Miriam Bale

4 days ago | bfi.org.uk | Matthew Taylor |Miriam Bale |Rachel Pronger |Sam Davies

“What is a cult film?” asked Alex Cox, the iconoclastic director of Repo Man (1984), Sid and Nancy (1986) and Walker (1987), in the first of his many introductions for one of British television’s most unique and enduring cinema strands. Emerging on BBC2 in 1988 to shake up the typically staid Sunday night schedules, Moviedrome was a beguiling forum for strange, striking and singular films from across different eras.

Dec 18, 2024 | thecut.com | Miriam Bale

After a long drought, the last half-decade has brought a new crop of actors with interesting faces, vulnerability, sensuality, and an anxious bravado that’s been missing in leading men since at least the 1980s. These men, who mostly hail from Ireland and the U.K., are not the new Hugh Grant. (Not even Hugh Grant wants to be Hugh Grant anymore.) Nor are they the new Tom Cruise, who cannot be replicated — no matter how hard Glen Powell tries.

Sep 11, 2024 | wmagazine.com | Miriam Bale

A24, courtesy Venice Film FestivalThis year, the 81st Venice International Film Festival jury awarded its top prize, the Golden Lion, to The Room Next Door, the first-ever English-language film by legendary Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar. When asked at a press conference why that film was chosen, jury president Isabelle Huppert emphasized the performances of its stars, Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore.

May 23, 2024 | wmagazine.com | Miriam Bale

Collage by Ashley PeñaIn May 2024, the world seems to be collapsing, and—if the current edition of the Cannes Film Festival is any indication—the film industry has already collapsed and not quite been reborn. The movies in the prestigious competition slot were overall the weakest in a decade.

May 23, 2024 | iverifyu.com | Miriam Bale

In May 2024, the world seems to be collapsing, and—if the current edition of the Cannes Film Festival is any indication—the film industry has already collapsed and not quite been reborn. The movies in the prestigious competition slot were overall the weakest in a decade.