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I love these posters for the Danish thriller Flame & Citron, which use the flame-red hair of one of its protagonists (played by Thure Lindhardt) to great effect. Film is based on the true story of a pair of assassins for the Danish Resistance during WW2, and judging on the reviews from Telluride, it seems to accomplish the impressive feat of being both action-packed and suspenseful, as well as a thoughtful look at the messiness and ambiguities of war, and its effect on those who partake in it.
Eugene Novikov at Cinematical writes:
'Flame & Citron tells the story of two heroes of the Danish resistance to the Nazi occupation, but it is far from your typical World War II period piece. Instead, it plays like some unholy, brilliant marriage between spy noir and comic book movie. Filled to the brim with assassination plots, double-crosses, larger-than-life villains, and big, dramatic gestures, this is not for viewers who like their movies timid and sedate. And under that grand façade, the film grapples with tough moral questions regarding war, occupation, survival, and ideology.'
Jason Schwartzman and Ted Danson will star in a new comedy pilot for HBO, Bored to Death. Schwartzman plays a struggling Brooklyn writer with a drinking problem who pretends to be a private detective in the vein of his heroes from Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett novels. Danson will play Jonathan's friend and quasi-mentor, a pompous but articulate magazine editor. (THR) [imdb]
Tim Roth, John Simm, Kelly MacDonald and Bill Millner (Son of Rambow) will star in Skellig, a Sky One drama based on the award winning novel by David Almond. Set in the North of England, the film recounts the story of a boy (Milner) who finds the mystical Skellig (Roth) -- part owl, part angel -- living in the garage of his new home. MacDonald and Simm play the boy's parents. (Variety) [imdb]
Hi-res stills from Quantum of Solace, the next James Bond film. [imdb]
Two new stills from Joe Hillcoat's The Road, starring Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee. [imdb]
Take Flight, a 25-minute documentary about Gary Oldman directed by Juliet Landau (Buffy the Vampire Slayer).
'Gary Oldman directed a music video for the Jewish Hip Hop band Chutzpah. The video was shot on Nokia cell phones. What started out solely as a behind the scenes “making of,” turned into a film about Gary’s creative process. Much of the film is told from Gary’s POV as he operates one of the “cell-cams.” We are inside his brain, if you will, seeing the genesis of his ideas and then his precision in carrying them out. Watching Gary work in this way truly celebrates the spirit of Independent, no-budget filmmaking, where innovation and talent reign. Ultimately achieving a seamless creative flow, his playful, childlike freedom of expression and exploration take flight.'
I am not making this up! Go to the official site for the trailer, interviews and photos.
Salon.com interviews Alan Ball about True Blood:
'I love the way that the vampires are a really fluid metaphor in the show. On the one hand, they’re a metaphor for an ymisunderstood or feared or hated minority. On the other hand, they’re a metaphor for any sort of organization that has an agenda to amass power and if you get in their way, they’ll get rid of you.'