All Screen articles in 25 September 2001 – Page 4

  • News

    RTL results herald European media market woe

    2001-09-19T17:46:00Z

    As the largest and most international broadcast group in Europe, RTL's results and market view had been eagerly awaited by financial analysts as indicators of the outlook for the European media sector. What they got was not pretty.Unveiled on Wednesday September 19, first half results showed a 27% drop in ...

  • Reviews

    Asoka

    2001-09-19T14:26:00Z

    Dir: Santosh Sivan. India. 2001. 150 mins.Could this be the Indian Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' Probably not; but Santosh Sivan's loose historical biopic of Mauryan emperor Asoka is a hugely enjoyable swords-and-saris romp which should have no trouble crossing over from speciality Asian circuits to general release. Juhi Chawla ...

  • Reviews

    How Harry Became A Tree

    2001-09-19T14:25:00Z

    Dir: Goran Paskaljevic. Ireland/ Italy/ UK/ France. 2001. 100 mins. The main trouble with Harry is its peculiar cocktail of ingredients. Based on a Chinese short story, scripted in first Serbian, then French and eventually English, directed by a Serb, Goran Paskaljevic, produced by an Irish-Italian-French-British team and set in ...

  • News

    London film festival announces programme

    2001-09-19T11:27:00Z

    Walt Disney Co-Pixar animation title Monsters Inc (pictured), Nicolas Cage and Christian Slater World War II picture Windtalkers, Steve Martin comedy Novocaine and Sandra Goldbacher's Venice title Me Without You are amongst the gala screenings at November's London Film Festival.Fred Schepisi's Last Orders, which has an ensemble UK cast of ...