‘Loki’ Episode ‘Glorious Purpose’ Nominated for Best Dramatic Presentation Amongst Strong Contenders
Last year, Marvel Studios faced criticism and low box office numbers with two out of three major projects flopping both financially and critically. However, ‘Loki’ came back strong with its second season, earning praise from fans and critics alike as one of MCU’s best recent releases.
The show not only delivered an enjoyable experience but also wrapped up Loki’s character arc well while laying the groundwork for future Multiverse Saga developments. It’s no surprise that ‘Loki’ has garnered multiple award nominations, including this year’s Hugo Awards, known for honoring outstanding science fiction and fantasy works.
Loki’s last episode, ‘Glorious Purpose,’ was nominated for Best Dramatic Presentation and will have some strong competition.
Doctor Who: “The Giggle”, written by Russell T. Davies, directed by Chanya Button (Bad Wolf with BBC Studios for The BBC and Disney Branded Television) Loki: “Glorious Purpose”, screenplay by Eric Martin,...
The show not only delivered an enjoyable experience but also wrapped up Loki’s character arc well while laying the groundwork for future Multiverse Saga developments. It’s no surprise that ‘Loki’ has garnered multiple award nominations, including this year’s Hugo Awards, known for honoring outstanding science fiction and fantasy works.
Loki’s last episode, ‘Glorious Purpose,’ was nominated for Best Dramatic Presentation and will have some strong competition.
Doctor Who: “The Giggle”, written by Russell T. Davies, directed by Chanya Button (Bad Wolf with BBC Studios for The BBC and Disney Branded Television) Loki: “Glorious Purpose”, screenplay by Eric Martin,...
- 3/30/2024
- by Valentina Kraljik
- Fiction Horizon
‘Loki’ Episode ‘Glorious Purpose’ Nominated for Best Dramatic Presentation Against Tough Competition
Marvel Studios faced fan backlash and record low-box office results last year, with 2 out of 3 major projects failing both when it comes to earnings and critical reception, but not all was bad. ‘Loki’ returned with the second season and the show was highly praised by fans and critics alike, being the best project that the MCU has released in recent time.
The show was not only extremely enjoyable and ended Loki’s character development on a high note, it also set up some pretty grand implications for the continuation of the Multiverse Saga. It’s no wonder then that the show has been nominated for several awards, including this year’s Hugo award. The Hugo Awards are prestigious awards given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements. They are named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine ‘Amazing Stories.’
Loki’s final...
The show was not only extremely enjoyable and ended Loki’s character development on a high note, it also set up some pretty grand implications for the continuation of the Multiverse Saga. It’s no wonder then that the show has been nominated for several awards, including this year’s Hugo award. The Hugo Awards are prestigious awards given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements. They are named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine ‘Amazing Stories.’
Loki’s final...
- 3/30/2024
- by Valentina Kraljik
- Comic Basics
This Doctor Who article contains spoilers.
“He’s saying you need to stop,” companion Donna Noble tells the Fourteenth Doctor after the Fifteenth Doctor lists off a litany of adventures from the first Doctor on. A pained expression covers Fourteen as he admits, “I don’t know how.”
That confession rings true for viewers, and not just because it comes from David Tennant, who is both a great actor and a frequent returnee to Doctor Who, most recently for the three 60th Anniversary Specials. And it’s not just because we know the Doctor as a person on the move. Ever since the character’s introduction in 1963, the Doctor has been defined by restlessness. Even when grounded on Earth, as was the case for the Third Doctor, or stuck defending a base under siege, the Doctor does not sit still. They search for answers, save the day, and then off...
“He’s saying you need to stop,” companion Donna Noble tells the Fourteenth Doctor after the Fifteenth Doctor lists off a litany of adventures from the first Doctor on. A pained expression covers Fourteen as he admits, “I don’t know how.”
That confession rings true for viewers, and not just because it comes from David Tennant, who is both a great actor and a frequent returnee to Doctor Who, most recently for the three 60th Anniversary Specials. And it’s not just because we know the Doctor as a person on the move. Ever since the character’s introduction in 1963, the Doctor has been defined by restlessness. Even when grounded on Earth, as was the case for the Third Doctor, or stuck defending a base under siege, the Doctor does not sit still. They search for answers, save the day, and then off...
- 1/30/2024
- by Joe George
- Den of Geek
The Giggle, the final 60th anniversary special of Doctor Who, says farewell to David Tennant, hello to Ncuti Gatwa. Here’s the trailer.
Not only are we in a position where we can finally discuss the finer details of Wild Blue Yonder – the second of the three Doctor Who 60th anniversary specials – we also have the first glimpse of The Giggle, the final special which will see Neil Patrick Harris as The Toymaker (a role that hasn’t been visited in Doctor Who since the 1960s). He promises to be quite the foe to round off this particular trio of episodes.
Wild Blue Yonder first: you can read our spoiler-filled review of that particular episode here. Short version: the second half in particular was really quite something, and it’s available to watch now of course on the BBC’s iPlayer service.
And so we then move our attention to The Giggle,...
Not only are we in a position where we can finally discuss the finer details of Wild Blue Yonder – the second of the three Doctor Who 60th anniversary specials – we also have the first glimpse of The Giggle, the final special which will see Neil Patrick Harris as The Toymaker (a role that hasn’t been visited in Doctor Who since the 1960s). He promises to be quite the foe to round off this particular trio of episodes.
Wild Blue Yonder first: you can read our spoiler-filled review of that particular episode here. Short version: the second half in particular was really quite something, and it’s available to watch now of course on the BBC’s iPlayer service.
And so we then move our attention to The Giggle,...
- 12/4/2023
- by Jake Godfrey
- Film Stories
The 60th anniversary specials of Doctor Who are coming to feature-packed DVD and Blu-ray releases in December.
At the time of writing, the first of three Doctor Who 60th anniversary special episodes has been broadcast. They’ve seen David Tennant return to the Tardis, accompanied by Catherine Tate as Donna Noble.
The three episodes – The Star Beast, Wild Blue Yonder and The Giggle – have also marked Russell T Davies’ return to the showrunner job on Doctor Who. He’s been busy scribbling the new episodes, that have been going out back in a Saturday night slot.
Furthermore, just as when Davies brought Doctor Who back in 2005, we’re getting some feature-packed discs to go with the show. The BBC will be releasing the 60th anniversary specials on DVD and Blu-ray, just in time for Christmas.
The release date, lest you think this is one of the endless modern news stories...
At the time of writing, the first of three Doctor Who 60th anniversary special episodes has been broadcast. They’ve seen David Tennant return to the Tardis, accompanied by Catherine Tate as Donna Noble.
The three episodes – The Star Beast, Wild Blue Yonder and The Giggle – have also marked Russell T Davies’ return to the showrunner job on Doctor Who. He’s been busy scribbling the new episodes, that have been going out back in a Saturday night slot.
Furthermore, just as when Davies brought Doctor Who back in 2005, we’re getting some feature-packed discs to go with the show. The BBC will be releasing the 60th anniversary specials on DVD and Blu-ray, just in time for Christmas.
The release date, lest you think this is one of the endless modern news stories...
- 11/27/2023
- by Simon Brew
- Film Stories
The 60th anniversary of BBC's "Doctor Who" TV specials, directed by Rachel Talalay, Tom Kingsley and Chanya Button, starring David Tennant, include "The Star Beast" November 25, 2023, "Wild Blue Yonder" December 2, 2023 and "The Giggle" December 9, 2023 on Disney+:
".... the anniversaries reunite the 'Fourteenth Doctor' (David Tennant) and 'Donna Temple-Noble' (Catherine Tate) as they come face-to-face with their most terrifying villain yet: the 'Toymaker' (Neil Patrick Harris)..."
Cast also includes Yasmin Finney, Miriam Margolyes, Ruth Madeley, Jacqueline King, Karl Collins and Jemma Redgrave .
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".... the anniversaries reunite the 'Fourteenth Doctor' (David Tennant) and 'Donna Temple-Noble' (Catherine Tate) as they come face-to-face with their most terrifying villain yet: the 'Toymaker' (Neil Patrick Harris)..."
Cast also includes Yasmin Finney, Miriam Margolyes, Ruth Madeley, Jacqueline King, Karl Collins and Jemma Redgrave .
