Catch up with the last seven days in the world of film
The big story
It perhaps doesn't rate up there with Disney buys Star Wars or Skyfall slays box office, but in these parts we're all big admirers of We Need to Talk About Kevin director Lynne Ramsay, whose career appeared to be on the up after Kevin's successful translation to the big screen following a long period – almost ten years in fact – of fallowness, since her previous film, 2002's Morvern Callar. Which is why it's set us, and the film world, in a spin to hear that Ramsay abruptly left the production of her new project, indie western Jane's Got a Gun, before a frame had been shot.
There's undoubtedly more to this than meets the eye, and we have to be careful what we say as this is a proper breaking news story, but Jane isn't some...
The big story
It perhaps doesn't rate up there with Disney buys Star Wars or Skyfall slays box office, but in these parts we're all big admirers of We Need to Talk About Kevin director Lynne Ramsay, whose career appeared to be on the up after Kevin's successful translation to the big screen following a long period – almost ten years in fact – of fallowness, since her previous film, 2002's Morvern Callar. Which is why it's set us, and the film world, in a spin to hear that Ramsay abruptly left the production of her new project, indie western Jane's Got a Gun, before a frame had been shot.
There's undoubtedly more to this than meets the eye, and we have to be careful what we say as this is a proper breaking news story, but Jane isn't some...
- 3/21/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
Catch up with the last seven days in the world of film
The big story
There's no denying it, things have got a bit quiet on the film front. So quiet that we have to give houseroom to film-not-happening stories
(24, if you're interested) or pointless propaganda (Iran to sue Argo - how does that work?) In fact, any crumb of comfort is gratefully appreciated, so when Slumdog Millionaire director and all-round national treasure Danny Boyle let slip there might be a Trainspotting sequel ready to go in the near future, everyone got very excited.
Now, the Iggy Pop-scored junkie comedy was a big hit back in 1996, and the follow up – adapted from writer Irvine Welsh's own novel-sequel, Porno – is taking aim at its 20th
anniversary, in 2016. It may be just a tiny conincidence that Boyle has got a new film out, the hypnotherapy art heist yarn Trance, but...
The big story
There's no denying it, things have got a bit quiet on the film front. So quiet that we have to give houseroom to film-not-happening stories
(24, if you're interested) or pointless propaganda (Iran to sue Argo - how does that work?) In fact, any crumb of comfort is gratefully appreciated, so when Slumdog Millionaire director and all-round national treasure Danny Boyle let slip there might be a Trainspotting sequel ready to go in the near future, everyone got very excited.
Now, the Iggy Pop-scored junkie comedy was a big hit back in 1996, and the follow up – adapted from writer Irvine Welsh's own novel-sequel, Porno – is taking aim at its 20th
anniversary, in 2016. It may be just a tiny conincidence that Boyle has got a new film out, the hypnotherapy art heist yarn Trance, but...
- 3/14/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
Catch up with the last seven days in the world of film
The big story
The Oscars have been handed out, the awards race is done, studios are dumping their flops and failures on the market: March is cinema's dead zone, so the thinking goes. Time to look ahead once more… and what's this? A superhero movie? Whatever will they think of next? Perhaps one where superheroes, like, team up? No? This could catch on!
And so we come to the Justice League film, which has been in the pipeline since, ooh, 2007; and will see Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, and some other crimefighting nobodies, get together to smash evildoers (we assume).
Now, the Justice League movie was no one's idea of a priority until The Avengers came along last year and pretty much smashed all other superhero movies out of the park, a key plank of a brilliant wheeze by...
The big story
The Oscars have been handed out, the awards race is done, studios are dumping their flops and failures on the market: March is cinema's dead zone, so the thinking goes. Time to look ahead once more… and what's this? A superhero movie? Whatever will they think of next? Perhaps one where superheroes, like, team up? No? This could catch on!
And so we come to the Justice League film, which has been in the pipeline since, ooh, 2007; and will see Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, and some other crimefighting nobodies, get together to smash evildoers (we assume).
Now, the Justice League movie was no one's idea of a priority until The Avengers came along last year and pretty much smashed all other superhero movies out of the park, a key plank of a brilliant wheeze by...
- 3/7/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
Love: it's not all a bed of roses. In this documentary, Danish director Pernille Rose Grønkjær follows a group of people hopelessly addicted to love. To find out if the course of true love does run smooth, you can watch the film on demand here from 14 February
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And now, ladies and gentlemen, a treat for Valentine's Day. The Guardian Screening Room presents an exclusive first run of Love Addict, award-winning Danish director's Pernille Rose Grønkjær's documentary about people who are – literally – addicted to love.
So be warned: it's not all fluffy kittens and dreamy nights: love addiction can, as the director tells us, lead to "anxiety, despair and loneliness". Just like real life then …
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And now, ladies and gentlemen, a treat for Valentine's Day. The Guardian Screening Room presents an exclusive first run of Love Addict, award-winning Danish director's Pernille Rose Grønkjær's documentary about people who are – literally – addicted to love.
So be warned: it's not all fluffy kittens and dreamy nights: love addiction can, as the director tells us, lead to "anxiety, despair and loneliness". Just like real life then …
DocumentaryWorld cinemaValentine's Day
guardian.co.uk © 2013 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to our...
- 2/14/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
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