Exclusive: Johnny Depp’s London-based film company In.2 is adding a new string to its bow with the release this Friday of French historical drama Jeanne du Barry.
Starring Depp as Louis Xv opposite French actress and director Maïwenn in the titular role, the picture opened the Cannes Film Festival last year.
As per Cannes’ stipulation for opening films, it released theatrically in France the same day, enjoying a successful run for distributor Le Pacte with the highest French gross for a Cannes opener since The Great Gatsby in 2013.
In.2 will release the movie on 70 screens on April 19 across the UK in a campaign spearheaded by Head of Production Stephen Malit.
The UK release will be followed by the U.S. launch by Vertical Entertainment on May 2, which has confirmed 600 theatres so far.
Deadline caught up with Malit as well as In.2 CEO Stephen Deuters and Development Coordinator Vivi Stone...
Starring Depp as Louis Xv opposite French actress and director Maïwenn in the titular role, the picture opened the Cannes Film Festival last year.
As per Cannes’ stipulation for opening films, it released theatrically in France the same day, enjoying a successful run for distributor Le Pacte with the highest French gross for a Cannes opener since The Great Gatsby in 2013.
In.2 will release the movie on 70 screens on April 19 across the UK in a campaign spearheaded by Head of Production Stephen Malit.
The UK release will be followed by the U.S. launch by Vertical Entertainment on May 2, which has confirmed 600 theatres so far.
Deadline caught up with Malit as well as In.2 CEO Stephen Deuters and Development Coordinator Vivi Stone...
- 4/18/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Shane MacGowan, the lead singer and songwriter of Celtic punk band The Pogues, who mashed up Irish folk music with raw rock, has died. He was 65.
A statement from MacGowan’s family said he died at 3.30 am U.K. time on November 30 after a long illness.
On social media, MacGowan’s wife Victoria Mary Clarke paid tribute to him: “Shane will always be the light that I hold before me and the measure of my dreams and the love of my life … I am blessed beyond words to have met him and to have loved him and to have been so endlessly and unconditionally loved by him.”
Born on December 25, 1957, near Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England to Irish immigrant parents, MacGowan tapped into the Irish folk music tradition, combining it with poetic lyrics — inspired by the language of the Bible, literature, and mythology — and the raw and raucous rhythms of...
A statement from MacGowan’s family said he died at 3.30 am U.K. time on November 30 after a long illness.
On social media, MacGowan’s wife Victoria Mary Clarke paid tribute to him: “Shane will always be the light that I hold before me and the measure of my dreams and the love of my life … I am blessed beyond words to have met him and to have loved him and to have been so endlessly and unconditionally loved by him.”
Born on December 25, 1957, near Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England to Irish immigrant parents, MacGowan tapped into the Irish folk music tradition, combining it with poetic lyrics — inspired by the language of the Bible, literature, and mythology — and the raw and raucous rhythms of...
- 11/30/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Crowe will perform at opening night with his band Indoor Garden Party.
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Kviff) will present an honorary award to Russell Crowe at its 57th edition, for which the festival trailer will feature former honoree Johnny Depp.
Australian actor Crowe will receive the Crystal Globe for outstanding artistic contribution to world cinema, an honorary award previously presented to Robert DeNiro, Helen Mirren, Julianne Moore and last year’s recipient Geoffrey Rush.
Crowe will also play at the festival’s opening ceremony on Friday, June 30 with his band Indoor Garden Party. The festival will play a 20-year...
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Kviff) will present an honorary award to Russell Crowe at its 57th edition, for which the festival trailer will feature former honoree Johnny Depp.
Australian actor Crowe will receive the Crystal Globe for outstanding artistic contribution to world cinema, an honorary award previously presented to Robert DeNiro, Helen Mirren, Julianne Moore and last year’s recipient Geoffrey Rush.
Crowe will also play at the festival’s opening ceremony on Friday, June 30 with his band Indoor Garden Party. The festival will play a 20-year...
- 5/5/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Amanda Kramer's Please Baby Please is showing exclusively on Mubi starting March 3, 2023, in the United States, and March 31, 2023, in most countries in the series The New Auteurs.I wrote a film set in the 1950s, but I’ve never been interested in the preciousness most filmmakers project as that era's faux aura. Those delicate costumes and unironically kitschy props, that eerie “perfect museum”-like quality; I find it all terribly dull. The mid-to-late 20th century's rockabilly subculture offered us a much hipper, grittier, grimier version of that decade. I prefer façade and theatricality because I'm not intrigued by reality and never feel compelled to portray it. My favorite cinema depicts worlds so unreal that they uncover profound meanings far beyond any "authentic" account of life.How to be profound and authentic about marriage. Marriage born from perverse societal pressure, marriage for the sake of traditional/religious imperative, marriage without a sense of possible ending,...
- 3/30/2023
- MUBI
Samantha Morton with Kathleen McDermott in Morvern Callar Nottingham-born star Samantha Morton has been named as the recipient of this year's BIFA Richard Harris Award in ackownledgement of her contribution to cinema.
Morton began to make a name for herself in TV series including Cracker and Band Of Gold before moving into film. She began to attract international attention with the likes of Lynne Ramsay's Morvern Callar and found blockbuster fame alongside Tom Cruise in Minority Report.
She has been previously nominated for eight BIFAs, including for her roles in Carine Adler's Under The Skin, Julien Temple’s Coleridge biopic Pandaemonium, In America, winning the award for her role in Morvern Callar.
She has twice been Oscar-nominated, for her supporting role in Sweet And Lowdown and for her leading turn in In America. She has received four BAFTA nominations down the years, winning for Best Single Drama, The...
Morton began to make a name for herself in TV series including Cracker and Band Of Gold before moving into film. She began to attract international attention with the likes of Lynne Ramsay's Morvern Callar and found blockbuster fame alongside Tom Cruise in Minority Report.
She has been previously nominated for eight BIFAs, including for her roles in Carine Adler's Under The Skin, Julien Temple’s Coleridge biopic Pandaemonium, In America, winning the award for her role in Morvern Callar.
She has twice been Oscar-nominated, for her supporting role in Sweet And Lowdown and for her leading turn in In America. She has received four BAFTA nominations down the years, winning for Best Single Drama, The...
- 11/23/2022
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Killer Collectibles highlights five of the most exciting new horror products released each and every week, from toys and apparel to artwork, records, and much more.
Here are the coolest horror collectibles unveiled this week!
Vincent Price Figure from Super 7
Vincent Price is joining Super 7’s ReAction Figure line. The 3.75″ retro-style toy has five points of articulation and comes with a raven. Ed Repka designed the backer card art. Shipping in November, it’s available to pre-order for 20.
The master of mayhem, sporting a red ascot, is labeled as “Wave 1,” so we can expect more Price figures in the future.