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- 11/18/2023
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
The 60th anniversary of BBC's "Doctor Who" TV specials, directed by Rachel Talalay, Tom Kingsley and Chanya Button, starring David Tennant, include "The Star Beast" November 25, 2023, "Wild Blue Yonder" December 2, 2023 and "The Giggle" December 9, 2023 on Disney+:
".... the anniversaries reunite the 'Fourteenth Doctor' (David Tennant) and 'Donna Temple-Noble' (Catherine Tate) as they come face-to-face with their most terrifying villain yet: the 'Toymaker' (Neil Patrick Harris)..."
Cast also includes Yasmin Finney, Miriam Margolyes, Ruth Madeley, Jacqueline King, Karl Collins and Jemma Redgrave .
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".... the anniversaries reunite the 'Fourteenth Doctor' (David Tennant) and 'Donna Temple-Noble' (Catherine Tate) as they come face-to-face with their most terrifying villain yet: the 'Toymaker' (Neil Patrick Harris)..."
Cast also includes Yasmin Finney, Miriam Margolyes, Ruth Madeley, Jacqueline King, Karl Collins and Jemma Redgrave .
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- 11/8/2023
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Praise Russell T Davies and his list of demands – Doctor Who is coming back to Saturday nights!
There’s no more guesswork required as to when the three 60th anniversary specials will air; the BBC has confirmed that we’ll get one a week starting from Saturday November 25, two days after the show’s official birthday on Thursday 23, and continuing on Saturday December 2 and Saturday December 9.
The exact BBC One time slots have yet to be announced, but common sense says that we’re looking at the pre-Strictly Come Dancing six to seven pm hour in the UK. If Disney+ is synchronising the streaming release worldwide, that would make it somewhere around lunchtime in the US. We’ll update as soon as the time slots are confirmed.
Each new extended special was written by Russell T Davies, with music by returning composer Murray Gold, and will be an hour long.
There’s no more guesswork required as to when the three 60th anniversary specials will air; the BBC has confirmed that we’ll get one a week starting from Saturday November 25, two days after the show’s official birthday on Thursday 23, and continuing on Saturday December 2 and Saturday December 9.
The exact BBC One time slots have yet to be announced, but common sense says that we’re looking at the pre-Strictly Come Dancing six to seven pm hour in the UK. If Disney+ is synchronising the streaming release worldwide, that would make it somewhere around lunchtime in the US. We’ll update as soon as the time slots are confirmed.
Each new extended special was written by Russell T Davies, with music by returning composer Murray Gold, and will be an hour long.
- 10/26/2023
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
The upcoming 60th anniversary "Doctor Who" TV specials, directed by Rachel Talalay, Tom Kingsley and Chanya Button include "The Star Beast" November 25, 2023, "Wild Blue Yonder" December 2, 2023 and "The Giggle" December 9, 2023 on Disney+:
".... the anniversaries will reunite the 'Fourteenth Doctor' (David Tennant) and 'Donna Temple-Noble' (Catherine Tate) as they come face-to-face with their most terrifying villain yet: the 'Toymaker' (Neil Patrick Harris)..."
Cast also includes Yasmin Finney, Miriam Margolyes, Ruth Madeley, Jacqueline King, Karl Collins and Jemma Redgrave .
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".... the anniversaries will reunite the 'Fourteenth Doctor' (David Tennant) and 'Donna Temple-Noble' (Catherine Tate) as they come face-to-face with their most terrifying villain yet: the 'Toymaker' (Neil Patrick Harris)..."
Cast also includes Yasmin Finney, Miriam Margolyes, Ruth Madeley, Jacqueline King, Karl Collins and Jemma Redgrave .
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- 10/26/2023
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Disney+ and BBC have announced premiere dates for the three new Doctor Who 60th anniversary specials.
The first special, The Star Beast, will premiere November 25, followed by Wild Blue Yonder on December 2 and The Giggle on December 9. The specials reunite the 14th Doctor (David Tennant) and Donna Temple-Noble (Catherine Tate) as they come face-to-face with their most terrifying villain yet: the Toymaker, played by Neil Patrick Harris in his Doctor Who debut. All will premiere on Disney+ globally except in the UK and Ireland, where they will air on the BBC.
We’re also getting an expanded look at the specials in a new trailer. You can watch it above.
Additional new cast includes Yasmin Finney as Rose Temple-Noble, Miriam Margolyes as the voice of the Meep and Ruth Madeley as Shirley Anne Bingham, as well as returning characters Jacqueline King as Sylvia Noble, Karl Collins as Shaun Temple, and Jemma Redgrave as Kate Lethbridge-Stewart.
The first special, The Star Beast, will premiere November 25, followed by Wild Blue Yonder on December 2 and The Giggle on December 9. The specials reunite the 14th Doctor (David Tennant) and Donna Temple-Noble (Catherine Tate) as they come face-to-face with their most terrifying villain yet: the Toymaker, played by Neil Patrick Harris in his Doctor Who debut. All will premiere on Disney+ globally except in the UK and Ireland, where they will air on the BBC.
We’re also getting an expanded look at the specials in a new trailer. You can watch it above.
Additional new cast includes Yasmin Finney as Rose Temple-Noble, Miriam Margolyes as the voice of the Meep and Ruth Madeley as Shirley Anne Bingham, as well as returning characters Jacqueline King as Sylvia Noble, Karl Collins as Shaun Temple, and Jemma Redgrave as Kate Lethbridge-Stewart.
- 10/25/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
“Doctor Who” is looking back at its past. The long-running British sci-fi touchstone is celebrating its 60th anniversary with three new specials that bring back important figures from the show’s run, while making a big move outside the UK to Disney+. Now, the streamer has shared the full trailer for the 60th anniversary specials, ahead of their November premiere.
First premiering in 1963, BBC’s “Doctor Who” follows the titular Doctor, a mysterious adventurer from an alien Time Lord species who travels through the galaxy and time in his Police Box-disguised Tardis machine. Originally played by William Hartnell, the Doctor has the ability to regenerate into new forms upon death, and the character was portrayed by six other actors before the original run ended in 1989. After a 1996 TV film starring Paul McGann as the Doctor, the show was properly revived in 2005 with Christopher Eccleston as the lead. The series has...
First premiering in 1963, BBC’s “Doctor Who” follows the titular Doctor, a mysterious adventurer from an alien Time Lord species who travels through the galaxy and time in his Police Box-disguised Tardis machine. Originally played by William Hartnell, the Doctor has the ability to regenerate into new forms upon death, and the character was portrayed by six other actors before the original run ended in 1989. After a 1996 TV film starring Paul McGann as the Doctor, the show was properly revived in 2005 with Christopher Eccleston as the lead. The series has...
- 10/25/2023
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
Specials marking the 60th anniversary of Doctor Who have set their premiere dates.
The three specials, which will feature the return of David Tennant as the Doctor and Catherine Tate as Donna Temple-Noble, are set to roll out over three weeks beginning Nov. 25 — two days after the actual 60th anniversary of Doctor Who’s first ever episode. The specials will stream on Disney+ (which grabbed streaming rights to the series in 2022) worldwide with the exception of the U.K. and Ireland, where they’ll air on the BBC.
Disney+ has also released a new trailer for the specials, following a first trailer in September that showcased the saga’s main antagonist, Neil Patrick Harris’ Toymaker — a villain first seen on Doctor Who in 1966 in a now mostly missing run of episodes.
The specials find the Fourteenth Doctor (Tennant, who also played the Tenth Doctor from 2005-10) reuniting with Donna as they battle the Toymaker.
The three specials, which will feature the return of David Tennant as the Doctor and Catherine Tate as Donna Temple-Noble, are set to roll out over three weeks beginning Nov. 25 — two days after the actual 60th anniversary of Doctor Who’s first ever episode. The specials will stream on Disney+ (which grabbed streaming rights to the series in 2022) worldwide with the exception of the U.K. and Ireland, where they’ll air on the BBC.
Disney+ has also released a new trailer for the specials, following a first trailer in September that showcased the saga’s main antagonist, Neil Patrick Harris’ Toymaker — a villain first seen on Doctor Who in 1966 in a now mostly missing run of episodes.
The specials find the Fourteenth Doctor (Tennant, who also played the Tenth Doctor from 2005-10) reuniting with Donna as they battle the Toymaker.
- 10/25/2023
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Get ready to re-enter the Tardis.
