It is a testament to his acting ability that it was years before I realized that Gary Oldman is British. With an ability to nail accents, the dedication to drastically change his appearance and the talent to convey the full spectrum of emotions, Oldman is one of the most eclectic and underrated actors of our time.
Born March 21, 1958, in London, Oldman began his acting career on the British stage in 1979, and made his film debut in “Remembrance” in 1982. In 1984, he reluctantly accepted the role of punk rocker Sid Vicious in “Sid and Nancy,” a performance which garnered him critical acclaim and launched a diverse and successful career that has spanned almost four decades, and includes everything from small indie films to blockbuster franchises.
Oldman is well-known for his portrayal of some of the most memorable villains in the history of the cinema, from the campy Zorg in “The Fifth Element...
Born March 21, 1958, in London, Oldman began his acting career on the British stage in 1979, and made his film debut in “Remembrance” in 1982. In 1984, he reluctantly accepted the role of punk rocker Sid Vicious in “Sid and Nancy,” a performance which garnered him critical acclaim and launched a diverse and successful career that has spanned almost four decades, and includes everything from small indie films to blockbuster franchises.
Oldman is well-known for his portrayal of some of the most memorable villains in the history of the cinema, from the campy Zorg in “The Fifth Element...
- 3/15/2024
- by Susan Pennington, Chris Beachum and Misty Holland
- Gold Derby
Many of cinema’s hard men are notorious softies in real life. Ray Winstone may well be one of those, even if he admits to not looking particularly approachable.
“My wife always says to me, ‘Why do you look like you’re going to kill someone when you walk into a room?'” he tells Variety. “But I don’t mean to!”
Winstone’s long-standing status as the go-to man to depict violent approach-with-caution individuals or British mob bosses continues to serve him, however, as “The Gentleman” — Guy Ritchie’s eight-part Netflix spinoff of his 2019 gangster comedy feature of the same name — proves. In the series, awash in the classic Ritchie mix of guns, drugs, violence, aristocrats, boxing and tweed, Winstone stars as a gangland patriarch and head of a massive weed-growing empire. Because of course he does — who else would you cast as an elder statesman than the actor...
“My wife always says to me, ‘Why do you look like you’re going to kill someone when you walk into a room?'” he tells Variety. “But I don’t mean to!”
Winstone’s long-standing status as the go-to man to depict violent approach-with-caution individuals or British mob bosses continues to serve him, however, as “The Gentleman” — Guy Ritchie’s eight-part Netflix spinoff of his 2019 gangster comedy feature of the same name — proves. In the series, awash in the classic Ritchie mix of guns, drugs, violence, aristocrats, boxing and tweed, Winstone stars as a gangland patriarch and head of a massive weed-growing empire. Because of course he does — who else would you cast as an elder statesman than the actor...
- 3/8/2024
- by Alex Ritman
- Variety Film + TV
Ray Winstone dreams of making a ‘King Lear’ film directed by his old friend Gary Oldman.The ‘Sexy Beast’ film and TV hardman, 67, worked with the ‘Slow Horses’ actor, 65, on brutal domestic violence drama ‘Nil By Mouth’, and said he would love to return their collaboration to make a “reality”-based version of Shakespeare’s bloodsoaked play about the tortured monarch.He told The Independent about the play, and how he would not want it adapted to the modern age: “It’s very cleverly written, innit, by a very clever man… I’d wanna go back to the nitty gritty of no mobile phones, just concentrate on this family and do it down and dirty.”When asked if he would rather make a film version of ‘King Lear’ with Gary or Guy Ritchie, 55, with whom Ray has worked with on the new Netflix series ‘The Gentlemen’, he said: “With Guy,...
- 3/1/2024
- by BANG Showbiz Reporter
- Bang Showbiz
Exclusive: Joseph Fiennes has scored a winner with playwright James Graham’s knockout stage play Dear England, which will transfer from London’s National Theatre to the West End in the fall.
The play is an uplifting dramatization of Gareth Southgate’s inspirational leadership of the England’s men’s soccer team and has garnered strong reviews.
Dear England will run at the Cameron Mackintosh-owned Prince Edward Theatre in Soho, London for a 14-week season from October 9. National Theatre Productions is producing.
Fiennes will transfer with the drama. He has been praised for capturing Southgate’s determination to reignite the England team’s pride, plus the sense that the bloke’s a darn good egg. England stars such as captain Harry Kane and Raheem Sterling are also played in the show by actors.
Joseph Fiennes portrays Gareth Southgate in Dear England at National Theatre.
The play is an uplifting dramatization of Gareth Southgate’s inspirational leadership of the England’s men’s soccer team and has garnered strong reviews.
Dear England will run at the Cameron Mackintosh-owned Prince Edward Theatre in Soho, London for a 14-week season from October 9. National Theatre Productions is producing.
Fiennes will transfer with the drama. He has been praised for capturing Southgate’s determination to reignite the England team’s pride, plus the sense that the bloke’s a darn good egg. England stars such as captain Harry Kane and Raheem Sterling are also played in the show by actors.
Joseph Fiennes portrays Gareth Southgate in Dear England at National Theatre.
- 8/7/2023
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
The BFI London Film Festival has unveiled its full list of titles, with the program comprised of 164 features and 23 world premieres across film and TV.
Eye-grabbing entries from today’s launch include headline gala screenings of Alejandro González Iñárritu’s latest Bardot, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths, and Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale, starring Brendan Fraser, both of which make their way to London after debuts on the Lido.
Other highly-anticipated titles arriving from the fall festivals include Empire of Light, the latest from Sam Mendes, which will be the festival’s American Express Gala, Park Chan-wook’s Decision To Leave, The Wonder by Sebastián Lelio, and Noah Baumbach’s White Noise.
Those titles will all screen at the Royal Festival Hall in the Southbank Centre as the festival returns to the nearly 3000-seat venue for its headline gala and special presentation screenings.
The Lff Special Presentations, also...
Eye-grabbing entries from today’s launch include headline gala screenings of Alejandro González Iñárritu’s latest Bardot, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths, and Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale, starring Brendan Fraser, both of which make their way to London after debuts on the Lido.
Other highly-anticipated titles arriving from the fall festivals include Empire of Light, the latest from Sam Mendes, which will be the festival’s American Express Gala, Park Chan-wook’s Decision To Leave, The Wonder by Sebastián Lelio, and Noah Baumbach’s White Noise.
Those titles will all screen at the Royal Festival Hall in the Southbank Centre as the festival returns to the nearly 3000-seat venue for its headline gala and special presentation screenings.
The Lff Special Presentations, also...
- 9/1/2022
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
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The 2022 BFI London Film Festival has unveiled its full lineup.
Among the new titles added to the schedule are a number of big hitters that have already bowed in Cannes or are just about to have their world premieres in Venice.
Park Chan-wook’s Cannes best director winner Decision to Leave is among the newly announced films getting a special gala screening, as is Noah Baumbach’s White Noise (which opened Venice on Wednesday night), Maria Schrader’s She Said, Florian Zeller’s The Son, Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale, Chinonye Chukwu’s Till, Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees of Inisherin, Sebastián Lelio’s The Wonder and Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths.
Meanwhile, special presentations will be given to Ali Abbasi’s Holy Spider, Michael Grandage’s My Policeman, Sally El Hoseini’s TIFF opener The Swimmers,...
The 2022 BFI London Film Festival has unveiled its full lineup.
Among the new titles added to the schedule are a number of big hitters that have already bowed in Cannes or are just about to have their world premieres in Venice.
Park Chan-wook’s Cannes best director winner Decision to Leave is among the newly announced films getting a special gala screening, as is Noah Baumbach’s White Noise (which opened Venice on Wednesday night), Maria Schrader’s She Said, Florian Zeller’s The Son, Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale, Chinonye Chukwu’s Till, Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees of Inisherin, Sebastián Lelio’s The Wonder and Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths.
Meanwhile, special presentations will be given to Ali Abbasi’s Holy Spider, Michael Grandage’s My Policeman, Sally El Hoseini’s TIFF opener The Swimmers,...
- 9/1/2022
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It is a testament to his acting ability that it was years before I realized that Gary Oldman is British. With an ability to nail accents, the dedication to drastically change his appearance and the talent to convey the full spectrum of emotions, Oldman is one of the most eclectic and underrated actors of our time.
