""This is a diary of hate," pounds out novelist Maurice Bendrix (Ralph Fiennes) on his typewriter as he recounts the lost love of his life in this spiritual memoir (based on Graham Greene's novel) with a startling twist. It's London 1946, and Maurice runs into his achingly dull school friend Henry (Stephen Rea with a perpetually gloomy hangdog expression). Their meeting is brittle, all small talk and chilly, mannered civility beautifully ..."
""This is a diary of hate," pounds out novelist Maurice Bendrix (Ralph Fiennes) on his typewriter as he recounts the lost love of his life in this spiritual memoir (based on Graham Greene's novel) with a startling twist. It's London 1946, and Maurice runs into his achingly dull school friend Henry (Stephen Rea with a perpetually gloomy hangdog expression). Their meeting is brittle, all small talk and chilly, mannered civility beautifully ..."
Inside Stories Diaries of British Film-makers at work by Duncan J. Petrie, StephenWoolley Paperback, 215 Pages, Published 1997 by British Film Institute ISBN-13: 978-0-85170-583-5, ISBN: 0-85170-583-9
"Inside Stories reveals the fascinating diaries of key filmmakers working today--all with a British connection. It takes you behind the scenes and gives a gripping account of pre-production, shooting, post-production, certification and exhibition. For those who make films, want to make them, or simply love to watch them, Inside Stories is an unmissable read."
""This is a diary of hate," pounds out novelist Maurice Bendrix (Ralph Fiennes) on his typewriter as he recounts the lost love of his life in this spiritual memoir (based on Graham Greene's novel) with a startling twist. It's London 1946, and Maurice runs into his achingly dull school friend Henry (Stephen Rea with a perpetually gloomy hangdog expression). Their meeting is brittle, all small talk and chilly, mannered civility beautifully ..."
"The Crying Game vermittelt eine seltene und wertvolle Erfahrung. Der Film stellt ein nicht einzuordnendes Original dar, das einen mit seinem frischen Stil, seinem Humor und seiner Ehrlichkeit zugleich überrascht, fasziniert, verwirrt und erfreut. Er beginnt als psychologischer Thriller, als der IRA-Fußsoldat Fergus (der unvergleichliche Stephen Rea) einen britischen Soldaten (Forest Whitaker) entführt und auf die entscheidende Nachricht ..."
"Richard Linklater's Tape doesn't announce itself as a Dogme movie, but it might very well qualify. Acted out in real time in a single setting--a cramped, grimy motel room--with no music score, a cast of just three and shot on grainy digital video, it marks a further step back to basics for Linklater after the woeful miscalculation of his gangster period drama The Newton Boys (1998). It's set in Lansing, Michigan, hometown of petty drug- ..."
"Annette Bening plays Claire Cooper, a woman whose idyllic New England existence is disrupted by the arrival of a mysterious and psychotic serial killer (Robert Downey Jr.). Not only does the murderer wreak havoc upon the community, but he also starts to appear in Claire's dreams, leaving clues as to his next victims. Despite the fact that she can predict the madman's every move, no-one, including her husband (Aidan Quinn), believes her. ..."
"Als bekannt wurde, dass Tom Cruise den Vampir Lestat in dieser Bearbeitung des Bestseller-Romans von Anne Rice spielen sollte, mischte sich sogar die Autorin mit einem vielpublizierten Einspruch ein. Doch sie widerrief vernünftigerweise und zu Recht ihre negative Meinung, als sie das exzellente Spiel von Cruise sah, der einfühlsam den Schmerz und die chronische Melancholie darstellte, die jeden quält, der zu ewiger Blutgier verdammt ist ..."
"Academy Award nominee Gena Rowlands stars in acclaimed director Terence Davies' exquisitely bittersweet trip into the American South of the 1940s. Interactive Menus, Scene Access, Filmographies"
"Anyone who has seen and loved Neil Jordan's The Company of Wolves should feel right at home in his off-beat psychological thriller In Dreams. A sexy, very adult take on "Little Red Riding Hood," Wolves unreeled as a series of surreal "fairy tales" interwoven within the heated dreams of a young girl verging on womanhood. Wolves' patron saints were Freud and Jung (as sifted through Jordan's wickedly fertile imagination), and the duo ..."
"You can't write off Francie Brady, apple-cheeked hero of The Butcher Boy, as a bad seed and have done with him. In Irish director Neil Jordan's often-surreal fairy tales, bad seeds grow the fruit of subversive knowledge: A master of blending the everyday with the truly mad and wonderfully weird, Jordan loves to encourage charismatic anarchists--driven by amoral energy and imagination--to attack the status quo with extreme prejudice ..."
"While on a train, a teenage boy thinks about his life and the flamboyant aunt whose friendship acted as an emotional shield from his troubled family. This film evokes the haunting quality of memory while creating a heartfelt portrait of a boy's life in a rural 1940s Southern town."
"Neil Jordan's historical biopic of Irish revolutionary Michael Collins, the man who led a guerrilla war against the UK, helped negotiate the creation of the Irish Free State, and led the National Army during the Irish Civil War."
"When it was announced that Tom Cruise would play the vampire Lestat in this adaptation of Anne Rice's bestselling novel, even Rice chimed in with a highly publicized objection. The author wisely and justifiably recanted her negative opinion when she saw Cruise's excellent performance, which perceptively addresses the pain and chronic melancholy that plagues anyone cursed with immortal bloodlust. Brad Pitt and Kirsten Dunst are equally g ..."
"Irish writer-director Neil Jordan followed up his surprise hit The Crying Game with this controversial biography of IRA leader Michael Collins (Liam Neeson), one of the most important political leaders of the 20th century. The film follows Collins as he matures from guerrilla leader to national hero and statesman. Jordan's take on Collins is that he was set up by Irish president Eamon De Valera (Alan Rickman), who was jealous of Collins ..."
"The Crying Game offers a rare and precious movie experience. The film is an unclassifiable original that surprises, intrigues, confounds, and delights you with its freshness, humor, and honesty from beginning to end. It starts as a psychological thriller, as IRA foot soldier Fergus (the incomparable Stephen Rea) kidnaps a British soldier (Forest Whitaker) and waits for the news that will determine whether he executes his victim or sets ..."
"This title forms part of the completely new Mathematics for the IB Diploma series. This highly illustrated book covers topic 7 of the IB Diploma Higher Level Mathematics syllabus, the optional topic Statistics and Probability. It is also for use with the further mathematics course. Based on the new group 5 aims, the progressive approach encourages cumulative learning. Features include: a dedicated chapter exclusively for mixed exami ..."
"This title forms part of the completely new Mathematics for the IB Diploma series. This highly illustrated book covers topic 9 of the IB Diploma Higher Level Mathematics syllabus, the optional topic Calculus. It is also for use with the further mathematics course. Based on the new group 5 aims, the progressive approach encourages cumulative learning. Features include: a dedicated chapter exclusively for mixed examination practice; p ..."