Ellie Bamber has been cast in 'Animal Friends'.The 'Willow' actress will feature alongside Ryan Reynolds, Jason Momoa, Aubrey Plaza, Daniel Levy, Addison Rae and Lil Rel Howery in the film that will combine both live-action and animated characters.The plot is being kept under wraps – although insiders are billing the film as an R-rated road trip adventure - and Peter Atencio is set to direct from a script by writing duo Kevin Burrows and Matt Mider.The film is being produced by entertainment company Legendary, Reynolds’ Maximum Effort banner and producer Namit Malhotra’s Prime Focus Studios.Meanwhile, Ellie is set to play Kate Moss in the biopic 'Moss and Freud' which tells the story of the supermodel's decision to pose naked for the artist Lucian Freud – who will be portrayed in the picture by screen and stage veteran Sir Derek Jacobi.Kate has been involved in...
- 4/19/2024
- by Ayaan Ali
- Bang Showbiz
Madonna is feeling great to be alive for her 65th birthday!
The “Material Girl” took to her Instagram to share a video of her ringing in her birthday surrounded by her loved ones in Lisbon, Portugal. The reel features photos and videos of the lavish, family-filled extravaganza attended by Madonna, her six children — Lourdes Leon, 26, from her relationship with Carlos Leon; Rocco Ritchie, 22, from her marriage to director Guy Ritchie; David Banda, 17, Mercy James, 17, and twins Stella and Estere, 10, the four of whom she adopted — and various friends, set to the singer’s 1990 hit, “Vogue”.
The video shows the partygoers eating dinner, having an epic dance party and singing aplenty. Toward the end of the video compilation, David plays the piano as everyone sings along to his tune, including his mother.
“It’s great to be Alive………… .. and Amazing to Be able to put on my dancing shoes and Celebrate my Birthday!
The “Material Girl” took to her Instagram to share a video of her ringing in her birthday surrounded by her loved ones in Lisbon, Portugal. The reel features photos and videos of the lavish, family-filled extravaganza attended by Madonna, her six children — Lourdes Leon, 26, from her relationship with Carlos Leon; Rocco Ritchie, 22, from her marriage to director Guy Ritchie; David Banda, 17, Mercy James, 17, and twins Stella and Estere, 10, the four of whom she adopted — and various friends, set to the singer’s 1990 hit, “Vogue”.
The video shows the partygoers eating dinner, having an epic dance party and singing aplenty. Toward the end of the video compilation, David plays the piano as everyone sings along to his tune, including his mother.
“It’s great to be Alive………… .. and Amazing to Be able to put on my dancing shoes and Celebrate my Birthday!
- 8/19/2023
- by Melissa Romualdi
- ET Canada
Could BBC One’s Rain Dogs be the first time a fairly explicit “glory hole” scene, complete with slurpy sound effects, has been transmitted on British television? The nearest precedent I can think of was a transmission of the biopic of the outrageous Sixties playwright Joe Orton, Prick Up Your Ears, but, from memory, there was no full-on fellatio in the bogs depicted. So Rain Dogs has at least made its mark for that.
That sounds a bit dismissive, but it’s the reverse. Sleaze – proper, depressing, tawdry sleaze; sleaze infused with danger and drink – is rarely portrayed with much conviction on the telly, but this eight-part darker-than-dark sort-of-comedy makes you just as uneasy as our hero of the underworld, peep show performer Costello. The not-so-good-time girl is played with the usual brilliance by Daisy May Cooper. After Cooper’s delusional, unloved, Kerry in This Country through the gaslit Nic in Am I Being Unreasonable?...
That sounds a bit dismissive, but it’s the reverse. Sleaze – proper, depressing, tawdry sleaze; sleaze infused with danger and drink – is rarely portrayed with much conviction on the telly, but this eight-part darker-than-dark sort-of-comedy makes you just as uneasy as our hero of the underworld, peep show performer Costello. The not-so-good-time girl is played with the usual brilliance by Daisy May Cooper. After Cooper’s delusional, unloved, Kerry in This Country through the gaslit Nic in Am I Being Unreasonable?...
