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If there’s one thing the world doesn’t need, it’s another Italian mafia series. Mob shows have become the go-to genre for the Italian industry, the global success of shows like Gomorrah (on HBO in the U.S.) and Suburra (on Netflix) having spawned several (mostly inferior) imitations.
But The Bad Guy, the new mafia show from Indigo film and Amazon Studios, is something different.
The series, which bowed on Amazon worldwide in early December, breaks new ground in how the mafia and the forces that fight organized crime, are depicted on Italian TV.
The series, set in a near-future Sicily, stars Luigi Lo Cascio (The Traitor, The Best Of Youth) as Nino Scotellaro, a former anti-mob prosecutor imprisoned on trumped-up charges of collusion with the Cosa Nostra. Furious at the injustice, he vows revenge. Over the course of the six-episode first season,...
If there’s one thing the world doesn’t need, it’s another Italian mafia series. Mob shows have become the go-to genre for the Italian industry, the global success of shows like Gomorrah (on HBO in the U.S.) and Suburra (on Netflix) having spawned several (mostly inferior) imitations.
But The Bad Guy, the new mafia show from Indigo film and Amazon Studios, is something different.
The series, which bowed on Amazon worldwide in early December, breaks new ground in how the mafia and the forces that fight organized crime, are depicted on Italian TV.
The series, set in a near-future Sicily, stars Luigi Lo Cascio (The Traitor, The Best Of Youth) as Nino Scotellaro, a former anti-mob prosecutor imprisoned on trumped-up charges of collusion with the Cosa Nostra. Furious at the injustice, he vows revenge. Over the course of the six-episode first season,...
- 1/2/2023
- by Gianmaria Tammaro
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The films of director Franco Maresco (“Belluscone: A Sicilian Story”) are an acquired taste, rarely developed by non-Italian palates, and “The Mafia Is Not What It Used to Be” is a prime example. Playing in the nether regions separating documentary and fiction, Maresco is a humorist who expresses his frustration at Italian politics with absurdism — a legitimate response given how surreal some of the situations can be. His style, however, is abrasive and pandering, while his voice acts as a near constant accompaniment as he “interviews” characters whose benighted pro-Berlusconi attitudes (as in his last film) or complacency about the Mafia, as here, are played as farce. Though the word “mockumentary” is oddly rarely applied to Maresco’s exasperating movies, there’s every sign his subjects are scripted; if they weren’t, his manner of ridiculing these people would be offensive. “Mafia” is strictly for locals.
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- 9/9/2019
- by Jay Weissberg
- Variety Film + TV
This morning in Rome, Biennale president Paolo Baratta and Venice Film Festival chief Alberto Barbera unveiled the lineup for the 71st Venice Film Festival, which features some extraordinarily exciting titles and intriguingly under-the-radar picks.
Twenty films will be competing in the main competition, 19 of which are world premieres with one international premiere out of the lot. Out of all the titles at Venice this year, Birdman, which stars Michael Keaton and features a star-studded cast including Zach Galifianakis, Edward Norton, Andrea Riseborough, Amy Ryan, Emma Stone and Naomi Watts, is undoubtedly the title with the most chance of gaining Oscar attention this year after making the rounds on the festival circuit (it’s heading to the Toronto International Film Festival next).
Also anticipated are Manglehorn, a collaboration between Prince Avalanche helmer David Gordon Green and Al Pacino, and Andrew Niccol’s Good Kill, with Ethan Hawke, Bruce Greenwood, January Jones and Zoe Kravitz.
Twenty films will be competing in the main competition, 19 of which are world premieres with one international premiere out of the lot. Out of all the titles at Venice this year, Birdman, which stars Michael Keaton and features a star-studded cast including Zach Galifianakis, Edward Norton, Andrea Riseborough, Amy Ryan, Emma Stone and Naomi Watts, is undoubtedly the title with the most chance of gaining Oscar attention this year after making the rounds on the festival circuit (it’s heading to the Toronto International Film Festival next).
Also anticipated are Manglehorn, a collaboration between Prince Avalanche helmer David Gordon Green and Al Pacino, and Andrew Niccol’s Good Kill, with Ethan Hawke, Bruce Greenwood, January Jones and Zoe Kravitz.
- 7/24/2014
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
The 71st Venice Film Festival announced its lineup this morning, highlighted by films from American directors, including David Gordon Green, Barry Levinson, Peter Bogdanovich, Lisa Cholodenko, Andrew Niccol, and James Franco. As had been previously announced, Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Birdman, starring Michael Keaton and many others, will be the opening film when the festival begins on Aug. 27.
Click below for the entire list of 55 films playing in Venice.
Competition
The Cut, directed by Fatih Akin
Starring Tahar Rahim, Akin Gazi, Simon Abkarian, George Georgiou
A Pigeon Sat On A Branch Reflecting On Existence, directed by Roy Andersson
Starring Holger Andersson,...
Click below for the entire list of 55 films playing in Venice.
Competition
The Cut, directed by Fatih Akin
Starring Tahar Rahim, Akin Gazi, Simon Abkarian, George Georgiou
A Pigeon Sat On A Branch Reflecting On Existence, directed by Roy Andersson
Starring Holger Andersson,...
- 7/24/2014
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
This morning came the announcement of the 2014 Venice Film Festival lineup and we already knew Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's Birdman would serve as the opening night film and for the most part a lot of the more recognizable entries are those we already discussed as part of the Toronto Film Festival lineup. This includes Ramin Bahrani's 99 Homes, David Gordon Green's Manglehorn starring Al Pacino, Abel Ferrera's Pasolini, Barry Levinson's The Humbling and Andrew Niccol's The Good Kill. There are, however, some titles worthy of note such as the latest film from The Act of Killing director Joshua Oppenheimer, The Lord of Silence, Fatih Akin's The Cut, She's Funny that Way from Peter Bogdanovich, Lisa Cholodenko's Olive Kitteredge and a new film from James Franco in The Sound and the Fury based on Faulkner's novel. Joe Dante shows up with a new horror-comedy in Burying the Ex,...
- 7/24/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Whiles the likes of Terrence Malick, Todd Haynes, Alexander Sokurov, Giorgos Lanthimos and J.C. Chandor no where to be found in the fall fest season map (with concerns to Malick — Telluride and Tiff might still have those surprises up their sleeves) the 71st edition of the Venice Film Festival is still a lean and mean (American-French-Italian heavy) comp with the now “confirmed” presence of Fatih Akin (the cross continent The Cut - see pic above), Ramin Bahrani (Michael Shannon starrer 99 Homes), Abel Ferrara (a Thin Blue Line truth revealer Pasolini), David Gordon Green (Pacino comeback vehicle Manglehorn), Roy Andersson (the long awaited A Pigeon Sat On A Branch Reflecting On Existence) and Joshua Oppenheimer (public Indonesian isolation accompaniment film The Look Of Silence). The U.S. presence is equally as heavy in the Out of Comp section with the likes of Peter Bogdanovich, Joe Dante, Barry Levinson, Lisa Cholodenko and James Franco making a stop,...
- 7/24/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Films by David Gordon Green, Andrew Niccol and Abel Ferrara will bring world premieres to the Lido di Venezia this year, as the Venice Film Festival has announced its selections for the 71st edition of the oldest such event in the world. Green's "Manglehorn" with Al Pacino, Niccol's "Good Kill" with Ethan Hawke and Ferrara's "Pasolini" with Willem Dafoe promise to bring a fair share of star power to the event, while actors such as Viggo Mortensen, Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver feature in films sprinkled throughout the Competition. "The Act of Killing" director Joshua Oppenheimer will also continue his look at the Indonesian genocide with a new documentary, "The Look of Silence." Playing out of competition are films by Barry Levinson ("The Humbling," also starring Pacino), James Franco ("The Sound and the Fury") and Lisa Cholodenko ("Olive Kitteridge"), while Focus Features will bring the new Laika film, "The Boxtrolls,...
