Apologies for the silence on the site in the last day or so — Kris has been in transit, while I’ve been distracted by dispiriting events close to home. The riots that have been plaguing London since Saturday night seemed to finally attract the full attention of international news networks today, but I’m not sure […]
Things we lost in the fire
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:03 pm · August 9th, 2011
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Fall festivals ready for their close-up
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:03 pm · August 17th, 2010
In the last couple of weeks the major fall film festivals have unveiled aggressively competitive line-ups, and the amount of potential awards product landing at Venice, Telluride, Toronto and New York is, as usual, vast. There are plenty of overlapping exhibitions but as for firsties, Venice will get dibs on Darren Aronofsky’s “Black Swan,” Julie […]
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A shout from the UK
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:33 am · May 15th, 2008
A nice view overrides an overcast (duh) drizzle here in London. I’m glancing out over the Thames as I write this, while a hop across the hallway here provides a look at Parliament, Big Ben, Westminster Abbey and the London Eye. Very pleasant. Meanwhile, down on the continent, the Cannes International Film Festival is catching […]
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