- 4/4/2023
- by Sean O'Grady
- The Independent - TV
Ellie Bamber is set to star as Kate Moss in a new film detailing her infamous relationship with Lucian Freud. The “Serpent” and “Nocturnal Animals” star will play the British supermodel in “Moss & Freud”, which will cover a period in the early 2000s when she sat for Freud, who will be played by Derek Jacobi (“Murder on the Orient Express”), reports ‘Variety’.
The project will be directed by James Lucas, who is known for his Oscar-winning live action short film “The Phone Call”, starring Sally Hawkins and Jim Broadbent. Moss will executive produce with the support of the Lucian Freud Archive.
Set around Freud’s Holland Park studio and London in the heady days of early 2000s Britain, the story opens up to explore Freud’s mysterious past and Moss’s life as a globally recognised supermodel.
As per ‘Variety’, Cornerstone is handling worldwide sales at the upcoming European film market.
The project will be directed by James Lucas, who is known for his Oscar-winning live action short film “The Phone Call”, starring Sally Hawkins and Jim Broadbent. Moss will executive produce with the support of the Lucian Freud Archive.
Set around Freud’s Holland Park studio and London in the heady days of early 2000s Britain, the story opens up to explore Freud’s mysterious past and Moss’s life as a globally recognised supermodel.
As per ‘Variety’, Cornerstone is handling worldwide sales at the upcoming European film market.
- 2/3/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
Ellie Bamber, the rising Brit star recently seen in Willow and The Serpent, is set to play supermodel Kate Moss in upcoming biopic Moss & Freud.
The film comes from writer/director James Lucas — who won the live-action short film Oscar for The Phone Call (starring Sally Hawkins and Jim Broadbent) — and is set to dramatize the period in 2002 when Moss, at the peak of her fame (and then heavily pregnant), chose to sit nude for famed British artist Lucian Freud. It was a decision that deeply impacted and transformed both of their lives (and the painting subsequently sold in 2005 for almost 5 million).
Oscar-nominee Derek Jacobi (Murder on the Orient Express, The Kings Speech) will play Freud. Moss will executive produce with the support of the Lucian Freud Archive.
Moss & Freud is a Gfc Films production, produced by Matthew Metcalfe (McLaren, Dean Spanley, 6 Days). Set around Freud’s Holland Park studio...
The film comes from writer/director James Lucas — who won the live-action short film Oscar for The Phone Call (starring Sally Hawkins and Jim Broadbent) — and is set to dramatize the period in 2002 when Moss, at the peak of her fame (and then heavily pregnant), chose to sit nude for famed British artist Lucian Freud. It was a decision that deeply impacted and transformed both of their lives (and the painting subsequently sold in 2005 for almost 5 million).
Oscar-nominee Derek Jacobi (Murder on the Orient Express, The Kings Speech) will play Freud. Moss will executive produce with the support of the Lucian Freud Archive.
Moss & Freud is a Gfc Films production, produced by Matthew Metcalfe (McLaren, Dean Spanley, 6 Days). Set around Freud’s Holland Park studio...
- 2/2/2023
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Ellie Bamber will star as Kate Moss in Academy Award-winning writer and director James Lucas’ upcoming feature film Moss & Freud.
Two-time Emmy Award winner and BAFTA Award nominee Derek Jacobi will star as Lucian Freud.
The film is a dramatized account of when supermodel Kate Moss made the decision to sit for famed British artist Lucian Freud in a decision that deeply impacted and transformed both of their lives.
James Lucas is known for his Academy Award-winning live-action short film The Phone Call (starring Sally Hawkins and Jim Broadbent). Kate Moss will executive produce with the support of the Lucian Freud Archive.
Cornerstone will launch sales on the project at the EFM.
Two-time Emmy Award winner and BAFTA Award nominee Derek Jacobi will star as Lucian Freud.
The film is a dramatized account of when supermodel Kate Moss made the decision to sit for famed British artist Lucian Freud in a decision that deeply impacted and transformed both of their lives.
James Lucas is known for his Academy Award-winning live-action short film The Phone Call (starring Sally Hawkins and Jim Broadbent). Kate Moss will executive produce with the support of the Lucian Freud Archive.
Cornerstone will launch sales on the project at the EFM.
