British film
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack CardiffThursday, 06 May 2010
The last time Jack Cardiff went to Cannes, nobody recognised him; wearing his trademark trilby, he'd tell curious autograph hunters he used to be a stand-in for Frank Sinatra. In fact Cardiff's claim to fame was somewhat greater: his was the eye... Read more... |
Bronco Bullfrog, East End Film FestivalFriday, 23 April 2010
One evening in 1970, Princess Anne ventured forth from her manor to attend a screening of Bronco Bullfrog at the Mile End ABC. Three decades later, the same cinema, now called the Genesis, hosted a screening of Barney Platts-Mills' debut feature... Read more... |
Interview: Barrie Keeffe on Sus, The Long Good Friday and London's Changing East EndWednesday, 21 April 2010
Within the space of a single year - 1979 - Barrie Keeffe wrote two scripts which together summed up the very essence of the East End on the eve of Thatcherism. The first, which barely needs introduction, was the now-classic The Long Good... Read more... |
Cemetery JunctionWednesday, 14 April 2010
Cemetery Junction is no ordinary day in the office for Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. Anyone seeing their names above the title (or, indeed, Gervais’s inappropriate presence on the poster) could be forgiven for expecting their acute... Read more... |
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