Play it again, Sam
News
BBC offers iPlayer to other public service broadcasters.
Source: scenta
Date Published: December 10, 2008
Feature films for YouTube
News
Google has hinted at a streaming movie service.
Source: scenta
Date Published: November 07, 2008
Digital systems are go
News
UK is on track for the analogue switch off.
Source: scenta
Date Published: October 06, 2008
Watch this space
News
Google plans to occupy radio ‘white space’ raises concerns.
Source: scenta
Date Published: August 20, 2008
Euro Disney lab
News
Walt Disney technical lab to set up in Zurich.
Source: scenta
Date Published: August 12, 2008
Before I Forget
Features
This is an insight into a subculture that, it's fair to say, doesn't get a decent crack of the cinematic whip: the demi-monde of the ageing, former-gigolo, gay Frenchman. The first few minutes - an unhurried inspection of an unpleasant coughing fit of someone we can only assume is seriously ill - doesn't promise much fun.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: April 17, 2009
Blood, guts and bullets
Features
For some reason I thought it would be fun to gather all the Italian-made western DVDs and tapes I could lay my hands on, and watch them in the order they were made. An interesting experiment, which maybe I could turn into a book, or a long article on the development of one of the most peculiar and popular cinematic sub-genres.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: April 17, 2009
Casting the news: McBride of Satan, the 'smeargate' film
Features
If ever anyone had a face for cellulite, it's Damian McBride. Sorry, celluloid. If ever anyone had a face for celluloid, it's Damian McBride. The 34-year-old former adviser to the prime minister is, we're pleased to announce, the subject of Guardian/film/films' latest multimillion pence blockbuster – McBride of Satan – a political thriller offering a chilling glimpse into the very heart of power and the fat-clogged arteries that surround it.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: April 17, 2009
Claws out
Features
In slow motion, Hugh Jackman rises out of a tank of blue liquid. He shakes the water from his mutton-chop whiskers, veins throb in his neck, his shoulders bulge, claws extend, and he lets out an almighty, woodland- clearing roar. "If we get it right," says Jackman animatedly, "people are going to go, 'Fuck yeah!' That's the reaction I want. If we don't get that, I haven't done enough."
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: April 17, 2009
DVD review: Mike Leigh at the BBC
Features
For anyone who has come to the Salford director's oeuvre late, this is a wonderful six-disc look at the early days. Abigail's Party - as toe-curlingly embarrassing as anything from Larry David or Ricky Gervais - is the famous one, but Nuts in May and Grown-Ups run it very close in sharp, observational comedy. Alison Steadman and Roger Sloman's veggie duo in the former are as indelible as Steadman's famous monster, Beverly. A reminder, too, how many of these gems arrived via Play for Today or BBC2 Playhouse series. Nothing remotely like them exists in today's BBC.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: April 17, 2009