- 7/24/2014
- by Kristopher Tapley
- Hitfix
• Marco Bellocchio hits out at withdrawal of producers
• 'New air of censorship' blamed for lack of cash
One of Italy's most successful and critically acclaimed film directors has hit out at a creeping climate of censorship in the country after he was refused funding for a dark satire about Silvio Berlusconi.
Marco Bellocchio, whose recent film Vincere has received rave reviews in the Us, said that he was abandoning his next project, Italia Mia (My Italy), after 10 potential backers had run scared.
Describing the film as a study of power in today's Italy, Bellocchio told the daily Corriere della Sera his protagonist would be a young girl caught up in "well-known circumstances that have ended up in all the newspapers", climaxing at a "huge party at a luxurious island villa, maybe in Sardinia or Sicily, where shocking things happen".
In a week in which Silvio Berlusconi – famous for throwing wild...
• 'New air of censorship' blamed for lack of cash
One of Italy's most successful and critically acclaimed film directors has hit out at a creeping climate of censorship in the country after he was refused funding for a dark satire about Silvio Berlusconi.
Marco Bellocchio, whose recent film Vincere has received rave reviews in the Us, said that he was abandoning his next project, Italia Mia (My Italy), after 10 potential backers had run scared.
Describing the film as a study of power in today's Italy, Bellocchio told the daily Corriere della Sera his protagonist would be a young girl caught up in "well-known circumstances that have ended up in all the newspapers", climaxing at a "huge party at a luxurious island villa, maybe in Sardinia or Sicily, where shocking things happen".
In a week in which Silvio Berlusconi – famous for throwing wild...
- 1/17/2011
- by Tom Kington
- The Guardian - Film News
This is the daily news vodcast from the London Film Festival which hosts Black Swan, 127 Hours, Another Year, Never Let Me Go, Let Me In and West is West amongst its premieres this week. Day 13 saw the Premiere of The Kids Are All Right, directed by Lisa Cholodenko, starring Julianne Moore, Annette Bening, Mark Ruffalo, Mia Wasikowska and Josh Hutcherson. On Day 13, we spoke to another range of filmmakers at the The May Fair Hotel, including Julie Moggan (Guilty Pleasures). On the red carpet, actor turned director Diego Luna discussed his second feature, Abel, and Sabina Guzzanti presented her latest work, Draquila - Italy Trembles. The day concluded with the UK premiere of The Kids Are All Right, the Mofilm Gala, attended by director Lisa Cholodenko, and stars Mark Ruffalo and Julianne Moore.
- 10/31/2010
- by Dan Higgins
- Pure Movies
The full line up for the 54th BFI London Film Festival was announced in the Odeon, Leicester Square this morning, with a number of highly anticipated films set to light up the capital this October.
The festival runs from the 13th to the 28th of October and will begin with Mark Romanek’s adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s haunting masterpiece Never Let Me Go, and will close with Danny Boyle’s 127 Hours which stars James Franco.
Announcing the roster were Artistic Director Sandra Hebron and the Director of the British Film Institute, Amanda Nevill.
HeyUGuys will be all over the festival this year, it looks like it will be one to remember.
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The 54Th BFI London Film Festival Programme Launch
London, Wednesday 8 September: The programme for the 54th BFI London Film Festival, launched today by Artistic Director Sandra Hebron, showcases an array of...
The festival runs from the 13th to the 28th of October and will begin with Mark Romanek’s adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s haunting masterpiece Never Let Me Go, and will close with Danny Boyle’s 127 Hours which stars James Franco.
Announcing the roster were Artistic Director Sandra Hebron and the Director of the British Film Institute, Amanda Nevill.
HeyUGuys will be all over the festival this year, it looks like it will be one to remember.
Click here to view the full calendar
The 54Th BFI London Film Festival Programme Launch
London, Wednesday 8 September: The programme for the 54th BFI London Film Festival, launched today by Artistic Director Sandra Hebron, showcases an array of...
- 9/8/2010
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Michael Moore has lined up two films -- Focus' lesbian family dramedy "The Kids Are All Right" and the Weinstein Co.'s "Nowhere Boy," a look at John Lennon's childhood -- to open his sixth annual Traverse City Film Festival.
Moore originally created the fest, held in Traverse City, Mich., to bring films that had gotten limited distribution to the remote lakeside town 250 miles northwest of Detroit. This year's event runs July 27-Aug. 1.
Although "Kids," which opened in seven theaters last weekend, looks like a sure bet to expand throughout the country, "Boy," which the Weinsteins acquired in March, won't be released until October.
Along with "Boy," the fest will pay tribute to the Beatles by screening "A Hard Day's Night" (1964) and "Help!" (1965).
Continuing with a music theme, the fest will offer the documentary "Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage," a chronicle of the heavy metal band; Radu Milaileanu's French feature "The Concert,...
Moore originally created the fest, held in Traverse City, Mich., to bring films that had gotten limited distribution to the remote lakeside town 250 miles northwest of Detroit. This year's event runs July 27-Aug. 1.
Although "Kids," which opened in seven theaters last weekend, looks like a sure bet to expand throughout the country, "Boy," which the Weinsteins acquired in March, won't be released until October.
Along with "Boy," the fest will pay tribute to the Beatles by screening "A Hard Day's Night" (1964) and "Help!" (1965).
Continuing with a music theme, the fest will offer the documentary "Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage," a chronicle of the heavy metal band; Radu Milaileanu's French feature "The Concert,...
- 7/14/2010
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A disturbing look at the TV empire of Italy's leader, Silvio Berlusconi and the cult of celebrity. By Peter Bradshaw
Erik Gandini's Videocracy is an intriguing, mordant look at the world of the Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi: an acrid Dolce Vita for the modern day. But it's a very different kind of film-making from that of Berlusconi's most famous critic, the satirist Sabina Guzzanti, whose docu-polemics are influenced by Michael Moore. Gandini's film is more like a dreamy, mesmeric and highly disturbing psychogeography of 21st-century Italy, or perhaps a meandering, anthropological study of a dysfunctional cult, ruled by a thin-skinned, self-pitying leader.
It is ostensibly about Berlusconi's TV empire and its crassly sexified world of stripping housewives and endless reality shows, which has engendered in Italy an infatuation with celebrity that perhaps even outstrips Britain or the Us. (Berlusconi publishes many gossip magazines.) Everyone wants to be a...
Erik Gandini's Videocracy is an intriguing, mordant look at the world of the Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi: an acrid Dolce Vita for the modern day. But it's a very different kind of film-making from that of Berlusconi's most famous critic, the satirist Sabina Guzzanti, whose docu-polemics are influenced by Michael Moore. Gandini's film is more like a dreamy, mesmeric and highly disturbing psychogeography of 21st-century Italy, or perhaps a meandering, anthropological study of a dysfunctional cult, ruled by a thin-skinned, self-pitying leader.
It is ostensibly about Berlusconi's TV empire and its crassly sexified world of stripping housewives and endless reality shows, which has engendered in Italy an infatuation with celebrity that perhaps even outstrips Britain or the Us. (Berlusconi publishes many gossip magazines.) Everyone wants to be a...
