In the movie Hook, Steven Spielberg’s 1991 Peter Pan sequel starring Robin Williams and Dustin Hoffman, Williams’ Peter visits the London home of his wife’s family, where he reconnects with her grandmother, a very grown up Wendy Darling played by Dame Maggie Smith. She first appears as a ghostly silhouette at the top of a staircase before descending and creeping into the light. Smith was only in her 50s when she shot the movie but had been aged up to look impossibly frail and elderly — her hair a bushy nest,...
- 9/28/2024
- by David Mack
- Rollingstone.com
Whoopi Goldberg has added her voice to the chorus of stars paying tribute to Maggie Smith.
As we previously reported, Maggie recently passed away at the age of 89.
She and Whoopi co-starred in the beloved 1992 comedy Sister Act, as well as its 1993 sequel, Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit.
Whoopi Goldberg speaks onstage during the Academy Museum Conversation at The Times Center, featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Kerry Brougher and Renzo Piano on April 16, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Ben Gabbe/Getty Images for The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures)
In the decades that followed, the two screen legends remained close friends.
And Whoopi credited Maggie with lending much-needed support after the passing of her mother in 2010.
Whoopi Goldberg Remembers Maggie Smith
Shortly after news of Maggie’s passing went public, Whoopi posted a photo of the two of them on set, along with a heartfelt caption.
“Maggie Smith was...
As we previously reported, Maggie recently passed away at the age of 89.
She and Whoopi co-starred in the beloved 1992 comedy Sister Act, as well as its 1993 sequel, Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit.
Whoopi Goldberg speaks onstage during the Academy Museum Conversation at The Times Center, featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Kerry Brougher and Renzo Piano on April 16, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Ben Gabbe/Getty Images for The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures)
In the decades that followed, the two screen legends remained close friends.
And Whoopi credited Maggie with lending much-needed support after the passing of her mother in 2010.
Whoopi Goldberg Remembers Maggie Smith
Shortly after news of Maggie’s passing went public, Whoopi posted a photo of the two of them on set, along with a heartfelt caption.
“Maggie Smith was...
- 9/27/2024
- by Tyler Johnson
- The Hollywood Gossip
Beloved actor Maggie Smith has died at the age of 89, it has been confirmed. The news was announced by her sons Toby Stephens and Chris Larkin in a statement. “It is with great sadness we have to announce the death of Dame Maggie Smith,” it reads. “She passed away peacefully in hospital early this morning, Friday 27th September. An intensely private person, she was with friends and family at the end. She leaves two sons and five loving grandchildren who are devastated by the loss of their extraordinary mother and grandmother.”
Smith’s career spanned several decades, across both stage and screen – she began her theatre career in the early 1950s, while her screen career began in earnest with 1958’s Nowhere To Go. Her cinematic breakout role came in the 1965 adaptation of Othello, in which she played Desdemona – and was nominated for an Oscar. The film also starred Michael Gambon...
Smith’s career spanned several decades, across both stage and screen – she began her theatre career in the early 1950s, while her screen career began in earnest with 1958’s Nowhere To Go. Her cinematic breakout role came in the 1965 adaptation of Othello, in which she played Desdemona – and was nominated for an Oscar. The film also starred Michael Gambon...
- 9/27/2024
- by Ben Travis
- Empire - Movies
It’s a case of one score to rule them all, as Howard Shore’s stirring epic soundtrack for The Lord of the Rings trilogy was voted the U.K.’s favorite movie music.
Shore’s score for the Rings film, which has won three Academy Awards, three Golden Globes and four Grammys, came out ahead of some of the greatest and most recognizable soundtracks of all time, including John Williams’ music for Schindler’s List and Star Wars, which came second and third respectively.
The list of the top 100 film scores was compiled by popular U.K. radio station Classic FM, as part of their annual Movie Music Hall of Fame. More than 10,000 people voted for this year’s edition and the winner was revealed on Sunday by Jonathan Ross, the former presenter of the BBC’s Film program.
“Many thanks to all the Classic FM listeners,” Shore told...
Shore’s score for the Rings film, which has won three Academy Awards, three Golden Globes and four Grammys, came out ahead of some of the greatest and most recognizable soundtracks of all time, including John Williams’ music for Schindler’s List and Star Wars, which came second and third respectively.
The list of the top 100 film scores was compiled by popular U.K. radio station Classic FM, as part of their annual Movie Music Hall of Fame. More than 10,000 people voted for this year’s edition and the winner was revealed on Sunday by Jonathan Ross, the former presenter of the BBC’s Film program.
“Many thanks to all the Classic FM listeners,” Shore told...
- 8/29/2023
- by Abid Rahman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
British Cinematographer Peter Biziou, known for his work on pics like The Truman Show and Mississippi Burning, is the recipient of the lifetime achievement award this year at Poland’s Camerimage film festival.
Biziou was born in 1944 in Bangor, Caernarvonshire County, Wales. His family had been evacuated during the Second World War. His father was the cinematographer and special effects artist Leon Bijou who worked with Richard Thorpe on Ivanhoe (1952) and Adrian Lyne on Foxes (1980).
Beyond The Truman Show, Biziou’s credits include Monthy Python’s Life of Brian, Terry Gilliam’s Time Bandits (1981), Nine ½ Weeks Lyne (1986), Unfaithful (2002), and A World Apart (1987). Biziou has also lensed pics including Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990), City of Joy (1992), Damage (1992), Richard III (1995), Ladies in Lavender (2004), Derailed (2005), and Mississippi Burning (1998), for which he won the Best Cinematography Oscar.
Peter Biziou
Biziou is set to attend the fest held in Torun, Poland, to accept the award...