- 2/2/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Ellie Bamber is set to star as Kate Moss in a new film detailing her infamous relationship with Lucian Freud.
The “Serpent” and “Nocturnal Animals” star will play the British supermodel in “Moss & Freud,” which will cover a period in the early 2000s when she sat for Freud, who will be played by Derek Jacobi (“Murder on the Orient Express”).
The project will be directed by James Lucas, who is known for his Oscar-winning live action short film “The Phone Call,” starring Sally Hawkins and Jim Broadbent. Moss will executive produce with the support of the Lucian Freud Archive.
“Moss & Freud” is a Gfc Films production, produced by Matthew Metcalfe.
Set around Freud’s Holland Park studio and London in the heady days of early 2000s Britain, the story opens up to explore Freud’s mysterious past and Moss’s life as a globally recognized supermodel.
Cornerstone is handling worldwide...
The “Serpent” and “Nocturnal Animals” star will play the British supermodel in “Moss & Freud,” which will cover a period in the early 2000s when she sat for Freud, who will be played by Derek Jacobi (“Murder on the Orient Express”).
The project will be directed by James Lucas, who is known for his Oscar-winning live action short film “The Phone Call,” starring Sally Hawkins and Jim Broadbent. Moss will executive produce with the support of the Lucian Freud Archive.
“Moss & Freud” is a Gfc Films production, produced by Matthew Metcalfe.
Set around Freud’s Holland Park studio and London in the heady days of early 2000s Britain, the story opens up to explore Freud’s mysterious past and Moss’s life as a globally recognized supermodel.
Cornerstone is handling worldwide...
- 2/2/2023
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Derek Jacobi will play British artist Lucian Freud.
Ellie Bamber will play supermodel Kate Moss and Derek Jacobi will play artist Lucian Freud in James Lucas’ upcoming feature Moss & Freud, for which Cornerstone Films will handle worldwide sales at this month’s European Film Market.
The film is produced by Matthew Metcalfe for the UK’s Gfc Films. Moss will executive produce the title with the support of the Lucian Freud Archive.
Moss & Freud is a dramatized account of when, at the peak of her fame in the early 2000s, Moss decided to sit for famed British artist Freud. The...
Ellie Bamber will play supermodel Kate Moss and Derek Jacobi will play artist Lucian Freud in James Lucas’ upcoming feature Moss & Freud, for which Cornerstone Films will handle worldwide sales at this month’s European Film Market.
The film is produced by Matthew Metcalfe for the UK’s Gfc Films. Moss will executive produce the title with the support of the Lucian Freud Archive.
Moss & Freud is a dramatized account of when, at the peak of her fame in the early 2000s, Moss decided to sit for famed British artist Freud. The...
- 2/2/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Viewers of The Last of Us are praising the second episode for its opening set in Indonesia.
The HBO video game adaptation continued on Sunday (22 January), catching up with Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Tess (Anna Torv) as they transport the teenage Ellie (Bella Ramsay) on a dangerous mission across a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
Each episode so far has featured a flashback, which takes place 20 years before the fall of civilisation that is triggered by the spreading of a brain-infecting fungus called Cordyceps.
Episode two opened in Jakarta, Indonesia, and saw an expert in the study of fungi learn of the outbreak. Chillingly, after discovering details of the outbreak, she tells an Indonesian military officer that there is no vaccine and her advice is to bomb the entire city.
Indonesian viewers are heaping praise on the show for casting Indonesian actors Christine Hakam and Yayu Aw Unru in these roles, as well...
The HBO video game adaptation continued on Sunday (22 January), catching up with Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Tess (Anna Torv) as they transport the teenage Ellie (Bella Ramsay) on a dangerous mission across a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
Each episode so far has featured a flashback, which takes place 20 years before the fall of civilisation that is triggered by the spreading of a brain-infecting fungus called Cordyceps.
Episode two opened in Jakarta, Indonesia, and saw an expert in the study of fungi learn of the outbreak. Chillingly, after discovering details of the outbreak, she tells an Indonesian military officer that there is no vaccine and her advice is to bomb the entire city.
Indonesian viewers are heaping praise on the show for casting Indonesian actors Christine Hakam and Yayu Aw Unru in these roles, as well...
