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Inside Man
“Episode 2”
Director: Paul McGuigan
DoP: Tony Slater Ling
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Cordelia (2020) Trailer
StudioPOW in association with Twickenham Studios presents 'Cordelia'.
A dark and unsettling psychological thriller, Cordelia stars Antonia Campbell Hughes as a young woman living in London with her identical twin who, left alone for the weekend, begins to unravel as her upstairs neighbour Frank (Johnny Flynn) inveigles himself into her life.
Antonia Campbell Hughes | Johnny Flynn
Cinematography: Tony Slater Ling BSC Edited by: Tania Reddin | John Waters Casting: Michelle Smith CDG Production Designer: Thomas Pearce Costume Designer: John Krausa Executive Producers: Sally Hawkins | Georgina Lowe | Tania Reddin | Perry Trevers Produced by Kevin Proctor Written by Adrian Shergold & Antonia Campbell Hughes Directed by Adrian Shergold
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Read the complete list of 2019 BAFTA nominees.
Best Film
BlacKkKlansman – Jason Blum, Spike Lee, Raymond Mansfield, Sean McKittrick, Jordan Peele
The Favourite – Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Yorgos Lanthimos, Lee Magiday
Green Book – Jim Burke, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly, Nick Vallelonga, Charles B. Wessler
Roma – Alfonso Cuarón, Gabriela Rodríguez
A Star Is Born – Bradley Cooper, Bill Gerber, Lynette Howell Taylor
Outstanding British Film
Beast – Michael Pearce, Kristian Brodie, Lauren Dark, Ivana MacKinnon
Bohemian Rhapsody – Bryan Singer, Graham King, Anthony McCarten … our interview with Dexter Fletcher is here.
The Favourite – Yorgos Lanthimos, Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday, Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara
McQueen – Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui, Andee Ryder, Nick Taussig
Stan & Ollie – Jon S. Baird, Faye Ward, Jeff Pope
You Were Never Really Here – Lynne Ramsay, Rosa Attab, Pascal Caucheteux, James Wilson
Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director or Producer
Apostasy – Daniel Kokotajlo (Writer/Director)
Beast – Michael Pearce (Writer/Director), Lauren Dark (Producer)
A Cambodian Spring – Chris Kelly (Writer/Director/Producer)
Pili – Leanne Welham (Writer/Director), Sophie Harman (Producer)
Ray & Liz – Richard Billingham (Writer/Director), Jacqui Davies (Producer)
Film Not In The English Language
Capernaum – Nadine Labaki, Khaled Mouzanar – Our interview with director Nadine Labaki is here.
Cold War – Paweł Pawlikowski, Tanya Seghatchian, Ewa Puszczyńska
Dogman – Matteo Garrone
Roma – Alfonso Cuarón, Gabriela Rodríguez
Shoplifters – Hirokazu Kore-eda, Kaoru Matsuzaki
Documentary
Free Solo – Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin
McQueen – Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui
RBG – Julie Cohen, Betsy West
They Shall Not Grow Old – Peter Jackson
Three Identical Strangers – Tim Wardle, Grace Hughes-Hallett, Becky Read
Animated Film
Incredibles 2 – Brad Bird, John Walker
Isle Of Dogs – Wes Anderson, Jeremy Dawson
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse – Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, Phil Lord
Director
BlacKkKlansman – Spike Lee
Cold War – Paweł Pawlikowski
The Favourite – Yorgos Lanthimos
Roma – Alfonso Cuarón
A Star Is Born – Bradley Cooper
Original Screenplay
Cold War – Janusz Głowacki, Paweł Pawlikowski
The Favourite – Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara
Green Book – Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly, Nick Vallelonga
Roma – Alfonso Cuarón
Vice – Adam McKay
Adapted Screenplay
BlacKkKlansman – Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz, Charlie Wachtel, Kevin Willmott
Can You Ever Forgive Me? – Nicole Holofcener, Jeff Whitty
First Man – Josh Singer
If Beale Street Could Talk – Barry Jenkins
A Star Is Born – Bradley Cooper, Will Fetters, Eric Roth
Leading Actress
Glenn Close – The Wife … read our interview with Close’s daughter, actress Annie Starke, on acting in The Wife, here.
