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Movies This Week: Dogme Alums Get An Education with Bronson
13 November 2009 11:00 AM, PST | Slackerwood | See recent Slackerwood news »
Happy Friday the 13th! Walk under a ladder, hang out with a black cat, and see some movies. It's a very British heavy release week; three British films are opening in town (two with Emma Thompson in them). Two films new to Austin are directed by Dogme 95 alums. You know, the minimalist film movement started by Lars von Triers and others to thumb their noses at Hollywood and big budgets, with a manifesto demanding a vow of cinematic chastity? Can you guess which film on the list is anti-Dogme?
An Education -- It's London in the 1960s, and a teenage girl encounters a playboy in this coming of age story. Directed by Lone Scherfig (Italian for Beginners, Dogme #12 ), with a slew of memorable actors, including Dollhouse's Olivia Williams, Rosamund Pike (Pride and Prejudice), Dominic Cooper (The History Boys), and the inestimable Emma Thompson. Only a select few were able »
- Jenn Brown
Lff: I've Been Somewhere, Boy
29 October 2009 7:00 PM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
Dave here, reporting from the London Film Festival one last time. It's been my first full-on film festival, and if I said I wasn't dying to lie in my bed for twenty-four hours in a deep sleep, I'd be lying. But it's been a fantastic few weeks, a reignition of my passion for film, and an experience I'll probably never forget. Below, you can read my full review of Nowhere Boy, the John Lennon picture that received its world premiere as the festival's Closing Night Gala, and then my own personal set of "awards". But first, a big thanks to Nat for making it all happen, and I really hope you've enjoyed my coverage and that you'll seek out some of these movies - should you, of course, be given the chance.
Nowhere Boy begins with a couple of coy nods to that which it avoids mentioning explicitly - the Beatles. »
- Dave
Where We're At: Supporting Actress
29 October 2009 8:59 AM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
We haven't seen anything yet. Or not much of it at least. Particularly when it comes to Oscar's Supporting Actress race. With so many presumed giants on their way whose cast lists tilt female (Nine, The Lovely Bones, Up in the Air, Precious) it's quite possible that not one future Oscar nominee has arrived in theaters yet. That's kind of a shame for those of us who enjoy actresses year round.
If you had a ballot sitting in front of you right now, for example, and the only films that were eligible were films that had already opened (at least on the coasts -- we'll cheat and include next week's Precious) which supporting performances would be on your ballot? The pickings might be arguably slim but I'd probably choose from these ten. Which boxes would you check off?
Marion Cotillard, Public Enemies
Diane Kruger and Melanie Laurent Inglourious Basterds
Kerry Fox, »
- NATHANIEL R
Moon, Fish Tank & An Education Lead the Bifa Nominations
27 October 2009 8:00 AM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
The 12th annual British Independent Film Awards announced their nominations for the 2009 awards this morning and Duncan Jones’ Moon and Andrea Arnold’s Fish Tank lead the way with 7 and 8 nominations respectively.
Looking down the list, which you can find after the jump, the variety of talent being honoured here is truly astounding and shows the British Film Industry is very good health. Armando Iannucci’s In The Loop has a number of nominations for its cast and crew, Peter Capaldi and director Iannucci as well as a nomination for its exceptional script in Best Screenplay catergory.
One of my favourite films of the year, Lone Scherfig’s An Education, has a host of nominations for its script, actors and Scherfig herself as Best Director. The ceremony takes place on the 6th of December and HeyUGuys hope to on hand to help celebrate what has been as outstanding year for British film. »
- Jon Lyus
Bifa Nominees: Abbie Cornish, Michael Fassbender and More
27 October 2009 5:29 AM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
Oh, agony! The British Independent Film Award nominations have arrived (in October? Damn that’s early) to serve up the dread reminder that there is no such thing as ‘day and date” releases outside of rare mega blockbusters. I suppose I should thank the celluloid cosmos. In a way the erratic nature of film distribution helps me to continue living my blissfully delusional life wherein I pretend that people would actually flock to more challenging higher quality international cinema if they only had access to it and could see it and talk about it at the same time. Isn’t this one reason that television is so popular? It’s communal. Movies are supposed to be communal but it doesn’t work out that way so much.
