Beyond the Reel 7
May 15, 2009
Ooh. Aah. Cantona. The French footballing legend provides philosophical succor to a Mancunian postman in “Looking for Eric,” a new comedy from Ken Loach opening in U.K. theaters next month.
While Terry Gilliam presents The Imaginairum of Doctor Parnassus” at Cannes, exciting word arrives that his ill-fated, infamous Don Quixote project has found new life.
Arriving in US theaters next month, “Dead Snow” is the Norwegian comedy horror flick where students on holiday find their camping trip interrupted by gold seeking Nazi zombies.
David Gritten of the Telegraph chronicles “Fish Tank” director Andrea Arnold, whom he coins a well-kept British secret
One Film Wonder: O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? Well, we’re not sure really. But in 1968, a limpid 17-year-old Leonard Whiting swooned with Olivia Hussey as the titular tragic teens in Franco Zeffirelli’s attractive, romping “Romeo and Juliet.” A half-dozen TV films and a bit of musical work followed — including vocals on an Alan Parsons Project album — as Whiting’s show business career faded. But Whiting and Hussey still resonate as one of film’s most enduring pair of star-crossed lovers.
