Coming soon to a cinema near you is a blockbuster drama, arthouse comedy and Broadway musical all featuring impressive ensemble casts of household Hollywood actors.
Directed by Denis Villeneuve (Prisoners), science-fiction epic Dune: Part One provoked a positive critical reaction after premiering at the 78th Venice International Film Festival ahead of its release on 21 October 2021. Oscar nominees Timothée Chalamet (Beautiful Boy), Josh Brolin (Milk), Charlotte Rampling (45 Years) and Javier Bardem (Skyfall) take to the stage in this film adaptation of Frank Herbert’s 1965 book of the same name. Part Two has yet to be greenlit.
Debuting on 22 October 2021, comedy-drama The French Dispatch is the latest cinematic treasure from master craftsman Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel). Set at the European outpost of a fictitious Kansas newspaper that’s about to close, frequent Anderson collaborators Adrien Brody (The Pianist), Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton), Frances McDormand (Nomadland), Bill Murray (Lost in Translation) and Owen Wilson (Midnight in Paris) to name but few make up part of this expansive story that unfolds over three storylines in a tribute to journalists. Â
Ben Platt (The Politician) reprises his Tony, Grammy and Daytime Emmy winning performance as the eponymous character of coming-of-age musical Dear Evan Hansen, whose Broadway production won six Tonys overall including Best Musical in 2017. Tony winning music and lyrics are provided by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (The Greatest Showman) while Amy Adams (Enchanted), Julianne Moore (Gloria Bell) and Kaitlyn Dever (Unbelievable) also feature. In cinemas on 22 October.
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In Scotland I attended Dunfermline High School from 2010 to 2016 and Edinburgh Napier University from 2016 to 2020, emerging with two Advanced Higher and five Higher qualifications from the former and graduating with an undergraduate bachelor of arts honours degree in journalism from the latter. After two years away from further education due to the coronavirus pandemic, I'm going to be studying the MFA Photography course at York St John University in England from 2022 to 2024. I've achieved The Duke of Edinburgh’s (Bronze) Award and received grade five level certification for electronic keyboard from Trinity College London. In my spare time, I enjoy reading, writing, watching television series, listening to music and going to the cinema as well as catching up with friends, travelling by railway and hostelling overnight and overindulging in food and drinks in a pub or restaurant then having to go to the gym to burn it all off again.
By studying journalism and photography, my aim of practicing photojournalism professionally will hopefully be once step closer. Both are partial artforms requiring the rest of the work to be undertaken by the audience, the specialism of photojournalism, however, providing each of its two parts with greater context. Exploring photographic techniques (aerial, timelapse, editing) through a variety of journalistic styles (features, poetry, songwriting) will allow me to develop my portfolio, hone my camera skillset and narrow my focus further in anticipation of working life. Without a global pandemic to deal with this time. Fingers crossed.
