In an increasingly cynical world and a time where we seem to see the elderly as a burden and inconvenient problem to fix, Katia Shannon’s sharply witted romance short Us & In Between is a welcome breath of fresh air. Centred around two long lost lovers, who find themselves together again after decades of separation, Shannon has lovingly built a multi-layered narrative which proves that love, sex and passion have no age limit whilst pointing a critical finger at the way in which we treat our elderly, particularly within the so-called care system. Visually Us & In Between bathes its audience in a hazy romanticism fitting to its central storyline and effectively plays with the aesthetic choice of bold colours, vibrancy and light. The whole endeavour is brought together by shrewd little punches of comedy which not only releases moments of tension but find light in the dark. As Us & In...
- 6/17/2024
- by Sarah Smith
- Directors Notes
Over 100 well-known names – including writers, actors, directors and musicians – have signed a pledge supporting Lorde's decision not to perform in Israel.
The statement was published in The Guardian following backlash over the Kiwi singer’s cancellation of her concert in Tel Aviv. It is a direct response to a full page ad published in the Washington Post on January 1 which called Lorde a bigot and also attacked her homeland of New Zealand.
“We deplore the bullying tactics being used to defend injustice against Palestinians and to suppress an artist’s freedom of conscience. We support Lorde’s right to take a stand,” reads the letter in The Guardian. "Shmuley Boteach, the author and promoter of the advert, supports Israel’s illegal settlements and wrote last month on Breitbart to thank Donald Trump for “electrifying the world” with his recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital in defiance of international law.
The statement was published in The Guardian following backlash over the Kiwi singer’s cancellation of her concert in Tel Aviv. It is a direct response to a full page ad published in the Washington Post on January 1 which called Lorde a bigot and also attacked her homeland of New Zealand.
“We deplore the bullying tactics being used to defend injustice against Palestinians and to suppress an artist’s freedom of conscience. We support Lorde’s right to take a stand,” reads the letter in The Guardian. "Shmuley Boteach, the author and promoter of the advert, supports Israel’s illegal settlements and wrote last month on Breitbart to thank Donald Trump for “electrifying the world” with his recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital in defiance of international law.
- 1/8/2018
- Look to the Stars
As a supplement to our Recommended Discs weekly feature, Peter Labuza regularly highlights notable recent home-video releases with expanded reviews. See this week’s selections below.
Two playful journeys into women’s lives — one a mystery forged in darkness, one an adventure-turned-ritualistic-requiem. Jacques Rivette’s Duelle and Noroît originally set up a four-part circle of films that were never finished. But these never-released-in-America masterpieces comprise his most wondrous ode to classical Hollywood, each based on a forgotten text. In Rivette’s own obsessive mise-en-scéne, their fantasies are grounded through realism, constructed worlds where the camera simply documents performance.
The streets of Paris remain conspicuously quiet through Duelle, a noir-fantasy modeled off Rko’s The Seventh Victim. The frizzle-haired ingénue Hermine Karagheuz balances on a ball before coming crashing back down, and suddenly a woman gives her the task of finding a missing man (encouraged by the booming sounds of the...
Two playful journeys into women’s lives — one a mystery forged in darkness, one an adventure-turned-ritualistic-requiem. Jacques Rivette’s Duelle and Noroît originally set up a four-part circle of films that were never finished. But these never-released-in-America masterpieces comprise his most wondrous ode to classical Hollywood, each based on a forgotten text. In Rivette’s own obsessive mise-en-scéne, their fantasies are grounded through realism, constructed worlds where the camera simply documents performance.
The streets of Paris remain conspicuously quiet through Duelle, a noir-fantasy modeled off Rko’s The Seventh Victim. The frizzle-haired ingénue Hermine Karagheuz balances on a ball before coming crashing back down, and suddenly a woman gives her the task of finding a missing man (encouraged by the booming sounds of the...
- 2/17/2016
- by Peter Labuza
- The Film Stage
The shortlist is announced today for the eighth annual Sheridan Morley Prize for Theatre Biography - the nominees are Tennessee Williams Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh by John Lahr, Our Time of Day My Life with Corin Redgrave by Kika Markham, What do I Know People, Politics and the Arts by Richard Eyre, Covering Shakespeare by David Weston and I Know Nothing The Autobiography by Andrew Sachs.