- 6/23/2010
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
The consensus seems to be that Cannes 2010 was far from a stellar year. But the competition produced a bewitching Palme d'Or winner, there were frequent gems elsewhere, and flashes of real social engagement from the likes of Jean-Luc Godard and Lucy Walker
• Peter Bradshaw's full review of Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Cannes 2010 may have been a non-vintage year in many ways, but it yielded a glorious Palme d'Or winner in the form of Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, by the Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul, an utterly beguiling film, bewitchingly mysterious and strange in his distinctive manner, and unselfconsciously yet unapologetically spiritual – a spirituality that the director quietly offers as an alternative to the belligerent nationalism and factious politics for which Thailand is now in the news.
It is a compassionate film that combines gentle comedy with fantasy and offers a transcendental vision of love,...
• Peter Bradshaw's full review of Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Cannes 2010 may have been a non-vintage year in many ways, but it yielded a glorious Palme d'Or winner in the form of Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, by the Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul, an utterly beguiling film, bewitchingly mysterious and strange in his distinctive manner, and unselfconsciously yet unapologetically spiritual – a spirituality that the director quietly offers as an alternative to the belligerent nationalism and factious politics for which Thailand is now in the news.
It is a compassionate film that combines gentle comedy with fantasy and offers a transcendental vision of love,...
- 5/24/2010
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Jamel Debbouze, Roschdy Zem, Sami Bouajila, the stars of Rachid Bouchareb’s Days of Glory, join forces once again in Bouchareb’s Outside the Law First, Cannes Film Festival organizers pissed off Silvio Berlusconi’s right-wing government by showing Sabina Guzzanti’s documentary Draquila: Italy Trembles, which delves into the corruption and decay found in Berlusconi’s Italy. Today came Rachid Bouchareb’s Outside the Law, which seriously pissed off members of Nicolas Sarkozy right-wing government in France itself. According to Kenneth Turan in the Los Angeles Times, two members of Sarkozy’s party denounced Outside the Law, a crime drama revolving around Algeria’s war for independence from France. "I am not happy," said one legislator, "when a film denigrates France and the French military." The "denigration" found [...]...
- 5/21/2010
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
A documentary film shown at Cannes has used the L'Aquila earthquake to expose the Italian prime minister's abuse of power
Draquila: Italy trembles, the latest documentary by the Italian satirist Sabina Guzzanti, has caused controversy ever since its selection at the Cannes film festival was confirmed. A few weeks ago, Sandro Bondi, Silvio Berlusconi's culture minister, said he wouldn't come to Cannes as a protest. An outspoken critic of Berlusconi's regime, Guzzanti was the author, in 2005, of an incendiary documentary called Viva Zapatero!, which ventured to show Berlusconi's control of state media and its daily censorship.
A la Michael Moore, Guzzanti opens Draquila – a pun on Dracula and L'Aquila – with a cartoonesque introduction: "Era pena iniziata la primavera nella bella peninsula e per Silvio Berlusconi era una giornata de merda, come tante altre" – "Spring had just begun in the beautiful peninsula, and for Silvio Berlusconi it was just another...
Draquila: Italy trembles, the latest documentary by the Italian satirist Sabina Guzzanti, has caused controversy ever since its selection at the Cannes film festival was confirmed. A few weeks ago, Sandro Bondi, Silvio Berlusconi's culture minister, said he wouldn't come to Cannes as a protest. An outspoken critic of Berlusconi's regime, Guzzanti was the author, in 2005, of an incendiary documentary called Viva Zapatero!, which ventured to show Berlusconi's control of state media and its daily censorship.
A la Michael Moore, Guzzanti opens Draquila – a pun on Dracula and L'Aquila – with a cartoonesque introduction: "Era pena iniziata la primavera nella bella peninsula e per Silvio Berlusconi era una giornata de merda, come tante altre" – "Spring had just begun in the beautiful peninsula, and for Silvio Berlusconi it was just another...
- 5/19/2010
- by Agnès Poirier
- The Guardian - Film News
This year, Cannes is simmering with political discontent – from Wall Street's greed to the rule of Berlusconi, Xan Brooks talks to the directors courting controversy on the Croisette
This year's festival has been low on Hollywood stars, and the market feels flat. The weather is chill and the lineup spotty, and yet none of this matters – because God is coming to town. Jean-Luc Godard! Inside the Palais, the delegates recite his name like an incantation. Who cares if he's old and frail (79 last birthday)? So what if he says his latest work – Film Socialism – will be his last? If anyone is guaranteed to raise Cannes to the rafters, it is the revolutionary firebrand behind Breathless, Weekend and Contempt.
There are still some at this festival who can recall the heady days of May 1968, when Cannes was galvanised by the uprisings in Paris. They will tell you how Godard was at...
This year's festival has been low on Hollywood stars, and the market feels flat. The weather is chill and the lineup spotty, and yet none of this matters – because God is coming to town. Jean-Luc Godard! Inside the Palais, the delegates recite his name like an incantation. Who cares if he's old and frail (79 last birthday)? So what if he says his latest work – Film Socialism – will be his last? If anyone is guaranteed to raise Cannes to the rafters, it is the revolutionary firebrand behind Breathless, Weekend and Contempt.
There are still some at this festival who can recall the heady days of May 1968, when Cannes was galvanised by the uprisings in Paris. They will tell you how Godard was at...
- 5/18/2010
- by Xan Brooks
- The Guardian - Film News
Mike Leigh shone, Woody Allen hit cruise control and there was a lot of nonsense about teens: Peter Bradshaw picks his highlights so far
As Cannes passed its first weekend, the first big auteur made his appearance: British director Mike Leigh, with his new film Another Year, a characteristically muted, bittersweet tale, starring Jim Broadbent, Ruth Sheen and Lesley Manville. It is composed in the distinctively stylised Leigh idiom, which, after you have taken time to acclimatise, discloses a hugely involving and subtle story; I was utterly immersed by the final credits.
Sheen plays Gerri, a psychotherapist; her husband, Tom (Broadbent), is an engineer. Both are nearing retirement and gently content with their careers, their marriage and the way their lives have turned out. But despite, or perhaps because of the gentle glow of happiness they radiate, their home is a magnet for unhappy souls. Chief among these is their...
As Cannes passed its first weekend, the first big auteur made his appearance: British director Mike Leigh, with his new film Another Year, a characteristically muted, bittersweet tale, starring Jim Broadbent, Ruth Sheen and Lesley Manville. It is composed in the distinctively stylised Leigh idiom, which, after you have taken time to acclimatise, discloses a hugely involving and subtle story; I was utterly immersed by the final credits.
Sheen plays Gerri, a psychotherapist; her husband, Tom (Broadbent), is an engineer. Both are nearing retirement and gently content with their careers, their marriage and the way their lives have turned out. But despite, or perhaps because of the gentle glow of happiness they radiate, their home is a magnet for unhappy souls. Chief among these is their...
- 5/17/2010
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
"Spring had just begun along the beautiful peninsula and they were after Berlusconi. It was a shitty day like so many others …" the narrator explains in the clip above from 46-year-old standup-comic-turned-director Sabina Guzzanti’s Draquila: L’Italia che trema / Draquila: Italy Trembles. Italy’s finances were (and still are) in turmoil and right-wing prime minister-businessman Silvio Berlusconi was embroiled in a series of nasty corruption and sex scandals — the latter involving teenage women. But then God came to Berlusconi’s rescue by making the earth shake underneath the medieval mountain town of L’Aquila. The devastating April 6, 2009, earthquake left 308 people dead and 80,000 homeless. It also gave Berlusconi the chance to recover from his recent scandals. How? By putting [...]...