Born March 21, 1958, in London, Oldman began his acting career on the British stage in 1979, and made his film debut in “Remembrance” in 1982. In 1984, he reluctantly accepted the role of punk rocker Sid Vicious in “Sid and Nancy,” a performance which garnered him critical acclaim and launched a diverse and successful career that has spanned almost four decades, and includes everything from small indie films to blockbuster franchises.
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Oldman is well-known for his portrayal of some of the most memorable villains in the history of the cinema, from the campy Zorg...
Born March 21, 1958, in London, Oldman began his acting career on the British stage in 1979, and made his film debut in “Remembrance” in 1982. In 1984, he reluctantly accepted the role of punk rocker Sid Vicious in “Sid and Nancy,” a performance which garnered him critical acclaim and launched a diverse and successful career that has spanned almost four decades, and includes everything from small indie films to blockbuster franchises.
SEEGary Oldman interview: ‘Mank’
Oldman is well-known for his portrayal of some of the most memorable villains in the history of the cinema, from the campy Zorg...
- 3/28/2021
- by Susan Pennington and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
How to value a film library is a major question in the Covid-19 era as cinemas and streamers turn to older titles to plug the gap caused by production suspensions, and face a reluctance to release new titles in a time of social distancing, coupled with a resurgent dialogue around historic race depictions.
The U.K.’s ‘Relaunching Cinema: Content for Recovery’ initiative will try to lure customers to movie theaters when they open in England on July 4 with 450 new and classic films. Yet within the ‘Relaunching Cinema’ program, cinema exhibitors are going to have to negotiate with rights holders on each individual deal, and it’s unlikely that it will follow the Chinese model where exhibitors were allowed to keep all proceeds. In any case, Chinese cinemas soon closed again with audiences staying home and the spectre of coronavirus refusing to go away.
And more seemingly bad news for...
The U.K.’s ‘Relaunching Cinema: Content for Recovery’ initiative will try to lure customers to movie theaters when they open in England on July 4 with 450 new and classic films. Yet within the ‘Relaunching Cinema’ program, cinema exhibitors are going to have to negotiate with rights holders on each individual deal, and it’s unlikely that it will follow the Chinese model where exhibitors were allowed to keep all proceeds. In any case, Chinese cinemas soon closed again with audiences staying home and the spectre of coronavirus refusing to go away.
And more seemingly bad news for...
- 6/24/2020
- by Kaleem Aftab
- Variety Film + TV
Thanks to his foul-mouthed roles in “Superbad” and “The Wolf of Wall Street,” Jonah Hill swears the most of any film actor, a new study shows.
Buzz Bingo analyzed more than 3,500 film scripts to find which has the most swear words and which actors curse the most. Thanks in part to Hill’s performance as Donnie Azoff, Martin Scorsese’s “The Wolf of Wall Street” tops the list with 715 expletives.
Adam Sandler’s 2019 drama “Uncut Gems” comes in second place with 646 swear words, and Scorsese’s other crime thriller “Casino” is third with 606 swears. When it comes to the most expletives per 1,000 words, Gary Oldman’s 1997 drama “Nil by Mouth” is victorious, with 41.3 curses per 1,000 words.
According to the study, Hill has spewed 376 swear words throughout his career, barely beating his “Wolf of Wall Street” co-star Leonardo DiCaprio, who has amassed 361 curses. The rest of the list includes Samuel L. Jackson,...
Buzz Bingo analyzed more than 3,500 film scripts to find which has the most swear words and which actors curse the most. Thanks in part to Hill’s performance as Donnie Azoff, Martin Scorsese’s “The Wolf of Wall Street” tops the list with 715 expletives.
Adam Sandler’s 2019 drama “Uncut Gems” comes in second place with 646 swear words, and Scorsese’s other crime thriller “Casino” is third with 606 swears. When it comes to the most expletives per 1,000 words, Gary Oldman’s 1997 drama “Nil by Mouth” is victorious, with 41.3 curses per 1,000 words.
According to the study, Hill has spewed 376 swear words throughout his career, barely beating his “Wolf of Wall Street” co-star Leonardo DiCaprio, who has amassed 361 curses. The rest of the list includes Samuel L. Jackson,...
- 5/16/2020
- by Jordan Moreau
- Variety Film + TV
A new study has found that Jonah Hill has spewed the most swear words in the movies he’s starred in, based on a Buzz Bingo survey of more than 3,500 film scripts. According to the survey, the actor has uttered 376 swear words throughout his films, with many of them belonging to Hill’s character Seth in “Superbad” and, of course, his character Donnie Azoff in “The Wolf of Wall Street.” According to Buzz Bingo, Martin Scorsese’s Jordan Belfort biopic is the “sweariest” movie of all time, at 715 words.
Hill’s new record means he’s now bested both his “Wolf of Wall Street” costar Leonardo DiCaprio, and Samuel L. Jackson, whose “Pulp Fiction” surprisingly isn’t on the surveys list of the most foul-mouthed movies of all time. Jackson’s most swearing character is, the study finds, actually Ordell in Quentin Tarantino’s “Jackie Brown.”
Hill proudly shared this...
Hill’s new record means he’s now bested both his “Wolf of Wall Street” costar Leonardo DiCaprio, and Samuel L. Jackson, whose “Pulp Fiction” surprisingly isn’t on the surveys list of the most foul-mouthed movies of all time. Jackson’s most swearing character is, the study finds, actually Ordell in Quentin Tarantino’s “Jackie Brown.”
Hill proudly shared this...
- 5/16/2020
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
No f—ing joke, a new study showed that Jonah Hill has overtaken Samuel L. Jackson as the actor who has uttered the most damn swear words in movies.
An analysis from the research group Buzz Bingo called “Profanity On Film” said that Hill has used bad language 376 times in his movies while Jackson has only used swear words 301 times in his films, landing him at just third place overall.
Hill took the top spot in large part because of his role in Martin Scorsese’s 2013 film “The Wolf of Wall Street,” which the report says is the most profane movie in terms of language ever, with offensive language used over 700 times.
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Hill’s onscreen co-star in that film, Leonardo DiCaprio, also surpassed Jackson, with the report tallying 361 uses of bad language. And it was DiCaprio’s character,...
An analysis from the research group Buzz Bingo called “Profanity On Film” said that Hill has used bad language 376 times in his movies while Jackson has only used swear words 301 times in his films, landing him at just third place overall.
Hill took the top spot in large part because of his role in Martin Scorsese’s 2013 film “The Wolf of Wall Street,” which the report says is the most profane movie in terms of language ever, with offensive language used over 700 times.
Also Read: Samuel L. Jackson Wants You to 'Stay the F-- at Home' (Video)
Hill’s onscreen co-star in that film, Leonardo DiCaprio, also surpassed Jackson, with the report tallying 361 uses of bad language. And it was DiCaprio’s character,...
- 5/13/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Jeremy Thomas’s Brit sales and production firm HanWay is rebranding catalog label HanWay Select to The Collections as part of a drive to highlight and propel its significant library of more than 350 movies.
HanWay has struck a deal with UK distributor Arrow Films to handle distribution and restorations in the UK of the Jeremy Thomas collection, with films including multi-Oscar winning epic The Last Emperor, John Malkovich-Debra Winger romance The Sheltering Sky and David Cronenberg’s Naked Lunch. Arrow recently re-released HanWay’s David Bowie-starrer Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence.
HanWay is currently restoring around five titles a year with recent updates including David Cronenberg’s Crash, which screened at Venice. Upcoming is Gary Oldman’s Nil By Mouth.
We also understand the company is close to striking a deal with a well known filmmaker to bring around 20 movies into The Collections fold.
The catalog drive...
HanWay has struck a deal with UK distributor Arrow Films to handle distribution and restorations in the UK of the Jeremy Thomas collection, with films including multi-Oscar winning epic The Last Emperor, John Malkovich-Debra Winger romance The Sheltering Sky and David Cronenberg’s Naked Lunch. Arrow recently re-released HanWay’s David Bowie-starrer Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence.
HanWay is currently restoring around five titles a year with recent updates including David Cronenberg’s Crash, which screened at Venice. Upcoming is Gary Oldman’s Nil By Mouth.
We also understand the company is close to striking a deal with a well known filmmaker to bring around 20 movies into The Collections fold.
The catalog drive...
- 5/5/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Hilary Heath, an actress and producer who starred opposite Vincent Price in horror movies in the late 1960s and early ’70s, has died of the coronavirus. She was 74.