Biziou was born in 1944 in Bangor, Caernarvonshire County, Wales. His family had been evacuated during the Second World War. His father was the cinematographer and special effects artist Leon Bijou who worked with Richard Thorpe on Ivanhoe (1952) and Adrian Lyne on Foxes (1980).
Beyond The Truman Show, Biziou’s credits include Monthy Python’s Life of Brian, Terry Gilliam’s Time Bandits (1981), Nine ½ Weeks Lyne (1986), Unfaithful (2002), and A World Apart (1987). Biziou has also lensed pics including Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990), City of Joy (1992), Damage (1992), Richard III (1995), Ladies in Lavender (2004), Derailed (2005), and Mississippi Burning (1998), for which he won the Best Cinematography Oscar.
Peter Biziou
Biziou is set to attend the fest held in Torun, Poland, to accept the award...
- 7/19/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
In February 2023, Netflix will remove a bunch of movie and TV series from its library,
Netflix UK and Netflix US takes down numerous titles each month without fanfare, meaning that many things on your watchlist could suddenly disappear.
These removals are due to licencing deals coming to an end. Often, the titles make their way back to Netflix in the following year, but sometimes they leave to go to other platforms.
This month sees a selection of Netflix Originals being taken down, also.
To minimise surprise, we have put together a comprehensive list of everything being removed in both Netflix UK and US.
Find a full list of every movie and TV series being added to Netflix this month here.
Nb: The Independent compiled this list with help from What’s on Netflix.
UK
Movies
1 February
Amélie
Biking Borders
Christmas Under Wraps
The Cider House Rules
Collateral (2004)
Equilibrium
Event Horizon...
Netflix UK and Netflix US takes down numerous titles each month without fanfare, meaning that many things on your watchlist could suddenly disappear.
These removals are due to licencing deals coming to an end. Often, the titles make their way back to Netflix in the following year, but sometimes they leave to go to other platforms.
This month sees a selection of Netflix Originals being taken down, also.
To minimise surprise, we have put together a comprehensive list of everything being removed in both Netflix UK and US.
Find a full list of every movie and TV series being added to Netflix this month here.
Nb: The Independent compiled this list with help from What’s on Netflix.
UK
Movies
1 February
Amélie
Biking Borders
Christmas Under Wraps
The Cider House Rules
Collateral (2004)
Equilibrium
Event Horizon...
- 2/10/2023
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - Film
In February 2023, Netflix will remove a bunch of movie and TV series from its library,
Netflix UK and Netflix US takes down numerous titles each month without fanfare, meaning that many things on your watchlist could suddenly disappear.
These removals are due to licencing deals coming to an end. Often, the titles make their way back to Netflix in the following year, but sometimes they leave to go to other platforms.
This month sees a selection of Netflix Originals being taken down, also.
To minimise surprise, we have put together a comprehensive list of everything being removed in both Netflix UK and US.
Find a full list of every movie and TV series being added to Netflix this month here.
Nb: The Independent compiled this list with help from What’s on Netflix.
UK
Movies
1 February
Amélie
Biking Borders
Christmas Under Wraps
The Cider House Rules
Collateral (2004)
Equilibrium
Event Horizon...
Netflix UK and Netflix US takes down numerous titles each month without fanfare, meaning that many things on your watchlist could suddenly disappear.
These removals are due to licencing deals coming to an end. Often, the titles make their way back to Netflix in the following year, but sometimes they leave to go to other platforms.
This month sees a selection of Netflix Originals being taken down, also.
To minimise surprise, we have put together a comprehensive list of everything being removed in both Netflix UK and US.
Find a full list of every movie and TV series being added to Netflix this month here.
Nb: The Independent compiled this list with help from What’s on Netflix.
UK
Movies
1 February
Amélie
Biking Borders
Christmas Under Wraps
The Cider House Rules
Collateral (2004)
Equilibrium
Event Horizon...
- 2/10/2023
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - Film
In February 2023, Netflix will remove a bunch of movie and TV series from its library,
Netflix UK and Netflix US takes down numerous titles each month without fanfare, meaning that many things on your watchlist could suddenly disappear.
These removals are due to licencing deals coming to an end. Often, the titles make their way back to Netflix in the following year, but sometimes they leave to go to other platforms.
This month sees a selection of Netflix Originals being taken down, also.
To minimise surprise, we have put together a comprehensive list of everything being removed in both Netflix UK and US.
Find a full list of every movie and TV series being added to Netflix this month here.
Nb: The Independent compiled this list with help from What’s on Netflix.
UK
Movies
1 February
Amélie
Biking Borders
Christmas Under Wraps
The Cider House Rules
Collateral (2004)
Equilibrium
Event Horizon...
Netflix UK and Netflix US takes down numerous titles each month without fanfare, meaning that many things on your watchlist could suddenly disappear.
These removals are due to licencing deals coming to an end. Often, the titles make their way back to Netflix in the following year, but sometimes they leave to go to other platforms.
This month sees a selection of Netflix Originals being taken down, also.
To minimise surprise, we have put together a comprehensive list of everything being removed in both Netflix UK and US.
Find a full list of every movie and TV series being added to Netflix this month here.
Nb: The Independent compiled this list with help from What’s on Netflix.
UK
Movies
1 February
Amélie
Biking Borders
Christmas Under Wraps
The Cider House Rules
Collateral (2004)
Equilibrium
Event Horizon...
- 2/1/2023
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - Film
In February 2023, Netflix will remove a bunch of movie and TV series from its library,
Netflix UK and Netflix US takes down numerous titles each month without fanfare, meaning that many things on your watchlist could suddenly disappear.
