I’ll be getting my first look at the Red Riding Trilogy tonight… all three films in a row.
Based on four novels by David Pearce which are in turn partly based on the real life “Yorkshire Ripper” case that plagued England in the 1970s, Red Riding was originally produced for English television and has played to [...]
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I admit it. I’m a sucker for serial killer stories. This one is a trilogy originally produced for English television based on four novels by David Pearce which are in turn partly based on the real life “Yorkshire Ripper” case that plagued England in the 1970s. Each film in the trilogy is directed [...]
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The first selections for the 23rd AFI Fest in Los Angeles were announced today with a number of films that have been getting lots of buzz at recent festivals.
Cannes: Marco Bellochio’s Vincere, Ken Loach’s Looking for Eric, Corneliu Porumboiu’s Police, Adjective, Bong Joon-ho’s Mother.
Berlin: Claude Chabrol’s Bellamy
Sundance: Lee Daniels’ Precious: Based on the Novel Push [...]
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The International Documentary Association honored Ari Folman’s animated Waltz with Bashir and James Marsh’s Man on Wire in a tie for the best documentaries of 2008 last night. The other nominees included Kassim the Dream, Stranded and Young@Heart.
Waltz with Bashir is a beautifully animated and haunting recount of the 1982 conflict between Israel and Lebanon. [...]
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Who’s so serious now, joking boy?
It was another dismal stretch for new release DVDs last week so the Movies You May Have Missed column took a holiday. We’re back this week with one of our favorite movies of the year and no, we don’t mean that little summer movie about a man who minces around [...]
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Ready or not, it’s officially awards season with the IFP announcing its nominees for the 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards (formerly known as the Gotham Awards).
Several films that might be familiar to you if you’ve been reading LiC lately have been showered with a little early awards loving and [...]
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The 2008 Sundance Film Festival jury and audience award winners were announced this evening during the Festival’s closing awards ceremony host by William H. Macy.
The Grand Jury Prize for dramtic feature went to Courtney Hunt’s Frozen River.
The Grand Jury Prize for documenatary feature was given to Tia Lessin and Carl Deal’s Trouble the Water.
Sweden’s King of [...]
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