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Edinburgh Film Festival 2009: round-up
Trevor Johnston spends ten days in the Scottish capital, where the British films weren't so strong but Shane Meadows and Paddy Considine offered light relief with 'Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee'
What are the ‘Arrested Development’ alumni up to now?
Teen star Michael Cera appears in 'Year One' this week. Time Out remembers when he first struck comedy gold in sitcom 'Arrested Development', and decided to look how the members of its perfectly balanced ensemble have fared since the show's cancellation in 2006.
Richard Stanley: interview
With ‘Hardware’ now reissued on DVD, we spoke to director Richard Stanley about his memories of shooting in London
When more is more: ten OTT movie classics
Master of disaster Michael Bay's 'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen' throws in everything but a robot that turns into a kitchen sink in its pursuit of audience-bludgeoning cinematic excess (and massive box office returns). To celebrate, we pick ten totally OTT films that push the boundaries of taste, decency, budget and common sense...
Abbas Kiarostami: interview
The latest work by the Iranian director, a stark procession of women's faces reacting to a piece of cinema, has divided critics. But here, Kiarostami reveals that his actors had something other than film in mind – and how Juliette Binoche got involved
What Thomas Clay did next
His first film 'The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael' was likened to 'a stilted media studies project' by Time Out on its release. Here, the Brighton born director talks to Time Out about how and why he followed it up with 'Soi Cowboy,' a Thai-set alterno-romance filmed in stark black-and-white
Nick Moran discusses 'Telstar'
Joe Meek produced hit singles from above a shop on the Holloway Road. Trevor Johnston talks to Nick Moran about bringing his life to the big screen
John Woo: interview
A sprawling military epic with a cast of thousands, ‘Red Cliff’ marks an impressive return to form for 62-year-old action legend John Woo. After more than a decade of diminishing returns in Hollywood directing films such as ‘Mission: Impossible II’ and ‘Paycheck’, Woo returned to his native China to make this film based on one of the country’s best-known historical legends.
Ten Great Morning After Films
In Todd Phillips's new comedy 'The Hangover', three men wake up after a drunken bender in Vegas with no idea what happened to them. In that spirit, Time Out pops a couple of Nurofen and lists some of the other great 'morning after' movies...
The make-up guru from 'Drag Me to Hell' on blood, guts and that prosthetic penis
A film industry legend, make-up maestro Greg Nicotero has worked on more than 150 movies, from horror classics like ‘Evil Dead 2’ and ‘Scream’ to Oscar-winning dramas like ‘Pulp Fiction’ and ‘Milk’. Sam Raimi’s slapstick splatfest, ‘Drag Me to Hell’, is his latest assignment. Here, he takes us through his favourite moviemaking experiences
Gideon Koppel: interview
Director Gideon Koppel’s first feature documentary, ‘Sleep Furiously’ is a lyrical meditation on a disappearing way of life in a mid-Wales community, Trefeurig.
Dustin Hoffman: interview
In ‘Last Chance Harvey’, Dustin Hoffman plays a divorcee who arrives in London for his daughter’s wedding only to find himself on the edge of things. He meets a stranger, Kate (Emma Thompson), with whom he’s able to share feelings of loneliness and disappointment as they wander about the city together. The film was nominated for a Golden Globe in the comedy/musical category, but British writer-director Joel Hopkins is as interested in characters and emotions as laughs
Ten memorable movie mentors
Eric Cantona appears as an imaginary life guru in Ken Loach's 'Looking For Eric', so Time Out list ten more classic movie mentors
50 essential sci-fi films
With JJ Abrams's 'Star Trek' already making waves and McG's 'Terminator Salvation' peeking up over the horizon, Time Out thought it would be a perfect time to select 50 essential sci-fi films, some of them classics, some not so classic, but all need to be seen...
Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck: interview
Time Out talks to Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck about their new movie 'Sugar', a follow-up to 2007's 'Half Nelson'. Just don't call it a baseball movie...
Cannes 2009: Final round-up
2009 was a vintage year for Cannes. Dave Calhoun presents the prizewinners, including the Palme d’Or for Michael Haneke, and looks back on a great festival
Interview: Charlie Kaufman
In a Time Out exclusive, Charlie Kaufman, writer of ‘Being John Malkovich’ and ‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’ – and now writer and director of ‘Synecdoche, New York’ – explains why messing with an audience’s mind comes naturally to him
On set with Eric Cantona in 'Looking for Eric'
Ken Loach and Eric Cantona’s ‘Looking for Eric’ has its world premiere in Cannes this week. Dave Calhoun travelled to Manchester to watch Loach coax words of wisdom from the philosophising footballer
What the hell happened to horror?