Heath appeared in three British horror films with Price, which were released by Amerian International Pictures — 1968’s “Witchfinder General,” 1969’s “The Oblong Box” and 1970’s “Cry of the Banshee.”
Her death was confirmed by her godson, Alex Williams, in a post on Facebook.
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“We lost my wonderful Godmother Hilary Heath to Covid-19 last week,” Williams wrote. “Hilary had many careers, starting out as a screen and stage actress in the 1960s and 1970s, and then re-inventing herself as a producer in the 1990s, making films like Nil by Mouth (Gary Oldman) and An Awfully Big Adventure. Her most remarkable re-invention came in her mid-60s, when she won...
Heath appeared in three British horror films with Price, which were released by Amerian International Pictures — 1968’s “Witchfinder General,” 1969’s “The Oblong Box” and 1970’s “Cry of the Banshee.”
Her death was confirmed by her godson, Alex Williams, in a post on Facebook.
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“We lost my wonderful Godmother Hilary Heath to Covid-19 last week,” Williams wrote. “Hilary had many careers, starting out as a screen and stage actress in the 1960s and 1970s, and then re-inventing herself as a producer in the 1990s, making films like Nil by Mouth (Gary Oldman) and An Awfully Big Adventure. Her most remarkable re-invention came in her mid-60s, when she won...
- 4/11/2020
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
Hilary Heath, the star opposite Vincent Price in a series of American International Pictures horror films, died last week of Covid-19 complications. She was 74 and her death was confirmed by a post from her godson, Alex Williams, on Facebook.
Heath, a British actress, appeared in the films Witchfinder General, The Oblong Box and Cry of the Banshee as a mistress, daughter and wife foil to Price.
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Her resume includes Ted Kotcheff’s Two Gentlemen Sharing (1969), and in a 1970 adaptation of Wuthering Heights featuring Timothy Dalton, wherein she portrayed Isabella.
Heath became a producer after retiring from acting, producing Mike Newell’s An Awfully Big Adventure...
Heath, a British actress, appeared in the films Witchfinder General, The Oblong Box and Cry of the Banshee as a mistress, daughter and wife foil to Price.
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Her resume includes Ted Kotcheff’s Two Gentlemen Sharing (1969), and in a 1970 adaptation of Wuthering Heights featuring Timothy Dalton, wherein she portrayed Isabella.
Heath became a producer after retiring from acting, producing Mike Newell’s An Awfully Big Adventure...
- 4/11/2020
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Hilary Heath, the British actress and producer who starred opposite Vincent Price in the American International Pictures horror films Witchfinder General, The Oblong Box and Cry of the Banshee, has died. She was 74.
Dwyer died March 30 of complications from Covid-19, her godson, Alex Williams, wrote on Facebook.
After retiring from acting, Heath produced Mike Newell's An Awfully Big Adventure (1995), starring Hugh Grant and Alan Rickman, and Nil by Mouth (1997), written and directed by Gary Oldman.
She was married to talent agent Duncan Heath from 1974 until their 1989 divorce, and they launched the agency Duncan Heath Associates,...
Dwyer died March 30 of complications from Covid-19, her godson, Alex Williams, wrote on Facebook.
After retiring from acting, Heath produced Mike Newell's An Awfully Big Adventure (1995), starring Hugh Grant and Alan Rickman, and Nil by Mouth (1997), written and directed by Gary Oldman.
She was married to talent agent Duncan Heath from 1974 until their 1989 divorce, and they launched the agency Duncan Heath Associates,...
- 4/10/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Hilary Heath, the British actress and producer who starred opposite Vincent Price in the American International Pictures horror films Witchfinder General, The Oblong Box and Cry of the Banshee, has died. She was 74.
Dwyer died March 30 of complications from Covid-19, her godson, Alex Williams, wrote on Facebook.
After retiring from acting, Heath produced Mike Newell's An Awfully Big Adventure (1995), starring Hugh Grant and Alan Rickman, and Nil by Mouth (1997), written and directed by Gary Oldman.
She was married to talent agent Duncan Heath from 1974 until their 1989 divorce, and they launched the agency Duncan Heath Associates,...
Dwyer died March 30 of complications from Covid-19, her godson, Alex Williams, wrote on Facebook.
After retiring from acting, Heath produced Mike Newell's An Awfully Big Adventure (1995), starring Hugh Grant and Alan Rickman, and Nil by Mouth (1997), written and directed by Gary Oldman.
She was married to talent agent Duncan Heath from 1974 until their 1989 divorce, and they launched the agency Duncan Heath Associates,...
- 4/10/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Gary Oldman celebrates his 62nd birthday on March 21, 2020. The Oscar-winning actor has starred in several popular titles over the last three decades, but how many of his movies remain classics? In honor of his birthday, let’s take a look back at 15 of his greatest films, ranked worst to best.
Despite his long and very successful film career, Oldman wasn’t recognized with an Oscar nomination until his 2011 Best Actor nomination for “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.” He finally won that prize in 2017 for his transformative performance as Winston Churchill in the film “Darkest Hour.” The role also brought him victories at the Golden Globes, BAFTA, SAG and Critics Choice Awards.
Aside from that, Oldman hasn’t been recognized very often by awards groups. He received one Emmy nomination (for a guest appearance on “Friends” of all things). Back in his native country of England, the BAFTAs have nominated him twice...
Despite his long and very successful film career, Oldman wasn’t recognized with an Oscar nomination until his 2011 Best Actor nomination for “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.” He finally won that prize in 2017 for his transformative performance as Winston Churchill in the film “Darkest Hour.” The role also brought him victories at the Golden Globes, BAFTA, SAG and Critics Choice Awards.
Aside from that, Oldman hasn’t been recognized very often by awards groups. He received one Emmy nomination (for a guest appearance on “Friends” of all things). Back in his native country of England, the BAFTAs have nominated him twice...
- 3/3/2020
- by Misty Holland, Robert Pius and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Director Franco Rosso’s “Babylon” was never released in America. It’s a 1980 film with subtitles and no big-name stars that centers on poor black male youths in London living among neighbors who shout, “Go back to your country!” from their bedroom windows on a regular basis. It’s about their daily resistance to hate and navigating a system that is rigged against them.
The characters speak in Jamaican patois, and there is no white savior. In many ways, it is the antithesis of what mainstream audiences in America were interested in watching at that time. But 39 years later, it finally sees the light of day in U.S. theaters.
Releasing “Babylon” today underscores its unfortunate relevance, though it also makes it vulnerable to criticism shaped by modern society and conversation. For instance, the screenplay by Rosso (who died in 2016) and co-writer Martin Stellman deserves acclaim for highlighting the stories...
The characters speak in Jamaican patois, and there is no white savior. In many ways, it is the antithesis of what mainstream audiences in America were interested in watching at that time. But 39 years later, it finally sees the light of day in U.S. theaters.
Releasing “Babylon” today underscores its unfortunate relevance, though it also makes it vulnerable to criticism shaped by modern society and conversation. For instance, the screenplay by Rosso (who died in 2016) and co-writer Martin Stellman deserves acclaim for highlighting the stories...
- 3/5/2019
- by Candice Frederick
- The Wrap
“The Favourite” reaped a leading 12 nominations for the BAFTA Awards. Among these are bids for both Best Picture and Best British Film. But these two categories could cancel each other out in the minds of the BAFTA voters. Since the British academy reintroduced Best British Film in 1992, separate from the top award for Best Picture, only two movies have won both races.
“The King’s Speech” was the first film to pull off this double act at the BAFTAs in 2010 and it went on to win Best Picture at the Oscars. Last year, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” repeated this feat on home turf but lost the top Oscar race to “The Shape of Water.”
For Best Picture, “The Favourite” is up against two seven-time nominees — “Roma” and “A Star is Born” — as well as five-time contender “BlacKkKlansman” and four-time nominee “Green Book.” Its rivals for Best British Film are seven-time nominee “Bohemian Rhapsody,...
“The King’s Speech” was the first film to pull off this double act at the BAFTAs in 2010 and it went on to win Best Picture at the Oscars. Last year, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” repeated this feat on home turf but lost the top Oscar race to “The Shape of Water.”
For Best Picture, “The Favourite” is up against two seven-time nominees — “Roma” and “A Star is Born” — as well as five-time contender “BlacKkKlansman” and four-time nominee “Green Book.” Its rivals for Best British Film are seven-time nominee “Bohemian Rhapsody,...
