In his latest podcast/interview, host and screenwriter Stuart Wright talks to Cultural Sociologist Dr Phil Miles about his book Midlife Creativity & Identity: Life Into Art, the study of creative processes and “3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life”
Orlando (1992) Gregory’S Girl (1981) Monterey Pop (1968)
“3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life” is about those films that made you fall in love with film. The guest selects their trio of movies and we talk for 5 minutes, against the clock. When the alarm goes off for five minutes we move on to the next film.
Midlife Creativity & Identity: Life Into Art is out now https://www.amazon.co.uk/Midlife-Creativity-Identity-Life-into/dp/178754334X
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Orlando (1992) Gregory’S Girl (1981) Monterey Pop (1968)
“3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life” is about those films that made you fall in love with film. The guest selects their trio of movies and we talk for 5 minutes, against the clock. When the alarm goes off for five minutes we move on to the next film.
Midlife Creativity & Identity: Life Into Art is out now https://www.amazon.co.uk/Midlife-Creativity-Identity-Life-into/dp/178754334X
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- 6/14/2023
- by Stuart Wright
- Nerdly
What if your imaginary friend was a killer from a slasher film? Set in Scotland in 1994, the new comic book series The Nasty answers this compelling question with blood-splattered results as it follows 18-year-old Graeme “Thumper” Connell, who enjoys watching notorious "video nasties" with his friends in The Murder Club, until one night when they come across a cursed videotape that just might bring its cinematic nightmares to lethal life.
With the first issue of The Nasty coming out on April 5th from Vault Comics, we caught up with writer John Lees and artist Adam Cahoon (who contributed art in the first two issues before stepping in as the main illustrator in issue #3) to discuss the making of The Nasty, including exploring how horror can be comforting, taking a subversive approach to the concept of imaginary friends, and creating their own "video nasties" for this series!
Below, you can check...
With the first issue of The Nasty coming out on April 5th from Vault Comics, we caught up with writer John Lees and artist Adam Cahoon (who contributed art in the first two issues before stepping in as the main illustrator in issue #3) to discuss the making of The Nasty, including exploring how horror can be comforting, taking a subversive approach to the concept of imaginary friends, and creating their own "video nasties" for this series!
Below, you can check...
- 3/3/2023
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Director and producer who supported the making of classic British films including Gregory’s Girl, Babylon and When the Wind Blows
The producer Mamoun Hassan, who has died aged 84, was a significant figure in British cinema of the 1970s and 80s, whose remarkable career, if not entirely satisfying his artistic gifts, was unusual in that it enabled so many other film-makers’ careers, and gave rise to numerous courageously non-commercial projects. What was notable was how commercial some of them turned out to be.
Although he was a talented director and screenwriter, it was in his roles as the first head of production of the British Film Institute (1971-74) and managing director of the National Film Finance Corporation that Mamoun was most influential, being instrumental in the making of such classic British films as Bill Forsyth’s Gregory’s Girl, Franco Rosso’s Babylon (both 1980) and the animated adaptation of Raymond Briggs’s When the Wind Blows,...
The producer Mamoun Hassan, who has died aged 84, was a significant figure in British cinema of the 1970s and 80s, whose remarkable career, if not entirely satisfying his artistic gifts, was unusual in that it enabled so many other film-makers’ careers, and gave rise to numerous courageously non-commercial projects. What was notable was how commercial some of them turned out to be.
Although he was a talented director and screenwriter, it was in his roles as the first head of production of the British Film Institute (1971-74) and managing director of the National Film Finance Corporation that Mamoun was most influential, being instrumental in the making of such classic British films as Bill Forsyth’s Gregory’s Girl, Franco Rosso’s Babylon (both 1980) and the animated adaptation of Raymond Briggs’s When the Wind Blows,...
- 8/17/2022
- by Kevin Brownlow
- The Guardian - Film News
Favorite director Bill Forsyth lends his knack for droll understatement to a screenplay by John Sayles, a crime tale that opts for keen character study and doesn’t stretch credibility. Burt Reynolds has a gem of a role as a career burglar doing his bit for the next generation, showing a ‘new guy’ the ins and outs of thievery; Casey Siemaszko is his thick-headed but resolutely faithful assistant on several outrageous heists. The criminal life almost doesn’t seem too terrible — except for the going-to-prison part. The disc commentary with Forsyth and Sayles is a great listen.
Breaking In
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Kl Studio Classics
1989 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 94 min. / Street Date January 11, 2022 / available through Kino Lorber / 24.95
Starring: Burt Reynolds, Casey Siemaszko, Sheila Kelley, Lorraine Toussaint, Albert Salmi, Harry Carey Jr., Maury Chaykin, Stephen Tobolowsky.
Cinematography: Michael Coulter
Production Designer: Adrienne Atkinson
Film Editor: Michael Ellis
Original Music: Michael Gibbs
Written by John...
Breaking In
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Kl Studio Classics
1989 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 94 min. / Street Date January 11, 2022 / available through Kino Lorber / 24.95
Starring: Burt Reynolds, Casey Siemaszko, Sheila Kelley, Lorraine Toussaint, Albert Salmi, Harry Carey Jr., Maury Chaykin, Stephen Tobolowsky.
Cinematography: Michael Coulter
Production Designer: Adrienne Atkinson
Film Editor: Michael Ellis
Original Music: Michael Gibbs
Written by John...
- 1/15/2022
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
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
The U.S. lineup for films coming to Mubi this September has been announced, featuring some of my personal favorites of the last few years, notably Philippe Lesage’s severely overlooked coming-of-age drama Genesis, John Gianvito’s Helen Keller documentary Her Socialist Smile, Joe DeNardo, Paul Felten’s formally thrilling Slow Machine, and Robert Greene’s documentary Bisbee ’17, as well as Jia Zhangke’s latest release Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue.
Also in the lineup is Bill Forsyth’s delightful Gregory’s Girl, Ari Folman’s hybrid feature The Congress, and Manoel de Oliveira’s Visit, or Memories and Confession, which was made in 1982, and only allowed to screen after his death.
See the lineup below and get 30 days free here.
September 1 | Yellow Cat | Adilkhan Yerzhanov | Festival Focus: Venice
September 2 | Visit, or Memories and Confessions | Manoel de Oliveira | Rediscovered
September 3 | Slow Machine | Joe DeNardo, Paul Felten | Mubi Spotlight
September...
Also in the lineup is Bill Forsyth’s delightful Gregory’s Girl, Ari Folman’s hybrid feature The Congress, and Manoel de Oliveira’s Visit, or Memories and Confession, which was made in 1982, and only allowed to screen after his death.
See the lineup below and get 30 days free here.
September 1 | Yellow Cat | Adilkhan Yerzhanov | Festival Focus: Venice
September 2 | Visit, or Memories and Confessions | Manoel de Oliveira | Rediscovered
September 3 | Slow Machine | Joe DeNardo, Paul Felten | Mubi Spotlight
September...
- 8/21/2021
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The Notebook Primer introduces readers to some of the most important figures, films, genres, and movements in film history.Bill Forsyth on the set of Local Hero1.You can sell movie tickets telling people that the story of a human life is too complex and changeable to ever even begin to catch hold of, and that we are helpless mortals who don’t have the slightest idea what is best for us, and that wry acceptance of a mixed-to-dark fate is the closest we can come to sustained happiness – you can make back your film’s budget doing all of this, but it’s a lot of work, and even if you do it with supreme delicacy, with images of startling beauty and comfort, and with good jokes you are still swimming against a very hard tide; and that in a nutshell is the story of Bill Forsyth’s filmmaking career.
- 7/29/2021
- MUBI
Made in a sweet spot of Scottish filmmaking that had seen Bill Forsyth's Gregory's Girl achieve fame five years earlier and his Local Hero win fans the year before, this tale of a pair of hapless buddies-turned-tourist-coach highwaymen has a rough-edged comic charm, even if it isn't quite in the same league.
