A total of 38 individuals received their first Primetime Emmy acting nominations in 2023, including “George & Tammy” stars Jessica Chastain and Michael Shannon and comedic leads Jeremy Allen White (“The Bear”) and Jenna Ortega (“Wednesday”). Of the newbies in this group, Pedro Pascal is the only one who scored bids for his live action work on multiple programs. In addition to landing in the Best Drama Actor lineup as a star of “The Last of Us,” he also earned a shot at the Best Comedy Guest Actor prize for hosting an episode of “Saturday Night Live.”
Pascal (who was also on the first-round drama lead ballot for “The Mandalorian” and picked up a narration bid for “Patagonia”) could become the seventh doubly-nominated first-timer to succeed on one or both of his mentions. The first to achieve this feat was Robert Cummings, who concurrently won for “12 Angry Men” and lost for...
Pascal (who was also on the first-round drama lead ballot for “The Mandalorian” and picked up a narration bid for “Patagonia”) could become the seventh doubly-nominated first-timer to succeed on one or both of his mentions. The first to achieve this feat was Robert Cummings, who concurrently won for “12 Angry Men” and lost for...
- 7/13/2023
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
The 2023 Emmy nominations were announced on Wednesday, July 12 and Gold Derby editors Denton Davidson, Marcus James Dixon, Daniel Montgomery and Ray Richmond quickly huddled to hash out the morning’s biggest snubs, surprises and newly minted frontrunners. “When they named ‘Survivor’ as Best Competition Program, I’m like, that’s crazy!” exclaims Marcus. “It’s been a few years since it’s been nominated — 17 years ago ‘Survivor’ was last nominated. I think that’s my favorite nomination because it’s so surprising and so deserving.” Watch our full editors slugfest above.
Denton was thrilled to see Theo James sneak in as a Best Drama Supporting Actor nominee for “The White Lotus.” “I had advocated for him in our last slugfest and I predicted him with 100/1 odds, so I really cashed in on his nomination. I always love the winking devil and I think he was fantastic.” Daniel had three favorites:...
Denton was thrilled to see Theo James sneak in as a Best Drama Supporting Actor nominee for “The White Lotus.” “I had advocated for him in our last slugfest and I predicted him with 100/1 odds, so I really cashed in on his nomination. I always love the winking devil and I think he was fantastic.” Daniel had three favorites:...
- 7/12/2023
- by Denton Davidson, Marcus James Dixon, Daniel Montgomery and Ray Richmond
- Gold Derby
With reigning champ Lee Jung-jae (“Squid Game”) out of contention, this year’s Best Drama Actor Emmy could feasibly go to any one of the six men currently vying for it. One might expect Jeremy Strong to pull off a second win for HBO’s “Succession” after triumphing in 2020, but, according to Gold Derby’s odds, he is running second in the race behind his TV brother, Kieran Culkin. Scroll through our photo gallery to learn more about all six Best Drama Actor nominees and be sure to make your predictions for the 75th Emmys by September 18.
Culkin is new to this category but did receive supporting nominations for “Succession” in 2020 and 2022. He is only the fourth man to earn recognition in both drama categories for a single role, after Michael Tucker (“L. A. Law”), Jeffrey Wright (“Westworld”), and Kit Harington (“Game of Thrones”). He and Strong are joined in...
Culkin is new to this category but did receive supporting nominations for “Succession” in 2020 and 2022. He is only the fourth man to earn recognition in both drama categories for a single role, after Michael Tucker (“L. A. Law”), Jeffrey Wright (“Westworld”), and Kit Harington (“Game of Thrones”). He and Strong are joined in...
- 7/11/2023
- by Paul Sheehan and Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
With reigning champ Lee Jung-jae (“Squid Game”) out of contention, this year’s Best Drama Actor Emmy could feasibly go to any one of the six men currently vying for it. One might expect Jeremy Strong to pull off a second win for HBO’s “Succession” after triumphing in 2020, but, according to Gold Derby’s odds, he is running second in the race behind his TV brother, Kieran Culkin. Scroll through our photo gallery to learn more about all six Best Drama Actor nominees and be sure to make your predictions for the 75th Emmys by September 18.
Culkin is new to this category but did receive supporting nominations for “Succession” in 2020 and 2022. He is only the fourth man to earn recognition in both drama categories for a single role, after Michael Tucker (“L. A. Law”), Jeffrey Wright (“Westworld”), and Kit Harington (“Game of Thrones”). He and Strong are joined in...
Culkin is new to this category but did receive supporting nominations for “Succession” in 2020 and 2022. He is only the fourth man to earn recognition in both drama categories for a single role, after Michael Tucker (“L. A. Law”), Jeffrey Wright (“Westworld”), and Kit Harington (“Game of Thrones”). He and Strong are joined in...
- 7/11/2023
- by Paul Sheehan and Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
Close-Up is a feature that spotlights films now playing on Mubi. Werner Herzog's Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin is exclusively showing in the United States starting February 7, 2021.When Werner Herzog met Bruce Chatwin, legend has it the two spent forty-eight hours telling stories to each other. “For every one I told him,” Herzog remembers, “he would tell me three. We would sleep for a couple of hours, then wake up and carry on.” The year was 1984, the place Melbourne. Hot on the heels of Fitzcarraldo (1982), Herzog had travelled to Australia to shoot Where the Green Ants Dream (1984), while Chatwin, by then already a literary icon, was working on his fourth book, The Songlines (1987). His first, In Patagonia (1977) had sent the Englishman on a journey to the ends of the world to uncover the mystery behind a piece of “brontosaurs skin.” It had changed travel writing forever, concocting...
- 2/8/2021
- MUBI
Documentary traces the rags to riches story of Swansea City Football Club.
