Poor Things, Rich Adaptation? Alasdair Gray’s 1992 novel & Yorgos Lanthimos’s 2023 film
28 May, 6–7:30pm CEST (5–6:30 BST)
Free online
Dietmar Böhnke will assess what is arguably the highest-profile #adaptation of a #Scottish novel since TRAINSPOTTING (1996) – & will touch on Gray’s works & reputation more generally, including a #film script he wrote for #PoorThings in 1993…
#CINEMA Les Comédiens de Doublage en Guerre contre l'Intelligence Artificielle
Face à l'essor de l'intelligence artificielle dans le doublage, les comédiens de voix en France s'élèvent pour protéger leur métier et affirmer l'exception culturelle du doublage, car oui dans l'hexagone, nous avons certainement les meilleurs doubleurs. Une pétition adressée à la ministre de la Culture, Rachida Dati, fait écho à leurs revendications. ActuaNews.fr vous en dit plus...
Luca Guadagnino was assigned: love triangle tennis. So he directed from the perspective of the ball, sometimes literally.
The pacing and pay-off in this frantic take on love and sport worked for me. Though its racing score kicked in one too many times. Its climatic match indulged in the teasing too long. And I have a feeling that Zendaya's character was underserved.
Dorothy Mackaill (1903 – 1990) was a British-American actress, most notably of the silent film era and into the early 1930s.
Wikipedia link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Mackaill
This evening's viewing: a long-overdue revisit to Wings of Desire. First seen many years ago at my beloved Filmhouse, this was the #film that introduced me to Wim Wenders, who would become one of my favourite film-makers.
Achingly beautiful piece of cinema. How many amazing works did the Filmhouse introduce me to that I'd likely never have seen otherwise? So looking forward to its return later this year...
According to the Guinness Book of Records, Sherlock Holmes has been portrayed on screen more than any other literary character. Olivia Rutigliano ranks the 100 best, worst, & strangest screen portrayals of the great detective…
TIL: The girl playing young Ellie Arroway in Contact (1997) is Jena Malone. She is also starring in Consecration (2023), and there's an homage to the famous mirror shot from Contact in that movie.
Advertisement in Moving Picture World, January 1918 for silent film Thaïs, produced by Samuel Goldwyn, and based on the 1890 novel Thaïs by Anatole France.