Michelle Pffeifer made her film debut in 1980 in The Hollywood’s Knight but didn’t gain mainstream attention until her breakout performance opposite Al Pacino in 1983’s Scarface and since then she has grown from strength-to-strength. In celebration of the upcoming release of gangster action comedy, THE FAMILY out on Blu-ray &
Robert De Niro has been a Hollywood heavyweight for decades, and is one of the most respected actors in the business. To celebrate the release of his latest action filled thriller The Family, out on Blu-ray and DVD on 31 March, we take a look back at De Niro’s fabulous
In his film Epidemic, Lars von Trier (portraying himself) comments that “a film ought to be like a pebble in your shoe.” This has always been my philosophy, as well, both as a film-viewer and a film-maker, and it is a description entirely befitting of Ryan M. Kennedy’s debut feature
The recent independent sci-fi thriller "Dust of War" was shot in 30 days on an under-$200,000 budget, director Andrew Kightlinger told BU Today. That's peanuts compared to the average Hollywood film production budget of $100 million-plus. But for a recent film school graduate on a shoestring budget, even $200,000 sounds
In the early days of film making audio was provided at the picture house usually by a solo musician at the piano who would play mood music and the occasional audio effect. This was commonly a slapstick which made a cracking noise – something that had been used in theatres
