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More than 40 key figures from the film industry have written to UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak calling for more support for UK cinema, which they say is “standing on the edge of an abyss” as a result of the pandemic.
The industry leaders, including Christopher Nolan, Steve McQueen, Ridley Scott, Jude Law and Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, are calling for “targeted funding support to ensure that future generations can enjoy the magic of cinema”.
“We recognise the support that
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Naman Ramachandran Steve McQueen, currently riding a wave of global acclaim for his BBC/Amazon anthology “Small Axe,” will executive produce two Black-themed documentaries for the BBC.“Black Power,” which originated from an idea McQueen had while filming “Small Axe,” will examine how the Black Power movement came into being in the late 1960s and fought back against police brutality and racism.The films features rare archive of Martin Luther King, Malcolm X and Stokely Carmichael’s activities in
Steve McQueen is to executive produce two documentaries for the BBC that were conceived while shooting Small Axe. One will examine Black power in Britain, while the second film investigates how Black children in the 1960s and 1970s were disproportionately sent to schools for the so-called “educationally subnormal.”
Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterVariety will host a virtual 10 Directors to Watch and Creative Impact Awards event with the Palm Springs International Film Society on Feb. 26 at 10:00 a.m.
In the early 2000s, every moody teenager prided themself in being able to explain the plot of “Donnie Darko,” Richard Kelly‘s metaphysical film starring Jake Gyllenhaal about a kid who befriends a mysterious figure who tells him he has 28 days to save the world. Now, in a new oral history of the film, Kelly reveals that the notoriously confusing timeline in “Donnie Darko” was made clearer with the help of a certain Christopher Edward Nolan.
Steve Albini offered Nirvana his production services for free ahead of the recording of their album ‘In Utero’ in 1993 – if the band could beat him at a game of pool first.Albini did indeed end up producing the legendary band’s third and final studio album, which came out in September 1993.Ahead of recording at Pachyderm Studio in Cannon Falls, Minnesota in February 1993, Albini offered to work on ‘In Utero’ for free if any member of Nirvana could successfully beat him at a game of pool.If
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In the early 2000s, every moody teenager prided themself in being able to explain the plot of “Donnie Darko,” Richard Kelly‘s metaphysical film starring Jake Gyllenhaal about a kid who befriends a mysterious figure who tells him he has 28 days to save the world. Now, in a new oral history of the film, Kelly reveals that the notoriously confusing timeline in “Donnie Darko” was made clearer with the help of a certain Christopher Edward Nolan.
entire slate of 2021 movies simultaneously in cinemas and on HBO Max.Now, in a new article in the Wall Street Journal, a source reportedly “connected to the matter” has claimed Nolan is said to be so disappointed with their “hybrid distribution strategy” that he looks set to bring their 18 years of collaborating together to a close.The Wall Street Journal wrote: “After spending years as a top Warner Bros.
Donnie Darko director Richard Kelly has said he received one key piece of advice from Christopher Nolan ahead of the film’s release that made the time-travel classic easier to follow.Kelly’s 2001 film reached its 20th anniversary this week (January 19), and to celebrate the landmark Kelly took part in a new oral history of the film.In the piece published on The Ringer, Kelly said that it was Nolan and his wife Emma Thomas’ idea to include the parenthetical title cards below the date every time
Elaine Low Senior TV WriterAMC Networks has acquired six-part revenge thriller “The Beast Must Die,” produced in partnership with BritBox UK, New Regency Television International and Ridley Scott’s Scott Free.The series, based on the novel by Nicholas Blake, centers on a grieving mother who infiltrates the life of the man she thinks murdered her son.
When the news was released that WarnerMedia decided to shift the entire 2021 Warner Bros. film slate to a day-and-date deal with HBO Max and theaters, the reaction from filmmakers came quickly.
Tenet in Mumbai, a city that left a huge impression on him.He told India’s IANS news agency that he plans to film more in the country and work with actors there. “I really had a tremendous experience,” he said of shooting Tenet in Mumbai.
Christopher Nolan and Steve McQueen are among the big names to have signed a letter to U.K.Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak, appealing for more funding for cinemas amid the COVID-19 pandemic.The letter – a follow-up to the U.K. Cinema Association’s Keep the Magic Alive campaign in December (2020) – states that while the British government has tried to help the struggling sector, it’s not enough to keep them afloat.“There is no doubt that if supported to survive, the sector will recover
Experts are hopeful that the coronavirus vaccine will help to curb the spread of COVID-19, which has killed more than 2 million people worldwide since its 2019 emergence in China.
coronavirus pandemic.The letter, which appeared in The Sunday Times, was organised by Phil Clapp, Chief Executive of the UK Cinema Association.
A lot of the discussion surrounding Christopher Nolan last year was how he wanted to release “Tenet” in theaters to help provide a spark for the industry to hopefully bring people back to cinemas and help resuscitate an industry that has been hit incredibly hard since the pandemic began.
The Sunday Times, saying that cinemas are now 'on the edge of an abyss' due to the devastating effect of the coronavirus pandemic. Bar a brief period of reopening for some screens over the summer, as lockdown measures in the UK were eased, the vast majority of cinemas were closed for most of 2020.