Halloween III Shirt from Uglie Kids Club
Halloween III is celebrating its 40th anniversary and Boo Buckets are back at McDonald’s in the same week, making Uglie Kids Club’s mash-up as timely as it is clever.
The Halftone Horror design is available to pre-order on T-shirts for...
Here are the coolest horror collectibles unveiled this week!
Vincent Price Figure from Super 7
Vincent Price is joining Super 7’s ReAction Figure line. The 3.75″ retro-style toy has five points of articulation and comes with a raven. Ed Repka designed the backer card art. Shipping in November, it’s available to pre-order for 20.
The master of mayhem, sporting a red ascot, is labeled as “Wave 1,” so we can expect more Price figures in the future.
Halloween III Shirt from Uglie Kids Club
Halloween III is celebrating its 40th anniversary and Boo Buckets are back at McDonald’s in the same week, making Uglie Kids Club’s mash-up as timely as it is clever.
The Halftone Horror design is available to pre-order on T-shirts for...
- 10/21/2022
- by Alex DiVincenzo
- bloody-disgusting.com
Throughout the landscape of cinema, love appears in many different forms. From those iconic relationships between the more stereotypical pairings to the ones centering on offbeat individuals, there's no limit to the types of affection Hollywood showcases. But the category that contains some of the more creative examples of love is science fiction. After all, science fiction is known for its imaginative tales of intergalactic adventures, time travel, and soundlessly fascinating stories -- making their intimate moments anything but ordinary.
As a tribute to the bold pairings within this ever-evolving genre, we'll look at the most memorable love scenes within sci-fi films. has to offer. From the sexy to the strange to the beautiful and the bizarre, we'll cover all of the cinematic bases (pun intended) to prove why cinematic intimacy is at its best within this unique genre. So buckle up, and let's explore the chaotic yet stunning world of science fiction love sequences!
As a tribute to the bold pairings within this ever-evolving genre, we'll look at the most memorable love scenes within sci-fi films. has to offer. From the sexy to the strange to the beautiful and the bizarre, we'll cover all of the cinematic bases (pun intended) to prove why cinematic intimacy is at its best within this unique genre. So buckle up, and let's explore the chaotic yet stunning world of science fiction love sequences!
- 10/19/2022
- by Dalin Rowell
- Slash Film
For kids who grew up in the '90s, there was no bigger star in the world than Jim Carrey. Bursting onto our radar as the larger-than-life pet detective Ace Ventura in 1994, Carrey launched full pelt into a string of movies that not only pushed his early career into overdrive but forever cemented his status as a bona fide comedy megastar.
Just a few years after he first landed on the big screen, Carrey was already making headlines for becoming the highest-paid movie star in the world, earning a whopping 20 million salary for his role in Ben Stiller's troubled black comedy "The Cable Guy." Over the next three decades, the Ontario-born comic has churned out a range of hilarious — and often unexpected — hits that his die-had fanbase has devoured with glee. He's covered a lot of ground too. Throughout his lengthy IMDb resume, Carrey's played everything from a blissfully...
Just a few years after he first landed on the big screen, Carrey was already making headlines for becoming the highest-paid movie star in the world, earning a whopping 20 million salary for his role in Ben Stiller's troubled black comedy "The Cable Guy." Over the next three decades, the Ontario-born comic has churned out a range of hilarious — and often unexpected — hits that his die-had fanbase has devoured with glee. He's covered a lot of ground too. Throughout his lengthy IMDb resume, Carrey's played everything from a blissfully...
- 10/10/2022
- by Simon Bland
- Slash Film
A new video for Joe Strummer’s recently released “Fantasy” draws from the former Clash frontman’s vaults to create a revealing, personal portrait of the late artist.
The clip opens with Strummer speaking posthumously from a boombox around New York City: “People are out there doing bad things together; it’s because they’re being dehumanized,” he says. “It’s time to take the humanity back to the center of the ring.” The clip shows snippets of Strummer’s lyrics along with footage of him walking around, tipping saxophonists on beach boardwalks,...
The clip opens with Strummer speaking posthumously from a boombox around New York City: “People are out there doing bad things together; it’s because they’re being dehumanized,” he says. “It’s time to take the humanity back to the center of the ring.” The clip shows snippets of Strummer’s lyrics along with footage of him walking around, tipping saxophonists on beach boardwalks,...
- 9/28/2022
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
One year after losing the Best Comedy Supporting Actress Emmy to her “Ted Lasso” castmate Hannah Waddingham, Juno Temple has now earned an immediate second shot at the gold. If she triumphs this time, “Ted Lasso” will become the fifth series to produce multiple winners in the category after “Caesar’s Hour” (Nanette Fabray and Pat Carroll), “Bewitched” (Alice Pearce and Marion Lorne), “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and “Cheers” (Rhea Perlman and Bebe Neuwirth).
Temple has played model-turned-pr consultant Keeley Jones since “Ted Lasso” first premiered in August 2020. Her episode submission, “Midnight Train to Royston,” serves as the penultimate chapter of the Apple TV+ show’s sophomore season. In the installment, Keeley prepares for a Vanity Fair photoshoot by shopping for new outfits with Nate Shelley (Nick Mohammed). Partway through the errand, she graciously rebuffs an impulsive kiss from Nate, who harbors feelings for her despite the fact that she is dating his coworker,...
Temple has played model-turned-pr consultant Keeley Jones since “Ted Lasso” first premiered in August 2020. Her episode submission, “Midnight Train to Royston,” serves as the penultimate chapter of the Apple TV+ show’s sophomore season. In the installment, Keeley prepares for a Vanity Fair photoshoot by shopping for new outfits with Nate Shelley (Nick Mohammed). Partway through the errand, she graciously rebuffs an impulsive kiss from Nate, who harbors feelings for her despite the fact that she is dating his coworker,...
- 9/1/2022
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
In his latest interview/podcast, host and screenwriter Stuart Wright talks 5 Great Films That Embody The Spirit Of Punk with Richard Cabut, author of the book Looking For a Kiss (Sweat Drenched Press) and co-editor/author of the anthology Punk is Dead: Modernity is Killed Every Night.
Cabut’s choices of 5 Great Films That Embody The Spirit Of Punk include:
1966 – Chelsea Girls – Andy Warhol 1975 – The Rocky Horror Picture Show – Jim Sharman 1978 – Jubilee – Derek Jarman 1980 – The Great Rock n Roll Swindle – Julien Temple 1987 – Withnail & I – Bruce Robinson
For more about Richard and his other work check out https://www.richardcabut.com
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Cabut’s choices of 5 Great Films That Embody The Spirit Of Punk include:
1966 – Chelsea Girls – Andy Warhol 1975 – The Rocky Horror Picture Show – Jim Sharman 1978 – Jubilee – Derek Jarman 1980 – The Great Rock n Roll Swindle – Julien Temple 1987 – Withnail & I – Bruce Robinson
For more about Richard and his other work check out https://www.richardcabut.com
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- 6/28/2022
- by Stuart Wright
- Nerdly
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In a region of the world — central and eastern Europe — that hasn’t had much to celebrate recently, the news that the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival is returning in full force this year (the 56th Kviff runs July 1-9) is truly a reason to party.
