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Machan is streets ahead of any Hollywood product

The blog Film (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009

There is more ingenuity, guts and brilliance in the developing world as depicted in Uberto Pasolini's film than anything Hollywood can cobble together Tomorrow sees the release of Machan, one the most important films to come out the developing world in recent years – and the best film about illegal immigration I've ever seen. It's a topic that's been addressed by prominent western directors...

What Would Rob Gordon Say?

Music Snobbery (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009

What would Rob Gordon say to this man? What came first, the music or the misery? I lost it. I lost it all- faith, dignity... about 15 pounds. Hey, I'm not the smartest guy in the world, but I'm certainly...

UKFC undergoes major surgery

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.

How Glorious 39 could help America learn to love Stephen Poliakoff

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009

He's our Paul Schrader, on an idiosyncratic journey, so why haven't my US friends heard of Poliakoff? Whenever my American friends ask me to name a good English director they've not heard of, I always push them towards the work of Stephen Poliakoff , whose Glorious 39 arrives this week. And those who take up my recommendation/challenge usually come back about three weeks later, after a bracing immersion...

Cheri

DVD Talk (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009

Rent It The Film: Within the first eleven minutes of Stephen Frears' Ch ri , nearly-retired courtesan Lea (Michelle Pfeiffer) discovers a passionate, physical link between her and far-younger acquaintance Fred Pelaux (Rupert Friend) -- a womanizing lush who refers to Lea as "noun-noun" in a babyish voice leading up to their first enamored kiss. It's his sweet nickname for Lea from his childhood,...

Is it time for best movies of the decade already?

scanners (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009

Yes it is, I'm afraid. Or almost. Good grief, I know, it's not even Thanksgiving yet and they've already got the festive "Best Of" decorations up in the stores! And I know lots of critics who've been told by...

Cooper Eyes Sadistic Thriller Playing 'The Devil's Double'

RopeofSilicon: Latest Headlines (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009

If there's one thing I particularly dug about An Education it was Dominic Cooper's smug, suave and mildly compassionate character. I mildly remembered him from The Duchess, but beyond that his roles in The History Boys and even Mamma Mia! are lost on me. Perhaps they were small and forgettable or just plain forgettable, but [...]

Oh Chéri!

Style Bubble (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009

> What are long haul flights good for other than itty bitty tubes of toothpaste and different shades of flight socks? Catching up on the cack movies that you wouldn't pay £10 for (yes, it is THAT expensive to watch...

Other Decade Round-Ups: UK Times Online, Pitchfork

Fin de Cinema (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009

Organizing and ranking the work of the '00s is probably the main focus of a lot of publications right now, and so far I've only stumbled on two of them (one thanks to Adrian Curry). The UK Times Online made their 100 Best Films of the Noughties, as per UK release, with some surprising and frankly unfortunate choices. Any list that includes Paul Haggis' Crash is automatically tossed in the bin for me...

Stephen Frears Gears Up for 'High Fidelity' Reunion

Cinematical (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

Having dipped into the seductive waters of sexy courtesans, Stephen Frears is now looking towards the future, and the future's got lots of gambling. The trades are reporting that Frears is set to direct Lay the Favorite , a dramedy that will rejoin him with High Fidelity scribe D.V. De Vincentis . The project stems from an upcoming memoir by Beth Raymer called Lay the Favorite, Take the Dog , which...

Team Behind High Fidelity Tells You to Lay Your Favorite

FirstShowing.net (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

If we listed the top movies about break-ups, there's no doubt High Fidelity would be near the top. Well, good news, as the team behind one of John Cusack's best is moving to the arguably more dangerous world of gambling as THR reports that director Stephen Frears and writer D.V. DeVincentis are re-teaming for an adaptation of Beth Raymer's upcoming memoir Lay the Favorite, Take the Dog. The story centers...

Frears, Hornby of High Fidelity may reunite

Frankly My Dear... (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

Novelist and screenwriter Nick Hornby's back in demand, thanks to the Oscar-buzzed An Education, which he adapted. The Hollywood Reporter says he may re-team with the director who launched his transition from books to movies, Stephen Frears, for a film...

'High Fidelity' duo to 'Lay The Favourite'

Digital Spy (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

High Fidelity makers Stephen Frears and D.V. DeVincentis may reunite on dramedy Lay The Favorite.

Lady Gaga Meets Gossip Girl

Vulture (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

Disco Stick: Lady Gaga will perform her single “Bad Romance” on the November 16 episode of Gossip Girl . The cast and crew were especially happy that she stuck around for almost an entire half-day of production in October to lip-sync in the background of the other shots in her scene. The episode is titled “The Last Days of Disco Stick,” which makes us think that something even...

High Fidelity Writer & Director Reteam for Geeky Gambling Film, Lay the Favorite

/Film (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

Director Stephen Frears and writer D.V. DeVincentis are teaming up for another project, which seems to have some similarities to the John Cusack-starring hit, High Fidelity. The two are adapting the upcoming Beth Raymer memoir, Lay the Favorite, Take the Dog, which will be released this spring. The adaptation will simply be titled Lay the Favorite. The dramedy concerns a thirty-something woman who...

• RH book becomes Frears 'Favorite' - Variety.com
• Stephen Frears Will Lay the Favorite, Take the Dog - Entertainment News - MovieWeb.com
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