Judge Bodil Backer (Bracha van Doesburgh) seemingly has it all: she’s a no-nonsense Judge and has a great home life with her doctor husband Milan (Nasrdin Dchar) and pre-teen son Ben (Damiano Incani).
At the start of director André van Duren’s Erotic Thriller, Bo is preparing for a girls weekend away with her best friend Isabel (Elise Schaap). They leave their husbands behind in Amsterdam, board a train for Bo’s family beach house in Belgium and outline plans for their weekend, which includes a burner phone, a large sum of money, and an expensive suite at a high-end hotel for Isabel.
Faithfully Yours has a fantastic central premise: a few times a year the two women use each other as cover while they cheat on their husbands. One woman will attend a lecture or visit a museum and snap photos to send to the husbands as an alibi.
At the start of director André van Duren’s Erotic Thriller, Bo is preparing for a girls weekend away with her best friend Isabel (Elise Schaap). They leave their husbands behind in Amsterdam, board a train for Bo’s family beach house in Belgium and outline plans for their weekend, which includes a burner phone, a large sum of money, and an expensive suite at a high-end hotel for Isabel.
Faithfully Yours has a fantastic central premise: a few times a year the two women use each other as cover while they cheat on their husbands. One woman will attend a lecture or visit a museum and snap photos to send to the husbands as an alibi.
- 10/3/2023
- by Joe Lipsett
- bloody-disgusting.com
Philippe Le Guay’s “The Man in the Basement” scooped the top prize at the U.K. Jewish Film Festival on Sunday evening.
The 2021 film, which stars François Cluzet, Jérémie Renier and Bérénice Bejo, was awarded the prize for best film.
Runner-up “Karaoke,” from director Moshe Rosenthal, which had opened the festival earlier this month, was given a special mention.
The best film winner was selected by a jury comprised of “Made of Honor” director Paul Weiland, Kefi Chadwick, Liraz Chamami, producer Dominique Green, Sharon Levi and Michael Samuels.
“The jury was impressed by this tense thriller, with its strong performances and direction, and bristling with symbolism that intelligently explores France’s hidden history and contemporary issues around antisemitism,” they said in a statement. “‘The Man in the Basement’ confronts Jewish identity, Holocaust denial and attitudes to France’s Jewish minority, but yet the film still works effectively as compelling and suspenseful storytelling.
The 2021 film, which stars François Cluzet, Jérémie Renier and Bérénice Bejo, was awarded the prize for best film.
Runner-up “Karaoke,” from director Moshe Rosenthal, which had opened the festival earlier this month, was given a special mention.
The best film winner was selected by a jury comprised of “Made of Honor” director Paul Weiland, Kefi Chadwick, Liraz Chamami, producer Dominique Green, Sharon Levi and Michael Samuels.
“The jury was impressed by this tense thriller, with its strong performances and direction, and bristling with symbolism that intelligently explores France’s hidden history and contemporary issues around antisemitism,” they said in a statement. “‘The Man in the Basement’ confronts Jewish identity, Holocaust denial and attitudes to France’s Jewish minority, but yet the film still works effectively as compelling and suspenseful storytelling.
- 11/20/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Catherine Pearson Aug 1, 2017
A talented cast elevate the BBC's latest Gay Britannia drama, Man In An Orange Shirt...
This review contains spoilers.
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The BBC delivers another moving drama in their ‘Gay Britannia’ season, a month of programming that celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Sexual Offences Act of 1967 that began the decriminalisation of homosexuality in the UK.
Vanessa Redgrave stars as Flora Berryman, a widow and grandmother whose life story takes centre stage in the first instalment of a two-part drama. This first story takes place towards the end of the Second World War and offers an insight into the life of the young Flora Talbot (Joanna Vanderham), her marriage to Michael Berryman (Oliver Jackson-Cohen...
A talented cast elevate the BBC's latest Gay Britannia drama, Man In An Orange Shirt...
This review contains spoilers.