“We had a physical event last year but it was still a bit under the cloud of Covid,” says Kviff artistic director Karel Och. “This time around, everyone is really in the mood, you can feel the atmosphere that makes Karlovy Vary so special. It’s going to be as close to [the last pre-pandemic festival] 2019 as possible.”
Karlovy Vary holds a unique position in the festival calendar. Coming after the craziness of Cannes and before the awards-season ramp-up that begins with Venice and Toronto, the Czech fest offers an oasis of calm. Located in the postcard-perfect spa town in western...
In a region of the world — central and eastern Europe — that hasn’t had much to celebrate recently, the news that the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival is returning in full force this year (the 56th Kviff runs July 1-9) is truly a reason to party.
“We had a physical event last year but it was still a bit under the cloud of Covid,” says Kviff artistic director Karel Och. “This time around, everyone is really in the mood, you can feel the atmosphere that makes Karlovy Vary so special. It’s going to be as close to [the last pre-pandemic festival] 2019 as possible.”
Karlovy Vary holds a unique position in the festival calendar. Coming after the craziness of Cannes and before the awards-season ramp-up that begins with Venice and Toronto, the Czech fest offers an oasis of calm. Located in the postcard-perfect spa town in western...
- 6/28/2022
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The first attempt to dramatize the Sex Pistols saga came with the release of the Julien Temple’s movie The Great Rock and Roll Swindle in 1980, just two years after the band imploded. The farcical film tells the story from the perspective of manager Malcolm McLaren and is so cartoonish that parts of it are actually animated.
It was the start of a mini-industry of Sex Pistols retrospectives that told their story from every conceivable angle, including the Gary Oldman/Chloe Webb movie Sid and Nancy, the Julien Temple documentary...
It was the start of a mini-industry of Sex Pistols retrospectives that told their story from every conceivable angle, including the Gary Oldman/Chloe Webb movie Sid and Nancy, the Julien Temple documentary...
- 6/5/2022
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
“Speed Racer” is revving its engines once again.
Apple TV+ has ordered a new live-action “Speed Racer” series from executive producer J.J. Abrams and his company, Bad Robot. The new series will written and showrun by Ron Fitzgerald and Hiram Martinez, who also serve as executive producers. It will be produced by Warner Bros. Television.
This new show will be based on the “Speed Racer” property, which began as a comic book (or manga) series that ran from 1966 to 1968, as well as an influential anime that ran from 1967–68. Since then, there have been countless spinoffs, remakes and continuations, from a new animated series in the 1990s to the starry live-action Wachowskis film in 2008.
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Apple TV+ has ordered a new live-action “Speed Racer” series from executive producer J.J. Abrams and his company, Bad Robot. The new series will written and showrun by Ron Fitzgerald and Hiram Martinez, who also serve as executive producers. It will be produced by Warner Bros. Television.
This new show will be based on the “Speed Racer” property, which began as a comic book (or manga) series that ran from 1966 to 1968, as well as an influential anime that ran from 1967–68. Since then, there have been countless spinoffs, remakes and continuations, from a new animated series in the 1990s to the starry live-action Wachowskis film in 2008.
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J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot to Produce ‘Hot Wheels’ Movie for Mattel and Warner Bros.
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- 5/25/2022
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
I’ve always been haunted by the clips of the young Queen Elizabeth II that were used in “The Filth and the Fury,” Julien Temple’s great documentary about the Sex Pistols. They were featured in a montage of images to accompany “God Save the Queen,” the thrillingly vandalistic Sex Pistols single released in 1977 to coincide with the Queen’s Silver Jubilee. At the time, the song was a singular scandal. When Johnny Rotten sneered the line “She ain’t no human being,” he seemed to be trashing something sacred and doing it in an apocalyptic yet profound way. What he meant, of course, is that if the Queen is no human being, that’s because she reigns over an inhuman system; she’s the monarch of a cruel empire. Yet in “The Filth and the Fury,” released 23 years after the Sex Pistols’ revolt, Elizabeth looked soft, radiant, beguiling, complex.
- 4/27/2022
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Chosen as the protagonist of the Rotterdam Film Festival’s Focus section, Amanda Kramer will show eight films to the festival audience, ranging from her 2016 short “Bark” to “Give Me Pity!” and this year’s opener “Please Baby Please,” both set to celebrate their world premieres at the festival.
“It’s a funny thing, to be a relatively obscure artist given this very pronounced focus on your work,” Kramer tells Variety. “When Rotterdam was so keen to show it, I was just elated. It felt like I had done something right.”
In “Please Baby Please,” starring Andrea Riseborough and Harry Melling as a couple suddenly faced with their long-dormant fantasies, as well as a violent greaser gang, Kramer turns her attention to the 1950s.
“When people talk about that time, they usually go for this cinched waist, poodle skirt, preppy aesthetic. What I am drawn to is the sleazier, more...
“It’s a funny thing, to be a relatively obscure artist given this very pronounced focus on your work,” Kramer tells Variety. “When Rotterdam was so keen to show it, I was just elated. It felt like I had done something right.”
In “Please Baby Please,” starring Andrea Riseborough and Harry Melling as a couple suddenly faced with their long-dormant fantasies, as well as a violent greaser gang, Kramer turns her attention to the 1950s.
“When people talk about that time, they usually go for this cinched waist, poodle skirt, preppy aesthetic. What I am drawn to is the sleazier, more...
- 1/25/2022
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Young was director of the Nfts from 1971-92.
Colin Young, the founding director of the UK’s National Film and Television School (Nfts), has passed away aged 94.
According to a statement from the Nfts, Young died peacefully at home, surrounded by his family, on Saturday (November 27).
Young was born in Glasgow in 1927. He started off writing film and theatre reviews in Aberdeen, before heading to Los Angeles to study film at UCLA. After graduating, he worked as a technician at the university, and eventually made his way up through various departments to be put in charge of the Department of Theatre Arts,...
Colin Young, the founding director of the UK’s National Film and Television School (Nfts), has passed away aged 94.
According to a statement from the Nfts, Young died peacefully at home, surrounded by his family, on Saturday (November 27).
Young was born in Glasgow in 1927. He started off writing film and theatre reviews in Aberdeen, before heading to Los Angeles to study film at UCLA. After graduating, he worked as a technician at the university, and eventually made his way up through various departments to be put in charge of the Department of Theatre Arts,...
