Archive for November, 2010

BFI to take over fun...

After the coalition government announced that the UK Film Council would be one of the ‘quangos’ to be axed in brutal budget cuts earlier this year, the UK’s arts and culture industry was up in arms. However, it has now been revealed that the British Film Institute (BFI) is to...

Harry Potter and The...

The beginning of the end is finally here for fans of the wildly popular wizarding franchise, as Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows (Part One) launches in cinemas nationwide this very evening. The film is apparently a lot darker than others in the series, leading many to question...

Claudia Winkleman ap...

The new host of Film 2010, Claudia Winkleman, has made the news this week after she was forced to apologise on-air after an embarrassing technical fault occurred on the show. During Tuesday (9th November) night’s edition of the BBC’s film review and discussion show – previously...

Amores Perros: the M...

On first hearing about the premise of Mexican neo-noir film Amores Perros (roughly translated as “Love is a Bitch”) – that it is a foreign language film about the cruel practice of dog fighting – you’d be forgiven for not showing a particular interest in watching it....