See related American Horror Story renewed for seasons 8 and 9 American Horror Story: Roanoke might be its best season yet American Horror Story season 6: Roanoke Chapter 10 Ryan Murphy: celebrating a showrunner who never holds back
The BBC delivers another moving drama in their ‘Gay Britannia’ season, a month of programming that celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Sexual Offences Act of 1967 that began the decriminalisation of homosexuality in the UK.
Vanessa Redgrave stars as Flora Berryman, a widow and grandmother whose life story takes centre stage in the first instalment of a two-part drama. This first story takes place towards the end of the Second World War and offers an insight into the life of the young Flora Talbot (Joanna Vanderham), her marriage to Michael Berryman (Oliver Jackson-Cohen...
- 8/1/2017
- Den of Geek
Fortissimo Films has acquired a slate of films it plans to launch at the Venice, Toronto or San Sebastian film festivals. The pics include , a Venice premiere from director Naji Abu Nowar about a boy’s journey to adulthood after the death of his father, which includes a treacherous journey across the Arabian Desert. Also on the slate is Toronto debutant Ned Rifle, the third film in director Hal Hartley’s trilogy that began with Henry Fool and Fay Grim. This one follows Henry and Fay’s teenage son Ned, who emerges from a witness-protection program with a single purpose: to kill his father for ruining his mother’s life. The company also will present Atlantic, windsurfing-themed romantic road movie from Jan-Willem van Ewijk, also bowing at Toronto, and San Sebastian premiere Foodies, a documentary from co-directors, Thomas Jackson, Charlotte Landelius and Henrik Stockare, which focuses on the world of great food,...
- 8/16/2014
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline
Sheridan Smith will star in new ITV drama Black Work.
The Cilla actress will play Jo Gillespie in the "riveting thriller" from writer Matt Charman.
The three-part story follows Smith's character as she sets out to discover who murdered her husband Ryan, an undercover policeman who was shot dead in mysterious circumstances.
Jo, who also works as a police officer, must face the difficult truth about her marriage as she continues with her investigation. She is wracked with guilt following her attachment to one of Ryan's colleagues.
The drama will also explore Jo's strained relationships with her daughter and stepson in the wake of Ryan's death.
Charman said: "Sheridan Smith is a dream to write for because as an actress there's really nothing she can't do.
"And Black Work is a story that pushes her to the limit - it makes her character Jo Gillespie doubt herself, her family, her friends,...
The Cilla actress will play Jo Gillespie in the "riveting thriller" from writer Matt Charman.
The three-part story follows Smith's character as she sets out to discover who murdered her husband Ryan, an undercover policeman who was shot dead in mysterious circumstances.
Jo, who also works as a police officer, must face the difficult truth about her marriage as she continues with her investigation. She is wracked with guilt following her attachment to one of Ryan's colleagues.
The drama will also explore Jo's strained relationships with her daughter and stepson in the wake of Ryan's death.
Charman said: "Sheridan Smith is a dream to write for because as an actress there's really nothing she can't do.
"And Black Work is a story that pushes her to the limit - it makes her character Jo Gillespie doubt herself, her family, her friends,...
- 8/15/2014
- Digital Spy
Peter Mullan's bravura performance wasn't enough to rescue Channel 4's incoherent four-part drama about a Brighton crime boss suffering from dementia
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The Fear ran across four consecutive nights for a total of four hours. The question is whether that was two hours or three hours too long. Those who argue that it was four hours too long have a strong case, but that would be unfair to Peter Mullan, who gave a powerful performance in difficult circumstances.
He played Richie Beckett, a Brighton crime boss with fast-moving dementia. He went from administrative incompetence to hopeless incontinence in about as much time as it would have taken him to pull his trousers down.
The Fear (C4) | 4oD
The Town (ITV1) | ITV Player
A Young Doctor's Notebook (Sky Arts 1)
The Secret Life of Rubbish (BBC4) | iPlayer
Imagine Jeanette Winterson: My Monster and Me (BBC2) | iPlayer
Inside Claridge's (BBC2) | iPlayer
The Fear ran across four consecutive nights for a total of four hours. The question is whether that was two hours or three hours too long. Those who argue that it was four hours too long have a strong case, but that would be unfair to Peter Mullan, who gave a powerful performance in difficult circumstances.