These removals are due to licencing deals coming to an end. Often, the titles make their way back to Netflix in the following year, but sometimes they leave to go to other platforms.
This month sees a selection of Netflix Originals being taken down, also.
To minimise surprise, we have put together a comprehensive list of everything being removed in both Netflix UK and US.
Nb: The Independent compiled this list with help from What’s on Netflix.
UK
Movies
1 February
Amélie
Biking Borders
Christmas Under Wraps
The Cider House Rules
Collateral (2004)
Equilibrium
Event Horizon
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Guest House
Holmes & Watson
Hostel
The King’s Speech
Letters to Juliet
Love Happens...
Netflix UK and Netflix US takes down numerous titles each month without fanfare, meaning that many things on your watchlist could suddenly disappear.
These removals are due to licencing deals coming to an end. Often, the titles make their way back to Netflix in the following year, but sometimes they leave to go to other platforms.
This month sees a selection of Netflix Originals being taken down, also.
To minimise surprise, we have put together a comprehensive list of everything being removed in both Netflix UK and US.
Nb: The Independent compiled this list with help from What’s on Netflix.
UK
Movies
1 February
Amélie
Biking Borders
Christmas Under Wraps
The Cider House Rules
Collateral (2004)
Equilibrium
Event Horizon
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Guest House
Holmes & Watson
Hostel
The King’s Speech
Letters to Juliet
Love Happens...
- 1/31/2023
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - Film
Exclusive: Hayley Mills, still fondly remembered for Disney classics Pollyanna and The Parent Trap, is checking into The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel to take it on the road in the UK and then to London’s West End.
Strictly speaking, it’s a play based on the book (Deborah Moggach’s These Foolish Things) that spawned successful movie The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel in 2011 and it’s 2015 sequel The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. Both pictures, starring Judi Dench, Maggie Smith and Bill Nighy, did immensely well at the box office.
The screenplays for the films, directed by John Madden, were written by Ol Parker. However for the stage, Moggach has adapted her own tome about seven British retirees who depart the Home Counties of England to see out the sunset of their years at what they’re led to believe is a luxurious hotel in Bangalore, India.
Show producer...
Strictly speaking, it’s a play based on the book (Deborah Moggach’s These Foolish Things) that spawned successful movie The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel in 2011 and it’s 2015 sequel The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. Both pictures, starring Judi Dench, Maggie Smith and Bill Nighy, did immensely well at the box office.
The screenplays for the films, directed by John Madden, were written by Ol Parker. However for the stage, Moggach has adapted her own tome about seven British retirees who depart the Home Counties of England to see out the sunset of their years at what they’re led to believe is a luxurious hotel in Bangalore, India.
Show producer...
- 5/12/2022
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
There is a thin line between fact and fiction in German director Isabel Lamberti’s Dutch-Spanish co-production “La última Primavera” (“Last Days of Spring”) which, sold by Loco Films, is playing in the New Directors competition at the San Sebastian Film Festival.
Shot in La Cañada Real, a shantytown outside Madrid, tensions are running high between the municipality and the inhabitants. The residents are being forced to move from the homes they built with their own hands. The Gabarre-Mendoza family are waiting for an eviction letter.
Director Lamberti says, “I first met this family in 2014. I was researching my graduation film because I read a news article about two young boys living in this disadvantaged area, who had to walk home from school every day for almost three hours because of a lack of transportation.”
Her grandmother lives in Madrid and warned Lamberti that the area where she wanted to shoot was dangerous.
Shot in La Cañada Real, a shantytown outside Madrid, tensions are running high between the municipality and the inhabitants. The residents are being forced to move from the homes they built with their own hands. The Gabarre-Mendoza family are waiting for an eviction letter.
Director Lamberti says, “I first met this family in 2014. I was researching my graduation film because I read a news article about two young boys living in this disadvantaged area, who had to walk home from school every day for almost three hours because of a lack of transportation.”
Her grandmother lives in Madrid and warned Lamberti that the area where she wanted to shoot was dangerous.
- 9/23/2020
- by Kaleem Aftab
- Variety Film + TV
Laurent Danielou’s Paris-based sales agent Loco Films has swooped on “Last Days of Spring” (“La Ultima Primavera”), a Spain-set first feature from Isabel Lamberti that will world premiere this September at San Sebastian Festival’s New Directors competition, the Festival confirmed Thursday.
The Spanish festival’s main sidebar, New Directors highlights first and second features from helmers in Europe and beyond that often go on to strong festival play and sometimes fulsome sales.
German-born, but raised in Spain and the Netherlands, Lamberti studied film and direction at the NYU Tisch School of the Arts and then the Netherlands Film Academy. She developed a love for what she calls “in-betweenness” — movies that inhabit the borderlands between fiction and documentary.
“Last Days of Spring” does so to a tee. Written by Lamberti and Lenina Ungari, and produced by Amsterdam-based IJswater Films with Spain’s high-flying Tourmalet Films, it uses non-professional actors...
The Spanish festival’s main sidebar, New Directors highlights first and second features from helmers in Europe and beyond that often go on to strong festival play and sometimes fulsome sales.
German-born, but raised in Spain and the Netherlands, Lamberti studied film and direction at the NYU Tisch School of the Arts and then the Netherlands Film Academy. She developed a love for what she calls “in-betweenness” — movies that inhabit the borderlands between fiction and documentary.
“Last Days of Spring” does so to a tee. Written by Lamberti and Lenina Ungari, and produced by Amsterdam-based IJswater Films with Spain’s high-flying Tourmalet Films, it uses non-professional actors...
