You won’t find a sharper contrast in period costume design than the farm life of “Mudbound” vs. the high fashion of “Murder on the Orient Express.” The former, directed by Dee Rees, is a sprawling saga about two families, one black, one white, in the 1940s Mississippi Delta. And the latter, helmed by Kenneth Branagh (who also plays the wildly mustachioed Hercule Poirot), is a stylish, 1934 murder mystery aboard the eponymous luxury locomotive.
Tackling Parallel Settings for “Mudbound”
There were two challenges for costume designer Michael T. Boyd (“Bessie,” “We Were Soldiers,” “Gettysburg”): Authenticating clothing for parallel settings on the Mississippi Delta and in aerial and tank battles during World War II. “It stretches your creativity,” said Boyd, who was working on a small budget for the indie feature distributed by Netflix.
“You’re trying to realistically recreate the atmosphere,” Boyd added. “That was my mission on this show.
Tackling Parallel Settings for “Mudbound”
There were two challenges for costume designer Michael T. Boyd (“Bessie,” “We Were Soldiers,” “Gettysburg”): Authenticating clothing for parallel settings on the Mississippi Delta and in aerial and tank battles during World War II. “It stretches your creativity,” said Boyd, who was working on a small budget for the indie feature distributed by Netflix.
“You’re trying to realistically recreate the atmosphere,” Boyd added. “That was my mission on this show.
- 11/22/2017
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
As usual, period dramas are the dominant genre when it comes to Best Costume Design. Jacqueline Durran is competing with herself with the extravagant Disney live-action blockbuster “Beauty and the Beast” as well as World War II drama “Darkest Hour,” which features elaborate costumes to add weight to Gary Oldman as Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Also needing some padding was Dame Judi Dench as the aging monarch in “Victoria & Abdul.” Kenneth Branagh’s new take on “Murder on the Orient Express,” featuring himself as mustache-twirling detective Hercule Poirot as well as a slimmer Dench, features a colorful assortment of characters on the mythic train from Istanbul.
Two rural southern war-time dramas are competing this year: Michael Boyd took on the period costumes for Dee Rees’ “Mudbound,” set during World War II, while Sofia Coppola’s Civil War melodrama “The Beguiled” is another strong entry from Stacey Battat.
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Two rural southern war-time dramas are competing this year: Michael Boyd took on the period costumes for Dee Rees’ “Mudbound,” set during World War II, while Sofia Coppola’s Civil War melodrama “The Beguiled” is another strong entry from Stacey Battat.
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- 11/16/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Tamburlaine, Parts I and II Directed and Edited by Michael Boyd Written by Christopher Marlowe Theatre for a New Audience Polonsky Shakespeare Center, Brooklyn, NY November 1, 2014 - January 4, 2015
Blood, fittingly, gets on everything in Theatre for a New Audience's Tamburlaine, Parts I and II. For the stylized violence in this adaptation of two of Christopher Marlowe's Elizabethan box-office hits, that sometimes means literal buckets of vital fluid; other times, the hem of a white garment trails through a pool of it, or a hand leaves a partial print on a lover’s face. Ably condensed into two 90-minute plays with a half-hour intermission (the minimum amount of time needed to sufficiently de-gore the stage), Tamburlaine's epic military conquests raise him from shepherd to emperor on a bare stage adorned only with hanging plastic strips at the rear that render the world of the play as a meat locker or Patrick Bateman's living room.
Blood, fittingly, gets on everything in Theatre for a New Audience's Tamburlaine, Parts I and II. For the stylized violence in this adaptation of two of Christopher Marlowe's Elizabethan box-office hits, that sometimes means literal buckets of vital fluid; other times, the hem of a white garment trails through a pool of it, or a hand leaves a partial print on a lover’s face. Ably condensed into two 90-minute plays with a half-hour intermission (the minimum amount of time needed to sufficiently de-gore the stage), Tamburlaine's epic military conquests raise him from shepherd to emperor on a bare stage adorned only with hanging plastic strips at the rear that render the world of the play as a meat locker or Patrick Bateman's living room.
- 12/26/2014
- by Leah Richards
- www.culturecatch.com
In its continuing coverage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which was downed Thursday, MSNBC accidentally gave airtime to a prankster. “Please tell us what you saw there on the ground in Ukraine,” asked Krystal Ball of “The Cycle,” who thought she'd lined up an eye-witness phone interview with U.S. Staff Sgt. Michael Boyd. “I saw a projectile flying through the sky,” the man responded. “And it would appear the plane was shot down by a blast of wind from Howard Stern's ass.” Also read: Jason Biggs’ Malaysia Airlines Joke Sparks Social Media Backlash It's unclear Ball even noticed his...