At the heart of Michael Hoffman's film - written by Ninian Dunnett for a Lloyds Bank screenwriting competition, which he won - are Vincent Friell and Joe Mullaney, who offer a winning chemistry and affable appeal. They play Will and Ronnie likely lads from an Edinburgh scheme housing estate who are stuck in the dead end jobs of park sweeper and joke shop clerk - Thatcher's Britain is in evidence here, with Ninnian literally giving her the boot at one point, although the politics are kept in the background. Will still lives at home, a crowded space he shares with.
At the heart of Michael Hoffman's film - written by Ninian Dunnett for a Lloyds Bank screenwriting competition, which he won - are Vincent Friell and Joe Mullaney, who offer a winning chemistry and affable appeal. They play Will and Ronnie likely lads from an Edinburgh scheme housing estate who are stuck in the dead end jobs of park sweeper and joke shop clerk - Thatcher's Britain is in evidence here, with Ninnian literally giving her the boot at one point, although the politics are kept in the background. Will still lives at home, a crowded space he shares with.
- 3/18/2021
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Albert Dopontel’s “Bye Bye Morons” (“Adieu Les Cons”) has won the top prizes at France’s Cesar Awards, taking six awards including Best Film, Best Director and Best Supporting Actor.
The black tragicomedy is about a terminally ill woman and a suicidal man on the run who team up in an attempt to locate the child the woman hasn’t seen in almost 30 years. It also won awards for Dupontel’s screenplay and for its cinematography and set design.
The only other film to win more than one award was the documentary “Adolescents,” which won in the Best Documentary and Best Editing categories.
“Bye Bye Morons” went into Friday’s Cesar Awards, France’s version of the Oscars, with 12 nominations, second only to Frederic Niedermeyer’s “Love Affair(s)”. That film won a single award, for supporting actress Emilie Dequenne.
“Two of Us,” France’s entry in this year...
The black tragicomedy is about a terminally ill woman and a suicidal man on the run who team up in an attempt to locate the child the woman hasn’t seen in almost 30 years. It also won awards for Dupontel’s screenplay and for its cinematography and set design.
The only other film to win more than one award was the documentary “Adolescents,” which won in the Best Documentary and Best Editing categories.
“Bye Bye Morons” went into Friday’s Cesar Awards, France’s version of the Oscars, with 12 nominations, second only to Frederic Niedermeyer’s “Love Affair(s)”. That film won a single award, for supporting actress Emilie Dequenne.
“Two of Us,” France’s entry in this year...
- 3/13/2021
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Updated: Albert Dupontel’s dark comedy Adieu Les Cons (Bye Bye Morons) was the big winner at tonight’s César Awards, scooping Best Film along with Director, Supporting Actor, Original Screenplay, Cinematography and Production Design, during a muted in-person ceremony that nevertheless provided some notable moments. Chief among them was when actress Corinne Masiero stripped down to her birthday suit while presenting the award for Costume Design. The show, aired live and unencrypted on Canal Plus (meaning not only subscribers could watch), did not cut away from Masiero’s self-exhibition in support of France’s intermittent arts workers. The incident was met with shock, for sure, and began trending on Twitter, but it didn’t exactly elicit the same whoops and hollers in the limited César audience as did the 1974 Oscars streaker.
Masiero’s intervention was a commentary on the current state of the French industry, whose Covid-impacted workers have...
Masiero’s intervention was a commentary on the current state of the French industry, whose Covid-impacted workers have...
- 3/13/2021
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
To mark the release of Restless Natives, out now, we’ve been given 2 copies to give away on Blu-ray.
Fans of Gregory’s Girl and Local Hero would do well to add Restless Natives to their collection. First released in 1985 this spirited, establishment-mocking caper movie remains a much-loved and thoroughly enjoyable comedy gem featuring a soundtrack by Big Country. It’s the story of two under-employed Scots who achieve wealth and notoriety as modern-day highwayman holding up coachloads of tourists wearing a wolf and a clown mask and armed only with a puffer gun! Their exploits make them a bigger tourist attraction than the Loch Ness Monster, much to the annoyance of the inept local police.
Starring Vincent Friell, Joe Mullaney, Ned Beatty, Bernard Hill, Mel Smith and directed by Michael Hoffman from a script by Ninian Dunnett, the new Blu-ray and DVD release comes with additional features including a new...
Fans of Gregory’s Girl and Local Hero would do well to add Restless Natives to their collection. First released in 1985 this spirited, establishment-mocking caper movie remains a much-loved and thoroughly enjoyable comedy gem featuring a soundtrack by Big Country. It’s the story of two under-employed Scots who achieve wealth and notoriety as modern-day highwayman holding up coachloads of tourists wearing a wolf and a clown mask and armed only with a puffer gun! Their exploits make them a bigger tourist attraction than the Loch Ness Monster, much to the annoyance of the inept local police.
Starring Vincent Friell, Joe Mullaney, Ned Beatty, Bernard Hill, Mel Smith and directed by Michael Hoffman from a script by Ninian Dunnett, the new Blu-ray and DVD release comes with additional features including a new...
- 3/1/2021
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Organised by UniFrance, the online festival’s Filmmakers’ Jury crowned Sébastien Lifshitz’s documentary its champion, while the audience and international press voted in favour of Aurel’s Josep. At the close of a record 11th edition which saw MyFrenchFilmFestival, the online festival organised by UniFrance (read our news), amass 13 million views in upwards of 200 territories, the Filmmakers’ Jury, the International Press Jury and the audience delivered their verdicts. Sébastien Lifshitz’s documentary Adolescentes found favour with the Filmmakers’ Jury composed of Gianfranco Rosi, Mounia Meddour, Monia Chokri, Franco Lolli and Rosalie Varda. Unveiled during Critics’ Week at the 2019 Locarno Film Festival, this Agat Film & Ex Nihilo production (co-produced with Arte France Cinéma and Arte France’s Society and Culture division) has been racking up awards since its release in French cinemas back in September via Ad Vitam, not only earning itself six nominations at this year’s Césars (notably in the.
For Richard Curtis it’s Gregory’s Girl, Gurinder Chadha prefers Tootsie and Katy Brand goes for Dirty Dancing. Whatever your relationship status, here are the film and TV romances to curl up with
When I wrote Four Weddings and a Funeral, I wanted it to be half as good as Gregory’s Girl. John Gordon-Sinclair is so natural, and his best friend, Robert Buchanan, is the funniest movie best friend ever. Then it has the most brilliant plot twist and the definitive final romantic conversation with Clare Grogan, dancing on her back under a tree. If anyone’s thinking of writing a romantic comedy, this is the place to start: not with Hollywood stars and pop songs, but with the low-key, local, truthful bliss of Bill Forsyth’s first masterpiece. Richard Curtis, screenwriter and director...
When I wrote Four Weddings and a Funeral, I wanted it to be half as good as Gregory’s Girl. John Gordon-Sinclair is so natural, and his best friend, Robert Buchanan, is the funniest movie best friend ever. Then it has the most brilliant plot twist and the definitive final romantic conversation with Clare Grogan, dancing on her back under a tree. If anyone’s thinking of writing a romantic comedy, this is the place to start: not with Hollywood stars and pop songs, but with the low-key, local, truthful bliss of Bill Forsyth’s first masterpiece. Richard Curtis, screenwriter and director...
- 2/12/2021
- The Guardian - Film News
Emmanuel Mouret’s Les Choses Qu’On Dit, Les Choses Qu’On Fait, aka Love Affair(s), leads France’s César Award nominations with a total 13 including each of the top acting categories as well as Best Director and Best Film. The official 2020 Cannes Film Festival selection is followed by Albert Dupontel’s comedy/drama Adieu Les Cons (Bye Bye Morons) and François Ozon’s Eté 85 (Summer Of 85) with 12 each. The latter was released locally last summer and played Toronto in September.
