SNAKES ON A PLANE - Green Light for Quirk

SNAKES ON A PLANE - Green Light for Quirk

Snakes on a Plane is an action/horror film to be released on August 18, 2006. by New Line Cinema.
Written by David D’Alessandro, John Heffernan, Sheldon Turner, directed by David R. Ellis and starring Samuel L. Jackson. The film finished filming principal photography in September of 2005 including five days of additional re-shooting to raise the […]

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HITCHCOCK’S EMD CINEMA - Injustice in Art & History

HITCHCOCK’S EMD CINEMA - Injustice in Art & History

It’s one of those injustices we see too often in the world of art and history… An integral monument to the cultural structure of a society being sacrificed in the name of some unfulfilling, commercial purpose.
The EMD Cinema in Walthamstow was a celebrated building. It is acknowledged as one of London’s finest art deco cinemas […]

Architecture, Art, Cinema, Designer, Director, East London, Film, History, Movie, Performance

LOIN DU VIETNAM - Far From Vietnam

LOIN DU VIETNAM - Far From Vietnam

Loin du Vietnam (Far From Vietnam) is made up of seven short films made in the ‘60s at the time of the occupation of Vietnam by celebrated political directors including Jean-luc Godard and Alain Resnais.
Paulo Gerbaudo looks at the parralels between film and war then and now Loin du Vietnam is both a failure and […]

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FLIRTING AT CANNES 2006

FLIRTING AT CANNES 2006

Friday May 19th
Meeting at the UK Pavilion. Dealing with passes and accreditations. Sorting out the usual mumbo-jumbo required to cruise through the festival.
‘Volver’ from eternal ‘enfant-terrible’ Pedro Almodovar is on show and has the usual red-carpet treatment. Penelope Cruz - gorgeous in a white Balanciagga dress, or is it? - and Carmen Maura, the co-stars […]

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OPTRONICA - A Hybrid Festival

OPTRONICA - A Hybrid Festival

A hybrid of film festival and music festival, Optronica is a brand new five-day event focusing on the convergence of visuals and music.
The exquisite alchemy which takes place when music and visuals fuse has long been an underground phenomenon, inspired by early experimental film and developed through the nightclub and alternative art worlds.From acts who […]

Art, Cinema, Culture, DJ, Festival, Film, Music, Theatre

SHANGHAI ON SCREEN - Film Festival 2006

SHANGHAI ON SCREEN - Film Festival 2006

China’s city of Cinema is being celebrated in the Shanghai on Screen film festival screening at venues including the Museum in Docklands as part of the 2006 China in London event.
Of special note are three documentaries screening at City Hall telling the migrant stories of the first Chinese settlers in east Londons Limehouse Basin in […]

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FIRECRACKER - East Asian Film Festival 2005

FIRECRACKER - East Asian Film Festival 2005

September sees a refreshing East Asian film festival screened on our doorstep. Firecracker Magazine brings Firecracker Showcase 2005 to London.
40 films, many of them UK Premieres, from eight East Asian countries will be shown in four venues over eleven days.The increased appetite for East Asian film internationally, brought on by the successes of Hero, House […]

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EMR - Simultaneous Feature Film Release

EMR - Simultaneous Feature Film Release

The UK’s first film simultaneously released in cinemas, on the internet and on DVD, and fully digital from conception to exhibition. London premiere on 15 July 2005 at Genesis Cinema.
Dogwoof Digital in partnership with Tiscali, Genesis Cinema & Silverscreen is releasing Cottonopolis films production EMR simultaneously in cinemas, on the internet and on DVD after […]

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THE RISING - Aamir Khan’s Influences & Politics

THE RISING - Aamir Khan’s Influences & Politics

The latest Indian blockbuster featuring an International cast and aimed at a crossover audience released recently in the UK. Sangeeta Datta talks to Aamir Khan about his influences and politics.
Bollywood is now India’s biggest calling card in the ever growing business of entertainment. It is the new buzzword and mantra in Diasporic cross cultural worlds […]

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