Screenwriter
Fri, 20 Nov 2009, 10:49 pm | Donald Clarke
Insofar as anything so grand as “controversy” can attach attach itself to the trailer-junkie community, some sort of, well, controversy has gathered round the promo for Guy Ritchie’s upcoming assault on Sherlock Holmes. Recalling the whole Shutter Island furore, the dispute hinges on whether you think the film looks like a steaming pile of turnips [...]
On The Record
Fri, 20 Nov 2009, 4:51 am | Jim Carroll
In The Ticket today, the Coen brothers talk about their new film A Serious Man, The XX mark the spot, we deconstruct the fine art of the encore and look at how Paranormal Activity became the the most profitable film ever at the world box-office. In New Music, there are rounds of applause for The [...]
outsidein
Thu, 19 Nov 2009, 10:13 pm | Bryan
This story is hilarious! Talk about money making the world go around! The French are unapologetic about not having much time for that silly concept that others call multiculturalism. If you’re an immigrant who is granted the privilege of living in France, they by golly you will assimilate. And they’re pretty consistent. While the British liked [...]
Politics
Thu, 19 Nov 2009, 4:12 pm | Harry
I was in Buswell’s Hotel a short while ago covering a press conference. As I left by the lobby I spotted Dermot Ahern, the Minister for Justice, being interviewed by a camera crew. What was it about? Bankers’ pay? Tiger kidnappings? The Criminal Justice Bill that’s going through the House at the moment? Share This
megabites
Thu, 19 Nov 2009, 12:24 pm | Tom
This morning dawned dark, wet and windy. And thanks to the howling gale that used our bedroom chimney as a kind of…er…wind instrument throughout the small hours, not much sleep was to be had. We live on a hill so we can watch the plain below getting flooded, but the downside is that we are [...]
Minibyte
Thu, 19 Nov 2009, 11:28 am | Ciara
The dust hasn’t even settled yet and already the PR bandwagon is rumbling. Firstpress release based on last night’s cruel defeat is an iPod speaker. The tag line? A football you can touch with your hand - even if you aren’t French. Share This
Pursued by a Bear
Thu, 19 Nov 2009, 10:00 am | Fiona
I always wanted to be able to say that, and now I can, thanks to Colum McCann, who won the prestigious National Book Award for fiction last night for Let The Great World Spin. For his book about a young Irish man and the characters he meets in 1970s New York, McCann goes home with [...]
Pricewatch
Wed, 18 Nov 2009, 11:03 pm | Conor Pope
Henry’s hand has just condemned us to four more years of gloomy depression. Thanks a lot buddy. Going to go have a little cry, now. Share This
Mechanical Turk
Wed, 18 Nov 2009, 4:58 pm | Hugh Linehan
A bit more light has been shed on News International’s plans to charge for online content. James Harding, editor of the London Times, disclosed yesterday that his newspaper plans to charge for 24-hour access alongside a subscription model. Will it work? Share This
Current Account
Mon, 16 Nov 2009, 10:17 am | John Collins
As Fiona Walsh wrote in her London Briefing column last week, after an eight week phoney war the battle between Kraft and Cadbury over the American conglomerate’s £10 billion (€ billion) hostile takeover bid for the British chocolate maker, now becomes a formal three month battle of wits. Following the move into the formal takeover period [...]
