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London Film Festival Closing Gala: Nowhere Boy

6 November 2009 8:00 AM, PST | t5m.com | See recent t5m.com news »

Dir: Sam Taylor Wood Cast: Aaron Johnson, Kristen Scott Thomas, Anne Marie Duff, David Morrisey, David Threlfall, Thomas Brodie Sangster It must be said that British cinema did not promote itself especially well at this year’s London Film Festival. ‘Don’t Worry About Me’ and ‘Kicks’ failed to make any positive mark on the critics and audiences that turned out to see them; and while ’44 Inch Chest’ and ‘The Disappearance of Alice Creed’ boasted fantastic casts and gritty aesthetics, they were poorly written and suffered a similar fate. Fortunately, festival organiser Sandra Hebron had one more card up her sleeve for the closing gala… ‘Nowhere Boy’. The film explores the teen years of one of the nation’s most beloved yet mysterious musical figures… John Lennon. The project has been developed by Ecosse (perhaps the most British production company around after a host of period dramas and adaptations of »

- Nicholas Deigman

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Michael Fassbender Takes A Single Shot

5 November 2009 3:29 AM, PST | Screenrush | See recent Screenrush news »

Michael Fassbender has signed on to star in the upcoming David Jacobson pic, A Single Shot. Fassbender joins Forest Whitaker, William H. Macy and Thomas Haden Church and will play a poacher on the lam from a pair of killers.

Fassbender recently starred as Lt. Archie Hicox in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds and in the critically acclaimed Fish Tank. His magnanimous portrayal of Bobby Sands in Steve McQueen's Hunger proved that actors, unlike Orson Welles - bless him for trying in The Lady From Shanghai - don't have to be Irish to do an Irish accent.

So it would seem Fassbender is set to dive into mainstream stardom. The brilliant actor is on George Miller's shortlist to star in Mad Max IV: Fury Road. Although not entirely bankable as an action star at this point, he seems to be testing the water with the lead in Neil Marshall »

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Lifting the Lid on W.C. with Liam O Mochain

2 November 2009 10:38 AM, PST | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »

(Julia Wakeham and director/actor Liam O Mochain in Wc, above.)

by Alan Kline

When I first visited Irish filmmaker Liam O Mochain ten years ago on the set of his debut feature, The Book That Wrote Itself, one of the first things I noticed was that he had managed to pull together production elements that would have been difficult for a film with ten times the budget. On the first day, he had managed to get the City of Dublin to give him a double-decker bus, complete with driver, to shoot on throughout the city. I, and a few dozen other tourists, had just paid the equivalent of $20 each for a tour on a similar bus, just the day before. Later in the production, he visited the Venice Film Festival with a small crew, attended a press conference, and asked a variety of celebrity luminaries questions, in character as Vincent, »

- The Hollywood Interview.com

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Cheadle & Gleeson Join Forces For 'The Guard'

29 October 2009 12:29 AM, PDT | IFTN | See recent IFTN news »

Principal photography for a new Irish comedy thriller, 'The Guard', has commenced in Spiddal, Co. Galway. The feature is written and directed by John Michael McDonagh (Ned Kelly) and stars Brendan Gleeson (Into the Storm) and Don Cheadle (Hotel Rwanda). Announced today by Martin Cullen Td, Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, the film sees Emmy winner Brendan Gleeson playing an unorthodox Irish policeman who joins forces with Don Cheadle's straitlaced FBI agent in a bid to take on an international drug-smuggling gang. Other Irish acting talents featured includes Ifta winners Liam Cunningham (Hunger), Fionnula Flanagan (Lost, Transamerica), Pat Shortt (Garage) and David Wilmot (Intermission, The Clinic). Director of photography for the project is Larry Smith (Eyes Wide Shut) and production designer is John-Paul Kelly (Venus). 'The Guard's costume designer is Eimer Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh (Brideshead Revisted) and the film's editor is Chris Gill (28 Days Later). »

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Cameras Roll on 'Game of Thrones'

28 October 2009 12:25 AM, PDT | IFTN | See recent IFTN news »

Shooting for HBO's 'Game of Thrones' - an adaptation of George R.R. Martin's fantasy-adventure book series - has begun in Northern Ireland and will continue on various locations for approximately four weeks. With cameras rolling on 26 October, the TV pilot is directed by Tom McCarthy with Sean Bobbitt (Hunger, The Baker) as director of photography. David Benioff and D.B. Weiss (who also wrote the screenplay) are executive producers while Generator Entertainment's Mark Huffam is producer alongside Frank Doelger. »

