Film Reviews: Billing itself as the first “Bangla Western,” “The Last Thakur” is an admirably ambitious first feature by British-Bangladeshi helmer-d.p Sadik Ahmed that’s more of an extended mood-piece than a full-fledged oater.
Film Reviews: The Tale of 24 hours in the life of a small-time drug pusher and a visiting old friend, Brit micro-budgeter “Shifty” consistently rises above its tiny tab on a tech level and avoids the ghetto of miserablist Blighty dramas.
Obituary: Public relations vet worked in TV, music — Former press agent Jeanne L. Mizzy died Oct. 27 in Broomall, Penn. from respiratory complications from lung cancer.
Anyone who has read Dan Brown’s “Angels & Demons” knows that a missing canister of antimatter is one of the most important elements of the entire story. So it’s fitting that Sony has quietly launched a bit of viral marketing for Angels & Demons that involves just that. Thanks to the guys over at VideoETA, […]
Sheffield Doc/Fest: Hamish Mykura and others take part in panels — Doc/Fest features keynotes and interviews with such nonfiction heavyweights as Hamish Mykura, head of documentaries at Channel 4 and topper of More4; Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Andy Burnham; the BBC’s Richard Klein, D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.
Film Reviews: Lenser-cum-occasional director Santosh Sivan comes up with an expectedly good-looking but dramatically slight semi-kidpic in “Tahaan,” centered on an 8-year-old boy, his donkey and terrorist strife in scenic Kashmir.
Film Reviews: Imagine David Fincher’s “The Game” set in grungy Edinburgh, on a budget, with zero sense of threat and glimmerings of a social conscience and you’d still be only halfway to realizing the comprehensive train wreck of “New Town Killers.”
TV News: Selma Blair, Molly Shannon comedy picked up — NBC’s “Kath & Kim” has become the latest frosh skein to score a full-season pickup.
Film Reviews: A potentially interesting idea jumps the rails halfway through the father-son drama “I Know You Know,” the second feature by Welsh-born writer-helmer Justin Kerrigan (”Human Traffic,” 1999).
Seville European Film Fest: Spanish fest aims high and reaches beyond local material — The challenge facing the Seville European Film Festival, having consolidated rapidly as a local event after its 2004 launch, is whether it can now become a key Southern reference point for Euro filmmaking.
It’s certainly making the push, starting by naming Javier […]