He played Richie Beckett, a Brighton crime boss with fast-moving dementia. He went from administrative incompetence to hopeless incontinence in about as much time as it would have taken him to pull his trousers down.
- 12/9/2012
- by Andrew Anthony
- The Guardian - Film News
Boogeyman: Eddie McClintock Fights Ancient Evil Tonight!
Tonight Eddie McClintock (Warehouse 13) stars as Sheriff Michael Samuels in a Syfy original of biblical proportions. Written by David Reed (Supernatural, BSG) and directed by Jefferey Lando (Thirst, Goblin), Boogeyman takes the storied myth to unexpected places and with McClintock front and center, delivers a genuinely fun 'n wild ride. Joining the mayhem are soap opera icon Emma Samms (General Hospital, Dynasty) and engaging newcomer Amy Bailey.
An ancient creature, known to urban legend as the Boogeyman, sets its sights on an innocent child but unfortunately for him, the kid he's targeted is one of Sheriff Samuels' sons. Last week Eddie, back from hiatus and now shooting Warehouse 13's last ten episodes of the season, graciously answered questions about this scarer while on brief break from a [typical] sixteen-hour day.
This reinterpretation of the infamous ghost story earnestly combines horror, laughs...
Tonight Eddie McClintock (Warehouse 13) stars as Sheriff Michael Samuels in a Syfy original of biblical proportions. Written by David Reed (Supernatural, BSG) and directed by Jefferey Lando (Thirst, Goblin), Boogeyman takes the storied myth to unexpected places and with McClintock front and center, delivers a genuinely fun 'n wild ride. Joining the mayhem are soap opera icon Emma Samms (General Hospital, Dynasty) and engaging newcomer Amy Bailey.
An ancient creature, known to urban legend as the Boogeyman, sets its sights on an innocent child but unfortunately for him, the kid he's targeted is one of Sheriff Samuels' sons. Last week Eddie, back from hiatus and now shooting Warehouse 13's last ten episodes of the season, graciously answered questions about this scarer while on brief break from a [typical] sixteen-hour day.
This reinterpretation of the infamous ghost story earnestly combines horror, laughs...
- 8/11/2012
- by Nightfly
- TVovermind.com
Even for an actress of Sophie Okonedo's talent, playing Mrs Mandela was a huge challenge. Here, the reluctant star talks about wearing fat suits, avoiding red carpets, and the trip to Darfur which changed her life
There's a clutch of scenes near the middle of the forthcoming TV film Mrs Mandela where you can hardly keep watching, so grimly intense is the mutual onscreen hatred. Infamous Afrikaans police interrogator Theunis Swanepoel is played, with terrifying greasy-haired intensity, by David Morrissey, who even wields those loveless gutturals of the Sith Efrican accent like a stick. Winnie Mandela is played, grovelling on the floor, by turns terrified and defiant, her psyche altering by the minute, by Sophie Okonedo: and I am asking her how they even met each other's eyes afterwards, once "Cut!" was called: both must have been slumped, torn, empty, choked.
"Those scenes are certainly intense, desperately so.
There's a clutch of scenes near the middle of the forthcoming TV film Mrs Mandela where you can hardly keep watching, so grimly intense is the mutual onscreen hatred. Infamous Afrikaans police interrogator Theunis Swanepoel is played, with terrifying greasy-haired intensity, by David Morrissey, who even wields those loveless gutturals of the Sith Efrican accent like a stick. Winnie Mandela is played, grovelling on the floor, by turns terrified and defiant, her psyche altering by the minute, by Sophie Okonedo: and I am asking her how they even met each other's eyes afterwards, once "Cut!" was called: both must have been slumped, torn, empty, choked.
"Those scenes are certainly intense, desperately so.
- 1/3/2010
- by Euan Ferguson
- The Guardian - Film News
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