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Fassbender, Duff & Ryan Nominated for BIFAs

27 October 2009 12:29 AM, PDT | IFTN | See recent IFTN news »

Irish talent has been recognised and acknowledged once again, this time at the British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs). Irish Dop Robbie Ryan (Mischief Night) and actors Michael Fassbender (Hunger) and Anne Marie Duff (The Magdalene Sisters) have all received Bifa nominations. In addition, Daniel Day Lewis (There Will Be Blood) will be awarded the Richard Harris Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Film by an Actor. The Bifa Pre-Selection Committee of 70 members viewed more than 200 films, out of which they selected the nominations via ballot. »

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Ciff 2009: The winners! And our reviews

22 October 2009 6:39 PM, PDT | blogs.suntimes.com/ebert | See recent Roger Ebert's Blog news »

Tina Mabry's "Mississippi Damned," an independent American production, won the Gold Hugo as the best film in the 2009 Chicago International Film Festival, and added Gold Plaques for best supporting actress (Jossie Thacker) and best screenplay (Mabry). It tells the harrowing story of three black children growing up in rural Mississippi in circumstances of violence and addiction. The film's trailer and an interview with Mabry are linked at the bottom.

Kylee Russell in "Mississippi Damned"

The win came over a crowed field of competitors from all over the world, many of them with much larger budgets. The other big winner at the Pump Room of the Ambassador East awards ceremony Saturday evening was by veteran master Marco Bellocchio of Italy, who won the Silver Hugo as best director for "Vincere," the story of Mussolini's younger brother. Giovanna Mezzogiorno and Filippo Timi won Silver Hugos as best actress and actor, »

- Roger Ebert

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2009 Chicago International Film Festival ‘Best of the Fest’ For Oct. 21, 2009

20 October 2009 8:33 AM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – As the 45th Chicago International Film Festival comes to a close, this year’s award-winning and most popular films are being screened one more time. All of the screenings will be held at the AMC River East 21 theater at 322 E. Illinois St.

Mississippi Damned (USA), Director: Tina Mabry

Winner Gold Hugo: Best Film, Best Screenplay - Tina Mabry, Best Supporting Actress - Jossie Harris Thacker

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They weren’t the first to dream of escaping their small Mississippi town, but—raised among their family’s vicious cycle of abuse, addiction, and lies—three young black children learn the hard way that their dreams will never be enough. Based on a true story, Mississippi Damned is the brutally honest tale of what happens when a family’s haven is also its prison.

‘Mississippi Damned,’ Winner of the Gold Hugo for Best Film at the Chicago International Film Festival.

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- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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‘Mississippi Damned,’ ‘Vincere’ Big Winners at 45th Chicago International Film Festival

18 October 2009 12:40 PM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – The winners for films in competition at the 45th Chicago International Film Festival were announced in a ceremony on Saturday night at the famed Pump Room at the Ambassador East Hotel. Michael Kutza, Founder and Artistic Director of the Chicago International Film Festival, Mimi Plauche, Head of Programming, and Jesse Berkowitz, Documentary and Short Film Programmer, proudly announced the winners.

Major trophies went to “Mississippi Damned,” “Fish Tank,” “Vincere,” “Hipsters,” “Backyard,” “Cooking History,” “Racing Dreams,” “Wet,” and more.

Mississippi Damned filmmakers and cast members celebrate Gold Hugo win at Chicago International Film Festival Awards Ceremony on Saturday October 18th. Photographed from left to right - Morgan Stiff (producer), Tina Mabry (writer/director), Jossie Thacker (Actress), Chastity Hammitte (actress).

Photo credit: Chicago Film Festival

There were competions held in International Feature Film, New Directors, Documentary, and Short Film Categories, along with a special Chicago Award for a local filmmaker.

The biggest prize at the fest, »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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Preview: The 45th Chicago International Film Festival, Week Two

14 October 2009 8:41 AM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – The second week of The 45th Chicago Film Festival kicks off tonight (or tomorrow depending on how you look at the fest that runs from the 8th to the 22nd) and the upcoming weekend features just as much and arguably more interesting films unspooling at the AMC River East than the first. Highlights include one of the best animated films of the year, a bittersweet romance starring two living legends, a remastered classic, and works from a few of the best voices in international cinema today.

