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Luc Roeg
Luc Roeg is a British cinematographer and film producer, founder of the ''Independent Entertainment'' production company. Biography Family and early years Luc Roeg was born on January 26, 1962, to Nicolas Roeg and Susan Stephen. Aged 7, Luc Roeg played White Boy in '' Walkabout'', his father's first film as solo director. In titles, he was credited as Lucien John. Career In 2007, Luc Roeg launched his own production company ''Independent Entertainment''. In 2011, Independent Entertainment linked up with John Sloss's Cinetic Media. Independent's credits include '' My Policeman'', Lynne Ramsay’s '' We Need to Talk About Kevin'', '' Mr Nice'', '' New Town Killers'', '' The Sea'', '' The Falling'', and many more. As of 2023, his company engaged in production of horror ''Tender Omens'', a sci-fi thriller ''Beyond The Deep'', and a biopic ''Relax'' about the UK band Frankie Goes to Hollywood Frankie Goes to Hollywood were an English pop band that formed in Liverpool ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wandsworth
Wandsworth Town () is a district of south London, within the London Borough of Wandsworth southwest of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London. Toponymy Wandsworth takes its name from the River Wandle, which enters the River Thames, Thames at Wandsworth. Wandsworth appears in Domesday Book of 1086 as ''Wandesorde'' and ''Wendelesorde''. This means 'enclosure of (a man named) Waendel', whose name is also lent to the River Wandle. To distinguish it from the London Borough of Wandsworth, and historically from the Wandsworth District (Metropolis), Wandsworth District of the Metropolis and the Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth, which all covered larger areas, it is also known as Wandsworth Town. History At the time of the Domesday Book (1086), the manor of Wandsworth was held partly by William, son of Ansculfy, and partly by St Wandrille's Abbey. Its Domesday assets were 12 hide (unit), hides, with ploughs and of me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
Purpose: Because living persons may suffer personal harm from inappropriate information, we should watch their articles carefully. By adding an article to this category, it marks them with a notice about sources whenever someone tries to edit them, to remind them of WP:BLP (biographies of living persons) policy that these articles must maintain a neutral point of view, maintain factual accuracy, and be properly sourced. Recent changes to these articles are listed on Special:RecentChangesLinked/Living people. Organization: This category should not be sub-categorized. Entries are generally sorted by family name In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give .... Maintenance: Individuals of advanced age (over 90), for whom there has been no new documentation in the last ten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Frankie Goes to Hollywood were an English pop band that formed in Liverpool in 1980. They comprised Holly Johnson (vocals), Paul Rutherford (backing vocals), Mark O'Toole (bass), Brian Nash (guitar) and Peter Gill (drums). Johnson and Rutherford were among the first openly gay pop singers, and Frankie Goes to Hollywood made gay rights and sexuality a theme of their music and performances. Frankie Goes to Hollywood signed to ZTT Records in 1983. Their debut album, '' Welcome to the Pleasuredome'' (1984), produced by Trevor Horn, achieved advance sales of more than a million, and their first three singles, " Relax", " Two Tribes" and " The Power of Love", reached number one on the UK singles chart. The BBC briefly banned them from broadcast for their provocative themes, drawing further publicity. In 2014, the music journalist Paul Lester wrote that "no band has dominated a 12-month period like Frankie ruled 1984". Johnson, Gill and O'Toole received the 1984 Ivor Novello A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Falling (2014 Film)
''The Falling'' is a 2014 British mystery drama film written and directed by Carol Morley. It stars Maisie Williams and Florence Pugh (in her film debut) as best friends at an all-girls school. The film also stars Greta Scacchi, Monica Dolan, Maxine Peake, and Mathew Baynton. Production began in October 2013. The film premiered at the BFI London Film Festival on 11 October 2014 and was released theatrically on 24 April 2015 in the UK. Plot In 1969, Lydia and Abbie are best friends and classmates at an English girls' school. Lydia, the neglected daughter of an agoraphobic mother, is fixated on Abbie and has begun to explore her sexuality. After having sex with Lydia's brother Kenneth in an attempt to abort her pregnancy with another boy, Abbie begins to suffer from fainting spells. She faints and goes into convulsions after a stint in detention with Lydia and subsequently dies. Following Abbie's burial, Lydia begins suffering from fainting spells, and it soon becomes an epidemi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sea (2013 Film)
''The Sea'' is a 2013 British-Irish drama film directed by Stephen Brown. It is based on the novel of the same name by John Banville, who also wrote the screenplay for the film. The film premiered in competition at the Edinburgh International Film Festival on 23 June 2013. The film had its North American premiere at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. Premise The story of a man who returns to the sea where he spent his childhood summers in search of peace following the death of his wife. Cast * Ciarán Hinds as Max Morden * Charlotte Rampling as Miss Vavasour * Natascha McElhone as Connie Grace * Rufus Sewell as Carlo Grace * Sinéad Cusack as Anna Morden * Matthew Dillon as Young Max * Bonnie Wright as Rose * Ruth Bradley as Claire * Karl Johnson as Blunden * Missy Keating as Chloe Grace * Padhraig Parkinson as Myles Grace * Fionnuala Murphy as Max's Mother * Jay Villiers as Serge * Lalor Roddy as Waiter * Fred Paul McCloskey as Barman * Stephen Cromwell as Young T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Town Killers