Yjb Films has announced that documentary Jack to a King: The Swansea Story will be released in cinemas across the UK on Sept 12.
The film tells the story of Swansea City Fc’s journey from the lower rungs of league football, with the club being sold for £1 in 2001, to achieving a £90m promotion to the Premier League just 10 years later.
Directed by Marc Evans (Hinterland, Patagonia), it recounts the journey of a group of dedicated Swansea City fans that came together to save their football club and ended up turning their city into a worldwide brand.
The documentary includes archive and fan-submitted footage alongside intimate interviews with key Swansea City fans, players and staff. It also features an interview with the most maligned man in Swansea at the time, Tony Petty, who gives a rare interview reflecting on his time as club owner.
Those involved...
Yjb Films has announced that documentary Jack to a King: The Swansea Story will be released in cinemas across the UK on Sept 12.
The film tells the story of Swansea City Fc’s journey from the lower rungs of league football, with the club being sold for £1 in 2001, to achieving a £90m promotion to the Premier League just 10 years later.
Directed by Marc Evans (Hinterland, Patagonia), it recounts the journey of a group of dedicated Swansea City fans that came together to save their football club and ended up turning their city into a worldwide brand.
The documentary includes archive and fan-submitted footage alongside intimate interviews with key Swansea City fans, players and staff. It also features an interview with the most maligned man in Swansea at the time, Tony Petty, who gives a rare interview reflecting on his time as club owner.
Those involved...
- 8/22/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Duffy film, Niall Johnson rom-com on Parkland Pictures slate.
Parkland Pictures comes to Cannes with new romances Secret Love, set to star British singer-songwriter Duffy (Duffy Jones), and Niall Johnson’s Scrum Like it Hot.
Secret Love, budgeted at $3.2m, aims to shoot in Wales this autumn. It charts the bittersweet love story between a young woman and an older, married man and her subsequent turmoil after he unexpectedly passes.
Grammy and Brit Award-winning singer Duffy, whose 2008 debut album Rockferry sold more than 7 million copies worldwide and featured hit singles Mercy and Warwick Avenue, will also compose original songs for the film and work on the soundtrack.
Duffy made her acting debut on 2010 drama Patagonia. Her music has appeared in films including An Education and Bride Wars.
Director will be Dewi Humphreys (My Family), producer is Chantelle de Carvalho and writer is Emyr Humphreys.
The production is currently casting additional roles.
Rugby rom-com...
Parkland Pictures comes to Cannes with new romances Secret Love, set to star British singer-songwriter Duffy (Duffy Jones), and Niall Johnson’s Scrum Like it Hot.
Secret Love, budgeted at $3.2m, aims to shoot in Wales this autumn. It charts the bittersweet love story between a young woman and an older, married man and her subsequent turmoil after he unexpectedly passes.
Grammy and Brit Award-winning singer Duffy, whose 2008 debut album Rockferry sold more than 7 million copies worldwide and featured hit singles Mercy and Warwick Avenue, will also compose original songs for the film and work on the soundtrack.
Duffy made her acting debut on 2010 drama Patagonia. Her music has appeared in films including An Education and Bride Wars.
Director will be Dewi Humphreys (My Family), producer is Chantelle de Carvalho and writer is Emyr Humphreys.
The production is currently casting additional roles.
Rugby rom-com...
- 5/13/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Satisfactory Endeavor: Evans’ Latest Enjoyable Fluff
Welsh director Marc Evans explores 1970’s rural Wales with his latest film, Hunky Dory, following his 2010 film Patagonia. While Evans is somewhat of a genre jumper, oscillating between thrillers like My Little Eye and Trauma to indie drama like 2006’s Snowcake, his films don’t quite seem to bear a directorial signature. His latest, which is a sort of coming of age story about a group of high school students staging an ambitious musical that, on one hand feels much more sincere than any number of similar American examples (yes, like Glee), lacks any sort of real depth. As its title implies, everything seems to be moving along quite alright, which perhaps is only evidence that Evans’ film isn’t trying to be anything more than it simply is, a kindhearted film about a friendly, progressive minded teacher helping kids explore emotions through art.
Welsh director Marc Evans explores 1970’s rural Wales with his latest film, Hunky Dory, following his 2010 film Patagonia. While Evans is somewhat of a genre jumper, oscillating between thrillers like My Little Eye and Trauma to indie drama like 2006’s Snowcake, his films don’t quite seem to bear a directorial signature. His latest, which is a sort of coming of age story about a group of high school students staging an ambitious musical that, on one hand feels much more sincere than any number of similar American examples (yes, like Glee), lacks any sort of real depth. As its title implies, everything seems to be moving along quite alright, which perhaps is only evidence that Evans’ film isn’t trying to be anything more than it simply is, a kindhearted film about a friendly, progressive minded teacher helping kids explore emotions through art.
- 3/21/2013
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Welsh director Marc Evans (Patagonia, My Little Eye) returns with a nostalgic take on growing up in small-town Wales in 1976 in the midst of the summer heat and raging hormones.
Schooldays films are ten-a-penny and ever enticing as we get to reminisce at a safe distance at the thrills and fears of our teenage years. Indeed, what this promises is a healthy inject of 1970s glam rock for David Bowie fans – much like a 70s Glee. For admirers of the ever-fearless Minnie Driver, the actress plays an attractive, inspirational drama teacher who (surprise, surprise) stirs more than a few notes. However, aside from a noteworthy performance from swooning, rising star Aneurin Barnard as well, that’s pretty much all Hunky Dory has to offer. It’s surprisingly forgetful for the most part.
In the sweltering summer heat of 1976, keen drama teacher Vivienne (Driver) fights general teenage apathy and frayed tempers to put on an end-of-year,...
