SAVE YOUR LEGS Trailer Knocks It Out Of The Park

We've come a long way since Bodyline. While this staid period miniseries was a huge success for George Miller and Australian television, it didn't exactly launch cricket as a genre we started seeing more on screens - whether as a backdrop... More »

By Simon de Bruyn

Third Window Acquires SAWAKO DECIDES For Theatrical and Home Video

Our friends at Third Window Films are happy to announce their latest acquisition: Sawako Decides. The film played to very appreciative audiences this year at Camera Japan in Rotterdam, Fantasia in Montreal, and the New York Asian Film Festival. It... More »

By J Hurtado

A PROPHET (Un Prophèt) Wins Best Film At LFF 2009

The winners of this year's LFF have been announced with Jacques Audiard's A Prophet (Un Prophèt) taking home the Star of London Best Film award. John Hillcoat's The Road was also given special mention by the jury. The French prison... More »

By James Dennis

London Film Festival 2009: THE WHITE RIBBON gets UK release date and trailer

Hot on the heels of its LFF screening, Michael Haneke's Palme d'Or winning The White Ribbon is getting a UK theatrical release on 13th November through arthouse supremos Artificial Eye."A village in Protestant northern Germany. 1913-1914. On the eve of... More »

By James Dennis

Thomas Turgoose Stars In THE SCOUTING BOOK FOR BOYS

Ah, young love and disappearances, these are the things that fuel Tom Harper's The Scouting Book For Boys. Screening Sunday at the London Film Festival, Scouting Book stars the stellar Thomas Turgoose (This Is England, Somers Town) as the male... More »

By Todd Brown

Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival Line Up Announced!

So the line-up of The Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival has been announced, and inevitably there's much to be excited about. With 15 world premieres, 146 UK premieres and a total of 191 features being screened over 2... More »

By James Dennis

Leading Voices in Global Cinema

Todd Brown, Founder & Editor Toronto
Peter Martin, Managing Editor Dallas
Ryland Aldrich, Festivals Editor Los Angeles
James Marsh, Asian Editor Hong Kong
Brian Clark, European Editor Paris

China Beat: What did China See in IRON MAN 3?

Much has already been written, both on these pages and many others, about the landmark Hollywood-China co-production that is Marvel and DMG Entertainment's Iron Man 3. The film, directed by Shane Black, is the third solo outing for Robert Downey Jr's Tony Stark, and has proved a phenomenal success around... More »

FEAR & LOATHING AT CANNES, PART 2: I'M IN LOVE WITH EVERYBODY'S GIRL

CHAPTER 4: THE PHILOSOPHY OF ANNA KARINA AND BUTT PLUGSI'm sitting outside at a small Café that my editor told me to meet him at. I'm a 10 minute walk from the Marche Du Film convention hall and I'm still waiting for my editor to arrive so he take guide... More »

CINEMA HOLOCAUST ON THE FRENCH RIVIERA, PART 1: THOSE GOD DAMN FILM BLOGGERS

MIKE'S JOURNAL. MAY 13. MORNINGI wake up sometime around five AM. My flight to France doesn't leave until five PM. I should be there for security check in sometime around 3PM. There is no reason for me to be up this early but I'm feeling anxious. I have an itch... More »

FEAR & LOATHING AT CANNES, PART 1: A MAN'S HANDSHAKE SAYS EVERYTHING

CHAPTER ONE: THE BIGGER THE SIDEBURNS, THE BIGGER THE ASSHOLE. I've hit the big time now. I've finally made it. I'm in like Flint from here on out. I'm boarding a plane to France where I'll be attending the Cannes Film Festival for the first time.No more unpaid blogging from... More »

Destroy All Monsters: Leo DiCaprio and the Myth of the Chick Flick

I have a running argument about whether or not movie box office is a zero-sum game. I tend to attack film earning potential from the "mother of two" perspective - which is that while yes, it's nice to believe that if a film is good it has a theoretically unlimited... More »

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