- 11/29/2021
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Writing the biography of the man best known for marrying traditional Irish music with British punk — a sound once described by concertina player Noel Hill of the band Planxty as a “terrible abortion” of Irish music — was never going to be easy. To further complicate the matter, Shane MacGowan’s hatred of interviews is almost as notorious as his long and sophisticated affair with drugs and alcohol. Such is punk.
When it comes to the story of MacGowan’s life, it has never been about “just the facts.” However, an attempt has now been made.
When it comes to the story of MacGowan’s life, it has never been about “just the facts.” However, an attempt has now been made.
- 11/15/2021
- by Caine O'Rear
- Rollingstone.com
In San Sebastian to receive the festival’s highest honor, the Donostia career achievement award, American actor, producer and director Johnny Depp has announced his involvement in a new development fund for film and TV projects, headed by his own upstart London-based In.2 Films and Adolfo Blanco’s Contracorriente in Spain.
In.2 is Depp’s newly-launched U.K.-based production house, born from his L.A.-based Infinitum Nihil, which is courting scripts for films, stage productions and plays “focusing on European sensibility combined with American accessibility,” explained a release handed out during a San Sebastian press conference.
Producers Stephen Deuters (“Minamata”) and Stephen Malit (“Hector”) are also joining In.2 as co-heads alongside Depp, and were in person in San Sebastian to jointly announced the new development deal with A Contracorriente.
In the release, Depp explained: “From the student to the maestro, from the aspiring artists to the yet-knowns, to...
In.2 is Depp’s newly-launched U.K.-based production house, born from his L.A.-based Infinitum Nihil, which is courting scripts for films, stage productions and plays “focusing on European sensibility combined with American accessibility,” explained a release handed out during a San Sebastian press conference.
Producers Stephen Deuters (“Minamata”) and Stephen Malit (“Hector”) are also joining In.2 as co-heads alongside Depp, and were in person in San Sebastian to jointly announced the new development deal with A Contracorriente.
In the release, Depp explained: “From the student to the maestro, from the aspiring artists to the yet-knowns, to...
- 9/23/2021
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Michael K. Williams, the actor who portrayed stickup-man-cum-antihero Omar Little in The Wire and racketeer Chalky White in Boardwalk Empire, died Monday inside his Brooklyn home at the age of 54. Williams’ rep, Marianna Shafran, confirmed the actor’s death to Rolling Stone. A rep for the New York Police Department added that Williams was found dead in his home in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn at approximately 2 p.m. A cause of death was not immediately revealed, pending the results of the city’s medical examiner.
“It is with deep...
“It is with deep...
- 9/6/2021
- by Jason Newman
- Rollingstone.com
Despite an apparent last-minute sense of concern by Karlovy Vary fest organizers over international press coverage of Johnny Depp and his ongoing legal battle with ex-wife Amber Heard over domestic abuse allegations, the rocker/actor/producer made his appearances without much fuss and introduced the docu he co-produced, “Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan” to welcoming crowds on Friday.
Depp’s other project at the Czech fest, the Japan-set thriller “Minamata,” filmed largely in Serbia in 2020, directed by Andrew Levitas and starring Depp as an alcoholic photojournalist, screens at Karlovy Vary’s Municipal Theater on Saturday, a historic 18th-century venue midway along the spa town’s ornate Promenade.
Taking the stage with Karlovy Vary artistic director Karel Och, the “Crock of Gold” director Julien Temple, producer Stephen Deuters and MacGowan’s wife Victoria Clarke, Depp described the filming of the 2020 rockumentary as something akin to catching and...
Depp’s other project at the Czech fest, the Japan-set thriller “Minamata,” filmed largely in Serbia in 2020, directed by Andrew Levitas and starring Depp as an alcoholic photojournalist, screens at Karlovy Vary’s Municipal Theater on Saturday, a historic 18th-century venue midway along the spa town’s ornate Promenade.
Taking the stage with Karlovy Vary artistic director Karel Och, the “Crock of Gold” director Julien Temple, producer Stephen Deuters and MacGowan’s wife Victoria Clarke, Depp described the filming of the 2020 rockumentary as something akin to catching and...
- 8/27/2021
- by Will Tizard
- Variety Film + TV
In the next two days Depp will present two films and meet the public.
International attendees at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival are split in their opinion on the festival’s decision to host a tribute to Johnny Depp today and tomorrow at the Czech event.
Depp will meet fans on the red carpet this afternoon at the main Hotel Thermal venue, before presenting a screening of Julien Temple’s documentary Crock Of Gold: A Few Rounds With Shane MacGowan, which the actor also produced.
Tomorrow he will present Andrew Levitas’ Minamata, which he produced and in which he also stars.
International attendees at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival are split in their opinion on the festival’s decision to host a tribute to Johnny Depp today and tomorrow at the Czech event.
Depp will meet fans on the red carpet this afternoon at the main Hotel Thermal venue, before presenting a screening of Julien Temple’s documentary Crock Of Gold: A Few Rounds With Shane MacGowan, which the actor also produced.
Tomorrow he will present Andrew Levitas’ Minamata, which he produced and in which he also stars.
- 8/27/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Och also discusses festival date move, Czech talents.
A “presumption of innocence” convinced Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Kviff) to honour controversial US actor-producer Johnny Depp at its 55th edition, according to artistic director Karel Och.
The festival is one of several late summer and autumn European events paying tribute to Depp, who will arrive in Karlovy Vary tomorrow (August 26). He will present screenings of Julien Temple’s Crock Of Gold: A Few Rounds With Shane MacGowan and Andrew Levitas’ Minamata, the latter of which he stars in and both of which he produced.
“We’re convinced that there is...
A “presumption of innocence” convinced Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Kviff) to honour controversial US actor-producer Johnny Depp at its 55th edition, according to artistic director Karel Och.
The festival is one of several late summer and autumn European events paying tribute to Depp, who will arrive in Karlovy Vary tomorrow (August 26). He will present screenings of Julien Temple’s Crock Of Gold: A Few Rounds With Shane MacGowan and Andrew Levitas’ Minamata, the latter of which he stars in and both of which he produced.
“We’re convinced that there is...
- 8/25/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
It is said that with age comes wisdom and that adage feels strikingly true when it comes to the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. The prominent Central European event is the one of the world’s oldest film festivals, founded in July 1946, a month before Locarno launched its first festival and few months before the Cannes Film Festival unveiled its first edition in September that same year. Originally held in Mariánské Lázne, a neighboring Czech town, before it moved to Karlovy Vary in 1947, the now A-list festival was born out of a yearning to show that World War II had ended and healing could begin with culture.
This year, more than ever does that notion ring true as Karlovy Vary is set to unveil its 55th edition from August 20-28 after last year’s event was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Interestingly, from 1959 to 1993 Karlovy Vary alternated years with the Moscow Film Festival,...
