From the Jurassic World and Mamma Mia! sequels to indie horror, a proper romcom – and a massive shark – Observer writers pick the must-see releases of the season Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (Ol Parker), 20 July The first Mamma Mia! was a head-spinning experience that...
Watching this outstanding film is like being beaten round the head with a heavy bag full of diamond-encrusted Alexander McQueen skulls. It’s woozy, dreamlike and grimly compelling documentary- making that is consistently suffused with a sickening sense of dread. Taking the life, precipitous rise and horribly...
Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle), Tom Courtenay (45 Years) and Penelope Wilton (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel) have boarded second world war-era drama Summerland which is set to star and be executive produced by Gemma Arterton. The project marks the feature debut of Olivier Award-winning playwright Jessica Swale. She previously collaborated...
Embankment will launch sales of feature doc on disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein will make an appearance in Cannes this month but in film form, with the first feature documentary about the disgraced mogul now aiming for a full international theatrical release and being presented at the Cannes...
The skull motif, launched over a decade ago and seen now on countless knockoff scarves around the world, might be the most lasting imprint of the late British designer Alexander McQueen. Given his suicide in 2010, it’s a legacy that risks feeling both uncomfortably on...
According to the filmmakers behind the new documentary McQueen, premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival this weekend, Lee Alexander McQueen didn’t like to be on camera. The opportunity to capture him on film in an intimate setting was only afforded to his close friends and family, and...
Groundbreaking fashion designer Alexander McQueen is profiled in this thrilling documentary SOURCE: TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL MCQUEEN Dirs: Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui. UK. 2018. 111mins His friends called him Lee; his mentor, Isabella Blow persuaded him to use Alexander as it sounded more sophisticated. But it was the name McQueen,...
creen International has exclusive first look images at Judi Dench (Skyfall, Shakespeare In Love) and Sophie Cookson (Kingsman: The Secret Service, Gypsy) in Red Joan, the spy drama based on Jennie Rooney’s novel of the same name. See below for full size pictures. Cookson will play Joan Stanley as a Cambridge physics student...
FilmRise has acquired US rights from to Simon Baker’s feature directorial debut Breath following its premiere in Toronto in September. Breath is based on Tim Winton’s book about two teenage boys in Western Australia in the 1970s who befriend an enigmatic surfer played by Baker who...
While at the AFM, London-based Embankment Films is kicking off sales on Nick Hamm’s “Driven,” an 1970s action-packed film with Jason Sudeikis and Lee Pace that wrapped shooting Nov. 2. The film is inspired by the true story of an FBI operation that was conceived to...
EXCLUSIVE: Rachel Griffiths is getting ready to jump into the feature directing saddle, taking on horse-racing drama Ride Like A Girl. With shooting set to begin in March, Village Roadshow has boarded Australian rights. In the aspirational drama, Teresa Palmer is playing Michelle Payne, the first female jockey to win the prestigious...
Picturehouse Entertainment has finalised a deal at the American Film Market (AFM) with Embankment Films for UK rights to Glenn Close and Jonathan Pryce drama The Wife. Sony Pictures Classics picked the film up for North America following its well-received world premiere in Toronto. Directed by Björn...