Tag: Tom Courtenay

2024 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Lance Hammer’s Queen at Sea

He landed at Sundance in the U.S. Dramatic Competition with Ballast in 2008 and would end up winning the Directing Award and Cinematography Award...

Elder Care: Hammer Begins Production on “Queen at Sea” with Juliette Binoche

We were in almost in disbelief when Juliette Binoche casually mentioned back in January of last year that she was in a new work...

Summerland | Review

Castles in the Sky: Swale Finds Love During Wartime in Likeable Debut Although it’s a somewhat simple and ultimately schmaltzy dose of narrative convenience, Jessica...

Sex, Lies and Emancipate: Schlesinger Finds Fantasy in New Wave Classic “Billy Liar” (1963) | Blu-Ray Review

An important piece of the short-lived British New Wave of the early 1960s was John Schlesinger’s sophomore film Billy Liar (1963). But if the...

Criterion Collection: 45 Years | Blu-ray Review

Taking home Best Actor and Actress awards out of its premiere at the 2015 Berlin International Film Festival for leads Tom Courtenay and Charlotte...

Barney Thomson | Review

Demon Bumbler: Carlyle’s Serial Killer Comedy Hit or Miss Actor Robert Carlyle directs his feature debut Barney Thomson from a first-time screenplay by producer and...

45 Years | Review

The One You’re With: Haigh’s Superb Examination of Marriage and Things Left Unsaid With imperceptible grace, 45 Years portrays the warping of a near half...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #27. Andrew Haigh’s 45 Years

45 Years Director: Andrew Haigh // Writers: David Constantine, Andrew Haigh British director Andrew Haigh stormed South By Southwest in 2011 with his sophomore film Weekend,...

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