Lady Gaga – A Star Is Born
Melissa McCarthy – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Olivia Colman – The Favourite
Viola Davis – Widows
Leading Actor
Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born
Christian Bale – Vice
Rami Malek – Bohemian Rhapsody
Steve Coogan – Stan & Ollie
Viggo Mortensen – Green Book
Supporting Actress
Amy Adams – Vice
Claire Foy – First Man
Emma Stone – The Favourite
Margot Robbie – Mary Queen of Scots
Rachel Weisz – The Favourite
Supporting Actor
Adam Driver – BlacKkKlansman
Mahershala Ali – Green Book
Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Sam Rockwell – Vice
Timothée Chalamet – Beautiful Boy
Original Music
BlacKkKlansman – Terence Blanchard
If Beale Street Could Talk – Nicholas Britell
Isle Of Dogs – Alexandre Desplat
Mary Poppins Returns – Marc Shaiman
A Star Is Born – Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, Lukas Nelson
Cinematography
Bohemian Rhapsody – Newton Thomas Sigel
Cold War – Łukasz Żal
The Favourite – Robbie Ryan
First Man – Linus Sandgren
Roma – Alfonso Cuarón
Editing
Bohemian Rhapsody – John Ottman
The Favourite – Yorgos Mavropsaridis
First Man – Tom Cross
Roma – Alfonso Cuarón, Adam Gough
Vice – Hank Corwin
Production Design
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald – Stuart Craig, Anna Pinnock
The Favourite – Fiona Crombie, Alice Felton
First Man – Nathan Crowley, Kathy Lucas
Mary Poppins Returns – John Myhre, Gordon Sim
Roma – Eugenio Caballero, Bárbara Enríquez
Costume Design
The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs – Mary Zophres
Bohemian Rhapsody – Julian Day
The Favourite – Sandy Powell
Mary Poppins Returns – Sandy Powell
Mary Queen of Scots – Alexandra Byrne
Make Up & Hair
Bohemian Rhapsody – Mark Coulier, Jan Sewell
The Favourite – Nadia Stacey
Mary Queen of Scots – Jenny Shircore
Stan & Ollie – Mark Coulier, Jeremy Woodhead
Vice – Nominees TBC
Sound
Bohemian Rhapsody – John Casali, Tim Cavagin, Nina Hartstone, Paul Massey, John Warhurst
First Man – Mary H. Ellis, Mildred Iatrou Morgan, Ai-Ling Lee, Frank A. Montaño, Jon Taylor
Mission: Impossible – Fallout – Gilbert Lake, James H. Mather, Christopher Munro, Mike Prestwood Smith
A Quiet Place – Erik Aadahl, Michael Barosky, Brandon Procter, Ethan Van der Ryn
A Star Is Born – Steve Morrow, Alan Robert Murray, Jason Ruder, Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic
Special Visual Effects
Avengers: Infinity War – Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Kelly Port, Dan Sudick
Black Panther – Geoffrey Baumann, Jesse James Chisholm, Craig Hammack, Dan Sudick
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald – Tim Burke, Andy Kind, Christian Manz, David Watkins
First Man – Ian Hunter, Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, J.D. Schwalm
Ready Player One – Matthew E. Butler, Grady Cofer, Roger Guyett, David Shirk
British Short Animation
I’m Ok – Elizabeth Hobbs, Abigail Addison, Jelena Popović
Marfa – Gary McLeod, Myles McLeod
Roughhouse – Jonathan Hodgson, Richard Van Den Boom
British Short Film
73 Cows – Alex Lockwood
Bachelor, 38 – Angela Clarke
The Blue Door – Ben Clark, Megan Pugh, Paul Taylor
The Field – Sandhya Suri, Balthazar de Ganay
Wale – Barnaby Blackburn, Sophie Alexander, Catherine Slater, Edward Speleers
EE Rising Star Award (voted for by the public)
Barry Keoghan
Cynthia Erivo
Jessie Buckley
Lakeith Stanfield
Letitia Wright
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Hoy se reveló la lista de nominados para las diferentes categorías de los Premios de Cine de la Academia Británica (BAFTA), y la películas mexicana Roma está nominada en 7 categorías.