- 5/15/2010
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
This week, Film Weekly has decamped to the 63rd Cannes film festival. From the Croisette, we talk to Mark Strong, one of the stars of Cannes opener Robin Hood, Craig McCall on his documentary of Cannes favourite Jack Cardiff and Haim Tabakman about his Cannes 2009 hit Eyes Wide Open. Also, a preview of what's still to come at Cannes 2010.
The festival opened on Wednesday night with a very British affair: Ridley Scott's dark and brooding take on Robin Hood. Playing against Russell Crowe's outlaw hero is a Film Weekly favourite, Mark Strong, as the malign and treacherous Godfrey. The actor tells Jason Solomons about the pleasures of working with Scott again and the special satisfaction of playing the baddie you love to hate.
Israeli director Haim Tabakman's Eyes Wide Open was one of the biggest tips at last year's festival. The film, about a destructive gay affair...
The festival opened on Wednesday night with a very British affair: Ridley Scott's dark and brooding take on Robin Hood. Playing against Russell Crowe's outlaw hero is a Film Weekly favourite, Mark Strong, as the malign and treacherous Godfrey. The actor tells Jason Solomons about the pleasures of working with Scott again and the special satisfaction of playing the baddie you love to hate.
Israeli director Haim Tabakman's Eyes Wide Open was one of the biggest tips at last year's festival. The film, about a destructive gay affair...
- 5/14/2010
- by Jason Solomons, Jason Phipps, Xan Brooks
- The Guardian - Film News
Photo: Wild Bunch Italian documentarian Sabina Guzzanti takes a microscopic look at government corruption in Italy with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi her main target. Frustrated with the political parade surrounding the April 2009 earthquake in L'Aquila and the subsequent utilization of the disaster for political gain, Guzzanti's documentary Draquila - L'Italia Che Trema (Draquila - Italy Trembles) uses satire to keep the audience engaged in a horror story that left thousands stranded while their homes remain part of the rubble.
Draquila paints an interesting picture of a country bent on self-destruction should it continue down the path as described here. Following the earthquake, Berlusconi is shown not talking of rebuilding, but of using Italian money to build new homes for the more than 80,000 people affected. Consider the size of that number and then realize only 15 firefighters were on hand to help when disaster struck. While a search online will find...
Draquila paints an interesting picture of a country bent on self-destruction should it continue down the path as described here. Following the earthquake, Berlusconi is shown not talking of rebuilding, but of using Italian money to build new homes for the more than 80,000 people affected. Consider the size of that number and then realize only 15 firefighters were on hand to help when disaster struck. While a search online will find...
- 5/14/2010
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
The Cannes Film Festival has always been a place, or a state of mind, that revels in contradiction. It is, of course, one of the glitziest and most fashionable art spectacles in the world — a mod parade of the sports-car-and-champagne elite, so redolent of old money and upper-crust bourgeois-bohemian Euro-chic class. At the same time, the movies that are celebrated and end up winning prizes here have, as often as not, been resounding critiques of that very culture — dire warnings, in fact, about how the stratifications bred by money tear away at our humanity. To me, the quintessential image of...
- 5/13/2010
- by Owen Gleiberman
- EW.com - The Movie Critics
As a more economical way of previewing some of the films that are being featured daily at the festival, I've decided to come up with this quick featurette of a journalist retrieving the items in his press box. Today I received press kits for: - As a more economical way of previewing some of the films that are being featured daily at the festival, I've decided to come up with this quick featurette of a journalist retrieving the items in his press box. Today I received press kits for: Sabina Guzzanti's Draquila Italy Trembles, Michel Leclerc's Le Nom des Gens (The Names of Love) starring Jacques Gamblin & Sara Forestier), Chongqing Blues from Wang Xiaoshuai, Mathieu Amalric's Tournee (On Tour) starring himself and non-professional actors and Manoel de Oliveira's The Strange Case of Angelica (with Ricardo Trepa and Pilar Lopez de Ayala). I'll try to add...
- 5/13/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
It's the morning after the official opening of the Cannes film festival, and the competition films have started unspooling. Xan Brooks gets stuck in
The sun is out, the sky is blue, but chaos reigns at the heart of the Palais. I can't see the sky and the sun is a dream because I'm forever inside, pinballing between the darkened screening rooms. This Cannes has opened in a rumble-tumble rush, the same as it always does. In the scramble to get through the cordons I see a man go down, spread-eagled on the carpet, and the surge of the crowd whisks me past before I can reach out to haul him up. Perhaps he is lying there still.
I watch Chongqing Blues, which is measured and engrossing; a kind of emotional post-mortem that charts an ageing ship captain's search for the truth behind his estranged son's death. I see Tournée,...
The sun is out, the sky is blue, but chaos reigns at the heart of the Palais. I can't see the sky and the sun is a dream because I'm forever inside, pinballing between the darkened screening rooms. This Cannes has opened in a rumble-tumble rush, the same as it always does. In the scramble to get through the cordons I see a man go down, spread-eagled on the carpet, and the surge of the crowd whisks me past before I can reach out to haul him up. Perhaps he is lying there still.
I watch Chongqing Blues, which is measured and engrossing; a kind of emotional post-mortem that charts an ageing ship captain's search for the truth behind his estranged son's death. I see Tournée,...
- 5/13/2010
- by Xan Brooks
- The Guardian - Film News
As a more economical way of previewing some of the films that are being featured daily at the festival, I've decided to come up with this quick featurette of a journalist retrieving the items in his press box. Today I received press kits for: Sabina Guzzanti's Draquila Italy Trembles, Michel Leclerc's Le Nom des Gens (The Names of Love) starring Jacques Gamblin & Sara Forestier), Chongqing Blues from Wang Xiaoshuai, Mathieu Amalric's Tournee (On Tour) starring himself and non-professional actors and Manoel de Oliveira's The Strange Case of Angelica (with Ricardo Trepa and Pilar Lopez de Ayala). I'll try to add commentary and some face time as I actually flip the pages of the guides in the future installments.
- 5/13/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
The race for the Palme d'Or gets under way, while an Italian documentary looks set to ruffle feathers at the Cannes film festival today. Catherine Shoard rounds up the day ahead
• The first big competition film screening today is Wang Xiaoshuai's Chongqing Blues (Rizhao Chongqing), a strong kick-off to Team Asia's hefty presence at the fest. It's a family saga about a sea captain investigating the mysterious shooting of his 25-year-old son.
• Then it's time for The Housemaid, South Korean director Im Sang-soo's revamp of the old Upstairs Downstairs chestnut about the posh boss and the saucy servant. The photograph in the official Cannes brochure shows a man, a woman, a bottle of wine, and just a small white vest between them.
• Is it too cynical to suggest that the schedulers setting up the screening for O Estranho Caso de Angelica, Manoel de Oliveira's Portuguese soap, have erred on...
• The first big competition film screening today is Wang Xiaoshuai's Chongqing Blues (Rizhao Chongqing), a strong kick-off to Team Asia's hefty presence at the fest. It's a family saga about a sea captain investigating the mysterious shooting of his 25-year-old son.
• Then it's time for The Housemaid, South Korean director Im Sang-soo's revamp of the old Upstairs Downstairs chestnut about the posh boss and the saucy servant. The photograph in the official Cannes brochure shows a man, a woman, a bottle of wine, and just a small white vest between them.
• Is it too cynical to suggest that the schedulers setting up the screening for O Estranho Caso de Angelica, Manoel de Oliveira's Portuguese soap, have erred on...