- 3/4/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Award-winning actor Jeremy Piven leads the cast as American entrepreneur, Harry Gordon Selfridge, in ITV's new drama Mr Selfridge, about the life of the flamboyant and visionary American entrepreneur.
Harry Gordon Selfridge moved to London with his wife Rose (played by Frances O'Connor), their four children and his mother Lois (Kika Markham) in 1906 to build and open the most ambitious and ground-breaking department store the world had ever seen.
The four Selfridge children are:
Rosalie, Harry’s eldest and slightly impressionable daughter, who gets help from Lady Mae to bed into London society, is played by 17 year old Poppy Lee Friar. Poppy (represented by Curtis Brown) from London, was a pupil at Sylvia Young Theatre School, and starred in the Cbbc comedy drama series Dead Gorgeous which was filmed in Australia.
13 year old Adam Wilson plays Gordon, Harry’s only son, and the heir to the Selfridge Empire. Gordon is...
Harry Gordon Selfridge moved to London with his wife Rose (played by Frances O'Connor), their four children and his mother Lois (Kika Markham) in 1906 to build and open the most ambitious and ground-breaking department store the world had ever seen.
The four Selfridge children are:
Rosalie, Harry’s eldest and slightly impressionable daughter, who gets help from Lady Mae to bed into London society, is played by 17 year old Poppy Lee Friar. Poppy (represented by Curtis Brown) from London, was a pupil at Sylvia Young Theatre School, and starred in the Cbbc comedy drama series Dead Gorgeous which was filmed in Australia.
13 year old Adam Wilson plays Gordon, Harry’s only son, and the heir to the Selfridge Empire. Gordon is...
- 12/21/2012
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
Legendary actor and life-long activist Vanessa Redgrave on bad habits, brother Corin and why the battle for the beleaguered Travellers of Dale Farm matters so much to her
When Corin Redgrave suffered a heart attack while pleading with councillors not to evict Travellers from Dale Farm in Essex in summer 2005, his sister, Vanessa, was thousands of miles away in the Us. "If it wasn't for a Traveller giving him mouth to mouth, he would have died," she says. "As it was he had such loss of oxygen to his brain that he had extreme short-term memory loss. Forty Travellers came to the Basildon hospital to pray for him."
So is her current support for the Travellers due to be evicted from Dale Farm later this month to honour her dead brother? "Oh very, very, very much so. The Dale Farm Travellers are inseparable from him for me. It's totally personal.
When Corin Redgrave suffered a heart attack while pleading with councillors not to evict Travellers from Dale Farm in Essex in summer 2005, his sister, Vanessa, was thousands of miles away in the Us. "If it wasn't for a Traveller giving him mouth to mouth, he would have died," she says. "As it was he had such loss of oxygen to his brain that he had extreme short-term memory loss. Forty Travellers came to the Basildon hospital to pray for him."
So is her current support for the Travellers due to be evicted from Dale Farm later this month to honour her dead brother? "Oh very, very, very much so. The Dale Farm Travellers are inseparable from him for me. It's totally personal.
- 9/9/2011
- by Stuart Jeffries
- The Guardian - Film News
King George VI and his wife return to the big screen in film about love affair between Us president Franklin D Roosevelt and distant cousin
The legacy of The King's Speech lives on: King George VI and his wife are to make a return to the big screen in Hyde Park on the Hudson, an adaptation of a BBC radio play, directed by Roger Michell. The production will be bankrolled by Film4, who apparently passed on funding The King's Speech in their eagerness to get this film about the monarch off the ground.
But there's no word on who will play the royal couple this time round, and indeed this time the characters are supporting, rather than the leads. The main focus of the story is the love affair between Us president Franklin D Roosevelt and his distant cousin Margaret Stuckley, which comes to a head in June 1939, when the...
The legacy of The King's Speech lives on: King George VI and his wife are to make a return to the big screen in Hyde Park on the Hudson, an adaptation of a BBC radio play, directed by Roger Michell. The production will be bankrolled by Film4, who apparently passed on funding The King's Speech in their eagerness to get this film about the monarch off the ground.
