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Getting Naked Again: Revisiting Mike Leigh’s Naked

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Tom Jolliffe takes a look back at Mike Leigh’s 1993 film, Naked… The other day I attended a special screening at The Prince Charles Cinema in London. It was part of a specially curated selection of films (from NFTS) devoted to the vile and unlikeable. The first film of the series was Mike Leigh’s 1993 […]

Star Wars: Episode IX director revealed, X-Men: New Mutants logo, Metal Gear Solid movie and more – Daily News Roundup

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STAR WARS DIRECTOR After the news last week that Colin Trevorrow had left Star Wars: Episode IX over “creative differences”, Disney and Lucasfilm officially announced that Star Wars: The Force Awakens director J.J. Abrams will be stepping in to helm the galaxy far, far away again. I guess Patty Jenkins was busy? “With The Force […]

Nine Directors Who Could Helm Star Wars: Episode IX

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Liam Hoofe takes a look at nine filmmakers who could replace Colin Trevorrow as director of Star Wars: Episode IX…  UPDATE: As announced just an hour after posting this article, J.J. Abrams will be back in the director’s chair for Star Wars: Episode IX. Colin Trevorrow’s departure from Star Wars: Episode IX last week has […]

Wonder Woman 2 director revealed, Venom delayed, The Last Jedi cameo and more – Daily News Roundup

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WONDER WOMAN 2 DIRECTOR After securing amazing success with Wonder Woman, director Patty Jenkins has officially signed on for the sequel. Gal Gadot will also reprise the role of the Amazon Princess for a December 13th, 2019 release date. Read more here. MARVEL PRAISE Although she is yet to shoot anything, Brie Larson has been nothing […]

Exclusive Interview – Director John Madden on Miss Sloane, feminist filmmaking and more

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Alex Moreland chats with director John Madden about his latest film, Miss Sloane (slight spoilers throughout)… So, let’s talk about Miss Sloane. It’s a very dialogue heavy movie, which is in turn realised by the performances – where do you see your directorial voice shine through? Well, it’s an interesting challenge to film, because it’s […]

Harley Quinn returning in 2018, It floats at the box office, Hawkeye/Avengers 4 rumour and more – Daily News Roundup

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HARLEY QUINN 2018 With three films to chose from – Gotham City Sirens, Suicide Squad 2 and the proposed Joker/Harley movie – Margot Robbie feels that she will return as Harley Quinn by next year. I think next year I’ll be back in the fishnets wielding a baseball bat. I hope,” said Robbie, before being asked […]

You Can’t Buy a Franchise, You Have to Build One

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Neil Calloway on Disney suffocating Star Wars… After American Graffiti, George Lucas spent a while shoving his Western in space script under the nose of anyone who cared to read it. They gave him suggestions on how to improve it, he took them on, and a few years later he finally shot the film. It […]

Flickering Myth Film Class: Using Colour

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In this instalment of Flickering Myth’s Film Class, Tom Jolliffe looks at intentional use of colours in film… When it was discovered that film stock could have colour painted onto it, though painstaking and meticulous, it opened up a new dimension in cinema, previously locked into black, white and grey. It allowed a film-maker to […]