Over the years there have been a few cases where someone has committed suicide live on air. The most famous cases are probably Bud Dwyer and Christine Chubbuck. Antonio Campos (Simon Killer) has taken on the latter story with Christine, which got tremendous reviews when it debuted as Sundance earlier this year.
Here’s the synopsis: ‘Rebecca Hall stars in director Antonio Campos’ third feature film, CHRISTINE, the story of a woman who finds herself caught in the crosshairs of a spiraling personal life and career crisis. Christine, always the smartest person in the room at her local Sarasota, Florida news station, feels like she is destined for bigger things and is relentless in her pursuit of an on-air position in a larger market. As an aspiring newswoman with an eye for nuance and an interest in social justice, she finds herself constantly butting heads with her boss (Tracy Letts), who pushes for juicier stories that will drive up ratings.
‘Plagued by self-doubt and a tumultuous home life, Christine’s diminishing hope begins to rise when an on-air co-worker (Michael C. Hall) initiates a friendship which ultimately becomes yet another unrequited love. Disillusioned as her world continues to close in on her, Christine takes a dark and surprising turn.’ [Read more…]
Synopsis: ‘Three thousand years ago, the greatest sailors in the world voyaged across the vast Pacific, discovering the many islands of Oceania. But then, for a millennium, their voyages stopped – and no one today knows why.
After opening the prestigious BFI Flare Festival, The Pass will be presented as part of the BFI London Film Festival before being released in UK cinemas, December 2016. The film is a British drama from debut Director Ben A. Williams, starring Russell Tovey (Looking, Being Human, The History Boys) and Arinze Kene.
Things are heating up in Season 5 of Where The Bears are. Much of the first four episodes of Season 5 have revolved about the fact Nelson’s new husband disappeared from their honeymoon – now its time for a bit of a confrontation with Nelson wanting to know exactly why Todd did it.
It looked like it was the end for Nashville earlier this year. Despite having a devoted following, US network ABC decided to drop it following Season 4. However, cable network CMT (formerly Country Music Television) soon stepped forward to say it wanted to keep the show alive and so commissioned Season 5.
While much of the world finds it difficult to understand the US’s reluctance to enact gun control measures, it remains one of the most vexed issues in the country. However, Miss Sloane wants to take a look at some of the issues.
As Turkey still refuses to accept the Armenian Genocide happened – even though a full century has passed and historians have almost universally agreed it did take place – so they’re probably not going to be happy with The Promise. However, the film isn’t just about the Genocide, as it also takes in the fact the Ottoman Empire is in its last days, and throws in a love triangle too.
It’s just under a month until the Iris Prize kicks off in Cardiff, Wales. To give us a taste of what to expect, trailers have arrived giving us a look at some of the films that are up for the main Iris Prize for LGBT shorts, as well as those up for best British sport.
It’s becoming an annual ritual – towards the end of the summer the Naked Warwick Rowers return to start getting us excited for their next calendar and videos. Of course, that means we get a teaser for what they’ve got in store.
On Sunday the sad news emerged that trans actress Alexis Arquette had died, aged 47. It’s since emerged that she may have passed away due to complications from AIDS.
Yesterday we got a very brief teaser for Fifty Shades Darker. That’s now been followed by the first full trailer for the movie, which shows us Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson back as Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele.