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Everybody Knows (Todos lo saben Spain-France-Italy 2018) March 22, 2019
Everybody Knows opened the Cannes competition in 2018 to mixed reviews (although better than usual for the opening film) and it has taken some time to get into UK distribution. I suspect that audiences have discovered the film to be better … Continue reading →
In the Fade (Aus dem Nichts, Germany-France 2017) January 12, 2019
This film by German-Turkish director Fatih Akin features a ‘powerhouse performance’ by Diane Kruger which won her the best female acting prize at Cannes in 2017. However, when the film went on release in the US and UK (it opened … Continue reading →
Casa de los babys (US-Mexico 2003) January 6, 2019
John Sayles has been away from UK cinema screens for a long time. I think Honeydripper was the last of his films to get a UK release back in 2008 . These days the ‘godfather of American Independent cinema’ is mostly … Continue reading →
Ciao Ciao (France-China 2017) November 20, 2018
Ciao Ciao is the latest DVD release from Matchbox Films and a welcome surprise. Matchbox Films pick up a diverse range of films, but not usually a film like this which comes with the support of a Cannes Cinéfondation ‘Atelier’ tag … Continue reading →
Spike Lee Joint 3: Four Little Girls (US 1997) November 7, 2018
I’ve been prompted by shootings of African-Americans in far too many incidents over the last few years to dig out some notes I used in 2003. The crime investigated in Four Little Girls, the Spike Lee documentary, is also alluded to … Continue reading →
The Girl Who Kicked in the Hornet’s Nest (Luftslottet som sprängdes, Sweden/Denmark/Germany 2009) October 4, 2018
(I discovered this in a pile of unpublished posts. I’m posting it now as a tribute to Mikael Nykvist who died ridiculously young (of lung cancer) at 56 in June 2017. I also note that a second ‘follow up’ title … Continue reading →

Media Student’s Book Blog

Balancing left and right
The Labour leadership election appears to have got the UK press and broadcasting media in a real tizz. One of the most aggravating aspects of the reporting is the constant appendage of ‘left-wing’ to any reference to Jeremy Corbyn. He is … Continue reading →
Defining the other
The 10th anniversary of the ‘7/7 bombings’ in 2005 in London saw a range of remembrance events across the UK. These resulted in a great deal of media coverage. One BBC radio reporter referred to the four young bombers and … Continue reading →
Getting the balance right
The local elections in England last week produced two examples of quandaries for broadcasters. The big story for the BBC and other commentators was the rise of the UK Independence Party (UKIP), led by a curiously charismatic Nigel Farage. UKIP are … Continue reading →
Welsh TV noir: Hinterland (UK 2013)
Hinterland is a good example of the global/local. Like some other modern states the UK has statutory requirements and cultural policies that protect the other languages in the Home Nations and this means support for both Welsh and Gaelic broadcasters … Continue reading →

Cineuropa

Review: Liberté - Cannes 2019 – Un Certain Regard
CANNES 2019: Albert Serra invites us to partake in the nocturnal wanderings of a group of sadien libertines as the liminal surrounds of the forest rustle with their desires
Review: Particles - Cannes 2019 – Directors' Fortnight
CANNES 2019 : Blaise Harrison is a revelation with his feature debut, a teen movie with a very personal style at the crossroads of fantasy and quantum physics
Interview: Corneliu Porumboiu • Director, The Whistlers - "I saw again all those films that I liked in the childhood and it was a pleasure to play with that" - Cannes 2019 - Competition
CANNES 2019: Romanian director Corneliu Porumboiu, who is in participating in the Palme d'Or competition for the first time, talked to us about his new film The Whistlers
Interview: Shahrbanoo Sadat • Director of The Orphanage - “Some people feel I don’t talk enough about war and politics in my films” - Cannes 2019 – Directors’ Fortnight
CANNES 2019: Afghan director Shahrbanoo Sadat breaks down The Orphanage, the second part of a planned pentalogy that began with the acclaimed Wolf and Sheep
Interview: Tonje Hessen Schei • Director - "We have a technology here revolutionising our world" - Cannes 2019 - Marché du Film
CANNES 2019: At the Marché du Film, documentary filmmaker Tonje Hessen Schei discusses the technologies that have helped her shape her work
Interview: Julie Brill • Corporate vice-president, Microsoft - "AI could help screenwriters and directors as they try to develop stories" - Cannes 2019 - Marché du Film
CANNES 2019: Julie Brill, corporate vice-president and General Counsel of Global Privacy & Regulatory Affairs deputy general at Microsoft, discusses the strength of new technologies
Cannes XR devotes a whole day to the Augmented Reality Summit - Cannes 2019 – Marché du Film
CANNES 2019: The Marché du Film’s Cannes XR delved into the current status of AR experiences, their technical and narrative limitations, but also how they could enhance our real world
Interview: Artemio Benki • Director of Solo - "I prefer a humanistic approach that comes out of honest curiosity" - Cannes 2019 – ACID
CANNES 2019: We caught up with Paris-born, Prague-based filmmaker Artemio Benki to find out more about his feature-length directorial debut, Solo

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