- 2/6/2019
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
The day after Comic-Con wrapped up, one of Batman’s craziest nemesis, an Oscar winning former regular in Christopher Nolan’s Caped Crusader franchise and the current Batman himself were among the big winners of the latest allocation of feature film tax credits from the state of California’s $330 million annual program.
Warner Bros’ Margot Robbie led and Cathy Yan helmed Birds of Prey snagged the largest incentive this round of the 19 films given the nod by the Golden State with $12.6 million in tax credits. Gary Oldman’s second directorial effort, the historical California drama Flying Horse secured a galloping $5.04 million. That sum from the state makes Horse third among this first big screen round of the fourth year of California’s expanded effort to keep movies in the home of Hollywood.
With $52.2 million in credits on the table this time, Birds of Prey, Darkest Hour’s Oldman’s self-penned...
Warner Bros’ Margot Robbie led and Cathy Yan helmed Birds of Prey snagged the largest incentive this round of the 19 films given the nod by the Golden State with $12.6 million in tax credits. Gary Oldman’s second directorial effort, the historical California drama Flying Horse secured a galloping $5.04 million. That sum from the state makes Horse third among this first big screen round of the fourth year of California’s expanded effort to keep movies in the home of Hollywood.
With $52.2 million in credits on the table this time, Birds of Prey, Darkest Hour’s Oldman’s self-penned...
- 7/23/2018
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Hot off his Oscar for Darkest Hour, Gary Oldman has been set to direct and star in Flying Horse, a fact-based story of a photographer who helped develop the moving picture, but whose own dark moments defined his life. The script was written by Oldman.
Flying Horse captures the story of Eadweard Muybridge, the photographer who was considered one of the true fathers of the moving image. In 1872, Muybridge was living the life as a successful photographer, contracted by the former governor of California to capture a horse-in-motion. And then, his life exploded, when he discovered his wife Flora was having an affair with the dapper critic Major Harry Larkyns. Muybridge’s story turns to one of revenge, murder, and the search for justice. He killed his wife’s lover, and then was acquitted on grounds of justifiable homicide.
Oldman’s longtime producing partner Doug Urbanski is producing with Tucker Tooley,...
Flying Horse captures the story of Eadweard Muybridge, the photographer who was considered one of the true fathers of the moving image. In 1872, Muybridge was living the life as a successful photographer, contracted by the former governor of California to capture a horse-in-motion. And then, his life exploded, when he discovered his wife Flora was having an affair with the dapper critic Major Harry Larkyns. Muybridge’s story turns to one of revenge, murder, and the search for justice. He killed his wife’s lover, and then was acquitted on grounds of justifiable homicide.
Oldman’s longtime producing partner Doug Urbanski is producing with Tucker Tooley,...
- 5/15/2018
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
With less than a week to go before the Cannes Film Festival kicks off, final arrangements continue to be put in place. Along with the previously announced Christopher Nolan, masterclasses are to be delivered by Black Panther helmer Ryan Coogler; this year’s Best Actor Oscar winner Gary Oldman; and John Travolta who will also attend a private world premiere Special Gala Screening of Teflon Don biopic Gotti. Cannes has confirmed the May 15 screening is not part of the Official Selection.
During the festival, the four Rendez-Vous with the artists will be held in the Salle Bunuel and will replace the Leçon de Cinéma. The directors and actors have been invited to share their work and passion, with a focus on American and English cinema.
Coogler, who first appeared in Cannes with 2013 breakout Fruitvale Station, is first up on May 10. That film took the Prix de l’Avenir in the Un Certain Regard section.
During the festival, the four Rendez-Vous with the artists will be held in the Salle Bunuel and will replace the Leçon de Cinéma. The directors and actors have been invited to share their work and passion, with a focus on American and English cinema.
Coogler, who first appeared in Cannes with 2013 breakout Fruitvale Station, is first up on May 10. That film took the Prix de l’Avenir in the Un Certain Regard section.
- 5/2/2018
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” won the very first BAFTA Award of the evening on Feb. 18 when it was named Best British Film. And it ended the night by claiming the Best Picture prize. That marked just the second time since the British academy reintroduced Best British Film in 1992 that the same movie won both awards. The only other double dipper was “The King’s Speech,” which went to win Best Picture at the Oscars in 2011.
It might seem odd that a film like “Three Billboards,” which is set in the American heartland, qualified for consideration as Best British Film. However, it was written and directed by an Englishman, Martin McDonagh, and co-financed by UK broadcaster Channel 4.
See 2018 BAFTA Awards: ‘Three Billboards’ wins 5 including Best Picture, ‘The Shape of Water’ takes 3 [Updating Live]
Over the last quarter century, seven other British films have been named Best Picture at the BAFTAs: “Howards End...
It might seem odd that a film like “Three Billboards,” which is set in the American heartland, qualified for consideration as Best British Film. However, it was written and directed by an Englishman, Martin McDonagh, and co-financed by UK broadcaster Channel 4.
See 2018 BAFTA Awards: ‘Three Billboards’ wins 5 including Best Picture, ‘The Shape of Water’ takes 3 [Updating Live]
Over the last quarter century, seven other British films have been named Best Picture at the BAFTAs: “Howards End...
- 2/18/2018
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
The 2018 British Academy Film Awards were held on Sunday, Feb. 18 at Royal Albert Hall in London. The 71st annual Baftas hosted by Joanna Lumley (“Absolutely Fabulous”) serves as a preview of next month’s Oscars. Final voting for the 90th annual Academy Awards begins on Tuesday (Feb. 20).
As at the Oscars, “The Shape of Water” leads among nominated films at these important precursor prizes with a whopping 12 bids. “Darkest Hour” and “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” are tied for second place with nine nominations each. “Blade Runner 2049” and “Dunkirk” are in contention for eight BAFTA Awards apiece while “I, Tonya” is up for five and both “Call Me by Your Name” and “Phantom Thread” contend in four categories.
Our exclusive BAFTA odds were almost fool-proof. We correctly predicted that “Three Billboards” would be the big winner, taking home five of the top awards: Best Picture, Best Actress (Frances McDormand...
As at the Oscars, “The Shape of Water” leads among nominated films at these important precursor prizes with a whopping 12 bids. “Darkest Hour” and “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” are tied for second place with nine nominations each. “Blade Runner 2049” and “Dunkirk” are in contention for eight BAFTA Awards apiece while “I, Tonya” is up for five and both “Call Me by Your Name” and “Phantom Thread” contend in four categories.
Our exclusive BAFTA odds were almost fool-proof. We correctly predicted that “Three Billboards” would be the big winner, taking home five of the top awards: Best Picture, Best Actress (Frances McDormand...
- 2/18/2018
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Gary Oldman is the overwhelming favorite to take home the Best Actor BAFTA Sunday for his portrayal of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. It’d be his third BAFTA overall, but his first for acting; his first two wins came 20 years ago for writing and producing Best Original Screenplay and Best British Film winner “Nil by Mouth.”
Based on his childhood, “Nil by Mouth” was Oldman’s writing and directorial debut, following a dysfunctional working class family coping with addiction and violence. Ray Winstone and Kathy Burke received BAFTA nominations for their performances as the husband and wife Ray and Val, respectively. Oldman’s sister Laila Morse made her acting debut as Val’s mother Janet and won a British Independent Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer.
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“This film is in spirit, if not directly autobiographical, and my family were the inspiration for it,...
Based on his childhood, “Nil by Mouth” was Oldman’s writing and directorial debut, following a dysfunctional working class family coping with addiction and violence. Ray Winstone and Kathy Burke received BAFTA nominations for their performances as the husband and wife Ray and Val, respectively. Oldman’s sister Laila Morse made her acting debut as Val’s mother Janet and won a British Independent Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer.
See 2018 BAFTAs: Complete racetrack odds in 21 categories
“This film is in spirit, if not directly autobiographical, and my family were the inspiration for it,...
- 2/16/2018
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
“Darkest Hour” and “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” each reaped nine nominations for the 2018 BAFTA Awards. Among these are bids for Best British Film. While that nomination for the former makes sense given the subject matter and pedigree of Joe Wright‘s biopic about prime minister Winston Churchill, the latter doesn’t appear to be British. However, while the film is set in the American heartland, it was written and directed by an Englishman, Martin McDonagh, and that qualified it for consideration in this category.