- 7/31/2020
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
At Afm, the company is selling Charles Dance’s ‘The Inn At The Edge Of The World’.
Veteran UK sales executive Andrew Brown has joined Parkland Pictures as head of sales, working alongside Mitch Clare and reporting directly to Parkland’s CEO John Cairns.
Among the titles Brown is selling at Afm is Charles Dance’s The Inn At The Edge Of The World, a film which he, as executive producer, brought to Parkland Entertainment (the company’s UK distribution arm under Tom Stewart) at last year’s Afm.
The film, Dance’s second feature as a director, is being...
Veteran UK sales executive Andrew Brown has joined Parkland Pictures as head of sales, working alongside Mitch Clare and reporting directly to Parkland’s CEO John Cairns.
Among the titles Brown is selling at Afm is Charles Dance’s The Inn At The Edge Of The World, a film which he, as executive producer, brought to Parkland Entertainment (the company’s UK distribution arm under Tom Stewart) at last year’s Afm.
The film, Dance’s second feature as a director, is being...
- 11/8/2019
- by 57¦Geoffrey Macnab¦41¦
- ScreenDaily
“He will be sorely but affectionately missed by the thousands of people who he inspired to effect change.”
Friends and colleagues have paid tribute to Nik Powell, the veteran producer and former director of the UK’s National Film And Television School (Nfts), who died yesterday aged 69.
A legendary figure in the UK film industry, Powell produced or executive produced more than 40 films, including Neil Jordan’s Mona Lisa and The Crying Game, Scandal, Fever Pitch and Ladies In Lavender.
Powell was one of the co-founders of the Virgin Group alongside Richard Branson in 1970 before moving into film production with...
Friends and colleagues have paid tribute to Nik Powell, the veteran producer and former director of the UK’s National Film And Television School (Nfts), who died yesterday aged 69.
A legendary figure in the UK film industry, Powell produced or executive produced more than 40 films, including Neil Jordan’s Mona Lisa and The Crying Game, Scandal, Fever Pitch and Ladies In Lavender.
Powell was one of the co-founders of the Virgin Group alongside Richard Branson in 1970 before moving into film production with...
- 11/8/2019
- by 1101184¦Orlando Parfitt¦38¦
- ScreenDaily
British music and film producer Nik Powell, who was among the Virgin Group co-founders with Richard Branson and became an influential force in U.K. cinema, producing more than 60 titles including Neil Jordan’s Oscar-winning “The Crying Game,” died Thursday at age 69.
The cause of death was an unspecified form of cancer, Britain’s National Film and Television School (Nfts) – which Powell headed for more than a decade – said in a statement. He died in Oxford surrounded by his family.
Born on November 4, 1950, in the small village of Great Kingshill, in Buckinghamshire, Powell started out running a record shop and was among the founding partners in 1972 of Virgin Records, which became one of the U.K.’s top recording labels before being sold to Emi 20 years later.
In 1983 Powell co-founded U.K. video label and production outfit Palace Pictures with Stephen Woolley. They produced a string of standout titles such...
The cause of death was an unspecified form of cancer, Britain’s National Film and Television School (Nfts) – which Powell headed for more than a decade – said in a statement. He died in Oxford surrounded by his family.
Born on November 4, 1950, in the small village of Great Kingshill, in Buckinghamshire, Powell started out running a record shop and was among the founding partners in 1972 of Virgin Records, which became one of the U.K.’s top recording labels before being sold to Emi 20 years later.
In 1983 Powell co-founded U.K. video label and production outfit Palace Pictures with Stephen Woolley. They produced a string of standout titles such...
- 11/7/2019
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Nik Powell, the respected UK producer, businessman and former director of the National Film and Television School (Nfts), has died at the age of 69.
A statement published on the Nfts’ website sad that Powell had been receiving treatment for cancer and died this morning (Nov 7) in Oxford surrounded by his family.
Powell was the co-founder of UK video label and production outfit Palace Pictures in 1982 with Stephen Woolley. Through the company, the pair released movies including The Evil Dead, and produced features including a trio of pics with director Neil Jordan: the Oscar-winning 1992 feature The Crying Game with Forest Whitaker and Miranda Richardson, the Oscar-nominated 1986 film Mona Lisa with Bob Hoskins and Cathy Tyson, and 1984 fantasy drama The Company Of Wolves with Angela Lansbury.
Speaking to us this morning, Woolley said that Powell was “a rock to so many people” and a “constant ally”.
“I’m in shock. I...
A statement published on the Nfts’ website sad that Powell had been receiving treatment for cancer and died this morning (Nov 7) in Oxford surrounded by his family.
Powell was the co-founder of UK video label and production outfit Palace Pictures in 1982 with Stephen Woolley. Through the company, the pair released movies including The Evil Dead, and produced features including a trio of pics with director Neil Jordan: the Oscar-winning 1992 feature The Crying Game with Forest Whitaker and Miranda Richardson, the Oscar-nominated 1986 film Mona Lisa with Bob Hoskins and Cathy Tyson, and 1984 fantasy drama The Company Of Wolves with Angela Lansbury.
Speaking to us this morning, Woolley said that Powell was “a rock to so many people” and a “constant ally”.
“I’m in shock. I...
- 11/7/2019
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Powell founded Palace Productions with Stephen Woolley in 1983.
Nik Powell, the former director of the UK’s National Film And Television School (Nfts), has died aged 69.
Powell had been receiving treatment for cancer. He died this morning (November 7) in Oxford, with his family beside him.
He was director of the Nfts from 2003 to 2017, and received a Bafta for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema in 2018.