Other titles to make the cut this morning include the Oscar shortlisted Two Of Us (Deux) from Filippo Meneghetti with Best Actress nods for leads Martine Chevallier and Barbara Sukowa as well as Best Original Screenplay and Best Debut Feature.
In the Foreign Film category are Sam Mendes’ 1917, Todd Haynes’ Dark Waters, Thomas Vinterberg’s Another Round (also Oscar shortlisted on Tuesday), Jan Komasa’s La Communion...
Other titles to make the cut this morning include the Oscar shortlisted Two Of Us (Deux) from Filippo Meneghetti with Best Actress nods for leads Martine Chevallier and Barbara Sukowa as well as Best Original Screenplay and Best Debut Feature.
In the Foreign Film category are Sam Mendes’ 1917, Todd Haynes’ Dark Waters, Thomas Vinterberg’s Another Round (also Oscar shortlisted on Tuesday), Jan Komasa’s La Communion...
- 2/10/2021
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Sébastien Lifshitz’s documentary is named Best French Film 2020 while Josep by Aurel is crowned the winner in the first films category. Awarded by a jury composed of critics and key figures from the world of the 7th art and presided over by Gilles Jacob, the prestigious 2020 Louis-Delluc Award for the French film of the year has gone to Sébastien Lifshitz’s Adolescentes, which is the first documentary to have scooped this prize since 2008 (Modern Life by Raymond Depardon) and only the fourth in the award’s history (following the Louis-Dellucs won by Nicole Védrès in 1947 and Jean Rouch in 1958). Unveiled in Critics’ Week during the Locarno Film Festival of 2019, Adolescentes is the 4th documentary feature film by Sébastien Lifshitz after Les Invisibles, Bambi and Les vies de Thérèse. The director has...
The November 2020 lineup for The Criterion Channel has been unveiled, toplined by a Claire Denis retrospective, including the brand-new restoration of Beau travail, along with Chocolat, No Fear, No Die, Nenette and Boni, Towards Mathilde, 35 Shots of Rum, and White Material.
There will also be a series celebrating 30 years of The Film Foundation, featuring a new interview with Martin Scorsese by Ari Aster, as well as a number of their most essential restorations, including films by Jia Zhangke, Ritwik Ghatak, Luchino Visconti, Shirley Clarke, Med Hondo, and more.
There’s also David Lynch’s new restoration of The Elephant Man, retrospectives dedicated to Ngozi Onwurah, Nadav Lapid, and Terence Nance, a new edition of the series Queersighted titled Queer Fear, featuring a new conversation between series programmer Michael Koresky and filmmaker and critic Farihah Zaman, and much more.
See the lineup below and learn more on the official site.
There will also be a series celebrating 30 years of The Film Foundation, featuring a new interview with Martin Scorsese by Ari Aster, as well as a number of their most essential restorations, including films by Jia Zhangke, Ritwik Ghatak, Luchino Visconti, Shirley Clarke, Med Hondo, and more.
There’s also David Lynch’s new restoration of The Elephant Man, retrospectives dedicated to Ngozi Onwurah, Nadav Lapid, and Terence Nance, a new edition of the series Queersighted titled Queer Fear, featuring a new conversation between series programmer Michael Koresky and filmmaker and critic Farihah Zaman, and much more.
See the lineup below and learn more on the official site.
- 10/27/2020
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
The 16th edition of Ateliers d’Angers welcomes seven young directors, their feature debut projects and a programme of masterclasses. 24 August will mark the beginning of the 16th Ateliers d’Angers, an event initiated and overseen by the organisers of the Angers Premiers Plans Festival. This year, the residency has selected seven young filmmakers in order to help them prepare their first fiction feature. Until 29 August, the residents will benefit from masterclasses delivered by French filmmakers Robin Campillo, Rachel Lang, Sébastien Lifshitz, cinematographer Claire Mathon, producer Marie-Ange Luciani (Les Films de Pierre) and sound engineer Raphaël Sohier. It is worth noting that the programme will also include five preview screenings (the last four in attendance of their respective directors): Undine from German director Christian Petzold, Sébastien Lifshitz’s Adolescentes, Guillaume Brac’s À l'abordage, Emmanuel Mouret’s Love Affair(s) and Charlène Favier’s Slalom. Among the filmmakers who...
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- 4/5/2020
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
From the director of the beloved Local Hero: ‘Pure Simple Joy’ is an apt way to describe this deceptively meek, completely endearing Scottish film with a universal theme about adolescence and the reality of teen love. John Hughes’ teen pix do not hold a candle to the innocent charm found here. The gawky yet boundlessly optimistic Gregory falls head over heels for the teenaged wonder girl of his dreams… his only problem is that she’s light years ahead of him in terms of maturity. But the female social system takes on the problem in what must be the most gentle (make that Utopian) view of high school ever. Writer-director Bill Forsythe struck independent hit gold.
Gregory’s Girl
Blu-ray
Film Movement Classics
1980 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 91 min. / Street Date January 21, 2020 / 20.05
Starring: Gordon John Sinclair, Dee Hepburn, Jake D’Arcy, Clare Grogan, Robert Buchanan, Billy Greenlees, Alan Love.
Cinematography: Michael Coulter
Film Editor:...
Gregory’s Girl
Blu-ray
Film Movement Classics
1980 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 91 min. / Street Date January 21, 2020 / 20.05
Starring: Gordon John Sinclair, Dee Hepburn, Jake D’Arcy, Clare Grogan, Robert Buchanan, Billy Greenlees, Alan Love.
Cinematography: Michael Coulter
Film Editor:...
- 1/21/2020
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Exclusive: Ryan Hendrick, the Scottish Bafta-nominated filmmaker, has signed with the UK wing of management firm Zero Gravity.
The news comes as Hendrick heads into production on feature movie Perfect Strangers, a Scotland-set Christmas tale about two strangers who find themselves stranded in the Scottish Highlands on Christmas Eve. Putting aside their own personal turmoil they reluctantly decide to team up to try and get home for Christmas.
The feature is based on Hendrick’s own short film of the same name, which was nominated for a Scottish BAFTA.
Cast includes Natalie Clark (Still Game), Kenny Boyle (Hero Worship), Sylvester McCoy (The Hobbit), Sanjeev Kohli (Stan & Ollie), Clare Grogan (Gregory’s Girl), Caitlin Blackwood (Dr Who), Frazer Hines (Outlander), Karen Bartke (Scot Squad), Nicolette McKeown (Convergence), theater actor Alasdair McCrone and newcomer Alexander Teunion.
The project comes from Hendrick’s own company Magic Monkey Films, which he founded with David Newman.
The news comes as Hendrick heads into production on feature movie Perfect Strangers, a Scotland-set Christmas tale about two strangers who find themselves stranded in the Scottish Highlands on Christmas Eve. Putting aside their own personal turmoil they reluctantly decide to team up to try and get home for Christmas.
The feature is based on Hendrick’s own short film of the same name, which was nominated for a Scottish BAFTA.
Cast includes Natalie Clark (Still Game), Kenny Boyle (Hero Worship), Sylvester McCoy (The Hobbit), Sanjeev Kohli (Stan & Ollie), Clare Grogan (Gregory’s Girl), Caitlin Blackwood (Dr Who), Frazer Hines (Outlander), Karen Bartke (Scot Squad), Nicolette McKeown (Convergence), theater actor Alasdair McCrone and newcomer Alexander Teunion.
The project comes from Hendrick’s own company Magic Monkey Films, which he founded with David Newman.