This year, more than ever does that notion ring true as Karlovy Vary is set to unveil its 55th edition from August 20-28 after last year’s event was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Interestingly, from 1959 to 1993 Karlovy Vary alternated years with the Moscow Film Festival,...
- 8/18/2021
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
Festival director Jose Luis Rebordinos issues statement.
San Sebastian Film Festival director José Luis Rebordinos has defended the festival’s decision to honour Johnny Depp with the Donostia Award at this year’s event (September 17-25).
In 2020, Depp lost his libel case against UK tabloid The Sun after it described him as a “wife-beater” in a 2018 article.
The festival has been hit with criticism from domestic abuse charities in the UK, who have described the decision as “insulting”. The Czech Republic’s Karlovy Vary Festival has also been criticised after it too decided to honour Depp this year.
In his statement,...
San Sebastian Film Festival director José Luis Rebordinos has defended the festival’s decision to honour Johnny Depp with the Donostia Award at this year’s event (September 17-25).
In 2020, Depp lost his libel case against UK tabloid The Sun after it described him as a “wife-beater” in a 2018 article.
The festival has been hit with criticism from domestic abuse charities in the UK, who have described the decision as “insulting”. The Czech Republic’s Karlovy Vary Festival has also been criticised after it too decided to honour Depp this year.
In his statement,...
- 8/13/2021
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Warner Music Entertainment will co-produce, co-develop and co-finance projects with Lightbox.
Warner Music Entertainment (WME) has signed a partnership deal with UK-us production company Lightbox to co-produce, co-develop and co-finance non-fiction film and TV projects.
Under the terms of the deal Lightbox will have access to the catalogue of WME’s parent company Warner Music Group for its documentaries.
The two companies have a slate underway with details yet to be announced.
Lightbox was founded in 2014 by Simon Chinn in London and his LA-based cousin Jonathan Chinn.
The company’s recent slate includes Kevin Macdonald’s Whitney, which premiered at Cannes in 2018; HBO title Tina,...
Warner Music Entertainment (WME) has signed a partnership deal with UK-us production company Lightbox to co-produce, co-develop and co-finance non-fiction film and TV projects.
Under the terms of the deal Lightbox will have access to the catalogue of WME’s parent company Warner Music Group for its documentaries.
The two companies have a slate underway with details yet to be announced.
Lightbox was founded in 2014 by Simon Chinn in London and his LA-based cousin Jonathan Chinn.
The company’s recent slate includes Kevin Macdonald’s Whitney, which premiered at Cannes in 2018; HBO title Tina,...
- 8/12/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Spain’s Association of Female Filmmakers and Audiovisual Media is speaking out against this week’s news that Johnny Depp will be awarded the Donostia prize at the 69th San Sebastian Film Festival next month. The festival announced Depp will be given the event’s lifetime achievement prize Wednesday, Sept. 22, referring to the actor as “one of contemporary cinema’s most talented and versatile actors.”
Cristina Andreu, the president of Spain’s Association of Female Filmmakers and Audiovisual Media, told the Associated Press (via The Guardian) that the group of women directors was “very surprised” over the decision to give Depp the Donostia prize. Depp has been accused of emotional and physical abuse by Amber Heard. Warner Bros. had Depp exit the “Fantastic Beasts” franchise last year after he lost a libel case to The Sun, which referred to Depp as a “wife beater” in an article about Depp and Heard.
Cristina Andreu, the president of Spain’s Association of Female Filmmakers and Audiovisual Media, told the Associated Press (via The Guardian) that the group of women directors was “very surprised” over the decision to give Depp the Donostia prize. Depp has been accused of emotional and physical abuse by Amber Heard. Warner Bros. had Depp exit the “Fantastic Beasts” franchise last year after he lost a libel case to The Sun, which referred to Depp as a “wife beater” in an article about Depp and Heard.
- 8/12/2021
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Second European event this week to announce it will honour Depp.
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Kviff) is the second European event this week to announce it will honour Johnny Depp, paying tribute to the actor’s career at the 55th edition of the event (August 20-28).
The tribute follows an announcement from San Sebastian film festival yesterday that Depp will be awarded its highest prize, the Donostia award, in September.
It is expected that Depp will attend both events in person.
A statement from Karlovy Vary described the recognition as “a tribute to Depp’s significant contributions to film...
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Kviff) is the second European event this week to announce it will honour Johnny Depp, paying tribute to the actor’s career at the 55th edition of the event (August 20-28).
The tribute follows an announcement from San Sebastian film festival yesterday that Depp will be awarded its highest prize, the Donostia award, in September.
It is expected that Depp will attend both events in person.
A statement from Karlovy Vary described the recognition as “a tribute to Depp’s significant contributions to film...
- 8/10/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Second European event this week to announce it will honour Depp.
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Kviff) is the second European event this week to announce it will honour Johnny Depp, paying tribute to the actor’s career at the 55th edition of the event (August 20-28).
The tribute follows an announcement from San Sebastian film festival yesterday that Depp will be awarded its highest prize, the Donostia award, in September.
It is expected that Depp will attend both events in person.
A statement from Karlovy Vary described the recognition as “a tribute to Depp’s significant contributions to film...
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Kviff) is the second European event this week to announce it will honour Johnny Depp, paying tribute to the actor’s career at the 55th edition of the event (August 20-28).
The tribute follows an announcement from San Sebastian film festival yesterday that Depp will be awarded its highest prize, the Donostia award, in September.
It is expected that Depp will attend both events in person.
A statement from Karlovy Vary described the recognition as “a tribute to Depp’s significant contributions to film...
- 8/10/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival has become the second major European film festival to throw its support behind controversial actor Johnny Depp, announcing Tuesday that it will celebrate the Pirates of the Caribbean star at its 55th event this summer.
Karlovy Vary said it would pay tribute to Depp’s “significant contributions to film” by welcoming the actor to the festival, which runs August 20-28, and would screen his two more recent productions: Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan (2020), the Julien Temple-directed documentary about the Pogues frontman which Depp produced, and Andrew Levitas’ biopic Minamata (2020), a passion project for Depp,...
Karlovy Vary said it would pay tribute to Depp’s “significant contributions to film” by welcoming the actor to the festival, which runs August 20-28, and would screen his two more recent productions: Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan (2020), the Julien Temple-directed documentary about the Pogues frontman which Depp produced, and Andrew Levitas’ biopic Minamata (2020), a passion project for Depp,...
- 8/10/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival has become the second major European film festival to throw its support behind controversial actor Johnny Depp, announcing Tuesday that it will celebrate the Pirates of the Caribbean star at its 55th event this summer.
Karlovy Vary said it would pay tribute to Depp’s “significant contributions to film” by welcoming the actor to the festival, which runs August 20-28, and would screen his two more recent productions: Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan (2020), the Julien Temple-directed documentary about the Pogues frontman which Depp produced, and Andrew Levitas’ biopic Minamata (2020), a passion project for Depp,...
