Cinebeats (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
American independent cinema has had a long and fascinating history. One of the most critically acclaimed early independent films to come out of the US was undoubtedly Frank Perry’s David and Lisa (1962), which was finally released on DVD last year by Image Entertainment. In David and Lisa we’re introduced to two young, attractive and deeply [...]
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 10/19/2008
Winston Peters declined to appear on an election show last night because he didn't like the host Bill Ralston. Sky News' Campaign 08 , which grills New Zealand's political leaders and their policies in the run-up to the election,...
The Herald (Free subscription) | 10/17/2008
The cream of Scotland’s television and film talent have gone head to head on the shortlist for one of the coveted industry awards. Among nominations for the Scottish Baftas are Brian Cox, Robert Carlyle, Ashley Jensen and Ken Stott.
The Herald (Free subscription) | 10/16/2008
Actors Brian Cox, Robert Carlyle, Ashley Jensen and Ken Stott were among the stars shortlisted for a Scottish Bafta today.
Fin de Cinema (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008
Play It As It Lays – dir. Frank Perry – 1972 – USA When Sony Pictures Classics re-released Michelangelo Antonioni’s The Passenger in theatres back in October of 2005, Los Angeles Times writer Carina Chocano remarked that its release was “a stark indictment of what film culture has become.” Stating that The Passenger was “a night at the movies, in 1975,” the film stood as a sad reminder of the last...
DVD Times (Free subscription) | 09/14/2008
DVD Video Review: As in Holliday, not the medically inclined dwarf.
whoar.co.nz (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
“..Last Friday (29th August) I was seated in the Green Room at TVNZ, waiting to record the Eye-to-Eye programme.. ..when I was joined by Mr Peter Williams QC, Winston Peters’ lawyer, and Mr Frank Perry, a media consultant to NZ First. Not surprisingly (since Mr Peters’ temporary relinquishing of the Foreign Affairs portfolio was all over [...]
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 08/29/2008
Winston Peters has stood aside from his prized Foreign Affairs portfolio with an exit designed to give every suggestion of it being temporary. A day after the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) announced it had enough evidence to conduct...
NewsObserver.com - Politics (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
The State Ethics Commission is asking a Superior Court judge to prevent state Auditor Les Merritt from investigating a claim of preferential treatment for Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue.
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
Film News: DP worked with Frank Perry on 'David and Lisa' -- Cinematographer and director Leonard Hirschfield, who shot early independent classic "David and Lisa," died Aug. 15 in New York after a long illness.
Accidental Sexiness (Free subscription) | 07/28/2008
Plot: Frank Perry (Brian Cox) is a lifer; in prison for the rest of his natural born days. He’s never had a problem with that: he did the crime; he’ll do the time. Until now. He receives a letter telling him that his only and much loved daughter is critically ill following an overdose. He knows [...]
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
One second into this collection of '70s performances--one of a small slew of Windo compilation discs released over the past decade--and there's absolutely no question about the kind of terrain these adventurers would be negotiating. Or perhaps to be more accurate, there's every question that this kind of freedom continues to ask...
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
FREEDOM is just a state of mind in The Escapist, a prison break thriller that attempts to breathe new life into the genre.
IndieLondon (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
PRISON movies so often find themselves restricted by the limitations of their genre. But while Rupert Wyatt’s debut movie, The Escapist , certainly finds itself confined to the same playing field, it’s a clever new addition that has fun toying with convention. Veteran criminal Frank Perry (Brian Cox) is resigned to seeing out the remainder of his days behind bars until he receives a letter from his...
California Breedin (Free subscription) | 05/30/2008
It’s odd when a children’s book is adult-relatable. Kid lit usually takes you to another world, frequently animal, with the express goal of teaching your little ones valuable life lessons. But Dudley the Daydreamer by Anders Brundin, illustrated by Joanna Rubin Dranger and translated by Frank Perry is a little more sophisticated than your favorite mouse . When we join Dudley in his ordinary world...
