Robin Leach, the entertainment journalist and host whose syndicated TV series Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous hit smack-dab in the zeitgeist of the “greed is good” era during its heyday in the 1980s and early ’90s, has died. He was 76.
Leach most recently had been working as a columnist at the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The newspaper relayed the news this morning that Leach passed away overnight in Las Vegas. He had been hospitalized since November 21 after suffering a stroke. He had a second stroke Monday and had been in hospice care.
“Despite the past 10 months, what a beautiful life he had,” Leach’s family said on Twitter this morning. “Our Dad, Grandpa, Brother, Uncle and friend Robin Leach passed away peacefully last night at 1:50 a.m. Everyone’s support and love over the past, almost one year, has been incredible and we are so grateful. Memorial arrangements to follow.
Leach most recently had been working as a columnist at the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The newspaper relayed the news this morning that Leach passed away overnight in Las Vegas. He had been hospitalized since November 21 after suffering a stroke. He had a second stroke Monday and had been in hospice care.
“Despite the past 10 months, what a beautiful life he had,” Leach’s family said on Twitter this morning. “Our Dad, Grandpa, Brother, Uncle and friend Robin Leach passed away peacefully last night at 1:50 a.m. Everyone’s support and love over the past, almost one year, has been incredible and we are so grateful. Memorial arrangements to follow.
- 8/24/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Curzon has appointed Philip Mordecai as the director of Curzon Home Cinema.
Mordecai begins in the new role this week, taking responsibility for the day-to-day management of Curzon Home Cinema and continuing the expansion of the service, which saw Stephen Leach appointed as marketing executive in July.
Mordecai will report to Curzon COO Mel Alcock.
He joins from Shorts International where he served as president, Emea. He has previously held strategic and management positions at MGM and BSkyB.
Curzon Home Cinema offers viewers in the UK and Ireland the opportunity to watch independent films - chosen by the team behind Curzon Cinemas - streamed in HD. Selected films are available to view on Curzon Home Cinema from the same day as their theatrical release.
Recent day-and-date releases have included A Late Quartet; Sundance title Breathe In; and What Maisie Knew, starring Julianne Moore and Steve Coogan.
The service is available via CurzonHomeCinema.com and on...
Mordecai begins in the new role this week, taking responsibility for the day-to-day management of Curzon Home Cinema and continuing the expansion of the service, which saw Stephen Leach appointed as marketing executive in July.
Mordecai will report to Curzon COO Mel Alcock.
He joins from Shorts International where he served as president, Emea. He has previously held strategic and management positions at MGM and BSkyB.
Curzon Home Cinema offers viewers in the UK and Ireland the opportunity to watch independent films - chosen by the team behind Curzon Cinemas - streamed in HD. Selected films are available to view on Curzon Home Cinema from the same day as their theatrical release.
Recent day-and-date releases have included A Late Quartet; Sundance title Breathe In; and What Maisie Knew, starring Julianne Moore and Steve Coogan.
The service is available via CurzonHomeCinema.com and on...
- 9/11/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
★★★★☆ Intimate, earnest and heartfelt, Andrew Haigh's Weekend (2011) - starring Tom Cullen and Chris New - is a refined and touching affair that showcases up-and-coming British film talent and an original approach to its subject matter.
On a Friday night after hanging out with his straight mates, Russell (Cullen) - an introverted lifeguard - heads out to a nightclub, alone and on the pull. After heavy drinking and hopeful cruising he meets Glen (New), an uninhibited and lascivious art gallery employee who he ends up spending the night with. An extended morning-after sequence of existential repartee sparks the beginning of a short lived relationship that sees the two extensively conversing, having sex, getting drunk and taking drugs – a recreational weekend romance which will resonate throughout the rest of their lives.
Played out with sensitivity and grace, Andrew Haigh's gay romance Weekend will no doubt prove to be a career...