- 11/18/2019
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Being Human (1994) is really something. Bill Forsyth's Hollywood career was essentially ended by it, and I get the impression that this was not so much because the film died at the box office, but because the experience of having it taken away from him—a first for a director who had enjoyed very good relationships with his producers up to that point—was so dispiriting.Forsyth's star had risen steadily from "the first no-budget film," That Sinking Feeling, through the charming Gregory's Girl and the poetic Local Hero. If Housekeeping and Breaking In weren't hits, they were certainly admired. I recall reading that the studio recut the film (I believe the once-great Deedee Dede Allen had become the "film doctor" at Warners specializing in performing such disfiguring operations without anesthetic) and it performed just as dismally with test audiences as it had in the Forsyth cut, so they kindly released that.
- 6/13/2019
- MUBI
Gregory's Girl
New events were announced yesterday for next year's Glasgow Film Festival. They include a school disco and a special tribute to the greatest films never made.
Following in the footsteps of the festivals previous wildly successful event nights, the school disco will be held in SWG3 and will give attendees a choice between watching Gregory's Girl or Clueless before the dancing begins. Football strips and prom dresses are encouraged. "We can’t wait to let our hair down and relive our youth," said festival co-director Allison Gardner.
The Unfilmables will bring together Oscar-nominated composer Mica Levi, video artist Francesca Levi and electronic pioneers Wrangler for music and film including The Colour Of Chips (a UK-set re-imagining of Sergei Parajanov’s The Colour Of Pomegranates) and The Tourist (based on) Claire Noto’s Seventies script, long-regarded as one of the greatest science fiction films never to make it to the big screen).
Sacred Paws,...
New events were announced yesterday for next year's Glasgow Film Festival. They include a school disco and a special tribute to the greatest films never made.
Following in the footsteps of the festivals previous wildly successful event nights, the school disco will be held in SWG3 and will give attendees a choice between watching Gregory's Girl or Clueless before the dancing begins. Football strips and prom dresses are encouraged. "We can’t wait to let our hair down and relive our youth," said festival co-director Allison Gardner.
The Unfilmables will bring together Oscar-nominated composer Mica Levi, video artist Francesca Levi and electronic pioneers Wrangler for music and film including The Colour Of Chips (a UK-set re-imagining of Sergei Parajanov’s The Colour Of Pomegranates) and The Tourist (based on) Claire Noto’s Seventies script, long-regarded as one of the greatest science fiction films never to make it to the big screen).
Sacred Paws,...
- 12/13/2017
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
John Gordon Sinclair and Clare Grogan were the ultimate feel-good movie couple in Gregory's Girl back in 1981, and the pair are to reunite for a special Q&A in December.
As part of BFI Southbank's 'Love' season starting today (October 19), the pair will appear for a "kind of date" alongside a special screening of Bill Forsyth's quaint comedy on December 5 at 6.10pm.
The 'Love' season will also include various screenings and Q&As surrounding classic movies - whether they are romantic or heartbreaking.
Dangerous Liaisons director Stephen Frears, Love and Basketball's Gina Prince-Bythewood, Four Weddings and a Funeral's Mike Newell and Bend it Like Beckham creator Gurinder Chadha will also take part in Q&As about their work.
Actors Derek Jacobi, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Adrian Lester will also appear during the season, as well as singer KT Tunstall.
Heather Stewart, Creative Director at BFI, said: ''Film can...
As part of BFI Southbank's 'Love' season starting today (October 19), the pair will appear for a "kind of date" alongside a special screening of Bill Forsyth's quaint comedy on December 5 at 6.10pm.
The 'Love' season will also include various screenings and Q&As surrounding classic movies - whether they are romantic or heartbreaking.
Dangerous Liaisons director Stephen Frears, Love and Basketball's Gina Prince-Bythewood, Four Weddings and a Funeral's Mike Newell and Bend it Like Beckham creator Gurinder Chadha will also take part in Q&As about their work.
Actors Derek Jacobi, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Adrian Lester will also appear during the season, as well as singer KT Tunstall.
Heather Stewart, Creative Director at BFI, said: ''Film can...
- 10/19/2015
- Digital Spy
John Gordon Sinclair has clarified reports that he has quit acting to become a full-time writer.
The TV and stage actor, who is perhaps best known for his starring role in Gregory's Girl, was quoted last year as saying that he has always felt "uncomfortable" with acting.
However, he told Digital Spy that this isn't the case, although he does enjoy working in the comfort of his own garden. He is currently writing his third novel, following Seventy Times Seven and Blood Whispers.
"I was asked a question of if I could only do one, what would it be, and I said if I could only choose one of the two I'd choose writing books for the rest of my life," he said.
"But that was turned into saying that I was giving up acting, so it was one of those journalistic licence moments. I'm much happier sitting at the bottom of my hut writing,...
The TV and stage actor, who is perhaps best known for his starring role in Gregory's Girl, was quoted last year as saying that he has always felt "uncomfortable" with acting.
However, he told Digital Spy that this isn't the case, although he does enjoy working in the comfort of his own garden. He is currently writing his third novel, following Seventy Times Seven and Blood Whispers.
"I was asked a question of if I could only do one, what would it be, and I said if I could only choose one of the two I'd choose writing books for the rest of my life," he said.
"But that was turned into saying that I was giving up acting, so it was one of those journalistic licence moments. I'm much happier sitting at the bottom of my hut writing,...
- 5/21/2015
- Digital Spy
It has not been an easy week. At the start of the week, we had our editorial meeting here at HitFix, as we do every Monday, to talk about both the week ahead and longer-term projects as well. For fairly obvious reasons, there was a fair amount of talk about Valentine's Day content, and I mentioned a few different ideas that I might write about, including one that I'll end up publishing at some point about Steve Martin. But even as I pitched a few ideas, I found myself uncomfortable with the entire idea of writing about romantic films right now. Honestly, I was hoping to spend this week with my head down and then just sail right through this weekend without writing about love at all, because for the first time in my adult life, I am no longer sure what I think about it. After all, I was with my wife for 14 years.
- 2/14/2015
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
Filmmakers have paid tribute to Master And Commander producer Samuel Goldwyn Jr, who died on Friday in Los Angeles, aged 88.
His Son John Goldwyn told the New York Times he died from congestive heart failure.
Goldwyn Jr's final producing credit was on Fox's The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty - a remake of one of his father's hits - which was released in December 2013. His other credits included Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World, Mystic Pizza and A Prayer For The Dying. He also twice produced the Academy Awards ceremony.
Goldwyn Jr began his career in documentary films and built a reputation for supporting independent and foreign films, largely through his indie company Samuel Goldwyn Company, which he founded in 1979. Films distributed by his company include Wild At Heart, Gregory's Girl, Prick Up Your Ears and Stranger Than Paradise.
He relaunched his company as Samuel Goldwyn...
His Son John Goldwyn told the New York Times he died from congestive heart failure.
Goldwyn Jr's final producing credit was on Fox's The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty - a remake of one of his father's hits - which was released in December 2013. His other credits included Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World, Mystic Pizza and A Prayer For The Dying. He also twice produced the Academy Awards ceremony.
Goldwyn Jr began his career in documentary films and built a reputation for supporting independent and foreign films, largely through his indie company Samuel Goldwyn Company, which he founded in 1979. Films distributed by his company include Wild At Heart, Gregory's Girl, Prick Up Your Ears and Stranger Than Paradise.
He relaunched his company as Samuel Goldwyn...
- 1/10/2015
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
What's in Netflix's '80s grab bag? Swoony Merchant-Ivory films; a trio of John Hughes romantic comedies; early films with Sean Penn and Matt Dillon; Oscar-winning turns by Meryl Streep, Jodie Foster and Daniel Day-Lewis; and a few classics you already know by heart.