Schooldays films are ten-a-penny and ever enticing as we get to reminisce at a safe distance at the thrills and fears of our teenage years. Indeed, what this promises is a healthy inject of 1970s glam rock for David Bowie fans – much like a 70s Glee. For admirers of the ever-fearless Minnie Driver, the actress plays an attractive, inspirational drama teacher who (surprise, surprise) stirs more than a few notes. However, aside from a noteworthy performance from swooning, rising star Aneurin Barnard as well, that’s pretty much all Hunky Dory has to offer. It’s surprisingly forgetful for the most part.
In the sweltering summer heat of 1976, keen drama teacher Vivienne (Driver) fights general teenage apathy and frayed tempers to put on an end-of-year,...
- 2/28/2012
- by Lisa Giles-Keddie
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
London – For Welsh speakers growing up in school, Patagonia enjoys mythical status on a par with Xanadu or El Dorado, as places of mystery and folklore. It is a region of modern day Argentina that, in the 1850s, a host of Welsh people emigrated to with help from the then nascent Argentine government to settle and usurp the native tribes already there. But the Welsh fell in with the indigenous people and to this day there are still a small number of people living in a remote part of Argentina speaking both Welsh and Spanish. Filmmaker Marc Evans, with
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- 1/4/2012
- by Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Mark Kermode's pick of the DVDs that were overlooked this year
Benda Bilili!
A strong contender for best film of the year, this electrifying account of Congolese street musicians overcoming incredible odds to bring their invigorating music to the world is a real reason to be cheerful. The soundtrack is infectious, the film-making unobtrusive, and the central characters endlessly inspiring. Bravo!
Patagonia
Diverse and unpredictable in his output, Marc Evans (Resurrection Man, My Litte Eye, Snow Cake) remains one of the UK's most consistently interesting and inventive filmmakers. Somewhat overlooked in cinemas, this lyrical cross-cultural escapade teases out longstanding connections between Wales and Argentina, with Evans drawing together the past and present with ease.
We Were Here
The outbreak of Aids, which ravaged San Francisco in the early 80s, is recounted by those who lived through it, offering a celebration of the indomitable human spirit that enabled diverse communities...
Benda Bilili!
A strong contender for best film of the year, this electrifying account of Congolese street musicians overcoming incredible odds to bring their invigorating music to the world is a real reason to be cheerful. The soundtrack is infectious, the film-making unobtrusive, and the central characters endlessly inspiring. Bravo!
Patagonia
Diverse and unpredictable in his output, Marc Evans (Resurrection Man, My Litte Eye, Snow Cake) remains one of the UK's most consistently interesting and inventive filmmakers. Somewhat overlooked in cinemas, this lyrical cross-cultural escapade teases out longstanding connections between Wales and Argentina, with Evans drawing together the past and present with ease.
We Were Here
The outbreak of Aids, which ravaged San Francisco in the early 80s, is recounted by those who lived through it, offering a celebration of the indomitable human spirit that enabled diverse communities...
- 12/18/2011
- by Mark Kermode
- The Guardian - Film News
From Albania to Vietnam, 63 countries are hoping that their film entry will get picked to fill one of the five slots for Best Foreign Language Film for the 84th Annual Academy Awards.
Five slots, 63 countries, the competition is fierce! Is your country of choice one of the 63 hopefuls?
I'm happy that my home country, the Philippines, has an entry, the dramedy "The Woman in the Septic Tank" from director Marlon N. Rivera. Released in the Philippines on August 3rd, the film became the highest grossing independent movie in my country's cinema history. So keeping my fingers crossed for this movie!
The shortlist will be released in January and then it will be whittled down to five contenders when the nominations are announced on Tuesday, January 24, 2012. The winner will be announced on Oscar night on Sunday, February 26, 2012.
Take a look at the complete list of Best Foreign Language hopefuls:
Albania, "Amnesty,...
Five slots, 63 countries, the competition is fierce! Is your country of choice one of the 63 hopefuls?
I'm happy that my home country, the Philippines, has an entry, the dramedy "The Woman in the Septic Tank" from director Marlon N. Rivera. Released in the Philippines on August 3rd, the film became the highest grossing independent movie in my country's cinema history. So keeping my fingers crossed for this movie!
The shortlist will be released in January and then it will be whittled down to five contenders when the nominations are announced on Tuesday, January 24, 2012. The winner will be announced on Oscar night on Sunday, February 26, 2012.
Take a look at the complete list of Best Foreign Language hopefuls:
Albania, "Amnesty,...
- 10/17/2011
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Yesterday the Academy finally released the full list of 2012 Foreign Language Oscar contenders adding four films I did not have on my previous list from the Dominican Republic, Indonesia, United Kingdom and a mysterious title I can't find anything about from Kazakhstan and now that the short list has been announced and everyone has posted the Academy's press release it's like searching for a needle in a haystack if you go looking for more information on it. That said, if anyone has a link to any information on Egor Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky's Returning to the 'A' I would love to share it as I have links and information for all other 62 films submitted for consideration. As I said in my last post addressing the category, I haven't seen any of these films, a rarity for me, but based on buzz the top contenders would seem to include Zhang Yimou's The War of Flowers,...
