This year’s London Film Festival launched with a damp squib in the form of 360, Fernando Meirelles’ latest feature. How far Merielles seems now from City of God (2002). Set in Rio’s slums which force children to grow up fast, City of God was urgent, both socially and stylistically. Children taken from the street played [...]
The 55th edition of the London Film Festival (LFF) starts tomorrow, October 12th, and runs until the 22nd. This year the festival will screen 204 features and 110 shorts from 55 different countries. A selection of films will compete for the festival’s 4 main prizes: the Best Film Award, The Grierson Award for [...]
Inspired by Norse mythology, Thor was created by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber and Jack Kirby in 1962. The film follows the hero (Chris Hemsworth), who is a god and lives in a realm called Asgard. His father Odin (Anthony Hopkins) is the king of Asgard and he casts Thor to earth as punishment for his [...]
Although there are some notable omissions (tell us who you think should have been included) this excellently edited little montage does a great job showing some of the most ominous moments of some of cinema’s greatest human villains.
Andy Garcia has coaxed Hollywood royalty, Anthony Hopkins and Annette Bening, to co-star with him in “Hemingway and Fuentes,” which Garcia will also direct. Variety reports that Garcia, along with Ernest Hemingway’s granddaughter, Hilary Hemingway, penned the script, which centers on the twenty years or so that Hemingway spent in Cuba fishing with long-time friend, [...]
The amazingly prolific Woody Allen will follow up his Untitled London Project with a romantic drama set in Paris, reports Screen Daily. The pub has confirmed the news with the film’s Spanish co-producers Mediapro. Mediapro, pleased with the success of their collaboration on “Vicky Cristina Barcelona,” inked a three picture deal with Allen near the [...]
