In October, Steven Soderbergh presents “The Informant” starring Matt Damon. It’s the third release in the last 8 months from the assiduous auteur (4 if you count “Che” as 2 films).
During the making of “Food, Inc.,” director and co-producer Robert Kenner tells The Georgia Straight, the filmmakers battled an Orwellian chill.
Next month, Glenn McQuaid’s 18th century grave robbing romp, “I Sell the Dead,” will creep into theaters.
Addressing the “spate of recent Hollywood films about Iraq,” Jump Cut’s Justin Vicari analyzes Post-Iraq cinema — veteran heroes in “The Jacket” and “Harsh Times.”
One Film Wonder: Examining adolescent infatuation with boundless charm, intelligence and humor, 1981’s “Gregory’s Girl” is a timeless delight. Dee Hepburn played Dorothy, the titular teen crush. She appeared in a few television programs but just one more feature film, a minor role in “The Bruce” fifteen years later. Reportedly she presently sells hoists in Scotland’s Forth Valley. Director Bill Forsyth followed this film with the magically wonderful “Local Hero”; he hasn’t directed a film since 1999’s “Gregory’s Two Girls” but has recently announced work on a new project.
(”Gregory’s Girl” could serve as a terrific centerpiece for a Football Film Festival; other titles could include “Escape to Victory,” “Once in a Lifetime,” and “Bend it Like Beckham.” With the World Cup less than a year away, a theater should schedule a festival for next spring.)
