National Theatre of Parramatta, The Family Law, more diverse stories, gender swap Shakespeare

Coincidentally, the source for all of the Australian news in this post is from Fairfax #notsponsored.

The National Theatre of Parramatta's 2016 season begins in April with Swallow by Stef Smith. The NToP is a new company based at Riverside Theatres in western Sydney. It seeks to produce work that reflects diversity in Australian society. At the company's launch in November 2015, co-artistic director Annette Shun Wah explained, "What we usually see on Sydney stages does not reflect the nation as it is in terms of its cultural diversity, its socio-economic diversity, or in terms of age, gender or sexuality. We want to change that."
NToP has received support from public and private sources: Arts NSW, Parramatta City Council, Crown Resorts Foundation and the Packer Foundation (via the Sydney Morning Herald)

In February, Benjamin Law wrote about how Australians with an Asian background are rarely seen on TV (his Good Weekend column in the Sydney Morning Herald). He recently adapted his memoir The Family Law for television. Its TV debut had half a million viewers, which makes it one of SBS' highest rating original scripted programs. In addition, the series' first episode received over 1.1 million views when it premiered on Facebook (Media Day).

Actor Miranda Tapsell discussed diversity and identity in a recent Sunday Life interview. Excerpts:

"I'm often asked, 'Where are you from?' As if I'm meant to be from somewhere else, that my dark skin represents some other identity. I'm very proud to be from this country, but I wish more people could take a leaf out of my parents' book because they always saw a more inclusive Australia, where I don't have to explain my identity to anyone because it was embraced from the beginning."
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"I know there's a hunger for those stories, for more diverse stories. I just feel that more women of colour should be sharing the stage and screen with me." [Tapsell has an Aboriginal background]

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David Harewood has suggested that audiences "want to see more diverse stories. It’s not about putting three black people in the back of the shot. It’s about making it normal to see a black actor in a leading role. It still amazes me that Idris Elba is the only black actor in a lead role on British TV." (Radio Times via @actforchangehq)

Scott Ellis and Pippa Nixon have explained how gender can be flexible in Shakespeare productions. Ellis, a director, founded Merely Theatre (The Stage via @actforchangehq). Merely Theatre is currently touring A Midsummer Night's Dream and Henry V in rep. Nixon is playing Ariel in The Tempest at The Globe until 22 April (The Stage via @The_Globe).

Diversity: Idris Elba, BAME Shakespeare, Act for Change, #oscarssowhite

"I read a script, it says, 'Black man, tall. And then it says, leading man.' I'm like, what? What colour's he? Blue?"

A quote from a New York Times video interview with Idris Elba. This is the accompanying screencap:

Idris spoke to Parliament about diversity in the media, ahead of the Channel 4 diversity conference. The transcript is here and the video is here. His recommendations for improving diversity are:

1. Incorporating diversity at the beginning of the creative process
2. Measuring how well broadcasters do diversity
3. Take more risk with diverse talent

The Independent has an interview with Femi Oguns, who suggests that quotas are a starting point for achieving proportional representation of diversity in the performing arts (via @IGottaBeMeMovie):

"Fourteen per cent of the population is BAME but only five per cent of talent on screen is. The BBC is just ticking boxes. It has an ‘aspiration’ for 15 per cent of BAME screen talent by 2017 – why not just make it happen? Why are black directors in theatre only qualified to direct ‘culturally specific’ works? Theatre is still dominated by white middle-class decision-makers who are qualified not only to tell their life stories but over-qualified to tell yours also."

Oguns is the founder of the Identity School of Acting and the Identity Agency Group.

Samuel West's speech for the UK Disability History Month Conference (November 2015) is available on Youtube. He has suggested, "We look to every producer to be more imaginative. Nobody really knows what the public wants, so don't try to gainsay it. Make the best thing you can and make it as open and diverse as possible." (via @zakfordwilliams).

Act for Change has become a registered charity (their Twitter, @actforchangehq). Donations will fund:

Events, w/shops, training, our own HQ, sponsoring new talent, monitoring, employing a paid intern, to name but a few https://t.co/C8i9ATlAvq

— ACT FOR CHANGE (@actforchangehq) January 8, 2016

The University of Warwick has launched an online database that documents BAME participation and representation in Shakespeare productions (@BBAShakespeare via a retweet from Act for Change). Although productions have become more multicultural, BAME performers are more likely to be cast in supporting roles such as a witch in Macbeth; Laertes, Ophelia, Horatio, Guildenstern and Rosencrantz in Hamlet; or Hero and Claudio in Much Ado About Nothing.