Released this week in cinemas, Sam Raimi’s ‘Drag Me to Hell’ is a bold attempt to show modern horror filmmakers and torture porn stars how they used to do things back in the day: splat, saliva and flying eyeballs; smash editing, in-camera effects and crazed invention
Simon Pegg: interview
Simon Pegg has risen to fame via cult hits 'Spaced' and 'Shaun of the Dead'. The writer and actor tells Time Out, through a mouthful of crisps, why we’re past postmodernism and why his wife walked out of the premiere of his new film, ‘Star Trek’
Werner Herzog: interview
Werner Herzog has forged a prolific, uncategorisable career spanning fiction and documentary. His association with remarkable leading man Klaus Kinski in the likes of ‘Aguirre, Wrath of God’ and ‘Fitzcarraldo’ remains a career highlight, yet recent docs, including ‘Grizzly Man’ and his latest release ‘Encounters at the End of the World’, show his powers still undiminished
Is 'Fifty Dead Men Walking' really based on truth?
Martin McGartland, whose memoir forms the basis for 'Fifty Dead Men Walking', talks to Time Out about how he believes he's been inaccurately portrayed in the film
The secrets behind 'Let the Right One In'
Tomas Alfredson, director of excellent Swedish vampire film 'Let the Right One In' discusses the weird ways he approaches filmmaking
Viggo Mortensen: interview
Time Out talks to Viggo Mortensen about playing a sympathetic Nazi in his new film, 'Good'
Armando Iannucci on 'In the Loop'
'The Thick of It' creator, Armando Iannucci talks to Dave Calhoun about 'In the Loop', his new film in which the brilliant Peter Capaldi returns as vicious, foul-mouthed Whitehall spin doctor Malcolm Tucker
The toys that should be films
With the impending release of a second 'Transformers' film and 'GI Joe', Time Out selects some other classic toys and turns them into movies
Nicolas Cage: a life in film
To celebrate the release of his latest movie, 'Knowing', Time Out takes a look at the enduring box office appeal of Nicolas Cage
'Chéri': on location with Stephen Frears
Belle époque Paris. An ageing courtesan and a youthful, spoilt suitor. Stephen Frears’s new movie, ‘Chéri’, is a wry, romantic tale. Filmmaker Don Boyd visits the set, exclusively for Time Out
Mike Leigh on fifty years of Nouvelle Vague
It's the 50th anniversary of the French film revolution known as the Nouvelle Vague – when critics such as Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut picked up cameras and took to the streets. Trevor Johnston reflects upon the revolution and, with the help of Mike Leigh, examines the effect films such as 'À Bout de Souffle' had on British cinema
Interview: Tony Gilroy
Time Out meets Oscar-nominated writer-director Tony Gilroy to talk about his follow-up to corporate thriller 'Michael Clayton', Julia Roberts/Clive Owen heist caper 'Duplicity'
Interview: Andrew Eaton
Who’s the driving force behind the films of Michael Winterbottom? Time Out catches up with the UK’s busiest film producer, Andrew Eaton, who’s also reeling from the success of his ‘Red Riding Trilogy’ for C4
David Frankel on cinema's great journalists
The two most recent films by David Frankel have been about journalists. ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ (2006) was set in the offices of fictional fashion glossy Runway, while ‘Marley & Me’ tells the story of South Florida Sun-Sentinel columnist John Grogan (Owen Wilson) and his relationship with his hyperactive dog. Here, Frankel, whose father Max worked at the New York Times for 50 years, talks us through his favourite films about hacks
Paolo Sorrentino on 'Il Divo'
Can a movie about a notorious Italian prime minister be exciting for a UK audience? Absolutely, says Wally Hammond, talking murder, corruption and political intrigue with Paolo Sorrentino, director of 'Il Divo'
Interview with Jennifer Lynch
Director Jennifer Lynch, daughter of David, has spent the past decade and a half years out of the limelight following the critical savaging received by her debut film, 'Boxing Helena'. But now she's ready to face critics and public alike with the release of her sophisticated thriller 'Surveillance'. So what's changed?
