All Comment articles – Page 79
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CommentRussell Crowe tries a little Tenderness...
…but does a single screen in London’s West End for a solitary week constitute a UK “release” for John Polson’s drama?
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CommentNo Greek tragedy for Helen Mirren
The UK’s National Theatre goes into self-distribution with a live broadcast on over 270 movie screens worldwide; the result is close to a sell-out.
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CommentHow the West can win in Asia
Mainstream films face increasing local competition in China and India, but as both markets grow, there will still be room for strong stories and speciality product, writes Liz Shackleton, Asia Pacific editor, Screen International.
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CommentIn times of crisis, film must make itself heard
Producer and policy-maker Lord Puttnam called for a stronger political voice from film-makers, when he delivered the keynote at last week’s Edinburgh International Film Festival
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CommentAnd then there were 10...
The Academy Awards’ bold decision to double the field to ten picture nominees instead of five was a surprise. Yet whether the move will succeed and benefit the film industry as a whole remains to be seen, writes Conor Dignam, editor of Screen International.
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CommentStars... took me from (almost) zero to 'hero'
Being named a Star of Tomorrow seems like a lifetime ago for documentary director Jamie Jay Johnson, who was lucky to even be alive for the photoshoot.
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CommentThe industry's rising stars
Screen’s UK Stars of Tomorrow issue is always a major event in our year. It’s the moment when we receive a fresh injection of confidence in the future of the industry because of the depth and breadth of talent coming out of the UK film business.
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CommentShock and awe
Sacha Baron Cohen’s latest incarnation will catapult US audiences out of their comfort zone. It may offend some, but Brüno is a welcome antidote to the political-correctness pandemic.
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CommentThe road to independents
IM Global is one of the few international sales companies that seems to be making headway in a tepid foreign-sales market. Founder and CEO Stuart Ford explains the principal causes of the current market conditions
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CommentPutting the foreign first
As the blockbuster success of Angels & Demons outside the US is proving, a number of major studio films are being crafted and targeted with international markets in mind.
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CommentDigital Britain's clear vision
Digital Britain lays an impressive and abitious framework for the future of communications in the UK, but leaves many questions unanswered.
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CommentMade in the UK, owned by the US
During the BBC Films drinks reception in Cannes last month, I fell into a conversation with a UK film executive who told me her private hobbyhorse was to persuade Screen International to describe films such as the Harry Potter series or Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight as “British”.
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CommentHow to negotiate the net's legal minefield
The future for film may be on the internet, but marketers and distributors who want to exploit it face a multitude of legal issues, says new-media lawyer Andrew Sparrow
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CommentMillennium: a new era for Europe
Sweden’s Millennium Trilogy could mark a watershed moment in the way producers think about scoring a pan-continental hit - and it doesn’t involve thinking about the US market
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CommentEducate consumers to win the piracy battle
The UK must tackle pirates by talking to consumers before applying sanctions, argues Eddy Leviten, head of communications at the Federation Against Copyright Theft.
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CommentThe trouble with critics
Cannes is the world’s greatest showcase for international cinema, but film-makers take a bold risk exposing their works to the festival’s critical hothouse
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CommentPassion is still running high
If Cannes is the international film industry distilled into two weeks along the Croisette, then there were some clear messages about what we should all expect over the next couple of years.
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CommentCannes Competition Blog
Fionnuala Halligan blogs on the Competition titles straight from the Palais des Festivals.
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CommentScreenwriters who are helping themselves
Writers need to be more entrepreneurial in the current climate — and that’s good for the film industry, says David Pearson, director of the Screenwriters’ Festival.