Michael Fassbender in Fish Tank
I have no idea when I’ll ever have a chance to see Fish Tank for example, which »
- NATHANIEL R
BIFAs Uncovers 2009 Nominees
26 October 2009 11:36 PM, PDT | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »
Which movies are vying for the 12th annual British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) have been unraveled on Monday, October 26 at Soho House in London with the announcement of 2009 nominees. Receiving the most nods was "Fish Tank", an Andrea Arnold's drama that won the Jury Prize at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival.
The movie revolving around the turbulent relationship a 15-year-old girl has with her mother and her new boyfriend has collected 8 nominations in total. Vying for the major categories including best British film, best director and best screenplay, it also placed its leading actress Katie Jarvis in competition for best actress and most promising newcomers.
Following behind "Fish Tank" with seven noms was Duncan Jones' sci-fi thriller "Moon". "An Education", "In the Loop" and "Nowhere Boy", in the meantime, gathered six counts each. Other movies with multiple nominations were "Bright Star" with four, "Katalin Varga" with three, and »
- AceShowbiz.com
Arnold's Fish Tank and Jones' Moon Lead 2009 Bifa nominations
26 October 2009 | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »
- No surprises here with the noms for the 12th British Independent Film Awards as the overwhelming favorite Fish Tank grabbed a total of eight nominations, while a sci-fi film that looks big budget but was closer to shoestring in Duncan Jones' Moon placed second best in the noms tally with a total of seven. The major "snub" is that the committee of 70 were high on Lone Scherfig’s An Education, Armando Iannucci’s In The Loop and Sam Taylor Wood’s Nowhere Boy (they all received 6 nominations) but failed to include Jane Campion's Bright Star in the Best British Independent Film category. Of the nominations we are most happy to see Edward Hogg receive some love for White Lightnin’ in the Most Promising Newcomer category and we are happy to see that Tom Hardy received kudos for his psychotic perf in Bronson. With only one nomination, it »
Interview: Character Study With ‘An Education’ Director Lone Scherfig
22 October 2009 1:50 PM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – In the new coming-of-age film, “An Education,” director Lone Scherfig creates a different time (the early 1960s) and place (middle class England) to tell the story of a teenage girl’s conflict between her academic life and older man lover.
Jenny (Carey Mulligan) is an English schoolgirl in 1962, right at the edge of the coming revolution. She is working hard to get into Oxford, through the ardent wishes of her father (Alfred Molina). When a chance meeting with a older man (Peter Sarsgaard) begins to derail her advancements, she get an education that can never be taught in books.
Between Girl and Woman: Carey Mulligan as Jenny in ‘An Education’
Photo credit: Kerry Brown for Sony Pictures Classics
HollywoodChicago got the chance to interview the director of An Education, Lone Scherfig. She spoke about film’s theme of the transitional life in teenage girls, the relationship between class and education, »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
Pike: 'I charmed my way out of a ticket'
21 October 2009 4:05 AM, PDT | Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Rosamund Pike has revealed that she talked herself out of a police driving ticket in the Us. The Pride And Prejudice star, who was driving from Memphis to Mississippi in 2006, said that she started acting in order to get out of a ticket. Pike told the Daily Mail: "I'd run through a stop sign. In the South a woman can get away by playing the little girl lost routine, and [the policeman] waved me on my way." The former Bond girl also talked about fan mail, saying: "I do get men writing to me asking (more) »
- By Rebecca Davies
Rosamund Pike thinks that everyone is scared of her
20 October 2009 1:22 AM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
Rosamund Pike thinks people became scared of her after 'Die Another Day'.
The British actress - who played villainess Miranda Frost in the 2002 James Bond film - believes people are frightened of her since she played the confident and sexy MI6 double agent in the spy film franchise.
She said: "Being a Bond girl was scary, wonderful and life-changing. I felt completely out of my depth doing 'Die Another Day'. I was quaking in my boots on that set. Looking back, I'm incredibly proud to have been a Bond girl. But I think it made other people scared of me."
The 30-year-old beauty understands the role made her appear "unpleasant" but she is keen to reassure people she is nothing like the "supremely confident" character in real life.