Karlovy Vary said it would pay tribute to Depp’s “significant contributions to film” by welcoming the actor to the festival, which runs August 20-28, and would screen his two more recent productions: Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan (2020), the Julien Temple-directed documentary about the Pogues frontman which Depp produced, and Andrew Levitas’ biopic Minamata (2020), a passion project for Depp,...
- 8/10/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Described by Spain’s San Sebastian Festival as “one of contemporary cinema’s most talented and versatile actors,” American actor Johnny Depp will receive San Sebastian’s highest honor, its Donostia Award, in a ceremony taking place on Sept. 22 at the festival’s Kursaal Auditorium.
Depp is already one of San Sebastian’s favorite sons, having figured as one of the highest profile star presences at last year’s on-site festival, where he co-presented “Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane McGowan” with director Julien Temple.
This year’s award puts Depp among recent honorees including Ethan Hawke, Sigourney Weaver, Judy Dench, Penelope Cruz and Viggo Mortensen.
Breaking out in the early 1990s with lead roles in John Waters’ “Cry Baby” and Tim Burton’s “Edward Scissorhands,” Depp secured his left of field artistic credentials making films with prestigious foreign directors such as Emir Kusturica (“Arizona Dream”) and Lasse Hallström...
Depp is already one of San Sebastian’s favorite sons, having figured as one of the highest profile star presences at last year’s on-site festival, where he co-presented “Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane McGowan” with director Julien Temple.
This year’s award puts Depp among recent honorees including Ethan Hawke, Sigourney Weaver, Judy Dench, Penelope Cruz and Viggo Mortensen.
Breaking out in the early 1990s with lead roles in John Waters’ “Cry Baby” and Tim Burton’s “Edward Scissorhands,” Depp secured his left of field artistic credentials making films with prestigious foreign directors such as Emir Kusturica (“Arizona Dream”) and Lasse Hallström...
- 8/9/2021
- by Jamie Lang and John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Producer Jeremy Thomas, best picture Oscar winner for Bernardo Bertolucci’s “The Last Emperor” is a Cannes veteran and was the talk of the Croisette for David Cronenberg’s “Crash” (1996)
Thomas is back in 2021 as the subject of Mark Cousins’ documentary “The Storms of Jeremy Thomas” that details his annual road trip from London to Cannes, while he reflects on a storied career. The film very early on discusses the abundant sex on display in several of Thomas’ films.
“I identified with what Paul Verhoeven said the other day about the neo-puritanism of the new world that we live in because it’s true,” Thomas tells Variety. Thomas says that Arthur Miller’s 1953 play “The Crucible,” which details witch hunting in New England in the late 1600s, is a great text to read in today’s age. He reflects that he probably wouldn’t have had the career he has...
Thomas is back in 2021 as the subject of Mark Cousins’ documentary “The Storms of Jeremy Thomas” that details his annual road trip from London to Cannes, while he reflects on a storied career. The film very early on discusses the abundant sex on display in several of Thomas’ films.
“I identified with what Paul Verhoeven said the other day about the neo-puritanism of the new world that we live in because it’s true,” Thomas tells Variety. Thomas says that Arthur Miller’s 1953 play “The Crucible,” which details witch hunting in New England in the late 1600s, is a great text to read in today’s age. He reflects that he probably wouldn’t have had the career he has...
- 7/10/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
As the British filmmaker most often compared to French auteurs, Joanna Hogg has strangely never had any of her previous films shown in France. But it’s also fitting that her latest, “The Souvenir Part II,” premiered on Thursday in Cannes in the Directors’ Fortnight section.
The festival is also screening Part I, which came out in 2019, enabling audiences to catch up with the action before its sequel – although sequel isn’t quite the right term for this most delicate and exquisite of follow-ups. Aftermath might be more apposite.
The first film dealt with our lead character Julie (played by Honor Swinton Byrne) and her first days at film school in 1980s London, a period marked by a relationship with the charming but raffish Anthony (Tom Burke), who turned out to be a total lying heroin addict.
In the new film, time has gone by and Julie is completing her graduation film.
The festival is also screening Part I, which came out in 2019, enabling audiences to catch up with the action before its sequel – although sequel isn’t quite the right term for this most delicate and exquisite of follow-ups. Aftermath might be more apposite.
The first film dealt with our lead character Julie (played by Honor Swinton Byrne) and her first days at film school in 1980s London, a period marked by a relationship with the charming but raffish Anthony (Tom Burke), who turned out to be a total lying heroin addict.
In the new film, time has gone by and Julie is completing her graduation film.
- 7/8/2021
- by Jason Solomons
- The Wrap
Monday is the start of five days of voting to determine shortlists in the nine Oscar categories that narrow down the field before the start of nomination balloting. In the Best Documentary Feature and Best International Feature Film categories, 238 and 93 films, respectively, will be reduced to 15 semifinalists.
In each of those categories, voters must see a minimum number of entries, drawn from a “required viewing” list sent to each member, in order to vote. Documentary voters must see more than 30 films, international voters must see 12. Shortlists in all categories will be announced on Feb. 9.
Here are our thoughts on these contests; on Tuesday, we’ll look at the below-the-line categories that also use shortlists.
‘Time’ / Amazon Studios
Best Documentary Feature
Ever since the Documentary Branch rules were changed to do away with the small committees that previously viewed films in the preliminary round of voting, the documentary shortlists have invariably...
In each of those categories, voters must see a minimum number of entries, drawn from a “required viewing” list sent to each member, in order to vote. Documentary voters must see more than 30 films, international voters must see 12. Shortlists in all categories will be announced on Feb. 9.
Here are our thoughts on these contests; on Tuesday, we’ll look at the below-the-line categories that also use shortlists.
‘Time’ / Amazon Studios
Best Documentary Feature
Ever since the Documentary Branch rules were changed to do away with the small committees that previously viewed films in the preliminary round of voting, the documentary shortlists have invariably...
- 2/1/2021
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Julien Temple had never considered making a documentary about Shane MacGowan, the sensational, shambolic former Pogues frontman, until MacGowan himself asked him to do it. The pair had met in the mid-Seventies when MacGowan was just another punk pogoing at the Sex Pistols’ early shows, and they have remained friendly in the decades since. The director, whose credits include the yin-yang Sex Pistols films The Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle and The Filth and the Fury, as well as pics about the Clash, Keith Richards, and the Kinks’ Davies brothers,...
- 12/9/2020
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
A special one-hour livestream airing Tuesday, December 8th, will offer a deep dive into Tom Petty’s music videos and conclude with the premiere of a new video for “Something Could Happen.”
