Jason Korsner – Page 41 – What's Worth Seeing…

Guy Ritchie to be honoured by 2017 Raindance Film Festival

10th August 201711th August 2017Jason Korsner

One of the most idiosyncratic British directors of the past two decades, Guy Ritchie, is to be honoured by this year’s Raindance Film Festival with its 2nd Annual Auteur Award. [click for more...]

The Big Sick – Review

28th July 201715th April 2023Jason Korsner

DIRECTED BY: Michael Showalter – FEATURING: Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Adeel Akhtar, Aidy Bryant, Anupam Kher, Bo Burnham, Holly Hunter, Jeremy Shamos, Kurt Braunohler, Ray Romano, Shenaz Treasury, Spencer House, Vella Lovell, Zenobia Shroff [click for more...]

Venice and Toronto line-ups hint at Oscar contenders

28th July 201714th November 2018Jason Korsner

The oldest and biggest film-festivals in the world have revealed some of the highlights for film fans this autumn, giving the first indication [click for more...]

Film business helps boost UK economy

26th July 201726th July 2017Jason Korsner

Official figures show that what’s been described as a “booming film industry” has boosted the growth of the UK economy. The Office for [click for more...]

Dunkirk – Review

21st July 201725th April 2023Jason Korsner

DIRECTED BY: Christopher Nolan – FEATURING: Fionn Whitehead, Kenneth Branagh, Mark Rylance, Tom Hardy, Aneurin Barnard, Barry Keoghan, Bill Milner, Cillian Murphy, Harry Styles, Jack Lowden, James D’Arcy, Tom Glynn-Carney [click for more...]

BBFC got most complaints about Deadpool & Suicide Squad in 2016

18th July 201719th July 2017Jason Korsner

The British Board of Film Classification received more complaints about the Marvel comic-book adaptation Deadpool last year, than any other film. 15-rated film [click for more...]

The Beguiled – Review

14th July 201716th April 2023Jason Korsner

DIRECTED BY: Sofia Coppola – FEATURING: Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Angourie Rice, Elle Fanning, Kirsten Dunst, Oona Laurence [click for more...]

War for the Planet of the Apes – Review

11th July 20179th May 2024Jason Korsner

DIRECTED BY: Matt Reeves – FEATURING: Andy Serkis, Woody Harrelson, Aleks Paunovic, Alessandro Juliani, Amiah Miller, Devyn Dalton, Gabriel Chavarria, Judy Greer, Karin Konoval, Michael Adamthwaite, Sara Canning, Steve Zahn, Terry Notary, Toby Kebbell, Ty Olsson [click for more...]

BFI to look into securing the future of UK Independent Film

11th July 201712th July 2017Jason Korsner

The BFI has announced the setting up of a new Commission to consider the health of independent film in the UK. It says [click for more...]

Spider-Man: Homecoming – Review

5th July 201716th April 2023Jason Korsner

DIRECTED BY: Jon Watts – FEATURING: Tom Holland, Angourie Rice, Chris Evans, Donald Glover, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hannibal Buress, Jacob Batalon, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Favreau, Jorge Lendeborg Jr, Laura Harrier, Marisa Tomei, Martin Starr, Michael Keaton, Robert Downey Jr, Tony Revolori, Tyne Daly, Zendaya [click for more...]

God’s Own Country, Daphne, Glory win awards at Edinburgh International Film Festival

30th June 201730th June 2017Jason Korsner

After screening more than a hundred and fifty one features from nearly fifty countries, the Edinburgh International Film Festival has announced this year’s [click for more...]

Andy Serkis directorial debut Breathe to open London Film Festival

29th June 201729th June 2017Jason Korsner

The London Film Festival organsisers have announced that this year’s event will open with the directorial debut of actor Andy Serkis. Andrew Garfield [click for more...]

Baby Driver – Review

28th June 201726th April 2023Jason Korsner

DIRECTED BY: Edgar Wright – FEATURING: Ansel Elgort, Jamie Foxx, Jon Hamm, Kevin Spacey, Lily James, Allison King, Andrea Frye, Brogan Hall, CJ Jones, Eiza González, Flea, Hal Whiteside, Jon Bernthal, Lanny Joon, Viviana Chavez, Walter Hill, Wilbur Fitzgerald [click for more...]

Hampstead – Review

23rd June 201712th April 2023Jason Korsner

DIRECTED BY: Joel Hopkins – FEATURING: Brendan Gleeson, Diane Keaton, Alistair Petrie, Brian Protheroe, Hugh Skinner, James Norton, Jason Watkins, John Sackville, Lesley Manville, Simon Callow, Will Smith (UK) [click for more...]

Gifted – Review

16th June 201716th April 2023Jason Korsner

DIRECTED BY: Marc Webb – FEATURING: Chris Evans, McKenna Grace, Candace B Harris, Elizabeth Marvel, Glenn Plummer, Jenny Slate, John M Jackson, Jon Sklaroff, Lindsay Duncan, Michael Kendall Kaplan, Octavia Spencer [click for more...]

Terry Gilliam denies destroying Portuguese convent while filming Don Quixote

6th June 201720th April 2018Jason Korsner

The director Terry Gilliam has rejected claims that his production team destroyed the 12th Century Convento de Cristo in Tomar in central Portugal, [click for more...]

Wonder Woman – Review

1st June 201716th April 2023Jason Korsner

DIRECTED BY: Patty Jenkins – FEATURING: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Connie Nielsen, Danny Huston, David Thewlis, Elena Anaya, Emily Carey, Eugene Brave Rock, Ewen Bremner, Lilly Aspell, Lucy Davis, Robin Wright, Saïd Taghmaoui [click for more...]

Art Satire The Square is Surprise Palme d’Or Winner

28th May 201718th May 2018Jason Korsner

Palme d’Or winner The Square satirises the art world The Cannes jury, led by the Spanish auteur Pedro Almodóvar, has handed the prestigious [click for more...]

Cannes 2017 – The Second Saturday

27th May 201711th November 2017Jason Korsner

For the last time this Cannes, I was up early to get to the 8.30am screening. This was Roman Polanski’s late addition to the festival, out of competition, Based on a True Story – which was based on a novel, which wasn’t itself a true story. [click for more...]

Cannes 2017 – The Second Friday

26th May 201728th August 2017Jason Korsner

After another late night, I’d decided to give myself another late morning, but after someone drew my attention to an early screening of Patti Cakes, a Sundance success that was playing in the Directors’ Fortnight strand, I decided to give it a go. [click for more...]

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