- 7/17/2014
- by Travis Reilly
- The Wrap
During coverage of the crashed Malaysia airlines jet on MSNBC's The Cycle, a caller who referenced Howard Stern made it on the air and said several crude remarks before being cut off. MSNBC host Krystal Ball was on the phone with a witness who was described to be a military expert — but turned out to be a prank caller. The caller, who presumably used a false identity of Staff Sgt. Michael Boyd, was asked what he saw from the crash site. "Well, I was looking out the window and I saw a projectile flying through the sky, and it
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- 7/17/2014
- by THR Staff
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Based on the #1 New York Times best-selling book of the same name, Heaven Is For Real brings to the screen the true story that has inspired millions across the globe – that of a little boy’s extraordinary, life-changing experience, and his father’s search for the courage and conviction to share his son’s discovery with the world.
Academy Award® nominee and Emmy® Award-winner Greg Kinnear (Little Miss Sunshine) stars as Todd Burpo, a small-town businessman, volunteer firefighter and pastor struggling to make ends meet in a tough year for his family. After his bright young son Colton (newcomer Connor Corum in his feature film debut) is rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery, Todd and his wife Sonja (Kelly Reilly, Flight, Sherlock Holmes) are overjoyed by his miraculous survival. But they are wholly unprepared for what happens next — Colton starts to matter-of-factly recount what he says was an amazing journey to heaven and back.
Academy Award® nominee and Emmy® Award-winner Greg Kinnear (Little Miss Sunshine) stars as Todd Burpo, a small-town businessman, volunteer firefighter and pastor struggling to make ends meet in a tough year for his family. After his bright young son Colton (newcomer Connor Corum in his feature film debut) is rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery, Todd and his wife Sonja (Kelly Reilly, Flight, Sherlock Holmes) are overjoyed by his miraculous survival. But they are wholly unprepared for what happens next — Colton starts to matter-of-factly recount what he says was an amazing journey to heaven and back.
- 4/4/2014
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
We have noticed recently with seemingly endless proliferation of film fests here and worldwide how many of them hew to very specific business and content areas for their films and, obviously, audiences. This is a good example of this tendency.
Recent films about architecture and design and panel discussions on urban design, restoration and more are part of L.A.'s first Architecture & Design Film Festival, which began Wednesday (March 12-16).
The photo is a still from Telos: The Fantastic World of Eugene Tssui, one of 30 films screening during this week's Architecture & Design Film Festival.
The Los Angeles edition of the Architecture & Design Film Festival kicks off its five-day salute to art, architecture, design, fashion and urban planning Wednesday with showings of If You Build It, Design Is One: Massimo & Leila Vignelli and 16 Acres.
The L.A. film festival, running through Sunday, will feature 30 recent feature-length and short films from around the world. "There is something for everyone who likes design at the festival," said the festival's founder and director, architect Kyle Bergman.
The films will screen at the Los Angeles Theatre Center, 514 S. Spring St.
Several documentaries in the series will focus on designs specific to California, including The Oyler House, a film about the Lone Pine retreat designed by Richard Neutra; Coast Modern, a look at West Coast Modernist architecture; and Telos: The Fantastic World of Eugene Tssui, making its world premiere.
Director Kyung Lee said she hoped her documentary on Tssui, considered by some to be an eccentric nature-based architect, would challenge viewers' perception of what architecture should be.
"So many people have opinions about architecture and what they like and what they don't like," she said. "I'd like people to come and see for themselves. Maybe it's not practical, but we should be able to extend our idea of architecture."
The festival also will feature question-and-answer sessions with the filmmakers, including Kyung Lee and Eugene Tssui (Telos: The Fantastic World of Eugene Tssui), Aimee Madsen (Paolo Soleri: Beyond Form) and Doug Pray (Levitated Mass), as well as five hourlong panel discussions.
Thursday
Clifford Pearson, deputy editor of Architectural Record, will moderate "Remaking the City," a panel on population, scale, urban design and Danish architect and urban planner Jan Gehl, whose work is featured in the film The Human Scale. Panelists are architect Jonathan Ward, Los Angeles Times architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne and Mina M. Chow, professor at the USC School of Architecture. 7 p.m.
