. By narrowing his film's focus, Habicht has made a tender, charming life in the day of a unique band in British pop.
From lads working the...
- 6/2/2014
- Digital Spy
Florian Habicht’s nostalgia-infused documentary about Pulp; one of the pioneers of the Britpop phenomena, opens somewhat predictably with their biggest single Common People. On first impressions, such a selection seems too obvious, as though appealing to a mainstream audience rather than the “proper” fans. However eventually it makes perfect sense, as the song is contextually perfect in relation to this film, as that’s what this is truly all about; the common people.
Gaining most of their success in the mid-90s, particularly with their release of the classic album Different Class in ’95, Pulp, led by the enigmatic frontman Jarvis Cocker, have since returned to the stage, reuniting to tour once again. This documentary chronicles the band’s decision to get back together, in the build up to their final show – in their hometown of Sheffield.
Sheffield plays a huge part in this title, as Habicht follows the city’s inhabitants voyeuristically,...
Gaining most of their success in the mid-90s, particularly with their release of the classic album Different Class in ’95, Pulp, led by the enigmatic frontman Jarvis Cocker, have since returned to the stage, reuniting to tour once again. This documentary chronicles the band’s decision to get back together, in the build up to their final show – in their hometown of Sheffield.
Sheffield plays a huge part in this title, as Habicht follows the city’s inhabitants voyeuristically,...
- 6/2/2014
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Pulp: A Film About Life, Death and Supermarkets is the best film that could be made about Pulp. The majority of British pop bands were eager to be seen as “one of the lads,” with a pint in one hand and a copy of Loaded magazine in the other. Not Pulp, who wholeheartedly embraced an individualistic style of pervy proletariat, outsider chic. Their lyrics are the stuff of fluttering net curtains in run-down terraced houses, chaotic and confused teenage lust and not only not fitting in, but knowing you’ll never be able to. This documentary, centring on the band’s 2012 farewell concert, grasps everything that Pulp is about. It’s less a straightforward band biography and more a sociological study of the swamp of fears, loves and passions that bubbles away under the industrially cratered landscape of Sheffield.
That it captures this northern English atmosphere so perfectly is...
That it captures this northern English atmosphere so perfectly is...
- 5/30/2014
- by David James
- We Got This Covered
June 6, 2014
22 Jump Street
Director: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
Starring: Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill
Running time: 112 mins
Certificate: 15
Fruitvale Station
Director: Ryan Coogler
Starring: Michael B. Jordan, Melonie Diaz, Octavia Spencer
Running time: 85 mins
Certificate: 15
Grace of Monaco
Director: Olivier Dahan
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Tim Roth
Running time: 103 mins
Certificate: PG
Pulp: A Film About Life, Death & Supermarkets
Director: Florian Habicht
Starring: Jarvis Cocker, Nick Banks
Running time: 90 mins
Certificate: Tbc
June 13
Belle
Director: Amma Asante
Starring: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Matthew Goode, Emily Watson
Running time: 104 mins
Certificate: 12A
Devil's Knot
Director: Atom Egoyan
Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Colin Firth
Running time: 114 mins
Certificate: 15
Oculus
Director: Mike Flanagan
Starring: Karen Gillan, Brenton Thwaites, Katee Sackhoff
Running time: 104 mins
Certificate: 15
Young and Prodigious Ts Spivet
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Starring: Helena Bonham Carter, Robert Maillet
Running time: 105 mins
Certificate: Tbc
The Wizard of Oz - IMAX
Director: Victor Fleming, George Cukor
Starring: Judy Garland,...
22 Jump Street
Director: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
Starring: Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill
Running time: 112 mins
Certificate: 15
Fruitvale Station
Director: Ryan Coogler
Starring: Michael B. Jordan, Melonie Diaz, Octavia Spencer
Running time: 85 mins
Certificate: 15
Grace of Monaco
Director: Olivier Dahan
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Tim Roth
Running time: 103 mins
Certificate: PG
Pulp: A Film About Life, Death & Supermarkets
Director: Florian Habicht
Starring: Jarvis Cocker, Nick Banks
Running time: 90 mins
Certificate: Tbc
June 13
Belle
Director: Amma Asante
Starring: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Matthew Goode, Emily Watson
Running time: 104 mins
Certificate: 12A
Devil's Knot
Director: Atom Egoyan
Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Colin Firth
Running time: 114 mins
Certificate: 15
Oculus
Director: Mike Flanagan
Starring: Karen Gillan, Brenton Thwaites, Katee Sackhoff
Running time: 104 mins
Certificate: 15
Young and Prodigious Ts Spivet
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Starring: Helena Bonham Carter, Robert Maillet
Running time: 105 mins
Certificate: Tbc
The Wizard of Oz - IMAX
Director: Victor Fleming, George Cukor
Starring: Judy Garland,...
