Tag: Funny Cow
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Funny Cow review – grit and wit
Maxine Peake is magnificent in Adrian Shergold’s unflinching drama about a standup on the 70s northern club circuitThere are several moments in this astringently uncomfortable tragicomedy – which boasts a blistering central performance by Maxine Peake – that will leave audiences squirming and divided. Funny Cow follows the changing fortunes of a standup comic finding…
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Sally Hawkins Executive Producing Psychological Thriller ‘Cordelia’ (Exclusive)
Sally Hawkins, the Oscar-nominated star of “The Shape of Water,” will take her first executive producer role, on “Cordelia,” a psychological thriller about a young woman who is haunted by past events and who starts to unravel when left alone in her apartment.Antonia Campbell-Hughes (“Lead Balloon”) stars as Cordelia. She co-wrote the screenplay for the…
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‘Kill Your Friends’ John Niven To Pen ‘Berlin Bromley’ For Gizmo Films
Exclusive: Kill Your Friends author and screenwriter John Niven has become attached to pen the screenplay for Berlin Bromley, a coming-of-age comedy/drama based on the memoir of Bertie Marshall. Marshall was one of the Bromley Contingent, followers of the Sex Pistols, that also included Siouxsie Sioux, Billy Idol and Steve Severin. Charlotte Arden is producing…