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5 BROKEN CAMERAS: A Special Picturehouse Tour

Thu, 18 Oct 2012 13:59:15 +0000
by timothyrogerson
The political, religious and territorial conflict in Israel/Palestine is now such a familiar story, such an established fact, that it can be all too easy to feel apathetic towards it – to fail to get past the steady stream of headlines and statistics about the political conferences and summits, the demonstrations staged and suppressed, the [...]

HITS AND MISSES 12-14 OCTOBER: BRITISH AUDIENCES GET TAKEN AGAIN, AGAIN.

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 13:06:06 +0000
by paulridd
For a second week running Liam Neeson’s reboot round two bout of indiscriminate vengeance in critically mauled sequel TAKEN 2 took the top spot. Taking a further £3.7M to make a stonking £14.5M total into only a second week of play, the flick saw a respectable drop of just 42% on last weekend, indicating there [...]

Picturehouse Podcast 137: ON THE ROAD & RUBY SPARKS

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 05:00:33 +0000
by samclements
Sam and Simon talk about Walter Salle’s adaptation of ON THE ROAD and RUBY SPARKS, the new film from the team behind LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE. There’s also a chance to win Rebecca Thomas’s fantastic ELECTICK CHILDREN on DVD. If you’re an iPod/iPhone/iPad kind of person, why not subscribe for free via  iTunes. Join the boys [...]

Picturehouse Podcast: RUBY SPARKS Special

Sat, 13 Oct 2012 10:03:51 +0000
by samclements
Team RUBY SPARKS join the Picturehouse Podcast for a special episode. That’s right; Zoe Kazan (writer & actor), Paul Dano (actor), Valerie Farris and Jonathan Deyton (directors) all squeeze into the podbooth for the first ever quadrilogy of guests on the show. If you’re an iPod/iPhone/iPad kind of person, why not subscribe for free via [...]

HITS AND MISSES 5-7 OCTOBER: THE BRITISH PUBLIC GET TAKEN AGAIN

Mon, 08 Oct 2012 15:03:33 +0000
by paulridd
Despite terrible reviews across the board, drastically toned down violence, and publicity stills showing Liam Neeson actually phoning in his performance, sequel TAKEN 2 killed with abandon at the UK box office this weekend, with a stonking £12.2K average and a very impressive £7.4M total, a total considerably more than the entire box office life [...]