''New Town Killers'' is a 2008 British drama film written and directed by Richard Jobson, starring James Anthony Pearson and Dougray Scott. ''New Town Killers'' follows two business men, portrayed by Dougray Scott and Alastair Mackenzie, who play macabre cat and mouse games with people from the fringes of society. The film was an official selection for both The Times BFI London Film Festival, 2008 and The International Thessaloniki Film Festival, 2008. Plot Two private bankers, Alistair (Scott) and Jamie (Mackenzie), who have the world at their feet get their kicks from playing a twelve-hour game of hunt, hide and seek with people from the margins of society. Their next target is Sean Macdonald (Pearson) a parentless teenager who lives with his sister on a housing estate on the outskirts of Edinburgh. She's in debt, he's going nowhere fast. Sean agrees to play for cash. He soon realises he's walked into twelve hours of hell where survival is the name of the game. Theme son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mr Nice
''Mr Nice'' (US title ''Mr. Nice'') is a 2010 crime drama film written and directed by Bernard Rose, ''Mr Nice'' is in part a biopic, a loose film adaptation of '' Mr Nice'', the cult 1997 autobiography by Howard Marks. The film features an ensemble cast starring Rhys Ifans as Howard Marks, along with David Thewlis, Omid Djalili, Jack Huston, Crispin Glover and Chloë Sevigny. Ifans portrays Marks, a Welsh marijuana smuggler who ran one of the biggest global cannabis smuggling operations from the late 1960s to the early 1980s, mostly while on the run. Marks associated with some of the more colourful characters of the era, allegedly even cutting deals with the FBI, the Mafia, the IRA and MI6. After serving time in Terre Haute, one of the "toughest" prisons in the United States, Marks stopped smuggling and dealing in cannabis (although he still openly used the drug himself) and gained wider fame as a pro-cannabis campaigner, stand-up comedian, actor (at least in cameos), lads' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lynne Ramsay
Lynne Ramsay (born 5 December 1969) is a Scottish filmmaker and cinematographer, best known for the feature films '' Ratcatcher'' (1999), '' Morvern Callar'' (2002), '' We Need to Talk About Kevin'' (2011), '' You Were Never Really Here'' (2017), and '' Die My Love'' (2025). Her works are marked by a fascination with children and young people and the recurring themes of grief, guilt, death, and its aftermath. They have little dialogue or explicit story exposition, and instead use images, vivid details, music, and sound design to create their worlds. Early life and education Ramsay was born on 5 December 1969 in Glasgow into a working-class family. Her parents introduced her to movies at an early age through the work of Bette Davis, Nicolas Roeg, Alfred Hitchcock, and Michael Curtiz. She also credits the 1939 film '' The Wizard of Oz'' as an early inspiration. Ramsay had an early passion for photography. She studied fine art and photography at Napier College, Edinburgh. In clas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Western Europe, with a population of 14.9 million. London stands on the River Thames in southeast England, at the head of a tidal estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for nearly 2,000 years. Its ancient core and financial centre, the City of London, was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans as Londinium and has retained its medieval boundaries. The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has been the centuries-long host of Government of the United Kingdom, the national government and Parliament of the United Kingdom, parliament. London grew rapidly 19th-century London, in the 19th century, becoming the world's List of largest cities throughout history, largest city at the time. Since the 19th cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Policeman (film)
''My Policeman'' is a 2022 British-American romantic drama film based on the 2012 novel by Bethan Roberts and directed by Michael Grandage. The film stars Harry Styles, Emma Corrin, Gina McKee, Linus Roache, David Dawson, and Rupert Everett. It is inspired by the relationship between the writer E. M. Forster and Bob Buckingham. ''My Policeman'' had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on 11 September 2022 and had a limited global release on 21 October 2022 by Amazon Studios before its streaming release on 4 November 2022 by Prime Video. The film received mixed reviews from critics, who praised Dawson's performance but criticized the direction and the screenplay. Plot Retirees Marion and Tom live in the English seaside town of Peacehaven. After learning that their former friend from decades past, Patrick, has suffered a debilitating stroke, Marion agrees to take him into their home and becomes his caregiver. Tom resents Marion for allowing hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinetic Media
Cinetic Media is an American film financing and film distribution company that specializes in releasing independent films theatrically and through video on demand. The company was founded in 2001 by John Sloss. Among the clients of Cinetic are Jennifer Westfeldt (''Friends With Kids''), Matthew Heineman (''Cartel Land''), Ellar Coltrane ( ''Boyhood''), ''Carol'', Asif Kapadia ('' Ali and Nino''), Brian Oakes ('' Jim: The James Foley Story''), Rebecca Miller ('' Maggie’s Plan''), Josh Fox ('' How to Let Go of the World'') and Maggie Greenwald ('' Sophie and the Rising Sun''), ''Little Miss Sunshine'', ''Napoleon Dynamite ''Napoleon Dynamite'' is a 2004 American Independent film, independent Coming-of-age story, coming-of-age comedy film produced by Jeremy Coon, Chris Wyatt (producer), Chris Wyatt and Sean C. Covel (producer), Sean Covel, written by Jared and J ...'', and many more. By 2008, the company had evolved from a sales and financing outfit into a full-service pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