On a Friday night after hanging out with his straight mates, Russell (Cullen) - an introverted lifeguard - heads out to a nightclub, alone and on the pull. After heavy drinking and hopeful cruising he meets Glen (New), an uninhibited and lascivious art gallery employee who he ends up spending the night with. An extended morning-after sequence of existential repartee sparks the beginning of a short lived relationship that sees the two extensively conversing, having sex, getting drunk and taking drugs – a recreational weekend romance which will resonate throughout the rest of their lives.
Played out with sensitivity and grace, Andrew Haigh's gay romance Weekend will no doubt prove to be a career...
- 10/15/2011
- by Daniel Green
- CineVue
Charming, witty, and quintessentially quirky, Cyrus (2010) is a slice of well-worked comedy from plucky lo-fi indie brothers, Jay and Mark Duplass.
La, the present. John C. Reilly plays John, a divorced down-and-out schlub who meanders through life alone and somewhat desperate. Upon the persistent demands from his ex-wife/best-friend (Catherine Keener) to shape-up and move on with his life he agrees to attend a local party. At the party he gets drunk and systematically tries to hit on women, severely embarrassing himself in the process.
As the alcohol flows so does his bladder and he retreats to a quiet area of the garden to escape the crowds and relieve himself. “Nice penis”, Molly (Marisa Tomei) taunts as she catches John in the act, the foxy singleton immediately striking up conversation with the embarrassed and now very drunk John.
From this initial fortuitous meeting the pair hit it off and a...
La, the present. John C. Reilly plays John, a divorced down-and-out schlub who meanders through life alone and somewhat desperate. Upon the persistent demands from his ex-wife/best-friend (Catherine Keener) to shape-up and move on with his life he agrees to attend a local party. At the party he gets drunk and systematically tries to hit on women, severely embarrassing himself in the process.
As the alcohol flows so does his bladder and he retreats to a quiet area of the garden to escape the crowds and relieve himself. “Nice penis”, Molly (Marisa Tomei) taunts as she catches John in the act, the foxy singleton immediately striking up conversation with the embarrassed and now very drunk John.
From this initial fortuitous meeting the pair hit it off and a...
- 2/28/2011
- by Daniel Green
- CineVue
In Danny Lerner's The Assassin Next Door (2009), Olga Kurylenko (Quantum of Solace [2008], Max Payne [2008]) play Galia, a young woman who finds herself in a severe set of circumstances. Having left her husband and daughter in her native Ukraine, she travels to Tel Aviv, Israel. Whilst there she winds up in a dire situation, becoming embroiled with the local sex-traffic mafia and used against her will as an assassin for their seedy deeds.
Living in a run down Tel Aviv flat she befriends her neighbor, Elinor (Ninet Tayeb) – a grocery store cashier who submits herself to brutal beatings by her husband. As Galia disobeys her latest contract and Elinor discovers that she is pregnant, the two women become increasingly desperate to escape. As the film draws to a close the protagonists decide to take action against their oppressors, resulting in a tense and thrilling finale.
Although this may be a short opening synopsis,...
Living in a run down Tel Aviv flat she befriends her neighbor, Elinor (Ninet Tayeb) – a grocery store cashier who submits herself to brutal beatings by her husband. As Galia disobeys her latest contract and Elinor discovers that she is pregnant, the two women become increasingly desperate to escape. As the film draws to a close the protagonists decide to take action against their oppressors, resulting in a tense and thrilling finale.
Although this may be a short opening synopsis,...
- 2/15/2011
- by Daniel Green
- CineVue
Not to be confused with Woody Allen’s 1982 feature A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy, A Swedish Midsummer Sex Comedy, or Äntligen midsommar! (2009) as it is known in Sweden, is the latest offering from director Ian McCrudden. First things first; here’s what the synopsis in the press notes has to say:
“A beautiful waterfront house, a Swedish flag fluttering in the wind. A sailboat tied to the wooden deck below. This is the setting of the friends' annual Midsummer celebrations. The friends are gathered at Emil's (Daniel Gustavsson) family house and the herring lunch, sauna, games and compulsory skinny dipping are as always prepared. Expectations are set – Micke (Alexander Karim) worries about his highly pregnant wife and the fastest way to the nearest hospital."
