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Two patients take sharply differing approaches as they attempt to beat life-threatening tumours on their own terms

Released to coincide with World Cancer Research day, Thomas Meadmore’s tricky yet involving documentary follows two Britons going rogue in search of a better quality of treatment. Grant Branton, from Brighton, is a sometime biologist reeling after early tests spotted tumours in his bowels while missing shadows in his bones; Surinder Paul, landed with breast cancer, hopes to avoid a mastectomy by leaning hard into oils, juicing and cravatted energy healers – what oncological voice-of-reason Rob Glynne-Jones calls “quackery”. Both have taken their lives into their own hands, which notionally affords them greater control but also obliges them to take critical decisions – even fashion their own suppositories – on ever-dwindling energy reserves.

It’s tricky because Meadmore largely detaches these subjects from any context beyond the rooms they’re in. Emphasis is thereby placed firmly on the individual,...

In today’s TV news roundup, Allblk streaming platform has gone live, and Lifetime announced the premiere dates for five new original movies.

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USA Network will premiere Season 3 of “Temptation Island,” a show designed to test the relationships of four couples, on Feb. 16 at 10 p.m. The couples, consisting of Erica Washington and Kendal Kirkland, Erin Smith and Corey Sobczyk, Kristen Ramos and Julien Allen, and Chelsea Orcutt and Thomas Gipson, will visit Maui to be immersed in a group of 24 single people with interest in the contestants. With host Mark Wahlberg, the couples will find out if temptation can break up their partnership or if they are meant to last. Watch a teaser for the new season below.

Epix has revealed that “The Eisen Hour,” a six-episode series featuring interviews hosted by Rich Eisen, will premiere Jan. 23 at 10 p.m. New episodes will air each Saturday at that...

Cannes has added a Special Screening to its Official Selection in the shape of feature Another Day Of Life. The movie was revealed by the festival after the eye-catching additions earlier today. The European co-pro chronicles the experiences during the 1975 Angolan civil war that drove acclaimed Polish war correspondent and novelist Ryszard Kapuściński to write the book that forged his literary reputation. The animation-live action hybrid is directed by Spain’s Raúl de la Fuente and Poland’s Damian Nenow. Indie Sales handles international sales.

Cornerstone has boarded world sales on Mirrah Foulkes’ feature film directorial debut Judy and Punch. The hard-hitting live-action reinterpretation of the puppet play Punch and Judy is now underway in Australia with backing from Vice Studios. Damon Herriman (Justified) is joining Mia Wasikowska (Alice in Wonderland) in the cast. Producers are Michele Bennett (Mr Inbetween), Nash Edgerton (Mr Inbetween) and Vice’s Danny Gabai (Lords of Chaos...

Those who have seen Tom Meadmore’s debut feature documentary How To Lose Jobs and Alienate Girlfriends, in which the director follows his girlfriend and boss as they pursue their dreams as musicians, would be all too familiar with the director’s methods and own personal approach when it comes to documentary filmmaking. Back with his brand new film The Outsider, Meadmore attempts to shine a light on one of the most iconic figures of the shipping industry of recent times, as he tries to get to the bottom of what exactly happened to the man who once had the world at his feet, only to lose it all overnight.

For years, Taiwanese shipping magnate Nobu Su was regarded as one of the most legendary figures in the industry. Revered by those who worked for him and respected throughout the world by anyone who came across him, the billionaire managed...

Exclusive: Nick Taussig and Paul Van Carter's Salon Pictures is to produce a feature documentary about the mysterious death of an Israeli spy and has closed an international sales deal with distributor Kew Media Group. The Cancer Conflict director Tom Meadmore, who has worked with Salon on docs including Fred and The Guv'Nor, will direct The Spy Who Fell To Earth, based on a Dr. Ahron Bregman's eponymous book. Salon negotiated the rights to Bregman's book for use in the…...

Here’s your daily dose of an indie film, web series, TV pilot, what-have-you in progress, as presented by the creators themselves. At the end of the week, you’ll have the chance to vote for your favorite.

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The Cancer Conflict

Logline: Two cancer patients, two different treatments. We explore why the UK has the lowest cancer survival rate in Western Europe.

Elevator Pitch:

If you get cancer, what do you chose to treat it with in the country with the worst cancer survival rate in Western Europe? You speak to experts who say chemo is the answer and then Google tells you there are loads of solutions outside the system that work, but aren’t clinically trialled and approved and the system disregards. You’re torn – and yet you still have to do something.

The film-maker is under the delusion that these squabbles are of interest to anyone other than him

Melbourne-based one-man film crew Tom Meadmore has made a documentary about two people close to him: his boss Tony Jackson and his girlfriend Amanda Medica. Everyone here is pursing some kind of ambition, and each is hoist on a petard of their own making. Jackson fronts a profoundly mediocre pub-rock band called Speed Orange when he’s not directing corporate films for Lonely Planet with Meadmore as his editor, but he’s bedevilled by unrealistic expectations about his band’s potential. The seemingly more promising Medica, a folky singer-songwriter who earns most of her money by waitressing, lacks the grit and commitment needed to become a professional musician. And Meadmore, who dreams of being an auteur like Quentin Tarantino someday, is under the delusion that the squabbles between him and his subjects are...

The 21st Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival has just been voted Best Film Festival Ever!……..maybe……if it hasn’t it should because this year’s fest has provided a breathtaking variety of docs, dramas, foreign flix, comedies, shorts, and….you name it!

Sliff.s main venues are the the Hi-Pointe Theatre, Tivoli Theatre, Plaza Frontenac Cinema, Webster University.s Winifred Moore Auditorium, Washington University.s Brown Hall Auditorium and the Wildey Theatre in Edwardsville, Il

The entire schedule for the 21st Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival be found Here.

http://cinemastlouis.org/sliff-2012

Here is what will be screening at The 21st Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival today, Friday, November 16th

Alter Egos

Alter Egos plays at 5:00pm at the Tivoli Theatre – Read The Wamg Review By Dana Jung Here

In the alternative world of Ârdizes an important mission with he discovers his...

The Australian Screen Editors’ (Ase) Guild has announced its nominees for the 2011 Ellie Awards.

Across seven categories, the Ase Guild recognises achievements in editing across feature film, television, documentary, music videos, commercials and short films.

Blame, Mad Bastards, Oranges and Sunshine and Tomorrow When the War Began, are all up for an award. So to is East West 101, Jandamarra’s War, Spirited, short film Something Fishy, Carlton Draught’s Slo Mo ad and Tim and Jean’s music video for Don’t Stop.

The awards are nicknamed the Ellies after the bronzed elephant statues.

Actor Rob Carlton (Underbelly, Paper Giants) is to host the night. Carlton said he feels the pressure to nail the night: “If you’re an actor, hosting the Awards night for the Screen Editors is a high-stakes business. Get it right and I’m assured lots of smouldering close-ups. Get it wrong and all you...