The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, 2018. Directed by Terry Gilliam. Starring Adam Driver, Jonathan Pryce, Stellan Skarsgård, Olga Kurylenko, Jason Watkins, Joana Ribeiro, Jordi Mollà and Sergi López. SYNOPSIS: An advertising director returns to the Spanish village where he made a student film adaptation of Don Quixote, only to find his star now believes […]
Blu-ray Review – Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, 1998 Directed by Terry Gilliam. Starring Johnny Depp, Benicio del Toro, Toby Maguire, Debbie Reynolds, Mark Harmon Ellen Barkin, Gary Busey, and Cameron Diaz. SYNOPSIS: Drugs. Lots of drugs. And a road trip… with drugs. Based on gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson’s cult 1971 novel of the same name, […]
Terry Gilliam’s The Man Who Killed Don Quixote gets a UK trailer
Sony Pictures has revealed a new trailer for Terry Gilliam’s long-gestating passion project The Man Who Killed Don Quixote ahead of its long-awaited UK release next month; watch it here… SEE ALSO: Read our review of The Man Who Killed Don Quixote THE MAN WHO KILLED DON QUIXOTE is the story of Toby (Driver), a cynical advertising […]
Raindance Film Festival 2019 Review – Under the Radar: The Mike Edmonds Story
Under the Radar: The Mike Edmonds Story, 2019. Directed by Simon Frith. Starring Mike Edmonds, Terry Gilliam, Colin Firth, Michael Palin, Danny John-Jules, Mark Billingham and Robert Watts. SYNOPSIS: An exploration of the life and career of British thespian Mike Edmonds – one of Hollywood’s most prolific small actors. The name Mike Edmonds might not […]
In Praise of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Robb Sheppard on Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas… From Alan Moore’s Watchmen, to William S. Burrows’ Naked Lunch and Patrick Süskind’s Perfume, the term ‘unfilmable’ is used relatively reservedly regarding film adaptations. Wherever the source material is deemed excessively avant-garde, narratively non-linear or aesthetically challenging, the unfilmable label is a badge of honour for […]
Taika Waititi to write and direct Time Bandits TV pilot
Last year it was announced that Apple has snapped up the TV rights to Terry Gilliam’s cult 80s fantasy Time Bandits for a small screen adaptation, and now comes word that the project has found a pilot director in Taika Waititi (Thor: Ragnarok). Waititi – whose other credits include What We Do In the Shadows […]
New trailer for Terry Gilliam’s The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
Screen Media Films has released a new trailer for director Terry Gilliam’s passion project The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, which reveals the adventure comedy drama is set to arrive is US theatres for one night only on April 10th – thirty years after Gilliam first started working on his loose adaptation of Miguel de Cervantes’ classic […]
Blu-ray Review – 12 Monkeys (1995)
12 Monkeys, 1995. Directed by Terry Gilliam. Starring Bruce Willies, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt, and Christopher Plummer. SYNOPSIS: Deciding whether to pick up another copy of 12 Monkeys depends on whether you’re interested in the new restoration, which looks quite nice, and a couple new bonus features, one of which is a 1996 interview with […]
The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #11 – Film critic Stuart O’Connor on Monty Python’s Life of Brian
On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite movie. This week, film critic and journalist Stuart O’Connor chats about Monty Python’s religious satire Life of Brian… This week, film critic and journalist Stuart O’Connor stops by to chat about the state of big screen […]
2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, 2018. Directed by Terry Gilliam. Starring Adam Driver, Jonathan Pryce, Stellan Skarsgård, Olga Kurylenko, and Joana Ribeiro. SYNOPSIS: Toby, a disillusioned advertising executive, becomes pulled into a world of time jumping fantasy when a Spanish cobbler believes him to be Sancho Panza. He gradually becomes unable to tell dreams from […]
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