All Comment articles – Page 55

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    Silence Is Golden

    2012-02-07T10:00:00Z

    The Hippodrome Festival of Silent Cinema will be making the most of this year’s silent sensation The Artist to attract the crowds.

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    Tall tales

    2012-02-06T12:05:00Z

    You heard it here first, it’s a giraffe-apalooza in Berlin this year.

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    Chevy chase

    2012-02-03T00:01:00Z

    Unknown 26-year-old Zach Borst’s winning advert for Chevrolet will be watched by 163 million people during Sunday’s Superbowl. No pressure..

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    Haunting memories

    2012-02-02T11:19:00Z

    The director of Rotterdam premiere When The Lights Went Out talks about his personal connection to the horror story.

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    Indie Shakedown

    2012-02-02T09:30:00Z

    The news – not entirely unexpected – that Lionsgate had bought Summit Entertainment comes as good news in that the two companies will together create an independent powerhouse and as depressing news in that the business loses another buyer of material and movies and a key supplier to the international ...

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    Stubbled, not stirred

    2012-02-01T10:27:00Z

    Screen casts its glance over the first official shot of Daniel Craig in Skyfall.

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    The man behind the titles

    2012-01-29T18:50:00Z

    Rotterdam unveils the world premiere of a documentary about Pablo Ferro.

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    Remembering Bingham Ray

    2012-01-24T15:18:00Z

    The film world lost one of its most colourful and passionate characters this week when Bingham Ray died at the age of 57 after a stroke at the Sundance Film Festival.

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    On the audience and UK films

    2012-01-19T12:34:00Z

    In light of the Film Policy Review, remembering that you can’t force audiences to watch a film they don’t want to watch; and noting how the UK benefits from US box-office domination.

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    Film on stage

    2012-01-19T11:10:00Z

    Nicholas Wright’s new play Travelling Light is a love letter to the silent film era.

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    Here Come The 'Boys'

    2012-01-17T16:46:00Z

    Bret McKenzie meets a hot meat pie and a ginger cat in this Berlin-bound irreverent Kiwi comedy.

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    Tough audience

    2012-01-17T10:45:00Z

    The Film Policy Review report could be the blueprint for the next decade or so of British film. So what about that cover photo!?

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    Great expectations for 2012

    2012-01-12T17:50:00Z

    Welcome to Screen International 2012, a year that could see a silent French film win the best picture Oscar and Angelina Jolie win the Golden Globe for best foreign-language film.

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    Streep for the win

    2012-01-06T17:00:00Z

    Meryl Streep is always outstanding — but that doesn’t mean that BAFTA and Oscar voters should take her for granted this year.

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    It’s a zoo around here

    2012-01-05T12:16:00Z

    Animals take their place on the red carpet this year.

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    Venice’s Latest Renaissance

    2012-01-05T11:54:00Z

    Outgoing festival director Marco Mueller returned Venice to its former glory by focusing on the movies. Incoming Alberto Barbera has been charged with creating a market infrastructure. But does Venice need it?

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    Prizes for posters

    2012-01-03T11:13:00Z

    Some graphic highlights from festivals around the globe.

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    Lonergan’s Period Piece

    2011-12-22T11:20:00Z

    The seven year-old film Margaret, which has finally been released by Fox Searchlight, is very much of its time for a number of reasons.

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    There and back again

    2011-12-21T11:23:00Z

    Screen goes all fanboy with the arrival of The Hobbit trailer.

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    Brightening up Berlin

    2011-12-20T15:20:00Z

    The mood in Europe may be bleak, but the Berlinale 2012 poster is more colourful and jolly than ever.