She explained to Britain's Mail on Sunday: "Unwittingly I created this image for myself of someone who was supremely confident and completely unapproachable, »
- Paul
Pike Charmed Her Way Out Of Driving Ticket
19 October 2009 12:01 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Actress Rosamund Pike once used her feminine charm on a police officer to avoid a ticket for a driving offence.
The Die Another Day star was travelling from Tennessee to Mississippi along a secluded road when she was caught dodging a stop sign by cops.
She was pulled over - but she managed to get out of a penalty ticket.
Pike says, "In 2006 I decided to fly into Memphis and drive down to Mississippi. I was driving down Highway 1, the only car for miles, thinking, 'Another car could pull up alongside me now and I'd be defenceless.' Then a car did pull up.
"It was the police. I'd run through a stop sign. In the South a woman can get away by playing the little girl lost routine, and he waved me on my way." »
Pike's Doctor Horror
19 October 2009 8:57 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Actress Rosamund Pike threw herself into her role as a doctor in 2005 movie Doom - she dissected a corpse in preparation.
The Brit starred in the horror film and was determined to emulate a true medic, but admits the experience left her feeling queasy.
She says, "When researching for Doom, I spent a few days at a morgue in Prague. On the third day I was presented with my own cadaver and had to open it up.
"I had the world's worst hangover and the doctor who was assisting me was called away, so I was left alone with this male corpse on a slab." »
Pike Happy To Date Fans
19 October 2009 1:06 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Actress Rosamund Pike once went on a date with a fan after she was sent a letter inviting her for a meal.
The Die Another Day star receives numerous offers by post from admirers and she's encouraging men to send her more propositions - because she'd be happy to meet up with a fan again.
She says, "I attract my fair share of oddballs. I do get men writing asking me out for dinner. One time I accepted the invitation. It was a successful date but there was no kissing involved. I'd do it again. If someone writes me a really cracking letter, why shouldn't I meet up with them?" »
Movie Review: An Education (2009)
16 October 2009 1:44 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Peter Sarsgaard and Carey Mulligan in An Education
Photo: Sony Pictures Classics Director Lone Scherfig's An Education can have a hypnotic quality to it depending on how you read it. A young 16-year-old in 1961 Twickenham, England is seduced by an older man and whisked away into a life she had only dreamed of. A life free of her studies and filled with classical music, art auctions and trips to Paris. Adapted from the memoir of British journalist Lynn Barber, the story of Jenny played with complete and utter competence by Carey Mulligan is as entertaining as it is emotional. If you find yourself caught up in the whimsy of the first two acts and feel suddenly shuddered by the third, then the movie has done its job by putting you squarely in Jenny's shoes as you both get a harsh dose of reality.
Jenny's desire is to have fun. »
- Brad Brevet
The Week in Film: "An Education" beats a "Retreat," plus new trailers
9 October 2009 9:23 AM, PDT | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »
Thirty Republican senators voted down an amendment by Al Franken to take away government funds from defense contractors who prevent their employees from pursuing legal action for workplace assault or sexual discrimination, but luckily it passed anyway.
Meanwhile, David Letterman admitted to affairs with his employees, and his ratings are higher than ever.
Fix your boss with a “no means no” stare and let’s talk about this week’s movies.
The weekend’s big release is Couples Retreat, and while the resort-set movie always looks postcard-pretty — which is never a given, since lush Greek locales couldn’t save Mamma Mia! or My Life in Ruins from looking washed-out and awful — the script is rather problematic.
Four couples (Jason Bateman and Kristen Bell, Vince Vaughn and Malin Akerman, Jon Favreau and Kristin Davis, Faizon Love and Kali Hawk) fly off to a tropical paradise, but three of the pairs don »
- ADuralde
'An Education': Girl School, By Kurt Loder
9 October 2009 6:44 AM, PDT | MTV Movie News | See recent MTV Movie News news »
Carey Mulligan, remember the name.
