Tag: London Film Festival
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No: Too Good at Recreating the 80s
In 1988, Chile held a referendum to decide whether dictator Augusto Pinochet should stay in power. For one month, both sides could express their views in daily 15-minute TV slots. Pablo Larraín’s new...
Feb 7, 2013 / Alison FrankWin a ‘Seeking a Friend for the End of the World’ prize pack!
About the Film: Studio: Focus Features Starring: Steve Carell, Keira Knightley, Connie Britton, Adam Brody, Rob Corddry, Patton Oswalt Directed By: Lorene Scafaria Written By: Lorene Scafaria ( Nick...
Jun 18, 2012 / Eric M. ArmstrongLoco: London’s 1st Comedy Film Festival
Art films don’t have to be serious, but a lot of them are. Madness, suffering, death—at times these become depressingly familiar themes at film festivals. For this reason, the rare comedy film is...
Jan 28, 2012 / Alison Frank‘Leaving’: Made in Prague
This year London’s Czech Film Festival, ‘Made in Prague’ celebrated its 15 th edition (10-27 November). The theme for 2011 was ‘Film and Literature’, and included hard-to-find retro delights such as...
Nov 29, 2011 / Alison Frank‘Chicken with Plums’: Better on Paper
It’s a well-worn observation that the book is better than the movie. But what about the graphic novel? It seems reasonable to expect the transition from one predominantly visual medium to another to...
Oct 27, 2011 / Alison Frank‘Alois Nebel’: Surrounded by Fog
The feature debut of director Tomáš Lunák, Alois Nebel (2011) is an animated film based on a trilogy of graphic novels by Jaromír99 and Jaroslav Rudiš. The film’s black-and-white images sometimes...
Oct 26, 2011 / Alison FrankThe Descendants: The Kids Will Be All Right
The Kids Are All Right (Lisa Cholodenko, 2010) was a highlight of last year’s BFI London Film Festival. This year’s highlight looks set to be The Descendants (Alexander Payne, 2011), a film similar...
Oct 25, 2011 / Alison FrankWhere Do We Go Now? Onwards and upwards
After making her feature debut as an actress in Bosta (2005), a film about a travelling dance troupe and their eponymous bus, Nadine Labaki went on to direct her own films, in which she also stars,...
Oct 19, 2011 / Alison FrankA Disappointing Start to the 55th London Film Festival
Jude Law and Rachel Weisz star in Fernando Meirelles's "360" This year’s London Film Festival launched with a damp squib in the form of 360 , Fernando Meirelles’ latest feature. How far Merielles...
Oct 12, 2011 / Alison FrankThe Past and Future of Film Criticism at Cinema City
The Cinema City film festival in Novi Sad , Serbia, hosted a panel discussion on the future of film criticism with director Gerald Peary, following the screening of his documentary, For the Love of...
Jun 22, 2011 / Alison FrankCinema City Kicks Off in Novi Sad, Serbia
Živojinović receives his lifetime achievement award Last night the opening ceremony took place for the 4 th annual Cinema City film festival in Novi Sad , Serbia. The festival introduced the members...
Jun 19, 2011 / Alison FrankBerlinale vs. LFF: A Press Perspective
Having experienced my first two festivals as a member of the press, I feel compelled to compare them, noting the areas where one festival outperformed the other. Although London and Berlin are quite...
Mar 14, 2011 / Alison FrankToo great expectations: ‘Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives’
In last week’s blog I talked about the experience of seeing a film with low expectations, and the potential this has to skew one’s judgement, making a surprisingly good film seem even better than it...
Jan 17, 2011 / Alison FrankNew Spider-Man Revealed
Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man Sony has released the first official photo from their new Spider-Man film. Andrew Garfield, who starred in “Never Let Me Go” and “The Social Network,” will don the...
Jan 14, 2011 / Eric M. ArmstrongLondon Film Festival 2010: half way through
It’s been an exciting week with lots of premieres and gala screenings in London. Here’s a selection of images from this past week. You can read up on many of the films screened here. So far, I have...
Oct 24, 2010 / Alison FrankRecent Articles
- Review: ‘A War’ explores war’s quiet, forgotten horrors
- TMA FilmCast #33 — Vera Chytilova and the Czech New Wave
- The fantasist: The comic art of Woody Allen
- Tribeca picks up North American rights to ‘Misery Loves Comedy’ at Sundance
- TMA FilmCast #32 — Alison Frank interviews Ana Geislerova
- ‘Grand Budapest Hotel’ tops Online Film Critics Awards
- TMA FilmCast #31 — Alison Frank reports from 67th Locarno Film Fest
- 5 ½ hour film dominates awards at Locarno
- Shorts at #Locarno67: meditation vs testing the audience’s patience
- ‘The Fool’: A modern propaganda film
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