- 1/23/2023
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - TV
No plans this weekend? Let us fix that for you. Welcome to The Independent’s Arts Agenda, our brand new guide to the very best culture to catch up with across your Saturday and Sunday.
Carefully curated by our critics and editors, this round-up will bring you our hot tips across art, film, TV, theatre, dance, comedy, opera, books and music. Whether it’s a must-see newly opened show, or a gem you might have missed, we hope our recommendations mean you’re never stuck for something to see or do.
This week, if you haven’t watched The Last of Us yet, our TV Editor Ellie Harrison says you’re in store for a treat, while our Arts Editor Jessie Thompson is very curious about Melanie C’s Sadler’s Wells dance show. Elsewhere, our Film Editor Adam White says you can now watch Damien Chazelle’s Babylon at...
Carefully curated by our critics and editors, this round-up will bring you our hot tips across art, film, TV, theatre, dance, comedy, opera, books and music. Whether it’s a must-see newly opened show, or a gem you might have missed, we hope our recommendations mean you’re never stuck for something to see or do.
This week, if you haven’t watched The Last of Us yet, our TV Editor Ellie Harrison says you’re in store for a treat, while our Arts Editor Jessie Thompson is very curious about Melanie C’s Sadler’s Wells dance show. Elsewhere, our Film Editor Adam White says you can now watch Damien Chazelle’s Babylon at...
- 1/20/2023
- by Culture Staff
- The Independent - TV
When Oscar-winning production designer Rick Heinrichs (“Sleepy Hollow”) was first tasked with designing the titular structure for Rian Johnson’s “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,” he treated it like a literal onion, taking the model apart and cutting into it to study the layers. “There was something so cool and architectural about it, that it became part of the design,” he told IndieWire. “You really see the layers of depth in the dome. The metaphor of the Glass Onion works so well and I tried not to invent stuff that wasn’t there.”
For Johnson — whose latest whodunit takes inspiration from such iconic films as “Sleuth,” “The Last of Sheila,” and “Evil Under the Sun” — the metaphor of The Glass Onion was wrapped around the narcissistic, bad-boy mind of tech billionaire Miles Bron (Edward Norton). Bron hosts a murder mystery weekend getaway on his private Greek island with his...
For Johnson — whose latest whodunit takes inspiration from such iconic films as “Sleuth,” “The Last of Sheila,” and “Evil Under the Sun” — the metaphor of The Glass Onion was wrapped around the narcissistic, bad-boy mind of tech billionaire Miles Bron (Edward Norton). Bron hosts a murder mystery weekend getaway on his private Greek island with his...
- 11/22/2022
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
For the first time in a long time – basically four full seasons – an episode of The Handmaid’s Tale has left me feeling hopeful for the fate of June Osborne. In the season four finale, she and her ragtag group of rebels – all refugees from Gilead – banded together to kill Fred Waterford, a man so consistently evil that no viewer will miss him whatsoever, not even a little.
In the season five premiere, it appears all but certain that June is going to get away with the bloodthirsty crime, despite her best and most aggravating efforts to get the Canadians to prosecute her. June is so frustratingly June sometimes.
“Everything tastes better when Fred’s dead”
The episode picks up where season four left off, with June (Elisabeth Moss) having just realised her promise to kill Fred. She’s in some kind of fugue where nothing and no one but her baby daughter Nichole exists.
In the season five premiere, it appears all but certain that June is going to get away with the bloodthirsty crime, despite her best and most aggravating efforts to get the Canadians to prosecute her. June is so frustratingly June sometimes.
“Everything tastes better when Fred’s dead”
The episode picks up where season four left off, with June (Elisabeth Moss) having just realised her promise to kill Fred. She’s in some kind of fugue where nothing and no one but her baby daughter Nichole exists.
- 9/14/2022
- by Amanda Whiting
- The Independent - TV
Richard E. Grant bags guest role in ‘20,000 Leagues Under the Sea’ retelling
Withnail & I star Richard E. Grant has joined Disney+’s live-action drama Nautilus, with Muki Zubis (This is Going to Hurt) Benedict Hardie (The Luminaries), Jacob Collins Levy (Young Wallander) and Luke Arnold (Black Sails) also signing up to the cast. The show, from Moonriver TV and Seven Stories, is currently shooting at Village Roadshow Studios in Queensland, Australia. The show tells Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea from the point of view of Indian prince Captain Nemo (Shazad Latif) for the first time. Grant will guest star as the leader of Karajaan, a port town Nemo and his crew encounter on their adventures.