- 5/13/2010
- by Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
Three titles that should receive a lot of attention in this year's fest are: Jorge Michel Grau's contempo cannibal film to break out We Are What We Are (see pic), and Johannes Stjärne Nilsson's Sound of Noise – a high risk film because it mixes genres together like someone grabbing whole bunch of leftovers from the fridge. - The kings of the Croisette – Wild Bunch have got titles coming out of all orifices that they just supplied the fest with the last minute addition of Ken Loach's Route Irish. Earlier in the year they had one of the best comedies of the year in Four Lions play in Sundance (which has yet to be picked up for the North American market) and the steamy Rome in Room should fog up the Market Screenings. Three titles that should receive a lot of attention in this year's fest are:...
- 5/13/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
The kings of the Croisette – Wild Bunch have got titles coming out of all orifices that they just supplied the fest with the last minute addition of Ken Loach's Route Irish. Earlier in the year they had one of the best comedies of the year in Four Lions play in Sundance (which has yet to be picked up for the North American market) and the steamy Rome in Room should fog up the Market Screenings. Three titles that should receive a lot of attention in this year's fest are: Jorge Michel Grau's contempo cannibal film to break out We Are What We Are (see pic), and Johannes Stjärne Nilsson's Sound of Noise – a high risk film because it mixes genres together like someone grabbing whole bunch of leftovers from the fridge. Already causing a stir is the social commentary docu film by agitator Sabina Guzzanti – Italian politicians beware.
- 5/12/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
As his Robin Hood opens the Cannes film festival, Ridley Scott talks about showdowns with Russell Crowe, his favourite men in tights – and why Churchill was a geezer
It's election day in Britain when we meet. "Have you voted yet?" I ask Ridley Scott, as we settle down to talk in a Beverly Hills hotel suite. "I'm going to miss it, I guess," he says. "God, I hope they know what they're doing – because we don't really know who they are, these new boys, do we? You used to have to have fought in a war to be President of the United States or Prime Minister of England."
Scott, a director whose name has become synonymous with quality action movies whose heroes do battle in hostile, unfamiliar worlds, pauses for a second, as if the thought has given him the inspiration for a movie. He hits on an idea and...
It's election day in Britain when we meet. "Have you voted yet?" I ask Ridley Scott, as we settle down to talk in a Beverly Hills hotel suite. "I'm going to miss it, I guess," he says. "God, I hope they know what they're doing – because we don't really know who they are, these new boys, do we? You used to have to have fought in a war to be President of the United States or Prime Minister of England."
Scott, a director whose name has become synonymous with quality action movies whose heroes do battle in hostile, unfamiliar worlds, pauses for a second, as if the thought has given him the inspiration for a movie. He hits on an idea and...
- 5/10/2010
- by John Patterson
- The Guardian - Film News
Rome -- Italian Minister of Culture Sandro Bondi said he would boycott the Festival de Cannes in protest over a film that portrayed the Berlusconi administration, a move that by Monday had sparked a wave of criticism from the Italian film community.
Bondi made his decision based on the Cannes officials' choice to screen Sabina Guzzanti's documentary "Draquila -- Italy Trembles." The film, which will screen out of competition, is critical of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's handling of the deadly earthquake that struck the city of L'Aquila last year.
Guzzanti is the daughter of Paolo Guzzanti, a former parliamentarian and prominent figure in Berlusconi's political coalition.
When Bondi first announced the move, he indicated that other Italians upset over the film might join him. But as of Monday there was no indication that any notable figures in the Italian film world would join in the boycott.
Officials from Medusa,...
Bondi made his decision based on the Cannes officials' choice to screen Sabina Guzzanti's documentary "Draquila -- Italy Trembles." The film, which will screen out of competition, is critical of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's handling of the deadly earthquake that struck the city of L'Aquila last year.
Guzzanti is the daughter of Paolo Guzzanti, a former parliamentarian and prominent figure in Berlusconi's political coalition.
When Bondi first announced the move, he indicated that other Italians upset over the film might join him. But as of Monday there was no indication that any notable figures in the Italian film world would join in the boycott.
Officials from Medusa,...
- 5/10/2010
- by By Eric J. Lyman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Culture minister Sandro Bondi refuses to attend event over screening of Sabina Guzzanti's Draquila which mocks the Pm
The Italian government is refusing to take part in this year's Cannes film festival in protest at a documentary mocking prime minister Silvio Berlusconi's response to the L'Aquila earthquake, which devastated the central Italian town last year, killing more than 300 people.
Italy's culture minister, Sandro Bondi, snubbed an invitation to the festival, expressing his "regret and concern" over the screening of Draquila, which he described as "propaganda that offends the truth and the entire Italian population".
The work of Italian satirist Sabina Guzzanti, Draquila claims that Berlusconi systematically exploited victims of the quake to increase his popularity.
Coming at a time when Berlusconi's ratings had dropped to an all-time low and he was assailed by accusations over his private life, the earthquake "was as if God had stretched out his hand" to the prime minister,...
The Italian government is refusing to take part in this year's Cannes film festival in protest at a documentary mocking prime minister Silvio Berlusconi's response to the L'Aquila earthquake, which devastated the central Italian town last year, killing more than 300 people.
Italy's culture minister, Sandro Bondi, snubbed an invitation to the festival, expressing his "regret and concern" over the screening of Draquila, which he described as "propaganda that offends the truth and the entire Italian population".
The work of Italian satirist Sabina Guzzanti, Draquila claims that Berlusconi systematically exploited victims of the quake to increase his popularity.
Coming at a time when Berlusconi's ratings had dropped to an all-time low and he was assailed by accusations over his private life, the earthquake "was as if God had stretched out his hand" to the prime minister,...
- 5/9/2010
- The Guardian - Film News
Hollywoodnews.com: On May 12, the Cannes Film Festival will start its 63rd edition. The president of the jury is Tim Burton and the jury consists of Kate Beckinsale – Actress / United Kingdom, Giovanna Mezzogiorno – Actress / Italy, Alberto Barbera – Director of the National Museum of Cinema / Italy, Emmanuel Carrere – Author – Screenwriter – Director / France, Benicio Del Toro – Actor / Porto Rico,Victor Erice – Director/ Spain, Shekhar Kapur – Director – Actor – Producer / India and Alexandre Desplat – Composer / France.
For this year’s line-up Scroll Down.
Below letter from one of the Cannes Film Festival bosses, Thierry Frémaux:
“As happens every year, the Festival´s programme was launched in January with the announcement of who would be the President of the Jury: Tim Burton! The news, which was unanimously greeted with enthusiasm, put the world of film in a good mood. The choice of Tim Burton to head the next edition of the Festival brings with...
For this year’s line-up Scroll Down.
Below letter from one of the Cannes Film Festival bosses, Thierry Frémaux:
“As happens every year, the Festival´s programme was launched in January with the announcement of who would be the President of the Jury: Tim Burton! The news, which was unanimously greeted with enthusiasm, put the world of film in a good mood. The choice of Tim Burton to head the next edition of the Festival brings with...
- 5/8/2010
- by HollywoodNews.com
- Hollywoodnews.com
As I suggested in my last update, the Cannes film festival line-up we announced earlier this month has since changed slightly, with new additions coming quickly after the initial announcement, and the hoped for inclusion of Terrence Malick’s Tree of Life not making it to the party after all. Below is the new- and with only a week or so left until the Festival opens with Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood- presumably the absolute final line-up for this year’s programmes. All titles have been translated into English for ease where they re not obviously translatable.
Opening Film
Ridley Scott ‘Robin Hood’ [Out of Competition]
The Competition
Mike Leigh ‘Another Year’
Sergei Loznitsa ‘My Joy’
Apichatpong Weerasethakul ‘Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives’
Doug Liman ‘Fair Game’
Im Sang-soo ‘The Housemaid’
Takeshi Kitano ‘Outrage’
Danielle Lucheti ‘Our Life’
Nikita Mikhalkov ‘Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus’
Mathieu Amalric ‘On Tour...