La entrega de premios de la 72 edición de los BAFTA se llevará a cabo mañana 10 de febrero en el Reino Unido.
La cinta The Favourite, dirigida por Yorgos Lanthimos tiene el mayor número de nominaciones con 12.
Roma es otra de las cintas con mayor número de nominaciones, en 7 categorías distintas: mejor película, mejor película en lengua extranjera, mejor director, guion original, cinematografía, edición y diseño de producción.
Otras películas como Bohemian Rhapsody, El primer hombre en la luna (First Man) y Nace una estrella (A Star is Born) también obtuvieron 7 nominaciones.
Otras películas nominadas son: El vicepresidente: más allá del poder (The Vice) cuenta con 6, El infiltrado del KKKlan (BlacKkKlansman) tiene 5, Green Book y Guerra Fría obtuvieron 4 nominaciones.
Te dejamos la lista completa de películas nominadas en las diversas categorías:
MEJOR PELÍCULA
El infiltrado del KKKlan (BlacKkKlansman)
La favorita
Green Book
Roma
Nace una estrella (A Star is Born)
MEJOR PELÍCULA BRITÁNICA
Beast
Bohemian Rhapsody
La favorita
McQueen
Stan & Ollie
Nunca estarás a salvo
MEJOR DEBUT DE UN DIRECTOR, GUIONISTA O PRODUCTOR BRITÁNICO
Apostasy
Beast
A Cambodian Spring
Pili
Ray & Liz
MEJOR PELÍCULA DE HABLA NO INGLESA
Cafarnaúm
Guerra Fría (Cold War)
Dogman
Roma
Un asunto de familia
MEJOR DOCUMENTAL
Free Solo
McQueen
RBG
They Shall Not Grow Old
Three Identical Strangers
MEJOR PELÍCULA DE ANIMACIÓN
Los Increíbles 2
Isla de perros
Spider-Man: Un nuevo universo
MEJOR DIRECTOR
Spike Lee por El infiltrado del KKKlan (BlacKkKlansman)
Pawet Pawlikowski por Guerra Fría (Cold War)
Yorgos Lanthimos por La favorita (The favourite)
Alfonso Cuarón por Roma
Bradley Cooper por Nace una estrella (A Star is Born)
MEJOR GUION ORIGINAL
Janusz Glowacki y Pawel Pawlikowski por Guerra Fría (Cold War)
Deborah Davis y Tony McNamara por La favorita (The favourite)
Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly y Nick Vallelonga por Green Book
Alfonso Cuarón por Roma
Adam McKay por El vicepresidente: más allá del poder (The Vice)
MEJOR GUION ADAPTADO
Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz, Charlie Wachtel y Kevin Willmott por El infiltrado del KKKlan (BlacKkKlansman)
Nicole Holofcener y Jeff Whitty por ¿Podrás perdonarme algún día?
Josh Singer por El primer hombre en la luna (First Man)
Barry Jenkins por El blues de Beale Street
Bradley Cooper, Will Fetters y Eric Roth por Nace una estrella (A Star is Born)
MEJOR ACTRIZ PRINCIPAL
Glenn Close por La buena esposa
Lady Gaga por Nace una estrella (A Star is Born)
Melissa McCarthy por ¿Podrás perdonarme algún día?
Olivia Colman por La favorita (The favourite)
Viola Davis por Viudas
MEJOR ACTOR PRINCIPAL
Bradley Cooper por Nace una estrella (A Star is Born)
Christian Bale por El vicepresidente: más allá del poder (The Vice)
Rami Malek por Bohemian Rhapsody
Steve Coogan por Stan & Ollie
Viggo Mortensen por Green Book
MEJOR ACTRIZ DE REPARTO
Amy Adams por El vicepresidente: más allá del poder (The Vice)
Claire Foy por El primer hombre en la luna (First Man)
Emma Stone por La Favorita
Margot Robbie por María, reina de Escocia
Rachel Weisz por La Favorita
MEJOR ACTOR DE REPARTO
Adam Driver por BlacKkKlansman
Mahershala Ali por Green Book
Richard E. Grant por ¿Podrás perdonarme algún día?