Saturday
Frances Anderton, host of Kcrw's "DnA: Design and Architecture"; Knud Erik Hansen, chief executive of Danish furniture company Carl Hansen & Son; architectural historian Barbara Lamprecht; and others will discuss "No Easy Chair: Architects and the Design of Furniture." 2:30 p.m.
Saturday
Architect Alice Kimm, professor at USC's School of Architecture, will moderate "Learning Culture: Embedded Architecture," a discussion on the current state of architectural education, with Kevin Kennon, founding principal of United Architects; architect and educator Ingalill Wahlroos-Ritter; professor and designer Amy Murphy; and urban historian Norman Klein. 4:30 p.m.
Sunday
Architecture critic Michael Webb will moderate "Purism and Pragmatism: Restoring Classic Modern Houses," a panel on the restoration and delicate balance between idealism and practicality. He will be joined by actress and preservationist Kelly Lynch, who owns Richard Neutra's Oyler House; designer Michael Boyd of Boyd Design; and architect Frank Escher, partner at Escher GuneWardena Architecture and an expert on John Lautner. 2:30 p.m.
Sunday
Mimi Zeiger, critic, curator and founder of the architecture zine and blog Loud Paper, will present "Hands-on, Ground-up: Community and Design/Build" with Steve Badanes, director of the Neighborhood Design Build Studio at the University of Washington; artist Jenna Didier; and Dave Sellers, architect and co-creator of the utopian Prickly Mountain enclave in Vermont. 5:30 p.m.
For more information visit Here...
Recent films about architecture and design and panel discussions on urban design, restoration and more are part of L.A.'s first Architecture & Design Film Festival, which began Wednesday (March 12-16).
The photo is a still from Telos: The Fantastic World of Eugene Tssui, one of 30 films screening during this week's Architecture & Design Film Festival.
The Los Angeles edition of the Architecture & Design Film Festival kicks off its five-day salute to art, architecture, design, fashion and urban planning Wednesday with showings of If You Build It, Design Is One: Massimo & Leila Vignelli and 16 Acres.
The L.A. film festival, running through Sunday, will feature 30 recent feature-length and short films from around the world. "There is something for everyone who likes design at the festival," said the festival's founder and director, architect Kyle Bergman.
The films will screen at the Los Angeles Theatre Center, 514 S. Spring St.
Several documentaries in the series will focus on designs specific to California, including The Oyler House, a film about the Lone Pine retreat designed by Richard Neutra; Coast Modern, a look at West Coast Modernist architecture; and Telos: The Fantastic World of Eugene Tssui, making its world premiere.
Director Kyung Lee said she hoped her documentary on Tssui, considered by some to be an eccentric nature-based architect, would challenge viewers' perception of what architecture should be.
"So many people have opinions about architecture and what they like and what they don't like," she said. "I'd like people to come and see for themselves. Maybe it's not practical, but we should be able to extend our idea of architecture."
The festival also will feature question-and-answer sessions with the filmmakers, including Kyung Lee and Eugene Tssui (Telos: The Fantastic World of Eugene Tssui), Aimee Madsen (Paolo Soleri: Beyond Form) and Doug Pray (Levitated Mass), as well as five hourlong panel discussions.
Thursday
Clifford Pearson, deputy editor of Architectural Record, will moderate "Remaking the City," a panel on population, scale, urban design and Danish architect and urban planner Jan Gehl, whose work is featured in the film The Human Scale. Panelists are architect Jonathan Ward, Los Angeles Times architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne and Mina M. Chow, professor at the USC School of Architecture. 7 p.m.
Saturday
Frances Anderton, host of Kcrw's "DnA: Design and Architecture"; Knud Erik Hansen, chief executive of Danish furniture company Carl Hansen & Son; architectural historian Barbara Lamprecht; and others will discuss "No Easy Chair: Architects and the Design of Furniture." 2:30 p.m.
Saturday
Architect Alice Kimm, professor at USC's School of Architecture, will moderate "Learning Culture: Embedded Architecture," a discussion on the current state of architectural education, with Kevin Kennon, founding principal of United Architects; architect and educator Ingalill Wahlroos-Ritter; professor and designer Amy Murphy; and urban historian Norman Klein. 4:30 p.m.
Sunday
Architecture critic Michael Webb will moderate "Purism and Pragmatism: Restoring Classic Modern Houses," a panel on the restoration and delicate balance between idealism and practicality. He will be joined by actress and preservationist Kelly Lynch, who owns Richard Neutra's Oyler House; designer Michael Boyd of Boyd Design; and architect Frank Escher, partner at Escher GuneWardena Architecture and an expert on John Lautner. 2:30 p.m.
