John Hurt, Tahar Rahim, Yoav Shamir: London 2009
Tahar Rahim, the star of Jacques Audiard’s widely praised prison drama A Prophet, winner of the best picture award at the London Film Festival and a likely best foreign language film Oscar contender, arrives for the Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival Awards Ceremony at Inner Temple on October 28. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)
John Hurt and Ann Rees Meyers arrive for the Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival Awards Ceremony. Hurt and filmmaker Souleymane Cissé were given BFI Fellowships at the awards ceremony. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)
Filmmaker Yoav Shamir, whose documentary Defamation won the London Film Festival’s top prize in that category, arrives for the Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival Awards Ceremony. Defamation [...]
by Joan Lister | October 30, 2009
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Tags: Ann Rees Meyers, Film Festivals, John Hurt, London Film Festival, London Film Festival 2009, Photos, Tahar Rahim, Yoav Shamir
Charlotte Rampling, Anjelica Huston, John Hurt: London 2009
Veteran actresses Charlotte Rampling and Anjelica Huston attend a cocktail reception at the Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival Awards Ceremony. (Photo by Samir Hussein/Getty Images)
Filmmaker Yaron Shani poses with the Sutherland award for the film Ajami, voted the most original and imaginative first feature. Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón is standing next to him at the Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival Awards Ceremony. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)
John Hurt poses with his BFI Fellowship. Next to him are Jeremy Thomas (on his left) and Michael Caton-Jones (on his right) at the Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival Awards Ceremony. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)
by Joan Lister | October 30, 2009
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Tags: Alfonso Cuarón, Anjelica Huston, Charlotte Rampling, Film Festivals, Jeremy Thomas, John Hurt, London Film Festival, London Film Festival 2009, Michael Caton-Jones, Photos, Yaron Shani
London Film Festival Awards 2009
Star of London for Best Film: Jacques Audiard’s A PROPHET
On behalf of the London Film Festival jury, Anjelica Huston stated: “A masterpiece: Un prohète has the ambition, purity of vision and clarity of purpose to make it an instant classic. With seamless and imaginative story-telling, superb performances and universal themes, Jacques Audiard has made a perfect film.” In A Prophet, Tahar Rahim stars as a prison newcomer who learns how to become that realm’s top dog.
Special mention: John Hillcoat’s THE ROAD
Best British Newcomer: Jack Thorne, screenwriter of the film THE SCOUTING BOOK FOR BOYS
Sutherland Award for most original and imaginative first feature: Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani for AJAMI
Grierson Award for Best Documentary: Yoav Shamir for [...]
by Anna Robinson | October 28, 2009
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Tags: A Prophet, Ajami, Defamation, Film Awards, Jack Thorne, Jacques Audiard, John Hurt, London Film Festival, London Film Festival Awards, Souleymane Cissé, Tahar Rahim, The Road, The Scouting Book for Boys, Yoav Shamir
Outfest 2009: Bisex Shorts, John Hurt, RAGING SUN, RAGING SKY
Outfest 2009 hightlights on Sunday, July 12. Synopses from the Outfest website.
Bi-Definition by Kai Salim (top); Mano-a-Mano by Todd Strauss-Schulson (middle); Clearing the Air by David Morgasen (bottom)
Shorts Program: The Bro Job (Sun, Jul 12th 11:30am, DGA 1)
Program Running Time is 92 min
A Mate
Directed By: Teemu Nikki
Finland, 2007, 7 min
Pera wants to try something kinky in the bathroom, so he asks his mate to help him. However, Pera’s wife comes home a bit too soon.
The Watch
Directed By: Marco Berger
Argentina, 2008, 15 min
Two young men find a surprise connection during an impromptu sleepover.
Mano-A-Mano
Directed By: Todd Strauss-Schulson
USA, 2008, 5 min
Two dudes go head to head [...]
by Andre Soares | July 9, 2009
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Tags: An Englishman in New York, Film Festivals, Gay Film Festivals, Gay Interest, Gay Movies, John Hurt, Julian Hernandez, Lesbian Interest, Los Angeles Screenings, Outfest, Outfest 2009, Raging Sun Raging Sky
Frameline 33: The 2009 San Francisco LGBT Film Festival
Frameline 33, the 2009 San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival, kicks off on Thursday, June 18, with screenings of Richard Laxton’s An Englishman in New York (above, top photo), starring John Hurt as Quentin Crisp, and Bonham Sláma’s rural Czech drama The Country Teacher (above, lower photo), set universes away from glamorous Park Avenue and the superciliousness of Crisp and his milieu.
Among Frameline 33’s other films are:
Shine Louise Houston’s Champion (above, top photo), the tale of a tough female wrestler who must decide between success and "being herself." ("If you liked Girlfight, but felt like it was missing strap-on action and penetration," reads Frameline’s info on the film, "then Champion is for you!")
Auraeus Solito’s Boy, described as "An exquisitely [...]
by Andre Soares | June 17, 2009
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Tags: An Englishman in New York, Auraeus Solito, Film Festivals, Frameline, Gay Film Festivals, Gay Interest, Joe Dallesandro, John Hurt, Lesbian Interest, Little Joe, Quentin Crisp
London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival 2009: Fred Halsted, THE NAKED CIVIL SERVANT
London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival 2009
Friday, March 27, highlights
Schedule and synopses from the LLGFF website
The Naked Civil Servant
Directed by:
Jack Gold
Cast:
John Hurt, Liz Gebhardt, Patricia Hodge
Country:
UK
Year:
1975
Running time:
85min
This dramatization of Quentin [Crisp]’s first volume of autobiography won BAFTAs for its director Jack Gold and its star. John Hurt gives a dazzling performance as the young Quentin, a flame-haired flamboyant homosexual when such things were not permitted. It contains much of the wit and wisdom of Quentin and celebrates a life lived in a refusal to conform. The highlight is Quentin’s impassioned speech from the dock when charged with soliciting for an immoral purpose.
Plus an interview with Bernard Braden filmed in 1967. Previously [...]
by Andre Soares | March 26, 2009
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Tags: An Englishman in New York, Bramadero, Erotica, Film Festivals, Fred Halsted, Gabriel Fleming, Gay Film Festivals, Gay Interest, Gay Movies, John Hurt, Julian Hernandez, Ken Robertson, London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, London Screenings, My Cock Is a Dildo, Nighthawks, Paul Hallam, Philippe Gosselin, Quentin Crisp, Ron Peck, Sex, Superm Highway, The Lost Coast, The Naked Civil Servant, The Window