Sam Rockwell por Vice
Timothée Chalamet por Beautiful Boy, siempre serás mi hijo
MEJOR MÚSICA ORIGINAL
Terence Blanchard por BlacKkKlansman
Nicholas Britell por If Beale Street Could Talk
Alexandre Desplat por Isla de perros
Marc Shaiman por El regreso de Mary Poppins
Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga y Lukas Nelson por Ha nacido una estrella
MEJOR MONTAJE
John Ottman por Bohemian Rhapsody
Hank Carwin por Vice
Yorgos Mavropsaridis por La Favorita
Tom Cross por El primer hombre
Alfonso Cuarón y Adam Gough por Roma
MEJOR DISEÑO DE PRODUCCIÓN
Stuart Craig y Anna Pinnock por Animales Fantásticos: Los Crímenes de Grindelwald
John Myhre y Gordon Sim por El regreso de Mary Poppins
Fiona Crombie y Alice Felton por La Favorita
Nathan Crowley y Kathy Lucas por El primer hombre
Eugenio Caballero y Bárbara Enríquez por Roma
MEJOR DISEÑO DE VESTUARIO
Julian Day por Bohemian Rhapsody
Sandy Powell por El regreso de Mary Poppins
Sandy Powell por La Favorita
Mary Zophres por La balada de Buster Scruggs
Alexandra Byrne por María, reina de Escocia
MEJOR MAQUILLAJE Y PELUQUERÍA
Mark Coulier y Jan Sewell por Bohemian Rhapsody
Jenny Shircore por María, reina de Escocia
Nadia Stacey por La Favorita
Mark Coulier y Jeremy Woodhead por Stan & Ollie
TBC por Vice
MEJOR SONIDO
John Casali, Tim Cavagin, Nina Hartstone, Paul Massey y John Warhurst por Bohemian Rhapsody
Mary H. Ellis, Mildred latrou Morgan, Ai-Ling Lee, Frank A. Montaño y Jon Taylor por El primer hombre
Gilbert Lake, James H. Mather, Christopher Munro y Mike Prestwood Smith por Misión Imposible: Fallout
Erik Aadahl, Michael Barosky, Brandon Procter y Ethan Van der Ryn por Un lugar tranquilo
Steve Morrow, Alan Robert Murray, Jason Ruder, Tom Ozanich y Dean Zupancic por Ha nacido una estrella
MEJORES EFECTOS ESPECIALES
Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Kelly Port y Dan Sudick por Avengers: Infinity War
Ian Hunter, Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles y J.D. Schwalm por El primer hombre
Geoffrey Baumann, Jesse James Chisholm, Craig Hammack y Dan Sudick por Black Panther
Tim Burke, Andy Kind, Christian Manz y David Watkins por Animales Fantásticos: Los Crímenes de Grindelwald
Matthew E. Butler, Grady Cofer, Roger Guyett y David Shirk por Ready Player One
MEJOR CORTO DE ANIMACIÓN BRITÁNICO
Elizabeth Hobbs, Abigail Addison y Jelena Popović por I’m Ok
Gary McLeod y Myles McLeod por Marfa
Jonathan Hodgson y Richard Van Den Boom por Roughhouse
MEJOR CORTOMETRAJE BRITÁNICO
Alex Lockwood por 73 Cows
Angela Clarke por Bachelor, 38
Ben Clark, Megan Pugh y Paul Taylor por The blue door
Sandhya Suri y Balthazar de Ganay por The Field
Barnaby Blackburn, Sophie Alexander, Edward Speleers y Catherine Slater por Wale
PREMIO A LA ESTRELLA EMERGENTE
Barry Keoghan
Cynthia Erivo
Jessie Buckley
Lakeith Stanfield
Letitia Wright
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Funny Cow film review: a morbidly gloomy drama about a struggling female comedian
Director Adrian Shergold’s morbidly gloomy drama Funny Cow follows a working class female comedian as she struggles through the Northern England stand-up scene circa the 1970s. Tony Pitts’ screenplay paints a general picture of life on skid row, rather than a particular insight into the craft of comedy or what motivates joke-makers to flagellate themselves in front of sneering strangers. Instead of arguing that laughter can distract us from a cruel world, Shergold and Pitts suggest the opposite: that when life has truly gone down the drain not even having a laugh can help.