- 10/14/2011
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Once Upon a Time in Anatolia Oscar 2012: New Zealand/First Samoan Feature Among Best Foreign Language Film Contenders Albania, Amnesty, Bujar Alimani, director; Argentina, Aballay, Fernando Spiner, director; Austria, Breathing, Karl Markovics, director; Belgium, Bullhead, Michael R. Roskam, director; Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belvedere, Ahmed Imamovic, director; Brazil, Elite Squad: The Enemy Within, José Padilha, director; Bulgaria, Tilt, Viktor Chouchkov, Jr., director; Canada, Monsieur Lazhar, Philippe Falardeau, director; Chile, Violeta Went to Heaven, Andrés Wood, director; China, The Flowers of War, Zhang Yimou, director; Colombia, The Colors of the Mountain, Carlos César Arbeláez, director; Croatia, 72 Days, Danilo Serbedzija, director; Cuba, Havanastation, Ian Padrón, director; Czech Republic, Alois Nebel, Tomás Lunák, director; Denmark, Superclásico, Ole Christian Madsen, director; Dominican Republic, Love Child, Leticia Tonos, director; Egypt, Lust, Khaled el Hagar, director; Estonia, Letters to Angel, Sulev Keedus, director; Finland, Le Havre, Aki Kaurismäki, director; France, Declaration of War,...
- 10/13/2011
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
We gave you an update a few weeks ago, but The Academy now has its final list of the 63 films competing for Best Foreign Film Oscar. This list will get cut down as films screen and the committee decides on a final five when the nominations get announced late January. The notable films include Iran’s A Separation, which we adored and China’s massive budget The Flowers of War starring Christian Bale (which isn’t even complete to my knowledge).
Mexico’s Miss Bala (read our Cannes and Vancouver reviews) and Finland’s Le Havre (our Cannes and Toronto reviews) are also contenders. Lebanon’s Where Do We Go Now? is also in the mix, a drama that won the top prize at Toronto. There are many others we’ve seen at festivals, so follow that coverage here as we head into Oscar season. Check out the press release below.
Mexico’s Miss Bala (read our Cannes and Vancouver reviews) and Finland’s Le Havre (our Cannes and Toronto reviews) are also contenders. Lebanon’s Where Do We Go Now? is also in the mix, a drama that won the top prize at Toronto. There are many others we’ve seen at festivals, so follow that coverage here as we head into Oscar season. Check out the press release below.
- 10/13/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Press Release:
Beverly Hills, CA - Sixty-three countries, including first-time entrant New Zealand, have submitted films for consideration in the Foreign Language Film category for the 84th Academy Awards®.
The 2011 submissions are:
Albania, “Amnesty,” Bujar Alimani, director;
Argentina, “Aballay,” Fernando Spiner, director;
Austria, “Breathing,” Karl Markovics, director;
Belgium, “Bullhead,” Michael R. Roskam, director;
Bosnia and Herzegovina,”Belvedere,” Ahmed Imamovic, director;
Brazil, “Elite Squad: The Enemy Within,” José Padilha, director;
Bulgaria, “Tilt,” Viktor Chouchkov, Jr., director;
Canada, “Monsieur Lazhar,” Philippe Falardeau, director;
Chile, “Violeta Went to Heaven,” Andrés Wood, director;
China, “The Flowers of War,” Zhang Yimou, director;
Colombia, “The Colors of the Mountain,” Carlos César Arbeláez, director;
Croatia, “72 Days,” Danilo Serbedzija, director;
Cuba, “Havanastation,” Ian Padrón, director;
Czech Republic,”Alois Nebel,” Tomás Lunák, director;
Denmark, “Superclásico,” Ole Christian Madsen, director;
Dominican Republic,”Love Child,” Leticia Tonos, director;
Egypt, “Lust,” Khaled el Hagar, director;
Estonia, “Letters to Angel,” Sulev Keedus, director;
Finland,...
Beverly Hills, CA - Sixty-three countries, including first-time entrant New Zealand, have submitted films for consideration in the Foreign Language Film category for the 84th Academy Awards®.
The 2011 submissions are:
Albania, “Amnesty,” Bujar Alimani, director;
Argentina, “Aballay,” Fernando Spiner, director;
Austria, “Breathing,” Karl Markovics, director;
Belgium, “Bullhead,” Michael R. Roskam, director;
Bosnia and Herzegovina,”Belvedere,” Ahmed Imamovic, director;
Brazil, “Elite Squad: The Enemy Within,” José Padilha, director;
Bulgaria, “Tilt,” Viktor Chouchkov, Jr., director;
Canada, “Monsieur Lazhar,” Philippe Falardeau, director;
Chile, “Violeta Went to Heaven,” Andrés Wood, director;
China, “The Flowers of War,” Zhang Yimou, director;
Colombia, “The Colors of the Mountain,” Carlos César Arbeláez, director;
Croatia, “72 Days,” Danilo Serbedzija, director;
Cuba, “Havanastation,” Ian Padrón, director;
Czech Republic,”Alois Nebel,” Tomás Lunák, director;
Denmark, “Superclásico,” Ole Christian Madsen, director;
Dominican Republic,”Love Child,” Leticia Tonos, director;
Egypt, “Lust,” Khaled el Hagar, director;
Estonia, “Letters to Angel,” Sulev Keedus, director;
Finland,...
- 10/13/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Premiering at the 65th Edinburgh International Film Festival in June to – mostly – rapturous applause, Albatross is a coming-of-age comedy-drama centring on verbose, would-be writer Emilia’s incendiary effect on a struggling author, Jonathan (Sebastian Koch), and his respective family, including wife Joa (Julia Ormond) and daughter Beth (Felicity Jones.
Last week, HeyUGuys had the opportunity to speak to the films riotous writer Tamzin Rafn about Albatross’ inspiration, the trials and tribulations letting her script be made into a film, how she felt about Niall MacCormick as a director, her neglected yet brilliantly titled rom-com and her plans for the future.
Here is said interview in its full, unabridged glory.
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HeyUGuys: Firstly, what was your inspiration behind Albatross?
