Mark Harrison Oct 11, 2016
We salute the film work of one of Britain's very best, and most versatile, film actors: Mr Eddie Marsan...
Eddie Marsan isn't just one of the best British actors working today – he's also one of the busiest, appearing in all kinds of supporting roles in major movies, while also appearing on TV a lot, on both sides of the Atlantic. He was fantastic as the latter lead in BBC One's Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell last year and he's also a regular on Showtime's Ray Donovan as Ray's brother Terry, an ex-boxer suffering from Parkinson's disease.
On the big screen though, it's Marsan's versatility that really makes him so watchable. He's had attention grabbing turns in minor roles in blockbusters like Hancock, Mission: Impossible III and Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes films, but he's also at home amongst a big ensemble in more serious fare like Spielberg...
We salute the film work of one of Britain's very best, and most versatile, film actors: Mr Eddie Marsan...
Eddie Marsan isn't just one of the best British actors working today – he's also one of the busiest, appearing in all kinds of supporting roles in major movies, while also appearing on TV a lot, on both sides of the Atlantic. He was fantastic as the latter lead in BBC One's Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell last year and he's also a regular on Showtime's Ray Donovan as Ray's brother Terry, an ex-boxer suffering from Parkinson's disease.
On the big screen though, it's Marsan's versatility that really makes him so watchable. He's had attention grabbing turns in minor roles in blockbusters like Hancock, Mission: Impossible III and Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes films, but he's also at home amongst a big ensemble in more serious fare like Spielberg...
- 10/10/2016
- Den of Geek
One of our fastest rising young actors, Nicholas Hoult mainlined Mad Max: Fury Road with crazed energy as the shiny, chrome-faced Nux. He has X-Men: Apocalypse and Eran Creevy’s intriguing Autobahn on his dance card, but before either of those, Kill Your Friends will offer a showcase for his talents for black comedy. Here's a first look at him as Steven Stelfox in the upcoming adaptation of John Niven’s ‘90s-set novel, courtesy of the nice people at StudioCanal.Set in the murky, often chemically enhanced world of the music industry circa the Britpop era, Kill Your Friends follows Hoult’s A&R man as he rides the Cool Britannia wave through its Blur vs Oasis high point and down a deep, dark hole. A sort of Filth or American Psycho for the music biz? Maybe. It’s just possible that Stelfox is as lacking in the milk of...
- 7/2/2015
- EmpireOnline
The 3rd annual Winnipeg Underground Film Festival is a three-day showcase on of experimental short films from all over the globe, plus a screening of a locally produced feature film. The fest runs on June 5-7 at the Frame Arts Warehouse.
The sole feature film of the fest is FM Youth by Stéphane Oystryk, which captures the lives of three young Franco-Manitoban friends as two of them about to embark on a journey outside of their tight knit French community. FM Youth will screen at 11:30 p.m. on the opening night of June 5.
The rest of the fest is crammed full of short films, including two by the amazing analog experimentalist Christine Lucy Latimer; plus work by local filmmaking star Guy Maddin, prolific Winnipeg expat Clint Enns, Underground Film Journal fave Neil Ira Needleman, killer animator Leslie Supnet, Josh Weissbach’s Model Fifty-One Fifty-Six, which garnered an Honorable Mention...
The sole feature film of the fest is FM Youth by Stéphane Oystryk, which captures the lives of three young Franco-Manitoban friends as two of them about to embark on a journey outside of their tight knit French community. FM Youth will screen at 11:30 p.m. on the opening night of June 5.
The rest of the fest is crammed full of short films, including two by the amazing analog experimentalist Christine Lucy Latimer; plus work by local filmmaking star Guy Maddin, prolific Winnipeg expat Clint Enns, Underground Film Journal fave Neil Ira Needleman, killer animator Leslie Supnet, Josh Weissbach’s Model Fifty-One Fifty-Six, which garnered an Honorable Mention...
- 6/3/2015
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
ITV Studios America has promoted Paul Reaney to Svp Development. Based in Los Angeles, Reaney will continue to focus on the growth of the company’s West Coast development slate for broadcast, cable and digital, reporting to Bruce Robertson, Evp of Creative Strategy. In his expanded role, Reaney will work with Robertson on the development strategy for the company and managing the West Coast development team. Reaney joined ITV Studios America as VP Development in 2011. He…...
- 5/20/2015
- Deadline TV
At a loss for what to watch this week? From new DVDs and Blu-rays, to what's streaming on Netflix, we've got you covered.
New on DVD and Blu-ray
"Godzilla"
Indie director Gareth Edwards got a crack at one of the biggest monsters there is in this summer's blockbuster. Bryan Cranston plays a scientist obsessed with government secrets since the mysterious death of his wife Sandra (Juliette Binoche) after a suspicious nuclear reactor meltdown. Aaron Taylor-Johnson co-stars as his son Ford, a Navy guy who discovers that dear old dad's paranoia might actually be worth checking out. Ken Watanabe and Sally Hawkins co-star as scientists studying the real cause of that nuclear meltdown.
"The Fault in Our Stars"
It Girl Shailene Woodley stars in this adaptation of John Green's Ya weepie about a teen named Hazel dying of cancer. Augustus (Ansel Elgort) is another teen coping with the Big C,...
New on DVD and Blu-ray
"Godzilla"
Indie director Gareth Edwards got a crack at one of the biggest monsters there is in this summer's blockbuster. Bryan Cranston plays a scientist obsessed with government secrets since the mysterious death of his wife Sandra (Juliette Binoche) after a suspicious nuclear reactor meltdown. Aaron Taylor-Johnson co-stars as his son Ford, a Navy guy who discovers that dear old dad's paranoia might actually be worth checking out. Ken Watanabe and Sally Hawkins co-star as scientists studying the real cause of that nuclear meltdown.
"The Fault in Our Stars"
It Girl Shailene Woodley stars in this adaptation of John Green's Ya weepie about a teen named Hazel dying of cancer. Augustus (Ansel Elgort) is another teen coping with the Big C,...
- 9/16/2014
- by Jenni Miller
- Moviefone
At an early Academy screening of The Wolf of Wall Street, a screen-writer approaches Martin Scorsese after the movie and screamed at him, “how could you? You’re disgusting.” We can only imagine that Scorsese’s first thought was, “No, I’m Martin Scorsese.” Whether it be mob politics, child prostitution, the weighing of show girls, or highly controversial interpretations of some fairly important religious texts, the director has always handled morally dubious material. The only difference with The Wolf of Wall Street was that this time it looked like a lot more fun.
The critic’s point was that the movie seemed to glamorize the hedonistic, grotesque lifestyle of these men, who had made their money dirtily and who didn’t treat each other or their families any better. But really, what else did he expect? For one thing, The Wolf of Wall Street was based on actual events...