Disney Branded Television and BBC have revealed the trailer and premiere dates for the 60th anniversary “Doctor Who” specials, debuting on Disney+ and the BBC later this year. The first special, “The Star Beast,” premieres Nov. 25; “Wild Blue Yonder” comes out Dec. 2; “The Giggle” will premiere Dec. 9.
According to the logline, the anniversaries “will reunite the Fourteenth Doctor (David Tennant) and Donna Temple-Noble (Catherine Tate) as they come face-to-face with their most terrifying villain yet: the Toymaker (played by Neil Patrick Harris in his ‘Doctor Who’ debut).”
Fan-favorite actor Tennant starred as The Tenth Doctor from 2005-2010 and is regarded as one of the best performers to portray the time-traveling protagonist. He has since returned to the beloved franchise as the Fourteenth Doctor.
The rest of the cast includes Yasmin Finney as Rose Temple-Noble, Miriam Margolyes as the voice of the Meep and Ruth Madeley as Shirley Anne Bingham,...
Disney Branded Television and BBC have revealed the trailer and premiere dates for the 60th anniversary “Doctor Who” specials, debuting on Disney+ and the BBC later this year. The first special, “The Star Beast,” premieres Nov. 25; “Wild Blue Yonder” comes out Dec. 2; “The Giggle” will premiere Dec. 9.
According to the logline, the anniversaries “will reunite the Fourteenth Doctor (David Tennant) and Donna Temple-Noble (Catherine Tate) as they come face-to-face with their most terrifying villain yet: the Toymaker (played by Neil Patrick Harris in his ‘Doctor Who’ debut).”
Fan-favorite actor Tennant starred as The Tenth Doctor from 2005-2010 and is regarded as one of the best performers to portray the time-traveling protagonist. He has since returned to the beloved franchise as the Fourteenth Doctor.
The rest of the cast includes Yasmin Finney as Rose Temple-Noble, Miriam Margolyes as the voice of the Meep and Ruth Madeley as Shirley Anne Bingham,...
- 10/25/2023
- by Jaden Thompson
- Variety Film + TV
Disney Branded Television and the BBC have set the premiere dates for its three upcoming “Doctor Who” 60th anniversary specials.
The specials, titled “The Star Beast,” “Wild Blue Yonder” and “The Giggle,” will debut globally on Disney+ everywhere except in the U.K. and Ireland, where they will air on the BBC, on Nov. 25, Dec. 2 and Dec. 9, respectively. BBC Studios is handling global distribution.
The projects will see David Tennant and Catherine Tate reunite for another adventure as the 14th Doctor and Donna Temple-Noble, respectively, coming face-to-face with a new adversary known as the Toymaker, played by Neil Patrick Harris.
Other new cast members include Yasmin Finney as Rose Temple-Noble, Miriam Margolyes as the voice of the Meep and Ruth Madeley as Shirley Anne Bingham, as well as returning talent Jacqueline King as Sylvia Noble, Karl Collins as Shaun Temple and Jemma Redgrave as Kate Lethbridge-Stewart.
The specials are written...
The specials, titled “The Star Beast,” “Wild Blue Yonder” and “The Giggle,” will debut globally on Disney+ everywhere except in the U.K. and Ireland, where they will air on the BBC, on Nov. 25, Dec. 2 and Dec. 9, respectively. BBC Studios is handling global distribution.
The projects will see David Tennant and Catherine Tate reunite for another adventure as the 14th Doctor and Donna Temple-Noble, respectively, coming face-to-face with a new adversary known as the Toymaker, played by Neil Patrick Harris.
Other new cast members include Yasmin Finney as Rose Temple-Noble, Miriam Margolyes as the voice of the Meep and Ruth Madeley as Shirley Anne Bingham, as well as returning talent Jacqueline King as Sylvia Noble, Karl Collins as Shaun Temple and Jemma Redgrave as Kate Lethbridge-Stewart.
The specials are written...
- 10/25/2023
- by Lucas Manfredi
- The Wrap
There’s a new trailer for World on Fire, the Masterpiece war drama from The A Word’s Peter Bowker that bows Sunday, October 15, on PBS.
The series looks at World War II through the eyes of ordinary people from all sides of the conflict. The new seven-episode season will follow the first year of the war, starting with the German invasion of Poland in September 1939 and ending with the Battle of Britain.
The cast includes Lesley Manville (The Crown), Jonah Hauer-King (The Little Mermaid), Ahad Raza Mir (Resident Evil), Mark Bonnar (Guilt) and Gregg Sulkin (Runaways).
In 2019, PBS joined the BBC for a second season of the drama that starred Helen Hunt as a war correspondent. Season 2 has already dropped in the U.K, where viewers have noticed the absence of Hunt, as well as Sean Bean, Arthur Darvill and Brian J. Smith — due to a combination of scheduling...
The series looks at World War II through the eyes of ordinary people from all sides of the conflict. The new seven-episode season will follow the first year of the war, starting with the German invasion of Poland in September 1939 and ending with the Battle of Britain.
The cast includes Lesley Manville (The Crown), Jonah Hauer-King (The Little Mermaid), Ahad Raza Mir (Resident Evil), Mark Bonnar (Guilt) and Gregg Sulkin (Runaways).
In 2019, PBS joined the BBC for a second season of the drama that starred Helen Hunt as a war correspondent. Season 2 has already dropped in the U.K, where viewers have noticed the absence of Hunt, as well as Sean Bean, Arthur Darvill and Brian J. Smith — due to a combination of scheduling...
- 8/21/2023
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
The new 2023 TV specials, celebrating the 60th anniversary of the alien 'time-lord' "Doctor Who", will stream November 2023 on Disney+:
"... David Tennant and Catherine Tate return to the series as part of the 60th anniversary.
"Tennant will appear as the 'Fourteenth Doctor' for the first time while Tate will reprise her role as 'Donna Noble'.
"The three specials were directed by Rachel Talalay, Tom Kingsley, and Chanya Button.
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"... David Tennant and Catherine Tate return to the series as part of the 60th anniversary.
"Tennant will appear as the 'Fourteenth Doctor' for the first time while Tate will reprise her role as 'Donna Noble'.
"The three specials were directed by Rachel Talalay, Tom Kingsley, and Chanya Button.
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- 5/15/2023
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Liz Jensen’s bestselling 2009 novel “The Rapture” is to be adapted into a five-part drama starring Ruth Madeley, and produced by Mammoth Screen for BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
The writer is Bryony Kimmings (“Last Christmas”), with Rebecca Manley, and is directed by Chanya Button.
Recovering from a car crash which has left her paralysed, forensic psychologist Gabrielle Fox (Madeley) takes a job working in a maximum security facility for juvenile patients. Here she meets 16-year-old inmate Bethany Krall, who was found guilty of brutally murdering her mother, and tells Gabs that she has psychic powers. Is she a highly manipulative psychopath or is she telling the truth when she says she can foretell a natural disaster linked to climate catastrophe?
Madeley said: “I loved Liz Jensen’s novel and Bryony Kimmings’ scripts are brilliantly inventive and funny and scary. Gabs is such a rich and complex character, and I cannot wait to play her.
The writer is Bryony Kimmings (“Last Christmas”), with Rebecca Manley, and is directed by Chanya Button.
Recovering from a car crash which has left her paralysed, forensic psychologist Gabrielle Fox (Madeley) takes a job working in a maximum security facility for juvenile patients. Here she meets 16-year-old inmate Bethany Krall, who was found guilty of brutally murdering her mother, and tells Gabs that she has psychic powers. Is she a highly manipulative psychopath or is she telling the truth when she says she can foretell a natural disaster linked to climate catastrophe?
Madeley said: “I loved Liz Jensen’s novel and Bryony Kimmings’ scripts are brilliantly inventive and funny and scary. Gabs is such a rich and complex character, and I cannot wait to play her.
- 4/20/2023
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
If there’s one thing that 60 years of Doctor Who has taught us, it’s that the show likes to keep us guessing, and its unique brand of fans really, really like to guess what might happen in the show’s future. Or the past. Or in a parallel universe. You know, timey wimey… stuff.
We’ve still got a while to wait to find out what the show’s 60th anniversary celebrations will bring, as episodes are not set to air until November 2023, but returning showrunner Russell T Davies certainly knows how to keep fans guessing away on the edge of their seats.