The special, hosted by journalist David Fricke, will air on Petty’s YouTube channel and feature appearances from artists and directors who have collaborated with Petty. Guests include directors Julien Temple (who helmed the videos for “Free Fallin’,” “Into the Great Wide Open,” “Yer So Bad” and, “Learning to Fly”) and Jeff Stein (“Don’t Come Around Here...
The special, hosted by journalist David Fricke, will air on Petty’s YouTube channel and feature appearances from artists and directors who have collaborated with Petty. Guests include directors Julien Temple (who helmed the videos for “Free Fallin’,” “Into the Great Wide Open,” “Yer So Bad” and, “Learning to Fly”) and Jeff Stein (“Don’t Come Around Here...
- 12/8/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Music doc maestro Julien Temple on his challenging subject Shane MacGowan for new film Crock of Gold
When it comes to music documentaries, there isn’t anybody more accomplished than Julien Temple, and he returns with one of his trickiest subjects to date, chronicling the life and career of Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan. Temple talks about the genesis of the project, and on the vital involvement from producer and long-time friend of MacGowan, Johnny Depp.
We also discuss the challenging aspects in focusing on a man who has a reputation for not necessarily making life easy for those around him, while Temple also talks about the delicate handling of the theme of alcoholism, which of course plays a part in the telling of this story. He speaks about the unconventional structure, the animated interludes, and on the brilliance of the Christmas single Fairytale of New York. We also speak about the worrying future of the arts in the wake of Covid, and we ask the filmmaker what...
We also discuss the challenging aspects in focusing on a man who has a reputation for not necessarily making life easy for those around him, while Temple also talks about the delicate handling of the theme of alcoholism, which of course plays a part in the telling of this story. He speaks about the unconventional structure, the animated interludes, and on the brilliance of the Christmas single Fairytale of New York. We also speak about the worrying future of the arts in the wake of Covid, and we ask the filmmaker what...
- 12/4/2020
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Shane MacGowan does not look well. Then again, the former lead singer of the Pogues and one of our greatest living songwriters has not looked well for quite some time. The notion that he’s permanently, tipsily teetering on the edge of this mortal coil has been a part of MacGowan’s legacy for decades; with the exception of Keith Richards, no rock star has defied the odds of an early demise while indulging in drink, drugs and an appetite for self-destruction that would destroy mere mortals. And even when...
- 12/4/2020
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
Julien Temple rounds up the old gang for bleakly worshipful profile of the recalcitrant Pogues star
This full-length profile of the former Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan emerges just as the annual debate over the lyrics of his biggest hit, Fairytale of New York, gets into full swing. While the controversy is not specifically addressed here, you have to wonder how the defund-the-bbc types will react to MacGowan’s enthusiastic endorsement of Irish uprisings against the British and adoration of the Ira – “I felt ashamed I didn’t have the guts to join [them],” he says at one point.
There’s a lot of interest in here, even if many of the anecdotes are well worn: MacGowan’s early years in Tipperary, his schooldays in Tunbridge Wells and the Barbican, and his formative time in the late 70s punk circuit. It’s an hour in before we even get to the Pogues,...
This full-length profile of the former Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan emerges just as the annual debate over the lyrics of his biggest hit, Fairytale of New York, gets into full swing. While the controversy is not specifically addressed here, you have to wonder how the defund-the-bbc types will react to MacGowan’s enthusiastic endorsement of Irish uprisings against the British and adoration of the Ira – “I felt ashamed I didn’t have the guts to join [them],” he says at one point.
There’s a lot of interest in here, even if many of the anecdotes are well worn: MacGowan’s early years in Tipperary, his schooldays in Tunbridge Wells and the Barbican, and his formative time in the late 70s punk circuit. It’s an hour in before we even get to the Pogues,...
- 12/4/2020
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
One of the most memorable and disturbing evenings in my extensive concert-going career came in the early 2000s at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles when The Pogues came to L.A. on a reunion tour with Shane MacGowan, the lead singer they’d fired more than a decade earlier for his unreliability and substance abuse. MacGowan was a mess, leaving the stage for stretches of the concert and barely able to croak his way through the songs in what seemed to be an alcohol- or drug-induced haze — and yet the audience responded deliriously to every slurred word and cheered even louder for every stumble and slur.
Was it a concert or a sideshow? Was the audience so besotted with the beautiful-loser myth that it gloried in the damage MacGowan had done to himself and loved him more because he was such a disaster? Or were they on his side,...
Was it a concert or a sideshow? Was the audience so besotted with the beautiful-loser myth that it gloried in the damage MacGowan had done to himself and loved him more because he was such a disaster? Or were they on his side,...
- 12/1/2020
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
The film-maker on his new documentary about the former Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan, Johnny Depp’s role in it, and why he’s still hungry to create
When film-maker Julien Temple met Shane MacGowan to discuss making a documentary about his life, the 62-year-old, hard-living former Pogues frontman was watching a David Attenborough programme about snow leopards. The image has stayed with Temple: many times, while making Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds With Shane MacGowan, he found himself feeling like a naturalist stalking an elusive species. The film, though, is a hugely entertaining and revealing one. While MacGowan wouldn’t sit still for Temple, he would for friends and fans such as Johnny Depp, Gerry Adams and Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie. Temple has made acclaimed documentaries on the Sex Pistols and the Clash, as well as the cult feature film Absolute Beginners. He’s 67 and lives in Somerset.
When film-maker Julien Temple met Shane MacGowan to discuss making a documentary about his life, the 62-year-old, hard-living former Pogues frontman was watching a David Attenborough programme about snow leopards. The image has stayed with Temple: many times, while making Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds With Shane MacGowan, he found himself feeling like a naturalist stalking an elusive species. The film, though, is a hugely entertaining and revealing one. While MacGowan wouldn’t sit still for Temple, he would for friends and fans such as Johnny Depp, Gerry Adams and Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie. Temple has made acclaimed documentaries on the Sex Pistols and the Clash, as well as the cult feature film Absolute Beginners. He’s 67 and lives in Somerset.
- 11/29/2020
- by Tim Lewis
- The Guardian - Film News
Update: This story is being updated this week as the new longlists are unveiled. Today (November 20) the Best Documentary longlist has been published, see below.
Previously, November 17: Organizers of the British Independent Film Awards have confirmed their upcoming ceremony will delay from its traditional end-of-year dates to February, 2021, moving in line with this year’s major awards shows.
This week, the BIFAs will unveil its various longlists of awards, which will be whittled down to its final nominations, to be revealed on December 9.
Today, the New Talent awards longlists have been unveiled, featuring a total of 46 directors, writers and producers. Each of the below will participate in BIFA’s Springboard scheme, a tailored program of professional development and peer to peer support.
Best Documentary
The Art Of Political Murder Paul Taylor, Teddy Leifer, Regina K. Scully
The Australian Dream Daniel Gordon, Stan Grant, Sarah Thomson, Nick Batzias, Virginia Whitwell,...