Tamzin Rafn: Albatross wasn’t my first screenplay. My first ever screenplay was a rom-com called Audrey Disorderly – a great title given the disorderly mess of the writing in it – and it...
Last week, HeyUGuys had the opportunity to speak to the films riotous writer Tamzin Rafn about Albatross’ inspiration, the trials and tribulations letting her script be made into a film, how she felt about Niall MacCormick as a director, her neglected yet brilliantly titled rom-com and her plans for the future.
Here is said interview in its full, unabridged glory.
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HeyUGuys: Firstly, what was your inspiration behind Albatross?
Tamzin Rafn: Albatross wasn’t my first screenplay. My first ever screenplay was a rom-com called Audrey Disorderly – a great title given the disorderly mess of the writing in it – and it...
- 10/11/2011
- by Jamie Neish
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Bored of multiplexes? Here are 10 of Britain's best film festivals, art-house hubs and pop-up cinemas
Cornerhouse, Manchester
This venue is crucial to Manchester's cultural well-being. A lively programme of offbeat, alternative film is augmented by regularly "introduced" screenings, cast and crew Q&As and, for the hardcore, study-courses on German political cinema or Italian neo-realism. This month's highlights include a screening of The Skin I Live In (30 August), preceded by a critical introduction to Pedro Almodóvar's work by Dr Nuria Triana Toribio, senior lecturer in Spanish cinema at the University of Manchester. If that sounds too highbrow, head to Screenfields, Manchester's open-air summer cinema (£2, spinningfieldsonline.com), which is showing Ghostbusters (18 August) and Saturday Night Fever (25 August).
• 70 Oxford Street (0161-200 1500 cornerhouse.org). Showroom, 15 Paternoster Row, Sheffield (0114-275 7727, showroomworkstation.org.uk)
The Star & Shadow Cinema, Newcastle
In a galaxy far, far away from the mainstream multiplex experience, the Star twinkles, a one-screen,...
Cornerhouse, Manchester
This venue is crucial to Manchester's cultural well-being. A lively programme of offbeat, alternative film is augmented by regularly "introduced" screenings, cast and crew Q&As and, for the hardcore, study-courses on German political cinema or Italian neo-realism. This month's highlights include a screening of The Skin I Live In (30 August), preceded by a critical introduction to Pedro Almodóvar's work by Dr Nuria Triana Toribio, senior lecturer in Spanish cinema at the University of Manchester. If that sounds too highbrow, head to Screenfields, Manchester's open-air summer cinema (£2, spinningfieldsonline.com), which is showing Ghostbusters (18 August) and Saturday Night Fever (25 August).
• 70 Oxford Street (0161-200 1500 cornerhouse.org). Showroom, 15 Paternoster Row, Sheffield (0114-275 7727, showroomworkstation.org.uk)
The Star & Shadow Cinema, Newcastle
In a galaxy far, far away from the mainstream multiplex experience, the Star twinkles, a one-screen,...
- 8/5/2011
- by Tony Naylor
- The Guardian - Film News
Directed by Marc Evans, Patagonia (2010) tells two parallel stories about road journeys, one in Argentina and the other in Wales. The premise seems promising enough and could have resulted in a great movie. Instead it only leads to a vacuously expended hour and half of my life that I won’t get back. But before I expand on my reasons for resenting the entire experience let me give a quick nod to what's worth appreciating.
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- 7/11/2011
- by Matt Groizard
- CineVue
Patagonia
Stars: Matthew Rhys, Duffy, Nia Roberts, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart | Written by Laurence Coriat | Directed by Marc Evans
Did you know that back in the 1800s, a community of Welsh folk set sail for a new life in South America and settled, after many years of toil, in Patagonia? Did you also know that there are still vestiges of this Welsh-speaking colony in Patagonia today? I didn’t and therefore found Marc Evan’s film (also called Patagonia) utterly fascinating.
Patagonia follows two pairs of travellers – a Welsh couple whose relationship is in the balance, Rhys and Gwen who are in Patagonia due to the former’s photography assignment and old Argentine lady Cerys and her teenage neighbour Alejandro, whom she has tricked into accompanying her to Wales to seek out her descendants’ farm, from which they immigrated to South America.
With its twin tales of travel told in parallel and only tenuously connected,...
Stars: Matthew Rhys, Duffy, Nia Roberts, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart | Written by Laurence Coriat | Directed by Marc Evans
Did you know that back in the 1800s, a community of Welsh folk set sail for a new life in South America and settled, after many years of toil, in Patagonia? Did you also know that there are still vestiges of this Welsh-speaking colony in Patagonia today? I didn’t and therefore found Marc Evan’s film (also called Patagonia) utterly fascinating.
Patagonia follows two pairs of travellers – a Welsh couple whose relationship is in the balance, Rhys and Gwen who are in Patagonia due to the former’s photography assignment and old Argentine lady Cerys and her teenage neighbour Alejandro, whom she has tricked into accompanying her to Wales to seek out her descendants’ farm, from which they immigrated to South America.
With its twin tales of travel told in parallel and only tenuously connected,...
- 7/9/2011
- by Jack Kirby
- Nerdly
Patagonia could be a worryingly hard sell to the popcorn chomping public. Its brilliant cast rarely use the Queen’s English; preferring the Spanish and Welsh tongue as we follow the intertwining stories through Wales and Argentina’s Patagonia.
Marc Evans (My Little Eye) has the directorial reigns here; taking the viewer on a intriguing journey that plays out the lives of two women, at very different stages – an old lady’s quest to find the birthplace of her mother and the relationship of a young couple, still treading the early complicated waters of their potential life together.