Excerpt from a New York Times discussion about #oscarssowhite:

A.O. Scott: Spike Lee will get his lifetime achievement award. Chris Rock will be the host. Many of the presenters will be minorities. Integrally close to none of the winners will be. There will be awkward remarks and uncomfortable smiles. The intensity of the discomfort might be a hopeful sign.

In relation to Idris Elba's recent speech about diversity and #oscarssowhite, an article in the Sydney Morning Herald ("White wash" in the print edition, "Oz so white?" in the online edition) suggests that Australian performing arts is not representative of the community. The federal government and broadcasters have supported Indigenous and gender equity programs, however more needs to be done to represent cultural diversity.
Producer Darren Dale: "When you walk down the street, our community is so diverse, and I don't think you can see that on Australian drama at all... there's a healthy expectation that you should see yourself [represented] on screen."
Bali Padda (co-chair, MEAA diversity committee): "If we don't have a diverse range of people creating stories – writers, producers and directors – then the characters written for the Indian or Middle Eastern or whatever becomes a bit tokenistic. And that's not representative either... My personal measure of success is that we won't need to have these kinds of conversations again [emphasis added]."

Australian cinemas and the Queensland flood relief appeal

On Sunday 30 January, Australian cinemas will donate $2 from every ticket sold at each film session to the Queensland flood relief appeal, with 80% of the funds raised donated to the Queensland Premier's Disaster Relief Appeal and 20% to the Red Cross Disaster Relief and Recovery Fund. Cinemagoers ought to check with their local cinema to confirm their contribution to the appeal (Arts Hub via the Sydney Film Festival newsletter).

Dan Stevens, Ruth Wilson, Rosamund Pike, Jacki Weaver

Cultural life interview with Dan Stevens from the Independent.

Ruth Wilson and Jude Law will star in Anna Christie at the Donmar Warehouse from 9 August to 8 October 2011, with previews from 4 August.

Rosamund Pike reads the audiobook of The Spy Who Loved Me by Ian Fleming, which forms part of a set of twenty James Bond stories that will be released next year.
Screencaps of Rosamund from the Burning Palms trailer (click thumbnails for full size):

Rosamund and Paul Giamatti, her co-star in Barney's Version, have done extensive publicity for the film. Rosamund's interviews include Black Book, Movie Geeks United, Screen Crave, Examiner, Movieline, comingsoon.net and IFC. Also, Paul mentioned Rosamund in an interview with the LA Times:

For such an unhappy man, he marries amazing women. Did you have a hand in casting?

I was auditioning these women, and they said, "Oh, yeah, there's this woman Rosamund Pike we're thinking about," and I said, "What do you mean, 'Oh, yeah, there's this woman'? Just cast her!" I have a mad crush on her and have been weirdly obsessed with her for 10 years since I saw her in James Bond ("Die Another Day"). I've gone to England to see her plays. I don't have this thing where I'm dying to work with a lot of people, but she's one of them.

The Barney's Version UK trailer has slightly different footage to the US trailer. Some screencaps (click thumbnails for full size):



Other awards season publicity: Golden Globe nominee Jacki Weaver has done several interviews to promote Animal Kingdom (comingsoon.net, New York Post, Movieline, LA Times, Herald Sun, Next Movie, Movie Web, Scott Feinberg).

Golden Globe nominations, Shooting Stars, Black Book's 2011 New Regime

Golden Globe nominees include Hayley Atwell (Pillars Of The Earth/Best Performance By An Actress In A Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made For Television), Romola Garai (Emma/Best Performance By An Actress In A Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made For Television), Kelly Macdonald (Boardwalk Empire/Best Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role In A Series, Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made For Television), Colin Firth (The King's Speech/Best Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture – Drama), Andrew Garfield (The Social Network/Best Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role In A Motion Picture), Jacki Weaver (Animal Kingdom/Best Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role In A Motion Picture), and Toni Collette (United States Of Tara/Best Performance By An Actress In A Television Series – Comedy Or Musical).
USA Today has a short article about Hayley Atwell's reaction to her nomination.