First, he used Instagram to tease announcements, including the return of David Tennant and Catherine Tate, upcoming roles by Neil Patrick Harris and Yasmin Finney, and of course Ncuti Gatwa becoming the next Doctor.
Photos and videos of the filming taking place in summer 2022 got the...
We’ve still got a while to wait to find out what the show’s 60th anniversary celebrations will bring, as episodes are not set to air until November 2023, but returning showrunner Russell T Davies certainly knows how to keep fans guessing away on the edge of their seats.
First, he used Instagram to tease announcements, including the return of David Tennant and Catherine Tate, upcoming roles by Neil Patrick Harris and Yasmin Finney, and of course Ncuti Gatwa becoming the next Doctor.
Photos and videos of the filming taking place in summer 2022 got the...
- 1/4/2023
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
It’s official, Millie Gibson is the new Doctor Who companion who’ll be travelling through space and time with Ncuti Gatwa’s Doctor in Series 14. The 18-year-old actor is best known for playing the role of series regular Kelly Neelan in ITV soap Coronation Street, and if you want to feel old, was born just one year before the sci-fi show returned to television in 2005. She’ll be playing a character called Ruby Sunday.
The announcement was made live on the BBC’s Children in Need charity fundraising show, after a host of comedy skits and real-life stories, and the ever-brilliant Mel Giedroyc performing a bespoke dance to the Doctor Who theme music (the lyrics are “zonga zonga” now. It’s official.)
As a young soap actor Gibson follows in the footsteps of Jenna Coleman, who got her start in Emmerdale before becoming Clara Oswald and kick-starting a solid dramatic career.
The announcement was made live on the BBC’s Children in Need charity fundraising show, after a host of comedy skits and real-life stories, and the ever-brilliant Mel Giedroyc performing a bespoke dance to the Doctor Who theme music (the lyrics are “zonga zonga” now. It’s official.)
As a young soap actor Gibson follows in the footsteps of Jenna Coleman, who got her start in Emmerdale before becoming Clara Oswald and kick-starting a solid dramatic career.
- 11/18/2022
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Photo: ‘Vita & Virginia’/Thunderbird Releasing Warning: this article contains spoilers for ‘Vita & Virginia’. The real-life relationship between writers Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West is rendered a love letter to love in ‘Vita & Virginia’, which vividly presents how love ensnares us, enriches us, and devastates us. An arthouse biopic directed and co-written by Chanya Button, the film depicts only a sliver of both of these women’s lives in the 1920s—yet it’s an important one. Set in the intellectual and creative world of London’s bohemian art scene, Button’s film spans a condensed version of the period in which Sackville-West and Woolf met, became involved, and ended their affair. Related article: ‘God’s Own Country’: One of the Most Beautiful Love Stories Ever Told - A Gay Love Story That Wins Related article: Did you see the hidden messages in ‘Call Me By Your Name...
- 1/26/2021
- by Claire L. Wong
- Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
Exclusive: PBS is joining the BBC for a second season of Helen Hunt-fronted war drama World on Fire and has set a premiere date for the first season.
The U.S. public broadcaster will air the first season on Sunday April 5 2020 on its Masterpiece strand but has already signed up to co-produce the second season of the period thriller ahead of its TX.
Earlier today, the BBC revealed that it had renewed the series, produced by Victoria producer Mammoth Screen, following the UK finale.
World on Fire is written by The A Word’s Peter Bowker; it is a multi-stranded drama that looks at World War II through the eyes of ordinary people from all sides of the conflict. The first seven-episode season will follow the first year of the war, starting with the German invasion of Poland in September 1939 and ending with the Battle of Britain.
It stars...
The U.S. public broadcaster will air the first season on Sunday April 5 2020 on its Masterpiece strand but has already signed up to co-produce the second season of the period thriller ahead of its TX.
Earlier today, the BBC revealed that it had renewed the series, produced by Victoria producer Mammoth Screen, following the UK finale.
World on Fire is written by The A Word’s Peter Bowker; it is a multi-stranded drama that looks at World War II through the eyes of ordinary people from all sides of the conflict. The first seven-episode season will follow the first year of the war, starting with the German invasion of Poland in September 1939 and ending with the Battle of Britain.
It stars...
- 11/11/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Ray Stevenson, Sai Bennett, Andrew Buchan and Peter Egan have joined the cast of Starz’s The Spanish Princess, as production begins on the final eight episodes of the limited series. Shooting takes place on location and in The Bottle Yard Studios, Bristol, UK.
They join returning leads Charlotte Hope and Ruairi O’Connor reprising their roles as the ruling couple Catherine of Aragon and Henry VIII. Other key cast also returning are Stephanie Levi-John, Georgie Henley and Laura Carmichael.
Stevenson will play Meg’s boorish husband, King James IV of Scotland. Bennett portrays Henry and Meg’s sister Princess Mary, now of age to forge a political alliance for the Tudors through her own marriage. Buchan joins as the upwardly mobile Sir Thomas More and Egan will play Tudor stalwart General Howard.
They join returning leads Charlotte Hope and Ruairi O’Connor reprising their roles as the ruling couple Catherine of Aragon and Henry VIII. Other key cast also returning are Stephanie Levi-John, Georgie Henley and Laura Carmichael.
Stevenson will play Meg’s boorish husband, King James IV of Scotland. Bennett portrays Henry and Meg’s sister Princess Mary, now of age to forge a political alliance for the Tudors through her own marriage. Buchan joins as the upwardly mobile Sir Thomas More and Egan will play Tudor stalwart General Howard.
- 9/26/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
“Every war is different until it’s the same…” The BBC and PBS have unveiled the first trailer (below) for period war drama World on Fire.
Helen Hunt and Sean Bean star in the series, written by The A Word’s Peter Bowker and produced by Victoria producer Mammoth Screen. Launching later this year on BBC One and recently acquired by the U.S. public broadcaster for its Masterpiece strand, the series is a multi-stranded drama that looks at World War II through the eyes of ordinary people from all sides of the conflict.
The first seven-episode season will follow the first year of the war, starting with the German invasion of Poland in September 1939 and ending with the Battle of Britain.
The cast also includes Lesley Manville (Mum), Jonah Hauer-King (Little Women) and Julia Brown (The Last Kingdom), Polish Academy Award-winner Zofia Wichłacz (Warsaw 44) and Brian J. Smith (Sense8...
Helen Hunt and Sean Bean star in the series, written by The A Word’s Peter Bowker and produced by Victoria producer Mammoth Screen. Launching later this year on BBC One and recently acquired by the U.S. public broadcaster for its Masterpiece strand, the series is a multi-stranded drama that looks at World War II through the eyes of ordinary people from all sides of the conflict.
The first seven-episode season will follow the first year of the war, starting with the German invasion of Poland in September 1939 and ending with the Battle of Britain.
The cast also includes Lesley Manville (Mum), Jonah Hauer-King (Little Women) and Julia Brown (The Last Kingdom), Polish Academy Award-winner Zofia Wichłacz (Warsaw 44) and Brian J. Smith (Sense8...
- 8/28/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
She may share a last name (and genes) with the hottest woman in showbiz, but Isobel Waller-Bridge is a fiery talent in her own right. Not only has the musician and composer scored both seasons of her sister Phoebe’s 11-time Emmy-nominated “Fleabag,” she’s lent her melodic ear to an episode of “Black Mirror,” scored the entirety of BBC One’s “The Split,” as well as Amazon’s critically lauded “Vanity Fair” limited series. Her latest film project hits theaters this weekend: the lush period romance “Vita & Virginia,” which chronicles the intense and intellectual love affair between Virginia Woolf (Elizabeth Debicki) and the writer Vita Sackville-West (Gemma Arterton).
“I’m such a Virginia Woolf, kind of, obsessive. And the idea of delving into her love affair with Vita Sackville-West… even though I’ve already done it, I think about it, and it’s like the dreamiest thing,” Waller-Bridge...
“I’m such a Virginia Woolf, kind of, obsessive. And the idea of delving into her love affair with Vita Sackville-West… even though I’ve already done it, I think about it, and it’s like the dreamiest thing,” Waller-Bridge...
- 8/23/2019
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
It’s always extra frustrating when a biopic falls short, especially if its subject is as compelling as the relationship between two brilliant iconoclasts like Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West.