- 5/29/2014
- Digital Spy
A new trailer for the documentary Pulp: a Film about Life, Death & Supermarkets has been released.
The film, directed by Florian Habicht, will be released on June 6, with a premiere taking place in the band's hometown of Sheffield on June 7.
The event will feature a live performance and Q&A with the Britpop group, and will be streamed at over 100 cinemas UK-wide.
The documentary looks back at the band's five-decade-spanning career.
Pulp were formed in Sheffield in 1978, releasing four Top 10 studio albums and four Top 10 singles in the UK.
Watch a clip from the film below:...
The film, directed by Florian Habicht, will be released on June 6, with a premiere taking place in the band's hometown of Sheffield on June 7.
The event will feature a live performance and Q&A with the Britpop group, and will be streamed at over 100 cinemas UK-wide.
The documentary looks back at the band's five-decade-spanning career.
Pulp were formed in Sheffield in 1978, releasing four Top 10 studio albums and four Top 10 singles in the UK.
Watch a clip from the film below:...
- 5/28/2014
- Digital Spy
Florian Habicht’s documentary about the Britpop band to receive its European premiere at the festival.
Pulp: A Film about Life, Death and Supermarkets will officially open this year’s Sheffield Doc/Fest on June 7 at Sheffield City Hall.
Florian Habicht’s documentary about the Britpop band will receive its European premiere at the festival, with the screening attended by Habicht, producer Alex Boden of Pistachio Pictures Production and band-members Jarvis Cocker, Nick Banks, Candida Doyle, Steve Mackey and Mark Webber.
The opening night event will also be broadcast to cinemas nationwide, including the BFI Southbank.
Now in its 21st year, Sheffield Doc/Fest runs June 7-12 across Sheffield and the Peak District, with the full programme announced on May 8.
Pulp will be released nationwide through Soda Pictures on June 6.
Pulp: A Film about Life, Death and Supermarkets will officially open this year’s Sheffield Doc/Fest on June 7 at Sheffield City Hall.
Florian Habicht’s documentary about the Britpop band will receive its European premiere at the festival, with the screening attended by Habicht, producer Alex Boden of Pistachio Pictures Production and band-members Jarvis Cocker, Nick Banks, Candida Doyle, Steve Mackey and Mark Webber.
The opening night event will also be broadcast to cinemas nationwide, including the BFI Southbank.
Now in its 21st year, Sheffield Doc/Fest runs June 7-12 across Sheffield and the Peak District, with the full programme announced on May 8.
Pulp will be released nationwide through Soda Pictures on June 6.
- 4/14/2014
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
Austin’s tents might be put away and the venue halls are emptied but the flurry of expected post SXSW fest deals are in overdrive. About a week after grabbing another music-theme docu (The Past is a Grotesque Animal), IndieWIRE reports that Oscilloscope Laboratories have once again (see 2012′s Shut Up and Play the Hits) grabbed a “final” concert film in Florian Habicht’s Pulp: A Film About Life, Death, And Supermarkets. Described as an imaginative and witty portrait from THR, O-Scope will put the film in a handful of fests before releasing the film theatrically later in the year.
Gist: Pulp find fame on the world stage in the 1990′s with anthems including ‘Common People’ and ‘Disco 2000′. 25 years (and 10 million album sales) later, they return to Sheffield for their last UK concert. Giving a career best performance exclusive to the film, the band share their thoughts on fame,...
Gist: Pulp find fame on the world stage in the 1990′s with anthems including ‘Common People’ and ‘Disco 2000′. 25 years (and 10 million album sales) later, they return to Sheffield for their last UK concert. Giving a career best performance exclusive to the film, the band share their thoughts on fame,...
- 4/10/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
The 61st Sydney Film Festival today announced 32 films to be featured in this year.s event (June 4-15) in advance of the full program launch on May 7.
The line-up includes the world premiere of The Redfern Story, 19 Australian premieres, 13 features, 11 documentaries and an eight-film retrospective on maverick American filmmaker Robert Altman. Altman.s son, filmmaker Michael Altman, will attend festival and introduce several of the Altman screenings.
