All Screen articles in 30 March 2005 – Page 3

  • Reviews

    Valiant

    2005-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Dir: Gary Chapman. US-UK.2005. 76mins.A charminglyold-fashioned tale of heroic Second World War carrier pigeons, Valiantis aiming for Chicken Run legs - but whether it truly has the wings tosoar internationally flies under a large question mark.Valiant is a promising effort from a largely British team(it was made on a purpose-built ...

  • News

    FilMart wraps on a high

    2005-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Moving to a pre-Cannes slot has proved successful for HongKong's FilMart as this year's market, which wrapped Thursday (March 24), was byfar the biggest and busiest yet.Combining the market with Hong Kong's other film-relatedevents also gave it more of a buzz. FilMart organiser, the Hong Kong TradeDevelopment Council (TDC), reported ...

  • News

    Spring sun dents France's Printemps cinema promotion

    2005-03-24T00:00:00Z

    France's annual reducedticket-price scheme, Printemps Du Cinema, drew 12% fewer moviegoers than lastyear, according to the National Cinema Federation (FNCF).The scheme, which ran from Sundaythrough to Tuesday, brought in 2.2 million admissions at 5,300 participatingtheaters across the country. That is double the number of admissions in thesame period during the ...

  • News

    New Line, HBO team to buy Newmarket Films

    2005-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Seeking a strong handle onthe specialty films sector, Time Warner sister companies New Line Cinemaand HBO have jointly acquired Newmarket Theatrical Distribution for anundisclosed sum and formed a new jointly owned theatrical distributor of independentfilms headed up by former Newmarket Films chief Bob Berney.Company name, staffingdetails and the initial slate ...

  • Reviews

    Boudu

    2005-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Dir. Gerard Jugnot. Fr.2005. 104mins.Ridinghigh on a personal popularity consecrated by the runaway success of TheChorus, Gerard Jugnot now delivers his ninth feature film aswriter-director-actor. But his remake of the 1932 classic Boudu Saved FromDrowning is as ill advised as Down And Out In Beverly Hills, PaulMazursky's 1986 Hollywood makeover.Jugnot's ...

  • Reviews

    Mariscos Beach (Crustaces Et Coquillages)

    2005-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Dir: Olivier Ducastel& Jacques Martineau. Fr. 2005. 90mins.A world premiere in thePanorama section of the Berlin Film Festival this year, Crustaces EtCoqillages has a couple of English titles in play, Mariscos Beachbeing the one used at Berlin and Cote d'Azur the newly coined title forthe US release in the autumn. ...

  • Reviews

    Mariscos Beach (Crustaces Et Coquillages)

    2005-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Dir: Olivier Ducastel& Jacques Martineau. Fr. 2005. 90mins.A world premiere in thePanorama section of the Berlin Film Festival this year, Crustaces EtCoqillages has a couple of English titles in play, Mariscos Beachbeing the one used at Berlin and Cote d'Azur the newly coined title forthe US release in the autumn. ...

  • Reviews

    Mariscos Beach (Crustaces Et Coquillages)

    2005-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Dir: Olivier Ducastel& Jacques Martineau. Fr. 2005. 90mins.A world premiere in thePanorama section of the Berlin Film Festival this year, Crustaces EtCoqillages has a couple of English titles in play, Mariscos Beachbeing the one used at Berlin and Cote d'Azur the newly coined title forthe US release in the autumn. ...