Andrea Riseborough is one of next year's Shooting Stars, a networking event for selected actors at the Berlin International Film Festival.

Rosamund Pike features in Black Book's "2011 New Regime" as the New Leading Lady.

Entertainment news

• Production for Happy Feet 2 will take place in Sydney [link]
• Carey Mulligan and Colin Firth are in Vanity Fair's Hollywood Portfolio which is in the March 2010 issue (via ONTD). Carey is also on the cover with people such as Rebecca Hall and Mia Wasikowska (via Just Jared).
  
• Shutter Island and Red Hill will screen at the Berlin International Film Festival [link]
• Damian Lewis, Michael Adams, Rebecca Hall and Toby Schmitz interviews damian|michael|rebecca|toby
• Cemetery Junction poster (via gervsmerchpilk) and trailer poster|trailer
• John Malkovich will star in The Infernal Comedy at the Barbican next year [link]
• Bill Nighy will guest star in the next series of Doctor Who, in an episode written by Richard Curtis (via The Medium is Not Enough) [link]
• Information for BAFTA's David Morrissey on tour from David's official website [link]
• Marion Potts will be the next artistic director of the Malthouse Theatre in Melbourne 1|2
• Casting for the miniseries adaptation of Cloudstreet [link]

Entertainment news

• Two promos for The Ricky Gervais Show [link]
  
• The AFI awards will take place in Sydney from 2011 [link]
• SAG awards winners [link]
• Billie Piper, Alexandra Silber, Colin Firth, Edgar Wright, Saoirse Ronan, Romola Garai interviews billie|alexandra|colin|edgar|saoirse|romola
• Alfred Hitchcock is mentioned in the Independent's feature "100 years of movies" [link]
• Romola Garai and Matthew Goode announced (via Capturing Romola) the BAFTA film awards nominations, which include:
  An Education. Best Film, Outstanding British Film, Director (Lone Scherfig), Adapted Screenplay (Nick Hornby), Leading Actress (Carey Mulligan), Supporting Actor (Alfred Molina), Costume Design (Odile Dicks-Mireaux), Make Up and Hair (Lizzie Yianni Georgiou).
  In the Loop. Outstanding British Film, Adapted Screenplay (Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche).
  A Single Man. Leading Actor (Colin Firth).
• The Australian film Animal Kingdom has won the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize at Sundance [link]
• Ralph Myers will be the next artistic director of Company B Belvoir in Sydney [link]

Entertainment news

• Extract from the book Showgirls, Teen Wolves and Astro Zombies by Michael Adams [link]
  
• Articles about Christmas Cranford 1|2
• London Film Critics' Circle awards
• Nominations [link]
  
• Films which have received nominations include:
  In the Loop. British film of the year, British director of the year (Armando Iannucci), British actor of the year (Peter Capaldi), Screenwriter of the year (Armando Iannucci et al.), Breakthrough British filmmaker (Armando Iannucci).
  An Education. British film of the year, Actress of the year (Carey Mulligan), British actress of the year (Carey Mulligan), British actor in a supporting role (Alfred Molina), British actress in a supporting role (Rosamund Pike), British actress in a supporting role (Olivia Williams), Screenwriter of the year (Nick Hornby).
  A Single Man. British actor of the year (Colin Firth).
  Good. British actor in a supporting role (Jason Isaacs).
  
• John Simm; Kristin Scott Thomas; Gemma Arterton and Carey Mulligan, Vera Farmiga, Mo'Nique, Patricia Clarkson, Robin Wright and Emily Blunt interviews john|kristin|gemma|carey, vera, mo'nique, patricia, robin, emily
  
• A Single Man
• Article about the film from the Independent [link]
• Matthew Goode interview (via ONTD) [link]
  
• Screen Actors Guild award nominees include Colin Firth (A Single Man, Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role), Carey Mulligan (An Education, Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role), the cast of An Education (Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture), Jon Hamm (Mad Men, Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series), Toni Collette (United States of Tara, Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series) and the cast of Mad Men (Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series) [link]
• Keira Knightley, Michael Fassbender and Christoph Waltz will star in The Talking Cure directed by David Cronenberg [link]