Film production preview 2009
Right, that’s the tears and tantrums of the Oscars out of the way – time to concentrate on what matters: movies. Dave Calhoun and David Jenkins pick out the most promising UK, European, US and Asian films in production right now
Interview: Gerald McMorrow
Read our interview with Gerald McMorrow, debut director of British sci-fi Movie 'Franklyn'
Footlight follies - films ripe to be made into musicals
With Clint Eastwood's 'Magnum Force' set to make the transition from screen to stage musical, Time Out offers some other suggestions for films that that could be given the all-singing, all-dancing Broadway treatment...
Berlin Film Festival 2009 report
Our verdict on the best and worst new cinema from the 2009 Berlin Film Festival
Laurent Cantet discusses his latest film 'The Class'
Wally Hammond speaks to filmmaker Laurent Cantet whose award-winning school drama ‘The Class’ is a thrilling example of ensemble drama played by kids in a real French school
Anvil: audio interview
Time Out sat down with members of the band Anvil and director Sacha Gervasi to discuss their rockin' (and sweetly funny) new doc, 'Anvil! The Story of Anvil'
The Time Out cinema dating service
As St Valentine’s Day approaches, our thoughts inevitably turn to romance. But what about those poor fictional figures out there in movie land with no one to hold this February 14? With them in mind, Time Out unveils its exclusive movie character dating service…
Nuri Bilge Ceylan on 'Three Monkeys'
Acclaimed Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan has a new film out, 'Three Monkeys', and a photography exhibition on the BFI Southbank. See both and your experience will be all the richer, says Dave Calhoun
Rotterdam Film Festival 2009 Report
Time Out ventured to icy Holland for the 38th Rotterdam International Film Festival
Director Kim Jee-Woon on 'The Good, the Bad, the Weird’
Korean director Kim Jee-Woon ('A Tale of Two Sisters','A Bittersweet Life') on his new film, 'The Good, the Bad, the Weird'
David Fincher on 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
David Fincher’s new film, ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’, marks something of a departure for the director of ‘Se7en’, ‘Fight Club’ and ‘Zodiac’: it’s a sweeping, generation-spanning, epic drama in the grand old Hollywood tradition and is a showcase for new technology and make-up effects as we watch Bard Pitt’s main character age – backwards, from an old baby, to a young geriatric – over several decades.
Pixar director John Lasseter on the future of animation
Pixar animation guru John Lasseter, director of 'Toy Story' and 'Toy Story 2' and now, creative head of four (count ’em) studios, has big 3D plans for the future. Wally Hammond meets the California dreamer
The 2009 Oscars: Time Out's reaction
'Slumdog Millionaire', 'Benjamin Button' and 'Doubt' are all in the running for prizes at this year's Oscars. Tom Huddleston offers his two cents on the nominations
Surviving the pre-Bafta/Oscar logjam
In their desperate rush to release awards contenders just before the major gongs are dished out, do film studios shoot themselves in the foot? Cath Clarke bemoans the pre-Bafta/Oscar logjam
The return of the 'Dad Movie'
Bryan Singer's 'Valkyrie' heralds a return to the old-fashioned historical suspense thrillers that were popular in the '70s. Time Out takes a deep look at the stalwarts of the Dad Movie genre
Gus Van Sant on 'Milk'
Gus Van Sant’s ‘Milk’ is about the political life of gay San Francisco supervisor Harvey Milk, who was assassinated in 1978. The film stars Sean Penn in the title role and marks a stylistic U-turn for the director, whose recent films include the experimental likes of ‘Elephant’, ‘Last Days’ and ‘Paranoid Park’
Arnaud Desplechin on 'A Christmas Tale’
Widely regarded as one of France’s leading contemporary filmmakers, writer-director Arnaud Desplechin has become known for expansive character dramas such as his 1996 breakthrough ‘Ma Vie Sexuelle’ and ‘Kings & Queen’. His latest is ‘A Christmas Tale’, with Catherine Deneuve as the matriarch requiring a bone marrow transplant and Amalric as her least favourite son – the suitable donor
Mickey Rourke: a life in film
To celebrate the release of 'The Wrestler', Time Out takes a look at the highs, lows and many middles of the career of Mickey Rourke
The return of the 'Dad Movie'
Bryan Singer's 'Valkyrie' heralds a return to the old-fashioned historical suspense thrillers that were popular in the '70s. Time Out takes a deep look at the stalwarts of the Dad Movie genre
