I, Daniel Blake director spoke to Screen following the election result.
Veteran left-wing filmmaker Ken Loach has told Screen that today’s surprise election outcome came as a result of people being “revolted by the Tories’ politics”.
The I, Daniel Blake director, who like many was up late into the night watching the drama on TV, told Screen:
“[Labour leader] Jeremy Corbyn and [Shadow Chancellor] John McDonnell did surprisingly well given that they were fighting the election in the teeth of a gale from a deeply hostile press and media. They showed the extent to which people are concerned with ‘real life’ issue such as health, housing and schooling, in contrast to the commentators who had their eyes firmly fixed on Brexit.”
“Of course, it’s a pity that Labour didn’t win but just think that if Labour MPs hadn’t spent the last two years trying to undermine Corbyn they should have won,” he commented...
Veteran left-wing filmmaker Ken Loach has told Screen that today’s surprise election outcome came as a result of people being “revolted by the Tories’ politics”.
The I, Daniel Blake director, who like many was up late into the night watching the drama on TV, told Screen:
“[Labour leader] Jeremy Corbyn and [Shadow Chancellor] John McDonnell did surprisingly well given that they were fighting the election in the teeth of a gale from a deeply hostile press and media. They showed the extent to which people are concerned with ‘real life’ issue such as health, housing and schooling, in contrast to the commentators who had their eyes firmly fixed on Brexit.”
“Of course, it’s a pity that Labour didn’t win but just think that if Labour MPs hadn’t spent the last two years trying to undermine Corbyn they should have won,” he commented...
- 6/9/2017
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Campaign is calling for Picturehouse owner Cineworld to pay its staff the London Living Wage.
Ian McKellen, Susan Sarandon and Mark Rylance are among actors to have lent their names to a campaign calling for Picturehouse and Cineworld cinemas to pay their staff the London Living Wage.
According to UK entertainment union Bectu, a host of actors and directors have signed a letter which will be delivered to Cineworld CEO Mooky Greidinger.
As previously reported by Screen, the letter calls for Cineworld to pay staff at its venues - which include the Picturehouse cinema chain - the London Living Wage of £9.75 per hour. The letter proposes boycotting the cinemas if staff is not paid the Wage.
Lowest paid staff at Picturehouse’s Brixton location the Ritzy currently earn £9.10 per hour, while some staff at other Picturehouse locations in London earn £9.05 per hour. Outside of London, the rate is £8.18.
Signatores are said to also include Elizabeth Berrington, [link...
Ian McKellen, Susan Sarandon and Mark Rylance are among actors to have lent their names to a campaign calling for Picturehouse and Cineworld cinemas to pay their staff the London Living Wage.
According to UK entertainment union Bectu, a host of actors and directors have signed a letter which will be delivered to Cineworld CEO Mooky Greidinger.
As previously reported by Screen, the letter calls for Cineworld to pay staff at its venues - which include the Picturehouse cinema chain - the London Living Wage of £9.75 per hour. The letter proposes boycotting the cinemas if staff is not paid the Wage.
Lowest paid staff at Picturehouse’s Brixton location the Ritzy currently earn £9.10 per hour, while some staff at other Picturehouse locations in London earn £9.05 per hour. Outside of London, the rate is £8.18.
Signatores are said to also include Elizabeth Berrington, [link...
- 3/22/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Campaign is calling for Picturehouse owner Cineworld to pay its staff the London living wage.
Ian McKellen, Susan Sarandon and Mark Rylance are among actors to have lent their names to a campaign calling for a boycott of Picturehouse and Cineworld cinemas over a pay dispute.
According to UK entertainment union Bectu, a host of actors and directors have signed a letter which will be delivered to Cineworld CEO Mooky Greidinger.
As previously reported by Screen, the letter calls for Cineworld to pay staff at its venues - which include the Picturehouse cinema chain - the London living wage of £9.75 per hour.
Lowest paid staff at Picturehouse’s Brixton location the Ritzy currently earn £9.10 per hour, while some staff at other Picturehouse locations in London earn £9.05 per hour. Outside of London, the rate is £8.18.
Signatores are said to also include Elizabeth Berrington, Jo Brand, Mark Cousins, Richard Curtis, Natalie Dormer, Lindsay Duncan, [link...
