To strive, to seek, to find…

Well, I braved the crowd of sharp-elbowed journos and got into the first screening of this little film… more to come after I’ve reviewed it for the Talent Press. Let’s just say, it’s very… British. With a dash of Cock-er-ney Guy Ritchie stuff. Hm… draw your own conclusions. It’s probably not fair of me to say too much before its premiere tomorrow at 10:30am in the Panorama section, so you’ll just have to wait. Sorry!

Okay, here’s the review!

This is what we’ve been up to…

OMG so exciting!  I’m going to be seeing Shine a Light at 4pm tomorrow…

A Dazzling Opening Night for the 58th Berlinale

With the world premiere of the Rolling Stones concert film, Shine a Light by Oscar-winner Martin Scorsese, the 58th Berlin International Film Festival will open tomorrow, February 7, 2008. Director Martin Scorsese, and Stones Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ron Wood are all coming to Berlin to attend this big event.

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Someone at Variety isn’t a fan…

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Soooo exciting!! This news story comes to you courtesy of Variety:

BERLIN — Stephen Frears, Bernd Eichinger and actress-director Sandrine Bonnaire will attend this year’s Berlinale Talent Campus to take part in the educational platform’s focus on biopics.

The event, which runs Feb. 9-14, will discuss the success of biopics and explore their popularity with auds.

Frears’ “The Queen” as well as his 1987 biopic of playwright Joe Orton, “Prick Up Your Ears,” offered insight into the lives of very different British personalities, while Eichinger enjoyed huge success with “Downfall,” a chronicle of Adolf Hitler’s final days, which he penned and produced.

Bonnaire, who played Joan of Arc in 1994’s “Joan the Maid,” recently directed a documentary about her autistic sister Sabine (“Her Name Is Sabine”).

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Johansson, Cruz Expected at Berlin Fest

Sunday, January 20, 2008

(01-20) 12:40 PST BERLIN, Germany (AP) –

Scarlett Johansson, Eric Bana and Natalie Portman are among the stars expected to attend the Berlin Film Festival next month.

Penelope Cruz and Daniel Day-Lewis, who won a Golden Globe as best dramatic actor, also are expected, festival director Dieter Kosslick told The Associated Press. He said Johansson’s appearance at the Berlin festival would be her first.

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I am going to be all over this. I’ll need a laff.

Madonna’s directorial debut, Filth and Wisdom, will have its world premiere at Germany’s Berlinale film festival next February. The thirty-minute low-budget short comedy is reportedly based on the singer’s life.

From Rolling Stone (last item)

Here’s the review!

Ooh I’m going to Berlin in February to cover the Berlinale! I am hugely excited already… (more…)