Prior to his role at the Nfts, he established Palace Pictures with Stephen Woolley in 1983, which produced titles Mona Lisa (1986) and The Crying Game (1992).
Following Palace’s collapse in 1992, Powell formed Scala Productions, also with Woolley,...
Nik Powell, the former director of the UK’s National Film And Television School (Nfts), has died aged 69.
Powell had been receiving treatment for cancer. He died this morning (November 7) in Oxford, with his family beside him.
He was director of the Nfts from 2003 to 2017, and received a Bafta for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema in 2018.
Prior to his role at the Nfts, he established Palace Pictures with Stephen Woolley in 1983, which produced titles Mona Lisa (1986) and The Crying Game (1992).
Following Palace’s collapse in 1992, Powell formed Scala Productions, also with Woolley,...
- 11/7/2019
- by 1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦¬57¦Geoffrey Macnab¦41¦
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Sylvia Desrochers is shuttering her Big Time PR agency and joining the executive team at Hollywood agency Mprm Communications as Svp. Her colleagues Tiffany Wagner and Karen Tran Wood will also be joining the Mprm team.
Desrochers will join an exec team that includes Caitlin McGee and Natalie Yallouz and will report to company principals Rachel McCallister and Mark Pogachefsky. She will be charged with overseeing the company’s film team in addition to working across the agency with corporate and TV clients.
Wagner will join Mprm as a senior consultant, focused on corporate clients. Tran Wood will step into the role of account executive to work on film and awards campaigns.
Big Time clients migrating to Mprm include John Ridley and his No Studios arts space, the USC Libraries Scripter Awards, Loyola Marymount University’s School of Film and Television, and the...
Desrochers will join an exec team that includes Caitlin McGee and Natalie Yallouz and will report to company principals Rachel McCallister and Mark Pogachefsky. She will be charged with overseeing the company’s film team in addition to working across the agency with corporate and TV clients.
Wagner will join Mprm as a senior consultant, focused on corporate clients. Tran Wood will step into the role of account executive to work on film and awards campaigns.
Big Time clients migrating to Mprm include John Ridley and his No Studios arts space, the USC Libraries Scripter Awards, Loyola Marymount University’s School of Film and Television, and the...
- 7/1/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
New distribution outfit Parkland Pictures takes UK rights.
Game Of Thrones and Gosford Park actor Charles Dance is set to direct The Inn At The Edge Of The World, in which he will also star.
The film will tell the story of a group of unrelated people who share a common desire to escape the enforced jollity of Christmas and venture to a remote Scottish island where their lives are changed forever. Joanna Lumley, Mark Williams, Gregor Fisher and Freddie Fox are also in the cast. Dance adapted the screenplay from Alice Thomas-Ellis’ novel of the same name.
New UK...
Game Of Thrones and Gosford Park actor Charles Dance is set to direct The Inn At The Edge Of The World, in which he will also star.
The film will tell the story of a group of unrelated people who share a common desire to escape the enforced jollity of Christmas and venture to a remote Scottish island where their lives are changed forever. Joanna Lumley, Mark Williams, Gregor Fisher and Freddie Fox are also in the cast. Dance adapted the screenplay from Alice Thomas-Ellis’ novel of the same name.
New UK...
- 11/2/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Daniel Bruhl was “immediately fascinated” by “The Alienist” when he first read Caleb Carr‘s original novel. That novel was adapted into a TNT limited series in which Bruhl plays Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, a criminal psychologist (known at the time as an alienist) who teams up with a newspaper illustrator (Luke Evans) and a headstrong NYPD secretary (Dakota Fanning) to investigate a serial killer in 19th century New York City. The actor, who grew up in Germany, was particularly struck by the show’s combination of “gripping, dark thriller” and “entertaining history lesson about New York … I learned so many things I didn’t know.” He was also excited by the opportunity to go “back in time” to explore “the beginning of so many sciences that now we know so much better.” Watch our exclusive video interview with Brühl above.
See Dakota Fanning (‘The Alienist’): ‘I tend to be...
See Dakota Fanning (‘The Alienist’): ‘I tend to be...
- 6/1/2018
- by Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
Actors, producer and former Pact head of diversity among those honoured.
Source: Paul Grover
Nik Powell
Game Of Thrones actor James Cosmo and former producer and Nfts director Nik Powell were among screen industry professionals awarded titles in the Queen’s 2018 New Year’s Honours list.
Veteran Scottish actor Cosmo, known for playing Jeor Mormont in Game of Thrones and films including Braveheart, Trainspotting and Highlander, was honoured with an MBE.
Powell, who received an OBE, stepped down from his position as director of the National Film and Television School in 2017 after 14 years in the role. In the early 1970s he set up Virgin Records with Richard Branson and in 1982 he partnered with fellow-producer Stephen Woolley to form the Palace companies, where he served as executive producer on titles including Company Of Wolves, Mona Lisa, Scandal and The Crying Game. He went on to produce films such as Backbeat, The Neon Bible,...
Source: Paul Grover
Nik Powell
Game Of Thrones actor James Cosmo and former producer and Nfts director Nik Powell were among screen industry professionals awarded titles in the Queen’s 2018 New Year’s Honours list.
Veteran Scottish actor Cosmo, known for playing Jeor Mormont in Game of Thrones and films including Braveheart, Trainspotting and Highlander, was honoured with an MBE.
Powell, who received an OBE, stepped down from his position as director of the National Film and Television School in 2017 after 14 years in the role. In the early 1970s he set up Virgin Records with Richard Branson and in 1982 he partnered with fellow-producer Stephen Woolley to form the Palace companies, where he served as executive producer on titles including Company Of Wolves, Mona Lisa, Scandal and The Crying Game. He went on to produce films such as Backbeat, The Neon Bible,...
