Set in the near future, Mad Max portrays a dystopia on the brink of total collapse. Biker gangs do as they please and the "Halls of Justice" are quite literally crumbling. Yet, small pockets of a peaceful society still exist. People still go to restaurants and nightclubs and an attempt at order, of a sort, is maintained by the Main Force Patrol (Mfp), though the line between good and bad is slowly beginning to blur. Working with a tiny budget, director and co-writer George Miller uses the open road as his visual effect, bringing the action as close to the asphalt as we can get. Tires screech and eyes bug out of their head as a story of a society on the verge of being overrun by savages evolves into a story of revenge as the film's title character slowly earns his nickname. With a mixture of chaos, soon-to-be memorable moments of iconography and comedy,...
- 5/12/2015
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Today's episode might not be long, but it's packed as we have reviews of Cinderella, Run All Night and the new boxing documentary Champs plus a snippet of Brad's interview with It Follows writer/director David Robert Mitchell. All that plus our usual allotment of games, news, listener questions and more. If you are on Twitter, we have a Twitter account dedicated to the podcast at @bnlpod. Give us a follow won'tchac I want to remind you that you can call in and leave us your comments, thoughts, questions, etc. directly on our Google Voice account, which you can call and leave a message for us at (925) 526-5763, which may be even easier to remember at (925) 5-bnl-pod. Just call, leave us a voice mail and we'll add those to the show and respond directly. An alternative to that option, you can leave us a voicemail directly from your computer. Just...
- 3/13/2015
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Some 20 minutes of Patrick, director Mark Hartley.s re-imagining of Richard Franklin.s 1978 Australian psychological thriller, was screened for Us and international distributors at the Cannes Film Market.
Producer Antony I. Ginnane was pleased with the feedback and is hoping the film will be selected for the Toronto International Film Festival in October, which he believes would be the launch pad for a raft of sales.
In Cannes the international sales agent Bankside Films sold the pic, which stars Charles Dance, Sharni Vinson and Rachel Griffiths, to distributors in Turkey and the Middle East. Patrick will premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival in July and will open in cinemas in October via Umbrella Entertainment.
Ginnane produced the original, which starred Robert Helpmann, Susan Penhaligon and Robert Thompson. It was a breakthrough for the producer as it was snapped up by theatrical distributors worldwide. It made a ton of money...
Producer Antony I. Ginnane was pleased with the feedback and is hoping the film will be selected for the Toronto International Film Festival in October, which he believes would be the launch pad for a raft of sales.
In Cannes the international sales agent Bankside Films sold the pic, which stars Charles Dance, Sharni Vinson and Rachel Griffiths, to distributors in Turkey and the Middle East. Patrick will premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival in July and will open in cinemas in October via Umbrella Entertainment.
Ginnane produced the original, which starred Robert Helpmann, Susan Penhaligon and Robert Thompson. It was a breakthrough for the producer as it was snapped up by theatrical distributors worldwide. It made a ton of money...
- 5/29/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Long-time exhibitor and distributor Robert Ward is the recipient of this year.s Lifetime Achievement Award from the Independent Cinemas Association of Australia (Icaa).
Ross Entwistle and Barry Peak have also been honoured by Icaa as the inaugural recipients of the Mark Sarfaty Award for outstanding contribution to independent cinemas in the past year.
The awards were presented as part of the Icaa Conference which has been happening at Sydney.s Dendy Opera Quays this week.
Entwistle and Peak have been recognised for their hard work in putting a virtual print fee deal in place to help independent exhibitors . including non-icaa members . meet the cost of converting to digital.
As Icaa says on its website, they .put the interests of members before their own businesses in spending countless hours negotiating this scheme...
The award honours former chief executive of Icca, Mark Sarfaty, who passed away in November 2011. The conference program...
Ross Entwistle and Barry Peak have also been honoured by Icaa as the inaugural recipients of the Mark Sarfaty Award for outstanding contribution to independent cinemas in the past year.
The awards were presented as part of the Icaa Conference which has been happening at Sydney.s Dendy Opera Quays this week.
Entwistle and Peak have been recognised for their hard work in putting a virtual print fee deal in place to help independent exhibitors . including non-icaa members . meet the cost of converting to digital.
As Icaa says on its website, they .put the interests of members before their own businesses in spending countless hours negotiating this scheme...
The award honours former chief executive of Icca, Mark Sarfaty, who passed away in November 2011. The conference program...
- 5/2/2012
- by Sandy George
- IF.com.au
The recipients of the National Endowment for the Arts' 2011 Opera Honors were announced today. The four honorees—stage designer John Conklin, executive Speight Jenkins, mezzo-soprano Risë Stevens, and composer and academic Robert Ward—will each receive a $25,000 prize for their lifetime contributions to opera in the United States. They will also be celebrated with a ceremony and concert in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 27. Now in its fourth year, the award is the country's highest honor given for opera. "These four individuals have contributed significantly to opera in the United States, lending their talents and commitment to enhancing what we see, hear, feel, and think about opera," said Nea director of music and opera Wayne Brown in a written statement.Conklin is recognized as a primary figure in American stage design, having designed sets and costumes for theater, opera, and ballet companies around the world. Jenkins was appointed general director of.