Mixed in are probably a few critically acclaimed films you've never seen but always meant to, whether it's B-movie fun like "Big Trouble in Little China" or ultra-arty Nc-17 fare like "The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover."
(Availability subject to change. DeLorean and pink prom dress not included.)
1. "A Room with a View" (1986) Nr
Helena Bonham Carter is torn between freethinker Julian Sands and stuffy fiancé Daniel Day-Lewis in this sumptuous (and very funny) Merchant-Ivory period romance.
2. "The Accused" (1988) R
It's tough viewing, but Jodie Foster is mesmerizing as a rape victim who faces down her assailants in court.
3. "Bad Boys" (1983) R
Sean Penn...
Mixed in are probably a few critically acclaimed films you've never seen but always meant to, whether it's B-movie fun like "Big Trouble in Little China" or ultra-arty Nc-17 fare like "The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover."
(Availability subject to change. DeLorean and pink prom dress not included.)
1. "A Room with a View" (1986) Nr
Helena Bonham Carter is torn between freethinker Julian Sands and stuffy fiancé Daniel Day-Lewis in this sumptuous (and very funny) Merchant-Ivory period romance.
2. "The Accused" (1988) R
It's tough viewing, but Jodie Foster is mesmerizing as a rape victim who faces down her assailants in court.
3. "Bad Boys" (1983) R
Sean Penn...
- 12/22/2014
- by Sharon Knolle
- Moviefone
By Richard Linklater
[Editor's note: Austin Film Society co-founder and filmmaker Richard Linklater recently curated "Jewels in the Wasteland," a series focusing on films of the early 1980s. Today, as a guest columnist for Slackerwood, he recommends other movies he was unable to include in the series.]
We're looking forward to continuing the "Jewels in the Wasteland" series at some point with films from 1984-1986! Below are various titles that would have fit nicely in this first section of 80s films. Before we get going again, we'll likely have some one-off screenings (hopefully Pixote and Baby It's You) that represent additional titles from the first part of the 80s, so keep an eye out for them.
In the meantime, please feel free to check out the below suggestions:
Last month's Atlantic City begs you to continue with both Louis Malle's My Dinner with Andre and Bill Forsyth's Local Hero with Burt Lancaster. If you love Local Hero like I think you will, please check out an earlier film of his, Gregory's Girl. I noticed Danny Boyle included a clip from it during his Olympic opening ceremonies.
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[Editor's note: Austin Film Society co-founder and filmmaker Richard Linklater recently curated "Jewels in the Wasteland," a series focusing on films of the early 1980s. Today, as a guest columnist for Slackerwood, he recommends other movies he was unable to include in the series.]
We're looking forward to continuing the "Jewels in the Wasteland" series at some point with films from 1984-1986! Below are various titles that would have fit nicely in this first section of 80s films. Before we get going again, we'll likely have some one-off screenings (hopefully Pixote and Baby It's You) that represent additional titles from the first part of the 80s, so keep an eye out for them.
In the meantime, please feel free to check out the below suggestions:
Last month's Atlantic City begs you to continue with both Louis Malle's My Dinner with Andre and Bill Forsyth's Local Hero with Burt Lancaster. If you love Local Hero like I think you will, please check out an earlier film of his, Gregory's Girl. I noticed Danny Boyle included a clip from it during his Olympic opening ceremonies.
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- 6/5/2014
- by Contributors
- Slackerwood
(Bill Forsyth, 1979; BFI, 12)
Among the happiest surprises of my years as a movie critic was the world premiere of That Sinking Feeling, the unknown 33-year-old Glaswegian Bill Forsyth's first movie at the Edinburgh film festival, knowing only that the whole £5,000 budget (which made into the Guinness Book of Records) had been raised in Scotland.
Writing in the Observer (2 September 1979), I noted that it "brings back happy memories of Ealing in its heyday and Ealing's resident Scot, Alexander Mackendrick. A delightful comedy, it does for present-day Glasgow what Hue and Cry did for postwar London it gives a gang of lively, unemployed working-class teenagers the freedom of the city. This time, however, they're the crooks, and the objective of their elaborate heist is a warehouse full of stainless steel sinks." I noted Forsyth's pawky humour and the skilful way he played off the heavy Victorian legacy of Glasgow (the civil...
Among the happiest surprises of my years as a movie critic was the world premiere of That Sinking Feeling, the unknown 33-year-old Glaswegian Bill Forsyth's first movie at the Edinburgh film festival, knowing only that the whole £5,000 budget (which made into the Guinness Book of Records) had been raised in Scotland.
Writing in the Observer (2 September 1979), I noted that it "brings back happy memories of Ealing in its heyday and Ealing's resident Scot, Alexander Mackendrick. A delightful comedy, it does for present-day Glasgow what Hue and Cry did for postwar London it gives a gang of lively, unemployed working-class teenagers the freedom of the city. This time, however, they're the crooks, and the objective of their elaborate heist is a warehouse full of stainless steel sinks." I noted Forsyth's pawky humour and the skilful way he played off the heavy Victorian legacy of Glasgow (the civil...
- 5/17/2014
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
Most people on this side of the pond might recognize veteran English comedian Richard Ayoade as the oddball techie Moss on the Britcom The It Crowd, or as the odd man out from the 2012 A-list sci-fi comedy The Watch (he was the gentleman who was not Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn or Jonah Hill). He's established himself as a novel comic presence onscreen, gravitating toward characters that feel several beats off from the norm and don't mesh with their environments.
'Community's 'Critical Studies': Celebrating the 21st Century's Greatest TV Episode
Behind the camera,...
'Community's 'Critical Studies': Celebrating the 21st Century's Greatest TV Episode
Behind the camera,...
- 5/9/2014
- Rollingstone.com
★★★★☆Following on from the recent rerelease of his 1979 debut That Sinking Feeling, Bill Forsyth's teen rom-com Gregory's Girl (1981) has also undergone a similar digital upgrade to its predecessor. However, underneath the (admittedly) outstanding transfer, Gregory's Girl remains that same delightful and hugely appealing coming-of-age tale which managed to transcend its parochial setting and go on to achieve global success and recognition. The first thing which instantly chimes upon revisiting is Forsyth's considerable knack for casting. This is a British film where teenagers actually look like real adolescents, and not just the usual air-brushed, blemish-free screen representations.
- 5/6/2014
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Clare Grogan has revealed that she does not expect to make a return to Red Dwarf.
The Scottish actress and singer played Kristine Kochanski in the first two series of the classic sci-fi sitcom, as well as a cameo in series six.
Gregory's Girl star Clare Grogan: 'We didn't expect lasting legacy'
However, she was replaced by Chloe Annett from series seven onwards.
When asked if she would ever be interested in a return to the cult series, she told Digital Spy: "I honestly think that if they were considering that, then that might have happened by now!
"I think that boat might have sailed. You never know."
Speaking about her time in Red Dwarf, she said: "I'm really touched by the response that Red Dwarf gets as well. It was never orchestrated by me, it wasn't part of any masterplan to be in all these cult TV series,...
The Scottish actress and singer played Kristine Kochanski in the first two series of the classic sci-fi sitcom, as well as a cameo in series six.
Gregory's Girl star Clare Grogan: 'We didn't expect lasting legacy'
However, she was replaced by Chloe Annett from series seven onwards.
When asked if she would ever be interested in a return to the cult series, she told Digital Spy: "I honestly think that if they were considering that, then that might have happened by now!
"I think that boat might have sailed. You never know."
Speaking about her time in Red Dwarf, she said: "I'm really touched by the response that Red Dwarf gets as well. It was never orchestrated by me, it wasn't part of any masterplan to be in all these cult TV series,...
- 5/6/2014
- Digital Spy
"Hard work being in love, eh? Especially when you don't know which girl it is."