- 1/2/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Screen Daily Test
Actors, producer and former Pact head of diversity among those honoured.
Source: Paul Grover
Nik Powell
Game Of Thrones actor James Cosmo and former producer and Nfts director Nik Powell were among screen industry professionals awarded titles in the Queen’s 2018 New Year’s Honours list.
Veteran Scottish actor Cosmo, known for playing Jeor Mormont in Game of Thrones and films including Braveheart, Trainspotting and Highlander, was honoured with an MBE.
Powell, who received an OBE, stepped down from his position as director of the National Film and Television School in 2017 after 14 years in the role. In the early 1970s he set up Virgin Records with Richard Branson and in 1982 he partnered with fellow-producer Stephen Woolley to form the Palace companies, where he served as executive producer on titles including Company Of Wolves, Mona Lisa, Scandal and The Crying Game. He went on to produce films such as Backbeat, The Neon Bible, Last Orders and [link=tt...
Source: Paul Grover
Nik Powell
Game Of Thrones actor James Cosmo and former producer and Nfts director Nik Powell were among screen industry professionals awarded titles in the Queen’s 2018 New Year’s Honours list.
Veteran Scottish actor Cosmo, known for playing Jeor Mormont in Game of Thrones and films including Braveheart, Trainspotting and Highlander, was honoured with an MBE.
Powell, who received an OBE, stepped down from his position as director of the National Film and Television School in 2017 after 14 years in the role. In the early 1970s he set up Virgin Records with Richard Branson and in 1982 he partnered with fellow-producer Stephen Woolley to form the Palace companies, where he served as executive producer on titles including Company Of Wolves, Mona Lisa, Scandal and The Crying Game. He went on to produce films such as Backbeat, The Neon Bible, Last Orders and [link=tt...
- 1/2/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- ScreenDaily
Former film producer and Virgin Records co-founder steps down after 14 years.
The National Film and Television School has confirmed today that its director Nik Powell is to step down at the end of July after 14 years at the helm.
Under Powell’s stewardship the school has firmly cemented its place as one of the major film institutions in the world.
Powell recently oversaw the delivery of two new teaching buildings covering more than 20,000 square feet and a 4K digital television studio.
The school has evolved to offer Ma, diploma, certificate and short courses in film, television and the games industries and it has become a Higher Education Institution accredited by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (Hefce).
Recent graduates include Yann Demange, Anthony Chen, Ralitza Petrova and Michael Lennox. In 2013/14 Nfts graduates were nominated for a total 31 BAFTAs and won 10.
Former graduates of the school include David Yates, Lynne Ramsay, Terence Davies, [link...
The National Film and Television School has confirmed today that its director Nik Powell is to step down at the end of July after 14 years at the helm.
Under Powell’s stewardship the school has firmly cemented its place as one of the major film institutions in the world.
Powell recently oversaw the delivery of two new teaching buildings covering more than 20,000 square feet and a 4K digital television studio.
The school has evolved to offer Ma, diploma, certificate and short courses in film, television and the games industries and it has become a Higher Education Institution accredited by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (Hefce).
Recent graduates include Yann Demange, Anthony Chen, Ralitza Petrova and Michael Lennox. In 2013/14 Nfts graduates were nominated for a total 31 BAFTAs and won 10.
Former graduates of the school include David Yates, Lynne Ramsay, Terence Davies, [link...
- 4/7/2017
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Gerard Johnson’s follow-up to Tony to receive world premiere as opening film; contenders for Michael Powell Award also revealed, including six world premieres.
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) has revealed that corrupt cop drama Hyena will open the 68th edition of the festival on June 18.
The film reunites director Gerard Johnson with Peter Ferdinando, who played the lead in his debut feature Tony which received its world premiere at Eiff in 2009.
Producers include Stephen Woolley (Made in Dagenham, The Crying Game, Mona Lisa), Elizabeth Karlsen (Great Expectations, Ladies in Lavender) and Joanna Laurie. Hyena was developed by Film4. Sam Lavender and Katherine Butler exec produced the film for Film4 which was co-financed by Film4, BFI, Ingenious and Lipsync and will be released by Metrodome in the UK and distributed internationally by Independent.
Set in London, Hyena revolves around corrupt police officer Michael Logan (Ferdinando) who has to deal with an influx of ruthless Albanian gangsters...
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) has revealed that corrupt cop drama Hyena will open the 68th edition of the festival on June 18.
The film reunites director Gerard Johnson with Peter Ferdinando, who played the lead in his debut feature Tony which received its world premiere at Eiff in 2009.
Producers include Stephen Woolley (Made in Dagenham, The Crying Game, Mona Lisa), Elizabeth Karlsen (Great Expectations, Ladies in Lavender) and Joanna Laurie. Hyena was developed by Film4. Sam Lavender and Katherine Butler exec produced the film for Film4 which was co-financed by Film4, BFI, Ingenious and Lipsync and will be released by Metrodome in the UK and distributed internationally by Independent.
Set in London, Hyena revolves around corrupt police officer Michael Logan (Ferdinando) who has to deal with an influx of ruthless Albanian gangsters...
- 5/12/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Annette Bening looks older. Well, hurrah for that! It's a rare but pleasurable example of a woman my age in a Hollywood film
The Kids Are All Right has several things going for it. Close behind Mark Ruffalo at his most adorably Ruffaloesque, Julianne Moore's scrumptious rump and the title being The Kids Are All Right and not The Kids Are Alright, is the rare but pleasurable spectacle of a woman my age up on screen in big close-up. We haven't seen much of Annette Bening of late, and apparently she's been too busy rearing children to worry about getting lifted or Botoxed, because she looks older. Well, hurrah for that! That's what my neck looks like too!