Both films also number among the five in contention for Best Picture, alongside the American-made “The Shape of Water” and the international co-productions “Call Me By Your Name” and “Dunkirk.” Fans of either of “Darkest Hour” or “Three Billboards” should be rooting for one of their rivals in the Best British Film race — “The Death of Stalin,” “God’s Own Country,” “Lady Macbeth” or “Paddington 2” — to win on Feb.
Both films also number among the five in contention for Best Picture, alongside the American-made “The Shape of Water” and the international co-productions “Call Me By Your Name” and “Dunkirk.” Fans of either of “Darkest Hour” or “Three Billboards” should be rooting for one of their rivals in the Best British Film race — “The Death of Stalin,” “God’s Own Country,” “Lady Macbeth” or “Paddington 2” — to win on Feb.
- 2/15/2018
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Sunday’s BAFTA Awards mark the fourth leg of Frances McDormand (“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”), Gary Oldman (“Darkest Hour”), Allison Janney (“I, Tonya”) and Sam Rockwell’s (“Three Billboards”) quest to be the first group of acting winners to sweep all five televised awards. But BAFTA might be tricky for all four of them to pull off.
Since BAFTA moved up its ceremony before the Oscars 17 years ago, it sometimes moves in lockstep with the precursors and rubberstamp Oscar frontrunners. Other times BAFTA, whose lineups don’t always match the Oscars’, marches to the beat of its own drum and anoint one of its own British stars or offer some clarity to an unsettled race — its supporting winners Tilda Swinton (2007’s “Michael Clayton”) and Mark Rylance (2015’s “Bridge of Spies”) went on to claim Oscars.
See 2018 Oscars: Will all four acting winners pull off an unprecedented sweep?
McDormand, Oldman,...
Since BAFTA moved up its ceremony before the Oscars 17 years ago, it sometimes moves in lockstep with the precursors and rubberstamp Oscar frontrunners. Other times BAFTA, whose lineups don’t always match the Oscars’, marches to the beat of its own drum and anoint one of its own British stars or offer some clarity to an unsettled race — its supporting winners Tilda Swinton (2007’s “Michael Clayton”) and Mark Rylance (2015’s “Bridge of Spies”) went on to claim Oscars.
See 2018 Oscars: Will all four acting winners pull off an unprecedented sweep?
McDormand, Oldman,...
- 2/14/2018
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
Gary Oldman might finally win his first career Oscar in March for his role as Winston Churchill in the film “Darkest Hour.” Surprisingly it’s only his second Oscar nomination after his first for “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” in 2012, also as Best Actor. Where does his latest movie rank among his greatest of all time in our photo gallery (view above)?
Despite his long and very successful film career Oldman hasn’t been recognized very often by awards groups. He received one Emmy nomination (for a guest appearance on “Friends” of all things) but has never even been nominated for a Golden Globe. Back in his native country of England, the BAFTAs have nominated him twice before this year as an actor (for “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” and “Prick up Your Ears”) and awarded him two trophies for a film he directed called “Nil by Mouth” (he won for the...
Despite his long and very successful film career Oldman hasn’t been recognized very often by awards groups. He received one Emmy nomination (for a guest appearance on “Friends” of all things) but has never even been nominated for a Golden Globe. Back in his native country of England, the BAFTAs have nominated him twice before this year as an actor (for “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” and “Prick up Your Ears”) and awarded him two trophies for a film he directed called “Nil by Mouth” (he won for the...
- 2/1/2018
- by Robert Pius and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
For the past few decades, gritty arthouse British movies have invariably been an urban affair: from Mike Leigh to “Nil By Mouth” and “Trainspotting”, to “Kidulthood” and “Red Road,” almost every element of contemporary city life in the U.K. has been mapped. But there’s been an interesting trend in the last year or so as filmmakers have finally headed out into the countryside, with a number of the most notable films of the last year looking at the difficulties of rural farm life.
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- 10/9/2017
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
Johnny Harris is excellent as a fighter struggling to overcome alcoholism in Thomas Napper’s debut as director
The familiar boxing movie trajectory doesn’t lessen the forceful punch of this underdog story. Written by and starring Johnny Harris, this is a strikingly accomplished portrait of a booze-sick broken soul hauling himself back up from rock bottom. It’s a feature debut from a director who has clearly made sure he’s at fighting weight: Thomas Napper honed his skills taking charge of second units for Joe Wright.
There’s a level of technical polish here that elevates this lean little story. Sound design bleeds into a satisfyingly textured score by Paul Weller. The exemplary cinematography by Tat Radcliffe favours the kind of intimacy that lets us see the pain seeping through Jimmy McCabe’s (Harris’s) skin along with the vodka sweats. In the ring, the disorienting duck and...
The familiar boxing movie trajectory doesn’t lessen the forceful punch of this underdog story. Written by and starring Johnny Harris, this is a strikingly accomplished portrait of a booze-sick broken soul hauling himself back up from rock bottom. It’s a feature debut from a director who has clearly made sure he’s at fighting weight: Thomas Napper honed his skills taking charge of second units for Joe Wright.
There’s a level of technical polish here that elevates this lean little story. Sound design bleeds into a satisfyingly textured score by Paul Weller. The exemplary cinematography by Tat Radcliffe favours the kind of intimacy that lets us see the pain seeping through Jimmy McCabe’s (Harris’s) skin along with the vodka sweats. In the ring, the disorienting duck and...
- 5/14/2017
- by Wendy Ide
- The Guardian - Film News
Gary Oldman stars as Winston Churchill for director Joe Wright in Darkest Hour, which has begun production in the U.K. Focus Features holds worldwide rights to the Working Title Films production as part of the company’s renewed global initiative.
Focus will release Darkest Hour domestically on November 24th, 2017 in the U.S. and Universal Pictures International (Upi) will distribute the film globally, beginning with the U.K. on December 29th, 2017.
The original screenplay of Darkest Hour is by Anthony McCarten, an Academy Award nominee and BAFTA Award winner as screenwriter of Focus and Working Title’s Best Picture Oscar nominee The Theory of Everything. Mr. McCarten and Academy Award nominee and BAFTA Award winner Lisa Bruce (The Theory of Everything) are producing Darkest Hour with Working Title co-chairs Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, and BAFTA Award winner Douglas Urbanski (Nil by Mouth), reteaming with Focus and Working Title following Tinker,...
Focus will release Darkest Hour domestically on November 24th, 2017 in the U.S. and Universal Pictures International (Upi) will distribute the film globally, beginning with the U.K. on December 29th, 2017.
The original screenplay of Darkest Hour is by Anthony McCarten, an Academy Award nominee and BAFTA Award winner as screenwriter of Focus and Working Title’s Best Picture Oscar nominee The Theory of Everything. Mr. McCarten and Academy Award nominee and BAFTA Award winner Lisa Bruce (The Theory of Everything) are producing Darkest Hour with Working Title co-chairs Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, and BAFTA Award winner Douglas Urbanski (Nil by Mouth), reteaming with Focus and Working Title following Tinker,...
- 11/8/2016
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
As Laurie Anderson’s Heart of a Dog barks its message of puppy love to cinemas this week, how well do you know other movie mutts?
Nil by Mouth
Layer Cake
Snatch
Trainspotting
There's Something About Mary
Room
Silver Linings Playbook
San Andreas
Bowfinger
Couples Retreat
Scary Movie 2
Spy Hard
The Accidental Tourist
Shallow Hal
The Jerk
Moonstruck
Suspiria
Don't Look Now
The Omen
Scanners
The Campaign
The Artist
Movie 43
Zoolander 2
The Family
Empire State
In Bruges
Only Lovers Left Alive
Stand By Me
Gremlins
Lethal Weapon 2
The Lost Boys
Tootsie
Short Circuit
Planes, Trains & Automobiles
The War of the Roses
The Grapes of Wrath
Bringing Up Baby
High Sierra
Rebecca
7 and above.
Top dog
4 and above.
That was ruff
0 and above.
Beethoven's last
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Nil by Mouth
Layer Cake
Snatch
Trainspotting
There's Something About Mary
Room
Silver Linings Playbook
San Andreas
Bowfinger
Couples Retreat
Scary Movie 2
Spy Hard
The Accidental Tourist
Shallow Hal
The Jerk
Moonstruck
Suspiria
Don't Look Now
The Omen
Scanners
The Campaign
The Artist
Movie 43
Zoolander 2
The Family
Empire State
In Bruges
Only Lovers Left Alive
Stand By Me
Gremlins
Lethal Weapon 2
The Lost Boys
Tootsie
Short Circuit
Planes, Trains & Automobiles
The War of the Roses
The Grapes of Wrath
Bringing Up Baby
High Sierra
Rebecca
7 and above.