Vue International appoints Chief Operating Officer
Privately-held European cinema operator Vue International has hired Claire Arksey as Chief Operating Officer. She joins from clothing store Urban Outfitters, where she was responsible for 269 standalone stores across 14 countries.
Withnail & I star Richard E. Grant has joined Disney+’s live-action drama Nautilus, with Muki Zubis (This is Going to Hurt) Benedict Hardie (The Luminaries), Jacob Collins Levy (Young Wallander) and Luke Arnold (Black Sails) also signing up to the cast. The show, from Moonriver TV and Seven Stories, is currently shooting at Village Roadshow Studios in Queensland, Australia. The show tells Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea from the point of view of Indian prince Captain Nemo (Shazad Latif) for the first time. Grant will guest star as the leader of Karajaan, a port town Nemo and his crew encounter on their adventures.
Vue International appoints Chief Operating Officer
Privately-held European cinema operator Vue International has hired Claire Arksey as Chief Operating Officer. She joins from clothing store Urban Outfitters, where she was responsible for 269 standalone stores across 14 countries.
- 5/19/2022
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
“Moss & Freud,” a film about supermodel Kate Moss and famed British artist Lucian Freud will be the next feature film for James Lucas.
Lucas won an Oscar for live action short film “The Phone Call,” starring Sally Hawkins and Jim Broadbent.
“Moss & Freud” is a dramatized account of supermodel Moss who, at the peak of her fame, made the decision to sit for British artist Freud. It was a decision that deeply impacted and transformed both of their lives. Freud’s nude portrait of Moss sold in 2005 for almost 5 million.
Moss will executive produce with the support of the Lucian Freud Archive. Cornerstone Films will handle worldwide sales and distribution and will commence sales later this year.
“Moss & Freud” is a Gfc Films production, produced by Matthew Metcalfe (“McLaren”).
Moss said: “Sitting for Lucian was an honor and incredible experience. After watching ‘The Phone Call’ I knew that James would...
Lucas won an Oscar for live action short film “The Phone Call,” starring Sally Hawkins and Jim Broadbent.
“Moss & Freud” is a dramatized account of supermodel Moss who, at the peak of her fame, made the decision to sit for British artist Freud. It was a decision that deeply impacted and transformed both of their lives. Freud’s nude portrait of Moss sold in 2005 for almost 5 million.
Moss will executive produce with the support of the Lucian Freud Archive. Cornerstone Films will handle worldwide sales and distribution and will commence sales later this year.
“Moss & Freud” is a Gfc Films production, produced by Matthew Metcalfe (“McLaren”).
Moss said: “Sitting for Lucian was an honor and incredible experience. After watching ‘The Phone Call’ I knew that James would...
- 5/19/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
For the longest time, cinematographers have referenced paintings and still photography, whether recreating those images or riffing on them to create the moving images in films. It was no different for Chloé Zhao’s “Nomadland,” which captured the beauty of America, and Regina King’s “One Night in Miami,” which was influenced by historical events. Even more impressive is the fact that some of the lensers behind this year’s top films are somewhat new to the circuit.
For his fourth feature film, “Nomadland” cinematographer Joshua James Richards traveled across the Badlands of South Dakota; Empire, Nev.; and western Nebraska, venturing into real-life nomad territory to tell the story of Fern (Frances McDormand), who lives on the road in her van.
The main visual reference, he says, was Andrew Wyeth’s Miss Olson. That painting served as the “texture and palette of the interior of Fern’s van.”
It wasn...
For his fourth feature film, “Nomadland” cinematographer Joshua James Richards traveled across the Badlands of South Dakota; Empire, Nev.; and western Nebraska, venturing into real-life nomad territory to tell the story of Fern (Frances McDormand), who lives on the road in her van.
The main visual reference, he says, was Andrew Wyeth’s Miss Olson. That painting served as the “texture and palette of the interior of Fern’s van.”
It wasn...