But there's no word on who will play the royal couple this time round, and indeed this time the characters are supporting, rather than the leads. The main focus of the story is the love affair between Us president Franklin D Roosevelt and his distant cousin Margaret Stuckley, which comes to a head in June 1939, when the...
- 3/30/2011
- by Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
Oscar winner Vanessa Redgrave is in mourning following the death of her actor brother Corin Redgrave on Tuesday, April 6, at the age of 70. The British star was best known for his stage roles, earning critical acclaim for his performances in Noel Coward's plays and Shakespeare's "The Tempest", "Much Ado About Nothing", and "Henry IV".
He earned a Tony Award nomination for his stint on Broadway as Boss Whalen in Tennessee Williams' "Not About Nightingales", and also won the Society of London Theater's Olivier Award for the same role. Redgrave, son of veteran actor Michael Redgrave, also enjoyed a lengthy TV and film career, with notable roles in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and 1981 movie "Excalibur".
He wrote a biography of his famous father, and also penned a play named "Bluntly Speaking". Redgrave is survived by his son, Luke, and daughter, Jemma, from his first marriage to Deirdre Hamilton-Hill,...
He earned a Tony Award nomination for his stint on Broadway as Boss Whalen in Tennessee Williams' "Not About Nightingales", and also won the Society of London Theater's Olivier Award for the same role. Redgrave, son of veteran actor Michael Redgrave, also enjoyed a lengthy TV and film career, with notable roles in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and 1981 movie "Excalibur".
He wrote a biography of his famous father, and also penned a play named "Bluntly Speaking". Redgrave is survived by his son, Luke, and daughter, Jemma, from his first marriage to Deirdre Hamilton-Hill,...
- 4/7/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
A political radical, as an actor he excelled at playing tortured establishment figures
Corin Redgrave, who has died aged 70, was both a formidable actor and a strenuous political activist. But, while it is fashionably easy to suggest that his career was blighted by his political activities, I suspect his talent was intimately related to his radical political convictions. And, if he enjoyed a golden theatrical rebirth from the late 1980s onwards, it may have had less to do with politics than with his determination to inherit the mantle of his revered father. Before he suffered a severe heart attack in 2005, Redgrave's later years yielded some of his finest work.
Redgrave was born, in London, into the theatrical purple. His father, Sir Michael, was both a great classical actor and a popular film star; his mother, Rachel Kempson, was also a distinguished actor. Educated at Westminster school, Redgrave won a scholarship to King's College,...
Corin Redgrave, who has died aged 70, was both a formidable actor and a strenuous political activist. But, while it is fashionably easy to suggest that his career was blighted by his political activities, I suspect his talent was intimately related to his radical political convictions. And, if he enjoyed a golden theatrical rebirth from the late 1980s onwards, it may have had less to do with politics than with his determination to inherit the mantle of his revered father. Before he suffered a severe heart attack in 2005, Redgrave's later years yielded some of his finest work.
Redgrave was born, in London, into the theatrical purple. His father, Sir Michael, was both a great classical actor and a popular film star; his mother, Rachel Kempson, was also a distinguished actor. Educated at Westminster school, Redgrave won a scholarship to King's College,...
- 4/6/2010
- by Michael Billington
- The Guardian - Film News
British film and stage icon Corin Redgrave died Tuesday aged 70, his family announced. The British actor -- best known for his role in hit movie Four Weddings and a Funeral -- passed away at a London hospital after being taken ill in the early hours of Sunday morning. A statement issued by his wife, Kika Markham, said: "He died very peacefully surrounded by his family. We will miss him so very much." Redgrave was born in Marylebone, London, the son of actors Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson.
- 4/6/2010
- by The Sun
- NYPost.com
Actor and political activist Corin Redgrave has passed away, aged 70. The star's widow Kika Markham confirmed his death earlier today. Corin, a member of the Redgrave acting dynasty, is the son of Sir Michael, brother of Vanessa and Lyn and uncle of the late Natasha Richardson. "We will miss him so very much," said Markham. "He died very peacefully [and] surrounded by his family." Redgrave, who fell ill on Sunday morning, was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2000 and suffered a heart attack at a political meeting in 2005. (more)...