Previously, November 17: Organizers of the British Independent Film Awards have confirmed their upcoming ceremony will delay from its traditional end-of-year dates to February, 2021, moving in line with this year’s major awards shows.
This week, the BIFAs will unveil its various longlists of awards, which will be whittled down to its final nominations, to be revealed on December 9.
Today, the New Talent awards longlists have been unveiled, featuring a total of 46 directors, writers and producers. Each of the below will participate in BIFA’s Springboard scheme, a tailored program of professional development and peer to peer support.
Best Documentary
The Art Of Political Murder Paul Taylor, Teddy Leifer, Regina K. Scully
The Australian Dream Daniel Gordon, Stan Grant, Sarah Thomson, Nick Batzias, Virginia Whitwell,...
- 11/20/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
‘The Reason I Jump’, ‘White Riot’ also make the list.
Films about Irish singer Shane MacGowan and natural historian David Attenborough are among the 13 titles on the best documentary longlist for the 2020 British Independent Film Awards.
The longlist is the final of four to be announced this week, following lists for new talent, most promising newcomer and international film.
Julien Temple’s Crock Of Gold: A Few Rounds With Shane MacGowan is a look at the celebrated Irish punk musician and singer, combining archive and family footage with animation. It debuted at San Sebastián in September; Altitude has the rights for the UK and Ireland,...
Films about Irish singer Shane MacGowan and natural historian David Attenborough are among the 13 titles on the best documentary longlist for the 2020 British Independent Film Awards.
The longlist is the final of four to be announced this week, following lists for new talent, most promising newcomer and international film.
Julien Temple’s Crock Of Gold: A Few Rounds With Shane MacGowan is a look at the celebrated Irish punk musician and singer, combining archive and family footage with animation. It debuted at San Sebastián in September; Altitude has the rights for the UK and Ireland,...
- 11/20/2020
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Did ex-Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan and the late London jazz club impresario Ronnie Scott ever cross paths? As key figures of the last century of music, it is certainly possible. And based on the documentaries Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds With Shane MacGowan and Ronnie’s, it is enticing to ponder the conversation that might ensue between the ragged Irish eccentric (MacGowan) and the witty tenor sax man turned club owner (Scott). The gobsmackingly entertaining Crock of Gold and well-made if less enthralling Ronnie’s make a strong case that both figures have left an indelible mark on music. And while director Julien Temple’s Gold is far more memorable than Oliver Murray’s Ronnie’s, both films deserve attention. Crock of Gold is making its North American premiere at the Doc NYC festival, while Ronnie’s is making its international premiere.
It should come as no surprise that...
It should come as no surprise that...
- 11/12/2020
- by Christopher Schobert
- The Film Stage
Fifty years of killer hangovers condensed into two hours, Crock of Gold chronicles the dramatic larger-than-life story of Shane MacGowan, the Anglo-Irish singer-songwriter who achieved international fame in the 1980s as self-destructive frontman of Celtic-punk band The Pogues. Co-produced by MacGowan’s friend Johnny Depp, who also makes a brief cameo, this boozy cinematic bromance could have been an indulgent love letter from one swashbuckling celebrity pirate to another. Thankfully, veteran British director Julien Temple, best known for his forensically detailed music films rooted in the late 1970s London punk scene, plots a careful path between bleary-eyed bad-boy mythology and solid ...
- 11/9/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Fifty years of killer hangovers condensed into two hours, Crock of Gold chronicles the dramatic larger-than-life story of Shane MacGowan, the Anglo-Irish singer-songwriter who achieved international fame in the 1980s as self-destructive frontman of Celtic-punk band The Pogues. Co-produced by MacGowan’s friend Johnny Depp, who also makes a brief cameo, this boozy cinematic bromance could have been an indulgent love letter from one swashbuckling celebrity pirate to another. Thankfully, veteran British director Julien Temple, best known for his forensically detailed music films rooted in the late 1970s London punk scene, plots a careful path between bleary-eyed bad-boy mythology and solid ...
- 11/9/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Crown, Season Four
As the new season nears, we get deeper glimpses into the new forces entering Queen Elizabeth’s life: Margaret Thatcher (Gillian Anderson) and Diana Spencer (Emma Corrin). We see Queen Elizabeth (Olivia Colman) give Thatcher a warning as to not make enemies out of “left, right and center.” Thatcher, however, is unbothered: “What if one is comfortable with having enemies?” The spotlight shifts to Prince Charles (Josh O’Connor), who is experiencing more than the average familial pressure to marry – not just to find a wife, a companion,...
As the new season nears, we get deeper glimpses into the new forces entering Queen Elizabeth’s life: Margaret Thatcher (Gillian Anderson) and Diana Spencer (Emma Corrin). We see Queen Elizabeth (Olivia Colman) give Thatcher a warning as to not make enemies out of “left, right and center.” Thatcher, however, is unbothered: “What if one is comfortable with having enemies?” The spotlight shifts to Prince Charles (Josh O’Connor), who is experiencing more than the average familial pressure to marry – not just to find a wife, a companion,...
- 10/31/2020
- by Natalli Amato
- Rollingstone.com
"He went away... and he didn't come back." Magnolia Pictures has released an official trailer for the punk rock doc film Crock of Gold, made by acclaimed music filmmaker Julien Temple. The full title is Crock of Gold – A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan, described as a "deep dive" into and celebration of Irish punk poet Shane MacGowan, the composer and lead singer with The Pogues, combining unpublished archive footage and family footage with animation. MacGowan is known for combining "traditional Irish music with the visceral energy of punk rock" in his music. The film is also produced by Johnny Depp, and it just won a Special Jury Prize at this year's San Sebastian Film Festival - in honor of "[director] Julien Temple and Shane MacGowan for the beautiful, poetic, unflinching and unreconciled punk energy" exuding from the film. Always exciting to see music docs work in more than just archival...
- 10/27/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
At this point, you could make a compelling film about all the aborted attempts to make a compelling film about Marvin Gaye.
In 2008, F. Gary Gray (Friday, Straight Outta Compton) signed on to helm a movie called Marvin. In subsequent years, Cameron Crowe, Jamie Foxx, Scott Rudin and, most recently, Dr. Dre all attached themselves to different projects about the late Motown icon, each of which failed to see the light of day.
The same year that Gray was beginning work on Marvin, a James Gandolfini–produced film about the...
In 2008, F. Gary Gray (Friday, Straight Outta Compton) signed on to helm a movie called Marvin. In subsequent years, Cameron Crowe, Jamie Foxx, Scott Rudin and, most recently, Dr. Dre all attached themselves to different projects about the late Motown icon, each of which failed to see the light of day.
The same year that Gray was beginning work on Marvin, a James Gandolfini–produced film about the...
- 10/27/2020
- by Jason Newman
- Rollingstone.com
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