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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
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 Frank
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 Frank
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 Frank
Here are some photos from the opening night (13th October) of the 54th BFI London Film Festival in London, UK, with the world premiere of Mark Romanek’s Never Let Me Go . The film is a haunting tale...
Oct 24, 2010 / Alison Frank
Katell Quilléveré’s Love Like Poison ( Un Poison violent ) is about a 14-year-old girl named Anna, who is spending her summer holidays at home in the countryside with her mother and bedridden...
Oct 24, 2010 / Alison Frank
Controversial Japanese director Takashi Miike is making a samurai film that he hopes will educate Japan’s youth, according to the AP. “I wanted the audience to realize that this story is not taking...
Sep 11, 2010 / Bryan Lufkin
Film is a fickle medium. In any other industry if you take two of the top performers in their respective spheres and put them together you’ve got a hit. Derek Jeter and A-Rod, peanut butter and...
Apr 13, 2010 / Eric M. Armstrong