Darlene Johnson.s The Redfern Story chronicles the volatile birth of the first all-Indigenous theatre company, the National Black Theatre. It features interviews with indigenous media pioneer Lester Bostock, writer Gerry Bostock, actor Lillian Crombie, activist-academic Gary Foley, academic Marcia Langton, actors Rachael Maza, Bryan Brown and Bindi Williams. .We are pleased to present this sneak preview of 32 of the 180-plus films in this year.s program,. said Festival Director Nashen Moodley. .We have gathered a selection of the best films from the...
The line-up includes the world premiere of The Redfern Story, 19 Australian premieres, 13 features, 11 documentaries and an eight-film retrospective on maverick American filmmaker Robert Altman. Altman.s son, filmmaker Michael Altman, will attend festival and introduce several of the Altman screenings.
Darlene Johnson.s The Redfern Story chronicles the volatile birth of the first all-Indigenous theatre company, the National Black Theatre. It features interviews with indigenous media pioneer Lester Bostock, writer Gerry Bostock, actor Lillian Crombie, activist-academic Gary Foley, academic Marcia Langton, actors Rachael Maza, Bryan Brown and Bindi Williams. .We are pleased to present this sneak preview of 32 of the 180-plus films in this year.s program,. said Festival Director Nashen Moodley. .We have gathered a selection of the best films from the...
- 4/1/2014
- by Staff writer
- IF.com.au
Jarvis Cocker has said that viewers "shouldn't be too bothered" about the axing of BBC Three.
The musician - who presents a show on BBC Radio 6 Music - said that young viewers are less likely to watch television compared to previous generations.
Earlier this month, BBC Director General Tony Hall outlined plans to move the channel online due to financial reasons.
Cocker told Radio Times: "Young people don't watch television anyway - it's all about tablets for them so we shouldn't be too bothered."
When asked if the BBC may struggle if the next generation don't watch TV in large enough numbers, he added: "Well, we mustn't worry about that. We should worry about what we do now. If the next generation want the BBC, they will have it."
A Digital Spy poll recently showed that 87% of viewers are against proposals to axe BBC Three.
Cocker also dismissed suggestions that...
The musician - who presents a show on BBC Radio 6 Music - said that young viewers are less likely to watch television compared to previous generations.
Earlier this month, BBC Director General Tony Hall outlined plans to move the channel online due to financial reasons.
Cocker told Radio Times: "Young people don't watch television anyway - it's all about tablets for them so we shouldn't be too bothered."
When asked if the BBC may struggle if the next generation don't watch TV in large enough numbers, he added: "Well, we mustn't worry about that. We should worry about what we do now. If the next generation want the BBC, they will have it."
A Digital Spy poll recently showed that 87% of viewers are against proposals to axe BBC Three.
Cocker also dismissed suggestions that...
- 3/26/2014
- Digital Spy
Established in 2012, Sundance London is growing into a quiet fixture on the British film calendar -- a three-day roundup of highlights from the Sundance Film Festival lineup making their UK premiere, I'm not sure if it's built up much of a public profile -- possibly because of its less-than-central location in the vast O2 Dome -- but for the many Brit industry folk and film fanatics who can't fork out for the January trip to Park City, it's a handy catch-up, and returns for its third edition next month. The lineup was announced today -- and while many of the bigger Sundance sensations have been pinched by the programmers of the London, Edinburgh and Sheffield festivals, it's a healthy mix. Among the most notable inclusions are: "The Case Against 8," the same-sex marriage documentary that confirmed its Us release date last week; "Obvious Child," the Jenny Slate-starring feminist romantic...
- 3/24/2014
- by Guy Lodge
- Hitfix
All the features, shorts, and panel talks for the third Sundance London Festival have officially been announced. The fest runs April 25-27, and individual tickets go on sale this Friday, March 28th. The program includes 24 films that will be making their world premiere, with seven selections by first-time filmmakers. Among the filmmakers expected to attend are Ryan Coogler, David Cross, Rose McGowan and Marjane Satrapi. With a handful of films featuring a theme of music (such as "Finding Fela"), a number of music-themed events will be held. The festival will host a free performance from Dele Sosimi, one of the original members of Fela Kuti’s band, alongside an Afrobeat orchestra. The Art of Film Music panel will discuss the process of composing original music for films, and solo artist and former Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker will join the Hybrid Vigour Documentary panel alongside former Orange Juice frontman Edwyn Collins,...
- 3/24/2014
- by Taylor Lindsay
- Indiewire
Fruitvale Station director Ryan Coogler, comedian David Cross and Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker among those set to attend the festival.Scroll down for full line-up
Sundance has revealed its programme of films and panel discussions for the third Sundance London film and music festival (April 25-27), held at the O2.
The festival will include 21 feature films and 18 short films across five sections. A total of 23 films will make their world, international, European or UK premieres and seven are by first-time feature filmmakers.
