The Top 10 films in the UK for the weekend of June 16/17 included two Indian films. At No 6 the Hindi film Jhoom Barabar Jhoom registered a screen average of over £5,000 from 47 screens. There is nothing unusual about this as Hindi films regularly feature in the Top 10. However, at No 9 … Continue reading
Somehow, I found the time to watch one of the Mani Ratnam films I’d collected. Yuva (2004) represents something that used to happen in European Cinema in the 1920s and early 1930s quite regularly, but only rarely since – the same script made almost simultaneously in two different languages with different actors. Yuva is the … Continue reading
On the same day this week, I received a copy of my new book, Understanding Audiences and the Film Industry, published by the BFI, and a copy of the ‘FAQ’ sent out by the BFI to authors. This explains the realignment policy in terms of the impact on Education Publishing. It says that internal consultation … Continue reading
Alternating with my viewing of Away From Her and The Namesake were trips to see This is England and Zodiac. Both the latter films feature male protagonists with women largely marginal and both feature scenes of violence. On first emerging from the screenings I felt that This is England was a terrific film and entirely … Continue reading
The British Film Institute in its latest review looks as though it is set to move its publishing out to another agency. The concentration of bfi activities on its London venues, alongside a withdrawal from direct involvement in education publishing and DVD distribution is a serious blow to the further development of film and media … Continue reading