Opening Film
Ridley Scott ‘Robin Hood’ [Out of Competition]
The Competition
Mike Leigh ‘Another Year’
Sergei Loznitsa ‘My Joy’
Apichatpong Weerasethakul ‘Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives’
Doug Liman ‘Fair Game’
Im Sang-soo ‘The Housemaid’
Takeshi Kitano ‘Outrage’
Danielle Lucheti ‘Our Life’
Nikita Mikhalkov ‘Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus’
Mathieu Amalric ‘On Tour...
- 5/2/2010
- by Simon Gallagher
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The Festival de Cannes lives up to its name in its selection of its first 16 Competition Films from 13 countries. But an international cry went up when at the first announcement not a single picture was directed by a woman in the Competition area. (Last year there were directors Jane Campion, Isabel Coixet and Andrea Arnold.) However, the Closing Night film was just announced and it is Julie Bertucelli’s The Tree, starring Charlotte Gainsbourg, Marton Csokas and Aden Young. It will close the 63rd Festival de Cannes on Sunday, May 23rd following the Awards Ceremony. Memento is the international sales agent. Contacts for all films are listed below.
The other women invited can be found in the special screening sidebar where Sophie Fiennes' Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow about the German artist Anselm Kiefer, one of five docs chosen to be in the festival, Sabina Guzzanti's Draquila...
The other women invited can be found in the special screening sidebar where Sophie Fiennes' Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow about the German artist Anselm Kiefer, one of five docs chosen to be in the festival, Sabina Guzzanti's Draquila...
- 4/30/2010
- by Sydney
- Sydney's Buzz
I am about to head out the door for the Seattle International Film Festival press launch, but I can't help the fact my mind is pretty much 24/7 Cannes Film Festival as I have been adding new movies to the database almost hourly over the past couple of days along with new trailers and pictures for each as I plot my plan of attack. And in that process it's certainly best to keep you aware of what's going on so you have some familiarity with these films once I start talking about them beginning May 12, so let's get to it...
First off, I've got some serious interest in Gilles Marchand's Black Heaven, a techno-drama from which the image to the right comes (more here) starring Gregoire Leprince-Ringuet, Louise Bourgoin and Melvil Poupaud. The story goes like this: Gaspard and Marion are madly in love and enjoying summer in the south of France.
First off, I've got some serious interest in Gilles Marchand's Black Heaven, a techno-drama from which the image to the right comes (more here) starring Gregoire Leprince-Ringuet, Louise Bourgoin and Melvil Poupaud. The story goes like this: Gaspard and Marion are madly in love and enjoying summer in the south of France.
- 4/29/2010
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
The complete Cannes line-up has been announced, Movie-Moron.com is going, and this is your last chance to win a VIP trip there yourself.
So the 63rd Festival de Cannes win run from May 12th-23rd with the following films screening in and out of competition:
In Competition
“Another Year,” U.K., Mike Leigh
“Biutiful,” Spain-Mexico, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
“Burnt by the Sun 2,” Germany-France-Russia, Nikita Mikhalkov
“Certified Copy,” France-Italy-Iran, Abbas Kiarostami
“Fair Game,” U.S., Doug Liman
“Hors-la-loi,” France-Belgium-Algeria, Rachid Bouchareb
“The Housemaid,” South Korea, Im Sang-soo
“La nostra vita,” Italy-France, Daniele Luchetti
“La Princesse de Montpensier,” France, Bertrand Tavernier
“Of Gods and Men,” France, Xavier Beauvois
“Outrage,” Japan, Takeshi Kitano
“Poetry,” South Korea, Lee Chang-dong
“A Screaming Man,” France-Belgium-Chad, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
“Tournee,” France, Mathieu Amalric
“Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives,” Spain-Thailand-Germany-u.K.-France, Apichatpong Weerasethakul
“You, My Joy,” Ukraine-Germany, Sergey Loznitsa
Un Certain Regard
“Adrienn Pal,...
So the 63rd Festival de Cannes win run from May 12th-23rd with the following films screening in and out of competition:
In Competition
“Another Year,” U.K., Mike Leigh
“Biutiful,” Spain-Mexico, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
“Burnt by the Sun 2,” Germany-France-Russia, Nikita Mikhalkov
“Certified Copy,” France-Italy-Iran, Abbas Kiarostami
“Fair Game,” U.S., Doug Liman
“Hors-la-loi,” France-Belgium-Algeria, Rachid Bouchareb
“The Housemaid,” South Korea, Im Sang-soo
“La nostra vita,” Italy-France, Daniele Luchetti
“La Princesse de Montpensier,” France, Bertrand Tavernier
“Of Gods and Men,” France, Xavier Beauvois
“Outrage,” Japan, Takeshi Kitano
“Poetry,” South Korea, Lee Chang-dong
“A Screaming Man,” France-Belgium-Chad, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
“Tournee,” France, Mathieu Amalric
“Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives,” Spain-Thailand-Germany-u.K.-France, Apichatpong Weerasethakul
“You, My Joy,” Ukraine-Germany, Sergey Loznitsa
Un Certain Regard
“Adrienn Pal,...
- 4/21/2010
- by Sheridan Passell
- Movie-moron.com
Updated 04/19 They've added two titles but none to the actual competition list just yet. Updates are included below
04/15 Yes, they will add a few titles. Looking round the web people expect something like 4 to 5 more films to show up. Speculation that Malick's Tree of Life or Nolans Inception or Schnabel's Miral probably won't die until after they add said missing titles. But if you're heading over to the South of France next month or merely reading along on various Twitter feeds or film blogs, these are some of the titles you'll be hearing about.
Blanchett. Crowe. Scott
Opening Night Film
Because you have to kick off with a starry entry for that maximum red carpet kick. It gets the international and mainstream press excited and you need their eyeballs... even if your festival is for the global cinephiles.
Robin Hood (Ridley Scott)
I'm amused that the tagline is marketing this as an "untold story". Hee.
04/15 Yes, they will add a few titles. Looking round the web people expect something like 4 to 5 more films to show up. Speculation that Malick's Tree of Life or Nolans Inception or Schnabel's Miral probably won't die until after they add said missing titles. But if you're heading over to the South of France next month or merely reading along on various Twitter feeds or film blogs, these are some of the titles you'll be hearing about.
Blanchett. Crowe. Scott
Opening Night Film
Because you have to kick off with a starry entry for that maximum red carpet kick. It gets the international and mainstream press excited and you need their eyeballs... even if your festival is for the global cinephiles.
Robin Hood (Ridley Scott)
I'm amused that the tagline is marketing this as an "untold story". Hee.
- 4/20/2010
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
When Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win a Best Director Oscar, I noted: "we must remember that there is still a long battle ahead. This is a great step that only marks change in the industry if women continue to stay in the spotlight with critical and box office success. This could, very easily, become a fluke in Hollywood's boys' club. As it stands, 2010 doesn't seem to have the same femme-centric punch as 2009." Well, forget about punch. When it comes to Cannes Film Festival, there's barely a murmur.
Last week, Cannes announced their film lineup for next month's festivities. After the fest kicks off with Ridley Scott's Robin Hood, the Cannes Competition lineup (competing for the Palme d'Or) features notable filmmakers like Kiarostami, Inarritu, and Leigh, but not one woman. If you jump to the Official Selection list, there is one -- Agnes Kocsis and her film Pal Adrienn.