Ian McKellen, Susan Sarandon and Mark Rylance are among actors to have lent their names to a campaign calling for a boycott of Picturehouse and Cineworld cinemas over a pay dispute.
According to UK entertainment union Bectu, a host of actors and directors have signed a letter which will be delivered to Cineworld CEO Mooky Greidinger.
As previously reported by Screen, the letter calls for Cineworld to pay staff at its venues - which include the Picturehouse cinema chain - the London living wage of £9.75 per hour.
Lowest paid staff at Picturehouse’s Brixton location the Ritzy currently earn £9.10 per hour, while some staff at other Picturehouse locations in London earn £9.05 per hour. Outside of London, the rate is £8.18.
Signatores are said to also include Elizabeth Berrington, Jo Brand, Mark Cousins, Richard Curtis, Natalie Dormer, Lindsay Duncan, [link...
- 3/22/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Campaign is calling for Picturehouse owner Cineworld to pay its staff the London living wage.
Ian McKellen, Susan Sarandon and Mark Rylance are among actors to have lent their names to a campaign calling for a boycott of Picturehouse and Cineworld cinemas over a pay dispute.
According to UK entertainment union Bectu, a host of actors and directors have signed a letter whcih will be delivered to Cineworld CEO Mooky Greidinger.
As previously reported by Screen, the letter calls for Cineworld to pay staff at its venues - which include the Picturehouse cinema chain - the London living wage of £9.75 per hour.
Lowest paid staff at Picturehouse’s Brixton location the Ritzy currently earn £9.10 per hour, while some staff at other Picturehouse locations in London earn £9.05 per hour. Outside of London, the rate is £8.18.
Further signatores are said to include: Elizabeth Berrington, Jo Brand, Mark Cousins, Richard Curtis, Natalie Dormer, Lindsay Duncan, [link...
Ian McKellen, Susan Sarandon and Mark Rylance are among actors to have lent their names to a campaign calling for a boycott of Picturehouse and Cineworld cinemas over a pay dispute.
According to UK entertainment union Bectu, a host of actors and directors have signed a letter whcih will be delivered to Cineworld CEO Mooky Greidinger.
As previously reported by Screen, the letter calls for Cineworld to pay staff at its venues - which include the Picturehouse cinema chain - the London living wage of £9.75 per hour.
Lowest paid staff at Picturehouse’s Brixton location the Ritzy currently earn £9.10 per hour, while some staff at other Picturehouse locations in London earn £9.05 per hour. Outside of London, the rate is £8.18.
Further signatores are said to include: Elizabeth Berrington, Jo Brand, Mark Cousins, Richard Curtis, Natalie Dormer, Lindsay Duncan, [link...
- 3/22/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
UK entertainment union Bectu is holding a protest in London today with striking Picturehouse staff.
UK entertainment union Bectu is holding a protest in London’s Leicester Square this afternoon (Feb 25) over an ongoing staff pay dispute with exhibitor Cineworld and its subsidiary Picturehouse.
According to Bectu, “the majority” of workers from four of Picturehouse’s London venues - the Ritzy [pictured], Hackney Picturehouse, Picturehouse Central and Crouch End Picturehouse - are striking in order to join the protest.
Labour MP and shadow chancellor of the exchequer John McDonnell was due to attend today’s protest, the union told Screen.
Bectu wants London Picturehouse venues to pay the London living wage of £9.75 per hour.
Staff at Picturehouse’s Brixton location the Ritzy currently earn £9.10 per hour, while staff at other Picturehouse locations in London earn £9.05 per hour. Outside of London, the rate is £8.18.
Picturehouse this week defended the company’s pay structure in a statement on its website...
UK entertainment union Bectu is holding a protest in London’s Leicester Square this afternoon (Feb 25) over an ongoing staff pay dispute with exhibitor Cineworld and its subsidiary Picturehouse.
According to Bectu, “the majority” of workers from four of Picturehouse’s London venues - the Ritzy [pictured], Hackney Picturehouse, Picturehouse Central and Crouch End Picturehouse - are striking in order to join the protest.
Labour MP and shadow chancellor of the exchequer John McDonnell was due to attend today’s protest, the union told Screen.
Bectu wants London Picturehouse venues to pay the London living wage of £9.75 per hour.
