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10 CONDITIONS OF LOVE, THE - DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT
For director Jeff Daniels his latest doco was triggered over a beer in a Beijing
bar. He followed the lead and began to make what turned out to be an astonishing
story which clearly embodies the living history of a forgotten people as they
struggle to demand basic human rights in China. He tells the story ...
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10th ANNIVERSARY – PARTY PICTURES
Urban Cinefile celebrated its 10th Anniversary with a party & a forum discussing The Future of Movies, at the Chauvel Cinema, Sydney, on February 19, 2007. Filmbiz photographer David Morgan captured some of our 250 guests on camera.
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1st ANNIVERSARY: AUSTRALIAN FILMS REVIEWED
Our reviews of Australian feature films include some that were
released even before were ‘born’. (The Castle, pictured)
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1st ANNIVERSARY: AUSTRALIAN INTERVIEWS & FEATURES
We interviewed a wide range of Australian filmmakers during
our first year, and featured many movies; we visited several on
location during production - including some not yet released. (Director Phil Noyce, pictured)
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1st ANNIVERSARY: INTERNATIONAL INTERVIEWS
This selection shows our eclectic approach to international subjects: we're neither elitist nor populist.
(Peter Fonda, pictured)
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1st ANNIVERSARY: RECOGNITION, HIGHLIGHTS
What we've done and how we've been seen to do it...
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25 FILMMAKERS YOU MUST SEE BEFORE YOU DIE
World Movies Channel is presenting a program of movies by some of the most
celebrated directors spanning almost 100 years, over 25 Saturdays at 8.30,
starting April 3, 2010. From Akira Kurosawa to Federico Fellini, from Pedro
Almodóvar to Wong Kar Wai and Francois Truffaut to Lars Von Trier ... decisions,
decisions! says Andrew L. Urban (Channel Host at World Movies for almost five
years).
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25 FILMS YOU MUST SEE BEFORE YOU DIE
Inspired by the book, 1001 Films You Must See Before You Die, World Movies has collated a six month season of 25 exceptional films starting March 1, 2005, and screening every Tuesday evening at 8.30pm (with encore screenings the following Sunday evening). These are not just critical favourites, but films that resonate powerfully with millions of people, films that will be an honour and pleasure to present, says World Movies Channel Host, Andrew L. Urban.
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2nd BRISBANE ANIMATION FESTIVAL & TOUR
The Queensland Animators Group presents the only festival in Australia devoted
exclusively to animation in all its forms. "In breadth of themes, it will stretch
from the political to the comic," says fest director Peter Moyes; he also stresses
that it is not a children’s event. Andrew L. Urban reports.
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3:10 TO YUMA - A SLY TRIBUTE
Director James Mangold explains the links between Sylvester Stallone’s
Sheriff Freddy Heflin in Cop Land, and his remake of the 1957 Western, 3:10 To
Yuma, and how he wanted to tell the Elmore Leonard story with contemporary
perspectives, with Russell Crowe and Christian Bale in the lead roles.
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42 STORY HOUSE – THE ULTIMATE INDIE
Many people have been wondering (quietly, to themselves) what does Todd W.
Langen do in his spare time. You know, the guy who was a staff writer on The
Wonder Years and worked on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles scripts. Well, Urban
Cinefile has found out and here it is.
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46TH MELBOURNE FILM FESTIVAL
A window to world cinema, says Jan Epstein, the Melbourne
Film Festival is a vital outlet for cinema culture. It’s
damn good entertainment, to boot. Read all about it.
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46TH MELBOURNE FILM FESTIVAL: AUSSIE FILMS
The current strength of Australian cinema is reflected
in the six feature films unspooling in the Melbourne Film
Festival's ‘Australian Showcase’. Jan Epstein reports
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500 WEEKS FROM NOW - 1000th EDITION FORECAST
When we published our first weekly edition on February 27, 1997, we had no DVD
reviews; indeed, there was no such thing in Australia as a movie on DVD#. We
couldn’t download movies from the internet nor were there any digital cinemas.
Nobody had an iPod and plasma meant blood, not home cinema screens. How will new
technology impact on moviemaking? What might we be writing about in our 1000th
edition? Andrew L. Urban (with a little techno-vision from Ben Hooft) looks into
the future of film ...
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7 MOVIES FOR 7 DEADLY SINS
The only thing Oscar Wilde couldn’t resist was temptation; World Movies hopes
you’ll feel the same about seven specially chosen movies to tempt you with,
through January and February 2006. It’s a wicked way to start the year, says
Channel Host Andrew L. Urban.
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7th BRISBANE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Festival Artistic Director Anne Demy-Geroe wants to put colour back into her
patrons’ lives, with a Colour Your World theme for the festival, launched yesterday
(July 1, 1998) with the Petula Clark classic, Colour My World as its anthem. ANDREW L.
URBAN reports from Brisbane
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8 MILE
When you go into the cinema to see 8 Mile, you’ll enter a world you’ve probably never been in before - the world of 8 Mile… warns Eleanor Singer.
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8 YEARS ONLINE
24/2/2005: In the past eight years, Urban Cinefile has maintained its core promise to readers in publishing a specialised but broad-appeal weekly movie magazine, syndicated much of its content to major internet outlets, expanded into television - and most recently became involved in the digital distribution of films, writes founding Editor Andrew L. Urban.
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9TH SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS: 2003
Clint Eastwood honoured for Life, Rachel Griffiths shares ensemble award and Chicago (but not Richard Gere) a short shoe shuffle closer to Oscar in this years Screen Actors Guild Awards from Los Angeles.
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A CHANGE OF HEART – ON LOCATION
Sydney can be cold in winter, but the lure of an Idyllic Spot is too strong for ANDREW
L. URBAN, who parks himself in Centennial Park on location with A Change of Heart, a feel
good romantic comedy about a bastard with no heart finally getting one.
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A SCREAM AUSTRALIA
For some years Wild Candy’s been exploring various screens as potential revenue
earners for wildlife content. Their experience with mobile, portable devices and
internet to date indicate that whilst there’s a vibrant screen culture outside
conventional television and the cinema, as yet it isn’t a significant revenue
earner.
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