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London Film Festival: Fantastic Mr. Fox does Dahl proud
15th October 2009 | 1 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
Dir: Wes Anderson Cast: George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman
Adapting a Roald Dahl story is not an easy task. Born in a rural Welsh village to Norwegian parents in 1916, Dahl struggled through the strict British boarding school system during the inter-war years before joining the RAF for World War 2. It was only after this action-packed and dynamic life, when he had settled in a rural village... -
Henry Poole Is Here: A failed ‘Indie’ movie, but a wonderful portrait of a pathetic hero
9th July 2009 | 7 comments | 1 person likes this
I seem to have developed something of a rebellious streak with regards my choice of films recently. After so many years of watching only the most critically acclaimed cinematic milestones (and the most ‘difficult-to-pronounce-in-their-original-language’ Michael Haneke films) my experience of ‘King of California’ has opened up a whole new world of lesser-known American ‘Indie’ films.
I was going to coin a phrase there – post-‘Indie’ – but as soon as you... -
King of California: A straight-to-DVD jewel!
6th July 2009 | 0 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
“Its still the middle of nowhere… there’s just more people here.”
I am what the UK Film Council’s survey on ‘UK Audiences and Indicators of Commercial Viability’ would refer to as a film ‘aficionado’. The word sounds complimentary – perhaps it’s just the Hispanic twang – but it really means ‘devoted amateur’.
This is essentially another way of saying that I am pretentious enough to watch foreign language and art house films,...
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Nicholas graduated in 2008 after three carefree years reading Film Studies. He has since been eking out a living as a script reader, runner, and intern around various production companies and film magazines in London. He will be tapping into the film industry that he has attached himself to like an aphid in order to bring you up-to-date news on interesting film projects.
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