Tag: The Iron Lady
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This Is the First Actor To Win an Oscar for Playing a Real-Life Person
There are few things that Hollywood likes more than an inspiring true story — unless it is “not letting the truth get in the way of a good story,” as a number of purportedly “historical” films can attest. There are always a slew of biopics and historical films nominated in the top Oscar categories in…
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Meryl Streep Has Never Been More Diabolical Than in This Thriller Remake
We all love us some Meryl Streep, don’t we? Arguably the finest actress that ever lived, she has dazzled us in dozens of films with her versatility and uncanny believability in all manner of genres. She really got our attention in the late ’70s and ’80s playing the soft and demure leading lady in films…
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Herself review – Irish abuse drama turns into home-build heartwarmer
Clare Dunne stars in and writes this self-empowering story of a battered Dublin cleaner who builds her own house, directed by The Iron Lady’s Phyllida LloydClare Dunne is the young Irish stage and screen performer who takes a commanding role in this heartfelt and engrossing personal movie: she is the star and co-writer with Malcolm…
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U.K.’s Twickenham Studios Taps Cara Sheppard as Managing Director (Exclusive)
Cara Sheppard is joining the U.K.’s Twickenham Studios (TW1), where she will lead and guide all aspects of production, post-production and emerging technology as managing director.Sheppard joins from post-production facility Warner Bros De Lane Lea, where she was managing director for the last four years. She previously spent some five years with Sky as a…
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‘Herself’: A Delicately Empathetic Portrayal Of Rebuilding Your Self [Sundance Review]
Phyllida Lloyd’s first film since “The Iron Lady,” the filmmaker/theatre director’s serious follow up to the more operatic jukebox candy of “Mama Mia,” her latest film, “Herself,” is another more sobering effort and an affecting look at domestic abuse and emancipation from violence. It’s a low-key Dublin-set drama, touching upon social issues of economic anxiety…
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Meryl Streep to Be Honored With Tiff’s Inaugural Tribute Actor Award
The Toronto International Film Festival’s newly revamped Tribute Gala can boast at least one huge name already: the festival announced today that Meryl Streep will be on hand to accept the Tiff Tribute Actor Award at the festival’s kickoff event. The gala is an annual fundraiser “to support Tiff’s year-round programs and core mission to…
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Cannes: Bleecker Street Buys U.S. Rights to ‘Dream Horse’ With Toni Collette, Damian Lewis
Bleecker Street has acquired “Dream Horse,” a drama starring Toni Collette and Damian Lewis, Variety has confirmed.The deal is for U.S. rights and the film tells the true story of Jan Vokes, a Welsh cleaner and bartender, who decides to breed and rear a race horse. She persuades her neighbors and friends to contribute financially…
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Fox Searchlight Lines Up ‘Sleeping With The Enemy’ Reboot, ‘One Man, Two Guvnors’ Film & White House Astrologer Pic
The Favourite backer Fox Searchlight is lining up a reboot of Julia Roberts’ 1991 hit Sleeping With The Enemy and a feature version of smash James Corden stage play One Man, Two Guvnors as part of a new producing deal with The Iron Lady and Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie producer Damian Jones.Prolific UK producer Jones…
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Abi Morgan: ‘Everyone knew that Harvey Weinstein was a bully’
Screenwriter of Suffragette laments never challenging ‘corrupting and seductive’ world of the former film producerScreenwriter Abi Morgan has said that Harvey Weinstein was a deceptive man to work with because he showed great interest in “female feminist work” during a meeting with her. Morgan, whose 2011 film The Iron Lady, starring Meryl Streep, was produced…
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‘The Iron Lady’ Scribe Abi Morgan to Adapt Thriller ‘Tangerine’
Abi Morgan, the writer behind The Iron Lady and Suffragette, will write the psychological thriller Tangerine.The feature — based on an upcoming novel from Christine Mangan, set to be published by HarperCollins imprint Ecco — will be set in 1950s Morocco and follows once inseparable roommates who, after an unexpected encounter in Tangier, attempt to…