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Filmstar #3 out now!
You really can’t miss issue three of Filmstar – it’s got a dirty great
nail bomb on the front cover… Why? To highlight our film of the month,
The Hurt Locker, following the (mis)fortunes of the bomb-disposal
experts in Iraq. Directed by Kathryn Bigelow, and with as much focus on
what makes the men inside the oversized protective suits tick as the
business of disposing of IEDs, it’s as incisive as it is thrilling.
Plus we talk to the director herself about the making of the movie.
And there’s plenty more within its 180 lovingly crafted pages (and all
for the ridiculously small sum of £3.99!). Here’s a taster of what
you’ll find within the August issue, on sale 30 July 2009…
Antichrist
Danish director Lars von Trier is never one to shy away from controversy, but his latest, Antichrist, really doesn’t pull any punches. A psychological horror, it’s got more blood and gore (not to mention flesh) than your local abattoir. We have words with von Trier and his two protagonists Charlotte Gainsbourg and Willem Dafoe.
Funny People
Judd Apatow has claimed the male buddy comedy genre all to himself, and his latest turns his attention to stand-up comedians - more specifically, a stand-up comedian staring terminal illness in the eye. Equally funny and touching, the director and stars Adam Sandler and Seth Rogen tell it like it is.
Inglourious Basterds
Quentin Tarantino’s long-awaited war movie epic hits the screens in August. We chart the movie’s ten-year gestation, a film he’s been talking up since Jacky Brown, and has now finally delivered to a mixed Cannes reception.
More features!
And if that’s not enough for you, we go on set with Time Traveler’s Wife director Robert Schwentke and stars Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams, and in the wake of Mesrine examine the long tradition of the French crime caper.
The Filmstar interview: Roger Corman
Roger Corman may have churned out countless exploitation flicks out to minuscule budgets, but his legacy is one to be proud of, with cult classics including Dementia 13 and Death Race 2000 to his name. Plus he mentored some of Hollywood’s most influential directors (Scorcese, Coppola). We speak to the man behind hundreds of B-movies (almost 400, to be precise).
More interviews!
In the hotseat this month we have Hermione herself Emma Watson, Carmen Ejogo, father of American independent cinema Hal Hartley, Julia Roberts, Meera Syal and Mesrine moll Ludivine Sagnier.
Reviews!
The Filmstar reviews section is the biggest you'll find anywhere, and we have all the space we need to cover the films that really count. Major blockbusters are here of course, but also the smaller, artier films that we reckon you'll still be talking about in the years to come, long after the marketing hype has died down. Plus we have the latest DVDs releases, as well as must-see TV, books and video games.
And much, much more!
Our Somewhere in Time section skips back to 1984, the year that brought us Sergio Leone’s much misunderstood (at the time) classic Once Upon a Time in America and mockumentary rockumentary This is Spinal Tap. Our Five Easy Pieces essays admire the work of pioneering slapstick comics Laurel and Hardy, reappraise hip gangster flick Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead, examine the curious crossover of pop stars turning actors, recoil at Alan Clarke’s brutal Britflicks, and look at the career of bit-part baddie Brad Dourif. The List plays tribute to that most British of movie franchises, the Carry On films. And this issue’s Superstar pays homage to martial arts supremo Jackie Chan.
Adam Waring July 31, 2009, 11:30:29 am BST