The critic’s point was that the movie seemed to glamorize the hedonistic, grotesque lifestyle of these men, who had made their money dirtily and who didn’t treat each other or their families any better. But really, what else did he expect? For one thing, The Wolf of Wall Street was based on actual events...
- 8/25/2014
- by Rachel North
- We Got This Covered
Since I’ve previously indulged in Danny Boyle’s Trainspotting on numerous occasions, happily stumbling through my very first drug-fueled Irvine Welsh adaptation, Filth isn’t exactly a surprising endeavor by any means. Granted, it’s an absolutely bonkers character study injected with heaping mounds of Columbia’s finest and enough sexual expression to make Hugh Hefner blush, but this is signature Welsh material. Filth isn’t a Danny Boyle flick though, so questions surrounding relative newbie Jon S. Baird’s ability to capture the same “controlled” insanity immediately arise – which he confidently dismisses after a raucous introduction.
Filth is far more than a Scottish dark comedy about the most crooked cop in history, as Bruce Robertson (James McAvoy) slowly reveals an entire army of inner demons over the course of this sinisterly tragic downward spiral. Everything starts out cheekily enough when Robertson reveals his plan to sabotage every other...
Filth is far more than a Scottish dark comedy about the most crooked cop in history, as Bruce Robertson (James McAvoy) slowly reveals an entire army of inner demons over the course of this sinisterly tragic downward spiral. Everything starts out cheekily enough when Robertson reveals his plan to sabotage every other...
- 8/12/2014
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
Hosted by Open City Cinema, the 2nd annual Winnipeg Underground Film Festival will be a raucous three-day celebration of fantastic avant-garde and experimental short films and videos from around the world. This year’s edition will run on June 27-29.
The fest opens on June 27 at 7:00 p.m. with a unique bang of an idea: “The 90 Second.” This is a program super-duper short films collected from all over the world, from right in the fest’s hometown of Winnipeg to Auckland to Chicago to London and numerous points in between.
Another one of the fest’s main highlights is a two-part celebration of the work of prolific Canadian film artist Mike Hoolboom. Two programs of two short films each will be featured. The first runs on June 28 at 3:30 p.m. with the films Frank’s Cock and Tom; and the second will close the fest on June 28 at 8:00 p.
The fest opens on June 27 at 7:00 p.m. with a unique bang of an idea: “The 90 Second.” This is a program super-duper short films collected from all over the world, from right in the fest’s hometown of Winnipeg to Auckland to Chicago to London and numerous points in between.
Another one of the fest’s main highlights is a two-part celebration of the work of prolific Canadian film artist Mike Hoolboom. Two programs of two short films each will be featured. The first runs on June 28 at 3:30 p.m. with the films Frank’s Cock and Tom; and the second will close the fest on June 28 at 8:00 p.
- 6/18/2014
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
The 5th annual Strange Beauty Film Festival will feature three nights — and one afternoon — of gorgeous short films by local filmmakers and from filmmakers around the world on June 12-14 at the Manbites Dog Theater in Durham, North Carolina.
The Opening Night selection on June 12 will feature local films such as Shambhavi Kaul’s Mount Song, Alina Taalman’s The Descening Package and D.L. Anderson’s Bili Rubin; aswell as films from Rochester, NY; Chicago, Il; and as far away as London and Watford, England.
Some films to look out for throughout the rest of the festival include Fall 1+2 by Canadian filmmaker Aaron Zeghers; Lori Felker‘s award-winning Scattered in the Wind; and Frontier Journals 03: Aztec Baldwin Collage by acclaimed documentarian Georg Koszulinski that features the legendary Craig Baldwin.
Also, the Closing Night program on June 14 will feature Strange Beauty’s Aural Fixation, a program of experimental soundscapes curated by Jenny Morgan.
The Opening Night selection on June 12 will feature local films such as Shambhavi Kaul’s Mount Song, Alina Taalman’s The Descening Package and D.L. Anderson’s Bili Rubin; aswell as films from Rochester, NY; Chicago, Il; and as far away as London and Watford, England.
Some films to look out for throughout the rest of the festival include Fall 1+2 by Canadian filmmaker Aaron Zeghers; Lori Felker‘s award-winning Scattered in the Wind; and Frontier Journals 03: Aztec Baldwin Collage by acclaimed documentarian Georg Koszulinski that features the legendary Craig Baldwin.
Also, the Closing Night program on June 14 will feature Strange Beauty’s Aural Fixation, a program of experimental soundscapes curated by Jenny Morgan.
- 6/5/2014
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Filth
Written for the screen and directed by Jon S. Baird
UK, 2013
Attention all aspiring writer and directors: do not, under any circumstances, adapt a novel with an unreliable first-person narrator. It rarely works. And if for some reason you do want to give it a try, please use the source material as a loose guide, and resist the urge to strategically hit certain major plot points, because important setup material will be lost – especially when it comes to a character’s back story. Sure, you can throw in all the voice-over you want, and you can present scenes from the perspective of the protagonist, but it will be pointless if you do not provide enough evidence for the protagonist’s outlook.
In regards to Jon S. Baird’s Filth, the film is a complete and utter failure both as an adaptation and as a stand-alone film. Adapted from an...
Written for the screen and directed by Jon S. Baird
UK, 2013
Attention all aspiring writer and directors: do not, under any circumstances, adapt a novel with an unreliable first-person narrator. It rarely works. And if for some reason you do want to give it a try, please use the source material as a loose guide, and resist the urge to strategically hit certain major plot points, because important setup material will be lost – especially when it comes to a character’s back story. Sure, you can throw in all the voice-over you want, and you can present scenes from the perspective of the protagonist, but it will be pointless if you do not provide enough evidence for the protagonist’s outlook.
In regards to Jon S. Baird’s Filth, the film is a complete and utter failure both as an adaptation and as a stand-alone film. Adapted from an...
- 6/4/2014
- by Griffin Bell
- SoundOnSight
Filth
Written for the screen and directed by Jon S. Baird
UK, 2013
Though infused with an infectious anarchic energy, Filth confuses rudeness with rebellion. Even the gleeful excesses can’t save the film’s muddled script as it loses its narrative steam and plummets into melodrama. The wickedness feels less like provocation and more like a diversion to hide the wafer-thin story. In other words, Filth is all talk and no shock.
Adapted from the Irvine Welsh novel of the same name, Filth plunges us into a poisonous world of sex, drugs and the rottenly droll. Desperate characters lurk around every corner, some fueled by fear and others by addiction. An intoxicating mix of nihilism and ambition makes everyone corruptible in Welsh’s Edinburgh, especially the police. And if anyone is drunk on nihilism and ambition, surely it’s Detective Bruce Robertson (James McAvoy).
It seems that Bruce is bucking...
