Author Archives: Tom Brook

WATCH: British Punk Author Jon Savage’s ‘Teenage’ Dream Hits the Screen

By Tom Brook | Posted on May 3rd, 2013

A still from the documentary 'Teenage' (Photo: Cinereach)

He’s no teenager, but British author Jon Savage has been in New York energetically promoting a new documentary Teenage based on his 2007 book on youth culture.

WATCH: ‘Doctor Who’ Isn’t the Only Sci-Fi Made in Wales

By Tom Brook | Posted on April 26th, 2013

Although the Welsh-made sci-fi thriller The Machine didn’t pick up any prizes at the Tribeca Film Festival this week, it did win plaudits for its slick look and the thought-provoking questions it raises. “The Machine isn’t ...

WATCH: Riz Ahmed on Playing a Disillusioned Immigrant in ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’

By Kevin Wicks and Tom Brook | Posted on April 25th, 2013

Riz Ahmed in 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist' (Photo: Mirabai Films)

Based on the Mohsin Hamid novel, The Reluctant Fundamentalist is director Mira Nair‘s latest work and boasts an all-star cast including Liev Schreiber, Kiefer Sutherland, and Kate Hudson. But British actor Riz Ahmed is at the ...

WATCH: British Photojournalist Tim Hetherington Remembered

By Tom Brook | Posted on April 19th, 2013

Tim Hetherington in 2007, four years before his death. (Photo: AP Photo/Keystone/Eddy Risch)

This Saturday will mark a sad anniversary for people in the world of photojournalism because two years ago, on April 20, 2011, Brooklyn-based Tim Hetherington — one of Britain’s finest war photographers — was killed ...

WATCH: Britain’s New Broadway Star, Bertie Carvel of ‘Matilda’

By Tom Brook | Posted on April 12th, 2013

Britain has a new star of Broadway: 35-year-old Bertie Carvel who plays the formidable headmistress Miss Trunchbull in the just-opened Royal Shakespeare Company production of Matilda the Musical. The show is based on the popular 1988 ...

WATCH: Andrea Riseborough in Another Strong Performance in ‘Disconnect’

By Tom Brook | Posted on April 12th, 2013

Andrea Riseborough in 'Disconnect' (Photo: LD Entertainment)

British actress Andrea Riseborough can be seen in the new thriller Disconnect out in cinemas on Friday (April 12), once again displaying her chameleon-like ability to become the person she is playing.

WATCH: ‘Lotus Eaters,’ a Portrait of Superficial, Privileged Young Londoners

By Tom Brook | Posted on April 5th, 2013

Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Johnny Flynn in 'Lotus Eaters' (Photo: McGuinnessLee)

The new British ensemble picture The Lotus Eaters, out today (April 5), is a portrait of superficial privileged young Britons documenting their adventures as they venture into relationships, party, take drugs, have sex, go shopping and ...

WATCH: Danny Boyle on ‘Trance,’ the British Establishment and Bond

By Tom Brook | Posted on April 4th, 2013

Danny Boyle (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP)

Danny Boyle has become such a formidable figure in the arts that any cultural offering from him now has event status. So there is a lot of excitement surrounding the arrival this week in U.S.

WATCH: Mark Burnett Expects Big Easter Sunday Finale for ‘The Bible’

By Tom Brook | Posted on March 30th, 2013

Mark Burnett (right) and wife, actress/producer Roma Downey. (Photo: Mark Von Holden/Invision for Fox Home Entertainment/AP Images)

British-born TV impresario Mark Burnett has stated that he expects the Easter Sunday finale of his latest creation — a five-part dramatization of the Bible — to bring in more than the 13 million plus viewers who tuned in to ...