When Christian McKay auditioned for RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art), he decided to overcome his nerves by pretending to be Richard Burton. McKay, the British actor currently wowing critics and audiences in the title role of the feature film Me and Orson Welles, had a perfectly good career as a concert pianist before trying […]
Scriptwriting consultants and directing gurus from all over the world frequently tell you that the golden rule of filmmaking is to write from your own experience, to tell your own story, to write about your own “tribe”. It’s only then, they argue, that the real detail and a sense of the authentic will emerge in […]
You can’t help but think that somewhere in the evolution of Jon Amiel’s film about Charles Darwin, the best story just didn’t get selected. Opening with a line that the film is to be about the creation of Darwin’s book On The Origin of Species which changed the world forever, the poorly structured story that […]
Millions of people have heard of Banksy, the enigmatic street artist best known for his giant rat stencils & kissing policemen, but no one seems to know who he is. After emerging from the underground graffiti art world of Bristol in the 1980’s, Banksy now produces work snapped up by Hollywood stars for as much […]
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