A CURIOUS MIX OF BRITISH FOLK MUSIC AND AMERICAN POLITICS
David Lean, Mike Leigh, Terry Gilliam, Stephen Frears , Terrance Davies, Ken Loach, Danny Boyle
Johnny Flynn has what you might call a restless creativity. He’s an actor of British theatre, American movies and international sitcoms but a musician too, singing as the frontman of his band The Sussex Wit, scoring BBC4’s Detectorists and composing Renaissance music for Shakespeare’s Globe. He’s even in talks to write his own musical. […]
Source: Johnny Flynn, interview: ‘I’m just a glutton for experience’ | London Evening Standard
As Hollywood producers sue Amber Heard for refusing to perform naked, we examine the latest manoeuvres in the long battle between prurience, commerce and art […]
Full Story: Cinema trains lens on role of nude scene: artistic, erotic or gratuitous? | Film | The Guardian
It’s been 20 years since Matilda was released in cinemas – TWENTY! As an excitable seven-year-old I pottered along to see the big-screen adaptation of Roald Dahl’s book; somehow two decades have flown past and I’m an even more excitable 27-year-old interviewing the great Pam Ferris. The British actress was, of course, the formidable Miss Trunchbull in Danny DeVito’s film – a performance that’s gone down in film history. But despite the passing of so many years, Ferris’s memory of the shoot remains razor sharp – as I found out when I quizzed her on what really went on behind the scenes of the 1996 flick.Here are my findings […]
Source: Matilda 20th anniversary – 9 fascinating facts from Miss Trunchbull actress Pam Ferris
The annual Evening Standard British Film Awards are nearly upon us, and today the newspaper has unveiled its long form list of this year’s nominees.In contention for the top prize of Best Film include animation Ethel & Ernest, Palme d’Or winner I, Daniel Blake, and box-office smash Bridget Jones’s Baby. Independent offering such as Lady Macbeth and The Girl with All the Gifts are also in the running for a number of awards on the night.The shortlist will be announced in the paper next Thursday. The three final contenders for the Everyman Award for Best Film will be screened to the public in Everyman cinemas in the last two weeks before all winners are revealed at the ceremony at Claridge’s on December 8.Held in partnership with Claridge’s, here is the full list of nominees […]
Full Story: Nominees For Evening Standard British Film Awards Revealed – Filmoria