
James Bell
Senior Curator and Editor at BFI
Senior Curator of Fiction @BFI National Archive. Formerly of @sightsoundmag. Editor of BFI Compendium series. Programmer of BFI Southbank ‘Deep Focus’ seasons
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Nov 14, 2024 |
bfi.org.uk | Lou Thomas |Sinead Gleeson |James Bell |Thomas Flew
From stoned rabbit to Scottish octopus, vampire to the voice of a goose, policeman to zombie stepdad, Bill Nighy’s storied career has seen him play a diverse mix of parts. His performance as a cancer-stricken town planner in Living (2022) – a wistful remake of Akira Kurosawa’s 1952 classic Ikiru – garnered a best actor Oscar nomination. His latest role sees him tackle another refined older gent under pressure, the pioneering obstetrician Patrick Steptoe.
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Nov 5, 2024 |
bfi.org.uk | Sinead Gleeson |James Bell |Thomas Flew |Georgia Korossi
The actor’s first film since Oppenheimer is a quiet, pained drama about the Magdalene Laundries in Ireland, where young pregnant women were sent to work and their babies were sold for adoption. Updated: 5 November 2024After the huge success of Oppenheimer, which has included Oscar, Bafta, Sag and Golden Globe wins for Cillian Murphy, many were curious to know where the actor would go next.
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Oct 23, 2024 |
theindianalawyer.com | James Bell |Adam Brookman
Listen to this story 0:00 0:00 Loading audio file, please wait. 0.25 0.50 0.75 1.00 1.25 1.50 1.75 2.00 Pop quiz: Potential clients choose lawyers based on A) The lawyers’ reputation and stature in the community; B) “Vibes” the lawyer emits into the atmosphere; or C) Whether the lawyer has more 4+ star ratings than Mel’s Diner?
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Sep 10, 2024 |
bfi.org.uk | Lou Thomas |Sam Wigley |Adam Scovell |James Bell
With its deftly plotted combination of police procedural, intimate (criminal) family drama and local politics, Sherwood was a hit with viewers and critics in 2022 – and has just returned for its second series in a coveted primetime evening slot on BBC One. Using his Nottinghamshire upbringing and the region’s real-life recent social history as inspiration, the show finds writer James Graham investigating how an area and its people tackle its post-industrial era.
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Sep 6, 2024 |
bfi.org.uk | Sam Wigley |Adam Scovell |James Bell
What was your role on The Third Man? Angela Allen: I was the second unit continuity girl. Today the title continuity has become script supervisor. We did some day shots and then we were the sewer unit shooting plates down there. And if an actor was involved, Carol Reed always came over to direct it. Whether he’d been on night work or day work, he was 24 hours a day on it.
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