The Berlin film festival will present a special screening of An Englishman in New York by Richard Laxton to commemorate John Hurt, who recently died.
"Since the 1990s, he had attended the Berlinale with regularity and starred in 12 films presented at the festival," organizers said. "The British actor is considered one of the most brilliant performers of the stage and screen in the last 50 years."
German moviegoers can currently see Hurt in Jackie, starring Natalie Portman. Berlinale entries featuring Hurt have included the likes of The Commissioner, V for Vendetta and Resident Alien.
In 2009, Hurt received the Teddy Award n Berlin for...
"Since the 1990s, he had attended the Berlinale with regularity and starred in 12 films presented at the festival," organizers said. "The British actor is considered one of the most brilliant performers of the stage and screen in the last 50 years."
German moviegoers can currently see Hurt in Jackie, starring Natalie Portman. Berlinale entries featuring Hurt have included the likes of The Commissioner, V for Vendetta and Resident Alien.
In 2009, Hurt received the Teddy Award n Berlin for...
- 2/7/2017
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
More Berlinale coverage
Munich -- The Berlin International Film Festival's Panorama art house sidebar is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, and organizers have programmed an intricate lattice of cinematic events to mark the occasion.
One pair of films succeeds in weaving together the Panorama's threefold goal: premiering debut works by eclectic directors, finding successful films with serious political content and becoming the go-to international festival for gay and lesbian-themed cinema.
In 1985, Panorama (then known as "Info-Schau") presented the international premiere of Robert Epstein's Oscar-winning documentary "The Times of Harvey Milk," the same year it screened Gus van Sant's directorial debut "Mala Noche." This year, van Sant's Oscar-nominated biopic "Milk" will be shown side by side with Epstein's film, bringing both van Sant's Panorama career and the assassinated San Francisco mayor's cinematic story full circle.
A similar web of artists and themes creates what Panorama organizers are dubbing "the John Hurt tryptych.
Munich -- The Berlin International Film Festival's Panorama art house sidebar is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, and organizers have programmed an intricate lattice of cinematic events to mark the occasion.
One pair of films succeeds in weaving together the Panorama's threefold goal: premiering debut works by eclectic directors, finding successful films with serious political content and becoming the go-to international festival for gay and lesbian-themed cinema.
In 1985, Panorama (then known as "Info-Schau") presented the international premiere of Robert Epstein's Oscar-winning documentary "The Times of Harvey Milk," the same year it screened Gus van Sant's directorial debut "Mala Noche." This year, van Sant's Oscar-nominated biopic "Milk" will be shown side by side with Epstein's film, bringing both van Sant's Panorama career and the assassinated San Francisco mayor's cinematic story full circle.
A similar web of artists and themes creates what Panorama organizers are dubbing "the John Hurt tryptych.
- 2/4/2009
- by By Bonnie J. Gordon
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Berlin -- Richard Loncraine's "My One and Only," a '50s-era comedy starring Renee Zellweger and Kevin Bacon, was squeezed into the competition lineup for this year's Berlin International Film Festival, barely a week before the event kicks off.
Zellweger plays a glamorous single mom on the hunt for a rich man to foot the bill for her and her sons' lifestyle. Produced by Merv Griffith Entertainment and Ray Gun Prods., "My One and Only" will have its world premiere in Berlin. Essential Entertainment is handling international sales.
Berlin also added Lone Scherfig's Sundance favorite "An Education" with Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina and Emma Thompson and Davis Guggenheim's music documentary "It Might Get Loud" for its Berlinale Special Galas, ensuring the films will get the red carpet treatment without any of the pressure of competition.
All three films should give an added boost of star power to...
Zellweger plays a glamorous single mom on the hunt for a rich man to foot the bill for her and her sons' lifestyle. Produced by Merv Griffith Entertainment and Ray Gun Prods., "My One and Only" will have its world premiere in Berlin. Essential Entertainment is handling international sales.
Berlin also added Lone Scherfig's Sundance favorite "An Education" with Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina and Emma Thompson and Davis Guggenheim's music documentary "It Might Get Loud" for its Berlinale Special Galas, ensuring the films will get the red carpet treatment without any of the pressure of competition.
All three films should give an added boost of star power to...
- 1/27/2009
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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