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Jan 10, 2012 | No Comments | ByRachel Millward
January’s big new release is high-profile Brit filmmaker Phyllida Lloyd‘s biopic of Margaret Thatcher The Iron Lady. Written by Abi Morgan (Brick Lane, Shame, BBC’s The Hour) it’s on release in your local cinema. We urge you to see it and join the vociferous debate among its admirers and critics, suitably so given its subject. Last month Nest Members had the opportunity to attend an industry preview of the film, with thanks to distributors Pathe, and we asked them to review it for BEV followers. Read on for your friends’ and colleagues’ opinions of a controversial work! Read the full story
Dec 14, 2011 | No Comments | ByEmily Seed
Claire Foy and Benedict Cumberbatch
Wreckers is a tense and disturbing tale of what we believe but don’t know about those closest to us, set in a Fens village amid a pastoral landscape of epically stretching fields and woods and starring Claire Foy and Benedict Cumberbatch. It is the debut feature from female writer/director Dictynna Hood, whose previous work includes shorts Journey Man (2002) and The Other Man (2006), which BEV screened in 2007 and which was nominated for a BBC Upcoming Director Award. Dict was also selected for BEV’s recent ReAnimate animation development initiative. We review the film, talk to Dict and offer you free tickets to see her and Benedict live at the Curzon Soho!!
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Dec 1, 2011 | No Comments | ByEmily Seed
Film4 and visionary interactive agency and social games designers Hide and Seek have just launched their thought-provoking and immersive online experience Dreams Of Your Life, supporting the release of Carol Morley’s stunning docu-drama Dreams Of A Life (see BEV blog posted earlier today) and engaging viewers in exploring the film’s themes in the contexts of their own lives.
One of Lottie Davies' visuals for Dreams Of Your Life
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Dec 1, 2011 | No Comments | ByEmily Seed
Zawe Ashton as Joyce Vincent
Astounding new docu-drama Dreams Of A Life, premiered at the BFI London Film Festival and to be released by Dogwoof on 16 December, is a journalistic detective story by director Carol Morley. The Guardian said “nothing at the London Film Festival has lingered in my mind like this” and Time Out called it “haunting, compassionate and inventive.” We have free tickets for Nest Members, read on for info and more on the film!
Zawe Ashton as Joyce Vincent
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Nov 23, 2011 | No Comments | ByEmily Seed
Frank kissing Evie.
Junkhearts is the debut feature from British filmmaker Tinge Krishnan, previously most known for her brilliant short Shadowscan (2001), which won Best Film awards at BAFTA and Raindance. Read on for a synopsis of Junkhearts, an interview with Tinge and special offer for Nest Members in Manchester, York and Greenwich areas!
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Nov 9, 2011 | No Comments | ByEmily Seed
We Need to Talk about Kevin is the latest offering from critically acclaimed filmmaker Lynne Ramsay. Having previously gained recognition for her stunning and brave dramas Ratcatcher (1999) and Morvern Callar (2002), both scripted also by Ramsay and both multi-award winners, Ramsay’s new work is an adaptation of Lionel Shriver’s powerful Orange Prize-winning 2003 novel about the family behind the teenage perpetrator of a high school massacre. The film has been engulfed in a wave of overwhelmingly positive reviews and recently received the Best Film award at the BFI London Film Festival, but is it possible for the film to live up to its exceptional critical reputation? BEV reviewer Sonia Zadurian delves into the high-profile work. Read the full story
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