- 6/24/2011
- by help@backstage.com (Lisa Eadicicco)
- backstage.com
Activision has released a number of official teaser trailers for recently leaked sequel Modern Warfare 3. The videos are set in America, France, England and Germany, and show each location in the midst of an attack. Infinity Ward community manager Robert Ward revealed on Twitter that the trailers were being released earlier than planned. "Wasn't planned, but you're clearly hyped, so here is the 1st of many Modern Warfare 3 videos coming in hot today! (sic)" Ward had previously confirmed that not all of the leaked information was accurate, (more)...
- 5/14/2011
- by By Liam Martin
- Digital Spy
Activision has released a number of official teaser trailers for recently leaked sequel Modern Warfare 3. The videos are set in America, France, England and Germany, and show each location in the midst of an attack. Infinity Ward community manager Robert Ward revealed on Twitter that the trailers were being released earlier than planned. "Wasn't planned, but you're clearly hyped, so here is the 1st of many Modern Warfare 3 videos coming in hot today! (sic)" Ward had previously confirmed that not all of the leaked information was accurate, (more)...
- 5/14/2011
- by By Liam Martin
- Digital Spy
Christopher Hitchens' incisive piece (Unspeakable truths, G2, 1 February) about the blatant rewriting of history by the film The King's Speech is timely and welcome. However, the film's success is not only due to its appeal to British people's reactionary need for reassuring fairy stories around monarchy and class. These myths, in the film, intersect with those around gender.
Surely another reason the film has wowed so many (often male) critics is because it offers a romantic and heroic myth about being a man. The damaged king, who by artistic sleight of hand is Everyman, can be restored to full potency when he gets his voice back. Then he can lead his people into war. We on the left need to look at the stories our culture tells about gender – in a recession so often the most comfortable for both sexes to believe in.
Michele Roberts
London
• Re your editorial (Unthinkable?...
Surely another reason the film has wowed so many (often male) critics is because it offers a romantic and heroic myth about being a man. The damaged king, who by artistic sleight of hand is Everyman, can be restored to full potency when he gets his voice back. Then he can lead his people into war. We on the left need to look at the stories our culture tells about gender – in a recession so often the most comfortable for both sexes to believe in.
Michele Roberts
London
• Re your editorial (Unthinkable?...
- 2/5/2011
- by Tom Shakespeare
- The Guardian - Film News
I could make any number of jokes here (ie. “Happy Town will be sad”), but I’ll somehow refrain myself from doing so (mostly because they suck). Unfortunately, the new ABC series Happy Town suffered from poor ratings from the beginning – which only happened to be a few weeks ago. Despite a solid cast with actors such as Sam Neill, Steven Webber and Amy Acker, the show premiered to lackluster ratings and they have only declined.
ABC has, therefore, pulled the show from its schedule as a mid-season replacement. An episode will air tonight (Wednesday, May 12) in its regular 10:00 p.m. timeslot and then the show will disappear until June 2, when the remaining four episodes of Happy Town will be burned off on Wednesday nights during the summer.
ABC seems to be searching for that elusive heir to Lost with sci-fi and mystery shows such as FlashForward, V and now Happy Town.
ABC has, therefore, pulled the show from its schedule as a mid-season replacement. An episode will air tonight (Wednesday, May 12) in its regular 10:00 p.m. timeslot and then the show will disappear until June 2, when the remaining four episodes of Happy Town will be burned off on Wednesday nights during the summer.
ABC seems to be searching for that elusive heir to Lost with sci-fi and mystery shows such as FlashForward, V and now Happy Town.
- 5/12/2010
- by Clarissa
- TVovermind.com
New York -- Digital projection, the growing 3-D wave and India's exhibition sector will take center stage as this year's CineAsia confab returns to the South China gambling Mecca of Macau.
"Everybody across Asia wants to know what's happening with digital projection, what's happening with 3-D, and how do you put asses in seats," Bob Sunshine, longtime organizer of the exhibition/distribution trade show, said. "We're really giving people in Asia what they've asked for."
Sunshine said that the 2008 edition at the Wynn Hotel and the Macau Tower, set for Dec. 9-11, will feature an advance 3-D screening of the Disney animated comedy "Bolt." The confab's Exhibitor of the Year award will go to Tusha Dhingra, the head of India's Big Cinemas, formerly known as Adlabs.
He also said he expects lower attendance this year as owners and suppliers, film buyers and distributors face the current financial crisis and cut back on overseas travel.
"Everybody across Asia wants to know what's happening with digital projection, what's happening with 3-D, and how do you put asses in seats," Bob Sunshine, longtime organizer of the exhibition/distribution trade show, said. "We're really giving people in Asia what they've asked for."
Sunshine said that the 2008 edition at the Wynn Hotel and the Macau Tower, set for Dec. 9-11, will feature an advance 3-D screening of the Disney animated comedy "Bolt." The confab's Exhibitor of the Year award will go to Tusha Dhingra, the head of India's Big Cinemas, formerly known as Adlabs.
He also said he expects lower attendance this year as owners and suppliers, film buyers and distributors face the current financial crisis and cut back on overseas travel.
- 11/4/2008
- by By Jonathan Landreth
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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