LE WEEK-END (2013, UK, 93m, 15) ***½ Comedy, Drama dist. Front Row Filmed Entertainment (UK), Music Box Films (USA); pr co. Film4 / Free Range Films d. Roger Michell; w. Hanif Kureishi; pr. Kevin Loader; ph. Nathalie Durand (Colour | 2.35:1); m. Jeremy Sams; ed. Kristina Hetherington; pd. Emmanuelle Duplay; ad. Cécile Arlet Colin. cast:…
Tag: Jim Broadbent
Film Review – BRIDGET JONES: MAD ABOUT THE BOY (2025)
BRIDGET JONES: MAD ABOUT THE BOY (2025, UK/France/USA, 125m, 15) ***½ Comedy dist. Universal Pictures; pr co. Universal Pictures / StudioCanal / Miramax / Working Title Films; d. Michael Morris; w. Helen Fielding, Dan Mazer, Abi Morgan (based on the novel by Helen Fielding); pr. Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Jo Wallett; ph. Suzie Lavelle (Colour…
Film Review – THE UNLIKELY PIGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRY (2023)
THE UNLIKELY PILGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRY (2023, UK, 108m, 12) ***½ Drama dist. E1 Films (UK); pr co. Ingenious Media / Essential Cinema / Free Range Films / Rose Pine Productions; d. Hettie Macdonald; w. Rachel Joyce (based on the book by Rachel Joyce); pr. Juliet Dowling, Kevin Loader, Marilyn Milgrom; ph. Kate McCullough (Colour…
Film Review – GET SANTA (2014)
GET SANTA (2014, UK/USA, 102m, U) *** Comedy, Family dist. Warner Bros.; pr co. Film i Väst / Scott Free Productions; d. Christopher Smith; w. Christopher Smith; pr. Liza Marshall, Tony Scott; ph. Christopher Ross (Colour | 2.35:1); m. Ilan Eshkeri; ed. Stuart Gazzard; pd. John Frankish; ad. Matthew Gray. cast: Jim Broadbent (Santa Claus),…
Film Review – THE LADY IN THE VAN (2015)
THE LADY IN THE VAN (2015, UK, 104m, 12) ***½ Biography, Drama dist. Sony Pictures Releasing; pr co. BBC Films / TriStar Productions / Dream Cars; d. Nicholas Hytner; w. Alan Bennett (based on the memoir by Alan Bennett); pr. Nicholas Hytner, Damian Jones, Kevin Loader; ph. Andrew Dunn (Colour | 1.85:1); m. George Fenton;…
Film Review – THE DUKE (2020)
THE DUKE (2020, UK, 96m, 12) **** Biography, Comedy dist. Pathe UK (UK), Sony Pictures Classics (USA); pr co. Pathe UK / Ingenious Media / Screen Yorkshire / Neon Films; d. Roger Michell; w. Richard Bean, Clive Coleman; pr. Nicky Bentham; ph. Mike Eley (Colour | 2.39:1); m. George Fenton; ed. Kristina Hetherington; pd. Kristian…
TV Review – BLACK NARCISSUS (2020)
BLACK NARCISSUS (TV) (2020, UK) *** Drama dist. BBC One (UK), FX Network (USA); pr co. DNA Films; d. Charlotte Bruus Christensen; w. Amanda Coe (based on the novel by Rumer Godden); exec pr. Ayela Butt, Amanda Coe, Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich, Lucy Richer; pr. Cahal Bannon; assoc pr. Vivien Kenny; ph. Charlotte Bruus Christensen…