Inside the Coen Brothers at Cannes
No strangers to Cannes, the Coen Brothers were back this year with their study of a talented but struggling 1960s folk singer in
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Festivals
Lack-Lustre Rome Film Festival Divides Critics with its Winning Choice
When Marc Muller, the former artistic director of Venice of Film Festival, which attracts the brightest stars from Hollywood and beyond, took over
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LFF2012: Record ticket sales for new look shorter festival
Bracketed by films and fellowships for one of the industry’s most idiosyncratic couples, the new look London Film Festival is celebrating its best ever ticket sales.
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LFF2012: Hoffman finally gets around to directing
At the UK premiere of his directorial debut Quartet, at the London Film Festival, Hollywood veteran Dustin Hoffman jokes that he always wanted to direct – it just took him 40 years to get around to it.
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You don’t need a lot of money to make a Raindance film
Another year, another film at Raindance. That’s the way for writer, producer, actor – and soon to be director – Jonnie Hurn. Producer and
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The Dark Heart of Raindance
In 1996, British writer Christian Piers Betley wrote a vampire film called Rampage. Sixteen years later, having evolved into Dark Hearts, without a vampire in sight, it’s had its world premiere at the Raindance Film Festival in London, where it was nominated for the Best International Feature award.
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Politics and controversy at Toronto Film Festival
There is no other film event that transforms its host city the way Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) does. During the 11-days, the
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London Film Festival announces new look line-up
The BFI has announced the full line-up of the 56th London Film Festival, kicking off with Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie on 10th October, ending
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Rainsoaked Cannes ends with a stroke of genius
It might have been one of the wettest Cannes Film Festivals in living memory, but from from the point of view of the industry, it had to be good news – those spare moments that critics and buyers alike might have
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LFF2011: Not everyone wants to know ghosts dont exist
“It’s a vicar’s job to keep the myth of God alive – whether he exists or not isn’t the point – it’s the belief that’s important.”
This is a line writer/director Nick Murphy ended up having to cut out of his debut feature, the low budget British ghost story The Awakening.
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