There are, of course, inevitable online comments by wet-eared oiks who sneer: "She's beginning to look like the Crypt Keeper." But this is what fiftysomething females look like, tykes, so get over it.
The Kids Are All Right has several things going for it. Close behind Mark Ruffalo at his most adorably Ruffaloesque, Julianne Moore's scrumptious rump and the title being The Kids Are All Right and not The Kids Are Alright, is the rare but pleasurable spectacle of a woman my age up on screen in big close-up. We haven't seen much of Annette Bening of late, and apparently she's been too busy rearing children to worry about getting lifted or Botoxed, because she looks older. Well, hurrah for that! That's what my neck looks like too!
There are, of course, inevitable online comments by wet-eared oiks who sneer: "She's beginning to look like the Crypt Keeper." But this is what fiftysomething females look like, tykes, so get over it.
- 10/21/2010
- by Anne Billson
- The Guardian - Film News
'Bonneville' revs up for Toronto fest
Bonneville, which will debut in a gala slot Monday at the Toronto International Film Festival, is one of the hot titles vying for buyers' attention. The road movie, which stars Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates and Joan Allen, is targeting older female moviegoers, a niche that has seen success with such recent movies as Something's Gotta Give, The Banger Sisters, Ladies in Lavender and The Boynton Beach Bereavement Club. Bonneville is one of six films that Cinetic's John Sloss, who sold The Station Agent and The Fog of War, is handling at the festival. "I'm a little concerned over the hype," he said. "It delivers to its target audience of mature women. Distributors are getting smart and realize that a movie can work with this demo with the right cast and high concept."...
- 9/8/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Dench Dismisses Soul-Searching Acting
British actress Dame Judi Dench dismisses soul-searching theatre techniques, because she believes acting is about exploring a character as opposed to drawing out qualities from within. Dench is convinced the character should be more important than the actor but admits her feelings are nothing in comparison to those held by her Ladies In Lavender co-star Dame Maggie Smith - who brands such techniques as akin to "w**king". She says, "Acting is about the exploration of character rather than simply a projection of self. I was in New York with Maggie Smith recently, promoting a film, and we were asked about the Sanford Meisner school of acting which is based on ruthless self-exploration. Maggie, in her unique way, said, 'Oh, we have that in England, too. We call it w**king."...
- 9/13/2005
- WENN
Roadside, Sundance land Brit 'Ladies' for U.S. shores
Roadside Attractions has snapped up U.S. distribution rights to Ladies in Lavender, the British feature starring Judi Dench and Maggie Smith that served as the closing night film Sunday at the Palm Springs Film Festival. In addition, Sundance Channel Home Entertainment picked up the film's home video rights. Ladies marks the directorial debut of British actor Charles Dance, who has appeared in such movies as Gosford Park and The Swimming Pool. He also wrote the film's screenplay based on William Locke's short story. Ladies concerns two sisters (Dench and Smith) living on the Cornwall coast who take in a young man (Daniel Bruhl) who has washed ashore.
- 1/17/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
'Carter,' 'Lavender' bookend Palm Springs int'l film fest
Coach Carter, starring Samuel L. Jackson, will open the 16th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival, while the U.S. premiere of Ladies in Lavender, starring Judi Dench and Maggie Smith, will close the festival. A roster of 190 films from 65 countries will unspool during the festival, which runs Jan. 6-16. "This year's lineup is especially auspicious, featuring as it does a number of major premieres from both well-established auteurs and promising emerging filmmakers based in America and abroad," festival executive director Darryl Macdonald said. "The breadth and depth of the talent encompassed by the lineup is truly heartening, and we're especially delighted to have such a strong lineup of films from current cultural hotbeds of world cinema such as Argentina, Israel, China, Italy and Germany -- all of whom are undergoing a resurgence of sorts of their national cinemas."...
- 12/17/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Ladies in Lavender
TORONTO -- There is nothing like a couple of dames -- especially when the ladies in question happen to be the divine Dame Judi Dench and Dame Maggie Smith.
So estimable are their talents that they could turn a reading of stock quotations into a major theatrical event. Fortunately they've been given something much more substantial to chew on with Ladies in Lavender.
A period piece based on a short story by a lesser-known English writer named William J. Locke, the handsomely crafted portrait of a pair of sisters whose peaceful, meticulously orchestrated lives are seriously affected by the arrival of a young houseguest, marks the feature directorial and screenwriting debut of veteran actor Charles Dance.
Looking to land a distributor following its Toronto screenings, the picture would definitely find favor with the Enchanted April set and students of exemplary acting.
Set in a tightly knit Cornish fishing village in the mid-'30s, the character-driven piece centers on the relationship between sisters Janet (Smith) and Ursula (Dench) Waddington, who live in an immaculate little cottage, tended to by their no-nonsense housekeeper, Dorcas (the equally irrepressible Miriam Margolyes).
Janet's a widow and Ursula's a spinster, but they've acquired the time-honed rhythm of an old married couple.
That rhythm is about to be jarred out of sync when the semi-conscious body of a young man ("Good bye, Lenin!'s" Daniel Bruhl) washes ashore following a violent storm.
Unable to speak English, the mystery man is cared for by the two sisters, who eventually discover that he's a Polish castaway named Andrea who was headed for America in search of a better life.
But even with the inevitable language barrier, Andrea's presence has a profound effect on the infatuated Ursula, opening up complicated, long locked-away feelings that go beyond maternal instincts.