'Milk': preview
Paul Burston, Time Out’s Gay editor, revisits milestones in gay cinema and new flick ‘Milk’, an ‘extraordinary, Oscar-worthy’ biopic of gay US politician Harvey Milk
The softer side of Sam Peckinpah
Sam Peckinpah’s reputation as the master of mayhem was forged in films like ‘The Wild Bunch’ and ‘Straw Dogs’, and by his reputation as an alcoholic, womanising control freak with a mile-wide violent streak. But there was another side to Bloody Sam: a love of whimsy and elegiac nostalgia and a real empathy for humanity, in all its flawed glory. As a new retrospective season begins at the BFI, the Time Out team pick out a few of Peckinpah’s gentler moments
Arnaud Desplechin on 'A Christmas Tale’
Widely regarded as one of France’s leading contemporary filmmakers, writer-director Arnaud Desplechin has become known for expansive character dramas such as his 1996 breakthrough ‘Ma Vie Sexuelle’ and ‘Kings & Queen’. His latest is ‘A Christmas Tale’, with Catherine Deneuve as the matriarch requiring a bone marrow transplant and Amalric as her least favourite son – the suitable donor
Sir David Hare: interview
Wally Hammond meets Sir David Hare to talk about his latest screen adaptation, which tackles Bernhard Schlink’s post-Holocaust philosophical romance ‘The Reader’
The Christmas movies that never were
The Santa Clause. Snow Business. Santa's Slay. Christmas is a time for bad movie-title puns. Time Out pitches a few ideas for future festive favourites...
Benicio Del Toro on 'Che'
Benicio Del Toro tells Dave Calhoun about the appeal of playing the iconic Che Guevara in Steven Soderbergh's new two-part movie , 'Che' - and why it's like being Batman
Best films of 2008
Time Out’s film critics remember 2008’s silver screen highs, lows and welcome reissues
Baz Luhrmann on 'Australia'
Baz Luhrmann discusses his new epic movie 'Australia' starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman with Time Out Film
Cinema's most memorable drinkers
As the announcement comes that Russell Brand is to essay the title role in a remake of classic Cuddly Dudley boozeathon ‘Arthur’, Time Out toasts some of the big screen’s most inimitable inebriates
Béla Tarr on 'The Man from London'
Visionary Hungarian auteur Béla Tarr’s latest filmtells a story of deceit,theft and murder. But, as he explains to Wally Hammond, that was not his primary interest
Jonás Cuarón and Eireann Harper discuss 'Año Uña'
Debut director Jonás Cuarón (son of Alfonso) and actor Eireann Harper discuss how they made 'Año Uña', a lovely new film structured like an album of photos
Peter Morgan on 'Frost/Nixon'
Peter Morgan – whose writing credits include 'The Queen', 'The Last King of Scotland' and 'Frost/Nixon' – is a master of bringing to life the drama of high office. Dave Calhoun quizzes him about the art of weaving convincing fiction from historical fact
Director Kenny Glenaan on 'Summer'
As Scottish director Kenny Glenaan makes his quietly political cinema debut with 'Summer', Dave Calhoun talks to him about casting, coal-mine closures and connections with Ken Loach
Keanu Reeves's ten greatest films
Ahead of the release of his 'The Day The Earth Stood Still' remake, Time Out looks back at some of the important moments in the career of Keanu Reeves
Jason Statham on ‘Transporter 3’
Bullet-headed, hard as nails with a voice like a cockney lion swallowing a barrel of gravel? Yes, fans of the budget action movie, strap yourself in and hold on tight because Jason Statham is back in the car-crashing, roundhouse-kicking, bracelet-exploding ‘Transporter 3’
Dardenne brothers and ‘The Silence of Lorna’
The Dardenne brothers’ latest film won Best Screenplay at Cannes – but it didn’t win over the critics. Dave Calhoun repudiates the indifference with which it was greeted
'Terminator Salvation': preview
Tom Huddleston caught a sneak preview of footage from the forthcoming 'Terminator Salvation' movie
Spring film preview 2009
Take a peek at what the Time Out Film team are looking forward to in the new year with our spring film preview
Director Ari Folman on 'Waltz with Bashir'
Soldier-turned-filmmaker Ari Folman’s striking anti-war animation, ‘Waltz with Bashir’, is an extraordinary film, says David Jenkins, who speaks to the director about graphic design, Harvey Weinstein and recurring dreams
The computer games that should be movies
To celebrate the release of ‘Max Payne’ starring Mark Wahlberg, Time Out looks at some classic computer games and guesses how they might translate to the big screen. Here are the scarily plausible results...