It was a film without much of a plot, set in a little Scottish town where youths seemingly roamed around freely without a care in the world. Unless you were an awkward teenager by the name of Gregory, of course.
Bill Forsyth's cute 1981 comedy became a surprise hit around the world, and has now been given a makeover in a DVD and Blu-ray re-release. So, after 33 years, does the film still resonate today?
Gregory's Girl star Clare Grogan: 'We didn't expect lasting legacy'
The thing about Gregory's Girl that still resonates, is that not much happens. Compared to high school comedies of the past decade or so, where it's all risqué shenanigans and slapstick situations, this film is relaxed and easy-going, just like John Gordon Sinclair's Gregory himself.
Forsyth's filmmaking style is at its finest here,...
It was a film without much of a plot, set in a little Scottish town where youths seemingly roamed around freely without a care in the world. Unless you were an awkward teenager by the name of Gregory, of course.
Bill Forsyth's cute 1981 comedy became a surprise hit around the world, and has now been given a makeover in a DVD and Blu-ray re-release. So, after 33 years, does the film still resonate today?
Gregory's Girl star Clare Grogan: 'We didn't expect lasting legacy'
The thing about Gregory's Girl that still resonates, is that not much happens. Compared to high school comedies of the past decade or so, where it's all risqué shenanigans and slapstick situations, this film is relaxed and easy-going, just like John Gordon Sinclair's Gregory himself.
Forsyth's filmmaking style is at its finest here,...
- 5/5/2014
- Digital Spy
Gregory's Girl has built up a loyal cult following since its release in 1981, with film critic Mark Kermode among its biggest fans.
Bill Forsyth's quirky, understated high school comedy became a surprise hit on both sides of the Atlantic, launching the careers of John Gordon Sinclair and Clare Grogan.
To celebrate Gregory's Girl's much-needed digitally remastered DVD and Blu-ray release, Digital Spy had a chat with Susan herself, Clare Grogan, about the film's ongoing legacy.
Gregory's Girl's re-release is something us dedicated fans will hugely appreciate - are you proud that the film still has a loyal cult following of fans to this day?
"It an incredible thing, I've been talking about it a lot recently, in fact it's something I talk about all the time in life. I can barely walk into a room anywhere in the world, and there's always someone in that room who...
Bill Forsyth's quirky, understated high school comedy became a surprise hit on both sides of the Atlantic, launching the careers of John Gordon Sinclair and Clare Grogan.
To celebrate Gregory's Girl's much-needed digitally remastered DVD and Blu-ray release, Digital Spy had a chat with Susan herself, Clare Grogan, about the film's ongoing legacy.
Gregory's Girl's re-release is something us dedicated fans will hugely appreciate - are you proud that the film still has a loyal cult following of fans to this day?
"It an incredible thing, I've been talking about it a lot recently, in fact it's something I talk about all the time in life. I can barely walk into a room anywhere in the world, and there's always someone in that room who...
- 5/1/2014
- Digital Spy
Before creating such classics of modern British Cinema as Gregory's Girl and Local Hero, Glaswegian filmmaker Bill Forsyth's debut feature was the 1979 gem That Sinking Feeling, about a gang of young chancers who look to make a quick buck by stealing a truckload of stainless steel kitchen sinks. Forsyth had already been working in documentaries for a good decade when he approached the Glasgow Youth Theatre, looking for fresh young talent to cast in a filmed version of a script he'd written, Gregory's Girl. However, as he got to know the young lads, and workshopped ideas, scenes and characters with them, Forsyth shelved the relatively ambitious tale of a young footballer who falls for the new girl who joins the school team, in favour...
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- 4/23/2014
- Screen Anarchy
★★★☆☆The debut feature from beloved Scottish writer and director Bill Forsyth (best known for such classic regional offerings as Gregory's Girl and Local Hero), That Sinking Feeling may not have aged particularly well since its 1979 release, but it still has a rough-around-the edges, lo-fi charm that's largely absent in contemporary indie cinema. In many ways it feels like an early precursor to the works of Shane Meadows, the main character here sharing the same name as the eponymous loser in Meadows' Where's the Money, Ronnie? Like that film, it also features an inept and desperate bunch of crooks, similarly portrayed by inexperienced actors delivering unpolished, endearing performances.
- 4/22/2014
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Gregory's Girl has been restored for a new DVD and Blu-ray release.
The classic 1981 British comedy from director Bill Forsyth will be released in widescreen for the first time on May 5.
It will also be made available as a digital download from April 21, and video-on-demand from April 28.
The DVD and Blu-ray will also include several special features, including new audio commentary from Forsyth and film reviewer Mark Kermode.
Forsyth and actress Clare Grogan will also appear in new interviews, while the alternative Us audio soundtrack will also be featured.
John Gordon Sinclair stars in the coming-of-age comedy as a gawky teenager in a struggling school football team, who becomes infatuated with Dorothy (Dee Hepburn), the latest member of the team.
It was ranked at number 30 in the British Film Institute's list of the top 100 British films, and was nominated for four BAFTAs, winning the prize for Best Original Screenplay.
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The classic 1981 British comedy from director Bill Forsyth will be released in widescreen for the first time on May 5.
It will also be made available as a digital download from April 21, and video-on-demand from April 28.
The DVD and Blu-ray will also include several special features, including new audio commentary from Forsyth and film reviewer Mark Kermode.
Forsyth and actress Clare Grogan will also appear in new interviews, while the alternative Us audio soundtrack will also be featured.
John Gordon Sinclair stars in the coming-of-age comedy as a gawky teenager in a struggling school football team, who becomes infatuated with Dorothy (Dee Hepburn), the latest member of the team.
It was ranked at number 30 in the British Film Institute's list of the top 100 British films, and was nominated for four BAFTAs, winning the prize for Best Original Screenplay.
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- 3/21/2014
- Digital Spy
Nobody wants to rock the boat when it comes to reassessing the classics, but face facts: Gregory's Girl is clunky, 2001: A Space Odyssey is never-ending, while Dirty Dancing is still brilliant
A few weeks ago I watched The Searchers, the 1956 John Ford horse opera that is routinely described by critics as one of the greatest films of all time. In 2008 the American Film Institute named it the finest western ever, as well as the 12th best American movie, while the British Film Institute slotted it in at number seven on the all-time greatest list.
Are these guys serious? The Searchers, which deals with a mysterious, morally ambivalent Johnny Reb's relentless quest to find – and perhaps kill – a niece abducted by marauding Comanches, is padded out to epic length with all sorts of daffy comedy. The gags and slapstick fistfights undercut the serious message of the film: that most white...
A few weeks ago I watched The Searchers, the 1956 John Ford horse opera that is routinely described by critics as one of the greatest films of all time. In 2008 the American Film Institute named it the finest western ever, as well as the 12th best American movie, while the British Film Institute slotted it in at number seven on the all-time greatest list.
Are these guys serious? The Searchers, which deals with a mysterious, morally ambivalent Johnny Reb's relentless quest to find – and perhaps kill – a niece abducted by marauding Comanches, is padded out to epic length with all sorts of daffy comedy. The gags and slapstick fistfights undercut the serious message of the film: that most white...
- 12/19/2013
- by Joe Queenan
- The Guardian - Film News
A sports broadcaster, chatshow host, radio DJ and best-selling author, Alan Partridge switched gears to feature films earlier this year with the release of his first movie Alpha Papa.
To mark the DVD and Blu-ray release of his big screen smash hit, Digital Spy asked Norfolk's finest to tell us his favourite movies. He gave us four, and assured us at the time of writing he was about to watch Pacific Rim...
Annie (1982)
"The 1982 musical Annie reads like a Who's Who of the cast of Annie, but for me it's all about one performance: flame-headed ingénue Aileen Quinn played the title role, and like Daddy Warbucks himself, I was quite quite taken by her. On the advice of family and friends and myself, I waited until she turned 18 in 1989 before I even attempted to become pen pals with her. I wrote to her three times, but left it there."
