10 Directors to Watch: Clio Barnard Spins Modest Tale into ‘Giant’ Achievement
Like her compatriot Steve McQueen, helmer-writer director Clio Barnard is art school-trained and first galvanized attention with short films and installation works.
View ArticleArrow Films Takes U.K. Rights to Clio Barnard’s ‘Dark River’
Protagonist Pictures has sold U.K. rights to upcoming Toronto premiere “Dark River” to Arrow Films. The movie, which will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, was written...
View ArticleToronto Film Review: ‘Dark River’
“You can't go home again,” that age-old chorus of mature disillusionment, at first appears to be the driving current of “Dark River,” a severe, stoic but internally screaming third feature from gifted...
View Article‘Ali & Ava’: First Look at Clio Barnard’s Just-Wrapped Fourth Feature
Principal photography has wrapped on “Ali & Ava,” the fourth feature from writer-director Clio Barnard (“Dark River,” “The Selfish Giant”), starring Adeel Akhtar (“Four Lions”) and Claire Rushbrook...
View ArticleKeira Knightley Bites Apple Series ‘Essex Serpent’
Keira Knightley (“Misbehaviour”) will star in and executive produce series “The Essex Serpent,” directed by acclaimed filmmaker Clio Barnard (“The Selfish Giant”). The series is an adaptation of Sarah...
View ArticleRuth Wilson Learned to Castrate a Lamb for Her Role in ‘Dark River’
“Dark River” writer-director Clio Barnard discussed the difficulty of working with animals — specially sheep, owls, and rabbits — on her new film. “I went and stayed with this great couple called...
View ArticleKeira Knightley Quits Apple TV Plus Show ‘The Essex Serpent’ for Family Reasons
Keira Knightley has left the Apple TV Plus series “The Essex Serpent” over family reasons, Variety has confirmed. Sources tell Variety that production on the series was due to start in six weeks and is...
View ArticleClio Barnard’s ‘Ali & Ava’: Watch First Clip From Cannes Directors’ Fortnight...
Celebrated British filmmaker Clio Barnard, a previous Cannes winner for “The Selfish Giant” (2013), is back on the Croisette with Directors’ Fortnight selection “Ali & Ava.” The film is a love...
View ArticleClio Barnard on Using Pop Songs to Portray Different Human Experiences in...
For her third feature, the unconventional romance “Ali & Ava,” director Clio Barnard returns to the same working-class English community in Bradford she has been depicting since her debut, “The...
View Article‘Ali & Ava’ Review: Two Lonelyhearts Connect in Clio Barnard’s...
Maybe she was kidding, but director Clio Barnard recently described “Ali & Ava” as her shot at making a “social-realist musical.” The phrase, which slipped out during an interview from the BFI...
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