Tintin

Young stars of 1234 dispel myths of film industry

Glasgow Film Festival blog

25 Feb 2010

It seems to be a pre-requisite of my typical film festival experience that I will inevitably end up in a conversation about the value (or not) of film criticism with a filmmaker who clearly isn’t a fan of critics. Such was the case yesterday, as myself…

Opinion - The 2012 BAFTA nominations

Scorsese, Streep, Tintin and The Artist all nominated - but do they deserve it?

17 Jan 2012

The announcement of any film awards nominations list is guaranteed to stir up debate about which films are missing, which are undeserving of their placement, and most of all, who's most likely to win. The 2012 BAFTA nominations list has all that, plus…

The Adventures of Tintin - The Secret of the Unicorn

Distills essence of 1980s adventure cinema but lacks Hergé’s light touch

27 Oct 2011

In an interview shortly before his death in 1983, Hergé, the creator of Tintin, said that the only person who could bring his creation to life on the big screen was a young director called Steven Spielberg. The director himself had only been turned on…

Upcoming film highlights in 2011

Trailers for Tintin, Fright Night, Colombiana, The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, Immortals

20 May 2011

It's got a crowd-pleasing producer-director team (Peter Jackson and Steven Spielberg) behind it; some of the UK's most quick-witted scriptwriters (Steven Moffat, Joe Cornish and Edgar Wright); and some ideal-when-you-think-about-it casting (Andy Serkis…

BFI reissues 1960s Tintin films in advance of Spielberg’s The Secret of the Unicorn

Remarkably accurate live action homage to Hergé's characters

2 Nov 2010

Tintin And The Mystery Of The Golden Fleece (U) 98min (U) 96min (BFI) These two releases from the British Film Institute should sate any self respecting Hergé fan. It’s undeniably an informatively shrewd move to showcase these two films from…

Mural by boy scout Hergé discovered in Brussels school

26 Oct 2007

A mural painted by a young Hergé before he went on to create intrepid explorer Tintin has been discovered in an old school in Brussels. The mural was found by chance in the school’s corridor when it was decided it should be redecorated. A…

Great Snakes! Doctor Who writer to pen Tintin trilogy

3 Oct 2007

A writer for the new-look Doctor Who series has been snapped up to pen a Tintin movie trilogy. Stephen Moffat will write the script for all three of the films. Director Steven Spielberg, who has been trying to adapt Tintin for the big screen for…

Legal bid to ban ‘racist’ Tintin comic

8 Aug 2007

A Congolese student has launched legal action in Belgium to have a controversial comic book declared racist and banned from book stores. Mbutu Mondondo Bienvenu, who lives in Brussels, claims Tintin in the Congo portrays Africans as stereotypical black…