"Eva (Anna Littorin) is looking for some distraction from her recent split with Patrick (Per Wernolf) and Sam (Luke Perry). Emil's college buddy from the...
“A beautiful waterfront house, a Swedish flag fluttering in the wind. A sailboat tied to the wooden deck below. This is the setting of the friends' annual Midsummer celebrations. The friends are gathered at Emil's (Daniel Gustavsson) family house and the herring lunch, sauna, games and compulsory skinny dipping are as always prepared. Expectations are set – Micke (Alexander Karim) worries about his highly pregnant wife and the fastest way to the nearest hospital."
"Eva (Anna Littorin) is looking for some distraction from her recent split with Patrick (Per Wernolf) and Sam (Luke Perry). Emil's college buddy from the...
- 2/1/2011
- by Daniel Green
- CineVue
Proceeding last month’s brilliant Takeshi Kitano programme, it was typically appropriate for the Barbican to round off the Akira Kurosawa Directorspective season with a screening of the hugely popular and critically acclaimed Seven Samurai (1954). Kurosawa’s fifteenth directorial outing is a film which since its initial release has gone on to receive numerous awards, being consistently viewed as a pinnacle of world cinema, and regarded by many as the visionary genius’ best work.
Shown as part of a special retrospective insight into the great Japanese director’s work, Seven Samurai was a fitting final chapter to a season of films which included the likes of Throne of Blood (1957), Rashomon (1950), Drunken Angel (1948), The Hidden Fortress (1958) and Kagemusha (1980) - all films which have garnered their own fair share of accolades and are all seen as some of the greatest works in the auteur’s extensive oeuvre.
Hugely influential, Seven Samurai was...
Shown as part of a special retrospective insight into the great Japanese director’s work, Seven Samurai was a fitting final chapter to a season of films which included the likes of Throne of Blood (1957), Rashomon (1950), Drunken Angel (1948), The Hidden Fortress (1958) and Kagemusha (1980) - all films which have garnered their own fair share of accolades and are all seen as some of the greatest works in the auteur’s extensive oeuvre.
Hugely influential, Seven Samurai was...
- 1/12/2011
- by Cine-Vue
- CineVue
Happy New Year and welcome to 2011! 2010 was arguably one of the best years for new cinema in recent memory, but with new films scheduled for release from Danny Boyle, the Cohen Brothers, Darren Aronofsky and Terrence Malick, 2011 is shaping up to be another vintage year.
To celebrate the start of 2011, Cine-Vue contributers have provided a rundown of their own personal Top 5 'Upcoming Releases of 2011'. We'll also be running a poll on the right-hand sidebar that will allow you to vote for the film that you're most looking forward to seeing this year.
Enjoy!
Daniel Green, Executive Editor
Top 5 Upcoming Releases
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (dir. Tomas Alfredson, UK) - 16 September 2011
True Grit (dir. Ethan & Joel Cohen, USA) - 11 February 2011
A Dangerous Method (dir. David Cronenberg, Multinational) - tbc 2011
Melancholia (dir. Lars von Trier, Multinational) - 1 July 2011
Black Swan (dir. Darren Aronofsky, USA) - 21 January 2011
Naomi Barnwell
Top 5 Upcoming Releases
Black Swan (dir.
To celebrate the start of 2011, Cine-Vue contributers have provided a rundown of their own personal Top 5 'Upcoming Releases of 2011'. We'll also be running a poll on the right-hand sidebar that will allow you to vote for the film that you're most looking forward to seeing this year.
Enjoy!
Daniel Green, Executive Editor
Top 5 Upcoming Releases
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (dir. Tomas Alfredson, UK) - 16 September 2011
True Grit (dir. Ethan & Joel Cohen, USA) - 11 February 2011
A Dangerous Method (dir. David Cronenberg, Multinational) - tbc 2011
Melancholia (dir. Lars von Trier, Multinational) - 1 July 2011
Black Swan (dir. Darren Aronofsky, USA) - 21 January 2011
Naomi Barnwell
Top 5 Upcoming Releases
Black Swan (dir.
- 1/12/2011
- by Cine-Vue
- CineVue
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