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"Movie" vs. British Cinema

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2007-11-14 15:00:00 by girish in girish
...British literary-cultural tradition, Movie was less flamboyant, less given to allusion-making, more practical. The writers constructed detailed description of films; they believed in coming to grips with a film through close analysis, by examining its inner workings. Patient mise-en-scène analysis was the cornerstone of their method The...
 
 
 
 
 
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8/11: British Sounds

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2008-08-11 22:08:00 by Ed Howard in Only The Cinema
...British Sounds , might describe both the dialectical nature of the film itself, and the general aesthetic thesis of director Jean-Luc Godard during his politically radicalized tenure with the filmmaking collective Dziga Vertov Groupe. This aesthetic is summarized even more succinctly by the film's title card, on which, between the words...
 
 
 
 
 
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NOMINEES: 2007 British Science Fiction Association Awards

2008-01-23 00:18:33 by Editor in SF Signal
 
...British Science Fiction Association Awards, not the 2007 British Science Fiction Awards The British Science Fiction Association has announced the nominees for the 2007 British Science Fiction Association Awards BEST NOVEL Alice in Sunderland by Bryan Talbot (Jonathan Cape Black Man by Richard Morgan (Gollancz) [See SF Signal review Brasyl by...
 
 
 
 
 
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Once More, With Ealing: British Comedy At The Edmonton Film Society

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2008-04-13 15:02:00 by Paul Matwychuk in The Moviegoer
...British film version of Oscar Wildes The Importance of Being Earnest she exhibits a preternatural poise and calm. So serene is she, so perfectly posed in her spring dresses and her flower-bedecked hats, so impossible to faze, even in the midst of the most nonsensical romantic entanglements imaginable, you would never guess that she was in...
 
 
 
 
 
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BRITISH FILM BUSINESS BOOMING

2008-07-21 17:45:00 by Cinema Retro in Celebrating Films of the 1960s & 1970s
 
...British film industry is enjoying a boom in production and worldwide ticket sales for British made movies have doubled between 2006 and 2007. The industry is not only proving adept at producing blockbusters such as the Harry Potter and James Bond franchises, but perhaps more importantly, there are smaller films being nurtured that audiences...
 
 
 
 
 
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A Very British Gangster

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2008-10-20 08:07:44 by Ryan Adams in Awards Daily 2008
...BRITISH GANGSTER, the acclaimed profile of the notorious British gay crime boss, Dominic Noonan and his family, has qualified and been entered into the Academy Award Documentary Competition for consideration. Directed by Donal MacIntyre - an award winning BBC investigative reporter the film was the result of a four year odyssey with Noonan...
 
 
 
 
 
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British Independent Film Nominations

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2008-10-28 18:27:36 by Nancy Kriparos in Awards Daily 2008
...British Independent Film Award nominations recently came out and In Bruges and Hunger lead in the nominations with Slumdog Millionaire following closely behind The Full Nominations List after the break BEST BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM Hunger In Bruges Man on Wire Slumdog Millionaire Somers Town BEST DIRECTOR Mark Herman The Boy in the...
 
 
 
 
 
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BBC4's British B Movies weekend

2008-06-18 20:40:05 by modculture in Cinedelica
 
We love a British cult classic, so we'll be in front of the box all weekend to catch BBC4's British B Movies weekend. In truth, it's not as good as it could have been, although the 90-minute documentary - British
 
 
 
 
 
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A CINEMA RETRO SPECIAL REPORT: LEGENDARY BRITISH FILM STUDIOS

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2008-01-02 09:23:00 by Cinema Retro in Celebrating Films of the 1960s & 1970s
...British movie studios. His report is a sobering reminder of how unchecked development is endangering cultural heritage Suburban sprawl: rising real estate prices; loss of historic sites. Its not just a phenomenon in the United States. It is the world over. One place where this is taking a toll on our cinematic history is n the town of Elstree...
 
 
 
 
 
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Is It British? Turn It Up!

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2008-05-07 05:09:00 by Piper in LAZY EYE THEATRE
...British movie. That I can't hear a single goddamn word they're saying. Everything sounds like it's played through a thick wool sock that's been deep fried and had duct tape placed over it. Am I alone on this? So I have the volume cranked up so I can hear it, but then the soundtrack kicks in and suddenly it's blaring so then I get the dirty...