All articles by Fionnuala Halligan – Page 47
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McGregor, Okonedo, examine their Sexual Nature
Scenes Of A Sexual Nature, made for less than £500,000 andstarring 17 of Britain's top actors including Ewan McGregor, Sophie Okonedo,Gina McKee, Eileen Atkins and Hugh Bonneville, is set to wrap next week onLondon's Hampstead Heath.Director Edward Blum's feature debut, Scenes Of A Sexual Naturelinks seven stories and 14 principal ...
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San Sebastian unveils Spanish titles set for competition
The San Sebastian InternationalFilm Festival (September 15-24) has unveiled four Spanish titles set to competefor this year's Golden Shell. Sud Express by Chema de la Pena, Malas Temporadas by Manuel Martin Cuenca and Alberto Rodriguez'sToronto-bound 7 Virgins will joinMonxto Armendariz's opening title Obaba atSpain's premiere festival.They will be joined by ...
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F For Film takes Friday
French seller F For Film has acquired world rightsto the French/Belgian co-production Friday Or Another Day (Venredi Ou UnAutre Jour), a last-minute entry to Locarno's International Competitionline-up.Directed by Yvan le Moine (The Red Dwarf),Friday stars Philippe Nahon, Hanna Schygulla and Ornella Muti and is a freeadaption of the Michel Tournier ...
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Armendariz's Obaba to open San Sebastian
San Sebastian filmfestival will open with the premiere of Spanish director MontxoArmendariz's Obaba, which willalso compete for the Golden Shell award.Armendariz's highly-anticipated feature marks a move back towardslocal directors after last year's high profile San Sebastian opener, Woody Allen's Melinda And MelindaObaba stars Pilar Lopez de Ayala, Juan Diego Botta, ...
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Dogwoof barks at UK theatrical windows
Dogwoof Digital, therecently-formed arm of new UK distributor Dogwoof pictures, has announced itwill simultaneously release the low-budget feature EMR in cinemas, overthe internet and on DVD in a first for the UK market.EMR will be released at one theatre each in London,Scotland and northern England on July 12, as well ...
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Sony Pictures set to board Woo's $50m Red Cliff
John Woo and Terence Chang's Lion Rock Productions is inadvanced negotiations with Sony Pictures for worldwide rights outside Japanand Taiwan for Woo's China-set blockbuster The Battle Of Red Cliff.Japanese rights have already been sold to Rentrack, whichwill team up with a studio for theatrical, and CMC Entertainment Group inTaiwan. CMC ...
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The Longest Penalty In The World (El Penalti Mas Largo Del Mundo)
Dir. Roberto Santiago.Sp. 2005. 101mins.A very local comedy withstrong remake potential, The Longest Penalty In The World has provedthis year's Spanish box office hit to date taking more than $6.5m.Although perhaps tooanchored in Madrid to travel past Spanish-language territories, that'sconversely Penalty's greatest strength - this could be remade more thanonce ...
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The Longest Penalty In The World (El Penalti Mas Largo Del Mundo)
Dir:Jesse Dylan. US. 2005. 93mins.WillFerrell's comic talents are used to very variable effect in Kicking &Screaming, a haphazard family comedy that attempts to combine kid-friendlyhumour with something a bit edgier for youngish parents. It's the kind of safefamily film that sometimes finds a surprisingly large audience, and Ferrell'sgrowing star power ...
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Almost Brothers (Quase Dois Irmaos)
Dir: Lucia Morat. Braz-Fr-Chile. 2004. 102minsAlmostBrothers, whichfollows two childhood friends as they confront Brazil's social apartheid, maybe flawed but it is consistently compelling. Political activist-turned-directorLucia Morat has been perhaps overly ambitious in the task she sets herself, butwhen the film gels, it is gripping stuff.One of the best films to ...
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Almost Brothers (Quase Dois Irmaos)
Dir: Lucia Morat. Braz-Fr-Chile. 2004. 102minsAlmostBrothers, whichfollows two childhood friends as they confront Brazil's social apartheid, maybe flawed but it is consistently compelling. Political activist-turned-directorLucia Morat has been perhaps overly ambitious in the task she sets herself, butwhen the film gels, it is gripping stuff.One of the best films to ...
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The Wolf (El Lobo)
Dir. Miguel Courtois. Sp. 2004. 122minsA cracking period political thriller, The Wolf (ElLobo) is the type of intelligent drama rarely seen these days - a throwbackto Costa Gavras's Z or Missing, in which director Courtoisevidently holds his audience in high esteem and rewards those willing to take achance with complex ...
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Tapas
Dirs/scr: Jose Corbacho,Juan Cruz. Sp. 2004. 94mins.A crowd-pleasingslice-of-life set in Barcelona, Tapas weaves several stories into acharming, if slight, whole. Opening on May 13 in Spain, it looks good formedium local success, but better for international arthouse with several salesconcluded after its screening at the Malaga Film Festival last week ...
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Cannes contenders limber up for festival competition
Which film will open the 58thedition of the Cannes festival on May 11' Could the festival take acommercial turn and opt for Star Wars Episode III: The Return Of The Sith- out of competition - or Woody Allen's UK-set Matchpoint with ScarlettJohansson' While the word is that StarWars is going ...
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The Interpreter
Dir Sydney Pollack.UK-US. 2005. 128mins.Like the United Nationsitself, The Interpreter has an ambitious remit. It's a politicalthriller set in the halls of the UN's previously-unfilmed East Manhattanedifice. It's firing star power with Nicole Kidman as a mysterious African-bornUN interpreter opposite Sean Penn as a recently bereaved federal agent,complete with romantic ...
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The Interpreter
Dir Sydney Pollack.UK-US. 2005. 128mins.Like the United Nationsitself, The Interpreter has an ambitious remit. It's a politicalthriller set in the halls of the UN's previously-unfilmed East Manhattanedifice. It's firing star power with Nicole Kidman as a mysterious African-bornUN interpreter opposite Sean Penn as a recently bereaved federal agent,complete with romantic ...
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Duck Season flies off with Mexican Oscars
FernandoEimbcke's Duck Season (Temporada de Patos) has won 11 Ariel awards atMexico's Oscar-equivalent ceremony. Eimbcke, who made his directorial debut with the work, wentinto the night with 12 nominations and took home best film, director, actor andactress along with best screenplay (for Eimbcke himself), cinematography,music, sound, art design, best first ...
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Valiant
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 ...
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Fortissimo rolls with Pen-ek's Invisible Waves
Fortissimo Filmshas secured a slew of territories on Pen-ek Ratanaruang's follow-up to LastLife In The Universe, called Invisible Waves. The film, whichreunites Pen-ek with his Last Life cinematographer Christopher Doyle andstar Asano Tadanobu, has gone to PalmPictures for North America, France's Wildside, Triangel Films has come in forScandinavian territories, A-Films ...
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The Magic Roundabout (La Manege Enchante)
Dirs: Dave Borthwick, Jean Duval, Frank Passingham. 2005. UK-Fr. 81minsRemaking 1960sfive-minute children's TV show The Magic Roundabout as a full-lengthcomputer-animated feature always seemed a somewhat unlikely project. Sadly, theresulting $24m Anglo-French co-production explains why.The original series beganlife as La Manege Enchante on French TV in 1964. In the UK the ...