Do they really believe that? Not every film about comedians needs to be funny, but this weirdly deflating message feels (like the title and Richard Hawley’s bitterly ironic original song of the same name, performed over the closing credits) like another way for the filmmakers to push the protagonist’s head against the pavement. Are they depicting misogyny or embracing sadism? The central character doesn’t even deserve a name; she is simply known as Funny Cow. The opening sequence shows her working her material, lit cigarette and gaudy golden curtains signifying the film as a period piece.
In a subsequent scene she walks down a cruddy suburban street. A young girl comes up to her, holding a red balloon. The film switches to the girl’s point of view and jumps back in time; this is the protagonist as a child. It’s a lovely segue, although the mood quickly turns. The girl is berated by bullies, called a piece of shit before she falls into excrement. She then goes home and is confronted by her lowlife father, who, when his request of cup of tea is not immediately obeyed, takes his belt off and savagely beats her.
The film is well shot, but technique never trumps ideology and the pretty pictures are nothing compared to the stink of the subtext.
When Funny Cow meets with old comedian Lenny (Alun Armstrong) for whom the term ‘over the hill’ is too generous – implying he was once good – she explains that she would like to get into comedy. But why? The film has few answers, only mildly hinting at some degree of catharsis. Lenny, a boorish woebegone chauvinist (not the only one in this film) tells her that women simply do not make good comedians. Also, that comedy is “not about being funny, it’s about surviving”. This emerges as a core message: life is about nothing more or less than survival when you’re poor and vulnerable.
The protagonist is a tough and complex character, almost entirely thanks to Maxine Peake’s intensely nuanced and interesting performance. But her humanity is never as important as her circumstance. A flicker of hope for something better is hinted at through her romance with middle-class bookshop owner Angus (Paddy Considine). However, Shergold and Pitts are reluctant to embrace him as a positive force on her life and represent their relationship bitterly – as if doing otherwise might indulge the cliché of a knight in shining armour.
Cinematographer Tony Slater Ling’s handsomely impersonal compositions position human figures in wide, spacious images that regard everything as a potential landscape: even a lounge room or hallway. The film is well shot, but technique never trumps ideology and the pretty pictures are nothing compared to the stink of the subtext. Funny Cow’s obsessive gloom-mongering takes its toll. Other than the motivations of the filmmakers, there is nothing funny about it.
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In The Flesh (2013-2014, UK) Series 1, Episode 3 Cinematographer: Tony Slater Ling Director: Jonny Campbell
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Inside Man
“Episode 4”
Director: Paul McGuigan
DoP: Tony Slater Ling
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Inside Man
“Episode 1”
Director: Paul McGuigan
DoP: Tony Slater Ling
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Inside Man
“Episode 3”
Director: Paul McGuigan
DoP: Tony Slater Ling
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Inside Man
“Episode 1”
Director: Paul McGuigan
DoP: Tony Slater Ling
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Review: Funny Cow, POW Films
Maxine Peake in Funny Cow. Image supplied.
Funny Cow is the story of a female stand-up comic in the brutal world of men’s working clubs in England’s north. Inspired in part by the life of glamorous comedian Marti Caine, Funny Cow struggles with a life of violent abuse but succeeds in her career at a time when male audiences only wanted women on stage if they were stripping or singing.
Funny Cow (the character is only known by her stage name) was written for Maxine Peake by actor and producer Tony Pitt, who also plays Funny Cow’s thuggish husband, Bob. Both writer and lead come from the kind of background depicted in the film. The idea was Peake’s, and Pitt wrote the screenplay in about two weeks; she reports crying when she first read it.
Maxine Peake is incredible in this. She’s a bundle of strength and vulnerability, ambition and dysfunction, self-awareness and isolation. The film is structured around a confessional cabaret-style performance delivered once Funny Cow has achieved fame, outlining in the wryest tones her thoughts about her life. Adrian Shergold, usually a TV director and cinematographer Tony Slater Ling include Peake in nearly every scene, creating the visual companion to her to camera soliloquies.