Evans is a marvel behind the camera. As the parallel journeys play out, the screen is filled with stunning panoramic landscapes that lend themselves as a beautifully artistic backdrop. The contrast between the harsh farmland desert of Patagonia, against the sweeping valleys of deepest darkest Wales act as striking mood ring for the movie.
Marc Evans (My Little Eye) has the directorial reigns here; taking the viewer on a intriguing journey that plays out the lives of two women, at very different stages – an old lady’s quest to find the birthplace of her mother and the relationship of a young couple, still treading the early complicated waters of their potential life together.
Evans is a marvel behind the camera. As the parallel journeys play out, the screen is filled with stunning panoramic landscapes that lend themselves as a beautifully artistic backdrop. The contrast between the harsh farmland desert of Patagonia, against the sweeping valleys of deepest darkest Wales act as striking mood ring for the movie.
- 7/6/2011
- by Matt Hamm
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Archipelago (15)
(Joanna Hogg, 2010, UK) Kate Fahy, Tom Hiddleston, Lydia Leonard. 115 mins
With her debut, Unrelated, Hogg proved herself to be just about the only film-maker out there seeking to depict Britain's middle classes in a way they wouldn't necessarily enjoy. This brave follow-up is even more uncomfortable and less narrative-driven, as a well-to-do family's get-together in the Scilly Isles turns into a slow, sparse drip of resentments, silences, joyless activities and blithe snobbery. It's uncomfortable in a good way.
Rango (PG)
(Gore Verbinski, 2011, Us) Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Ned Beatty. 107 mins
Fine visuals and surreal comedy help this hallucinogenic animated spaghetti western stand out – far out. Depp's identity-crisis chameleon is the stranger in a town that's already strange.
The Adjustment Bureau (12A)
(George Nolfi, 2011, Us) Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Terence Stamp. 106 mins
Ambitious, Inception-style conspiracy thriller, with Damon and Blunt lovers on the run from literal agents of fate when they deviate from The Plan.
(Joanna Hogg, 2010, UK) Kate Fahy, Tom Hiddleston, Lydia Leonard. 115 mins
With her debut, Unrelated, Hogg proved herself to be just about the only film-maker out there seeking to depict Britain's middle classes in a way they wouldn't necessarily enjoy. This brave follow-up is even more uncomfortable and less narrative-driven, as a well-to-do family's get-together in the Scilly Isles turns into a slow, sparse drip of resentments, silences, joyless activities and blithe snobbery. It's uncomfortable in a good way.
Rango (PG)
(Gore Verbinski, 2011, Us) Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Ned Beatty. 107 mins
Fine visuals and surreal comedy help this hallucinogenic animated spaghetti western stand out – far out. Depp's identity-crisis chameleon is the stranger in a town that's already strange.
The Adjustment Bureau (12A)
(George Nolfi, 2011, Us) Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Terence Stamp. 106 mins
Ambitious, Inception-style conspiracy thriller, with Damon and Blunt lovers on the run from literal agents of fate when they deviate from The Plan.
- 3/5/2011
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
A road movie about the links between Wales and Argentina, Marc Evans's film includes an acting debut for the singer Duffy
Duffy makes her acting debut with a small part in this sincere road movie – and looks like she's itching to be in a way cooler, hipper film. In the late 19th century, thousands emigrated from Wales to inhospitable Argentina; here director Marc Evans knots together two modern stories, one from each country. A wily octogenarian Argentine (Marta Lubos) pressgangs a neighbour's son into taking her to Wales, which her mother left in the 1920s, pregnant and unmarried; a couple from Cardiff (Nia Roberts, Matthew Gravelle) travel to Patagonia where he photographs chapels; austere and isolated, they're a metaphor for his remoteness. But a topcoat of enforced lyricism creates an emotional soft-focus that is unsatisfying and unconvincing.
Rating: 2/5
DramaDuffyCath Clarke
guardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2011 | Use of...
Duffy makes her acting debut with a small part in this sincere road movie – and looks like she's itching to be in a way cooler, hipper film. In the late 19th century, thousands emigrated from Wales to inhospitable Argentina; here director Marc Evans knots together two modern stories, one from each country. A wily octogenarian Argentine (Marta Lubos) pressgangs a neighbour's son into taking her to Wales, which her mother left in the 1920s, pregnant and unmarried; a couple from Cardiff (Nia Roberts, Matthew Gravelle) travel to Patagonia where he photographs chapels; austere and isolated, they're a metaphor for his remoteness. But a topcoat of enforced lyricism creates an emotional soft-focus that is unsatisfying and unconvincing.
Rating: 2/5
DramaDuffyCath Clarke
guardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2011 | Use of...
- 3/4/2011
- by Cath Clarke
- The Guardian - Film News
Here's a collector's item, a drama in which the only languages spoken are Welsh and Spanish. It's also two road movies for the price of one, running the parallel stories of pilgrims on a search for identity. Gwen (Nia Roberts) and her photographer boyfriend Rhys (Matthew Gravelle) journey from hometown Cardiff to Patagonia, having packed some unspecified sadness that comes to the boil when Gwen meets Welsh-Patagonian rancher dude Mateo (Matthew Rhys). Meanwhile, travelling in exactly the opposite direction is elderly Argentine native Cerys (Marta Lubos) who wants to connect with her ancestral Wales before she dies, and takes along her shy young neighbour Alejandro (Nahaul Perez Biscayart) as companion. Wonderfully shot by Robbie Ryan (Fish Tank), the film displays a lyrical sensitivity both to the desert landscapes of Patagonia and to the remote, rain-glazed hills of Wales, and the unlikeliness of their ancient connection (the Welsh settled in Patagonia in 1865) becomes rather moving.