Top dog
4 and above.
That was ruff
0 and above.
Beethoven's last
Continue reading...
- 5/17/2016
- by Benjamin Lee
- The Guardian - Film News
Big Brother has revealed the final prize fund, as Cash Bomb reached its conclusion.
In highlights airing tonight (July 13), Jack steps up to the plate - after taking £23,900 for himself the previous day - to undergo a series of challenges to raise the winner's pot.
Big Brother 2015: Ranking the 6 finalists from worst to best
Below is a round-up of all the tasks and how Jack fared:
1. Nil by mouth
Jack's first task is to go 'nil by mouth' until further notice - that is, he is not allowed to eat anything and can only drink water.
Big Brother teases Jack by providing a McDonald's to the other housemates for breakfast, as well as fried chicken and chips (Jack's favourite food) for lunch.
He successfully resists temptation and adds £2,000 to the prize fund.
2. Swimming in fish guts
Jack is then instructed to submerge himself in fish guts in a paddling pool.
In highlights airing tonight (July 13), Jack steps up to the plate - after taking £23,900 for himself the previous day - to undergo a series of challenges to raise the winner's pot.
Big Brother 2015: Ranking the 6 finalists from worst to best
Below is a round-up of all the tasks and how Jack fared:
1. Nil by mouth
Jack's first task is to go 'nil by mouth' until further notice - that is, he is not allowed to eat anything and can only drink water.
Big Brother teases Jack by providing a McDonald's to the other housemates for breakfast, as well as fried chicken and chips (Jack's favourite food) for lunch.
He successfully resists temptation and adds £2,000 to the prize fund.
2. Swimming in fish guts
Jack is then instructed to submerge himself in fish guts in a paddling pool.
- 7/13/2015
- Digital Spy
Lionsgate
You’re unlikely to see a more star-studded film this weekend – unless you go in for your umpteenth viewing of Furious 7, and nobody would blame you – than Child 44. Tom Rob Smith’s bestelling novel of a few years ago hits the big screens thanks to future Assassin’s Creed director Daniel Espinosa, who tells a story of child murder in Stalin-era Soviet Russia with Tom Hardy, Vincent Cassel, Noomi Rapace, and Gary Oldman as General Timur Nesterov.
After spending a good couple of decades as an “actor’s actor”, the sort of performer whose best work is done on the stage or in smaller films (whilst occasionally dipping into the mainstream to pay the bills), Oldman has comfortably settled into the Golden Middle Age of his career. His talent is universally recognised, he’s a household name, and he’s getting more work than ever.
Between Christopher Nolan...
You’re unlikely to see a more star-studded film this weekend – unless you go in for your umpteenth viewing of Furious 7, and nobody would blame you – than Child 44. Tom Rob Smith’s bestelling novel of a few years ago hits the big screens thanks to future Assassin’s Creed director Daniel Espinosa, who tells a story of child murder in Stalin-era Soviet Russia with Tom Hardy, Vincent Cassel, Noomi Rapace, and Gary Oldman as General Timur Nesterov.
After spending a good couple of decades as an “actor’s actor”, the sort of performer whose best work is done on the stage or in smaller films (whilst occasionally dipping into the mainstream to pay the bills), Oldman has comfortably settled into the Golden Middle Age of his career. His talent is universally recognised, he’s a household name, and he’s getting more work than ever.
Between Christopher Nolan...
- 4/17/2015
- by Tom Baker
- Obsessed with Film
This month Alan Rickman's A Little Chaos, Ryan Gosling's Lost River and Russell Crowe's The Water Diviner see these performers make the dizzying leap from actor to director. But in which of their colleagues' footsteps might they follow?
We take a look at six different categories of actor-turned-directors.
The career-changers
Too handsome to be a supporting actor, and lacking the gravitas of a major star, Ben Affleck looked to be heading towards Kilmer-ville before he released Gone Baby Gone, a dark Dennis Lehane thriller he co-wrote and directed, with brother Casey taking the lead. Follow-up The Town proved solid, but his next effort, Argo, was a surprise Best Picture winner. The fact Affleck didn't receive a Director nomination suggests he's not yet been forgiven for the likes of Gigli, but the forthcoming Lehane adaptation Live By Night should fix that.
As an actor, Clint Eastwood's flinty...
We take a look at six different categories of actor-turned-directors.
The career-changers
Too handsome to be a supporting actor, and lacking the gravitas of a major star, Ben Affleck looked to be heading towards Kilmer-ville before he released Gone Baby Gone, a dark Dennis Lehane thriller he co-wrote and directed, with brother Casey taking the lead. Follow-up The Town proved solid, but his next effort, Argo, was a surprise Best Picture winner. The fact Affleck didn't receive a Director nomination suggests he's not yet been forgiven for the likes of Gigli, but the forthcoming Lehane adaptation Live By Night should fix that.
As an actor, Clint Eastwood's flinty...
- 4/11/2015
- Digital Spy
Ray Winstone is headed to the small screen. The two-time BAFTA nominee (That Summer, Nil by Mouth) has been tapped to star in ABC's biblical drama pilot Of Kings and Prophets, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Read more TV Pilots 2015: The Complete Guide The drama is describedas an epic biblical saga of faith, ambition and betrayal as told through the eyes of a battle-weary king (Winstone), a powerful and resentful prophet and a resourceful young shepherd on a collision course with destiny. Winstone is set for King Saul, the first kind of Israel who is suffering from
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- 3/4/2015
- by Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
BAFTA’s latest Life In Pictures conversation featured British screen icon Ray Winstone, who proved a big draw despite the unseasonably warm October afternoon. With no new title to stump for (although he did mention his upcoming childhood-focused autobiography Young Winstone), the veteran instead entertained the crowd with a freewheeling look at his four-decade-long career, which includes prominent roles in films such as Noah, The Departed, and Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull.
While he had plenty of quips about his adventures in Hollywood – including an uncanny Martin Scorsese impression – Winstone spoke passionately about his work in British cinema.
Famous for playing East End tough guys – “My wife asked me why I always walk in a room looking like I’m going to kill someone” – Winstone waxed lyrical about Gary Oldman’s work directing him in the gritty 1997 drama Nil By Mouth.
That film unflinchingly looks at...
While he had plenty of quips about his adventures in Hollywood – including an uncanny Martin Scorsese impression – Winstone spoke passionately about his work in British cinema.
Famous for playing East End tough guys – “My wife asked me why I always walk in a room looking like I’m going to kill someone” – Winstone waxed lyrical about Gary Oldman’s work directing him in the gritty 1997 drama Nil By Mouth.
That film unflinchingly looks at...
- 10/5/2014
- by Ali Jaafar, Special To Deadline
- Deadline
British star of Sexy Beast and Noah to talk on stage about his screen career.
British tough-guy actor Ray Winstone is to discuss his craft and career at a BAFTA A Life In Pictures event on Oct 5. The event will take place at BAFTA’s headquarters in London’s Piccadilly.
Winstone’s association with BAFTA goes back to 1980 when he was nominated for Most Promising Newcomer for one of his earliest roles in drama That Summer!.
The actor first made an impact in 1977 playing a young offender in the controversial television drama Scum. He went on to star in British cult classics Quadrophenia, Nil By Mouth (for which he received his second BAFTA nomination), The War Zone and Sexy Beast.
The past decade has seen Winstone star in Hollywood blockbusters including The Departed, Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull, Beowolf and more recently Darren Aronofsky’s Noah.
His TV work has included BAFTA-winning Great Expectations, Emmy-winning Henry VIII...
British tough-guy actor Ray Winstone is to discuss his craft and career at a BAFTA A Life In Pictures event on Oct 5. The event will take place at BAFTA’s headquarters in London’s Piccadilly.
Winstone’s association with BAFTA goes back to 1980 when he was nominated for Most Promising Newcomer for one of his earliest roles in drama That Summer!.
The actor first made an impact in 1977 playing a young offender in the controversial television drama Scum. He went on to star in British cult classics Quadrophenia, Nil By Mouth (for which he received his second BAFTA nomination), The War Zone and Sexy Beast.
