2014’s Pride, from director Matthew Warchus, is heading back into cinemas in the UK this June: more details here.
Comfortably one of the best British films of the 2010s is the wonderful Pride, an uproariously funny and really moving ensemble film set in the 1980s. Led by George MacKay, Andrew Scott, Ben Schnetzer, Faye Marsay, Dominic West, Imelda Staunton, a sex toy, Paddy Considine, Bill Nighy and Freddie Fox, it felt like a movie out of nowhere when it first arrived.
Telling the story of the miner’s strike in the UK in the 1980s, and the efforts of a bunch of lesbian and gay activists to support them, it still remains something of a one-off. Penned by Stephen Beresford and directed by Matthew Warchus, the modestly-budgeted film hardly set the box office alight on its initial release, but it’s earned a rich and deserved reputation since for a film that’s well,...
Comfortably one of the best British films of the 2010s is the wonderful Pride, an uproariously funny and really moving ensemble film set in the 1980s. Led by George MacKay, Andrew Scott, Ben Schnetzer, Faye Marsay, Dominic West, Imelda Staunton, a sex toy, Paddy Considine, Bill Nighy and Freddie Fox, it felt like a movie out of nowhere when it first arrived.
Telling the story of the miner’s strike in the UK in the 1980s, and the efforts of a bunch of lesbian and gay activists to support them, it still remains something of a one-off. Penned by Stephen Beresford and directed by Matthew Warchus, the modestly-budgeted film hardly set the box office alight on its initial release, but it’s earned a rich and deserved reputation since for a film that’s well,...
- 4/24/2024
- by Simon Brew
- Film Stories
A few generations ago, people who wanted to learn English often familiarized themselves through America’s greatest export: rock & roll. Today, that role may belong to another great American export: Netflix.
Steve Toy, CEO of language-learning platform Memrise and a longtime education executive, sees it every day. Like his competitors at Duolingo, Babble, and Rosetta Stone, Memrise is built upon what Toy calls “fancy flashcards.” However, Memrise also offers education via YouTube, TikTok videos… and Netflix.
While a Memrise user learns new words and phrases, the app uses AI to create word banks for popular videos by constantly scrolling YouTube and TikTok. When a student knows 80 percent of the words in a video, it becomes a tool for the user to learn context.
Let’s say you’re learning Spanish and dig Bad Bunny. Search for the music video on Memrise and the language app will create a customized flashcard...
Steve Toy, CEO of language-learning platform Memrise and a longtime education executive, sees it every day. Like his competitors at Duolingo, Babble, and Rosetta Stone, Memrise is built upon what Toy calls “fancy flashcards.” However, Memrise also offers education via YouTube, TikTok videos… and Netflix.
While a Memrise user learns new words and phrases, the app uses AI to create word banks for popular videos by constantly scrolling YouTube and TikTok. When a student knows 80 percent of the words in a video, it becomes a tool for the user to learn context.
Let’s say you’re learning Spanish and dig Bad Bunny. Search for the music video on Memrise and the language app will create a customized flashcard...
- 2/8/2024
- by Tony Maglio
- Indiewire
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