Dogtooth in 2009. The Lobster in 2015. The Killing of a Sacred Deer this year. It seems that Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos has a thing for animals. Also one for Colin Farrell (but don’t we all?). After working on The Lobster, both gentlemen came together again to make The Killing of a Sacred Deer. Lanthimos…
Tag: Liselotte Vanophem
RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL – Atsuko Hirayanagi: “Independent movies tell more a human story and that’s very important”
With Oh Lucy!, the Randaince film festival opens with a Japanse-American coproduction, starring Josh Hartnett and Shinobu Terajima. Our celebrity journalist Liselotte Vanophem spoke to director Atsuko Hirayanagi right before the UK premiere and had a chat about the exciting but nerve-wracking experience of having your film opening a film festival, about the difference in…
RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL – Josh Hartnett: “In independent films things directly come from the heart of the filmmakers”
Our fantastic film and celebrity reporter Liselotte caught up with Josh Harnett at the Raindance Film Festival opening gala and premiere of his new film ‘Oh Lucy’. Hi Josh, welcome to Raindance. Excited to be here? Yes of course. The fact that the movie (Oh Lucy!) will be shown here means that the people are very…
RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL – ‘Siblings’ Director Laura Plancarte “If you want to make documentaries, just do it. It’s a great process and an incredible world.”
Director Laura Plancarte’s Siblings is the second film she has had selected at Raindance Film Festival. This must see documentary relates to the very current issue of immigration and deportation, begging the question ‘is there an American dream?’. Siblings tells in parallel the story of two Mexican brothers that want to go back to the…
RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL – Siblings: Packed with emotions
At this moment, we’re with more than seven billion people here on earth. We’re all ‘made’ in the same way but we couldn’t be more different. Some of us live here in London, some of us in one of the richest cities in the United States or some of us in the poorest places in…
RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL – Tom Benedict Knight: If people don’t come and experience film in its early stages, then where does the big thing come from?
Just Celebrity Magazine caught up with Tom Benedict Knight at the 25th Raindance Anniversary Gala screening of ‘Oh Lucy’. Raindance Film Festival is the largest independent film festival in the UK. Celebrating its 25th Anniversary in 2017, Raindance is based in the heart of London’s buzzing West End film district. Raindance Film Festival is officially…
FILM REVIEW – Penalty – So much more than just a short movie about football
Football for some of us, the way to gain a lot of money, a luxurious life, fame and probably also immortality. Others, like the most of us, watch it every week, whether it’s on screen or even live. But in Penalty, football is so much more than a way of making money or a way…
FILM REVIEW – Final Portrait: Captivating biopic of a distraught creative genius
We all know Stanley Tucci for his great performances in movies like Spotlight and Big Night but for his latest film he decided to take a seat in the director’s chair (the first time in 10 years after directing Blind Date in 2007) and to leave the acting to actors as great as him. With…
FILM REVIEW – Story of a Girl: About self-reflection in a modern digital age
Facebook. Instagram. Twitter. Snapchat. There are so many platforms these days on which we can share all of our content. Pictures, videos, status updates. You see them a lot more than you would expect. 99% of the time we know and approve what we post or what is posted about us but sometimes it can…
FILM REVIEW – Spider-Man: Homecoming, Spider-Man has finally found his home on screen
First, there was Tobey Maguire, who dressed up in the blue-red suit for the first three films, then there was Andrew Garfield, who performed the web slinger from Brooklyn in the next two movies, and now it’s Tom Holland who bares the weight on his shoulders as the new Spider-Man. It’s not only the first…