Theatre - Reality Bytes

From Anasaskia Elsom:

Entertainment news

• Mao's Last Dancer took AUS$4.3 million in its opening week to become the highest-grossing Australian film so far this year [link]
  
• Christina Hendricks and Michael Sheen interviews christina|michael
• Colin Firth will receive the BAFTA/LA humanitarian award [link]
• Damian Lewis, Tara Fitzgerald, Keira Knightley and Dominic Rowan will star in a modern day version of The Misanthrope at the Comedy Theatre 7 December - 13 March 1|2
  
• Pictures from the Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus UK premiere 1|2|3
• The Thick of It
• A picture (via AIannucci) [link]
• Screencaps of Peter Capaldi and Rory Kinnear from the teaser (click thumbnails for full size):
  

Theatre - Three

From David Buckley:


Source: shopfront.org.au

Three
October 22 (preview) 7pm
October 23 8pm
October 24 2pm & 8pm
October 25 5pm
Tickets $10/$15
Bookings 9588 3948
Shopfront: 88 Carlton Pde, Carlton 2218 NSW Australia

Three is a collection of new theatre from the Arts Lab residency at Shopfront Contemporary Art Centre. Come along and become a part of the artist's journey as they unleash their creations onto the unsuspecting public!

Join David Buckley, Sam Dalley and Tim Spencer as the creatures of their imagination take over Shopfront. Expect stories, dreams, singing and dancing with a healthy dose of love, fantasy and disrespect for authority.

As a special offer for students and emerging artists, super cheap $5 tickets are available to the preview performance on Thursday 22nd. After the show the three artists will participate in a question and answer session about their process and the Arts Lab program. This is the perfect opportunity to get an inside view of Arts Lab, and kick start your ideas about being involved in 2010!

For more information about performance times and ticket purchases see the e-flyer.

You can also read about David, Sam and Tim's work at their blog artslab09.

Don't miss this opportunity to see three exciting artists in their element!

Entertainment news

• Toronto International Film Festival
• Interviews featuring Ben Whishaw and Jane Campion for Bright Star 1|2|3|4
  
• A Single Man
• Colin Firth video interview from Entertainment Weekly [link]
  
• The Weinstein Company will distribute the film in Germany and the U.S. [link]
• Julianne Moore interview from Baz Bamigboye's Daily Mail column [link]
  
• Rupert Friend The Young Victoria interview and premiere pictures 1|2
  
• Harry Brown
• Michael Caine and Emily Mortimer interviews 1|2|3
• Premiere and after party pictures 1|2
• Some premiere pictures and portraits from mata090680 [link]
• Glorious 39
• Pictures of Bill Nighy, Romola Garai, Stephen Poliakoff and Julie Christie 1|2|3|4|5
• Bill Nighy, Romola Garai, Stephen Poliakoff and Julie Christie interviews 1|2|3
  
• Andrew Garfield attended the The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus premiere 1|2
  
• The Damned United
• Michael Sheen interviews 1|2|3|4|5
• Premiere pictures [link]
• Clive Owen interviews about The Boys are Back 1|2|3|4|5
  
• An Education
• Carey Mulligan, Dominic Cooper, Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina and Nick Hornby interviews 1|2|3
• Premiere pictures 1|2|3
• James McAvoy and Robin Wright Penn will star in The Conspirator, a drama about events following the assassination of President Lincoln directed by Robert Redford [link]
• Helena Bonham Carter, Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush will star in the film The King's Speech, which will be directed by Tom Hooper [link]
• Casting for Tomorrow, When the War Began [link]

Entertainment news

• Marvellous Antichrist poster by Jeremy Saunders (via The Wrap and Transmission) [link]
  
• Toronto International Film Festival
• Ben Whishaw attended the Bright Star premiere and had some portraits done 1|2
• Emily Mortimer attended the Harry Brown premiere [link]
• Michael Sheen and Carey Mulligan were at the Sony Pictures Classics Party [link]
• Io Sono L'Amore - I Am Love: portraits, an interview with Tilda Swinton and director Luca Guadagnino, and pictures from the premiere 1|2|3
  
• A portrait of Michael Sheen [link]
• Nineteen Australian films will be shown at the festival [link]
  
