White Lightnin'

With the passion of a true fetishist, he revels in images of poverty, drugs, perversion and torture.....Fire-and-brimstone sermons ring throughout the movie, like the voice of a hillbilly god, preaching against the devil.... ... Full Review

Though inspired by a true story, commercial vet Dominic Murphy's Brit "White Lightnin'" comes off patronizing and fatally pretentious in its glimpse of hillbilly hell. Jessco eventually self-mutilates himself, but, by this point, the film has long since lost its ability to shock. ... Full Review

MUMBAI: The curtains of the 11th edition of Mumbai Film Festival (MFF) was wrung down yesterday but not before a glittering closing ceremony heralded the closure of the seven-day Festival. ... Full Article

There's a new sci-fi Movie on the horizon called The Culture and it's based on a short story by Iain M. Banks . It's among a large series of stories set in the same universe. ... Full Article

Also in development is an Untitled Bronte Project that looks at the relationships between the four Bronte children and Angria, the miniature fictional children's world that they created. ... Full Article

The jury presided by Jean-Paul Rappeneau also awarded the film the White Hitchcock for Best Cinematography (DoP: Tim Maurice-Jones ). White Lightnin' was released in the UK by Momentum Pictures on September 25. ... Full Article

Inspired by the life of Appalachian mountain dancer Jesco White, White Lightnin' is (for me, at least) an example of that select sub-genre, Biopics of People You've Never Heard of. ... Full Article

The team behind Sundance hit and Berlin Panorama title White Lightnin' - UK director Dominic Murphy and producers Mike Downey and Sam Taylor - have signed a worldwide representation deal with William Morris Agency for themselves and their associated companies. ... Full Article