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The film Belfast ‘is a love letter to a place, a place Branagh celebrates in vibrant color in the first frames with the music of none other than Belfastās own son, Van Morrison.’ Photo: Still from the film Belfast 04 September 2021 | Sasha Stone | Awards Daily | With additional photos Itās not easy…
Judi Dench, CiarĆ”n Hinds, CaitrĆona Balfe, and Jamie Dornan star in Kenneth Branaghās B&W coming-of-age tale set amid the tumult of late-1960s Northern Ireland. Photo: Focus Features 03 September 2021 | Ryan Lattanzio | IndieWire Between āArtemis Fowlā and the beleaguered, still-to-come āDeath on the Nile,āĀ Kenneth BranaghĀ is coming off somewhat of an iffy run. Nominated…
Photo: Clare Peploe in 2001, the year her film āTriumph of Loveā was released. She had a knack for attracting well-known actors; that film’s cast included Ben Kingsley and Mira Sorvino.Credit…J. Vespa/WireImage, via Getty Images Best known for her film āTriumph of Love,āĀ Ms. Peploe usually banned her husband, Bernardo Bertolucci, from her film sets, saying…
Photo: The French Connection II (1975) No, you might be immediately familiar with the name. But you have probably heard of Grand Prix, French Connection II, Roninā¦ 21 June 2021 | Raphael Costa | Taste of Cinema What is the measure of a genius? How many masterpieces must a director make so that they may…
Photo: A still from the Manfred Kirchheimer documentary Free Time 03 June 2021 | Sukhdev Sandhu | The Guardian Manfred Kirchheimer, the USās least-known great documentarian, may be 90 years old, but his memory is as sharp as a knife. āI wasnāt always a film aficionado,ā he recalls. āThen, in 1949, I was at Manhattanās…
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Photo: Courtesy of Warner Bros. 31 May 2021 | Peter DebrugeĀ | Variety Thereās no putting Clint Eastwood out to pasture. Clint turns 91 today, and itās worth celebrating the fact that this Hollywood legend is still turning out work at a faster clip and higher quality than practically anyone in the business. Granted, prolific doesnāt always mean…
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02 June 2021 | James Porteous | Clipper Media I remember watching a rather poor VHS copy of ‘Say Amen, Somebody’ sometime in the late 1980s, I guess. By that point in my music exploration I was quite familiar with The Golden Gate Singers, The Pilgrim Travelers and Dorothy Love Coates and so many others…
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Photo: Screenshot of Seven Seas A sweet home-away-from-home, but be forewarned – you’ll need a crew of 28 people to make this work. 17 May 2021 | Mark David| Dirt Photo : via Chamberlain Yachts Rich people have multimillion-dollar mansions, maybe even a couple of them. Some even have airplanes. But really rich people, the kind with…
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SOURCE: WAYNE CHATFIELD SHANE MEADOWS 18 May 2021 | BEN DALTON | Screendaily UK filmmaker Shane Meadows is to make his first-ever BBC television drama with The Gallows Pole, produced with UK-Irish producers Element Pictures. The series, based on the 2017 novel of the same name by Benjamin Myers, fictionalises the true story of 18th-century ironworker…
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The director’s “other production commitments” have superseded ‘An Afternoon with SCTV’ 13 May 2021 | Ā Calum Slingerland | Exclaim Following reports that Martin Scorsese‘s long-awaited SCTV documentary for Netflix had been shelved, it has now been confirmed that An Afternoon with SCTV is not off the table entirely, but just a little lower on the director’s slate of productions. Earlier this week, longtime…
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27 March 2018 | Willow Green | Empire (original link) When we asked a number of directors to write essays on their favourite Steven Spielberg movie for our current issue dedicated to the great director and his works, the likes of Miartin Scorsese, Christopher Nolan, Rian Johnson, and JJ Abrams jumped at the chance. But only Edgar Wright went the extra mile, jumping on…
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‘Don’t Look Back’ shows a young Dylan: confident if not arrogant, confrontational and contrary, but also charismatic and charming. 17 May 2018 | Various Sources | Hawkins Bay Dispatch – This Day This Day – 17 May 1967 “… You know the audience that subscribe to TIME Magazine, the audience of people that want to…
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