High Life
Timothy Olyphant, Joe Anderson, Stephen Eric McIntyre, Rossif Sutherland
A blackly comic heist movie, from the grubby flipside of the 80s consumer dream...
Gary Yates
Gary Yates was a professional magician for ten years prior to his embarking on his filmmaking career, making the transition after picking up an old Super-8 camera in Amsterdam. His first short film, Made For TV, premiered at the Berlin Film Festival in 1992, and went on to win numerous awards. He has won awards from the Directors Guild of Great Britain and the National Screen Institute, and was shortlisted for an Oscar® nomination for Best Short Film. His first feature film, the award-winning Seven Times Lucky, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2004.
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Festival Diary: June
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#1 Leona Campbell / Friday 19 June, 2009 / 22:42 GMT
It's a really good dark comedy and much more than a heist movie, it played more like a buddy movie for me. I'd highly recommend that anyone looking for a good laugh add this to your viewing list.
#2 Elaine Macintyre / Saturday 20 June, 2009 / 15:16 GMT