Last week, Cannes announced their film lineup for next month's festivities. After the fest kicks off with Ridley Scott's Robin Hood, the Cannes Competition lineup (competing for the Palme d'Or) features notable filmmakers like Kiarostami, Inarritu, and Leigh, but not one woman. If you jump to the Official Selection list, there is one -- Agnes Kocsis and her film Pal Adrienn.
- 4/20/2010
- by Monika Bartyzel
- Cinematical
Okay so Miral is out, Tree of Life is unlikely and Carlos is fighting to find a spot, and if we crunch the numbers (past decade stats provided by a Cannes film festival friend) it looks certain that there is still some filling up to do, not just the Main Comp, but potentially one or two more added titles might be added to the Un Certain Regard section and we should get at least four more titles joining the Out of Competition titles of Robin Hood, Stephen Frears, Oliver Stone and Woody Allen. - Okay so Miral is out, Tree of Life is unlikely and Carlos is fighting to find a spot, and if we crunch the numbers (past decade stats provided by a Cannes film festival friend) it looks certain that there is still some filling up to do, not just the Main Comp, but potentially one or two...
- 4/18/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
Okay so Miral is out, Tree of Life is unlikely and Carlos is fighting to find a spot, and if we crunch the numbers (past decade stats provided by a Cannes film festival friend) it looks certain that there is still some filling up to do, not just the Main Comp, but potentially one or two more added titles might be added to the Un Certain Regard section and we should get at least four more titles joining the Out of Competition titles of Robin Hood, Stephen Frears, Oliver Stone and Woody Allen. While the Special Screening list of eight feels complete, the Midnight Screening section might see one more add-on. The announcements could come in batches, and I wouldn't be surprised is they are made as of this Monday...will Ken Loach, François Ozon, Peter Mullan and Kornel Mundruczó be added? Midnight Screenings: Black Heaven (L'autre Monde) Gilles MarchandL'autre...
- 4/17/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
There are just 27 days to go now until one of the biggest movie festivals of the year, the Cannes Film Festival 2010, and the official line-up has now been announced! We already know that Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood (starring Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett and Mark Strong) will be opening the festival, but what’s next? What else will we see?
Well fear not, good movie-goer, because we have the official list Right Here:
In Competition
“Another Year,” U.K., Mike Leigh
“Biutiful,” Spain-Mexico, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
“Burnt by the Sun 2,” Germany-France-Russia, Nikita Mikhalkov
“Certified Copy,” France-Italy-Iran, Abbas Kiarostami
“Fair Game,” U.S., Doug Liman
“Hors-la-loi,” France-Belgium-Algeria, Rachid Bouchareb
“The Housemaid,” South Korea, Im Sang-soo
“La nostra vita,” Italy-France, Daniele Luchetti
“La Princesse de Montpensier,” France, Bertrand Tavernier
“Of Gods and Men,” France, Xavier Beauvois
“Outrage,” Japan, Takeshi Kitano
“Poetry,” South Korea, Lee Chang-dong
“A Screaming Man,” France-Belgium-Chad, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
“Tournee,...
Well fear not, good movie-goer, because we have the official list Right Here:
In Competition
“Another Year,” U.K., Mike Leigh
“Biutiful,” Spain-Mexico, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
“Burnt by the Sun 2,” Germany-France-Russia, Nikita Mikhalkov
“Certified Copy,” France-Italy-Iran, Abbas Kiarostami
“Fair Game,” U.S., Doug Liman
“Hors-la-loi,” France-Belgium-Algeria, Rachid Bouchareb
“The Housemaid,” South Korea, Im Sang-soo
“La nostra vita,” Italy-France, Daniele Luchetti
“La Princesse de Montpensier,” France, Bertrand Tavernier
“Of Gods and Men,” France, Xavier Beauvois
“Outrage,” Japan, Takeshi Kitano
“Poetry,” South Korea, Lee Chang-dong
“A Screaming Man,” France-Belgium-Chad, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
“Tournee,...
- 4/15/2010
- by Craig Sharp
- FilmShaft.com
The 63rd Cannes Film Festival kicks off next month and it draws a host of talented filmmakers from all over the world. The festival will open with long awaited Ridley Scott’s “Robin Hood,” starring Russell Crowe. Out-of-competition there will be screenings of Woody Allen’s “You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, ” which stars Naomi Watts, Antonio Banderas, Josh Brolin, and Anthony Hopkins, and Oliver Stone’s “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps,” starring Shia Labeouf and Michael Douglas.
Tim Burton will be the President of the Festival de Cannes’ Feature Film Jury as previously announced and as many as six more films are expected to be added to the list below as the festival draws closer. For the complete list of films scroll down.
The Cannes Film Festival 2010 takes place May 12-23.
Listen to the press conference from this morning below:
View the lineup below:
In Competition
“Tournee...
Tim Burton will be the President of the Festival de Cannes’ Feature Film Jury as previously announced and as many as six more films are expected to be added to the list below as the festival draws closer. For the complete list of films scroll down.
The Cannes Film Festival 2010 takes place May 12-23.
Listen to the press conference from this morning below:
View the lineup below:
In Competition
“Tournee...
- 4/15/2010
- by Staff
- Hollywoodnews.com
Opening with Ridley Scott's Robin Hood and closing with Oliver Stone's Wall Street sequel, this year's Cannes film festival is not quite the 2009 auteur smackdown, but there will be plenty of riches from Godard, Kiarostami and co
It should by rights have gone stale by now, but the announcement of the Cannes competition list is an annual event which retains for me its fascination and excitement, although I have just now made the mistake of watching the TV Cannes hype reel online, guaranteed to take the seasoned Cannes-lover from lip-smacking anticipation to nauseated satiety in just under three-and-a-quarter minutes.
Cannes 2010 sure does have a heck of an act to follow in the form of Cannes 2009, which provided four of the most avidly talked-about and enthused-over movies of last year: The White Ribbon, Inglourious Basterds, A Prophet and Antichrist. It also provided a bona fide animated classic in the form of Up,...
It should by rights have gone stale by now, but the announcement of the Cannes competition list is an annual event which retains for me its fascination and excitement, although I have just now made the mistake of watching the TV Cannes hype reel online, guaranteed to take the seasoned Cannes-lover from lip-smacking anticipation to nauseated satiety in just under three-and-a-quarter minutes.
Cannes 2010 sure does have a heck of an act to follow in the form of Cannes 2009, which provided four of the most avidly talked-about and enthused-over movies of last year: The White Ribbon, Inglourious Basterds, A Prophet and Antichrist. It also provided a bona fide animated classic in the form of Up,...
- 4/15/2010
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
The official lineup for the 63rd edition of the Cannes Film Festival, which will run from May 12 to 23, 2010, has been unveiled. Check out Cannes Film Festival 2010 official full list below.
Many titles were rumored to be screening but we can’t see them on the list But we know that this list isn’t finished and that Festival head Thierry Fremaux will probably find something to surprise us with.
Fremaux said that more films can and will be added to the slate, that the door is still open to add upwards of six additional titles.
We’re also still waiting for the festival to announce its closing night film.
Opener
Robin Hood, U.S.-U.K., Ridley Scott
Competition
Another Year, U.K., Mike Leigh
Biutiful, Spain-Mexico, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Burnt by the Sun 2, Germany-France-Russia, Nikita Mikhalkov
Certified Copy, France-Italy-Iran, Abbas Kiarostami
Fair Game, U.S., Doug Liman
Hors-la-loi, France-Belgium-Algeria,...
Many titles were rumored to be screening but we can’t see them on the list But we know that this list isn’t finished and that Festival head Thierry Fremaux will probably find something to surprise us with.
Fremaux said that more films can and will be added to the slate, that the door is still open to add upwards of six additional titles.