Funny Cow isn’t an easy watch. Small moments of magic realism, such as Funny Cow bumping into her younger self in the back alleys of her childhood are nicely placed to remind us of the defiantly absurdist spirit of the child in the red tights. Red dresses and shoes are used as a metaphor for Funny Cow’s warrior/performer core: Funny Calf presents her Future Me with a red balloon (referencing Albert Lamorisse’s Le Ballon Rouge, which Funny Cow later watches with middle class partner Angus, played by Paddy Considine).This spirit endures despite her isolation and the abuse heaped on her.
Highlights include the scenes with the unconquered and outspoken Funny Calf – an outrageously good turn by young Macy Shackleton. Watch out for her. My favourite is a silent slice of life scene when Funny Calf is sitting side by side with her mum, wearing a tea cosy on her face. It is almost an anti-moment, coming either before or after the dialogue you’d expect to hear. This scene encapsulates the tenor of the film. The mother’s resignation and her unspoken failure to protect her child, and her daughter’s survival instincts along with the birth of her emotionally avoidant defences are all there to see; we’re given a longish moment to register it all. You don’t get resolution, just acceptance, as expressed in the later coastal scene with Funny Cow and her mother (Lindsey Coulson). We witness her maternal ambivalence when her daughter manages to break away from her life of domestic violence.
Maxine Peake in Funny Cow. Image supplied.
Alun Armstrong, bless him, is perfect as the lugubrious comic Lenny whose career is decaying. He embodies the effect of the brutality and harshness of the entertainment circuit. There’s no sentimentalising class or culture here. If you’ve forgotten how comedy once (and often still does) function to reinforce classist, racist, ableist and sexist attitudes, here’s a reminder. As a successful woman in a man’s world, Funny Cow is rejected by her brother and his family when she drops by in her red sports car.
Kevin Rowland from Dexys Midnight Runners makes an appearance in a bar scene, threatened by Funny Cow’s bullying husband, Bob. Paddy Considine as cultured Angus is the voice of the bewildered and under-appreciated gentle male. Stephen Graham does a double turn as Funny Cow’s father and brother, both toxic versions of masculinity. A special mention must be made of the original music by Richard Hawley, including a theme in the style of the 50s.
Funny Cow is original, authentic and vital. Now that Hannah Gadsby has made everyone think about women, abuse, comedy and storytelling, Funny Cow can also be seen as a timely contribution to that conversation.
Rating: 4 stars ★★★★
Funny Cow Maxine Peake
Director: Adrian Shergold Writer: Tony Pitts Cast: MAXINE PEAKE “FUNNY COW”, PADDY CONSIDINE, TONY PITTS, STEPHEN GRAHAM, ALUN ARMSTRONG
POW FILMS and MOVIEHOUSE ENTERTAINMENT present in association with HEAD GEAR FILMS, METROL TECHNOLOGY and LIPSYNC a LAUGHING GIRL PRODUCTION Produced in association with GIZMO FILMS and VEXED PIXIE an ADRIAN SHERGOLD film
First published on Thursday 12 July, 2018
What the stars mean?
Five stars: Exceptional, unforgettable, a must see
Four and a half stars: Excellent, definitely worth seeing
Four stars: Accomplished and engrossing but not the best of its kind
Three and a half stars: Good, clever, well made, but not brilliant
Three stars: Solid, enjoyable, but unremarkable or flawed
Two and half stars: Neither good nor bad, just adequate
Two stars: Not without its moments, but ultimately unsuccessful
One star: Awful, to be avoided
Zero stars: Genuinely dreadful, bad on every level
Source: http://www.artshub.com.au/news-article/reviews/film/liza-dezfouli/review-funny-cow-pow-films-256057
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In The Flesh (2013-2014, UK) Series 1, Episode 3 Cinematographer: Tony Slater Ling Director: Jonny Campbell
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In The Flesh (2013-2014, UK) Series 1, Episode 2 Cinematographer: Tony Slater Ling Director: Jonny Campbell
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In The Flesh (2013-2014, UK) Series 1, Episode 1 Cinematographer: Tony Slater Ling Director: Jonny Campbell
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