Monday, June 25, 2012

Portuguese short is finalist on Youtube and Ridley Scott's Your Film Festival


Written and directed by Bernardo Nascimento (first assistant director in Kick Ass (2010)), a Portuguese-British co-production starring Francisco Tavares and Clive Russel. I am not embedding the video because you absolutely must visit the festival's page and, if you like it as much as I did, vote for it. The top 10 will premiere in Venice where Ridley Scott will pick the winner, whose next film (feature-lenght) he will be financing with $500.000.

This is pure, simple, enveloping storytelling. The future of the Portuguese cinema depends on these people. Not on those on the perch. Congratulations, Bernardo.


Watch the film and vote.




Escrito e realizado por Bernardo Nascimento (assistente de realização em Kick Ass (2010)), uma co-produção portuguesa e britânica, protagonizada por Francisco Tavares e Clive Russel. Não coloco o vídeo embutido porque têm absolutamente de visitar a página do festival e, se gostarem tanto como eu, votar no filme. O top 10 estreará em Veneza, onde Ridley Scott escolherá o vencedor, cujo próximo filme (longa-metragem) financiará com $500.000.

Pura, simples e envolvente capacidade de contar histórias. O futuro do cinema português passa por estas pessoas. Não por aqueles que estão no poleiro. Parabéns, Bernardo.

Ver o filme e votar.

Thursday, June 7, 2012

Thursday, May 24, 2012

Sorkin's "The Newsroom" on HBO: final countdown

One exact month. While I'm currently following Mad Men and Boardwalk Empire on the drama type-machine, Aaron Sorkin's return to TV writing (after Studio on the Sunset Trip in 2006, already a tackle on journalism) is one of my most expected moments of the year.






Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Prada, by Roman Polanski

Beautiful.

Written by Roman Polanski and Ronald Harwood. Directed by Roman Polanski. Starring Ben Kingsley and Helena Bonham Carter. Photography by Eduardo Serra. Music by Alexandre Desplat.