Cannes 2012 Day 4: Lawless by John Hillcoat

Three bootlegging brothers. The American Dream. Prohibition. Power. Tom Hardy. Jessica Chastain. Guy Pearce. Gary Oldman. Mia Wasikowska. Er, Shia LaBeouf… it was going so well…. Tweet This Post
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CABIN IN THE WOODS Most anticipated 2012 movie (RELEASED 13th April)

Three bootlegging brothers. The American Dream. Prohibition. Power. Tom Hardy. Jessica Chastain. Guy Pearce. Gary Oldman. Mia Wasikowska. Er, Shia LaBeouf… it was going so well…. Tweet This Post

Take no notice of what the film critics say – Madagascar 3 is the one they all really want to see. They might like to ramble on about the merits of Haneke, Gondry or Cronenberg, but all they really want are some zoo animals performing zany antics. They may have banned this stuff in the [...]

Gondry himself has described ‘The We and The I’ as the story of a bus ride home at the end of school: It’s to explore the phenomenon of people, how different they are in groups and large numbers, and how they become more interesting and complex when they are in smaller groups. As they leave [...]

Wes Anderson’s ‘Moonrise Kingdom’ opens the Cannes Film Festival today (May 16th). Moonrise Kingdom stars Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand and Tilda Swinton. Set on an island off the coast of New England in the 1960s, as a young boy and girl fall in love they are moved to run away together. [...]

Summer’s here. Honest! So that must mean it’s time for the UK’s best outdoor film festival, the Film4 Summer Screen extravaganza. Two UK premieres share top billing, with the Kristin Stewart-starring ‘On the Road’ being one, and John Hillcoat’s (‘The Proposition’) ‘Lawless’ being the other. Oh, and there’s the new Ben Stiller comedy ‘The Watch’ [...]

Although the full line-up won’t be revealed until April 19th, Wes Anderson’s ‘Moonrise Kingdom’ has been selected to Open the Cannes Film Festival on May 16th. Moonrise Kingdom stars Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand and Tilda Swinton. Set on an island off the coast of New England in the 1960s, as a [...]

Bob’s coming! Movie legend Robert Redford is bringing his Sundance Film Festival to the London O2 this April (26th – 29th) with fourteen of their best 2012 films, making their UK premiers. John Cooper, Director of the Sundance Film Festival, said, “Sundance London grew out of our desire to help American independent filmmakers expand their reach, [...]

3rd – 17th November 2011 marks the London Korean Film Festival’s sixth anniversary. This year shines a light on the North and South divide which has been prevalent across many of Korea’s films since the ‘Forgotten War’, utilised in films like ‘The Front Line’, ‘Dance Town’ and ‘Poongsan’. The festival also contains a number of [...]

Playing at the 55th London Film Festival today are the rudey nudey Michael Fassbender movie ‘Shame’, cancer-comedy ’50/50′, and that bloody Sarah Palin being dismantled by Nick Broomfield. Talks and Workshops Education event: Film Journalism: Words on film, in print & online Fri 14 | 10:30 | NFT3, BFI Southbank BOOK NOW Meet writers and [...]

So many films are playing at the 55th London Film Festival (around 200) that you’re never going to even scratch the surface. But you can at least see some gems from around the world that may never see the light of UK distribution day, so make the most of it, in two weeks time it’ll [...]