- 3/4/2011
- The Independent - Film
Duffy has professed that she identifies with the seductress she portrays in director Marc Evans's film Patagonia. BBC News quotes the 'Mercy' singer, making her big-screen debut in the movie, as saying that she empathises with her character Sissy, who seems not to know her place in the world. "I feel as though Sissy's character was very close to who I used to be," she said. "I'm not saying I've changed dramatically, but there are elements of her that I think I've left behind so that's also what made me feel compelled to do the film." Duffy also explained that (more)...
- 3/3/2011
- by By Justin Harp
- Digital Spy
In the week the film industry celebrated with its new crop of Oscar winners it also lost a couple of its brightest stars
The big story
The unconfined gaiety of Oscar night, when inhabitants of the world of film realised that the Hathaway-Franco funnies were finally over, swiftly gave way to grief. There had scarcely been time to digest The King's Speech's storming Academy Award performance when the news emerged that Jane Russell, screen siren of the 40s and 50s, had died. Russell, best known either for her role alongside Marilyn Monroe in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes or her controversial promotional work for the earlier Howard Hughes film The Outlaw, died aged 89 of respiratory illness at her home in Santa Maria, California. It appears to have been difficult for journalists to write about Russell without reference to the physical attributes of which the publicity for The Outlaw had made such a big deal.
The big story
The unconfined gaiety of Oscar night, when inhabitants of the world of film realised that the Hathaway-Franco funnies were finally over, swiftly gave way to grief. There had scarcely been time to digest The King's Speech's storming Academy Award performance when the news emerged that Jane Russell, screen siren of the 40s and 50s, had died. Russell, best known either for her role alongside Marilyn Monroe in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes or her controversial promotional work for the earlier Howard Hughes film The Outlaw, died aged 89 of respiratory illness at her home in Santa Maria, California. It appears to have been difficult for journalists to write about Russell without reference to the physical attributes of which the publicity for The Outlaw had made such a big deal.
- 3/3/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
Brothers and Sisters star Matthew Rhys tells Hannah Booth how a chance encounter in South America led to a part in a very Welsh film
He may be a Hollywood actor starring in a glossy TV drama, but Matthew Rhys is still an ordinary Welsh lad at heart, worrying about the Six Nations. The tournament is not, however, a big concern in Los Angeles, where he has lived for five years. "It's not that they don't get rugby," he says. "It's that they have absolutely no idea it exists."
Rhys, aged 36, has been out west working with Sally Field, Rob Lowe and Calista Flockhart on Brothers and Sisters, which airs here on More4. His portrayal of Kevin Walker, an acerbic, gay California lawyer, is one of the best things about the show – an articulate family drama that occasionally threatens to tip over into sentimental mush. Often, Kevin alone brings it back from the brink.
He may be a Hollywood actor starring in a glossy TV drama, but Matthew Rhys is still an ordinary Welsh lad at heart, worrying about the Six Nations. The tournament is not, however, a big concern in Los Angeles, where he has lived for five years. "It's not that they don't get rugby," he says. "It's that they have absolutely no idea it exists."
Rhys, aged 36, has been out west working with Sally Field, Rob Lowe and Calista Flockhart on Brothers and Sisters, which airs here on More4. His portrayal of Kevin Walker, an acerbic, gay California lawyer, is one of the best things about the show – an articulate family drama that occasionally threatens to tip over into sentimental mush. Often, Kevin alone brings it back from the brink.
- 3/3/2011
- by Hannah Booth
- The Guardian - Film News
Nicolas Roeg, London
Could Nicolas Roeg be Britain's greatest living film-maker? Don't Look Now recently topped a poll of greatest British films, and looking back at other greats from his 1970s/80s heyday, it's difficult to think of anyone who's taken cinema further. Films like Performance, The Man Who Fell To Earth and Walkabout (Jenny Agutter and other guests attend this Saturday's screening) still stir the senses with their cubist plotting, evocative imagery and radical subject matter, but this retrospective offers the chance to reappraise overlooked works like Eureka (surely the model for There Will Be Blood) or off-the-rails Dennis Potter collaboration Track 29. Even his ill-fated Ollie Reed-led Castaway has plenty to offer.
BFI Southbank, SE1, Tue to Mar 30
Future Cinema/Jamesons Cult Film Club, London
A good week for lovers of "augmented cinema" – for want of a better term. First up, Future Cinema (the team behind Secret Cinema...
Could Nicolas Roeg be Britain's greatest living film-maker? Don't Look Now recently topped a poll of greatest British films, and looking back at other greats from his 1970s/80s heyday, it's difficult to think of anyone who's taken cinema further. Films like Performance, The Man Who Fell To Earth and Walkabout (Jenny Agutter and other guests attend this Saturday's screening) still stir the senses with their cubist plotting, evocative imagery and radical subject matter, but this retrospective offers the chance to reappraise overlooked works like Eureka (surely the model for There Will Be Blood) or off-the-rails Dennis Potter collaboration Track 29. Even his ill-fated Ollie Reed-led Castaway has plenty to offer.
BFI Southbank, SE1, Tue to Mar 30
Future Cinema/Jamesons Cult Film Club, London
A good week for lovers of "augmented cinema" – for want of a better term. First up, Future Cinema (the team behind Secret Cinema...
- 2/26/2011
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Patagonia
Stars: Matthew Rhys, Duffy, Nia Roberts, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart | Written by Laurence Coriat | Directed by Marc Evans
Did you know that back in the 1800s, a community of Welsh folk set sail for a new life in South America and settled, after many years of toil, in Patagonia? Did you also know that there are still vestiges of this Welsh-speaking colony in Patagonia today? I didn’t and therefore found Marc Evan’s film (also called Patagonia) utterly fascinating.