- 4/6/2010
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
London -- Corin Redgrave, a member of a British acting dynasty that includes his sisters Vanessa and Lynn, has died at the age of 70.The Redgrave family said the actor died Tuesday after falling ill at home on Sunday. His wife, Kika Markham, said he died in a London hospital, "surrounded by his family."Corin Redgrave was less famous than his sisters, but still had success on stage and screen, appearing in dozens of television shows and movies, including "A Man for All Seasons," and "Oh! What A Lovely War" and "Four Weddings and a Funeral" - in which he played Hamish, the hapless groom of wedding number three.Known also for his radical political stands, Corin Redgrave was a Marxist who protested against the Iraq War, campaigned for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp and spoke out in defense of political dissidents. He was a longtime member...
- 4/6/2010
- backstage.com
Although it doesn't have a North American distributor yet, fantasy-thriller Franklyn quickly rose up ComingSoon.net's Top Previews chart after the trailer was revealed on Friday ( Watch here! ). Now, BadTaste.it has received some new artwork from the film, starring Ryan Phillippe, Eva Green, Sam Riley, Bernard Hill, Richard Coyle, Art Malik, Kika Markham amd Susannah York. The movie opens in the U.K. on February 20th. In Franklyn , Esser (Hill) is a broken man, searching for his wayward son amongst the rough streets of London's homeless. Milo (Riley) is a heartbroken thirty-something desperately trying to find a way back to the purity of first love. Emilia (Green) is abeautiful art student, her suicidal art projects becoming increasingly more complex and deadly. Preest...
- 1/14/2009
- Comingsoon.net
Cannes Film review: 'Wonderland'
Michael Winterbottom's "Wonderland" is one of those "takes-place-in-one-weekend," "Short Cuts"-inspired ensemble films. With exactly 13 characters to keep track of and climaxing with motorcycle crashes and babies being born, it is not, however, tarted up with a lot of irksome, facile humor or sleazy, obsessive behavior by the characters.
A jury member last year whose "Welcome to Sarajevo" was in competition two years ago, Winterbottom returns to Cannes with "Wonderland", which has good prospects for domestic distribution and might come away from this year's competition with honors. The film was made almost simultaneously with the director's "Old New Borrowed Blue", due for release later this year by Miramax.
Filmed with mostly hand-held equipment in Super 16 and splendidly blown-up to 35mm, using natural lighting and no professional extras, "Wonderland" appears at first to be another film from Dogme 95 -- the minimalist manifesto championed by Danes Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg, who both had features in last year's competition.
But Winterbottom imposed his own unique set of limitations, shooting guerrilla-style -- with a very small crew in the real South London locations indicated by the script -- including a pub, beauty parlor, soccer stadium, trains and sidewalks, with no constructed sets and few standardly-dressed. Likewise, first-time screenwriter Laurence Coriat's easy-flowing scenario is the bones, brains and heart that the cast and director fleshed out during the informally structured shoots.
Not as bleak as Robert Altman's widely influential "Short Cuts" or acidic as last year's Cannes' hits "Happiness" and "The Celebration", "Wonderland" centers on a family where the various siblings and parents generally go their separate ways. While there is plenty of drama and romance, a dab or two of kismet and a little nastiness, the film's realistic approach to storytelling and the strong performances mesh well with Winterbottom's stylistic flourishes.
Like "Happiness", this film features three sisters in various degrees of unhappiness. Nadia (Gina McKee) longs for love but goes on blind dates with the likes of Tim (Stuart Townsend), a seductive Dubliner playing the field. Debbie (Shirley Henderson) works in a salon and has an 11-year-old son (Peter Marfleet), who goes off for an eventful weekend with his volatile, banished dad (Ian Hart). Molly (Molly Parker) is the one about to have a baby and a painful crisis with her husband (John Simm).
Much attention is paid to the sisters' parents. Mother Eileen (Kika Markham) is driven to a heinous act by her sluggish husband, Bill Jack Shepherd), and a neighbor's constantly barking dog. Seen in only a few scenes is their carefree son Darren (Enzo Cilenti) enjoying his 21st birthday with girlfriend Melanie (Sarah-Jane Potts). Neighbor Donna (Ellen Thomas) has an intimate moment with Bill and her quiet son Franklyn (David Fahm) figures in the upbeat coda after much Sturm and Drang in the city.