We’ve worked our way through dozens of films this year, but even we couldn’t get to all of them and a few weren’t even shown in the screening room in time for our deadline. So this week’s Ciff preview works a little differently. The first page features the best of what we’ve seen. Take our word. These are worth your time. »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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Advertorial Feature: British Film In Bloom

12 October 2009 7:29 AM, PDT | Screenrush | See recent Screenrush news »

There was a time, not so long ago, when the British film ilm industry was a sickly thing. A few headline-grabbing productions asides, most British films were disdained by critics and shunned by audiences. The industry was routinely said to be in crisis; obituaries were written, last rites administered.

Flash forward to 2009 and the situation is radically different. British film is in robust health, both commercially and artistically . and frequently at the same time.

Looking For Eric is a useful example. Directed by Ken Loach, it is the story of a depressed Mancunian postman who turns his life around with help from the most unlikely of life-coaches: Eric Cantona. True, 'King Eric' may only be a hallucination but he's real enough to get our hero back on track just in time for the year's happiest ending. No wonder it was so acclaimed at the year's Cannes Film Festival, nor that »

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Brand New “Centurion” Photos

6 October 2009 12:05 PM, PDT | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »

Brand new photos from new fantasy adventure movie “Centurion“ have been revealed today. As always click on the photos for the larger version.

Michael Fassbender As Quintus Dias In “Centurion”

The movie directed by Neil Marshall (”Doomsday,” “The Descent“) and based on a script he wrote stars Olga Kurylenko (Hitman, Quantum of Solace), Michael Fassbender (Hunger, 300, Fish Tank), Dominic West (Punisher: War Zone), Noel Clarke, Jj Feild, Imogen Poots, David Morrissey, Paul Freeman, Lee Ross, Ulrich Thomsen and Riz Ahmed.

Michael Fassbender As Quintus Dias In “Centurion”

Based on the legend of the Ninth Legion, an army of 3000 unstoppable Roman warriors who vanished without trace, “Centurion” is the tale of their vicious conflict with a murderous adversary, the Picts. Quintus Dias (Michael Fassbender), a Roman corporal, is taken hostage by the Pict King, Gorlacon and the Ninth are charged with bringing him home and ending Pict domination of Britain.

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- Fiona

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Two New Images from Centurion

6 October 2009 9:27 AM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »

Is it me or does Empire get all the exclusives? I’m just jealous!

Anyway, yesterday they posted two new images from Centurion.

The movie speculates on the fate of Rome’s reputedly ‘lost’ Ninth Legion*, who in this take are north of Hadrian’s Wall, engaged in a bloody battle and facing a bit of trouble getting out of hostile Pict country. Our hero is Fassbender’s Quintus, seen in the second of these pictures with Liam Cunningham (who of course starred opposite him in the harrowing ‘Hunger’).

Centurion is coming out Summer 2010. Click the images below to enlarge.

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- David Sztypuljak

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Exclusive: New Centurion Pictures

5 October 2009 8:42 AM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »

Is your Monday a bit grey or drizzly or lacking in heavily-armoured Romans laying the smackdown on ferocious Pict warriors? We have the answer - and it's a nice cup of tea. Or, failing that, these rather spiffy new images from Neil Marshall's brutal, balls-to-the-wall take on Roman Britain in Centurion.The movie speculates on the fate of Rome's reputedly 'lost' Ninth Legion*, who in this take are north of Hadrian's Wall, engaged in a bloody battle and facing a bit of trouble getting out of hostile Pict country. Our hero is Fassbender's Quintus, seen in the second of these pictures with Liam Cunningham (who of course starred opposite him in the harrowing Hunger).Said Marshall of his latest, "The Picts are like the Indians and our Romans are like the cavalry. So, a Scottish-Roman Western! Who'd have thought?!"Said Fassbender, "There's certainly a lot of head-chopping. I guess »

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European Discovery noms: Ajami, Katalin Varga, The Other Bank, Sois Sage and Autumn

