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With only his second produced screenplay, after 1917, Sam Mendes delves into the territory of his formative years and a mood of nostalgia. The story he tells in Empire of Light isn’t strictly autobiographical, but it draws upon the music and movies and political climate that informed his coming-of-age — the movies especially. It’s not cinema with a capital “C” that Mendes is celebrating, but the kinds of popular features that shape memories and are indelibly associated with life passages. A valentine to celluloid that doesn’t entirely avoid self-consciousness, it’s a handsome film set mainly in a vintage gem of a movie palace on England’s southeastern coast. In the role of the troubled, dazzlingly resilient, poetry-loving manager of the theater, Olivia Colman delivers a stirring performance and some of her most affecting screen work to date.
As the story opens,...
With only his second produced screenplay, after 1917, Sam Mendes delves into the territory of his formative years and a mood of nostalgia. The story he tells in Empire of Light isn’t strictly autobiographical, but it draws upon the music and movies and political climate that informed his coming-of-age — the movies especially. It’s not cinema with a capital “C” that Mendes is celebrating, but the kinds of popular features that shape memories and are indelibly associated with life passages. A valentine to celluloid that doesn’t entirely avoid self-consciousness, it’s a handsome film set mainly in a vintage gem of a movie palace on England’s southeastern coast. In the role of the troubled, dazzlingly resilient, poetry-loving manager of the theater, Olivia Colman delivers a stirring performance and some of her most affecting screen work to date.
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- 9/4/2022
- by Sheri Linden
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
David Schwimmer has been set to star in Channel 4 sitcom Morning Has Broken. Schwimmer, who became a Channel 4 perennial thanks to the constant re-runs of Friends over the years, will play an American producer brought in to try and save the floundering show of once successful media personality Gail Sinclair, the so-called ‘Queen of Daytime’. Julia Davis stars as Sinclair and also co-writes alongside Nick Mohammed. Gary Reich’s Brown Eyed Boy will produce the show, in…...
- 10/1/2015
- Deadline TV
David Schwimmer is coming back to Friends' original UK home of Channel 4, as the actor has joined new sitcom Morning Has Broken.
The six-episode British comedy - airing in 2016 - centres around a failing breakfast TV show and comes from Julia Davis, who was behind BBC Three's Nighty Night and Hunderby on Sky Atlantic.
Vote for your favourite Friend as the sitcom hits 21
Schwimmer will play an American TV producer hired to rescue the breakfast show, which stars Davis herself as 'Queen of Daytime' Gail Sinclair.
Davis created Morning Has Broken alongside Nick Mohammed, who will portray one of Gail's co-presenters.
Rachel Springett, Channel 4's commissioning editor for comedy, said: "Julia is undoubtedly one of our most talented comedic writers and actresses and it's a testament to the quality of her writing that she can attract such a big star."
As Friends turns 21, a definitive ranking: Which season is the best?...
The six-episode British comedy - airing in 2016 - centres around a failing breakfast TV show and comes from Julia Davis, who was behind BBC Three's Nighty Night and Hunderby on Sky Atlantic.
Vote for your favourite Friend as the sitcom hits 21
Schwimmer will play an American TV producer hired to rescue the breakfast show, which stars Davis herself as 'Queen of Daytime' Gail Sinclair.
Davis created Morning Has Broken alongside Nick Mohammed, who will portray one of Gail's co-presenters.
Rachel Springett, Channel 4's commissioning editor for comedy, said: "Julia is undoubtedly one of our most talented comedic writers and actresses and it's a testament to the quality of her writing that she can attract such a big star."
As Friends turns 21, a definitive ranking: Which season is the best?...
- 10/1/2015
- Digital Spy
A massage parlour run by a mother and daughter in the North of England will be the subject of a new documentary on Channel 4.
Announced at Channel 4's Upfront presentation for their best content coming up in 2015, The Massage Parlour promises to "reveal the workings of a rarely seen world".
Produced by Transparent TV, the one-hour special will explore the "ups and downs" of the family business.
The press release about the series adds:
"Run by a mother and daughter team, it's in many ways a typical warm and friendly family run enterprise - except for the personal services it offers.
"The establishment is one of the UK's only female-owned massage parlours. The Massage Parlour will explore the everyday life of the staff and the regular customers frequenting the establishment, challenging preconceptions and revealing the workings of a rarely seen world."
Other announcements made at the Channel 4...
Announced at Channel 4's Upfront presentation for their best content coming up in 2015, The Massage Parlour promises to "reveal the workings of a rarely seen world".
Produced by Transparent TV, the one-hour special will explore the "ups and downs" of the family business.
The press release about the series adds:
"Run by a mother and daughter team, it's in many ways a typical warm and friendly family run enterprise - except for the personal services it offers.
"The establishment is one of the UK's only female-owned massage parlours. The Massage Parlour will explore the everyday life of the staff and the regular customers frequenting the establishment, challenging preconceptions and revealing the workings of a rarely seen world."
Other announcements made at the Channel 4...
- 11/11/2014
- Digital Spy
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