Archive for the ‘england’ Category
August 12, 2009
BBC2 ‘Summer Season’ / 1x55m-e / 16 July 1985
Writer: Stewart Parker; Director: Nicholas Renton; Producer: Rosemary Hill
A play about the rehearsing and recording of a radio play which was about a Peeping Tom.
With:- DINSDALE LANDEN as Harry Tremlett / GEOFFREY PALMER as Glyn Bryce / FRANCES TOMELTY as Susanna Prine / FRANCES LOW as Donna Melchett / DERMOT CROWLEY as Rory Colquhon / SHEILA BURRELL as Dolly McNally / MICHAEL BILTON as Edgar Brimble / IAN SEARS as Jim Finch / DAVID THEWLIS as Jim Dench / RICHARD SPEIGHT as Jim Middleditch / JEREMY GITTINS as Announcer / JEAN RIMMER as Valerie Hulton
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Tags:david thewlis , peeping tom , playwright , sweeties , teleplay , very british people 1985 , Þ , england , ordet , tv movie | 1 Comment »
August 11, 2009
A half-hour fictional interview with Gallo, his responses culled from various real print interviews, and voiced by a fairly terrible voice actor. Entertainment! The interviewer is openly hostile in a way that he probably wouldn’t have had the balls to be if the real Gallo were sitting in front of him, which is maybe a good thing, though obviously a bit lopsided. Take everything portrayed with its distance from reality in mind and you’ll enjoy yourself.
Tags:buffalo , interview , jean michel basquiat , ridiculous voice acting , vincent gallo 2003 , Þ , england , ordet | Leave a Comment »
July 21, 2009
Total fail, the opposite of good cinema. Naturally it was nominated for 7 academy awards.
However, the McEwan novel is succulently dread-inducing with moments of hyperreal inner psyche exploration that are among the best I’ve ever read. So do that, instead.
Tags:based on novel , fail , ian mcewan , wwII 2007 , Þ , england , france , ordet | Leave a Comment »
July 19, 2009
UK/USA, 119 min
fucking FAIL. ignored almost everything great about the book. wish i hadn’t seen it. why did i give in?!
Tags:based on novel , fail , thailand , tourists 2000 , № , danny boyle , england , ә , paynith , usa | Leave a Comment »
February 15, 2009
UK, 77 min
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Tags:evil children , mind control , mysterious conception , psychic power , telepathy 1960 , authors , england , ә , paynith | Leave a Comment »
February 11, 2009
UK, 105 min
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Tags:apartment , isolation , paranoia , rape 1965 , b&w , england , ә , paynith , roman polanski | 1 Comment »
February 5, 2009
UK, 64 min
BBC adaptation of the Harold Pinter play . Underserved gem featuring McDowell, Sir Laurence Olivier, Alan Bates and Helen Mirren.
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Tags:closeted , harold pinter , laurence olivier , lies & games , malcolm mcdowell , mcdowell dueling , slum slug , splendid cheese knife , teleplay 1976 , Þ , england , ә , paynith , yesss! | 2 Comments »
February 4, 2009
FR/UK, 142 min
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Tags:adoption , brenda blethyn , brit , council housing , fertility , race , sullen daughters/sons , timothy spall england , mike leigh , ә , paynith | Leave a Comment »
February 4, 2009
UK, 80 min
i have never found an early leigh i didn’t like. marvelous.
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Tags:brit , dinner party , manners , stockbrokers , teleplay 1979 , Ø , Þ , england , mike leigh , ә , paynith , yesss! | Leave a Comment »
February 4, 2009
Tags:'60s , revolution , surreal , brit , tiger fight , private school , malcolm mcdowell , mcdowell dueling , mick travis uncategorized , ә , Þ , ordet , 1968 , england , Ø , lindsay anderson , yesss! | 2 Comments »
February 4, 2009
Play for Today
ta o-kay ? yeuhh
imdb :: wiki
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Tags:'70s , alcohol , bourgeoisie , brit , colors , devastating , marriage , steadman , teleplay , tom jones 1977 , № , Ø , Þ , england , β , mike leigh , ordet , ә , yesss! | Leave a Comment »
February 3, 2009
seventy-two chews?
imdb :: carney
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Tags:brit , calisthenics , camping , imaginative prisons , raw milk , sing-a-long , teleplay , the country code , vegetarians 1976 , № , Ø , Þ , england , mike leigh , ordet , ә , ray carney , yesss! | Leave a Comment »
February 3, 2009
phil davis’ bearded
wiki : carney
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Tags:alzheimer's , brit , class consciousness , concordia discours , council housing , elderly , phil davis , play of differences , socialism 1988 , Þ , england , mike leigh , ordet , ә , ray carney , yesss! | Leave a Comment »
January 28, 2009
UK, 17 min
i’ll put it on youtube
(see below)
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Tags:brit , dating , hair , jokes , nerd , salon , steadman , sullen/nasty son or daughter , thewlis 1987 , Þ , england , mike leigh , ә , paynith , ray carney , short , uncategorized , yesss! | Leave a Comment »
January 28, 2009
UK, 128 min
always trust oldmanmeantime .. or scum
imdb
Tags:council housing , drugs , gary oldman , rage , ray winstone , south east london 1997 , Þ , england , ә , paynith , ray carney | Leave a Comment »
January 26, 2009
Tags:artificial intelligence , cyberpunk , dystopic , sci-fi , spontaneous combustion 1985 , annabel jankel , № , Þ , england , ordet , rocky morton | Leave a Comment »
January 26, 2009
UK, 30 min
all mike leigh soothes me
VIDEO
bfi :: imdb
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Tags:awkwardness , brit , dating , eating , pigs , tea , teleplay , virgin 1975 , Þ , england , mike leigh , ә , paynith , short | Leave a Comment »
January 26, 2009
home fucking run.
a sampler scene… (or view entire post to watch from the beginning):
VIDEO bfi :: imdb
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Tags:brit , council housing , devastating , lesley manville , lindsay duncan , neighbors , phil davis , privacy 1980 , Ø , Þ , england , mike leigh , ordet , ә , ray carney , yesss! | Leave a Comment »
January 22, 2009
opening scene:
VIDEO
reel : “Offbeat, low-key, slowly unfolding ensemble black comedy paints slice-of-life portrait of working-class British family. Critics raved. Fans of vibrant, character-driven vignettes will enjoy this bittersweet, realistically gritty, thought-provoking art-house sleeper.”
wiki :: imdb
Tags:brit , food service , in the fullness of time , plumbing 1991 , № , Þ , england , mike leigh , ordet , ә , ray carney , yesss! | Leave a Comment »
January 22, 2009
tension-fraught classic!
reel :: wiki :: imdb
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Tags:brit , donald sutherland , murder , psychic , suspense , venice 1973 , england , nicolas roeg , ә , paynith | Leave a Comment »