Sunday
Mimi Zeiger, critic, curator and founder of the architecture zine and blog Loud Paper, will present "Hands-on, Ground-up: Community and Design/Build" with Steve Badanes, director of the Neighborhood Design Build Studio at the University of Washington; artist Jenna Didier; and Dave Sellers, architect and co-creator of the utopian Prickly Mountain enclave in Vermont. 5:30 p.m.
For more information visit Here...
- 3/16/2014
- by Peter Belsito
- Sydney's Buzz
Actor known for his Shakespearean roles, but who also appeared on TV and in films including Winstanley and Orlando
Jerome Willis, who has died at the age of 85, was an actor who might have described himself, without bitterness, as an "attendant lord". He was a natural Shakespearean, in possession of a strong physique and the ability to speak verse with enviable confidence. In a distinguished career spanning almost 60 years, he brought to every part he undertook a perceptive intelligence that illuminated even the smallest cameo. He also became a familiar face on television from 1974 to 1978 as Charles Radley, the deputy governor of Stone Park prison in Within These Walls, with Googie Withers as his boss.
Jerome began his career as a disc jockey, newsreader and actor by turns, posted to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in 1946 for his national service in the Raf and serving in communications for the Ceylonese station Radio Seac.
Jerome Willis, who has died at the age of 85, was an actor who might have described himself, without bitterness, as an "attendant lord". He was a natural Shakespearean, in possession of a strong physique and the ability to speak verse with enviable confidence. In a distinguished career spanning almost 60 years, he brought to every part he undertook a perceptive intelligence that illuminated even the smallest cameo. He also became a familiar face on television from 1974 to 1978 as Charles Radley, the deputy governor of Stone Park prison in Within These Walls, with Googie Withers as his boss.
Jerome began his career as a disc jockey, newsreader and actor by turns, posted to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in 1946 for his national service in the Raf and serving in communications for the Ceylonese station Radio Seac.
- 1/27/2014
- by Paul Bailey
- The Guardian - Film News
Actors pick up knighthood and Cbe while Pm revives British Empire Medal as reward for 'big society' volunteers
David Cameron's "big society" gong, the anachronistically named British Empire Medal, makes its first appearance for 20 years in the Queen's birthday honours today, rewarding "hands-on" service to local communities.
As actors Kenneth Branagh and Kate Winslet collect a knighthood and Cbe respectively, 293 BEMs, known as the "working-class gong" and scrapped by John Major in 1991 in his efforts to make the honours system "classless", are also awarded.
Revived by Cameron to encourage the "big society" and reward volunteering, Bem recipients include waitress Patricia Carter, for services to the hospitality industry, apiarist Geoffrey Hopkinson, for services to beekeeping, and many others involved with local community work, charities, and sports.
Sir Bob Kerslake, head of the civil service who chairs the main honours committee, said the re-introduction of the Bem for the Diamond Jubilee extended...
David Cameron's "big society" gong, the anachronistically named British Empire Medal, makes its first appearance for 20 years in the Queen's birthday honours today, rewarding "hands-on" service to local communities.
As actors Kenneth Branagh and Kate Winslet collect a knighthood and Cbe respectively, 293 BEMs, known as the "working-class gong" and scrapped by John Major in 1991 in his efforts to make the honours system "classless", are also awarded.
Revived by Cameron to encourage the "big society" and reward volunteering, Bem recipients include waitress Patricia Carter, for services to the hospitality industry, apiarist Geoffrey Hopkinson, for services to beekeeping, and many others involved with local community work, charities, and sports.
Sir Bob Kerslake, head of the civil service who chairs the main honours committee, said the re-introduction of the Bem for the Diamond Jubilee extended...
- 6/15/2012
- by Caroline Davies
- The Guardian - Film News
Tim Minchin and Stephen Fry are among the new Cultural Olympiad acts, while protestors take to the stage at Stratford-upon-Avon and encourage audiences to rip up their seats
Starter's orders
After more than a few false dawns, the Cultural Olympiad finally spluttered into life this week, with the unveiling of the full lineup for the London 2012 festival, which will take place from 21 June to 9 September. Many of the events have already been announced and some of them (rather confusingly) have already begun (such as the World Shakespeare festival, which kicked off last Monday). But new acts include comedians Tim Minchin and Stephen Fry, who will both perform as part of the event.
Awards season in full swing
In the Us, meanwhile, theatre awards season kicked off, with the Drama League announcing the nominations for its awards. They often serve as a fairly good indicator for what might fare well at...