Splash...
To mark the DVD and Blu-ray release of his big screen smash hit, Digital Spy asked Norfolk's finest to tell us his favourite movies. He gave us four, and assured us at the time of writing he was about to watch Pacific Rim...
Annie (1982)
"The 1982 musical Annie reads like a Who's Who of the cast of Annie, but for me it's all about one performance: flame-headed ingénue Aileen Quinn played the title role, and like Daddy Warbucks himself, I was quite quite taken by her. On the advice of family and friends and myself, I waited until she turned 18 in 1989 before I even attempted to become pen pals with her. I wrote to her three times, but left it there."
Splash...
- 11/28/2013
- Digital Spy
A sports broadcaster, chatshow host, radio DJ and best-selling author, Alan Partridge switched gears to feature films earlier this year with the release of his first movie Alpha Papa.
To mark the DVD and Blu-ray release of his big screen smash hit, Digital Spy asked Norfolk's finest to tell us his favourite movies. He gave us four, and assured us at the time of writing he was about to watch Pacific Rim...
Annie (1982)
"The 1982 musical Annie reads like a Who's Who of the cast of Annie, but for me it's all about one performance: flame-headed ingénue Aileen Quinn played the title role, and like Daddy Warbucks himself, I was quite quite taken by her. On the advice of family and friends and myself, I waited until she turned 18 in 1989 before I even attempted to become pen pals with her. I wrote to her three times, but left it there."
Splash...
To mark the DVD and Blu-ray release of his big screen smash hit, Digital Spy asked Norfolk's finest to tell us his favourite movies. He gave us four, and assured us at the time of writing he was about to watch Pacific Rim...
Annie (1982)
"The 1982 musical Annie reads like a Who's Who of the cast of Annie, but for me it's all about one performance: flame-headed ingénue Aileen Quinn played the title role, and like Daddy Warbucks himself, I was quite quite taken by her. On the advice of family and friends and myself, I waited until she turned 18 in 1989 before I even attempted to become pen pals with her. I wrote to her three times, but left it there."
Splash...
- 11/28/2013
- Digital Spy
When the writer started work on Raised by Wolves, a sitcom about teenagers, she thought back to the edgy boy who played Han Solo to her Princess Leia ...
• Share your first crush stories
You don't really start having teenage crushes when you're a teenager – those feelings start much earlier, although you're too much of a wide-eyed faun to properly identify what they are. When I had my first crush, at the age of 10, I didn't know it was love or affection or obsession or pre-sexual fixation – I just knew I was really, really interested in this boy at school, and wanted to stand near him all the time. Like in Gregory's Girl, where there's just a series of shots of John Gordon Sinclair, only half in the frame, just hanging around Dorothy while she cheerfully ignores him.
So his name was David Preen, but I should give him the veil of anonymity,...
• Share your first crush stories
You don't really start having teenage crushes when you're a teenager – those feelings start much earlier, although you're too much of a wide-eyed faun to properly identify what they are. When I had my first crush, at the age of 10, I didn't know it was love or affection or obsession or pre-sexual fixation – I just knew I was really, really interested in this boy at school, and wanted to stand near him all the time. Like in Gregory's Girl, where there's just a series of shots of John Gordon Sinclair, only half in the frame, just hanging around Dorothy while she cheerfully ignores him.
So his name was David Preen, but I should give him the veil of anonymity,...
- 11/13/2013
- by Caitlin Moran
- The Guardian - Film News
Peter Capaldi has been announced as the 12th Doctor in Doctor Who.
The 55-year-old Scottish actor was announced as Matt Smith's successor by presenter Zoe Ball in a special live programme on BBC One tonight (August 4).
Ahead of Smith's on-screen transition into Capaldi this Christmas, Digital Spy takes a look through just some of his career highlights so far.
Local Hero - 1983
One of Capaldi's first screen roles was this lovely little Scottish movie from Gregory's Girl director Bill Forsyth. Also starring Burt Lancaster, Capaldi's Danny joins up with American oil company employee Mac who attempts to purchase a small, fictional Scottish town. Sweet and enthusiastic Danny spends most of the film attempting to romance Marina (Jenny Seagrove) in this feel-good comedy.
Neverwhere - 1996
In part-time Doctor Who writer Neil Gaiman's 1996 series Neverwhere, Capaldi starred as The Angel Islington, an angel living in the sewers of London, having...
The 55-year-old Scottish actor was announced as Matt Smith's successor by presenter Zoe Ball in a special live programme on BBC One tonight (August 4).
Ahead of Smith's on-screen transition into Capaldi this Christmas, Digital Spy takes a look through just some of his career highlights so far.
Local Hero - 1983
One of Capaldi's first screen roles was this lovely little Scottish movie from Gregory's Girl director Bill Forsyth. Also starring Burt Lancaster, Capaldi's Danny joins up with American oil company employee Mac who attempts to purchase a small, fictional Scottish town. Sweet and enthusiastic Danny spends most of the film attempting to romance Marina (Jenny Seagrove) in this feel-good comedy.
Neverwhere - 1996
In part-time Doctor Who writer Neil Gaiman's 1996 series Neverwhere, Capaldi starred as The Angel Islington, an angel living in the sewers of London, having...
- 8/4/2013
- Digital Spy
The director's new film completes his trilogy of wistful pub-based comedies. Nostalgia is a bitter-sweet brew, he tells Alex Godfrey
When Edgar Wright was 19, he and his friends went on a pub crawl in his hometown, Wells in Somerset. "Out of 13 pubs, I managed to get through six before getting completely, wildly drunk," he laughs. "I then spent the rest of the night trying to find this girl I was going out with, forgetting she was out of town. I ran through somebody's garden into a clothesline and knocked myself out. I got a very thin purple bruise."
A couple of years later he wrote and directed his first film, A Fistful Of Fingers (tagline: The Greatest Western Ever Made … In Somerset), and followed it up with a script about his teenage pub crawl, "a big quest movie," he says. "There's a big noble sinking of the final pint followed...
When Edgar Wright was 19, he and his friends went on a pub crawl in his hometown, Wells in Somerset. "Out of 13 pubs, I managed to get through six before getting completely, wildly drunk," he laughs. "I then spent the rest of the night trying to find this girl I was going out with, forgetting she was out of town. I ran through somebody's garden into a clothesline and knocked myself out. I got a very thin purple bruise."
A couple of years later he wrote and directed his first film, A Fistful Of Fingers (tagline: The Greatest Western Ever Made … In Somerset), and followed it up with a script about his teenage pub crawl, "a big quest movie," he says. "There's a big noble sinking of the final pint followed...
- 7/15/2013
- by Alex Godfrey
- The Guardian - Film News
Scottish ministers have backed a plan to close down a school which was used in the classic film Gregory's Girl.
Earlier this year, North Lanarkshire Council approved plans to shut Abronhill High in 2014, before transferring students to Cumbernauld High.
Councillor Jim Logue said: "I welcome the Scottish government's decision and I am delighted that their review has found that our proposals will provide immediate educational benefits from merging the two schools.
"I have sympathy for parents and pupils involved who have expressed concerns about the impact of these changes.
"However, I would like to reassure them that we have considerable experience in successfully managing transitional arrangements."
Local community members had disapproved of the plan, as the closure may disrupt pupils' education, along with the school's cultural history.
Jamie Hepburn, Snp Msp for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, said he was "disappointed" by the decision.
"I am fully aware how upset both parents...
Earlier this year, North Lanarkshire Council approved plans to shut Abronhill High in 2014, before transferring students to Cumbernauld High.