The films collectively received 12 awards when they premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January and filmmakers expected to attend are Fruitvale Station director Ryan Coogler and Arrested Development star David Cross, who brings his directorial debut Hits.
Persepolis director Marjane Satrapi will bring the international premiere of her latest feature, The Voices, which stars Ryan Reynolds as a disturbed factory worker who hears advice from his pet dog and cat.
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Sundance has revealed its programme of films and panel discussions for the third Sundance London film and music festival (April 25-27), held at the O2.
The festival will include 21 feature films and 18 short films across five sections. A total of 23 films will make their world, international, European or UK premieres and seven are by first-time feature filmmakers.
The films collectively received 12 awards when they premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January and filmmakers expected to attend are Fruitvale Station director Ryan Coogler and Arrested Development star David Cross, who brings his directorial debut Hits.
Persepolis director Marjane Satrapi will bring the international premiere of her latest feature, The Voices, which stars Ryan Reynolds as a disturbed factory worker who hears advice from his pet dog and cat.
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- 3/24/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
★★★★☆Sparks fly and molten steel bubbles in Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker and director Martin Wallace's poetic homage to Sheffield's steel industry, The Big Melt (2013). Images and clips are welded together to Cocker's eloquent, soaring score for a spellbinding film which opened last year's DocFest, whilst also having been designed to commemorate 100 years of steelmaking in the northern city. The Big Melt dexterously navigates the English city's long history of steel production, blending archive footage from the BFI collection, with public information videos, animations, documentary clips and educational videos make up the bulk of the glorious footage on show.
- 3/18/2014
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
When the British indie-rock group Pulp reformed for a string of live concerts in 2011 and 2012, they received a rapturous welcome on both sides of the Atlantic. Unlike some rock reunions, theirs was almost universally well received, perhaps because they never outstayed their welcome during their imperial pop-star phase in the late 1990s. After quietly putting the group on indefinite hiatus in 2002, singer Jarvis Cocker maintained his profile as a much-loved national treasure in Britain, balancing a weekly BBC radio show with occasional solo albums, film-making and writing projects. Though it centers on the
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- 3/10/2014
- by Stephen Dalton
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
This story first appeared in the March 14 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. Music The iTunes Festival features five nights (March 11-15) of rock, country, pop and hip-hop, including performances by Soundgarden, Coldplay, Kendrick Lamar, Pitbull, Zedd, Keith Urban and Willie Nelson The NPR opening-night showcase features Damon Albarn, St. Vincent and Kelis (Stubb's on March 12) Pulp's Jarvis Cocker gives songwriting tips (12:30 p.m. March 12). Story: Where to Eat, Stay and Play in Austin Interactive Twitter celebs Jenny Johnson, Josh Hara, Matt Silverman and Megan Amram discuss "How Twitter Humorists Landed Sweet Real World Gigs" (5 p.m. March 7). Marvel Entertainment has the panels "Marvel: Your Universe" (1:30 p.m. March
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- 3/7/2014
- by Rebecca Ford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Earlier today, SXSW announced the final eight additional features to screen at the festival this year, as well as announcing featured conversations with Jason Bateman, Mike Myers, Ralph Steadman, Robert Duvall and Tilda Swinton. Check out the line up below. SXSW Film Festival will open on Friday, March 7, 2014 with the world premiere of Jon Favreau’s Chef, and run through March 15 in Austin, Texas. The complete schedule is here.
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Additional Films:
Visions
May the Best Man Win
Director: Andrew O’Connor, Screenwriters: Matthew Robinson, Lee Hupfield, Andrew O’Connor
Two pranksters compete against each other in a series of increasingly outrageous stunts to win the affections of the girl they’ve both fallen for.
Cast: Whit Thomas, Drew Tarver, Rosa Salazar (World Premiere)
Yakona
Directors: Anlo Sepulveda & Paul Collins
A river’s dreams and memories told from the perspective of the water that runs through it – a visual journey from...
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Additional Films:
Visions
May the Best Man Win
Director: Andrew O’Connor, Screenwriters: Matthew Robinson, Lee Hupfield, Andrew O’Connor
Two pranksters compete against each other in a series of increasingly outrageous stunts to win the affections of the girl they’ve both fallen for.
Cast: Whit Thomas, Drew Tarver, Rosa Salazar (World Premiere)
Yakona
Directors: Anlo Sepulveda & Paul Collins
A river’s dreams and memories told from the perspective of the water that runs through it – a visual journey from...
- 2/13/2014
- by Kyle Reese
- SoundOnSight
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