Starter's orders
After more than a few false dawns, the Cultural Olympiad finally spluttered into life this week, with the unveiling of the full lineup for the London 2012 festival, which will take place from 21 June to 9 September. Many of the events have already been announced and some of them (rather confusingly) have already begun (such as the World Shakespeare festival, which kicked off last Monday). But new acts include comedians Tim Minchin and Stephen Fry, who will both perform as part of the event.
Awards season in full swing
In the Us, meanwhile, theatre awards season kicked off, with the Drama League announcing the nominations for its awards. They often serve as a fairly good indicator for what might fare well at...
- 4/27/2012
- by Alistair Smith
- The Guardian - Film News
The largely forgotten Polish professor, who drew a connection between Shakespeare and 20th-century European theatre, had a huge impact on modern-day theatrical culture
Does anyone still read Jan Kott? For those unfamiliar with the name, Kott (1914–2001) was a Polish professor whose book Shakespeare Our Contemporary, published in English in 1964, had a profound impact on theatre. Reading it again today, I am stunned by how much of it has been absorbed into our theatrical culture. Although we live in an age of great Shakespearean scholarship, represented by figures such as James Shapiro, Jonathan Bate and Stephen Greenblatt, I can't think of anyone today who influences production in quite the same way as Kott.
Partly, that stemmed from Kott's experience of living in a Poland that was either under Nazi occupation or Soviet domination. As Peter Brook wrote in the introduction to the English edition, Kott is the only Elizabethan scholar to...
Does anyone still read Jan Kott? For those unfamiliar with the name, Kott (1914–2001) was a Polish professor whose book Shakespeare Our Contemporary, published in English in 1964, had a profound impact on theatre. Reading it again today, I am stunned by how much of it has been absorbed into our theatrical culture. Although we live in an age of great Shakespearean scholarship, represented by figures such as James Shapiro, Jonathan Bate and Stephen Greenblatt, I can't think of anyone today who influences production in quite the same way as Kott.
Partly, that stemmed from Kott's experience of living in a Poland that was either under Nazi occupation or Soviet domination. As Peter Brook wrote in the introduction to the English edition, Kott is the only Elizabethan scholar to...
- 2/21/2012
- by Michael Billington
- The Guardian - Film News
Following a sensational sell-out season at The Courtyard Theatre, the RSC's production of Matilda The Musical transfered to London's West End and opened November 24 to tremendous critical acclaim, and according to Whatsonstage, plans will soon be made concerning bringing the new musical to Broadway. RSC artistic director Michael Boyd announced at a press conference last week that the Mailda team will travel to New York at the end of January to discuss future Broadway plans. Additionally the RSC will 'retain absolute control over the production.'...
- 1/16/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Royal Shakespeare Company Michael Boyd, Artistic Director of the RSC
This isn’t Michael Boyd’s first time in New York as artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, but this may be his most ambitious visit to date: he has brought with him a company of actors, five plays to be performed in repertory, and a replica of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon.
The RSC begins performances Wednesday night with “As You Like It,” before continuing with “Romeo and Juliet,...
This isn’t Michael Boyd’s first time in New York as artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, but this may be his most ambitious visit to date: he has brought with him a company of actors, five plays to be performed in repertory, and a replica of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon.
The RSC begins performances Wednesday night with “As You Like It,” before continuing with “Romeo and Juliet,...
- 7/5/2011
- by Barbara Chai
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Lincoln Center A rendering of the recreated Royal Shakespeare Theatre, in the Park Avenue Armory.
The Royal Shakespeare Company will be in residency at the Park Avenue Armory from July 6 to August 14, with one company of actors performing five of Shakespeare’s plays in repertory. It is part of the wider Lincoln Center Festival, but what’s unique about this residency is that the productions will be staged in a meticulous replica of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in the cavernous Drill Hall.
The Royal Shakespeare Company will be in residency at the Park Avenue Armory from July 6 to August 14, with one company of actors performing five of Shakespeare’s plays in repertory. It is part of the wider Lincoln Center Festival, but what’s unique about this residency is that the productions will be staged in a meticulous replica of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in the cavernous Drill Hall.
- 6/30/2011
- by Barbara Chai
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Sir Ian McKellen and David Tennant are among the stars who have been immortalised on a commemorative postage stamp in their native Britain.
Bosses at Royal Mail have marked the 50th anniversary of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) by printing images of actors in classic William Shakespeare stage productions.