It’s a shame, too, that many in the audience will get their introduction to Sackville-West via “Vita and Virginia.” In reality, she was an extraordinarily complicated, trailblazing bisexual writer who lived on her own terms regardless of the price to herself or others in her orbit. Here, she comes across as a spoiled and superficial narcissist who is merely, as one character intones amid the film’s plethora of plummy accents, “rahthah hard work.”
As played by Gemma Arterton (also an executive producer), Vita is pure seductress: gorgeous and tempestuous and shockingly modern even by the most decadent standards of 1927. She’s irresistible, in other words, for the contemplative, always-questing Virginia. But Virginia’s Bloomsbury set isn’t as easily swayed.
It’s a shame, too, that many in the audience will get their introduction to Sackville-West via “Vita and Virginia.” In reality, she was an extraordinarily complicated, trailblazing bisexual writer who lived on her own terms regardless of the price to herself or others in her orbit. Here, she comes across as a spoiled and superficial narcissist who is merely, as one character intones amid the film’s plethora of plummy accents, “rahthah hard work.”
As played by Gemma Arterton (also an executive producer), Vita is pure seductress: gorgeous and tempestuous and shockingly modern even by the most decadent standards of 1927. She’s irresistible, in other words, for the contemplative, always-questing Virginia. But Virginia’s Bloomsbury set isn’t as easily swayed.
- 8/22/2019
- by Elizabeth Weitzman
- The Wrap
PBS has acquired Helen Hunt-fronted British drama World on Fire. The public broadcaster will air the BBC series, which is produced by Victoria producer Mammoth Screen on its Masterpiece strand.
The announcement was made by Masterpiece Executive Producer Rebecca Eaton at the TCA summer press tour.
The drama is written by The A Word’s Peter Bowker; it is a multi-stranded drama that looks at World War II through the eyes of ordinary people from all sides of the conflict. The first seven-episode season will follow the first year of the war, starting with the German invasion of Poland in September 1939 and ending with the Battle of Britain.
It stars Hunt as a “complicated” war correspondent as well as Sean Bean Jonah Hauer-King (Little Women) and Julia Brown (The Last Kingdom), Polish Academy Award-winner Zofia Wichłacz (Warsaw 44) and Brian J. Smith (Sense8) along with Parker Sawyers (The Autopsy of Jane Doe...
The announcement was made by Masterpiece Executive Producer Rebecca Eaton at the TCA summer press tour.
The drama is written by The A Word’s Peter Bowker; it is a multi-stranded drama that looks at World War II through the eyes of ordinary people from all sides of the conflict. The first seven-episode season will follow the first year of the war, starting with the German invasion of Poland in September 1939 and ending with the Battle of Britain.
It stars Hunt as a “complicated” war correspondent as well as Sean Bean Jonah Hauer-King (Little Women) and Julia Brown (The Last Kingdom), Polish Academy Award-winner Zofia Wichłacz (Warsaw 44) and Brian J. Smith (Sense8) along with Parker Sawyers (The Autopsy of Jane Doe...
- 7/29/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
’Westlife’ live concert doc, ‘Midsommar’ also open in the top five.
Today’s Gbp to Usd conversion rate: 1.25
Rank Film (Distributor) Three-day gross (July 5-7) Total gross to date Week 1 Spider-Man: Far From Home (Sony Pictures) £8.3m £14.1m 1 2 Toy Story 4 (Disney) £5.5m £36m 3 3 Yesterday (Universal) £1.6m £5.6m 2 4 Westlife – The Twenty Tour Live (Cinema Live) £880,628 £880,628 1 5 Midsommar (Entertainment Film Distributors) £635,938 £812,052 1 Sony Pictures
Spider-Man: Far From Home, starring Tom Holland, got underway in the UK with an £8.3m opening weekend. The film entered UK cinemas, day-and-date with the Us, on Tuesday (July 2), grossing just short of £5.8m in previews, and taking £14.1m so far.
Today’s Gbp to Usd conversion rate: 1.25
Rank Film (Distributor) Three-day gross (July 5-7) Total gross to date Week 1 Spider-Man: Far From Home (Sony Pictures) £8.3m £14.1m 1 2 Toy Story 4 (Disney) £5.5m £36m 3 3 Yesterday (Universal) £1.6m £5.6m 2 4 Westlife – The Twenty Tour Live (Cinema Live) £880,628 £880,628 1 5 Midsommar (Entertainment Film Distributors) £635,938 £812,052 1 Sony Pictures
Spider-Man: Far From Home, starring Tom Holland, got underway in the UK with an £8.3m opening weekend. The film entered UK cinemas, day-and-date with the Us, on Tuesday (July 2), grossing just short of £5.8m in previews, and taking £14.1m so far.
- 7/8/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
So few women are allowed to be cads onscreen that spotting one is as an exotic and unexpected a sight as a flamingo on the underground. Gemma Arterton’s Vita Sackville-West is one such creature – carnal and careless – Caitlin Moran’s lady sex pirate made flesh. In short…a cad. And it is a joy to behold.
As, in fact, is Vita & Virginia in its entirety. Together director Chanya Button and her (fabulous) co-writer Eileen Atkins (who penned the original play in 1992) have crafted a singular love letter to the relationship between Virginia Woolf and the delightful cad who inspired Orlando and remained her lifelong friend.
Predictably Virginia (Elizabeth Debicki) is less accessible than the irrepressible Vita, about whom we have learned scandalous intimacies within moments. They meet at a party – a gathering of the outrageous Bloomsbury set – Vita has inveigled an invitation solely to meet Virginia. Virginia remains emotionally detached from the crowd,...
As, in fact, is Vita & Virginia in its entirety. Together director Chanya Button and her (fabulous) co-writer Eileen Atkins (who penned the original play in 1992) have crafted a singular love letter to the relationship between Virginia Woolf and the delightful cad who inspired Orlando and remained her lifelong friend.
Predictably Virginia (Elizabeth Debicki) is less accessible than the irrepressible Vita, about whom we have learned scandalous intimacies within moments. They meet at a party – a gathering of the outrageous Bloomsbury set – Vita has inveigled an invitation solely to meet Virginia. Virginia remains emotionally detached from the crowd,...
- 7/5/2019
- by Emily Breen
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Ari Aster’s ‘Hereditary’ follow-up ‘Midsommar’ also out this weekend.
This weekend in the UK will see Spider-Man: Far From Home try to light up this year’s summer box office with a blockbuster opening session.
The Marvel film, released by Sony Pictures (which retains ownership of the Spider-Man franchise), follows the recent success of fellow Marvel title Avengers: Endgame, which has taken a goliath £88.3m in the UK, making it the country’s fifth highest-grossing release of all time.
Disney put Endgame back into cinemas last week (including some bonus content featuring the cast and crew) to capitalise on...
This weekend in the UK will see Spider-Man: Far From Home try to light up this year’s summer box office with a blockbuster opening session.
The Marvel film, released by Sony Pictures (which retains ownership of the Spider-Man franchise), follows the recent success of fellow Marvel title Avengers: Endgame, which has taken a goliath £88.3m in the UK, making it the country’s fifth highest-grossing release of all time.
Disney put Endgame back into cinemas last week (including some bonus content featuring the cast and crew) to capitalise on...
- 7/5/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
The affair between Vita Sackville-West and Virginia Woolf is winningly recreated by Gemma Arterton and Elizabeth Debicki
Two stars have been known before now for portraying the complex figure of Virginia Woolf: Eileen Atkins and Nicole Kidman, the latter getting an Oscar for The Hours in 2002, despite being forced to wear an extraordinary false nose for the role. Atkins had no need of a prosthesis in her televised 1991 one-woman show A Room of One’s Own and in her 1992 stage play Vita & Virginia. This movie is based on that theatre piece, and Atkins has co-written the screenplay with its director Chanya Button.
Now Elizabeth Debicki takes on Woolf (nasally unassisted) and confidently tackles all her imperious, eccentric, tortured patrician-bohemianism in this diverting hothouse flower of a movie. She carries it off with some style. The drama – featuring the kind of flat, chirruping upper-middle-class English accents that aren’t usually...
Two stars have been known before now for portraying the complex figure of Virginia Woolf: Eileen Atkins and Nicole Kidman, the latter getting an Oscar for The Hours in 2002, despite being forced to wear an extraordinary false nose for the role. Atkins had no need of a prosthesis in her televised 1991 one-woman show A Room of One’s Own and in her 1992 stage play Vita & Virginia. This movie is based on that theatre piece, and Atkins has co-written the screenplay with its director Chanya Button.
