The 61st BFI LFF programme now revealed

The 61st BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express® today announces its full programme, featuring a diverse selection of 242 feature films from both established and emerging talent. GALAS OPENING & CLOSING NIGHT GALAS As previously announced https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fdriveinmagazine%2Fposts%2F662783893926217&width=500” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>on our Facebook page here, the Festival opens with the European Premiere of BREATHE, the…

My Brother’s Voice (La voce di mio fratello) by Italian Andrea Bersani wins at UK FILM FESTIVAL in London

The day after the successful screening at Shortwave Cinema in London, My Brother’s Voice (La voce di mio fratello) by 30 year -old Italian director Andrea Bersani wins at the UK FILM FESTIVAL. After a marvellous opening night on Tuesday, November 22nd at BFI Stephens Street and the screening of three short-movie, from Wednesday, November…

BFI 60TH London Film Festival Programme Revealed with huge Italian movies

Revealed this morning the full programme for the 60th BFI London Film Festival: 245 features from 74 countries. In addition to already announced Opening Night Gala A United Kingdom and Closing Night Gala Free Fire by High Rise director Ben Wheatley (check here our coverage from LFF 2015) and starring last year star Brie Larson, Cillian Murphy (now on…

FTV de Monte Carlo: a chat Joel Jackson and Mark Fennessy about Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door

We met Joel Jackson and Mark Fennessy on the last day of the Film Festival de la Télévision de Montecarlo, just before their press conference and, as last survivors, we had the great opportunity to meet them for a wonderful one to one interview. Mark left all the space to his star, but, even if he was…

FTV de Monte Carlo: 15 minutes with Aquarius and GoT star Gethin Anthony

We know Gethin Anthony as Renly Baratheon from worldwide Game of Thrones but now, the English boy is the huge star of the new series Aquarius starring also X-Files beau David Duchovny. We met him at the Festival de la Télévision de Monte Carlo and it was like travelling to England again for both of us.…

FTV de Monte Carlo: a chat with The Magicians stars Stella Maeve and Jason Ralph

At the Festival de la Télévision de Monte Carlo we met the new Harry Potter generations: Stella Maeve and Jason Ralph, two of the main characters of the new series The Magicians. We just saw Jason Ralph in the new American comedy Better Off Single (previously known as Stereotypically You) by director Benjamin Cox and starring Broadway star…

FTV de Monte Carlo: a chat with Chicago Fire stars Jesse Spencer and Taylor Kinney

After the pleasure to meet three members of the cast of the last Chicago brand show Chicago Med, during the Festival de la Télévision de Montecarlo, we where lucky enough to sit also with Jesse Spencer and Taylor Kinney from Chicago Fire. Jesse Spencer is the fireman Matthew Casey. Forget about the blonde Doctor Chase;…

FTV de Monte Carlo: 10 minutes with Dr Martin/Firestorm Victor Garber

DC‘s Legends of Tomorrow focuses on time-travelling rogue Rip Hunter, who has to recruit a rag-tag team of heroes and villains to help prevent an apocalypse that could impact not only Earth, but all of time. At the Festival de la Télévision de Monte Carlo we had the real pleasure to meet one of its…

FTV de MonteCarlo: 15 minutes with Private Eyes star Cindy Sampson

Private Eyes is the new 10-episode procedural drama based on the book The Code by G.B.Joyce. Private Eyes follows ex-pro hockey player Matt Shade (90’s heartthrob Jason Priestley from Beverly Hills 90210 and jury president at this year Festival de la Télévision de Monte Carlo) who irrevocably change his life when he decides to team up with…

FTV de Montecarlo: 15 minutes with Wolf Hall’s writer Peter Straughan

In the year Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies came back on stage (here the link to our review) also the 6-episode series directed by Peter Kosminsky became a huge worldwide success. At the Festival de la Télévision de Monte Carlo, where Mark Rylance received the award as Outstanding Actor for his Master Cromwell…

FTV de Montecarlo: 15 minutes with RIVER’s creators

On day four at the Festival de la Télévision de Monte Carlo we met two of the most well known British women in the industry; Abi Morgan and Manda Levin. Manda is a producer while Abi is the writer of ones of the biggest worldwide success movies like Suffragette, The Invisible Woman (here our review and…

FTV de Montecarlo: 30 minutes with Poldark’s girls

The day after Island made its 1st miracle against Portugal at Euro 2016 we met at the Festival de la Télévision de Montecarlo the proud Icelander Heida Reed. She is one of the kindness person you can have the pleasure to talk with. Her smile is sweet and her voice is soft. Beautiful and enthusiastic;…

FTV de Montecarlo: 10 minutes with Jack Falahee – HTGAWM’s Connor

Jack Falahee, better known as HTGAWM (How to Get Away with Murder) Connor, arrives in Monaco few days after the end of Mercy Street second season shooting and without his faithful dog Banjo, who Jack left reluctantly with his parents. We met Jack few weeks before the huge Italian scandal about HTGAWM. Italian channel Rai2 aired…

FTV de Montecarlo: 15 minutes with the cast of Chicago Med

After the screening of the pilot at the Festival de la Télévision de Montecarlo Opening Night; we met three of the main actors of the third Chicago brand series Chicago Med: Colin Donnell, Brian Tee and Torrey DeVitto. “This series, Chicago Med, explores a mix of reality and each actor tries to put reality in this show…

Mark Rylance and River thriump at the Festival de Télévision de Monte-Carlo

After 5 days dedicated to the best international television series, it ended the 56th Festival de Télévision de Monte-Carlo. Yesterday evening, Thursday 16th June, h.s.h. Prince Albert II of Monaco, joined on the red carpet by many leading American and international celebrities and stars from hit television series such as Transparent, Hawaii 5:0, C.S.I., Chicago…

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