Lord of the Rings star McKellen is shown with Francesca Annis from when they played Romeo and Juliet in 1976, while Tennant is pictured during his stint as Hamlet in 2008.
RSC's artistic director Michael Boyd says, "I am delighted Royal Mail has chosen to celebrate our fiftieth birthday with this set of stamps. It has been an almost impossible job to sift through 50 years of performances to choose images which represent the extraordinary range of work we have produced."...
Bosses at Royal Mail have marked the 50th anniversary of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) by printing images of actors in classic William Shakespeare stage productions.
Lord of the Rings star McKellen is shown with Francesca Annis from when they played Romeo and Juliet in 1976, while Tennant is pictured during his stint as Hamlet in 2008.
RSC's artistic director Michael Boyd says, "I am delighted Royal Mail has chosen to celebrate our fiftieth birthday with this set of stamps. It has been an almost impossible job to sift through 50 years of performances to choose images which represent the extraordinary range of work we have produced."...
- 4/12/2011
- WENN
Actor best known as the private detective Frank Marker in the television series Public Eye
For 10 years, the actor Alfred Burke, who has died aged 92, starred as the downbeat private detective Frank Marker in the popular television series Public Eye (1965-75). The character was intended as a British rival to Raymond Chandler's American gumshoe Philip Marlowe. Tough, unattached and self-sufficient, Marker could take a beating in the service of his often wealthy clients without quitting. "Marker wasn't exciting, he wasn't rich," Burke said. "He could be defined in negatives."
An ABC TV press release introduced the character as a "thin, shabby, middle-aged man with a slightly grim sense of humour and an aura of cynical incorruptibility. His office is a dingy south London attic within sound of Clapham Junction. He can't afford a secretary, much less an assistant, and when he needs a car, he hires a runabout from the local garage.
For 10 years, the actor Alfred Burke, who has died aged 92, starred as the downbeat private detective Frank Marker in the popular television series Public Eye (1965-75). The character was intended as a British rival to Raymond Chandler's American gumshoe Philip Marlowe. Tough, unattached and self-sufficient, Marker could take a beating in the service of his often wealthy clients without quitting. "Marker wasn't exciting, he wasn't rich," Burke said. "He could be defined in negatives."
An ABC TV press release introduced the character as a "thin, shabby, middle-aged man with a slightly grim sense of humour and an aura of cynical incorruptibility. His office is a dingy south London attic within sound of Clapham Junction. He can't afford a secretary, much less an assistant, and when he needs a car, he hires a runabout from the local garage.
- 2/19/2011
- by Dennis Barker, Michael Coveney
- The Guardian - Film News
At last we’re off to the races with the opening of Secretariat - the rousing tale of the 1973 Triple Crown winner and the greatest race horse of all time!
Based on the novel “Secretariat: The Making of a Champion” by William Nack, Secretariat centers on Penny Chenery (Diane Lane), Secretariat’s owner, and how she broke into the “boys only club” of thoroughbred horseracing in 1969. The real Penny Chenery, now 88, even has a cameo in the film as a spectator at the Belmont Stakes race. Walt Disney Pictures decided the time was right and put the story in the very capable hands of director Randall Wallace (Man In The Iron Mask, Braveheart screenplay) and writer Mike Rich (The Rookie). With the unbelievable, mud-in-your-face cinematography of Academy Award winner Dean Semler (Dances With Wolves) and the galloping sound work of 20 time Oscar-nominee Kevin O’Connell, Secretariat is as close...
Based on the novel “Secretariat: The Making of a Champion” by William Nack, Secretariat centers on Penny Chenery (Diane Lane), Secretariat’s owner, and how she broke into the “boys only club” of thoroughbred horseracing in 1969. The real Penny Chenery, now 88, even has a cameo in the film as a spectator at the Belmont Stakes race. Walt Disney Pictures decided the time was right and put the story in the very capable hands of director Randall Wallace (Man In The Iron Mask, Braveheart screenplay) and writer Mike Rich (The Rookie). With the unbelievable, mud-in-your-face cinematography of Academy Award winner Dean Semler (Dances With Wolves) and the galloping sound work of 20 time Oscar-nominee Kevin O’Connell, Secretariat is as close...
- 10/8/2010
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Our Jonah Hex contest is now over. The winners' names are Michael Boyd, Adam Alderman and David Hunter. You have all been notified via email and need to respond within 72 hours in order to claim your prizes. Thanks to everyone who entered. Robert Downey, Jr. isn't the only Oscar nominee who can star in a comic book movie this summer. Josh Brolin stars in Jonah Hex (and brings with him another Oscar nominee in John Malkovich) as the scarred gunslinger out to stop the evil Quentin Turnbull...