Written for the screen and directed by Jon S. Baird
UK, 2013
Though infused with an infectious anarchic energy, Filth confuses rudeness with rebellion. Even the gleeful excesses can’t save the film’s muddled script as it loses its narrative steam and plummets into melodrama. The wickedness feels less like provocation and more like a diversion to hide the wafer-thin story. In other words, Filth is all talk and no shock.
Adapted from the Irvine Welsh novel of the same name, Filth plunges us into a poisonous world of sex, drugs and the rottenly droll. Desperate characters lurk around every corner, some fueled by fear and others by addiction. An intoxicating mix of nihilism and ambition makes everyone corruptible in Welsh’s Edinburgh, especially the police. And if anyone is drunk on nihilism and ambition, surely it’s Detective Bruce Robertson (James McAvoy).
It seems that Bruce is bucking...
- 6/2/2014
- by J.R. Kinnard
- SoundOnSight
If you consider James McAvoy to be a heartthrob, get ready to have your heart broken. In Jon S. Baird's extremely dark comedy "Filth," based on a novel by "Trainspotting" writer Irvine Welsh, the "X-Men: Days of Future Past" and "Atonement" star plays Bruce Robertson, a detective you don't want to cross. When he's not doing his job (which is barely ever), Robertson beds minors, does every drug imaginable, and partakes in some seriously kinky sex with women who can stomach the guy. The role marks a huge leap for the Scottish actor in a direction his fans probably never saw coming. Robertson is as unleashed as characters come, and McAvoy doesn't hold back in bringing Welsh's grotesque creation to the screen. You have to see it to believe it. Indiewire spoke with the actor about the career-redefining performance. "Filth" opens May 30 in select theaters and is currently available to view on video-on-demand platforms.
- 5/30/2014
- by Nigel M Smith
- Indiewire
Bad Detective: Baird Adapts Welsh for (Sometimes) Outrageous Effect
Danny Boyle’s 1996 classic Trainspotting set the bar for Irvine Welsh adaptations (Boyle is apparently at work on a sequel), and several filmmakers afterward have followed in his footsteps without the same success. But director Jon S. Baird’s sophomore film, Filth comes close to the same wild energy and outrageous affection with the help of a notable cast and an uncomfortable turn from a sallow James McAvoy. Certainly, the film isn’t going to be everyone’s cup of tea, a loosely followed plot frittered away on episodic craziness that only becomes more compounded as the film progresses. But despite the crassness, the degradation, and various other offensive counts that rightfully earns the story title, there’s an undeniably enduring quality to Baird’s adaptation as something you won’t be soon to forget, filled with moments that, by the surprisingly pithy final frames,...
Danny Boyle’s 1996 classic Trainspotting set the bar for Irvine Welsh adaptations (Boyle is apparently at work on a sequel), and several filmmakers afterward have followed in his footsteps without the same success. But director Jon S. Baird’s sophomore film, Filth comes close to the same wild energy and outrageous affection with the help of a notable cast and an uncomfortable turn from a sallow James McAvoy. Certainly, the film isn’t going to be everyone’s cup of tea, a loosely followed plot frittered away on episodic craziness that only becomes more compounded as the film progresses. But despite the crassness, the degradation, and various other offensive counts that rightfully earns the story title, there’s an undeniably enduring quality to Baird’s adaptation as something you won’t be soon to forget, filled with moments that, by the surprisingly pithy final frames,...
- 5/28/2014
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
You have to hand it to James McAvoy, who has made a career out of his amiable, boyish good looks; in Filth, he destroys that image. As Detective Sergeant Bruce Robertson, he's a booze-bloated, greasy wreck who appears about 20 years older, all busted capillaries and shit-eating grin. He's not unrecognizable so much as suddenly repugnant, and seeing traces of the clean-cut star in this self-destructive shell of a man makes his character even more disturbing.
Robertson is a drug-addicted sociopath who screws, and screws with, anyone within firing range. Ostensibly, he's bent on ensnaring a promotion, which his superior is dangling like a cat toy in front of his department — Robertson's glamorous wife (Shauna Macdonald) explains in cooing voiceover that it's she, "t...
Robertson is a drug-addicted sociopath who screws, and screws with, anyone within firing range. Ostensibly, he's bent on ensnaring a promotion, which his superior is dangling like a cat toy in front of his department — Robertson's glamorous wife (Shauna Macdonald) explains in cooing voiceover that it's she, "t...
- 5/28/2014
- Village Voice
Plot: Bruce Robertson (James McAvoy) is a detective in Scotland investigating a racially motivated murder while attempting to gain an important promotion at work. However, Bruce leads a double life. While he pretends to be an upstanding officer, he's actually a raging drug addict who uses his powers as a cop to score drugs, gain sexual favours, and generally wreak diabolical havoc on his friends and colleges (which he calls, .The Games.). Review: Scottish writer Irvine Welsh is a...
- 5/26/2014
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
Though most of the chatter about James McAvoy this week will be in regards to his role in Bryan Singer’s X-Men: Days of Future Past, the actor actually has another film releasing this month as well. Expanding on May 30th (it’s already begun its limited run), Jon S. Baird’s Filth is a far cry from 20 Century Fox’s superhero outing, but it’s an equally impressive film that features the Scottish actor like you’ve never seen him before.
In Filth, which is an adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s (the man who wrote Trainspotting) novel of the same name, James McAvoy plays Bruce Robertson, a “bipolar, bigoted junkie cop” who is just about the most repulsive man you’ll ever meet. Choosing to spend his time dabbling in drugs, alcohol and sexually abusive relationships, the film follows his attempts to receive a coveted promotion to Detective Inspector...
In Filth, which is an adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s (the man who wrote Trainspotting) novel of the same name, James McAvoy plays Bruce Robertson, a “bipolar, bigoted junkie cop” who is just about the most repulsive man you’ll ever meet. Choosing to spend his time dabbling in drugs, alcohol and sexually abusive relationships, the film follows his attempts to receive a coveted promotion to Detective Inspector...
- 5/23/2014
- by Justine Browning
- We Got This Covered
Catch the scurrilous black comedy Filth half-price before it does a runner out of Sky Store. When Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh's scabrous tale of the world's worst copper got the movie treatment, you knew it wouldn't be pretty. But little can prepare for you this coke 'n' booze-fuelled blast through the Christmas period of James McAvoy's particularly unwell policeman Bruce Robertson.