Now Elizabeth Debicki takes on Woolf (nasally unassisted) and confidently tackles all her imperious, eccentric, tortured patrician-bohemianism in this diverting hothouse flower of a movie. She carries it off with some style. The drama – featuring the kind of flat, chirruping upper-middle-class English accents that aren’t usually...
- 7/4/2019
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
With director Chanya Button, the star has made an ambitious drama about the passionate Bloomsbury love affair. They talk about female desire and the rise in lesbian romances on screen
Gemma Arterton and Chanya Button are frolicking for the camera in a female-only London club. Behave as if you would normally, orders the photographer. “We could cuddle up,” quips Arterton, “but that would give the wrong impression.” She has just rushed up from Chichester, where she is staying with her boyfriend Rory Keenan, while he performs in a play. It’s a reminder – if any were needed – that both women are busy, busy, busy. They have arrived late, creating a comic road-drama of their own as their respective assistants monitored their cars converging from different directions.
Close friends since Button went to drama school with Arterton’s younger sister, Hannah, they are in London to promote their first professional collaboration,...
Gemma Arterton and Chanya Button are frolicking for the camera in a female-only London club. Behave as if you would normally, orders the photographer. “We could cuddle up,” quips Arterton, “but that would give the wrong impression.” She has just rushed up from Chichester, where she is staying with her boyfriend Rory Keenan, while he performs in a play. It’s a reminder – if any were needed – that both women are busy, busy, busy. They have arrived late, creating a comic road-drama of their own as their respective assistants monitored their cars converging from different directions.
Close friends since Button went to drama school with Arterton’s younger sister, Hannah, they are in London to promote their first professional collaboration,...
- 6/27/2019
- by Claire Armitstead
- The Guardian - Film News
After 37 years as the nation’s premier Lgbtq film festival, Outfest shows no signs of slowing down. The 2019 festival, scheduled to take place in Los Angeles from July 18-28, has just announced its full schedule. The lineup features a combination of festival favorites and rarely-seen foreign films, placing Lgbtq cinema in a truly global context.
The festival opens on July 18 with “Circus of Books,” the Tribeca hit about a daughter’s learning about her parents’ groundbreaking gay porn shop. It closes out with Sundance breakout “Before You Know It,” and will feature 28 world premieres during its run.
From features and documentaries to shorts and episodic content, this is truly an all-inclusive launching pad for Lgbtq filmmakers. The festival continues to push the boundaries of progress, with a majority of this year’s films directed by filmmakers from groups underrepresented in queer film.
“As my tenure comes to an end I...
The festival opens on July 18 with “Circus of Books,” the Tribeca hit about a daughter’s learning about her parents’ groundbreaking gay porn shop. It closes out with Sundance breakout “Before You Know It,” and will feature 28 world premieres during its run.
From features and documentaries to shorts and episodic content, this is truly an all-inclusive launching pad for Lgbtq filmmakers. The festival continues to push the boundaries of progress, with a majority of this year’s films directed by filmmakers from groups underrepresented in queer film.
“As my tenure comes to an end I...
- 6/12/2019
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
Inside Out Toronto, Canada’s leading Lgbtq film festival, announced its full lineup for its 29th edition today, including news that the Taron Egerton-starring Elton biopic “Rocketman” will open the festival following its Cannes premiere. Mindy Kaling’s “Late Night” will close the festival, with Netflix’s update to “Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City” featured as a centerpiece presentation.
The festival also announced Thursday a new four-year partnership with Netflix in support of Lgbtq filmmakers in Canada. The strategic partnership will begin with the 2019 edition of the festival, which runs May 23 – June 2. Through Inside Out’s Lgbtq Film Financing Forum, the first of its kind in the world, the Netflix funds will be used to expand Inside Out’s professional development and mentorship programming to develop the next generation of Canadian creators and talent.
“Inside Out is committed to establishing itself as the home of Lgbtq filmmakers,...
The festival also announced Thursday a new four-year partnership with Netflix in support of Lgbtq filmmakers in Canada. The strategic partnership will begin with the 2019 edition of the festival, which runs May 23 – June 2. Through Inside Out’s Lgbtq Film Financing Forum, the first of its kind in the world, the Netflix funds will be used to expand Inside Out’s professional development and mentorship programming to develop the next generation of Canadian creators and talent.
“Inside Out is committed to establishing itself as the home of Lgbtq filmmakers,...
- 5/3/2019
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Frameline Film Festival announced Tuesday the first 12 films heading up the lineup for the 43rd annual Lgbtq film festival, which takes place in San Francisco’s famous Castro district. The opening night film will be the Elizabeth Debicki-starring Virginia Woolf lesbian drama “Vita & Virginia,” which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival last fall. Two documentaries will round out the centerpiece and closing night screenings: “Gay Chorus Deep South,” and the world premiere of the Judy Garland focused “Sid & Judy.”
“People question the place of film festivals in a now media-saturated culture, but the Festival is about communities: bringing everyone together to celebrate and expand our knowledge of the world around us, as well as ourselves,” Frameline Executive Director Frances Wallace said in a statement. “Frameline’s Festival attendance increased in 2018, and we predict a continued expansion of our audience this year. The Lgbtq+ world has never been...
“People question the place of film festivals in a now media-saturated culture, but the Festival is about communities: bringing everyone together to celebrate and expand our knowledge of the world around us, as well as ourselves,” Frameline Executive Director Frances Wallace said in a statement. “Frameline’s Festival attendance increased in 2018, and we predict a continued expansion of our audience this year. The Lgbtq+ world has never been...
- 4/30/2019
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Events include a panel on crowdfunding.
The BFI Flare Lgbtq+ Film Festival has announced the industry programme for its 2019 edition, which runs from March 21-31.
‘The Makers’, a series of one-to-one interviews with individuals who have made a major contribution to Lgbtq+ film and television, will feature sessions with Israeli filmmaker Tomer Heymann (Jonathan Agassi Saved My Life), and the UK’s Pratibha Parmar (Alice Walker: Beauty In Truth) and Kristiene Clarke (The Truth About Gay Sex).
Panel events include ‘Standing out from the Crowd(fund)’, a discussion about how crowdfunding can be used for Lgbtq+ work, with filmmakers...
The BFI Flare Lgbtq+ Film Festival has announced the industry programme for its 2019 edition, which runs from March 21-31.
‘The Makers’, a series of one-to-one interviews with individuals who have made a major contribution to Lgbtq+ film and television, will feature sessions with Israeli filmmaker Tomer Heymann (Jonathan Agassi Saved My Life), and the UK’s Pratibha Parmar (Alice Walker: Beauty In Truth) and Kristiene Clarke (The Truth About Gay Sex).
Panel events include ‘Standing out from the Crowd(fund)’, a discussion about how crowdfunding can be used for Lgbtq+ work, with filmmakers...
- 3/19/2019
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
This year is the 33rd edition of the event.
The BFI Flare: London Lgbtq+ Film Festival (March 21 – 31) has unveiled the full programme for its 33rd edition, including over 50 features.
Titles will include the European premiere of Justin Kelly’s Jt Leroy starring Laura Dern and Kristen Stewart, which will close the event. The film, adapted from Savannah Knoop’s memoir Girl Boy Girl: How I Became Jt LeRoy, premiered at Toronto last year.
The Flare centrepiece screening will be the UK premiere of Tomer Heymann’s documentary Jonathan Agassi Saved My Life, a portrait of one of the world’s most successful gay porn stars.
The BFI Flare: London Lgbtq+ Film Festival (March 21 – 31) has unveiled the full programme for its 33rd edition, including over 50 features.
Titles will include the European premiere of Justin Kelly’s Jt Leroy starring Laura Dern and Kristen Stewart, which will close the event. The film, adapted from Savannah Knoop’s memoir Girl Boy Girl: How I Became Jt LeRoy, premiered at Toronto last year.
The Flare centrepiece screening will be the UK premiere of Tomer Heymann’s documentary Jonathan Agassi Saved My Life, a portrait of one of the world’s most successful gay porn stars.
- 2/20/2019
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Biopic “Vita & Virginia” has been set as the opening night film for this year’s edition of the BFI Flare Festival, Britain’s largest and longest running Lgbtq+ film festival. Chanya Button’s film, which stars Elizabeth Debicki as iconic author Virginia Woolf and Gemma Arterton as her lover and muse Vita Sackville-West, will see its U.K. premiere at the head of the festival’s 33rd edition on March 21.