Staff at Picturehouse’s Brixton location the Ritzy currently earn £9.10 per hour, while staff at other Picturehouse locations in London earn £9.05 per hour. Outside of London, the rate is £8.18.
Picturehouse this week defended the company’s pay structure in a statement on its website...
- 2/25/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
The platform has acquired North American and Latin American rights to Billy O’Brien’s thriller and recent SXSW premiere.
Max Records, Christopher Lloyd, Laura Fraser and Karl Geary star in the tale of a small-town teen who must keep his homicidal urges at bay while tracking down a supernatural killer.
O’Brien and Christopher Hyde wrote the screenplay based on the novel by Dan Wells. The Irish Film Board, Quickfire Films and The Fyzz Facility financed the film and Floodland Pictures and The Tea Shop & Film Company produced.
Nick Ryan, James Harris and Mark Lane produced and the executive producer roster features Wayne Marc Godfrey, Robert Jones, James Atherton, Jan Pace, John McDonnell, Rory Gilmartin, Billy O’Brien, Avril Daly, Ruairi Robinson, Robbie Ryan, Bertrand Faivre, Ruth Kenley-Letts and Afolabi Kuti.
IFC Midnight negotiated the deal with Andrew Orr and Nada Cirjanic of Independent Film Company.
Max Records, Christopher Lloyd, Laura Fraser and Karl Geary star in the tale of a small-town teen who must keep his homicidal urges at bay while tracking down a supernatural killer.
O’Brien and Christopher Hyde wrote the screenplay based on the novel by Dan Wells. The Irish Film Board, Quickfire Films and The Fyzz Facility financed the film and Floodland Pictures and The Tea Shop & Film Company produced.
Nick Ryan, James Harris and Mark Lane produced and the executive producer roster features Wayne Marc Godfrey, Robert Jones, James Atherton, Jan Pace, John McDonnell, Rory Gilmartin, Billy O’Brien, Avril Daly, Ruairi Robinson, Robbie Ryan, Bertrand Faivre, Ruth Kenley-Letts and Afolabi Kuti.
IFC Midnight negotiated the deal with Andrew Orr and Nada Cirjanic of Independent Film Company.
- 5/10/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
'Flat near Euston' – also known as a Georgian house on Regent's Park
• What do The X Factor presenter Dermot O'Leary, Boris Johnson's father Stanley and the Right Hon the Lord Mandelson of Foy have in common? Not a shared affection for the music of Little Mix (though who, truly, would be surprised) – no, we refer to the opposition of all three to the HS2 high-speed rail project. Johnson and O'Leary both live close to the proposed route of the new line in north London and attended a public meeting opposing it, the Evening Standard reported, while Mandelson, who "owns a flat near Euston", had made his views plain in a letter. Why so coy, Peter? We'd hardly describe the very grand late Georgian house on the edge of Regent's Park, bought by the noble lord for a modest £7.6m in 2011, in such prosaic terms. As Mandelson confessed to the...
• What do The X Factor presenter Dermot O'Leary, Boris Johnson's father Stanley and the Right Hon the Lord Mandelson of Foy have in common? Not a shared affection for the music of Little Mix (though who, truly, would be surprised) – no, we refer to the opposition of all three to the HS2 high-speed rail project. Johnson and O'Leary both live close to the proposed route of the new line in north London and attended a public meeting opposing it, the Evening Standard reported, while Mandelson, who "owns a flat near Euston", had made his views plain in a letter. Why so coy, Peter? We'd hardly describe the very grand late Georgian house on the edge of Regent's Park, bought by the noble lord for a modest £7.6m in 2011, in such prosaic terms. As Mandelson confessed to the...
- 1/30/2014
- by Esther Addley
- The Guardian - Film News
Film-maker joins union leaders demanding transparency in 1972 builders' strike case that saw Ricky Tomlinson imprisoned
Film-maker Ken Loach joined union leaders and actor Ricky Tomlinson today to step up the pressure on the government to release documents relating to the case of 24 building workers arrested four decades ago after taking part in a strike.
Loach said the case, which saw Tomlinson imprisoned in 1972, was one of the "great causes of our time".
"It is an absolutely clear case so see let's see the strength of the trade union movement mobilised in the way it can be mobilised," he told a packed meeting in Westminster on Wednesday.
