poldraw (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Lord Baker and me (Photo: David Hartley) It was a superb evening as usual, with the added excitement this year of picking up an award! The Saatchi Political Award for Political Cartoonist of the Year. It’s a peculiar feeling to receive that kind of honour in front of so many terrific cartoonists, most of whom would have [...]
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Alan Bennett's new play has opened to rave reviews at the National Theatre. Charles Spencer applauds his remarkable career.
Film Experience Blog (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Today's stars! Well not literally today 's but November 18th . Get a little history. Celebrate one of these cinematic entities today in whatever way occurs to you. Senors Gilbert, Hemmings and Infante 1836 W.S. Gilbert of 'Gilbert & Sullivan' legend. If you've never seen Mike Leigh's exceptional biopic of this creative giant, Topsy-Turvy , drop everything right now and do so. 1908 Imogene Coca...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
International News: Film body merges funds, cuts overheads by 20% -- In its most sweeping changes since it was first launched almost a decade ago, public sector funding org the U.K. Film Council is merging its Development, New Cinema and Premiere funds into one entity, as well as enacting a 20% reduction in overheads across all its departments.
Catholicmomof10militant (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
My friend Alan mentioned Demis Roussos! Huge mistake! Reminded me of this play "Abigail's Party!" So funny!! I'm showing my age! Mike Leigh's brilliance.
The IFC Blog (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
In his long and storied career, Sir Ben Kingsley has played Lenin, Dmitri Shostakovich, Simon Wiesenthal, Meyer Lansky, Moses and Sweeney Todd. Thanks to his half-Indian background, he's also frequently been a go-to generic Middle Easterner: one of his first parts was as a Pakistani cab-driver in Mike Leigh's 1973 TV movie "Hard Labour," Mohandas K. Gandhi in, uh, "Gandhi," and...
Cinema Blend (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
See what Mark Wahlberg and Channing Tatum are up to.
The Fallen blog (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
28 years after he left the Fall, Dragnet era sticksman and top roofing sales professional (!) Mike Leigh returned to the live scene last week with two gigs by his Pearl Divers band. Here they are at Manchester Night & Day http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cqk2KERCX6A
Empire News (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Coming-of-age story set in the States
infinite thØught (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
[Contains spoilers, probably. I'm never sure what counts and what doesn't.] Finally got round to seeing Fish Tank , which is a brilliant piece of work: as unsentimental as it is moving, with a tweaked realism that makes Mike Leigh look like he has all the observational capacity of an autistic Martian. Fish Tank is all the things Owen says it is and more: Arnold's portrayal of the Essex housing estate...
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
While this Australian movie does include the sight of snappily dressed sailors spinning around lampposts like Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra in On the Town , Three Blind Mice takes a very different approach to the oft-told tale of sailors living it up while on shore leave.
Boomtown - Xbox 360 (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
A return to the over-the-top Grand Theft Auto we know and love.
The Sound of Young America (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Talk about a podcast custom-made to win over your Podthinker. First — and most importantly — it's a podcast. That's step one. Second, it's about film, and it's been clearly, laboriously, repeatedly documented here how much your Podthinker loves himself a fine film. Third, it focuses specifically on films released for home viewing by The Criterion Collection , the company that not only...
Evening Standard (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice is amusing, affecting and decidedly old-fashioned.
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
FANTASTIC MR FOX (PG) * * * Director: Wes Anderson Running time: 87 minutes
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