“I’m beyond thrilled that ‘Vita & Virginia’ will be opening BFI Flare,” said Button. “I’m so grateful that this film that celebrates love and creativity in all its forms will have a platform at such a vivid and forward thinking festival.”
Based on a stage play by Eileen Atkins and adapted by Button, the film tells the true story of the long-running and passionate relationship between Woolf and Sackville-West and the birth of Woolf’s novel “Orlando,” which their encounters inspired.
“I’m beyond thrilled that ‘Vita & Virginia’ will be opening BFI Flare,” said Button. “I’m so grateful that this film that celebrates love and creativity in all its forms will have a platform at such a vivid and forward thinking festival.”
Based on a stage play by Eileen Atkins and adapted by Button, the film tells the true story of the long-running and passionate relationship between Woolf and Sackville-West and the birth of Woolf’s novel “Orlando,” which their encounters inspired.
- 2/8/2019
- by Robert Mitchell
- Variety Film + TV
Kenneth Branagh’s Shakespeare tale All Is True has been selected to open the Palm Springs Film Festival, which Friday unveiled its full lineup of films for the 30th edition that runs January 3-14. The fest also said that Bruce Bereford’s Ladies in Black will be the closing-night film, with the director and cast members expected to be in attendance.
In all, the fest will screen 223 films from 78 countries, and as usual will screen a slew of Oscar Foreign Language Film entries, this year numbering 43 of the 87 official submissions. Also on the docket: a 30-film retrospective of past fest selections, dubbed the Palm Springs Canon; special focuses on cinema from France, India and Mexico, and Jewish and queer cinema; and the new Ricky Jay Magic of Cinema Award, named for actor and magician Ricky Jay who died last month.
In addition to the film lineup, the opening awards gala...
In all, the fest will screen 223 films from 78 countries, and as usual will screen a slew of Oscar Foreign Language Film entries, this year numbering 43 of the 87 official submissions. Also on the docket: a 30-film retrospective of past fest selections, dubbed the Palm Springs Canon; special focuses on cinema from France, India and Mexico, and Jewish and queer cinema; and the new Ricky Jay Magic of Cinema Award, named for actor and magician Ricky Jay who died last month.
In addition to the film lineup, the opening awards gala...
- 12/14/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
The Palm Springs International Film Festival has announced its 2019 lineup, and it’s prodigious: 223 films from 78 countries, four of them world premieres. Though well known for celebrating future Oscar nominees (and winners) each year, the festival also boasts a deceptively robust world-cinema slate; among the upcoming offerings are Jia Zhangke’s “Ash Is Purest White,” Sergey Loznitsa’s “Donbass,” Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra’s “Birds of Passage,” and Ryūsuke Hamaguchi’s “Asako I & II,” to name just a few.
A number of post-screening Q&As will also be held, including with “Black Klansman” author Ron Stallworth and “Support the Girls” star Regina Hall, in addition to a new section celebrating the best films to screen at Psiff throughout its first three decades.
World premieres:
Buck Run (USA), Director Nick Frangione
Carlos Almaraz Playing With Fire (USA), Directors Elsa Flores Almaraz, Richard Montoya (Schlesinger Documentary Competition)
The Last Color...
A number of post-screening Q&As will also be held, including with “Black Klansman” author Ron Stallworth and “Support the Girls” star Regina Hall, in addition to a new section celebrating the best films to screen at Psiff throughout its first three decades.
World premieres:
Buck Run (USA), Director Nick Frangione
Carlos Almaraz Playing With Fire (USA), Directors Elsa Flores Almaraz, Richard Montoya (Schlesinger Documentary Competition)
The Last Color...
- 12/14/2018
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
You’ve probably heard of the likes of Patty Jenkins and Ava DuVernay. You’ve almost certainly heard of Kathryn Bigelow and Lynne Ramsay. But what other female directors come to mind when asked whose work you enjoy? Many brilliant women are out there making great films but few have become the huge recognisable names they deserve to be.
It’s time to delve a little deeper and have a look at (just some of) the very talented women making great work behind the camera.
Debra Granik
Winter’s Bone might be known as the film that launched Jennifer Lawrence’s career, but the subtlety and dark undertones of the film are a credit to director Debra Granik’s skills – skills which are plain to see again in her latest offering, the stunning Leave No Trace. She gets to the very core of people and explores their humanity and traumas...
It’s time to delve a little deeper and have a look at (just some of) the very talented women making great work behind the camera.
Debra Granik
Winter’s Bone might be known as the film that launched Jennifer Lawrence’s career, but the subtlety and dark undertones of the film are a credit to director Debra Granik’s skills – skills which are plain to see again in her latest offering, the stunning Leave No Trace. She gets to the very core of people and explores their humanity and traumas...
- 11/19/2018
- by Amanda Keats
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
On location in Atlas Studios Ouarzazate, Morocco.
Jacqueline McKenzie and Daniel Lapaine are playing a quintessentially British aristocratic couple in Miss Fisher & the Crypt of Tears, the feature film spin-off of the ABC series and novels by Kerry Greenwood, which is now shooting in Morocco.
Lord and Lady Lofthouse are old friends of Essie Davis’ Miss Phryne Fisher, who rescues Shirin Abbas, a young Bedouin girl (Australian newcomer Izabella Yena) from prison in Jerusalem and then sets out to find priceless emeralds and to solve the suspicious disappearance of Shirin’s tribe.
Lapaine’s character Lord ‘Lofty’ Lofthouse is described as a man of easygoing charm, the product of generations of wealthy British aristocracy, who served as a high-ranking officer in the Palestinian and Sinai campaigns of World War One. His late parents knew Phyrne’s Aunt Prudence (Miriam Margolyes).
His devoted wife Lady Eleanor is attractive, elegant and civilised.
Jacqueline McKenzie and Daniel Lapaine are playing a quintessentially British aristocratic couple in Miss Fisher & the Crypt of Tears, the feature film spin-off of the ABC series and novels by Kerry Greenwood, which is now shooting in Morocco.
Lord and Lady Lofthouse are old friends of Essie Davis’ Miss Phryne Fisher, who rescues Shirin Abbas, a young Bedouin girl (Australian newcomer Izabella Yena) from prison in Jerusalem and then sets out to find priceless emeralds and to solve the suspicious disappearance of Shirin’s tribe.
Lapaine’s character Lord ‘Lofty’ Lofthouse is described as a man of easygoing charm, the product of generations of wealthy British aristocracy, who served as a high-ranking officer in the Palestinian and Sinai campaigns of World War One. His late parents knew Phyrne’s Aunt Prudence (Miriam Margolyes).
His devoted wife Lady Eleanor is attractive, elegant and civilised.
- 10/21/2018
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
First look at Hinds in road comedy, exec producer by Dominic Dromgoole.
Ciarán Hinds is set to wrap filming on comedy The Thin Man, a road movie co-directed and written by Stephen Warbeck and John Paul Davidson. Warbeck won an Oscar for his score for Shakespeare In Love in 1999.
The UK-France project is produced by Daniel-Konrad Cooper of Rather Good Films whose credits include Dead In A Week (Or Your Money Back).
Theatre director-turned-film producer Dominic Dromgoole’s Open Palm Films is behind the production, on which Dromgoole serves as an executive producer. Set up in 2016, the company’s credits...
Ciarán Hinds is set to wrap filming on comedy The Thin Man, a road movie co-directed and written by Stephen Warbeck and John Paul Davidson. Warbeck won an Oscar for his score for Shakespeare In Love in 1999.
The UK-France project is produced by Daniel-Konrad Cooper of Rather Good Films whose credits include Dead In A Week (Or Your Money Back).
Theatre director-turned-film producer Dominic Dromgoole’s Open Palm Films is behind the production, on which Dromgoole serves as an executive producer. Set up in 2016, the company’s credits...
- 9/28/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
My favorite sub-genre in cinema happens to be films about filmmaking and second place, before the biopic, are films about the lives of authors, writers and journalists. Chanya Button landed at Tiff with her sophomore feature — a making of …. a relationship and the behind the scenes of one of the greatest novels. Gemma Arterton and Elizabeth Debicki (who was also at Tiff for Steve McQueen’s Widows) take on the roles of Vita Sackville-West and Virginia Woolf. Vita & Virginia is based on Sackville-West and Woolf’s correspondence and (is based on Button’s play) and was co-scripted by Eileen Atkins, who also wrote the screen adaptation of Mrs Dalloway (1997).…...