- 5/23/2014
- Sky Movies
To judge by the opening credits and marketing, Filth is supposed to be a dark comedy about Bruce Robertson (James McAvoy), a "bad lieutenant" (he's actually a detective, but I figured I'd get the comparison out of the way early) in a Scottish constabulary who's manipulating his peers as he jockeys for a promotion to Detective Inspector. To go along with that he's a drug addict and sexual deviant with violent tendencies. Going in, I know I'm supposed to see this as darkly comic, the fact I didn't find it funny at all pretty much sums up my experience. Writer/director Jon S. Baird, adapting the Irvine Welsh novel, may have something comical for the first 5-10 minutes, but once the actual plot gets underway this is a dark psychological drama that gets bogged down in tonal issues, resulting in tedium. Given the fact it's adapted from a Welsh novel,...
- 5/22/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
The 9th annual Montreal Underground Film Festival is three nights of short experimental films from around the world and one after-fest feature film the following early afternoon. It runs May 22-25 at the Bar Populaire for the Opening Night festivities, then at the microcinema at 6029A Ave. du Parc for the rest of the fest.
Opening Night consists of two short film compilations and will feature animation by Ben Popp, sci-fi by Brian Lonano, an experimental short by Neil Ira Needleman and lots more.
Other shorts blocks of the festival are broken up by subject, such as experimental documentaries, horror(ish) films, personal works, meditations on water, and other intriguing concepts.
Some films to look out for are Lori Felker‘s naturally electric music video, Scattered in the Wind; Dan Browne‘s epic lifetime amalgamation of images, Memento Mori; Joseph Christiana‘s hair-raisingly eerie Meat Cycle; a new collaborative piece between Karen and Jaimz Asmundson,...
Opening Night consists of two short film compilations and will feature animation by Ben Popp, sci-fi by Brian Lonano, an experimental short by Neil Ira Needleman and lots more.
Other shorts blocks of the festival are broken up by subject, such as experimental documentaries, horror(ish) films, personal works, meditations on water, and other intriguing concepts.
Some films to look out for are Lori Felker‘s naturally electric music video, Scattered in the Wind; Dan Browne‘s epic lifetime amalgamation of images, Memento Mori; Joseph Christiana‘s hair-raisingly eerie Meat Cycle; a new collaborative piece between Karen and Jaimz Asmundson,...
- 5/19/2014
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Filth came out several months ago here in the UK (hence its inclusion in my best indie films of 2013 list), and it doesn’t surprise me that it took so long to get a proper U.S. release. This is not a film made to corner the American market, this is a film that will offend as many as it entertains, a film with glorious, spiralling nihilism at its very core – and I love the hell out of it. Featuring a barnstormer of a performance from James McAvoy and more glaring immorality than you could shake an army of sticks at, this is the best Irvine Welsh adaptation since Trainspotting, and in my mind at least, quite possibly a wee bit better.
McAvoy is the whirling, perpetually hungover denizen of lechery that is Bruce Robertson, a less than stand-up member of the Edinburgh constabulary. There are wrap-arounds about the murder...
McAvoy is the whirling, perpetually hungover denizen of lechery that is Bruce Robertson, a less than stand-up member of the Edinburgh constabulary. There are wrap-arounds about the murder...
- 5/15/2014
- by Dominic Mill
- We Got This Covered
Title: Filth Director: Jon S. Baird Starring: James McAvoy, Jamie Bell, Eddie Marsan, Imogen Poots. The angelical James McAvoy has put aside his nice-boy image to dive into the skin of an utterly antiheroic character: the corrupt, drug-addicted, bipolar cop Bruce Robertson. ‘Filth’ embodies the entire nature of the scheming policeman, who is in line for a promotion and will stop at nothing to get what he wants. Bruce is enlisted to solve a brutal murder and, threatened by the aspirations of his colleagues, sets on a personal mission to ensure their ruin, right under the nose of unwitting Chief Inspector Toal. As he turns his colleagues against one another, [ Read More ]
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- 4/28/2014
- by Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi
- ShockYa
Odd List Andrew Blair 25 Apr 2014 - 06:29
They're despicable, smug and downright unpleasant. Andrew lines up his pick of 50 biggest unpleasant, sometimes heroic folk in cinema...
Nb: This article contains swearing and spoilers for numerous films. Bear in mind that it may be not safe for work, and if you haven't seen a film mentioned in a particular entry, do consider skipping to the next one.
Conflict drives drama. Unpleasant people create conflict. Thus, cinema is crammed with huge, provocative arseholes/assholes (we went with the latter on the headline, but now we're in the article, we're going more arse than ass). There are obviously too many to list, but we've provided you with a thought-provoking array of multi-faceted bell-endery. That said, feel free to copy and paste the phrase, "Nice list, but you forgot x" to save time when placing comments below! The 'nice' bit is not compulsory.
Incidentally,...
They're despicable, smug and downright unpleasant. Andrew lines up his pick of 50 biggest unpleasant, sometimes heroic folk in cinema...
Nb: This article contains swearing and spoilers for numerous films. Bear in mind that it may be not safe for work, and if you haven't seen a film mentioned in a particular entry, do consider skipping to the next one.
Conflict drives drama. Unpleasant people create conflict. Thus, cinema is crammed with huge, provocative arseholes/assholes (we went with the latter on the headline, but now we're in the article, we're going more arse than ass). There are obviously too many to list, but we've provided you with a thought-provoking array of multi-faceted bell-endery. That said, feel free to copy and paste the phrase, "Nice list, but you forgot x" to save time when placing comments below! The 'nice' bit is not compulsory.
Incidentally,...
- 4/24/2014
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
The new green band version of the "Filth" trailer has arrived. The film stars James McAvoy, Jamie Bell, Jim Broadbent, Imogen Poots, Eddie Marsan, Joanne Froggatt, Shirley Henderson, Ian De Caestercker, Emun Elliott and Kate Dickie. Jon S. Baird helms from the writing by Irvine Welsh. Detective Sergeant Bruce Robertson wants a promotion. He is clearly the best man for the job - the rest of his colleagues are just idiots. Annoyingly, there's been a murder and Bruce's boss wants results. No problem for Bruce. He's in control and when he solves the case and wins the promotion, his wife will return to him. No problem.
- 3/25/2014
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Sneak Peek 'red-band' restricted footage supporting writer, director Jon S. Baird’s police crime 'dramedy' "Filth", starring James McAvoy ("X-Men: Days Of Future Past"), Jamie Bell, Eddie Marsan, Jim Broadbent and Imogen Poots:
"...'Detective Sergeant Bruce Robertson' wants a promotion. He is clearly the best man for the job – the rest of his colleagues are just idiots. There's been a murder and Bruce's boss wants results. No problem for Bruce.
"He’s in control and when he solves the case and wins the promotion, his wife will return to him. No problem. But is life that simple? Is Bruce the man he really thinks he is?..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Filth"...
"...'Detective Sergeant Bruce Robertson' wants a promotion. He is clearly the best man for the job – the rest of his colleagues are just idiots. There's been a murder and Bruce's boss wants results. No problem for Bruce.
