Posts by Nathan Pine
Gabriel Moses On His Narrative Debut ‘The Last Hour’, Collaborating With Spike Lee & Working Towards His First Feature: “I Want To Create Something Powerful”
As part of an expansive and buzzy career retrospective at 180 Studios in London this past summer, filmmaker and artist Gabriel Moses created The Last Hour, the first narrative-led project of his already decade-long career. Moses is only 27 but is widely regarded as one of the UK’s most prolific and skilled contemporary filmmakers. This…
Read MoreHundreds Of Websites & Apps Reported Offline Following Outage At North Virginia Amazon Web Services Data Center
Hundreds of online services went temporarily offline across North America and Europe on Monday morning amid suggestions that the problem was linked to an outage at an Amazon Web Services data center in North Virginia. Alongside Amazon services such as Amazon Music, Prime Video and Amazon Alexa a slew of other websites and apps also…
Read MoreEwan McGregor At BAFTA Scotland; TLC UK; Australian ‘Office’ Cancelled; Arab Critics’ Awards; Loren Waters Short — Global Briefs
Ewan McGregor To Be Feted At BAFTA Scotland Ewan McGregor will receive the honorary award for Outstanding Contribution to Film and Television at the BAFTA Scotland Awards ceremony in Glasgow on Sunday 16 November. McGregor has previously been recognized by BAFTA Scotland, winning awards for his roles in 1996’s Trainspotting and 2003’s Young Adam, as…
Read MoreTaylor Swift and Her Dad Scott Swift Support Travis Kelce at Chiefs vs. Raiders Game
And Taylor agreed with her fiancé’s assessment, confirming her dad’s surgery seemed to have given him a new lease on life. As she put it, “My dad’s like, ‘New arteries, new me.’” Indeed, while Taylor admitted her dad’s health scare was a surreal experience, she was happy to report his recovery only continued to get…
Read MoreOfcom Updates Guidance On Politicians Presenting News Shows After Losing GB News Court Battle
Ofcom has strengthened guidance concerning politicians presenting news shows after the UK media regulator lost a court battle with GB News earlier this year. Under British broadcasting rules, politicians are not allowed to present news shows, but can host current affairs shows. Ofcom has announced that this will not change, but the regulator has updated…
Read MoreChannel 4’s Nevine Mabro Becomes BBC’s Storyville Chief
The BBC‘s international docs strand Storyville has a new leader. Channel 4‘s Nevine Mabro has been hired as Head of Storyville and will begin her new role in January 2026, reporting Fiona Campbell, the BBC’s Controller of Youth Audiences and Interim Director of Unscripted. The role was created earlier this year when the BBC shuttered…
Read MoreVietnam stocks slump after state media report on alleged bond irregularities
[HANOI] Vietnam’s main stock index fell to its lowest closing level in a month on Monday (Oct 20) after state media reported the results of a government agency’s investigation into alleged irregularities in the use of corporate bond proceeds. The index closed 5.47 per cent lower at 1,636.43, marking the second-biggest percentage fall this year,…
Read MoreHow China reacted to “No Kings” anti-Trump protest in US
Chinese netizens have been reacting to the “No Kings” rallies held across the United States in opposition to President Donald Trump’s policies. More than 2,600 demonstrations took place on Saturday, drawing nearly 7 million participants, according to organizers—even larger than the coast-to-coast “No Kings” protests that took place in June. Solidarity events were also held…
Read More‘Terrifier’ Star Jenna Kanell To Lead Ocean-Set Survival Horror ‘The Hatchery’, AMP Launches Ahead Of AFM
EXCLUSIVE: Ahead of next month’s American Film Market, Alliance Media Partners (AMP) has signed up survival horror The Hatchery as worldwide sales agent. Currently in early pre-production, the ocean-set film has Terrifier star Jenna Kanell attached in the lead role. The synopsis reads: “Eight women awaken in darkness inside a cargo container with no memory…
Read MoreSaudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Fest Makes History With Country’s First Live Accompanied Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Laurel & Hardy Screenings
The Red Sea Film Festival is set to make cinema history for Saudi Arabia at its upcoming edition as it hosts the country’s first silent film screening accompanied by a live musical accompaniment. The UK’s silent film musical specialist Neil Brand will provide live accompaniment to three silent slapstick shorts from Buster Keaton (One Week),…
Read MoreAmazon Web Services has fixed global outage that hit multiple websites, apps
Crypto exchange Coinbase, as well as games Fortnite and Roblox, were among those affected AMAZON Web Services (AWS), the world’s largest cloud provider, said its service had recovered after a widespread disruption on Monday (Oct 20) degraded services for a range of customers including government agencies, AI companies and financial platforms. AWS has fixed an…
Read MoreOscar-Winning Director Ben Proudfoot Talks Historical Significance Of ‘The Eyes Of Ghana’, Scoring Doc At Abbey Road Studios & Why Project Was A “Full Circle Moment” For Barack Obama
EXCLUSIVE: When Oscar-winning director debuted his feature doc The Eyes of Ghana at the London Film Festival this month, it marked a welcome return to the UK capital for him and his team after scoring the project at the iconic Abbey Road Studios in August this year. The film is Proudfoot’s first feature in a decade and…
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