Posts Tagged ‘sundance film festival’
The House I Live In at Sundance London
It's no secret that America's War on Drugs hasn't been much of a success, which makes Eugene Jarecki’s eye-opening documentary, The House I Live In, all the more impressive. The rainy Sunday which played host to the final day of Sundance London saw film fans trudge blurry-eyed into this at 11 am, the earliest of screenings, with the...
Sundance Comes to London!
Next month sees the prestigious Sundance Film Festival make it way over to the UK for a four day event at the O2. For Britain-based film fans who have always wished they could experience the infamous 'spirit of Sundance', without trekking all the way to Utah where the festival is usually held, then this could be something of a dream...
Ridley Scott to produce Japan in a Day
Following the success of the worldwide crowdsourced documentary film Life in a Day, Ridley and Tony Scott plan to turn their attention to Japan... Life in a Day was a Sundance Film Festival hit back in 2011, comprised of video clips filmed around the world on a single day (24th July 2010) and submitted via YouTube. The Last King Of...
Sundance Festival horror film makes audience sick
We know movies like Saw and Hannibal are pretty gruesome, but judging by the Sundance audience's reaction to the horror film V/H/S, we haven't seen anything yet. V/H/S -which premièred at the Sundance Film Festival last week - left some film fanatics feeling severely sick after seeing horrific and graphic...
LCD Soundsystem’s Shut Up And Play The Hits trailer revealed
LCD Soundsystem have revealed the trailer for the upcoming upcoming documentary film about the band, Shut Up And Play The Hits. Directed by Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace, Shut Up And Play The Hits follows the US dance/punk band LCD Soundsystem as they play their final ever gig at Madison Square Garden - hence the film's tagline,...
Sundance Film Festival 2012 out-of-comp premières revealed!
Sundance Film Festival reveals highly anticipated premières which will screen out-of-competition! Last week, we told you about the films which would be screening in-competition at the upcoming Sundance Film Festival 2012. The latest announcement is the list of films which will receive their world premières during the...
Sundance Film Festival 2012 Announces In-Competition Films
The line-up for this year's Sundance Film Festival has been announced! The much anticipated line-up for the 2012 Sundance Film Festival has finally been revealed. Amongst those being screening in competition is The Surrogate, a film about a man with an iron lung, who hires a 'sex surrogate' in order to lose his virginity, which stars...
Robert Redford brings Sundance to London
Hollywood legend Robert Redford is bringing a version of America's largest independent film festival, Sundance, to the UK. The festival, which normally takes places in Utah, will have its own version at London's O2 Arena in 2012. It will be held from the 26th to the 29th of April, and although it has not yet been confirmed, Redford is...
Howl starring James Franco – A Review
Howl started out as a documentary, but the finished product, from directors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, offers much, much more. This unique mesh of animated sequences, black and white filming and reconstructions of historical events, address both the content and context of Allen Ginsberg's poem, Howl - and in this sense, it will...
Hesher trailer, starring Natalie Portman and Joseph Gordon-Levitt
The trailer has been released for Hesher, starring Natalie Portman and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Hesher is a project which has been in development for over four years now and, despite still being without a UK release date, the trailer has finally been released! The film stars none other than Hollywood's current award-winning darling, ...
Johnny Depp cameo confirmed in Adam Sandler’s Jack and Jill
It has been revealed that Johnny Depp will make a surprising cameo appearance in Adam Sandler's latest film, Jack and Jill. Jack and Jill stars Sandler as both halves of a boy/girl set of twins. He is also joined by Katie Holmes, who will play the male twin's wife, whilst Al Pacino will play himself, falling in love with the female...
Chace Crawford arrested on drugs charges!
Gossip Girl actor Chace Crawford was arrested in Texas early on Friday morning when he was found in possesion of marijuana. Not what we would expect from the seemingly clean cut star. He still looks pretty hot in his mug shot though doesn't he? [caption id="attachment_1117" align="alignright" width="224" caption="Chace smouldering in his mug...
An Education
Lone Scherfig’s ‘An Education’ had one of the biggest buzzes surrounding it at this years’ Sundance Film Festival. Based on journalist Lynn Barber’s memoirs, with a script by Nick Hornby and plenty of media hype, expectations for this release were through the roof. ‘An Education’ is the coming-of-age story of Jenny (Carey...