"He’s in control and when he solves the case and wins the promotion, his wife will return to him. No problem. But is life that simple? Is Bruce the man he really thinks he is?..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Filth"...
- 3/24/2014
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Magnet has released a red band trailer for the James McAvoy-led dark comedy Filth in which he plays Detective Sergeant Bruce Robertson, a sex addicted, coke snortin' Scottish cop setting out to solve a murder case, win a promotion and in turn his wife will return to him. Rightc The film is based on the novel by Irvine Welsh and along with McAvoy the cast includes Jamie Bell, Eddie Marsan, Jim Broadbent and Imogen Poots. Filth will release on iTunes/On Demand on April 24 followed by a limited theatrical run beginning on May 30. Check out the red band trailer below. yt id="XHjgolCH5lU" width="610"...
- 3/24/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Over the past few years James McAvoy has been transitioning into quite a manly actor. McAvoy used to have a welcoming boyishness to him that’s been seen less and less lately. He recently stripped himself of it in Welcome to the Punch before using it to his advantage as an unassuming punk in Trance. It’s not an easy transition to go from the young pretty boy to an actor you buy as the dangerous type, but McAvoy’s managed to pull off that transformation. This summer he’ll convince anyone who thinks otherwise with Filth. He’s a revelation in this Irvine Welsh (Trainspotting) adaptation, playing Detective Bruce Robertson, a man with many, many problems. McAvoy’s performance in Jon S. Baird‘s film has already been experienced in some countries. In fact, you can import the Blu-ray from the UK. It’s totally worth the blind buy, but...
- 3/23/2014
- by Jack Giroux
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Watch the new "Filth" trailer starring James McAvoy, Jamie Bell, Jim Broadbent, Imogen Poots, Eddie Marsan, Joanne Froggatt, Shirley Henderson, Ian De Caestercker, Emun Elliott and Kate Dickie. We've also got a new poster up for the film directed by Jon S. Baird from the writing by Irvine Welsh. Detective Sergeant Bruce Robertson wants a promotion. He is clearly the best man for the job - the rest of his colleagues are just idiots. Annoyingly, there's been a murder and Bruce's boss wants results. No problem for Bruce. He's in control and when he solves the case and wins the promotion, his wife will return to him. No problem.
- 3/23/2014
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Lionsgate has released a second re-band trailer for James McAvoy's insane new film, Filth. This looks like a twisted, deranged, yet entertaining, movie.
The supporting cast includes Jamie Bell, Imogen Poots, Jim Broadbent, Eddie Marsan, Joanne Froggatt, Emun Elliott, Martin Compston, and Kate Dickie. It's also based on a book by Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh, and this is the synopsis:
A bipolar, bigoted, junkie cop manipulates and hallucinates his way through the festive period, until he finally meets his match… himself.
Scheming Bruce Robertson (James McAvoy), a bigoted and corrupt policeman, is in line for a promotion and will stop at nothing to get what he wants. Enlisted to solve a brutal murder and threatened by the aspirations of his colleagues, including Ray Lennox (Jamie Bell), Bruce sets about ensuring their ruin, right under the nose of unwitting Chief Inspector Toal. As he turns his colleagues against one another...
The supporting cast includes Jamie Bell, Imogen Poots, Jim Broadbent, Eddie Marsan, Joanne Froggatt, Emun Elliott, Martin Compston, and Kate Dickie. It's also based on a book by Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh, and this is the synopsis:
A bipolar, bigoted, junkie cop manipulates and hallucinates his way through the festive period, until he finally meets his match… himself.
Scheming Bruce Robertson (James McAvoy), a bigoted and corrupt policeman, is in line for a promotion and will stop at nothing to get what he wants. Enlisted to solve a brutal murder and threatened by the aspirations of his colleagues, including Ray Lennox (Jamie Bell), Bruce sets about ensuring their ruin, right under the nose of unwitting Chief Inspector Toal. As he turns his colleagues against one another...
- 3/22/2014
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
In May, James McAvoy will show off his superheroic side as Charles Xavier in X-Men: Days of Future Past. But first, he’s gonna let out his inner villain in an Irvine Welsh adaptation. The latest Filth red-band trailer has hit, and it shows McAvoy at his most unlikable. He plays Bruce Robertson, a sleazy, corrupt, […]
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- 3/21/2014
- by Angie Han
- Slash Film
James McAvoy fans who felt the womanizing version of Professor Xavier the actor played in "X-Men: First Class" wasn't scummy enough: look no further. The red band trailer for "Filth," the British crime comedy based on the novel by "Trainspotting" author Irvine Welsh, shows the actor snorting cocaine, enlarging his penis on a Xerox machine, and perhaps most disturbingly, stealing a balloon from a young boy (the horror!). The film stars McAvoy as Edinburgh Sergeant Detective Bruce Robertson, a hedonistic, misanthropic cop who spends more time overloading on drugs, booze and sex and scheming against co-workers than he does aiding the peace. Also the butt of his cruel behavior is his mild-mannered friend (Eddie Marsan), along with anyone else who crosses his path. The film was written and directed by John S. Baird, and co-stars Imogen Poots, Jim Broadbent, and Jamie Bell. The trailer's pretty outrageous, so there's not much...
- 3/21/2014
- by Max O'Connell
- Indiewire
Booze, pills, sex, alcohol ... it's just another day in the life of an Irvine Welsh character, with the "Trainspotting" writer seeing another one of his works hit the big screen in "Filth." And yes, in case the red band nature of the trailer didn't tip you off, this is as dirty as you might expect. Starring James McAvoy, Jamie Bell, Eddie Marsan, Jim Broadbent and Imogen Poots, the film follows cop Bruce Robertson, a degenerate trying to solve a murder case and get a promotion, all while keeping the good times rolling. Yes, it's raunchy and wrong, but unfortunately, it doesn't quite come together. As our review from last fall notes, the movie directed by Jon S. Baird, actually isn't "as big and bad and ballsy as we’d hoped." But it does feature a score by Clint Mansell, so that's something. "Filth" arrives on iTunes/On Demand on April...
- 3/21/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Magnet Releasing has debuted, via IGN , a Red Band trailer for writer/director Jon S. Baird's Filth . Check it out in the player below! The dark comedy, based on the best-selling novel by Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh, stars James McAvoy, Jamie Bell, Eddie Marsan, Jim Broadbent, Imogen Poots, Joanne Froggatt, Gary Lewis, Martin Compston, Kate Dickie and Shirley Henderson. In Filth , scheming Bruce Robertson (McAvoy), a bigoted and corrupt policeman, is in line for a promotion and will stop at nothing to get what he wants. Enlisted to solve a brutal murder and threatened by the aspirations of his colleagues, including Ray Lennox (Jamie Bell), Bruce sets about ensuring their ruin, right under the nose of unwitting Chief Inspector Toal. As he turns his colleagues...