The film's visual style is adventurous and pleasing in widescreen, with the washed-out colors and grainy imagery giving one a fresh look at the city. Michael Nyman's soaring score is a classy, welcome non-Dogme indulgence.
WONDERLAND
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and BBC Films
A Kismet Film Co. and Revolution Films production
CREDITS:
Director:Michael Winterbottom
Screenwriter:Laurence Coriat
Producers:Michele Camarda, Andrew Eaton
Executive producers:Stewart Till, David Thompson
Director of photography:Sean Bobbitt
Production designer:Mark Tidesley
Editor:Trevor Waite
Costume designer:Natalie Ward
Music:Michael Nyman
Color/stereo
CAST:
Debbie:Shirley Henderson
Nadia:Gina McKee
Molly:Molly Parker
Dan:Ian Hart
Eddie:John Simm
Jack:Peter Marfleet
Eileen:Kika Markham
Bill:Jack Shepherd
Running time: 107 minutes...
A jury member last year whose "Welcome to Sarajevo" was in competition two years ago, Winterbottom returns to Cannes with "Wonderland", which has good prospects for domestic distribution and might come away from this year's competition with honors. The film was made almost simultaneously with the director's "Old New Borrowed Blue", due for release later this year by Miramax.
Filmed with mostly hand-held equipment in Super 16 and splendidly blown-up to 35mm, using natural lighting and no professional extras, "Wonderland" appears at first to be another film from Dogme 95 -- the minimalist manifesto championed by Danes Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg, who both had features in last year's competition.
But Winterbottom imposed his own unique set of limitations, shooting guerrilla-style -- with a very small crew in the real South London locations indicated by the script -- including a pub, beauty parlor, soccer stadium, trains and sidewalks, with no constructed sets and few standardly-dressed. Likewise, first-time screenwriter Laurence Coriat's easy-flowing scenario is the bones, brains and heart that the cast and director fleshed out during the informally structured shoots.
Not as bleak as Robert Altman's widely influential "Short Cuts" or acidic as last year's Cannes' hits "Happiness" and "The Celebration", "Wonderland" centers on a family where the various siblings and parents generally go their separate ways. While there is plenty of drama and romance, a dab or two of kismet and a little nastiness, the film's realistic approach to storytelling and the strong performances mesh well with Winterbottom's stylistic flourishes.
Like "Happiness", this film features three sisters in various degrees of unhappiness. Nadia (Gina McKee) longs for love but goes on blind dates with the likes of Tim (Stuart Townsend), a seductive Dubliner playing the field. Debbie (Shirley Henderson) works in a salon and has an 11-year-old son (Peter Marfleet), who goes off for an eventful weekend with his volatile, banished dad (Ian Hart). Molly (Molly Parker) is the one about to have a baby and a painful crisis with her husband (John Simm).
Much attention is paid to the sisters' parents. Mother Eileen (Kika Markham) is driven to a heinous act by her sluggish husband, Bill Jack Shepherd), and a neighbor's constantly barking dog. Seen in only a few scenes is their carefree son Darren (Enzo Cilenti) enjoying his 21st birthday with girlfriend Melanie (Sarah-Jane Potts). Neighbor Donna (Ellen Thomas) has an intimate moment with Bill and her quiet son Franklyn (David Fahm) figures in the upbeat coda after much Sturm and Drang in the city.
The film's visual style is adventurous and pleasing in widescreen, with the washed-out colors and grainy imagery giving one a fresh look at the city. Michael Nyman's soaring score is a classy, welcome non-Dogme indulgence.
WONDERLAND
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and BBC Films
A Kismet Film Co. and Revolution Films production
CREDITS:
Director:Michael Winterbottom
Screenwriter:Laurence Coriat
Producers:Michele Camarda, Andrew Eaton
Executive producers:Stewart Till, David Thompson
Director of photography:Sean Bobbitt
Production designer:Mark Tidesley
Editor:Trevor Waite
Costume designer:Natalie Ward
Music:Michael Nyman
Color/stereo
CAST:
Debbie:Shirley Henderson
Nadia:Gina McKee
Molly:Molly Parker
Dan:Ian Hart
Eddie:John Simm
Jack:Peter Marfleet
Eileen:Kika Markham
Bill:Jack Shepherd
Running time: 107 minutes...
- 5/17/1999
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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