If there’s a statement that illustrates the difference between the Hollywood machine and the art of European film, it’s British movie director Mike Leigh’s statement that “I’ve always been concerned, for as long as I’ve ever been making films or stage plays, with celebrating the lives of ordinary people. That’s what it’s all about.” Ordinary people huh?
This year there is only one US film is in the running to win the prestigious Palme d’Or at Cannes. So with the best of auteurs and cineastes from across the world all with their eyes on the prize, what chance does the US entry into the Official Selection stand?
Oh they had us all fooled… Eminem can take a joke really; apparently the gag that Sacha Baron Cohen pulled at the MTV Movie Awards last weekend wasn’t on the Slim Shady star at all, it was on all of us – the stunt was a massive set-up. Read the full story
The MTV Awards wasn’t the industry’s only opportunity to do a bit of back-patting over the weekend; Saturday night saw the third annual Spike TV Guys Choice in Los Angeles. As the name might suggest, this wasn’t exactly a place for chick-flicks – the general theme was boys, bombs and booties… Read the full story
The MTV Awards aren’t exactly the Palme d’Ors, but it would be nice to get to occasional surprise to keep the audience on their toes… Robert Pattinson’s vampire film scooped so many prizes that the ceremony might as well have been renamed The Twilight Hour. Read the full story
Scrap everything you’ve seen already and forget all that’s line-up for the months ahead… We’re not even half way into 2009 yet but Esquire has already named the years ‘most important movie’ – The Road, a post-apocalyptic tale of a father (Viggo Mortensen) and son on a mission for salvation in an unrecognisable America. Read the full story