- 3/21/2014
- Comingsoon.net
James McAvoy will be coming to a theater near you quite soon, only this time he'll be a little more mentally unstable than you've seen him before. As can be seen below in the exclusive new poster that Indiewire has just obtained for the upcoming film "Filth," the image of McAvoy screaming in front of a bright red backdrop coupled with the cleverly blunt tagline indicates that McAvoy will play a very angst-ridden man with severe people problems. Read More: James McAvoy Has Kinky Sex and Does a Lot of Drugs in Nsfw 'Filth' Trailer "Filth," directed by Jon S. Baird and co-starring Jamie Bell, Imogen Poots and Jim Broadbent, follows Detective Sergeant Bruce Robertson (McAvoy) as he navigates his way through a stream of idiots while trying to attain a promotion and win back his wife and daughter, if only he can control his bipolar disorder, his...
- 3/20/2014
- by Ziyad Saadi
- Indiewire
Stars: Imogen Poots, James McAvoy, Joanne Froggatt, Jamie Bell, Shirley Henderson, Eddie Marsan, Iain De Caestecker, Jim Broadbent, Pollyanna McIntosh | Written and Directed by Jon S. Baird
I think it’s fair to say that my movie tastes can be quite diverse at times, but my true love is for the movie that looks at the darker side of the psyche. This tends to push me into the horror genre quite a bit, but give me a film like A Clockwork Orange and I’ll be hooked. This is probably why Filth in many ways is a perfect movie for me as James McAvoy’s character Bruce Robertson is in many ways a more grown up and dangerous version of Alex DeLarge.
The character of Bruce Robertson is a sociopath, a bigot and as corrupt as they come. In the world of Filth this probably makes him the perfect cop.
I think it’s fair to say that my movie tastes can be quite diverse at times, but my true love is for the movie that looks at the darker side of the psyche. This tends to push me into the horror genre quite a bit, but give me a film like A Clockwork Orange and I’ll be hooked. This is probably why Filth in many ways is a perfect movie for me as James McAvoy’s character Bruce Robertson is in many ways a more grown up and dangerous version of Alex DeLarge.
The character of Bruce Robertson is a sociopath, a bigot and as corrupt as they come. In the world of Filth this probably makes him the perfect cop.
- 2/15/2014
- by Paul Metcalf
- Nerdly
In the words of James McAvoy Filth is a “bold, brave, controversial and a rare and precious film in English speaking cinema.” One could almost be mistaken for thinking that Scotland’s leading man was referring to his own performance, if it were not for that one singular word “film.” Every great actor at the mention of their name has that one singular film that immediately comes to mind, or in the case of Robert de Niro a handful of films that can spark a furious impassioned debate amongst red-blooded cineastes. For James McAvoy the character is Bruce Robertson; the film Filth.
Whilst in my introduction to Jon S. Baird’s interview I stated that Filth “delivered a shock to the system, and shook up the cinematic social consciousness with a bold and courageous piece of filmmaking.” Equally McAvoy’s full blooded performance delivered the same shock and shakes that...
Whilst in my introduction to Jon S. Baird’s interview I stated that Filth “delivered a shock to the system, and shook up the cinematic social consciousness with a bold and courageous piece of filmmaking.” Equally McAvoy’s full blooded performance delivered the same shock and shakes that...
- 2/11/2014
- by Paul Risker
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Each ring of the phone can sound like a nervous beat that thunders and echoes outward until your mind pulses. Just the name of Irvine Welsh inspires nervous anticipation that is until the sound of his friendly voice calms the nervous anxiety, as one finds oneself talking with the acclaimed Scottish writer from the eye of a Pornstorm. “I think the tropical storm will be a flash flood thing that will be over in a second. The hotel next door is having a wee pornography shoot, and they are filming something around the swimming pool, and so the storm interrupted it. I look right down onto it, and so whenever I open my window there is always something weird going on, and this time it’s a porno shoot.” The susceptibility of pornography shoots to acts of God having been established, the conversation transitions onto the subject of the adaptation...
- 2/5/2014
- by Paul Risker
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Interview Andrew Blair 3 Feb 2014 - 06:23
With the squalid comedy drama Filth due out on disc, we chat to star James McAvoy about unpleasant characters, Frankenstein and more...
Nb: The following contains spoilers for Filth, plus a bit of saucy language.
When we caught up with James McAvoy for a chat over a decidedly crackly phone line, he was heading in to film Paul McGuigan's Frankenstein with Daniel Radcliffe. But Mr McAvoy was talking to us about Filth, the comedy drama we recently listed as one of our favourite films of 2013.
Filth, adapted by Jon S Baird from Irvine Welsh's novel, is another tale in Edinburgh's tradition of Jekyll and Hyde – a man in a respectable civic position with a monstrous side to him. In DS Bruce Robertson, that monstrous side finds expression through racism, sexism, abusive relationships, mind games with his colleagues and a hefty intake of drugs and alcohol.
With the squalid comedy drama Filth due out on disc, we chat to star James McAvoy about unpleasant characters, Frankenstein and more...
Nb: The following contains spoilers for Filth, plus a bit of saucy language.
When we caught up with James McAvoy for a chat over a decidedly crackly phone line, he was heading in to film Paul McGuigan's Frankenstein with Daniel Radcliffe. But Mr McAvoy was talking to us about Filth, the comedy drama we recently listed as one of our favourite films of 2013.
Filth, adapted by Jon S Baird from Irvine Welsh's novel, is another tale in Edinburgh's tradition of Jekyll and Hyde – a man in a respectable civic position with a monstrous side to him. In DS Bruce Robertson, that monstrous side finds expression through racism, sexism, abusive relationships, mind games with his colleagues and a hefty intake of drugs and alcohol.
- 1/31/2014
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
James McAvoy stole the show in last year's Filth with his all-nostrils-blazing turn as corrupt Edinburgh cop Bruce Robertson, but writer/director Jon S. Baird's adroit work on the film also caught the eye. Danny Boyle was so impressed that he's tapped Baird to direct three hour-long episodes of Babylon, the new comedy-drama he's exec-producing for Channel 4.Speaking to Empire from Babylon's pre-production HQ as Filth's DVD release hoving into view, the director explained the job's appeal. "Two words: Danny Boyle," he enthused. "I was gobsmacked to get the call to meet him, and humbled that he was a fan of Filth. His work speaks for itself but everyone I know who knew him also spoke very, very highly of him as a person. [It's] the chance to get mentored by an absolute legend."Boyle directed Babylon's feature-length pilot, due to air on February 9, but hands...
- 1/30/2014
- EmpireOnline
James McAvoy is Bruce Robertson, a crooked Edinburgh policeman, in Jon S Baird's black comedy Filth. He's working a murder case and up for promotion, and woe betide anyone who gets in his way. The adaptation of Irvine Welsh's 1998 novel is available to watch online now without a subscription, thanks to blinkbox.