Earlier this week it emerged that Chris Grayling, the justice secretary, had told surviving members of the "Shrewsbury 24" that documents relating to the case will be withheld for a further 10 years because of national security concerns. The ban will be reviewed again in 2021.
But...
Film-maker Ken Loach joined union leaders and actor Ricky Tomlinson today to step up the pressure on the government to release documents relating to the case of 24 building workers arrested four decades ago after taking part in a strike.
Loach said the case, which saw Tomlinson imprisoned in 1972, was one of the "great causes of our time".
"It is an absolutely clear case so see let's see the strength of the trade union movement mobilised in the way it can be mobilised," he told a packed meeting in Westminster on Wednesday.
Earlier this week it emerged that Chris Grayling, the justice secretary, had told surviving members of the "Shrewsbury 24" that documents relating to the case will be withheld for a further 10 years because of national security concerns. The ban will be reviewed again in 2021.
But...
- 1/23/2013
- by Matthew Taylor
- The Guardian - Film News
The Dampness Of Mourning by Lee Thompson
(Darkfuse)
A ring-leader of phantoms and collector of souls, he played rhythms on bare flesh, hellish melodies on bone. Fifty years ago he disappeared as quickly as he came and the town of Division gladly swept his acts of torture from memory. But John McDonnell and Michael Johnston have drawn him home—he hears their names in his sleep, tastes their blood on his tongue, and fantasizes about the rapture birthed of their mourning.
“The Dampness Of Mourning” is the second book in Lee’s “Division” series, following on the heels of his absolutely wonderful debut novel “Nursery Rhymes 4 Dead Children”.
“The Dampness Of Mourning” continues the tale of John and Mike, their friendship, the bond they share and their dedication to ridding their town of the evil that stalks it. It is a gripping, fast paced, frightening tale that will leave you shaken and breathless.
(Darkfuse)
A ring-leader of phantoms and collector of souls, he played rhythms on bare flesh, hellish melodies on bone. Fifty years ago he disappeared as quickly as he came and the town of Division gladly swept his acts of torture from memory. But John McDonnell and Michael Johnston have drawn him home—he hears their names in his sleep, tastes their blood on his tongue, and fantasizes about the rapture birthed of their mourning.
“The Dampness Of Mourning” is the second book in Lee’s “Division” series, following on the heels of his absolutely wonderful debut novel “Nursery Rhymes 4 Dead Children”.
“The Dampness Of Mourning” continues the tale of John and Mike, their friendship, the bond they share and their dedication to ridding their town of the evil that stalks it. It is a gripping, fast paced, frightening tale that will leave you shaken and breathless.
- 2/14/2012
- by Peter Schwotzer
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
Jay Leno & NBC Sued Over Mitt Romney Joke Jay Leno’s now-infamous Mitt Romney joke has spurred a lawsuit, formal complaints, hurt feelings, an avalanche of commentary and, today, a motion in the British Parliament. Last week, Leno performed a Tonight Show bit that showed a photo of a building cited as “Mitt Romney’s summer home.” In reality, it was an image of the Sikh holy shrine Golden Temple in Amritsar, India. On Tuesday, Leno and NBC were sued for libel in California over the matter, and now British Labour Party lawmakers Virendra Shrama and John McDonnell are seeking an apology from Leno and NBC to all Sikhs “for this disrespectful depiction of the Golden Temple.” The MPs are also calling for Prime Minister David Cameron’s government to “make representations to the U.S. government that while recognising principles of freedom of speech there should be more understanding...
- 1/26/2012
- by NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor
- Deadline TV
From the director of Night Skies (2007) comes the sci-fi thriller Bailout. Roy Knyrim is set to direct this film in 2011 or 2012. Bailout involves a virus unleashed in a "Supermax prison." Intandem Films will handle production with a concept poster available left. Expect this production to release late in 2012. More details are below.
The synopsis for Bailout is here:
"In the near future, ex-soldier turned corporate executive Simon Moll, is framed for creating a virus that has made the shadowy Cedex Corporation very rich.
Together with 8 other criminals, he’s infected with the virus and set loose in a hi-tech Supermax prison, where they are tracked down as part of a live on-line hunt to the death" (Film).
Completion Year: 2012.
Director: Roy Knyrim.
Producers: Brendan McCarthy and John McDonnell.
