London film festivals, movies and cinemas
The big movie release this week is the much-anticipated Hitchhiker’s Guide To the Galaxy, but it seems that only the Guardian have got round to reviewing it. We’re assuming this is because the film’s got a London-only release for now and goes nationwide next week. …
The Raindance East Film Festival continues today with a series of short films, an acclaimed animated feature from South Korea, a new British movie set and filmed on London housing estates and a chance for aspiring film makers and writers to pitch their ideas live …
Tonight sees the launch of the Raindance East Film Festival at the Genesis Mile End with Danny Boyle’s Millions: Eight-year-old Damian Cunningham is almost killed by an enormous bag of cash that falls from the sky. It’s all sterling, and as Britain is converting to …
“When I have a camera in my hands I feel happy. I feel like I am learning something…I can be someone.“ The Raindance East Film Festival is now less than a week away. Londonist is a big fan of Raindance and we’ve already given you …
It’s not often you get a ‘Film of the Week’ article where the reviewer has given the picture a one star critque. But with Peter Bradshaw you can kind of understand the deicision. Bradshaw’s hatchet jobs are magnificent epics, kind of like John Ford’s The …
The last time Londonist saw Ewan McGregor on stage was during his run in Little Malcolm And His Struggle Against The Eunuchs and damn good he was too. He’s due back on the London stage this time in Guys and Dolls, but has set down …
Is it petty to point out stupid errors on the major news sites like the BBC? Quick answer: Yes. Slightly longer answer: Yes, but let’s do it anyway because it’s fun. This piece from the Beeb site today is a bit of a filler article …
We can’t seem to turn round without bumping into a film festival at the moment, so we thought it might be useful to go through a quick rundown of what’s on offer out there. The Italian Film Festival at the Riverside Studios started on the …
Julius Caesar has never been Londonist’s favourite slice of Shakespeare, but a mouth watering preview of Deborah Warner’s new production in yesterday’s Observer grabbed our attention. First off, the onstage action makes a nice foil for the dull political shenanigans going on in the real …
This week, if you’re thinking of going to the pictures you’ve got a choice between a crazed asssassin in Washington, gun crime in Hackney…and Matthew McConaughey taking his shirt off in the desert. At least you can’t complain that the choice isn’t ‘varied’. So first …
All the news services which ran with the Brosnan to Remain as Bond story yesterday may be wiping the egg of their collective journalistic face today as it’s just been announced that Daniel Craig has been offered a three film contract by Barbara Brocolli. Craig, …
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