The past decade has seen Winstone star in Hollywood blockbusters including The Departed, Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull, Beowolf and more recently Darren Aronofsky’s Noah.
His TV work has included BAFTA-winning Great Expectations, Emmy-winning Henry VIII...
- 9/3/2014
- ScreenDaily
With domestic violence as the subject matter, it perhaps goes without saying that The Police Officer’s wife is a film to be endured rather than enjoyed. At nearly 3 hours long, with very little dialogue, its offers no obvious rewards for sitting out its run time. It’s broken in to 52 chapters of varying lengths, each chapter marked with a title card and a painfully long fade in / out to boot. It isn’t clear why this technique is used, but it certainly does nothing to help the already lengthy piece. The general narrative involves a couple, David and Christine, through their everyday routine, as they drift through what becomes an increasingly destructive relationship. It’s not obvious how much time passes or how fast, and each chapter, whilst apparently chronological, isn’t necessarily related to the other.
But what is remarkable about the film is its treatment of a...
But what is remarkable about the film is its treatment of a...
- 8/28/2014
- by Nia Childs
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Ask pretty much any of his peers and they would tell you that Gary Oldman is one of the most eclectic and brilliant actors of our generation. With a list of characters under his belt that threatens to rival the greats of yesteryear, Oldman is the go-to character actor of our time, consistently delivering dependably top rate performances regardless of genre. In RoboCop, he plays Dr. Dennett Norton, the chief scientist of Omni Foundation and creator of the human cyborg, who battles with ethics and the corruption of the company he is a part of. With the Limited Edition Blu-ray Steelbook, DVD and Blu-ray release set for 9th June 2014 from Studiocanal, we count down the ten best Gary Oldman films.
Sid and Nancy (1986)
This 1986 British biopic portrayed the life of Sid Vicious, bassist of rock band The Sex Pistols, and his famed relationship with girlfriend Nancy Spungeon (here played by...
Sid and Nancy (1986)
This 1986 British biopic portrayed the life of Sid Vicious, bassist of rock band The Sex Pistols, and his famed relationship with girlfriend Nancy Spungeon (here played by...
- 5/29/2014
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Warner Home Video
Mobsters, mafioso, hoodlums, gang-bangers, capos, love, betrayal, drugs, murder and money; it is all here. The very fact that organised crime has its own genre is a testament to how loved Gangster films are.
The fascination with a world that is beyond comprehension for most that watch, is something that has always been apparent in the cinematic world and thankfully it has always been brimming with incredible films to compliment the obsession.
Here, compiled for your humble discretion (with Huge spoilers), is an attempted order of the iconic moments from the very best the movie world has to offer when it comes to Gangster movies…
20. Yes, Yes, Yes! – Sexy Beast (2000)
FilmFour
Brutal Gangster boss Teddy Bass (McShane) sends Don Logan (Ben Kingsley) to persuade retired Gal Dove (Ray Winstone) into one last job, and hilarity ensues! In all seriousness, this film is a joy to watch, with...
Mobsters, mafioso, hoodlums, gang-bangers, capos, love, betrayal, drugs, murder and money; it is all here. The very fact that organised crime has its own genre is a testament to how loved Gangster films are.
The fascination with a world that is beyond comprehension for most that watch, is something that has always been apparent in the cinematic world and thankfully it has always been brimming with incredible films to compliment the obsession.
Here, compiled for your humble discretion (with Huge spoilers), is an attempted order of the iconic moments from the very best the movie world has to offer when it comes to Gangster movies…
20. Yes, Yes, Yes! – Sexy Beast (2000)
FilmFour
Brutal Gangster boss Teddy Bass (McShane) sends Don Logan (Ben Kingsley) to persuade retired Gal Dove (Ray Winstone) into one last job, and hilarity ensues! In all seriousness, this film is a joy to watch, with...
- 1/26/2014
- by Shaun Lappin
- Obsessed with Film
Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street has a record number of F-words, which will keep overdubbers busy
Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street contains more F-words and derivatives of it (506) than any other movie drama thus far. But with nine others already containing more per minute (Nil By Mouth is tops at 3.34, against Wolf's 2.83), the work for expletive-friendly directors seems plentiful. And with every F-bomb comes more work for editors skilled in dubbing over such expletives for different markets, age groups and broadcast times:
■ The version of Fargo originally overdubbed for Us channel TNT is considered a classic because of the variety of its alternatives for the F-word and its derivatives. One F-word remains, possibly because – having run the gamut from freakin', fruitless, fruitful, frizzin, froozin and freezin' to flip, faking, forget, feel and full-of – the editor was simply lost for a word.
■ Ken Locke, known...
Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street contains more F-words and derivatives of it (506) than any other movie drama thus far. But with nine others already containing more per minute (Nil By Mouth is tops at 3.34, against Wolf's 2.83), the work for expletive-friendly directors seems plentiful. And with every F-bomb comes more work for editors skilled in dubbing over such expletives for different markets, age groups and broadcast times:
■ The version of Fargo originally overdubbed for Us channel TNT is considered a classic because of the variety of its alternatives for the F-word and its derivatives. One F-word remains, possibly because – having run the gamut from freakin', fruitless, fruitful, frizzin, froozin and freezin' to flip, faking, forget, feel and full-of – the editor was simply lost for a word.
■ Ken Locke, known...
- 1/12/2014
- by John Hind
- The Guardian - Film News
While Joe Pesci probably still holds the record for the most uses of the F-word in major movies by a single actor, Martin Scorsese's "The Wolf of Wall Street" has become the non-documentary feature film containing the most frequent use of that particular profanity.
'F--k' is used an estimated 506 times across the course of Wolf's three-hour runtime. That tops the previous record of 435 instances in Spike Lee's "Summer of Sam" in 1999, 428 in Gary Oldman's "Nil by Mouth" from 1997, and 422 from Scorsese's "Casino" in 1995.
The only other feature film in the past five years to come close to that count is 2012's "End of Watch" with 326, and it has a higher use of the word per minute than 'Wolf' - 2.99 per-minute versus Wolf's 2.83. Wolf topples its total count though thanks to its much longer runtime.
2005's documentary "F--k", which explores the word itself, holds the all-time record with...
'F--k' is used an estimated 506 times across the course of Wolf's three-hour runtime. That tops the previous record of 435 instances in Spike Lee's "Summer of Sam" in 1999, 428 in Gary Oldman's "Nil by Mouth" from 1997, and 422 from Scorsese's "Casino" in 1995.
The only other feature film in the past five years to come close to that count is 2012's "End of Watch" with 326, and it has a higher use of the word per minute than 'Wolf' - 2.99 per-minute versus Wolf's 2.83. Wolf topples its total count though thanks to its much longer runtime.
2005's documentary "F--k", which explores the word itself, holds the all-time record with...
- 1/1/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
While Joe Pesci probably still holds the record for the most uses of the F-word in major movies by a single actor, Martin Scorsese's "The Wolf of Wall Street" has become the non-documentary feature film containing the most frequent use of that particular profanity.
'F--k' is used an estimated 506 times across the course of Wolf's three-hour runtime. That tops the previous record of 435 instances in Spike Lee's "Summer of Sam" in 1999, 428 in Gary Oldman's "Nil by Mouth" from 1997, and 422 from Scorsese's "Casino" in 1995.
The only other feature film in the past five years to come close to that count is 2012's "End of Watch" with 326, and it has a higher use of the word per minute than 'Wolf' - 2.99 per-minute versus Wolf's 2.83. Wolf topples its total count though thanks to its much longer runtime.
2005's documentary "F--k", which explores the word itself, holds the all-time record with...
'F--k' is used an estimated 506 times across the course of Wolf's three-hour runtime. That tops the previous record of 435 instances in Spike Lee's "Summer of Sam" in 1999, 428 in Gary Oldman's "Nil by Mouth" from 1997, and 422 from Scorsese's "Casino" in 1995.
The only other feature film in the past five years to come close to that count is 2012's "End of Watch" with 326, and it has a higher use of the word per minute than 'Wolf' - 2.99 per-minute versus Wolf's 2.83. Wolf topples its total count though thanks to its much longer runtime.
2005's documentary "F--k", which explores the word itself, holds the all-time record with...
