Despite its title, “My Cousin Rachel” is not a family comedy set over a Bat Mitzvah weekend in New Jersey, though it might yield similar audience demographics. Rather, it is a moody period romance from “Notting Hill” director Roger Michell starring Rachel Weisz and Sam Claflin, and one of a diminishing breed of mid-budget studio dramas.
Of course, the title wouldn’t have been so funny when the novel came out in 1951, written by Daphne du Maurier. The twentieth century British author and playwright’s work has inspired many great films over the years, including Nicholas Roeg’s “Don’t Look Now” (1973), starring Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie, as well as two from Alfred Hitchcock (“Rebecca” and “The Birds”). Lesser known is 1952 version of “My Cousin Rachel,” starring Richard Burton and Olivia de Havilland. Though classified as a romance novelist, her stories are more about the darker side of love and its obsessive qualities,...
Of course, the title wouldn’t have been so funny when the novel came out in 1951, written by Daphne du Maurier. The twentieth century British author and playwright’s work has inspired many great films over the years, including Nicholas Roeg’s “Don’t Look Now” (1973), starring Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie, as well as two from Alfred Hitchcock (“Rebecca” and “The Birds”). Lesser known is 1952 version of “My Cousin Rachel,” starring Richard Burton and Olivia de Havilland. Though classified as a romance novelist, her stories are more about the darker side of love and its obsessive qualities,...
- 6/13/2017
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
It's easy to pre-condemn period pieces – like, say, this take on famed author Daphne du Maurier's 1951 throwback potboiler – as yet another droning Masterpiece Theatre snorefest. Except when they work, of course – and My Cousin Rachel works just fine, thank you. Credit Rachel Weisz, who's just the dynamite actress needed to play a character who could be a misunderstood innocent or a fortune-hunting seductress who could be a cold-blooded killer. How delicious to watch the star keep us guessing.
Adapted by director Roger Michell (Notting Hill) from the novelist's Victorian-era bodice-ripper,...
Adapted by director Roger Michell (Notting Hill) from the novelist's Victorian-era bodice-ripper,...
- 6/6/2017
- Rollingstone.com
Top ad agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty is hosting an advertising masterclass in Melbourne later this month.
Titled ‘Turning intelligence into magic’, the event is part of the Communications Council Circus program.
The event will be run by Bbh’s group strategy director Nick Kendall and global engagement planning director Kevin Brown, who was due to speak at Circus in March, but pulled out for personal reasons.
Communications Council CEO Margaret Zabel said: “This is a great opportunity to learn from two of the best in our business. Nick and Kevin have an enviable track record across brands and markets; they have made an important contribution to the changing face of the profession and pushed the scope of marketing communications.”...
Titled ‘Turning intelligence into magic’, the event is part of the Communications Council Circus program.
The event will be run by Bbh’s group strategy director Nick Kendall and global engagement planning director Kevin Brown, who was due to speak at Circus in March, but pulled out for personal reasons.
Communications Council CEO Margaret Zabel said: “This is a great opportunity to learn from two of the best in our business. Nick and Kevin have an enviable track record across brands and markets; they have made an important contribution to the changing face of the profession and pushed the scope of marketing communications.”...
- 7/27/2012
- by Robin Hicks
- Encore Magazine
Three musicians are adding the sounds of their instruments to the chorus of anti-bullying activists with a cover of Kanye West and Daft Punk's song "Stronger."
Zach DePue, Nick Kendall, and Ranaan Meyer, also known as Time for Three or TF3, are a strings trio who hope the music video for their stirring cover will help raise awareness when it comes to the millions of children that are bullied each year in America alone.
They funded their video through Kickstarter, raising over $18,000 from 274 fans. In the clip (see video below), a young musician is shown being bullied at school. The bullies escalate their harassment throughout the video, but the boy eventually happens on a TF3 jam session and feels at home.
Like the boy in the video, TF3 were mocked for being obsessed with classical music when they were young. According to their website, the musicians that they had all faced bullying.
Zach DePue, Nick Kendall, and Ranaan Meyer, also known as Time for Three or TF3, are a strings trio who hope the music video for their stirring cover will help raise awareness when it comes to the millions of children that are bullied each year in America alone.
They funded their video through Kickstarter, raising over $18,000 from 274 fans. In the clip (see video below), a young musician is shown being bullied at school. The bullies escalate their harassment throughout the video, but the boy eventually happens on a TF3 jam session and feels at home.
Like the boy in the video, TF3 were mocked for being obsessed with classical music when they were young. According to their website, the musicians that they had all faced bullying.
- 3/29/2012
- by Kia Makarechi
- Huffington Post
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