- 9/19/2018
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
One reason that the great Virginia Woolf has proven resistant to the flattening instincts of the straight-ahead, birth-to-death biopic to date is that there are so many ways into the story of her life, and each aspect seems to have its emblematic text. Stephen Daldry’s adaptation of “The Hours” with its focus on the restrictive social roles that women have historically been forced to play, took “Mrs. Dalloway” as its central motif. And now, Chanya Button’s “Vita & Virginia,” an exploration of Woolf’s (Elizabeth Debicki) 10-year, up-and-down affair with novelist and socialite Vita Sackville-West (Gemma Arterton), loosely organizes itself around the writing of “Orlando,” a novel inspired by Sackville-West in which the title character, born a man, spontaneously changes sex at about 30 years of age.
As a partial glimpse at a multifaceted personality, Button and screenwriter Eileen Atkins, drawing sometimes over-literal inspiration from the letters the pair wrote to each other,...
As a partial glimpse at a multifaceted personality, Button and screenwriter Eileen Atkins, drawing sometimes over-literal inspiration from the letters the pair wrote to each other,...
- 9/18/2018
- by Jessica Kiang
- Variety Film + TV
There’s something that doesn’t click in Chanya Button’s Vita & Virginia, an account of the lesbian romance between sparkling socialite and writer Vita Sackville-West and the great evergreen modernist Virginia Woolf. In London of the 1920s, teetering between convention and bohemianism, their open but still scandalous affair is recounted with physicality and atmosphere. Yet in the end, precious little is revealed and one is left with the feeling that the material needed a different kind of treatment to illuminate its protagonists. Coming a long way from her directing bow on the comic road movie Burn Burn Burn, Button has ...
- 9/15/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
There’s something that doesn’t click in Chanya Button’s Vita & Virginia, an account of the lesbian romance between sparkling socialite and writer Vita Sackville-West and the great evergreen modernist Virginia Woolf. In London of the 1920s, teetering between convention and bohemianism, their open but still scandalous affair is recounted with physicality and atmosphere. Yet in the end, precious little is revealed and one is left with the feeling that the material needed a different kind of treatment to illuminate its protagonists. Coming a long way from her directing bow on the comic road movie Burn Burn Burn, Button has ...
- 9/15/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
A selection of the British movies screening at the Toronto Film Festival:
“Outlaw King”
Director: David Mackenzie
Section: Gala Presentations
Logline: Forced into exile by the English, Robert the Bruce (Chris Pine) fights to reclaim
the Scottish throne.
“Widows”
Director: Steve McQueen
Section: Gala Presentations
Logline: Crime thriller about four women left in the lurch when their criminal husbands are killed.
“Colette” (U.K.)
Director: Wash Westmoreland
Section: Special Presentations
Logline: Keira Knightley stars in historical drama about the eponymous French novelist.
“Driven”
Director: Nick Hamm
Section: Special Presentations
Logline: Lee Pace and Jason Sudeikis star in this story of the rise and fall of automotive maverick John DeLorean.
“Red Joan” (U.K.)
Director: Trevor Nunn
Section: Special Presentations
Logline: Judi Dench and Sophie Cookson take on the complex persona of a seemingly demure physicist who is a British spy for the Kgb.
“Teen Spirit” (U.K.)
Director: Max Minghella...
“Outlaw King”
Director: David Mackenzie
Section: Gala Presentations
Logline: Forced into exile by the English, Robert the Bruce (Chris Pine) fights to reclaim
the Scottish throne.
“Widows”
Director: Steve McQueen
Section: Gala Presentations
Logline: Crime thriller about four women left in the lurch when their criminal husbands are killed.
“Colette” (U.K.)
Director: Wash Westmoreland
Section: Special Presentations
Logline: Keira Knightley stars in historical drama about the eponymous French novelist.
“Driven”
Director: Nick Hamm
Section: Special Presentations
Logline: Lee Pace and Jason Sudeikis star in this story of the rise and fall of automotive maverick John DeLorean.
“Red Joan” (U.K.)
Director: Trevor Nunn
Section: Special Presentations
Logline: Judi Dench and Sophie Cookson take on the complex persona of a seemingly demure physicist who is a British spy for the Kgb.
“Teen Spirit” (U.K.)
Director: Max Minghella...
- 9/11/2018
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
On Sunday, CBS chief Leslie Moonves became the latest industry titan to be toppled from power in the wake of allegations of sexual assault and harassment. From Harvey Weinstein to Dustin Hoffman to Brett Ratner, men who were once thought to be mighty enough to act with impunity are colliding with a new world order, one in which their celebrity is no longer enough to guarantee that their accusers will stay silent.
At this year’s Toronto Intl. Film Festival, where much of Hollywood has decamped for the annual running of the Oscar contenders, the talk was of Moonves, #MeToo and the possibility that women might finally be granted a seat at the table.
“There’s an opportunity for real cultural change,” said actress Maggie Gyllenhaal, at the fest to support her film “The Kindergarten Teacher”; she’s also scheduled for an In Conversation With … session.
But the big question...
At this year’s Toronto Intl. Film Festival, where much of Hollywood has decamped for the annual running of the Oscar contenders, the talk was of Moonves, #MeToo and the possibility that women might finally be granted a seat at the table.
“There’s an opportunity for real cultural change,” said actress Maggie Gyllenhaal, at the fest to support her film “The Kindergarten Teacher”; she’s also scheduled for an In Conversation With … session.
But the big question...
- 9/10/2018
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Gemma Arterton and Rupert Penry-Jones discuss marriage and gender politics in this first clip of period drama Vita & Virginia, based on the love letters of Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West.
The film tells the true story of socialite Sackville-West (Arterton) and literary icon Woolf, played by The Night Manager’s Elizabeth Debicki in 1920s London. When their paths cross, the magnetic Vita decides the beguiling, stubborn and gifted Virginia will be her next conquest, no matter the cost. Vita and Virginia forge an unconventional affair and neither will ever be the same without the other.
Shot in Ireland, it is the sophomore feature from Chanya Button. Button co-wrote with Eileen Atkins. Isabella Rossellini and Peter Ferdinando also star.
Protagonist Pictures is handling worldwide rights. Producers are Evangelo Kioussis for Mirror Productions and Katie Holly for Blinder Films. Executive producers are Simon Baxter, Christopher Figg, Nicolas Sampson, Norman Merry,...
The film tells the true story of socialite Sackville-West (Arterton) and literary icon Woolf, played by The Night Manager’s Elizabeth Debicki in 1920s London. When their paths cross, the magnetic Vita decides the beguiling, stubborn and gifted Virginia will be her next conquest, no matter the cost. Vita and Virginia forge an unconventional affair and neither will ever be the same without the other.
Shot in Ireland, it is the sophomore feature from Chanya Button. Button co-wrote with Eileen Atkins. Isabella Rossellini and Peter Ferdinando also star.
Protagonist Pictures is handling worldwide rights. Producers are Evangelo Kioussis for Mirror Productions and Katie Holly for Blinder Films. Executive producers are Simon Baxter, Christopher Figg, Nicolas Sampson, Norman Merry,...
- 9/7/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
35 features with UK involvement are playing across the two festivals.
Four months ago, the UK was reacting to the disappointment of just four films with UK involvement in the Cannes Film Festival programme, including no outright UK films in the Competition, Un Certain Regard, Critics’ Week, and Directors’ Fortnight strands.
Several execs reiterated to Screen at the time that Cannes remains the premiere destination of choice, but suggested the autumn festivals such as Venice and Toronto were beginning to offer an increased appeal to UK filmmakers with their closer proximity to distribution in key territories and awards season.
Indeed, the...
Four months ago, the UK was reacting to the disappointment of just four films with UK involvement in the Cannes Film Festival programme, including no outright UK films in the Competition, Un Certain Regard, Critics’ Week, and Directors’ Fortnight strands.
Several execs reiterated to Screen at the time that Cannes remains the premiere destination of choice, but suggested the autumn festivals such as Venice and Toronto were beginning to offer an increased appeal to UK filmmakers with their closer proximity to distribution in key territories and awards season.
Indeed, the...
- 8/24/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
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