- 12/24/2020
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Czech artist Barbora Kysilkova was as surprised as anyone when she received a phone call in 2015 informing her that thieves had stolen two of her paintings from a gallery in Oslo, Norway.
“I just felt very confused,” she recalls, “why somebody would decide to break a law in order to get my work. Because I’m not a known artist that would be worth it to steal. I’m not Lucian Freud, so it doesn’t make sense to me.”
What happened next might not make sense to many others. After the alleged thieves were apprehended, Kysilkova showed up at a court hearing for the suspects, one of whom was a heavily tattooed, intimidating-looking character named Karl-Bertil Nordland. Instead of feeling angry at him, Kysilkova approached him with compassion.
“As I entered the room and there was only Karl-Bertil—the other thief didn’t show up,” she tells Deadline, “what...
“I just felt very confused,” she recalls, “why somebody would decide to break a law in order to get my work. Because I’m not a known artist that would be worth it to steal. I’m not Lucian Freud, so it doesn’t make sense to me.”
What happened next might not make sense to many others. After the alleged thieves were apprehended, Kysilkova showed up at a court hearing for the suspects, one of whom was a heavily tattooed, intimidating-looking character named Karl-Bertil Nordland. Instead of feeling angry at him, Kysilkova approached him with compassion.
“As I entered the room and there was only Karl-Bertil—the other thief didn’t show up,” she tells Deadline, “what...
- 12/10/2020
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
During a seminar at EnergaCamerimage Film Festival dedicated to their drama “Pieces of a Woman,” acquired by Netflix following its premiere in Venice, cinematographer Benjamin Loeb and Kornél Mundruczó praised their cast, led by Vanessa Kirby and Shia Labeouf playing a couple dealing with the tragic loss of their newborn child. Kirby, who left Italy with the Volpi Cup for best actress, has been the subject of Oscar buzz ever since.
“Vanessa read the script in July and she was in Budapest within 24 hours. She was really touched by it,” said Mundruczó.
“I knew her from ‘The Crown’ and I was a fan, but Princess Margaret was not that close to [the protagonist] Martha – my Martha. When we met, I noticed there is something very classic about her. She is like all the best European icons, like Cardinale or Schygulla, and that’s what this movie needed. Martha has a connection to someone she lost,...
“Vanessa read the script in July and she was in Budapest within 24 hours. She was really touched by it,” said Mundruczó.
“I knew her from ‘The Crown’ and I was a fan, but Princess Margaret was not that close to [the protagonist] Martha – my Martha. When we met, I noticed there is something very classic about her. She is like all the best European icons, like Cardinale or Schygulla, and that’s what this movie needed. Martha has a connection to someone she lost,...
- 11/21/2020
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
In recreating the crimes of notorious German murderer Fritz Honka, director Fatih Akin conjures up the spirit of great 70s cinema, but only shows how futile his film is
Apart from its grisliness, its hopelessness, and its pointlessness, what strikes you most about this true-crime movie is its brownness. The colour brown predominates. Fatih Akin painstakingly and pedantically re-enacts the gruesome life of Fritz Honka, a Hamburg serial killer who in the early 70s kept dismembered body parts of prostitutes in his attic flat. When people complained about the smell, Honka – a racist as well as everything else – blamed the Greek Gastarbeiter family that lived downstairs.
Everything in this universe is a deeply depressing shade of brown: the wooden furniture in his apartment and also in The Golden Glove – the unspeakable pub where he picked up his victims – as well as the beer bottles, the curtains, the food, the dried blood,...
Apart from its grisliness, its hopelessness, and its pointlessness, what strikes you most about this true-crime movie is its brownness. The colour brown predominates. Fatih Akin painstakingly and pedantically re-enacts the gruesome life of Fritz Honka, a Hamburg serial killer who in the early 70s kept dismembered body parts of prostitutes in his attic flat. When people complained about the smell, Honka – a racist as well as everything else – blamed the Greek Gastarbeiter family that lived downstairs.
Everything in this universe is a deeply depressing shade of brown: the wooden furniture in his apartment and also in The Golden Glove – the unspeakable pub where he picked up his victims – as well as the beer bottles, the curtains, the food, the dried blood,...