• Tom Sturridge and Juno Temple are included in Teen Vogue's Young Hollywood feature [link]
• Guillermo del Toro has an animation deal with Disney [link]
  
• A Single Man
• Trailer (via ONTD) [link]
  
• Venice Film Festival photocall [link]
  
• Colin Firth won the best actor prize at the Venice Film Festival [link]
  
• Article about the film from Variety [link]
  
• Tilda Swinton & Luca Guadagnino and Judi Dench interviews tilda & luca|judi
• Bruce Beresford will direct the film Zebras [link]
• Eva Green and Ewan McGregor will star in Last Word, a film that will be directed by David McKenzie [link]
• Mary and Max won best feature at the Australian Directors Guild awards. The film's director is Adam Elliot. [link]
• Rupert Friend and Tamsin Greig will star in The Little Dog Laughed at the Garrick Theatre (via The Medium is Not Enough) [link]
• David Tennant will star in a BBC Radio 4 adaptation of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men [link]
• Blog post from The Life of Wylie about series 2 of Merlin [link]
  
• Richard Curtis will write an episode of Doctor Who [link]

Entertainment news

• Mad Men has been renewed for a fourth season [link]
  
• Daniel Craig will star in the film Dream House which will be directed by Jim Sheridan [link]
  
• Andrew Buchan, Jon Hamm, Zooey Deschanel, Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant and Joseph Gordon-Levitt interviews andrew|jon|zooey|ricky & stephen|joseph
  
• Boardwalk Empire, starring Steve Buscemi and Kelly Macdonald, has been picked up for 11 episodes. The pilot was directed by Martin Scorsese. [link]
  
• Stephen Frears will direct Tamara Drewe, starring Gemma Arterton, Dominic Cooper and Tamsin Greig [link]
• Scans from Nylon about Mad Men, Entourage and The Prisoner 1|2
• Quentin Tarantino will receive the Santa Barbara International Film Festival's Kirk Douglas Award for Excellence in Film [link]
• A picture of Michael Sheen as Aro from New Moon [link]
• Coriolanus, directed by and starring Ralph Fiennes, has been selected for International Financing Forum (IFF) which will take place during the Toronto International Film Festival [link]
• Article about the Australian International Movie Convention from the Australian [link]

Entertainment news

• Anne-Marie Duff will be in the second season of The Bridge Project [link]
  
• David Cronenberg is going to direct an adaptation of Don DeLillo's novel Cosmopolis [link]
• Bright Star, The Damned United, The Disappearance of Alice Creed, An Education and Glorious 39 will be screened at the Toronto International Film Festival [link]
  
• Jon Hamm and Rebecca Hall are going to star in The Town, directed by Ben Affleck [link]
  
• Photos of Naomi Watts and Fenella Woolgar on the set of Woody Allen's currently untitled film (via IMDB) [link]
  
• Geoffrey Rush was awarded the Australian Film Institute's Raymond Longford Award [link]
• Tilda Swinton & Mark Cousins film festival awesomeness 1|2|3
  
• David Tennant, Rupert Grint, Euros Lyn & Russell T Davies, Sophie Okonedo, director Serhat Caradee and playwright Tommy Murphy interviews david|rupert|euros & russell|sophie|serhat|tommy
• Article about season 6 of Entourage [link]
• Amusing article by Simon Callow about the technicalities of love scenes [link]
• David Morrissey will be in the next series of Five Days (via The Medium is Not Enough) [link]

Entertainment news

• Entourage season 6 trailer and promo (via ONTD) trailer|promo
• Lajos Koltai will direct Spider Dance, a drama set in 19th century Australia [link]
• Article about the current lack of American auteurs [link]
• The inspiration for Goldfinger, the arch-villain created by Ian Fleming to rival James Bond, could have been a German spymaster who plotted to blow up gold reserves at the Bank of England [link]
• Article by screenwriter James Moran about Torchwood [link]
• Daniel Radcliffe, Johnny Depp and James Moran interviews daniel|johnny|james
• Tilda Swinton and Mark Cousins are planning a mobile film festival that will take place in August [link]
  
• How do terrible Hollywood blockbusters get made? [link]

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Entertainment news

• Stuart Beattie's directorial debut will be an adaptation of John Marsden's novel Tomorrow, When the War Began [link]
  
• Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen and David Thewlis have become patrons of the British Independent Film Awards [link]
  
• Anton Yelchin, Colin Morgan & Anthony Head, Simon Pegg and Guillermo Del Toro interviews anton|colin & anthony|simon|guillermo
• Phillip Noyce will direct the thriller Mixed Blood, starring Samuel Jackson [link]
• Tilda Swinton and filmmaker Cynthia Beatt plan to retrace their 1998 trip along the remains of the Berlin Wall for the documentary Cycling the Invisible Frame [link]
• Picture of Matthew Goode on the set of Cemetery Junction [link]
  
• Bronson, directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, won the Sydney Film Prize at the Sydney Film Festival [link]
• David Tennant, Russell T Davies, Julie Gardner, Euros Lyn and John Barrowman will be attending San Diego Comic-Con [link]
  
• Peter Morgan joins Neal Purvis and Robert Wade to pen the script for the next Bond film [link]
• Blog post by Sydney Arts Journo about the Ruben Guthrie recasting mess [link]
• Article on how North By Northwest has influenced action films [link]
  

Entertainment news

• Tintin, starring Daniel Craig, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Toby Jones, will be released in 2011 [link]
• In the Loop will open the Newport International Film Festival [link]
• Commercial breaks are affecting season 3 of Mad Men [link]
• Doctor Who
• David Tennant will guest star in the Sarah Jane Adventures (via tennant_love) [link]
• Karen Gillan will play the new assistant in the next series, which will star Matt Smith as the Doctor (via ONTD) [link]
• Mackenzie Crook, Sarah Parish, Adrian Lester and Charles Dance will guest star in series 2 of Merlin [link]
• Insightful article about current Australian theatre by Alison Croggon from the Australian [link]
• Last weekend, the Australian film Samson and Delilah had its highest takings at the box office so far. Its limited release will expand to 35 screens by 4 June. [link]
• David Tennant will reprise his role as Hamlet for a BBC2 adaptation [link]
• BBC America trailer for Torchwood series 3 [link]
  

Entertainment news

• Cannes:
  
• Martin Scorsese and Ben Whishaw were on Film Weekly [link]
• Ben Whishaw, Ang Lee and Thelma Schoonmaker interviews ben|ang|thelma
• Article about Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Foundation [link]
• Movie posters, Lego style (via ONTD) [link]
• Clip of Harry and Ron from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince [link]
• Anton Corbijn (Control) will direct A Very Private Gentleman, an adaptation of the Martin Booth novel [link]
• Ewan McGregor, Pamela Rabe, David Suchet interviews ewan|pamela|david
• William Hurt, Vanessa Redgrave and Jessica Chastain have joined the cast of Ralph Fiennes' directorial debut, Coriolanus [link]
• Balibo and Bran Nue Dae will respectively open and close the Melbourne Film Festival [link]
  
• Michael Sheen and Paddy Considine will star in Submarine [link]
• Article about Alfred Hitchcock from the Independent [link]
  
• Sam Riley and Carey Mulligan will star in a film adaptation of Graham Greene's novel Brighton Rock [link]
• David Suchet is to embark on a journey across Europe on the Orient Express for a new ITV1 documentary [link]
  
• Tilda Swinton is attached to Lynne Ramsay's film We Need to Talk About Kevin [link]

Entertainment news

• Terry Gilliam is going to have another go at bringing Don Quixote to the big screen [link]
• Another cast and director change for the film adaptation of Wuthering Heights - Ed Westwick and Gemma Arterton will star as Heathcliff and Cathy, and Peter Webber will direct [link]
• Martin Scorsese will direct a Frank Sinatra biopic [link]
• David Tennant will be the new host of Masterpiece Contemporary [link]
• Info about the three upcoming Torchwood radio plays [link]
• Tilda Swinton, January Jones, Matt Smith, Samantha Morton and Peter Hall interviews tilda|january|matt|samantha|peter
• Mary and Max won the AniMovie section at the 16th Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film [link]
• Articles about Martin Scorsese and The Red Shoes 1|2
  
• Matthew Goode will star in Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's film Cemetery Junction [link]
• Monica Bleibtreu (Hilde, 4 Minutes) has died of cancer [link]