All Comment articles – Page 23
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CommentWhere have all the writers gone?
Some of India’s leading filmmakers discussed the country’s lack of creative screenwriters during a Mumbai Film Festival panel discussion.
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CommentLaura Poitras talks Citizenfour
Laura Poitras’ Citizenfour, the remarkable documentary about NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, had its UK premiere at the BFI London Film Festival last night, in an event that was broadcast live to 70 cinemas across the UK.
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CommentAsk the Experts
Screen asked festival and awards season experts: ‘Which actor or director would you like to be stuck with in an elevator?’
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CommentGoing local and global in Beirut
Colette Naufal talks about building the Beirut International Film Festival.
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CommentCasting calls...
A panel of top casting directors from the US and UK offered tips during an industry panel at the BFI London Film Festival.
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CommentCancer goes 'badass' with Miss You Already
Director Catherine Hardwicke and stars Drew Barrymore and Toni Collette took a break from their busy shooting schedule for Miss You Already in London last week to meet with journalists and breast cancer survivors.
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CommentEvent cinema comes of age
Billy Elliot, André Rieu and Monty Python are leading the charge for the growth of event cinema.
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CommentA new adventure for the Moomins
Tove Jansson’s niece Sophia is part of the team behind a new Moomins feature film (playing at the BFI London Film Festival) that draws on the spirit and style of the author’s classic comic strips.
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CommentBusan After Dark
If you’ve been to the Busan International Film Festival, you’ll probably know about the fish tank bars by Haeundae beach, where they serve all kinds of raw seafood and some cooked.
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CommentOppenhemier talks to AND about his docs
Joshua Oppenheimer spoke at Busan’s Asian Network of Documentary (AND) about his Venice Grand Jury prizewinner, The Look Of Silence, and its preceding companion piece The Act Of Killing.
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CommentScreenwriter Guy Hibbert gives NFTS masterclass
Award-winning screenwriter’s latest work is drone drama Eye in the Sky, set to star Aaron Paul and Helen Mirren.
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CommentDisney animator Glen Keane gives NFTS masterclass
Animation supervisor on The Little Mermaid, Aladdin and Beauty and the Beast shares experiences.
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CommentKim Dong-ho busy in his “retirement”
Supposedly retired, former BIFF director Kim Dong-ho still works with the festival, heads a presidential committee and is running a cinematic graduate school at Dankook University.
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CommentThailand introduces speed dating to Busan
Thailand’s DITP has introduced a “sanuk” way of getting to know the Thai film industry through speed dating with an added incentive of free drinks.
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CommentAsia Argento discusses her father
The Italian director and former actress talked to a small group of journalists in Busan about her Cannes title Misunderstood, why she no longer wants to act, and the influence of her father, horror director Dario Argento.
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CommentHollywood shaken up by Netflix ambitions
Hollywood has just watched a Netflix horror movie called The Future.
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CommentBusan’s New Currents jury talks cinema
BIFF’s New Currents jury, led by A Separation director Asghar Farhadi, discussed cinema and judging strategies, and in the case of Bong Joon Ho, why he wasn’t at the opening ceremony.
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CommentWith You finds fans for Dirty South
Los Angeles-based double Grammy nominee Dirty South isn’t just talented in the recording studio, as his debut short With You proves.
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CommentBlack Sea trailer surfaces
Desperate men in search of sunken Nazi gold beneath the waves. Don’t keep us waiting any longer, Focus Features.
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CommentInherent Vice trailer rolls in
Joaquin Phoenix. As Doc Sportello. In Paul Thomas Anderson’s take on the Thomas Pynchon novel. Oh come on. Does it get any better?