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Daily Archives: 11 April, 2017

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  • The Intruder (UK 1953)
  • Mary Shelley (UK-Luxembourg-Ireland 2018)
  • The Receptionist (Jie Xian Yuan, Taiwan-UK 2016)
  • Édouard et Caroline (France 1951)
  • The Escape (UK 2017)
  • Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (US 1955)
  • Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (UK-US 2018)
  • Il Cinema Ritrovato 2018
  • L’apparition (France 2018)
  • Head Over Heels (UK 1937)
  • Diabolo menthe (Peppermint Soda, France 1977)
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  • The Bridges of Sarajevo (France-Bosnia-Herzogovina-Germany-Italy-Switz-Portugal-Bulgaria 2014) July 25, 2018
    This compendium/portmanteau film features the work of 13 European directors who were asked to represent aspects of Sarajevo’s turbulent history. The film was completed for the centenary of the 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand which triggered the First World War. Since then the city, which had been in Austrian-Hungarian control since 1978 after […]
  • The Nile Hilton Incident (Sweden-Denmark-Germany 2017) May 15, 2018
    The Nile Hilton Incident is an intriguing film, not only in its presentation of an exciting crime thriller in a precise location, but also as a film production which invokes a specific kind of response. In its own way it’s the perfect case study for ideas about global film. This  film is a product of … Continue reading →
  • Gholam (UK-Iran 2017) April 26, 2018
    This unusual film places a major Iranian star actor, known in the West for three leading roles in the films of Asghar Farhadi, into a downbeat slow-paced thriller set in parts of North London. The director is Mitra Tabrizian, Professor of Photography at the University of Westminster whose 2005 exhibition ‘Border’ appears to have been … Continue reading → […]
  • Las Plantas (Plants, Chile 2015) March 26, 2018
    Chilean cinema has certainly developed in recent years. This month a Chilean film won the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar and here is a first-time writer-director Roberto Doveris creating an unusual coming-of-age story which succeeds on several levels. A weird and wonderful tale, Las Plantas combines genres and ideas that don’t always cohere, but the … Cont […]
  • Godspeed (Yi Lu Shun Feng, Taiwan 2016) February 21, 2018
    This year’s Chinese New Year screening at HOME Manchester presented by the Chinese Film Forum UK and the Confucius Institute at The University of Manchester, was a Taiwanese film. We’ve had a variety of features over the last few years in Manchester and they have usually been films that haven’t been acquired for UK release. … Continue reading →
  • Ek Tha Tiger (India (Hindi) 2012) January 12, 2018
    Ek Tha Tiger introduced the pairing of Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif as ‘super spies’ in a Hindi cinema blockbuster for Eid 2012 that became a big commercial hit. It’s interesting to re-visit now that the sequel has been similarly successful after release during the Christmas period of 2017. Though both films are instantly recognisable … Continue reading → […]

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  • Balancing left and right
    The Labour leadership election appears to have got the UK press and broadcasting media in a real tizz. One of the most aggravating aspects of the reporting is the constant appendage of ‘left-wing’ to any reference to Jeremy Corbyn. He is … Continue reading →
  • Defining the other
    The 10th anniversary of the ‘7/7 bombings’ in 2005 in London saw a range of remembrance events across the UK. These resulted in a great deal of media coverage. One BBC radio reporter referred to the four young bombers and … Continue reading →
  • Getting the balance right
    The local elections in England last week produced two examples of quandaries for broadcasters. The big story for the BBC and other commentators was the rise of the UK Independence Party (UKIP), led by a curiously charismatic Nigel Farage. UKIP are … Continue reading →
  • Welsh TV noir: Hinterland (UK 2013)
    Hinterland is a good example of the global/local. Like some other modern states the UK has statutory requirements and cultural policies that protect the other languages in the Home Nations and this means support for both Welsh and Gaelic broadcasters … Continue reading →

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  • Sergio Bonelli Editore SpA founds Bonelli Entertainment with a TV series about Dylan Dog - Television - Italy
    Italy’s leading comic book publisher has announced the creation of a production arm for film and TV projects. A live-action 10-episode horror series is currently in development
  • Interview: David Victori • Director - “Morality gets watered down in my films”
    Catalan filmmaker David Victori has made his feature debut with El pacto, a psychological horror flick starring Spain’s very own scream queen, Belén Rueda
  • MIDPOINT TV Launch awards go to projects from Greece, Belgium and Serbia - Sarajevo 2018 – Industry
    The prizes were given out during the partner awards ceremony at the Sarajevo Film Festival
  • The "king of Finnish tango" gets the biopic treatment in The Singer - Production – Finland
    Director Timo Koivusalo takes a closer look at one of Finland’s most beloved performers, Olavi Virta, but doesn’t shy away from the less glamorous aspects of his life
  • Interview: Nebojša Slijepčević • Director - Interview
    We caught up with Croatian director Nebojša Slijepčević, who is presenting his latest feature, Srbenka, in competition at the Sarajevo Film Festival
  • Interview: Antonio Nuić • Director - Interview
    We caught up with Sarajevo-born director Antonio Nuić, who is presenting his latest film, Mali, in competition at the Sarajevo Film Festival
  • EXCLUSIVE: Poster for The Most Beautiful Couple - Toronto 2018
    Sven Taddicken’s sixth feature, selected at the Toronto International Film Festival, is a story of love marked by a tragedy
  • Review: El pacto - Films – Spain
    The eagerly awaited feature debut by David Victori is a suspense-drenched psychological thriller that starts off with a promising kick but falls flat towards the end

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