The last of the Torchwood radio plays leading up to the tv miniseries first. Written by Phil Ford, this was one to make the shippers of two different relationships happy.

( Torchwood: The Dead Line )

Two quite different but memorable movies from last year, neither of them shown in Germany yet, so they premiered at the festival. Both were co-produced by the BBC, but that's about the only thing they have in common.

The most interesting thing about The Edge of Love is that it defies expectations in not being a Dylan Thomas biopic, or a love ( Read more... )

There is always a retrospective for one specific director at the Munich Film Festival, along with the new program. This year, it's for Stephen Frears. Considering that I've seen My Beautiful Laundrette, Dangerous Liasons and even The Queen repeatedly, I went for films of his I hadn't known, which so far meant:

Gumshoe: Frears' first feature film ( Read more... )

The Munich Film Festival started yesterday. I'm not sure how many reviews I'll manage, but the first film I saw (today), The Tour was so great I had to post immediately. If you're a Babylon 5 or Lost fan, you might be interest to learn that Mira Furlan (Delenn on B5 and Danielle Rousseau on Lost) has a central role in it and is absolutely fantastic ( Read more... )

Last night, the Short Film Festival in Bamberg came to a close. As a member of the jury, I had to watch every single one of the 52 movies presented, which was deeply exhausting but for the most part both fascinating and fun. Until now, I had watched the occasional short movie, of course, mostly before a long one, and never more than one or two in a ( Read more... )

This week the Munich Film Festival is taking place.

Watched so far:

Amazing Grace: somewhat clunky biopic about W. Wilberforce, he who got slavery made illegal in Britain. Ioan Gruffud fans should be pleased, as he's playing the main role and doing a great job of getting Wilberforce's passion for the cause, self doubt and affection for various ( Read more... )