Source:
Bailout at The Film Catalogue
Another prison set sci-fi film and Night Skies:
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The synopsis for Bailout is here:
"In the near future, ex-soldier turned corporate executive Simon Moll, is framed for creating a virus that has made the shadowy Cedex Corporation very rich.
Together with 8 other criminals, he’s infected with the virus and set loose in a hi-tech Supermax prison, where they are tracked down as part of a live on-line hunt to the death" (Film).
Completion Year: 2012.
Director: Roy Knyrim.
Producers: Brendan McCarthy and John McDonnell.
Source:
Bailout at The Film Catalogue
Another prison set sci-fi film and Night Skies:
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- 8/4/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Nursery Rhymes 4 Dead Children by Lee Thompson
Delirium Books
In the hills of Pennsylvania, phantoms from the past mingle with those of the present, all swirling in a dark maelstrom over Division. Haunted by the part he played in his brother Mark’s death, John McDonnell takes a midnight hike and stumbles across four dead girls upon the forest floor. Their severed limbs spell Repent. The coroner finds Mark’s onyx skeleton key inside one of the victims, right where her heart used to be. The last time John had seen the key it was clasped in his brother’s hand before they lowered him into his grave.
Torn between protecting his family’s name and giving the girls a proper burial, John digs into Division’s past. As lives shatter around them, and a strange woman tries to steal the key, John and his best friend, Michael Johnston, must...
Delirium Books
In the hills of Pennsylvania, phantoms from the past mingle with those of the present, all swirling in a dark maelstrom over Division. Haunted by the part he played in his brother Mark’s death, John McDonnell takes a midnight hike and stumbles across four dead girls upon the forest floor. Their severed limbs spell Repent. The coroner finds Mark’s onyx skeleton key inside one of the victims, right where her heart used to be. The last time John had seen the key it was clasped in his brother’s hand before they lowered him into his grave.
Torn between protecting his family’s name and giving the girls a proper burial, John digs into Division’s past. As lives shatter around them, and a strange woman tries to steal the key, John and his best friend, Michael Johnston, must...
- 4/7/2011
- by Peter Schwotzer
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
London -- Legendary British production banner Hammer Films is back in the business of making pictures, with "The Wake Wood" going before cameras this week.
The label, owned by Jon de Mol's Dutch investment vehicle Cyrte Investments, is returning to the horror genre that made its name with "Wood" more than 30 years after it last produced a fright fest in 1976 with "To the Devil a Daughter."
Timothy Spall, Aidan Gillen and Eva Birthistle star in the movie, directed by David Keating from a screenplay he co-wrote with Brendan McCarthy, who came up with the original story.
It revolves around grieving parents who are given the opportunity to spend three more days with their only daughter after she is killed by a savage dog.
Hammer Films chairman and CEO Simon Oakes said Monday that the movie will shoot in Ireland and is backed by funds from the Irish Film Board. Vertigo Films has scared up U.
The label, owned by Jon de Mol's Dutch investment vehicle Cyrte Investments, is returning to the horror genre that made its name with "Wood" more than 30 years after it last produced a fright fest in 1976 with "To the Devil a Daughter."
Timothy Spall, Aidan Gillen and Eva Birthistle star in the movie, directed by David Keating from a screenplay he co-wrote with Brendan McCarthy, who came up with the original story.
It revolves around grieving parents who are given the opportunity to spend three more days with their only daughter after she is killed by a savage dog.
Hammer Films chairman and CEO Simon Oakes said Monday that the movie will shoot in Ireland and is backed by funds from the Irish Film Board. Vertigo Films has scared up U.
- 9/23/2008
- by By Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A huge update today on the official website for Hammer Films as they've announced their next feature film, THE WAKE WOOD, the first horror film they've produced since 1976's THE DEVIL'S DAUGHTER. Inside you'll find a very early production poster, along with details on the story, who will star and who's directing! David Keating is directing The Wake Wood from a screenplay he co-wrote with Brendan McCarthy, who came up with the original story. Brendan McCarthy is producing the film along with John McDonnell through their Fantastic Films banner. Simon Oakes and Guy East are Executive Producers. The cast includes Aidan Gillen (The Wire), Eva Birthistle (Middletown) and Timothy Spall (Harry Potter series, Sweeney Todd).
- 9/22/2008
- bloody-disgusting.com
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