- 1/1/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
'The closest I've come to death? I drove off the edge of a 1,000ft cliff'
Ray Winstone, 56, was raised in Essex, where his parents ran a fruit and veg business. He studied acting at Corona Theatre School in London before being cast by Alan Clarke in the BBC play Scum in the late 70s. In 1997, he played the abusive husband in Gary Oldman's film Nil By Mouth, winning an award for his role. His subsequent movies include Fanny And Elvis, Sexy Beast, Cold Mountain, The Departed and Snow White & The Huntsman. Tonight and tomorrow, he appears in the TV drama Moonfleet, on Sky 1 HD.
When were you happiest?
When my three kids were born.
What is your greatest fear?
Not being around long enough to see them grow up properly and have kids of their own.
What is your earliest memory?
Sitting on the step at my mum and dad's house in Plaistow,...
Ray Winstone, 56, was raised in Essex, where his parents ran a fruit and veg business. He studied acting at Corona Theatre School in London before being cast by Alan Clarke in the BBC play Scum in the late 70s. In 1997, he played the abusive husband in Gary Oldman's film Nil By Mouth, winning an award for his role. His subsequent movies include Fanny And Elvis, Sexy Beast, Cold Mountain, The Departed and Snow White & The Huntsman. Tonight and tomorrow, he appears in the TV drama Moonfleet, on Sky 1 HD.
When were you happiest?
When my three kids were born.
What is your greatest fear?
Not being around long enough to see them grow up properly and have kids of their own.
What is your earliest memory?
Sitting on the step at my mum and dad's house in Plaistow,...
- 12/28/2013
- by Rosanna Greenstreet
- The Guardian - Film News
It's been 10 years since Kathy Burke stuck two fingers up at stardom. Here she talks about loving theatre, hating writing – and why Richard Dawkins gives her the hump
'Don't write about how much I'm chain-smoking," grumbles Kathy Burke. "Everyone opens with, 'After the fourth cigarette … ' and it's boring. So don't be doing that, Ryan, else I'll say you're just the same as everyone else." She releases a tight laugh and takes another puff. I mean: takes another sip of rosehip tea.
We're up on the roof of London's Tricycle theatre, sitting on two rickety chairs beneath a blank November sky. Downstairs, Burke has spent the morning directing a new production of Once a Catholic, Mary J O'Malley's comedy set in 1957 at Our Lady of Fatima convent school. Burke is a versatile actor, adored for her populist, prickly comedy: she was Linda, the voracious ginger foghorn with porthole specs in...
'Don't write about how much I'm chain-smoking," grumbles Kathy Burke. "Everyone opens with, 'After the fourth cigarette … ' and it's boring. So don't be doing that, Ryan, else I'll say you're just the same as everyone else." She releases a tight laugh and takes another puff. I mean: takes another sip of rosehip tea.
We're up on the roof of London's Tricycle theatre, sitting on two rickety chairs beneath a blank November sky. Downstairs, Burke has spent the morning directing a new production of Once a Catholic, Mary J O'Malley's comedy set in 1957 at Our Lady of Fatima convent school. Burke is a versatile actor, adored for her populist, prickly comedy: she was Linda, the voracious ginger foghorn with porthole specs in...
- 11/13/2013
- by Ryan Gilbey
- The Guardian - Film News
Odd List Ryan Lambie Simon Brew 7 Nov 2013 - 07:02
Our journey through the half-remembered, underappreciated films of the 1990s continues. Here, we look to 1997...
Dominated by the box office behemoth that was James Cameron's Titanic, 1997 was a year of high drama and outlandish special effects. The Lost World: Jurassic Park brought with it a new batch of genetically revived dinosaurs, George Lucas dug his original Star Wars trilogy out of the cupboard and added new (controversial) computer-generated sequences, while Nicolas Cage and John Travolta did impressions of one another and fired guns in John Woo's delirious action movie, Face/Off.
It was a varied year for movies, for sure, particularly by 21st century standards; it's difficult to imagine a British feel-good comedy about amateur male strippers (The Full Monty) getting into the year's 10 highest grossing films these days. But among all those winners, there had to be some...
Our journey through the half-remembered, underappreciated films of the 1990s continues. Here, we look to 1997...
Dominated by the box office behemoth that was James Cameron's Titanic, 1997 was a year of high drama and outlandish special effects. The Lost World: Jurassic Park brought with it a new batch of genetically revived dinosaurs, George Lucas dug his original Star Wars trilogy out of the cupboard and added new (controversial) computer-generated sequences, while Nicolas Cage and John Travolta did impressions of one another and fired guns in John Woo's delirious action movie, Face/Off.
It was a varied year for movies, for sure, particularly by 21st century standards; it's difficult to imagine a British feel-good comedy about amateur male strippers (The Full Monty) getting into the year's 10 highest grossing films these days. But among all those winners, there had to be some...
- 11/6/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Feature Mark Harrison 29 Oct 2013 - 06:36
Star Wars? Sherlock? Doctor Who? The Imitation Game? We dig through Benedict Cumberbatch rumours to find out what he's actually up to.
This article contains a spoiler for Star Trek Into Darkness.
What is Benedict Cumberbatch working on at the moment? If you believe every single news story, rumour and bit of scrawled bathroom graffiti that you read, the more apropos question would be “What isn’t Benedict Cumberbatch working on at the moment?”
The actor has had a meteoric rise to fame in the last few years, going from antagonising James McAvoy in both Starter For Ten and Atonement, to pretty much dominating the casting rumour mill every time there’s an opening for an erudite and intelligent character.
Attracting a sizeable fanbase as he's done so, he’s probably done more to make smart look sexy than any of his peers in the industry.
Star Wars? Sherlock? Doctor Who? The Imitation Game? We dig through Benedict Cumberbatch rumours to find out what he's actually up to.
This article contains a spoiler for Star Trek Into Darkness.
What is Benedict Cumberbatch working on at the moment? If you believe every single news story, rumour and bit of scrawled bathroom graffiti that you read, the more apropos question would be “What isn’t Benedict Cumberbatch working on at the moment?”
The actor has had a meteoric rise to fame in the last few years, going from antagonising James McAvoy in both Starter For Ten and Atonement, to pretty much dominating the casting rumour mill every time there’s an opening for an erudite and intelligent character.
Attracting a sizeable fanbase as he's done so, he’s probably done more to make smart look sexy than any of his peers in the industry.
- 10/28/2013
- by sarahd
- Den of Geek
In a lengthy profile in The Hollywood Reporter, Benedict Cumberbatch, the man of the hour following his deliciously villainous turn in this summer's blockbuster "Star Trek Into Darkness" and in anticipation of a streak of hotly anticipated fall movies in the form of "The Fifth Estate," "12 Years a Slave," "August: Osage County" and "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug," the British thespian clarified some points regarding his involvement in "Star Wars: Episode VII," including his reasons for leaving Gothic horror movie "Crimson Peak." He also expressed interest in being in the next film directed by Gary Oldman. Weird British character actors have to stick together! After mentioning how he'd like to be in the next film directed by Gary Oldman (so far he has a lone directorial credit, 1997's underrated drama "Nil by Mouth"), the attention, of course, turned to 'Star Wars,' which will be helmed by his 'Into Darkness' director J.J. Abrams.
- 9/11/2013
- by Drew Taylor
- The Playlist
If an actor is only as good as the characters he plays, then Gary Oldman stands alone. Over the last three decades, the legendary actor has built a resume that includes an array of remarkably different characters and genres. He has set a high standard as a modern, diverse actor and has inspired a whole new generation of young actors. Audiences the world over have flocked to their local cinemas to see what Oldman will deliver next, and as he grows older, his performances get better and better.
He’s appeared in cult classic hits like True Romance and crowd-pleasing blockbusters like the Harry Potter trilogy. He’s worked with directors such as Tony Scott, Francis Ford Coppola, Luc Besson, Wolfgang Peterson, Ridley Scott and Robert Zemeckis, and his sole directorial debut, 1997′s Nil by Mouth, is a harrowing and brilliant film. Although it seems like a nearly impossible task,...
He’s appeared in cult classic hits like True Romance and crowd-pleasing blockbusters like the Harry Potter trilogy. He’s worked with directors such as Tony Scott, Francis Ford Coppola, Luc Besson, Wolfgang Peterson, Ridley Scott and Robert Zemeckis, and his sole directorial debut, 1997′s Nil by Mouth, is a harrowing and brilliant film. Although it seems like a nearly impossible task,...
- 8/22/2013
- by Damen Norton
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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