Here are seven reasons why you should stop whatever you're doing and watch Filth as soon as humanly possible:
1. James McAvoy behaving badly
McAvoy's Bruce is a gleefully, unrepentantly horrible man - a corrupt cop, a liar and manipulator with an almost complete lack of human feeling. Despite all those things, it's hard not to like him.
Watch a trailer for Filth (Warning: Contains explicit content):
2. The return of Irvine Welsh
It's great to have another quality Welsh adaptation back on the screen. Baird's film is a different experience to Danny Boyle's classic Trainspotting, but...
Here are seven reasons why you should stop whatever you're doing and watch Filth as soon as humanly possible:
1. James McAvoy behaving badly
McAvoy's Bruce is a gleefully, unrepentantly horrible man - a corrupt cop, a liar and manipulator with an almost complete lack of human feeling. Despite all those things, it's hard not to like him.
Watch a trailer for Filth (Warning: Contains explicit content):
2. The return of Irvine Welsh
It's great to have another quality Welsh adaptation back on the screen. Baird's film is a different experience to Danny Boyle's classic Trainspotting, but...
- 1/27/2014
- Digital Spy
Benedict Cumberbatch's real-life parents Timothy Carlton and Wanda Ventham made a surprise cameo appearance in Sherlock as the titular detective's mother and father in season three's opening episode The Empty Hearse.
The acting duo were introduced as members of the Holmes family for the first time, with the show's co-creator Mark Gatiss explaining: "This is the first time we've sort of gone beyond [the canon]. I don't know if Sherlock Holmes's parents have ever been shown. It just felt the right thing to do in the third series."
From Robert Downey Jr and his son to James McAvoy and his sister, here are 11 more famous family cameos across the big and small screen:
1. Francis Ford Coppola's daughter Sofia
Sofia Coppola appeared in all three parts of father Francis Ford Coppola's cult classic The Godfather. The Oscar-nominated director appears (uncredited) as baptized baby Michael Francis Rizzi in the first film,...
The acting duo were introduced as members of the Holmes family for the first time, with the show's co-creator Mark Gatiss explaining: "This is the first time we've sort of gone beyond [the canon]. I don't know if Sherlock Holmes's parents have ever been shown. It just felt the right thing to do in the third series."
From Robert Downey Jr and his son to James McAvoy and his sister, here are 11 more famous family cameos across the big and small screen:
1. Francis Ford Coppola's daughter Sofia
Sofia Coppola appeared in all three parts of father Francis Ford Coppola's cult classic The Godfather. The Oscar-nominated director appears (uncredited) as baptized baby Michael Francis Rizzi in the first film,...
- 1/6/2014
- Digital Spy
Benedict Cumberbatch's real-life parents Timothy Carlton and Wanda Ventham made a surprise cameo appearance in Sherlock as the titular detective's mother and father in season three's opening episode The Empty Hearse.
The acting duo were introduced as members of the Holmes family for the first time, with the show's co-creator Mark Gatiss explaining: "This is the first time we've sort of gone beyond [the canon]. I don't know if Sherlock Holmes's parents have ever been shown. It just felt the right thing to do in the third series."
From Robert Downey Jr and his son to James McAvoy and his sister, here are 11 more famous family cameos across the big and small screen:
1. Francis Ford Coppola's daughter Sofia
Sofia Coppola appeared in all three parts of father Francis Ford Coppola's cult classic The Godfather. The Oscar-nominated director appears (uncredited) as baptized baby Michael Francis Rizzi in the first film,...
The acting duo were introduced as members of the Holmes family for the first time, with the show's co-creator Mark Gatiss explaining: "This is the first time we've sort of gone beyond [the canon]. I don't know if Sherlock Holmes's parents have ever been shown. It just felt the right thing to do in the third series."
From Robert Downey Jr and his son to James McAvoy and his sister, here are 11 more famous family cameos across the big and small screen:
1. Francis Ford Coppola's daughter Sofia
Sofia Coppola appeared in all three parts of father Francis Ford Coppola's cult classic The Godfather. The Oscar-nominated director appears (uncredited) as baptized baby Michael Francis Rizzi in the first film,...
- 1/6/2014
- Digital Spy
ITV Studios America has pacted with Justin Killion in a non-scripted overall and first-look scripted deal to create, develop and exec produce television programming for the production entity. The move was announced today by Bruce Robertson, Svp Creative Strategy of ITV Studios America. Killion will be working directly with development exec Tim Urian. Killion comes to ITV Studios America from Original Productions where he served as Svp Development. During his tenure there he created, developed and sold hundreds of hours of non-scripted TV to multiple networks, including the Storage Wars franchise, and set up more than a dozen scripted projects. He was previously a literary manager at Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment. ITV Studios America’s production slate includes the series Hell’s Kitchen, Kitchen Nightmares, The First 48, After The First 48, Four Weddings, The Car Chasers, Rich Kids Of Beverly Hills, Come Dine With Me, The Chase, The Bill Cunningham Show and America Now.
- 12/16/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
James McAvoy could coast on nothing but X-Men movies from now until retirement. (Heck, that.s what the older Xavier, Patrick Stewart, practically has been doing.) But the Scotsman doesn.t settle, testing his abilities in genre fair that sometimes has a hard time finding proper, wide distribution. So it.s encouraging to hear that his latest, Filth, has a distributor, and a possible window of release. Magnolia Pictures stepped up and agreed to release the black comedy Filth in North America, according to a release. Based on the novel by Irvine Welsh (Trainspotting), the movie casts McAvoy as Detective Sergeant Bruce Robertson, a "scheming, manipulative, misanthropic man who spends his time indulging in drugs, alcohol, sexually abusive relationships, and .the games. . cruel plots and systematic bullying of his coworkers and friends," according to Magnolia. While working a graphic murder case Robertson finally starts to fall apart, giving in to...
- 11/30/2013
- cinemablend.com
Already this year's second highest-grossing R-rated film in the UK, the North American rights to "Filth" were recently acquired by Magnolia Pictures. The black comedy starring James McAvoy is based on the novel by Irvine Welsh ("Trainspotting") and has garnered plenty of accolades including British Independent Film Award nominations for Best Actor (McAvoy), Best Director (Jon S. Baird), Best Supporting Actress (Shirley Henderson), and Best Supporting Actor (Eddie Marsan). "Filth" centers on anti-hero, Detective Sergeant Bruce Robertson (McAvoy), a bipolar, bigoted junkie cop who starts coming unhinged and slowly loses his grip on reality as he tries to hold his life together. Magnolia is set to release the film theatrically early next year. Check out the trailer below:...