Carey Mulligan in "An Education"
Photo: BBC Films
London, 1961. A generation of British moms and pops are still stuck in the battered mental postures of postwar austerity, but their kids are restless, longing for something they can't put a name to yet. "An Education," the new film by director Lone Scherfig, gets this moment of flux just right: the clothes, the cars, the eternally stifling class interactions. Even the movie's soundtrack speaks of impending change, with the imported '50s pop of Brenda Lee and Percy Faith being insistently subverted by the soul-charged R&B of American stars like Ray Charles, whose music will soon help launch the British beat boom that will eventually change the world.
The angel-faced English actress Carey Mulligan, in a performance of complete, star-quality confidence, plays 16-year-old Jenny, who's chafing under the pressure from her father (Alfred Molina) to buckle »
Exclusive Video: Peter Sarsgaard and Cast Give Us An Education
8 October 2009 11:49 AM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Before Beatles Mania went into full force between 1962 and 1963 London was caught in a conservative post-war slump which would eventually lead to the Cultural Revolution soon to come. That time in history is artfully displayed through the eyes of a young girl coming of age in An Education, which opens on October 9th. We had the chance to speak exclusively with the films stars Peter Sarsgaard, Carey Mulligan and Dominic Cooper, as well as director Lone Scherfig about this touching and thought-provoking new film. To watch our exclusive video interviews click on the video clips below.
An Education is the story of a teenage girl's coming-of-age set in 1961 London, a city caught between the drab, post-war 1950s and the glamorous, more liberated decade to come. Jenny (Carey Mulligan) stands on the brink of becoming a woman: a brilliantly witty and attractive 16-year-old whose suburban life is about to be blown »
giveaway: ‘An Education’ poster
7 October 2009 8:36 AM, PDT | www.flickfilosopher.com | See recent FlickFilosopher news »
The film An Education -- about a teenage girl’s coming of age in early 1960s London, starring Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Dominic Cooper, Rosamund Pike, Alfred Molina, and Cara Seymour, and directed by Lone Scherfig from a screenplay by Nick Hornby -- will open in the U.S. this Friday, October 9 (and in the U.K. on October 30). To celebrate, I’m giving away a poster from the film, courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics. Enter by using this link to send your name and U.S. mailing address. (Visit the film’s official site.) (Watch the trailer.) Enter By: 11:59pm Eastern time, Wednesday, October 21. Winners are chosen at random from all eligible entries received. Note: Your email address and mailing address will be used Only for contest purposes. You will not be added to any mailing lists; you will not be spammed as a result of entering. All »
- MaryAnn Johanson
About a Girl: An Education
6 October 2009 9:26 AM, PDT | TribecaFilm.com | See recent Tribeca Film news »
Dear reader, you will undoubtedly hear these words a million times before the Oscars bow in February: newcomer Carey Mulligan is a revelation in An Education. Here's the thing, however - it's absolutely true. In Lone Scherfig's sensitively wrought film, with an adapted screenplay from journalist and writer Nick Hornby, Mulligan begins as a schoolgirl, 16-year-old Jenny, the great Oxford hope of her parents' (including Alfred Molina) eye, whose greatest desire is to get to Paris and live a little; until then, she has her Gauloises and her Juliette Greco records in her stifling suburb of Twickenham. Until she meets the thirtysomething David (Peter Sarsgaard), who introduces her to a glamorous new world of culture, complete with two gorgeous friends, Danny (Dominic Cooper) and Helen (a wonderful Rosamund Pike, playing dippy with such intelligence). With this temptation, Jenny is steered off course, and Oxford becomes a question mark. It »
Review: Surrogates
5 October 2009 1:14 PM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
There hasn’t been much in the way of good all out sci-fi action this year. Star Trek was as much introduction as it was action, Terminator: Salvation disappointed, and Transformers… Well, lets not talk about Transformers. So, with District 9 as the only real intelligent contender, Surrogates came along at a good time to try and provide what had been missing this year.
Based on a little known comic, Surrogates starts off with a brief, and almost half-hearted montage of how science has created affordable ’surrogates’, and how they are now used by 95% of the population. The concept of the surrogate is simple. The user stays at home in a nice comfy chair, hooked-up to their ’surri’ via a neural link. They then live out their day via the highly advanced, idealised robot version of themselves. The robots are completely human looking, and very strong.
Bruce Willis plays federal agent Tom Greer. »
- Barry Steele
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