Shelagh M. Rowan-Legg
London, England

Shelagh is a Toronto-born, London-based writer. She also a programmer for Toronto After Dark Film Festival, and is writing her PhD on contemporary Spanish fantastic film.

A Visit To The Set Of GRAND PIANO Is Very Grand, Indeed
Spain might be in the throes of severe economic problems, but you wouldn't necessarily know it from the current state of its film industry. With Juan Antonio Bayona's The Impossible breaking box office records and Pablo Berger's Blancanieves the official... More »
  

Review: WUTHERING HEIGHTS is an Unusual and Haunting Interpretation
Many great classic novels have been adapted to film several times over. Books such as Frankenstein, Jane Eyre, and Great Expectations have all had, and continue to have, their adaptations. Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte's classic gothic tale of unrequited love... More »
  

Twitch in Bondage: Am I Not Your Bond Girl
The first Bond film I saw was For Your Eyes Only. It remains one of my favourites, mainly because of the awesome Melina Havelock (Carole Bouquet). When she killed the evil Gonzales with a crossbow, I found a new film... More »
  

Raindance Film Festival Set to Open with HERE COMES THE DEVIL
The last couple of months of the festival season will go out with a bang in London, as the Raindance Film Festival begins next Wednesday, September 26th, with the Mexican film Here Comes the Devil, which was very popular in... More »
  

London! Get your Philip Ridley Fix with a Double Feature
Philip Ridley is a renaissance man: he is an artist, photographer, novelist, children's author, playwright, and a filmmaker. His work, especially in theatre, has caused some controversy and even at times been banned. He's only made three films in 22... More »
  

Beware of Sexy French Girls in Teaser for FROGZ LEGZ
Oh, silly teenage boys. When will you ever learn that the pretty girl, supposedly offering herself to you and your video camera, probably has some ulterior motive? From the horror of Hostel to the crudeness of Amerian Pie, young men... More »
  

Chris Marker, Filmmaker Behind LA JETÉE, Dies at 91
Chris Marker, the French filmmaker most famous for his brilliant 1962 short film La Jetée, passed away yesterday. While not the household name of the French New Wave like Jean-Luc Godard or François Truffaut, his influence was felt far and... More »
  

Sally Potter & Elle Fanning are Bringing the Sexual Revolution of London to the Screen
British auteur Sally Potter has been absent for a while, but in an interview with Screen Daily, she and producer Christopher Sheppard talk about their new film Ginger and Rosa, which she recently finished shooting in London.Potter's work has always... More »
  

Christopher Nolan's Statement on Colorado Tragedy
Christopher Nolan has issued a statement regarding yesterday's shooting at a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises in Aurora, Colorado.Speaking on behalf of the cast and crew of The Dark Knight Rises, I would like to express our profound... More »
  

Review: TRISHNA, a Real Yet Harsh View

[In view of the film's limited theatrical release in the U.S. starting today, we revisit our review from the 2011 London International Film Festival.] Even in Michael Winterbottom's prolific and varied film career, it is probably inevitable that he would... More »
  

Daddy Gets Cross in Retro British Exploitation Shorts
Last year, the folks behind the cult Canadian horror hit Hobo with a Shotgun held a contest for the best fake trailers, the winner of which would be included on the film's DVD. While not all could win, it certainly... More »
  

Spanish Snow White is Sumptuous Surreal Gothic
For some reason, the Brothers Grimm's Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs is extremely popular right now. Hollywood studios have already released two very different takes on the story this year alone. Now, Spanish director & screenwriter Pablo Berger offers... More »
  

Review: A FANTASTIC FEAR OF EVERYTHING
A quirky gem of a film, Crispian Mill's feature film debut A Fantastic Fear of Everything fits well into the British tradition of horror-comedy, where slightly-crazed logic flows along with an acceptance of the weird, the existential and the eccentric.... More »
  

Have Your Say: PROMETHEUS and the Influence of Fan Culture
WARNING: SPOILERSAcademic & theorist Fredric Jameson believed that one of the great cornerstones of postmodernism was/is nostalgia. Our desire to revel in the past, past joys and obsessions, means the reuse and recycling of images from our childhood, far past... More »
  

MPI Aquires North American Rights to SLEEP TIGHT
The North American rights to Catalan director Jaume Balagueró Sleep Tight have been acquired by MPI at the Cannes Film Festival this week, according to Deadline Hollywood. The film, released in Spain last year, is a psychological thriller about a... More »
  

Tom Sizemore Heads into Óscar Aibar's EL BOSC
Óscar Aibar is not as well known outside of Spain as he should be. His films have that strange and wonderful blending of genres, such as comedy and sci-fi in Platillos Volantes (about textile workers obsessed with UFO's), sci-fi and western in Atolladero (set... More »
  

Post-Apocalypse Envisioned by Abrams & Favreau in Trailer for REVOLUTION
A friend of mine in Spain has a plan for the apocalypse that involves learning how to ride a horse and living off the land in the Galician countryside. Well, a particular kind of apocalypse, in which a solar flare... More »
  

Sci-Fi London 2012: GHOST WITH SHIT JOBS Review
Success has moved east, and life in the west has become bleak, filled with the un- and under-employed. The collapse of the western economy means that those on the bottom, known by the Chinese as 'ghosts', take on low-paying outsourced... More »
  

Sci-Fi London 2012: EXIT Review
Cities can be enigmatic mazes. So many people, buildings, corridors, windows, and especially doors. Doors we will never go through, either because we haven't time, or interest, or permission. Probably like many city dwellers, I often will glance at a... More »
  

Sci-Fi London 2012: THE MECHANICAL BRIDE Review
Since the myth of Pygmalion, men have attempted to create the 'perfect' woman. This woman is usually beautiful, with orafices ready for sex, and above all, silent. Allison de Fren, a media & film studies scholar working in the fields... More »
  
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