Diary Blog
Joss Whedon in conversation at BAFTA
The Avengers director recalled his “Life in Pictures” at BAFTA in London, covering Buffy, Firefly and Toy Story as well as his recent adaptation of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing.
Swan Lake leaps into 3D
St Petersburg’s Mariinsky Theatre staged the first ever 3D live ballet, filmed using James Cameron’s ground-breaking technology as seen in Avatar, and Peter Colley pulled on his 3D glasses to check out the results.
Met Film School celebrates 10th anniversary
Around 200 people gathered at BAFTA to celebrate 10 years of the UK’s Met Film School.
We Are Northern Lights
Scottish crowdsourced documentary We Are Northern Lights will screen in five remote communities in Scotland via mobile cinema Screen Machine.
Cannes Competition Blog: Only Lovers Left Alive, Venus in Fur
Screen’s Cannes 2013 Competition blog is now complete with the reaction to Jarmusch and Polanski’s films.
Nymphomaniac teaser poster unveiled
Zentropa has unveiled the first teaser poster for Lars von Trier’s Nymphomaniac.
Sundance London: The cows come home
Sundance hit The Moo Man gets a warm welcome at its UK premiere.
Sundance London: The Eagles
After the acrimonious break-up of The Eagles in 1980, Don Henley, co-founder of the rock band, famously quipped that they would play together again “when hell freezes over”.
The Arquette family business
Richmond Arquette talks about Sundance award-winner This Is Martin Bonner.
The German-Texas connection
Bastian Gunther, the writer-director of Houston, talks about the film’s journey to screen.
Move over, Dimbleby
BAFTA hosted a Question Time-style event which drew dozens of interesting queries.
Cannes poster pays tribute to Paul Newman
The Cannes Film Festival has unveiled the poster and short animated film for its 66th edition, featuring late star Paul Newman and wife Joanne Woodward.
A British Cannes deluge?
There is an impressive, if dauntingly large, crop of British films that will be considered for the Croisette.
A new animal kingdom
One family-friendly title at Filmart features Gregory Popovich sharing the spotlight with dozens of rescued cats and dogs.
Requiem for Revolver
Remembering Revolver’s pioneering spirit and risk-taking marketing innovations, as well as wondering what went wrong at the beleaguered UK distributor.