- 11/26/2013
- by James Hiler
- Indiewire
Directed by Jon S. Baird (Cass) and based on the book by Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh, Filth began its international release rollout on September 27th, 2013, and will go wide on November 21st. Detective Sergeant Bruce Robertson wants a promotion. He is clearly the best man for the job - the rest of his colleagues are just idiots. Annoyingly, there's been a murder and Bruce's boss wants results. No problem for Bruce. He's in control and when he solves the case and wins the promotion, his wife will return to him. No problem. But is life that simple? Is Bruce the man he really thinks he is? The tragic, hilarious and memorable answers unfold in Filth...
- 11/6/2013
- by Pietro Filipponi
- The Daily BLAM!
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
As you would expect from an Irvine Welsh protagonist, Detective Sergeant Bruce Robertson (James McAvoy) isn’t the most likely spokesman for the Scottish tourist board. A manic and manipulative narcissist, Robertson spares Baird the Sisyphean task of having us root for him in our first few minutes of meeting him, in a scene as representative as any of the film’s cruel, caustic humour. When a boy raises his middle finger to Robertson, the copper simply snatches a balloon from the wee bairn’s hands, smiles as it sails into the sky, and flips both middle fingers as a parting gesture.
Later, upon raiding a suspect’s home, he and partner Ray Lennox (Jamie Bell) prove an intimidating double-act, but the manner in which Robertson blackmails a girl he believes to be having under-age sex is a decidedly darker shade of retribution, leaving Lennox- and...
As you would expect from an Irvine Welsh protagonist, Detective Sergeant Bruce Robertson (James McAvoy) isn’t the most likely spokesman for the Scottish tourist board. A manic and manipulative narcissist, Robertson spares Baird the Sisyphean task of having us root for him in our first few minutes of meeting him, in a scene as representative as any of the film’s cruel, caustic humour. When a boy raises his middle finger to Robertson, the copper simply snatches a balloon from the wee bairn’s hands, smiles as it sails into the sky, and flips both middle fingers as a parting gesture.
Later, upon raiding a suspect’s home, he and partner Ray Lennox (Jamie Bell) prove an intimidating double-act, but the manner in which Robertson blackmails a girl he believes to be having under-age sex is a decidedly darker shade of retribution, leaving Lennox- and...
- 10/14/2013
- by Dan Wakefield
- Obsessed with Film
★★★☆☆ The fourth Irvine Welsh novel to be adapted for the big screen, Jon S. Baird's Filth (2013) thankfully bears far more in common with the drug-fuelled classic Trainspotting (1996) than the other less successful translations. On the cusp of promotion, intensely misanthropic Detective Sergeant Bruce Robertson (James McAvoy) is given the task of solving a brutal murder. Seeing this as an opportunity to prove himself and win back his estranged wife and daughter, Bruce concocts a series of malevolent schemes to turn his colleagues against one another. However, as Bruce's addiction to sex and drugs worsen, he starts to lose grip on reality.
Widely regarded as one of Welsh's best, Filth was thought to be unfilmable. Yet the finished product is a heady and, more often than not, razor sharp riot of debauchery-come-inner chaos. Baird, in his infinite wisdom, bravely chooses to embrace the darkly comic and trippy tone of Welsh's novel,...
Widely regarded as one of Welsh's best, Filth was thought to be unfilmable. Yet the finished product is a heady and, more often than not, razor sharp riot of debauchery-come-inner chaos. Baird, in his infinite wisdom, bravely chooses to embrace the darkly comic and trippy tone of Welsh's novel,...
- 10/6/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
It's hard not to warm to the Proclaimers' answer to Mamma Mia!. And James McAvoy impresses in a dark, exhausting Irvine Welsh adaptation
The great Scottish film-maker Bill Forsyth memorably described his timeless gem Local Hero as "Brigadoon meets Apocalypse Now". There's an echo of that dichotomy in the simultaneous opening of two new movies offering opposing views of life north of the border – both fantastical in their own way. In one, we find ourselves in a land of star-crossed lovers who burst into spontaneous song and dance at every opportunity; in the other, we descend into an ever-deepening abyss of squalor, swearing, racism and homophobia, where foul deeds and drug-addled pestilence lurk at each turn.
Let's start on the sunny side. Dexter Fletcher's Sunshine on Leith is a sprightly and unabashed adaptation of the Dundee Rep's much-loved stage show, spinning a Mamma Mia!-style narrative around the songs of the Proclaimers.
The great Scottish film-maker Bill Forsyth memorably described his timeless gem Local Hero as "Brigadoon meets Apocalypse Now". There's an echo of that dichotomy in the simultaneous opening of two new movies offering opposing views of life north of the border – both fantastical in their own way. In one, we find ourselves in a land of star-crossed lovers who burst into spontaneous song and dance at every opportunity; in the other, we descend into an ever-deepening abyss of squalor, swearing, racism and homophobia, where foul deeds and drug-addled pestilence lurk at each turn.
Let's start on the sunny side. Dexter Fletcher's Sunshine on Leith is a sprightly and unabashed adaptation of the Dundee Rep's much-loved stage show, spinning a Mamma Mia!-style narrative around the songs of the Proclaimers.
- 10/5/2013
- by Mark Kermode
- The Guardian - Film News
Based on the 1998 Irvine Welsh novel (him of Trainspotting fame), Filth will knock you on your arse! Starring James McAvoy, Eddie Marsan, Jamie Bell, Jim Broadbent and a host of fantastic supporting cast members complete this absolutely batshit crazy movie. McAvoy plays Bruce Robertson, a Scottish detective on the quest for promotion who has more demons than your average purgatory. From his estranged wife and child to his obsession with eliminating the competition, not to mention a serious drug and alcohol addiction, our lead character is all kinds of fucked up. Scene after scene showcases McAvoy as simply phenomenal, with his subtle slide into uncontrollable madness highlighting an amazing range, which he handles with immense ease. He really does make it look easy. And Filth is not easy viewing, especially with McAvoy onscreen. From blowjobs with a minor to “turning off the gas”, this is a seriously demented character. The...
- 10/4/2013
- by noreply@blogger.com (Vic Barry)
- www.themoviebit.com
Fans of James McAvoy, the sweet-faced star of Wanted and X-Men: First Class, are in for a shock. In Filth, his latest film, McAvoy has ditched his nice-boy image for a full-throttle performance as antihero Bruce Robertson, the corrupt, drug-addicted and bipolar cop at the center of Jon S. Baird's darkly comic adaptation of the cult novel by Scottish author Irvine Welsh. Photos: ‘X-Men: First Class’ Style Gallery This is McAvoy as you've never seen him before: snorting coke, beating witnesses to a pulp, screwing colleagues (figuratively and literally) and snarling (often hilarious)
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- 10/4/2013
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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