- 6/21/2010
- by Mike Sampson
- JoBlo.com
Executives at Britain's Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) have delayed the opening of their latest production after the lead actor was "seriously" injured by a prop firearm.
Antony and Cleopatra is due to launch in Stratford-upon-Avon, England on 20 April but opening night has been pushed back until 10 May after Darrell D'Silva hurt his hand when a fake gun misfired.
The incident occurred earlier this month, and D'Silva has undergone surgery and returned to rehearsals - but theatre bosses have decided to postpone the show until he has fully recovered.
A statement issued by the RSC reveals the star sustained a "serious injury to his hand from the mechanism of a prop firearm" during technical rehearsals.
RSC artistic director Michael Boyd adds, "I am very pleased Darrell is making a good recovery. He has shown great grit in returning to the show so quickly after a serious injury. But he is still in a sling and playing through pain. We have restaged much of the show to accommodate a one-armed Antony, and have lost a great deal of rehearsal time, so I have taken the decision to postpone our scheduled press night.
"Obviously it's not a decision to be taken lightly, but I would like to give the company the chance to showcase the production to critics when Darrell has had a little more recovery time. We do take health and safety very seriously and, of course, have instigated a full investigation into what happened."...
Antony and Cleopatra is due to launch in Stratford-upon-Avon, England on 20 April but opening night has been pushed back until 10 May after Darrell D'Silva hurt his hand when a fake gun misfired.
The incident occurred earlier this month, and D'Silva has undergone surgery and returned to rehearsals - but theatre bosses have decided to postpone the show until he has fully recovered.
A statement issued by the RSC reveals the star sustained a "serious injury to his hand from the mechanism of a prop firearm" during technical rehearsals.
RSC artistic director Michael Boyd adds, "I am very pleased Darrell is making a good recovery. He has shown great grit in returning to the show so quickly after a serious injury. But he is still in a sling and playing through pain. We have restaged much of the show to accommodate a one-armed Antony, and have lost a great deal of rehearsal time, so I have taken the decision to postpone our scheduled press night.
"Obviously it's not a decision to be taken lightly, but I would like to give the company the chance to showcase the production to critics when Darrell has had a little more recovery time. We do take health and safety very seriously and, of course, have instigated a full investigation into what happened."...
- 4/19/2010
- WENN
London, Apr 12 – Six actors from the Royal Shakespeare Company will present ‘Romeo and Juliet’ in real time via the micro-blogging site Twitter.
Starting this morning for the next five weeks, the cast will perform the Bard’s romance in real time.
The audience will discover the love story through a stream of postings 140 characters or less, relayed to their computers from the actors’ mobile phones.
Michael Boyd, RSC artistic director, believes mobile phones “don’t need to be the.
Starting this morning for the next five weeks, the cast will perform the Bard’s romance in real time.
The audience will discover the love story through a stream of postings 140 characters or less, relayed to their computers from the actors’ mobile phones.
Michael Boyd, RSC artistic director, believes mobile phones “don’t need to be the.
- 4/12/2010
- by News
- RealBollywood.com
<div>Fans walked out on Whitney Houston and her tour manager hid from critics after a Melbourne concert that at best revealed 'added flaws that give her character', and at worst was 'as terrible as everyone said it was'.</div><div></div><div>Tuesday's reviews echoed earlier accounts of dates on the Australian leg of her first world tour in 10 years.</div><div></div><div>'Houston is a mere shadow of the diva she once was,' Robyn Riley wrote in the Herald Sun. 'She deserves credit for putting it out there and giving it her best shot, but these days her best shot falls well short of the mark.'</div><div></div><div>Bianca Allaway, who left before fellow fans helped Houston through to the end of show-stopper I Will Always Love You, said: 'It was the worst concert ever.'</div><div></div><div>Laurie Caulfield told The Australian newspaper of a 90-minute show punctuated by lengthy rest breaks and a 15-minute costume change.
- 3/1/2010
- Filmicafe
The South Bank Show has aired its last ever edition, as the 31-year-old vintage arts programme comes to an end. The show, which debuted in 1978, is the longest-running arts series around and has been broadcast in over 60 countries. Presenter Melvyn Bragg had already decided to quit ITV before the programme was axed, saying: "They've killed the show, so I thought I'll go as well." The final episode visited the Royal Shakespeare Company for a second time, following director Michael Boyd as he researched the Ukrainian famine of the early 1930s. In the voiceover for the final scenes, Bragg noted: "The brave work is continuing, keeping this now-well established British institution full of new life (more)...