Jealousy will also rear its green-eyed head in the presence of a visiting artist who goes by the name of Olga Danilof (Natascha McElhone), whose presence, along with that of Andrea, stirs up a little prewar xenophobia in the closely guarded community.
It is to Dance's considerable credit that he never lets the filmmaking overtake the understated storytelling. Instead, the fine cinematography (by Alan Parker collaborator Peter Biziou), production design (Caroline Amies) and score (Nigel Hess) serve as grace notes to those perfectly rendered performances.
Ladies in Lavender
Lakeshore Entertainment
Lakeshore International Presents a U.K. Film Council and Baker Street presentation in association with Future Films and Paradigm Hyde Films
A Take Partnership production of a Scala Prods. film
Credits:
Director-screenwriter: Charles Dance
Based on the short story Ladies in Lavender by William J. Locke
Producers: Nicolas Brown, Elizabeth Karlsen, Nik Powell
Executive producers: Robert Jones, Emma Hayter, Bill Allan, Charles Dance
Director of photography: Peter Biziou
Production designer: Caroline Amies
Editor: Michael Parker
Costume designer: Barbara Kidd
Music: Nigel Hess
Cast:
Ursula: Judi Dench
Janet: Maggie Smith
Dorcas: Miriam Margoyles
Andrea: Daniel Bruhl
Olga: Natascha McElhone
Doctor Mead: David Warner
No MPAA rating
Running time -- 103 minutes...
So estimable are their talents that they could turn a reading of stock quotations into a major theatrical event. Fortunately they've been given something much more substantial to chew on with Ladies in Lavender.
A period piece based on a short story by a lesser-known English writer named William J. Locke, the handsomely crafted portrait of a pair of sisters whose peaceful, meticulously orchestrated lives are seriously affected by the arrival of a young houseguest, marks the feature directorial and screenwriting debut of veteran actor Charles Dance.
Looking to land a distributor following its Toronto screenings, the picture would definitely find favor with the Enchanted April set and students of exemplary acting.
Set in a tightly knit Cornish fishing village in the mid-'30s, the character-driven piece centers on the relationship between sisters Janet (Smith) and Ursula (Dench) Waddington, who live in an immaculate little cottage, tended to by their no-nonsense housekeeper, Dorcas (the equally irrepressible Miriam Margolyes).
Janet's a widow and Ursula's a spinster, but they've acquired the time-honed rhythm of an old married couple.
That rhythm is about to be jarred out of sync when the semi-conscious body of a young man ("Good bye, Lenin!'s" Daniel Bruhl) washes ashore following a violent storm.
Unable to speak English, the mystery man is cared for by the two sisters, who eventually discover that he's a Polish castaway named Andrea who was headed for America in search of a better life.
But even with the inevitable language barrier, Andrea's presence has a profound effect on the infatuated Ursula, opening up complicated, long locked-away feelings that go beyond maternal instincts.
Jealousy will also rear its green-eyed head in the presence of a visiting artist who goes by the name of Olga Danilof (Natascha McElhone), whose presence, along with that of Andrea, stirs up a little prewar xenophobia in the closely guarded community.
It is to Dance's considerable credit that he never lets the filmmaking overtake the understated storytelling. Instead, the fine cinematography (by Alan Parker collaborator Peter Biziou), production design (Caroline Amies) and score (Nigel Hess) serve as grace notes to those perfectly rendered performances.
Ladies in Lavender
Lakeshore Entertainment
Lakeshore International Presents a U.K. Film Council and Baker Street presentation in association with Future Films and Paradigm Hyde Films
A Take Partnership production of a Scala Prods. film
Credits:
Director-screenwriter: Charles Dance
Based on the short story Ladies in Lavender by William J. Locke
Producers: Nicolas Brown, Elizabeth Karlsen, Nik Powell
Executive producers: Robert Jones, Emma Hayter, Bill Allan, Charles Dance
Director of photography: Peter Biziou
Production designer: Caroline Amies
Editor: Michael Parker
Costume designer: Barbara Kidd
Music: Nigel Hess
Cast:
Ursula: Judi Dench
Janet: Maggie Smith
Dorcas: Miriam Margoyles
Andrea: Daniel Bruhl
Olga: Natascha McElhone
Doctor Mead: David Warner
No MPAA rating
Running time -- 103 minutes...
- 9/20/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
24 titles ready for U.K. Film Focus event
LONDON -- Organizers of this year's inaugural export initiative, London U.K. Film Focus, are set to announce Monday the final lineup of 24 titles for the event. The program will feature eight "industry premieres," organizers said, including Istvan Szabo's Being Julia; Churchill: The Hollywood Years, directed by Peter Richardson; Danny Boyle's Millions; and Shane Meadows' Dead Man's Shoes. Charles Dance's directorial debut, Ladies in Lavender; Paddy Breathnach's Man About Dog; Andrew Goth's Cold & Dark; and Guy de Beaujeau's (Past Present Future) Imperfect round out the octet of titles being screened in full to buyers for the first time.
- 6/15/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Goodbye, Lenin . hello, Judi and Maggie! German actor Daniel Brühl, star of the acclaimed Good-Bye Lenin! (Germany's Oscar contender this year), will make his English-language film debut in Ladies in Lavender alongside Dames Judi Dench and Maggie Smith, Variety reports. Written and directed by actor Charles Dance, the comedy is adapted from William J. Locke's short story about two unmarried sisters who find a Polish castaway washed up on the beach near their family home. Miriam Margolyes, Natasha McElhone, David Warner, Freddie Jones, Clive Russell and Toby Jones also star.
- 9/25/2003
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