Patagonia follows two pairs of travellers – a Welsh couple whose relationship is in the balance, Rhys and Gwen who are in Patagonia due to the former’s photography assignment and old Argentine lady Cerys and her teenage neighbour Alejandro, whom she has tricked into accompanying her to Wales to seek out her descendants’ farm, from which they immigrated to South America.
With its twin tales of travel told in parallel and only tenuously connected,...
Stars: Matthew Rhys, Duffy, Nia Roberts, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart | Written by Laurence Coriat | Directed by Marc Evans
Did you know that back in the 1800s, a community of Welsh folk set sail for a new life in South America and settled, after many years of toil, in Patagonia? Did you also know that there are still vestiges of this Welsh-speaking colony in Patagonia today? I didn’t and therefore found Marc Evan’s film (also called Patagonia) utterly fascinating.
Patagonia follows two pairs of travellers – a Welsh couple whose relationship is in the balance, Rhys and Gwen who are in Patagonia due to the former’s photography assignment and old Argentine lady Cerys and her teenage neighbour Alejandro, whom she has tricked into accompanying her to Wales to seek out her descendants’ farm, from which they immigrated to South America.
With its twin tales of travel told in parallel and only tenuously connected,...
- 10/16/2010
- by Jack Kirby
- Nerdly
London, Sep 15 – Singer Duffy is set to play a raunchy role in the new film ‘Patagonia’.
The 26-year-old crooner will be seen portraying a seductive student alongside ‘Brothers And Sisters’ actor Matthew Rhys.
‘When she saw the script she fell in love with the character Sissy. She is a sort of Welsh Marilyn Monroe character,’ dailystar.co.uk quoted director Marc Evans as saying.
Ians...
The 26-year-old crooner will be seen portraying a seductive student alongside ‘Brothers And Sisters’ actor Matthew Rhys.
‘When she saw the script she fell in love with the character Sissy. She is a sort of Welsh Marilyn Monroe character,’ dailystar.co.uk quoted director Marc Evans as saying.
Ians...
- 9/15/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
The full line up for the 54th BFI London Film Festival was announced in the Odeon, Leicester Square this morning, with a number of highly anticipated films set to light up the capital this October.
The festival runs from the 13th to the 28th of October and will begin with Mark Romanek’s adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s haunting masterpiece Never Let Me Go, and will close with Danny Boyle’s 127 Hours which stars James Franco.
Announcing the roster were Artistic Director Sandra Hebron and the Director of the British Film Institute, Amanda Nevill.
HeyUGuys will be all over the festival this year, it looks like it will be one to remember.
Click here to view the full calendar
The 54Th BFI London Film Festival Programme Launch
London, Wednesday 8 September: The programme for the 54th BFI London Film Festival, launched today by Artistic Director Sandra Hebron, showcases an array of...
The festival runs from the 13th to the 28th of October and will begin with Mark Romanek’s adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s haunting masterpiece Never Let Me Go, and will close with Danny Boyle’s 127 Hours which stars James Franco.
Announcing the roster were Artistic Director Sandra Hebron and the Director of the British Film Institute, Amanda Nevill.
HeyUGuys will be all over the festival this year, it looks like it will be one to remember.
Click here to view the full calendar
The 54Th BFI London Film Festival Programme Launch
London, Wednesday 8 September: The programme for the 54th BFI London Film Festival, launched today by Artistic Director Sandra Hebron, showcases an array of...
- 9/8/2010
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Luke Macfarlane, Matthew Rhys
It’s a warm January day on the ABC studio lot in Burbank, California as I wait for Matthew Rhys and Luke Macfarlane, who play Kevin Walker and Scotty Wandell on ABC’s Brothers & Sisters, to arrive for a joint interview – an interview that’s been quite some time in the making. So after having first toured the set where Rhys and Rachel Griffiths will later film a scene in an art gallery (a scene that will have major implications for Griffiths' character Sarah Walker), hanging out a few more minutes is no big deal.
Ten minutes pass before Calista Flockhart, Emily VanCamp and Griffiths arrive at the stage via shuttle, while Rhys and Macfarlane turn up a few minutes later … on bicycles. It turns out that this is how they usually get around the lot, which isn’t surprising given how down to earth both...
It’s a warm January day on the ABC studio lot in Burbank, California as I wait for Matthew Rhys and Luke Macfarlane, who play Kevin Walker and Scotty Wandell on ABC’s Brothers & Sisters, to arrive for a joint interview – an interview that’s been quite some time in the making. So after having first toured the set where Rhys and Rachel Griffiths will later film a scene in an art gallery (a scene that will have major implications for Griffiths' character Sarah Walker), hanging out a few more minutes is no big deal.
Ten minutes pass before Calista Flockhart, Emily VanCamp and Griffiths arrive at the stage via shuttle, while Rhys and Macfarlane turn up a few minutes later … on bicycles. It turns out that this is how they usually get around the lot, which isn’t surprising given how down to earth both...
- 2/17/2010
- by michael
- The Backlot
- THINKfilm - the medium-sized indie player whose been in the headlines as of late for not paying the bills on time, has found the funds to pick up the North American rights to Michael Winterbottom's latest. Genova will show at the Toronto Film Festival and then compete at the San Sebastián International Film Festival in mid September. Prior to a recent batch of politically-minded narratives (both in fiction and docu forms), Winterbottom's body of work often switches genre branches, so even though he hasn't touched upon the occult, this mystery set on the cobblestone streets of the flagship city is not a huge departure for the Brit filmmaker. Written by Laurence Coriat (who had recently scripted Patagonia - a two for the price of one road movie with director Marc Evans of Snow Cake -- Rickman/Weaver fame helming), this is a coming-of-age story that concerns a British
- 8/25/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
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