If you’ve already enjoyed our Quantum of Solace UK quad poster, here’s another for you Daniel Craig admirers, and it’s a hell of a lot more somber. The film is Defiance, based on the Nechama Tec bookabout three Jewish brothers during the Nazi slaughter in 1941 Eastern Europe, and their desperate fight to survival that turns into […]
If you’re a James Bond fan, you’ve already heard the mediocre buzz surrounding Quantum of Solace. They say the movie lacks the Bond charm, it races from action sequence to action sequence, it’s on the short side (106 minutes is short?) Regardless, the British public couldn’t care less about the buzz. This past Friday, Quantum of Solace broke the […]
If I were Nicolas Cage (and I most definitely am not), here’s how I would’ve prepared for Bangkok Dangerous. 1) Watch The Rock. 2) Watch Gone in Sixty Seconds. 3) Then watch Leaving Las Vegas. 4) Watch Adaptation. 5) Weep gently. 6) Feel better by counting that big bag of money from Lionsgate. 7) Grow hair […]
If you haven’t yet discovered the movie site The Autuers, you’re in for a tremendous treat. Still in private beta, this newer site is an exciting library of film history, specializing in special interest, independent and international cinema categories. Their current homepage, for example, includes ”innovative documentaries,” “Latin cinema” and “The impact of the French New Wave.”
To celebrate the Tellruide Film Festival, The […]
Whatever confidence distributors may have in Guy Ritchie’s upcoming RocknRolla — and the rest of Ritchie’s career for that matter – the UK promotion of his new crime entry is covering London. Literally. We’ve just received images of one-time-only graffiti posters getting tagged up throughout the city.
Each depicts a key scene in the film (really?) which hits British theaters this Friday, September […]
As you regular readers know, we Lobby scribes ain’t full time just yet. In fact, it’s just Allison and me holding down the MITL fort. So any film festival coverage that’s not East Coast-based is really what we know, who we know, and what we think. Since our Sundance preview was well received, we continue. Here […]