29 September 2009 | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »

- The European Film Academy have nominated five films for the Discovery Award - which recognises a director’s first full length feature film. Previous winners include Bruno Dumot's La vie de Jésus (1997), Laurent Cantet's Human Resources (2000), Andrey Zvyagintsev's The Return (2003) and last year the award went to the very deserving Steve McQueen's Hunger. The favorite among this year's batch would be the just selected Israeli film from Scandar Copti & Yaron Shani. Ajami received a special mention at Cannes. Here are the five noms.: Ajami, Germany / Israel written & directed by Scandar Copti & Yaron Shani produced by Mosh Danon, Thanassis Karathanos & Talia Kleinhendler Gagma Napiri (The Other Bank), Georgia / Kazakhstan directed by George Ovashvili written by Nugzar Shataidze produced by George Ohashvili & Sain Gabdullin Katalin Varga, Romania / UK / Hungary Written & directed by Peter Strickland produced by Tudor Giurgiu, Oana Giurgiu & Peter Strickland Sois Sage (Be Good), France / Denmark »

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Movie Review: The Baader Meinhof Complex

15 September 2009 12:41 PM, PDT | MovieRetriever | See recent MovieRetriever news »

Sep 15, 2009 Sharing thematic commonalities with Steven Soderbergh's Che and Steve McQueen's Hunger from earlier this year, Uli Edel's The Baader Meinhof Complex is a detailed and brutal examination of the fact that there are no winners in a revolution. Refusing to take sides in his epic retelling of the saga of the Raf in the 1960s and 1970s, Edel has made a film that doesn't take sides or turn its revolutionary characters into martyrs or icons. With determined force, The Baader Meinhof Complex races through years of kidnappings, riots, assassinations, hunger strikes, trials, and suicides. It ...Read more at MovieRetriever.com »

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tMF Featured Trailer: Andrea Arnold's Fish Tank

12 September 2009 6:58 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »

Regarded as one of the most innovative British filmmakers today - Andrea Arnold got that distinction via the film, Red Road - which also happens to be her first feature film. At the recent Cannes, her second feature was received with criticial praise, Fish Tank. The Times Online was very generous about her new film and I quote:

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- - - It's only her second feature film, but with Fish Tank, the British director Andrea Arnold demonstrates that she more than deserves her place in a Cannes competition lineup that includes work from some of the most celebrated directors currently working. And it's fitting that her picture screens alongside the latest from Ken Loach - there is an obvious debt here to his brand of compassionate naturalism. Arnold builds on the humanistic, low key intimacy of her feature debut, Red Road, which won the Jury prize at »

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tMF Featured Trailer: Andrea Arnold's Fish Tank

12 September 2009 6:58 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »

Regarded as one of the most innovative British filmmakers today - Andrea Arnold got that distinction via the film, Red Road - which also happens to be her first feature film. At the recent Cannes, her second feature was received with criticial praise, Fish Tank. The Times Online was very generous about her new film and I quote:

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- - - It's only her second feature film, but with Fish Tank, the British director Andrea Arnold demonstrates that she more than deserves her place in a Cannes competition lineup that includes work from some of the most celebrated directors currently working. And it's fitting that her picture screens alongside the latest from Ken Loach - there is an obvious debt here to his brand of compassionate naturalism. Arnold builds on the humanistic, low key intimacy of her feature debut, Red Road, which won the Jury prize at »

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tMF Featured Trailer: Andrea Arnold's Fish Tank

12 September 2009 6:58 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »

Regarded as one of the most innovative British filmmakers today - Andrea Arnold got that distinction via the film, Red Road - which also happens to be her first feature film. At the recent Cannes, her second feature was received with criticial praise, Fish Tank. The Times Online was very generous about her new film and I quote:

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- - - It's only her second feature film, but with Fish Tank, the British director Andrea Arnold demonstrates that she more than deserves her place in a Cannes competition lineup that includes work from some of the most celebrated directors currently working. And it's fitting that her picture screens alongside the latest from Ken Loach - there is an obvious debt here to his brand of compassionate naturalism. Arnold builds on the humanistic, low key intimacy of her feature debut, Red Road, which won the Jury prize at »

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tMF Featured Trailer: Andrea Arnold's Fish Tank

12 September 2009 6:58 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »

Regarded as one of the most innovative British filmmakers today - Andrea Arnold got that distinction via the film, Red Road - which also happens to be her first feature film. At the recent Cannes, her second feature was received with criticial praise, Fish Tank. The Times Online was very generous about her new film and I quote:

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- - - It's only her second feature film, but with Fish Tank, the British director Andrea Arnold demonstrates that she more than deserves her place in a Cannes competition lineup that includes work from some of the most celebrated directors currently working. And it's fitting that her picture screens alongside the latest from Ken Loach - there is an obvious debt here to his brand of compassionate naturalism. Arnold builds on the humanistic, low key intimacy of her feature debut, Red Road, which won the Jury prize at »

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