- 2/10/2019
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Steve McLean’s first film, “Postcards From America,” was also his last, made way back in 1994. But with his follow-up, “Postcards From London,” it seems no time has passed at all: the film is so steeped in stylized mannerisms and dialogue that it might have been made 25 years ago.
“I’m searching for a world full of mystery and possibilities,” 18-year-old Jim announces after arriving in London from the relative backwater of Essex, where he’s long dreamed of adventure. His wish serves as a sort of motto for a movie built upon declarations.
Jim quickly falls in with a group of hipster escorts, who see their work as art. They charge big bucks primarily for their post-coital conversational skills, in which they debate art and literature with the men who hire them.
Also Read: Broadcast TV's Lgbtq Characters of Color Outnumber White Ones for the First Time Ever
Jim willingly joins their ranks,...
“I’m searching for a world full of mystery and possibilities,” 18-year-old Jim announces after arriving in London from the relative backwater of Essex, where he’s long dreamed of adventure. His wish serves as a sort of motto for a movie built upon declarations.
Jim quickly falls in with a group of hipster escorts, who see their work as art. They charge big bucks primarily for their post-coital conversational skills, in which they debate art and literature with the men who hire them.
Also Read: Broadcast TV's Lgbtq Characters of Color Outnumber White Ones for the First Time Ever
Jim willingly joins their ranks,...
- 11/1/2018
- by Elizabeth Weitzman
- The Wrap
Seven years in the making, video artist Niles Atallah’s hallucinatory film follows a French explorer who was crowned by the Mapuche in Chile
Video artist and director Niles Atallah exhumes an eccentric footnote of Chilean history with his hallucinatory and woozily experimental feature Rey. In the 1860s a French country lawyer named Orélie-Antoine de Tounens somehow persuaded the indigenous Mapuche people to crown him their king. What spurred him to sail halfway around the world in the insane pursuit of a dream, like one of Werner Herzog’s mad obsessives? Was he a narcissist with a messiah complex? Did he set out to exploit the Mapuche? Historical record is patchy, and it is the unknowns – the many ways the De Tounens episode can be interpreted – that interest Atallah.
It took him seven years to make Rey; the process included filming the actor Rodrigo Lisboa as scraggly bearded De Tounens...
Video artist and director Niles Atallah exhumes an eccentric footnote of Chilean history with his hallucinatory and woozily experimental feature Rey. In the 1860s a French country lawyer named Orélie-Antoine de Tounens somehow persuaded the indigenous Mapuche people to crown him their king. What spurred him to sail halfway around the world in the insane pursuit of a dream, like one of Werner Herzog’s mad obsessives? Was he a narcissist with a messiah complex? Did he set out to exploit the Mapuche? Historical record is patchy, and it is the unknowns – the many ways the De Tounens episode can be interpreted – that interest Atallah.
It took him seven years to make Rey; the process included filming the actor Rodrigo Lisboa as scraggly bearded De Tounens...
- 1/5/2018
- by Cath Clarke
- The Guardian - Film News
Supermodel-turned-entrepreneur Elle MacPherson has downgraded her luxurious lifestyle because of the global economic crisis but refuses to give up her most expensive habit - collecting art.
The Australian beauty earns a living from her successful lingerie business as well as her various modelling campaigns, but admits she has still had to give up some of her extravagances since the global recession hit.
But while Macpherson will cutback on her cars, she won't let her art collection suffer.
She says, "I've been consumer conscious for a while. I traded in my Range Rover for a Lexus and I either bike or take my Fiat Bambino on the school run. My only extravagance is art. It always has a place in my budget. All the artists I love, Lucian Freud, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Tracey Emin, Richard Prince, I've invested in."...
The Australian beauty earns a living from her successful lingerie business as well as her various modelling campaigns, but admits she has still had to give up some of her extravagances since the global recession hit.
But while Macpherson will cutback on her cars, she won't let her art collection suffer.
She says, "I've been consumer conscious for a while. I traded in my Range Rover for a Lexus and I either bike or take my Fiat Bambino on the school run. My only extravagance is art. It always has a place in my budget. All the artists I love, Lucian Freud, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Tracey Emin, Richard Prince, I've invested in."...
- 4/8/2009
- WENN
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