Browsing: Elsinore

For Italian producer and distributor Andrea Occhipinti, shepherding “Elsinore” to the big screen carries a significance that transcends being lead producer of the buzzy movie that last night opened the London Film Festival to a standing ovation, with few dry eyes in the Royal Festival Hall, after making a major splash in Telluride and Toronto.

The 70th BFI London Film Festival officially kicked off tonight with the world premiere of Elsinore, a devastating, deeply moving, and ultimately inspiring drama that has sent shockwaves through the festival circuit. Directed by Simon Stone (The Dig) from a screenplay by Stephen Beresford (Pride), the film chronicles the extraordinary true story of Scottish actor…

The question everyone asks at Telluride: “What is the Friday Patron Screening?” They usually find out at Friday’s Patron Brunch, high in the mountains. The answer: Venice breakout and inevitable Oscar contender, “Wild Horse Nine” (Searchlight), written and directed by Martin McDonagh. Telluride tributee Sandra Hüller (Mubi’s “Rose” and “Fatherland”) attended, as well as Jesse Eisenberg,…