- 12/28/2009
- by By Paul Millar
- Digital Spy
Dame Judi Dench is resurrecting her role as Titania in William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream - 56 years since she first played the fairy queen.
The veteran actress first starred as Titania in a school production and went on to play her again in a 1962 stage show and the film version six years later.
And the 74 year old will don her wings again - she is set to tackle the role for a fourth time in a new stage adaption at the Rose Theatre in London.
The Royal Shakespeare Company's artistic director Michael Boyd says, "Judi Dench has not aged in the same way that normal people do and her imagination remains as free as that of a small child or a fairy."
The production will begin its run next year.
The veteran actress first starred as Titania in a school production and went on to play her again in a 1962 stage show and the film version six years later.
And the 74 year old will don her wings again - she is set to tackle the role for a fourth time in a new stage adaption at the Rose Theatre in London.
The Royal Shakespeare Company's artistic director Michael Boyd says, "Judi Dench has not aged in the same way that normal people do and her imagination remains as free as that of a small child or a fairy."
The production will begin its run next year.
- 8/16/2009
- WENN
David Tennant's Hamlet may have ended with a whimper, but there may yet be the opportunity for him to return to the part. A petition has been started by RSC Patron Margret Best to have the play starring David Tennant and Patrick Stewart recorded for posterity - and the argument is a strong one: To the Artistic Director of the RSC, Michael Boyd; We the undersigned would like to respectfully request that the RSC seriously consider the possibility of producing a DVD of the current 2008...
- 1/24/2009
- by Christian Cawley info@kasterborous.com
- Kasterborous.com
Michael Boyd, artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, recalled how anxious 30 actors were when told they would be remounting the Bard's history plays, which they had worked on a year earlier. All the actors had multiple roles in at least seven plays. There were thousands of lines involved and the actors were no longer sure they remembered them. Indeed, Boyd said, they did not do very well on a read-through. "But we cut to the chase," he recalled. "We put them on stage and they were nearly word perfect straight away. Maybe our memory is in our body as well as our cranium."At a free-wheeling exchange at Columbia University Miller's Theatre Nov. 6, Boyd and Oliver Sacks, professor of neurology and psychiatry, participated in a symposium "Mind, Memory, and The Actor," moderated by Columbia University President Lee C. Bollinger.Bollinger wondered if there was a relationship between physical movement...
- 11/14/2008
- by Simi Horwitz
- backstage.com
Actor/director Kevin Spacey will fight it out with Kenneth Branagh for the Best Actor prize at London's 2008 Evening Standard Theatre Awards.
The American Beauty star is nominated for his role in the West End production of Speed-the-Plow at the Old Vic Theatre, of which he is artistic director, while Branagh is recognised for his turn in Ivanov at the Donmar West End at Wyndham's Theatre.
They will compete against the likes of Chiwetel Ejiofor for Othello at the Donmar Warehouse and Adam Godley for his role in the London stage adaptation of 1988 Dustin Hoffman movie Rain Man.
Meanwhile, Margaret Tyzack (The Chalk Garden), Helen McCrory (Rosmersholm) and Lesley Manville (Her Naked Skin) are up for the Best Actress gong, while Best Director nominees include Alan Rickman (Creditors), Michael Grandage (Othello/The Chalk Garden/Ivanov) and Michael Boyd (The History Cycle).
The awards will be handed out at the Royal Opera House on 24 November.
The American Beauty star is nominated for his role in the West End production of Speed-the-Plow at the Old Vic Theatre, of which he is artistic director, while Branagh is recognised for his turn in Ivanov at the Donmar West End at Wyndham's Theatre.
They will compete against the likes of Chiwetel Ejiofor for Othello at the Donmar Warehouse and Adam Godley for his role in the London stage adaptation of 1988 Dustin Hoffman movie Rain Man.
Meanwhile, Margaret Tyzack (The Chalk Garden), Helen McCrory (Rosmersholm) and Lesley Manville (Her Naked Skin) are up for the Best Actress gong, while Best Director nominees include Alan Rickman (Creditors), Michael Grandage (Othello/The Chalk Garden/Ivanov) and Michael Boyd (The History Cycle).
The awards will be handed out at the Royal Opera House on 24 November.
- 11/4/2008
- WENN
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