Councillor Jim Logue said: "I welcome the Scottish government's decision and I am delighted that their review has found that our proposals will provide immediate educational benefits from merging the two schools.
"I have sympathy for parents and pupils involved who have expressed concerns about the impact of these changes.
"However, I would like to reassure them that we have considerable experience in successfully managing transitional arrangements."
Local community members had disapproved of the plan, as the closure may disrupt pupils' education, along with the school's cultural history.
Jamie Hepburn, Snp Msp for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, said he was "disappointed" by the decision.
"I am fully aware how upset both parents...
- 7/2/2013
- Digital Spy
Time Out has put its heart on its sleeve and shouted its Brief Encounter infatuation from the rooftops. Will you join them in their lovebombing of the 68-year-old classic? Or have your tastes in romantic movies moved on?
Sam played it again, now it's our turn to plug in the turntable and petition you once more for your top romance films of all time. The peg? Time Out's 100 Most Romantic Films of all Time poll, which has been announced today, and which names Brief Encounter as the title most likely to get your heart a-flutter.
But by our reckoning, the Time Out folk are cruising for a bruising; when we came to the same conclusion three years ago, the readers felt we'd done them wrong, and suggested Casablanca was Mr Right when it came to romantic movies.
Do you feel the same? Has your taste for gin joints endured over the past three years?...
Sam played it again, now it's our turn to plug in the turntable and petition you once more for your top romance films of all time. The peg? Time Out's 100 Most Romantic Films of all Time poll, which has been announced today, and which names Brief Encounter as the title most likely to get your heart a-flutter.
But by our reckoning, the Time Out folk are cruising for a bruising; when we came to the same conclusion three years ago, the readers felt we'd done them wrong, and suggested Casablanca was Mr Right when it came to romantic movies.
Do you feel the same? Has your taste for gin joints endured over the past three years?...
- 4/23/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
Fresh Meat's Kimberley Nixon and ex-Busted musician Matt Willis have won roles in ITV's latest Marple film. Greenshaw's Folly will also star Martin Compston (Line of Duty), Fiona Shaw (True Blood), Sam Reid (Spooks) opposite Julia McKenzie as Miss Marple. Completing the cast lineup are Robert Glenister (Hustle), Julia Sawalha (Absolutely Fabulous), Rufus Jones (Hunderby), Judy Parfitt (Call the Midwife), John Gordon Sinclair (Gregory's Girl) and Jim Moir - also known as Vic (more)...
- 12/4/2012
- by By Morgan Jeffery
- Digital Spy
More than just a variety of western, spaghetti is the movie food of love, death and lip-smacking slurps
This week's Clip joint is by Jay Glennie, who is currently writing a book of interviews with British Oscar winners. Follow him on Twitter @Britannium
Think of spaghetti and the movies and the chances are an image of a mysterious man with no name in a Sergio Leone western is instantly brought to mind.
But think again! Whether it's egg or durum wheat pasta, spaghetti in particular has proved a pivotal plot device in many of our favourite movies. I'm jumping through hoops (see what I did there?) for these carbohydrate-laden scenes.
The Lady and the Tramp
Spaghetti has never been more seductive than in this scene between a streetwise mutt and a prim 'n' proper Cocker Spaniel. When the Tramp takes his love to the best Italian restaurant in town, Tony's,...
This week's Clip joint is by Jay Glennie, who is currently writing a book of interviews with British Oscar winners. Follow him on Twitter @Britannium
Think of spaghetti and the movies and the chances are an image of a mysterious man with no name in a Sergio Leone western is instantly brought to mind.
But think again! Whether it's egg or durum wheat pasta, spaghetti in particular has proved a pivotal plot device in many of our favourite movies. I'm jumping through hoops (see what I did there?) for these carbohydrate-laden scenes.
The Lady and the Tramp
Spaghetti has never been more seductive than in this scene between a streetwise mutt and a prim 'n' proper Cocker Spaniel. When the Tramp takes his love to the best Italian restaurant in town, Tony's,...
- 10/31/2012
- by Guardian readers
- The Guardian - Film News
Nostalgia for the Light; The Pirates! In an Adventure With Scientists!; The Turin Horse; American Pie: Reunion; Goodbye First Love; Safe
Rooted in the earth of Chile's Atacama desert, 10,000 feet above sea level, Patricio Guzmán's spine-tinglingly profound docu-poem Nostalgia for the Light (2010, New Wave, 12) explores the dizzyingly diverse efforts of those sifting the sands of the present in search of the past. For astronomers looking out into the ethereal clarity of the sky, Atacama is a haven where the very boundaries of our universe become darkness visible, revealing the origins of our world. For the wives and relatives of "the disappeared", those murdered and buried under Pinochet's brutal regime, the fragmentary traces of their loved ones are lost within that same shifting desert, crying out to be found like distant voices, still lives, calling from the edge of the galaxy.
Elegantly, astutely, elegiacally, Guzmán pulls these threads (and others) together,...
Rooted in the earth of Chile's Atacama desert, 10,000 feet above sea level, Patricio Guzmán's spine-tinglingly profound docu-poem Nostalgia for the Light (2010, New Wave, 12) explores the dizzyingly diverse efforts of those sifting the sands of the present in search of the past. For astronomers looking out into the ethereal clarity of the sky, Atacama is a haven where the very boundaries of our universe become darkness visible, revealing the origins of our world. For the wives and relatives of "the disappeared", those murdered and buried under Pinochet's brutal regime, the fragmentary traces of their loved ones are lost within that same shifting desert, crying out to be found like distant voices, still lives, calling from the edge of the galaxy.
Elegantly, astutely, elegiacally, Guzmán pulls these threads (and others) together,...
- 9/8/2012
- by Mark Kermode
- The Guardian - Film News
John Gordon Sinclair has talked about his role in World War Z. The Gregory's Girl actor will appear in the upcoming Brad Pitt movie, which filmed parts of the project in Glasgow, Scotland. He revealed that he wasn't sure he was auditioning for the correct role before he met with director Marc Forster. "The day I went for audition, I phoned my agent and said, 'I think they've asked me to read for the wrong part'," he told BBC Breakfast. "The part was a Navy Seal officer called John." He joked that he had made it sound as if he was the main star alongside Pitt, adding: "I'm in such a small section (more)...
- 9/5/2012
- by By Tom Eames
- Digital Spy
The actor turned novelist on why he's written a crime thriller
John Gordon Sinclair grew up in Glasgow and found fame as an actor playing Gregory in the 1981 Scottish teen drama Gregory's Girl, directed by Bill Forsyth. Other acting roles followed in The Producers, The Invisible Man and She Loves Me. His first crime novel, Seventy Times Seven, is published by Faber.
How did you find the process of writing your first novel?
Well, writing is actually much more suited to my personality, disturbingly so. I didn't realise quite how much I would enjoy it. The biggest problem I have doing my acting is having to interact with other people. I think if it wasn't for my wife and my kids I'd probably be a hermit.
What does the title mean?
It's a quote from the Bible that asks what limits there are on forgiveness. In the book, if you...
John Gordon Sinclair grew up in Glasgow and found fame as an actor playing Gregory in the 1981 Scottish teen drama Gregory's Girl, directed by Bill Forsyth. Other acting roles followed in The Producers, The Invisible Man and She Loves Me. His first crime novel, Seventy Times Seven, is published by Faber.
How did you find the process of writing your first novel?
Well, writing is actually much more suited to my personality, disturbingly so. I didn't realise quite how much I would enjoy it. The biggest problem I have doing my acting is having to interact with other people. I think if it wasn't for my wife and my kids I'd probably be a hermit.
What does the title mean?
It's a quote from the Bible that asks what limits there are on forgiveness. In the book, if you...
- 8/18/2012
- by Gemma Kappala-Ramsamy
- The Guardian - Film News
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