We’re also still waiting for the festival to announce its closing night film.
Opener
Robin Hood, U.S.-U.K., Ridley Scott
Competition
Another Year, U.K., Mike Leigh
Biutiful, Spain-Mexico, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Burnt by the Sun 2, Germany-France-Russia, Nikita Mikhalkov
Certified Copy, France-Italy-Iran, Abbas Kiarostami
Fair Game, U.S., Doug Liman
Hors-la-loi, France-Belgium-Algeria,...
- 4/15/2010
- by Fiona
- Filmofilia
The complete lineup for the 63rd Festival de Cannes has now been announced! Running from May 12 - 23 in Cannes, the festival is widely considered one of the highest profile and most prestigious of all film events.
"Robin Hood" starring Russell Crowe and directed by Ridley Scott will open the festival just two days before hitting theaters. The Hollywood Reporter has a complete rundown of all of the films screening both in and out of competition, take a look:
In Competition
"Another Year," U.K., Mike Leigh
"Biutiful," Spain-Mexico, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
"Burnt by the Sun 2," Germany-France-Russia, Nikita Mikhalkov
"Certified Copy," France-Italy-Iran, Abbas Kiarostami
"Fair Game," U.S., Doug Liman
"Hors-la-loi," France-Belgium-Algeria, Rachid Bouchareb
"The Housemaid," South Korea, Im Sang-soo
"La nostra vita," Italy-France, Daniele Luchetti
"La Princesse de Montpensier," France, Bertrand Tavernier
"Of Gods and Men," France, Xavier Beauvois
"Outrage," Japan, Takeshi Kitano
"Poetry," South Korea, Lee Chang-dong
"A Screaming Man,...
"Robin Hood" starring Russell Crowe and directed by Ridley Scott will open the festival just two days before hitting theaters. The Hollywood Reporter has a complete rundown of all of the films screening both in and out of competition, take a look:
In Competition
"Another Year," U.K., Mike Leigh
"Biutiful," Spain-Mexico, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
"Burnt by the Sun 2," Germany-France-Russia, Nikita Mikhalkov
"Certified Copy," France-Italy-Iran, Abbas Kiarostami
"Fair Game," U.S., Doug Liman
"Hors-la-loi," France-Belgium-Algeria, Rachid Bouchareb
"The Housemaid," South Korea, Im Sang-soo
"La nostra vita," Italy-France, Daniele Luchetti
"La Princesse de Montpensier," France, Bertrand Tavernier
"Of Gods and Men," France, Xavier Beauvois
"Outrage," Japan, Takeshi Kitano
"Poetry," South Korea, Lee Chang-dong
"A Screaming Man,...
- 4/15/2010
- by amcsts@gmail.com
- AMC - Script to Screen
When the line up for Cannes is announced something wonderful happens. For a shining moment the horizon of forthcoming movies expands to reveal a wealth of talent whose diversity of vision makes for an education in the variety of film making in the 21st century.
As previously announced it will be Ridley Scott’s take on Robin Hood which will open the film and I’m happy to see Mike Leigh’s Another Year in competition alongside the latest from Takeshi Kitano and Apichatpong Weerasethakul and there are so many wonderful film makers at the festival this year.
We’re pleased to tell you that HeyUGuys will be in attendance and our Cannes correspondent will be posting later tonight with his thoughts on the line up for this year – we’re really excited to be going to one of the biggest events in the film calendar – what do you think of this year’s films?...
As previously announced it will be Ridley Scott’s take on Robin Hood which will open the film and I’m happy to see Mike Leigh’s Another Year in competition alongside the latest from Takeshi Kitano and Apichatpong Weerasethakul and there are so many wonderful film makers at the festival this year.
We’re pleased to tell you that HeyUGuys will be in attendance and our Cannes correspondent will be posting later tonight with his thoughts on the line up for this year – we’re really excited to be going to one of the biggest events in the film calendar – what do you think of this year’s films?...
- 4/15/2010
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Woody Allen is back again, but among the auteurs like Takeshi Kitano will be some other things we were expecting like Gregg Araki's Kaboom and L'autre monde from Gilles Marchand, both playing in the midnight section.
List after the break. More to come!
Opener
"Robin Hood," U.S.-U.K., Ridley Scott
Competition
"Another Year," U.K., Mike Leigh
"Biutiful," Spain-Mexico, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
"Burnt by the Sun 2," Germany-France-Russia, Nikita Mikhalkov
"Certified Copy," France-Italy-Iran, Abbas Kiarostami
"Fair Game," U.S., Doug Liman
"Hors-la-loi," France-Belgium-Algeria, Rachid Bouchareb
"The Housemaid," South Korea, Im Sang-soo
"La nostra vita," Italy-France, Daniele Luchetti
"La Princesse de Montpensier," France, Bertrand Tavernier
"Of Gods and Men," France, Xavier Beauvois
"Outrage," Japan, Takeshi Kitano
"Poetry," South Korea, Lee Chang-dong
"A Screaming Man," France-Belgium-Chad, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
"Tournee," France, Mathieu Amalric
"Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives," Spain-Thailand-Germany-u.K.-France, Apichatpong Weerasethakul
"You, My Joy," Ukraine-Germany, Sergey Loznitsa...
List after the break. More to come!
Opener
"Robin Hood," U.S.-U.K., Ridley Scott
Competition
"Another Year," U.K., Mike Leigh
"Biutiful," Spain-Mexico, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
"Burnt by the Sun 2," Germany-France-Russia, Nikita Mikhalkov
"Certified Copy," France-Italy-Iran, Abbas Kiarostami
"Fair Game," U.S., Doug Liman
"Hors-la-loi," France-Belgium-Algeria, Rachid Bouchareb
"The Housemaid," South Korea, Im Sang-soo
"La nostra vita," Italy-France, Daniele Luchetti
"La Princesse de Montpensier," France, Bertrand Tavernier
"Of Gods and Men," France, Xavier Beauvois
"Outrage," Japan, Takeshi Kitano
"Poetry," South Korea, Lee Chang-dong
"A Screaming Man," France-Belgium-Chad, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
"Tournee," France, Mathieu Amalric
"Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives," Spain-Thailand-Germany-u.K.-France, Apichatpong Weerasethakul
"You, My Joy," Ukraine-Germany, Sergey Loznitsa...
- 4/15/2010
- QuietEarth.us
The Cannes Film Festival has just announced it’s film line-up for 2010, and there are several Criterion alum both in and out of competition.
Mike Leigh’s latest, Another Year, will be screening at the festival, where in 1993, his Criterion film, Naked, won both the Palm d’Or and Best Director. Abbas Kiarostami, he of Taste of Cherry (which also won the Palm d’Or), and the upcoming Criterion release: Close-Up, will be showing off his latest film: Certified Copy. Finally, the Criterion heavy weight champion, Jean-Luc Godard, will quite possibly stun us all with his latest, and rumored last film, Socialisme. This will be Godard’s first film to be shot digitally.
Other Criterion Collection names to note on the list: Kate Beckinsale (Last Days of Disco) and Benicio del Toro (Che, Traffic, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas) will both serving on the Competition Jury. Mathieu Amalric, of A Christmas Tale,...
Mike Leigh’s latest, Another Year, will be screening at the festival, where in 1993, his Criterion film, Naked, won both the Palm d’Or and Best Director. Abbas Kiarostami, he of Taste of Cherry (which also won the Palm d’Or), and the upcoming Criterion release: Close-Up, will be showing off his latest film: Certified Copy. Finally, the Criterion heavy weight champion, Jean-Luc Godard, will quite possibly stun us all with his latest, and rumored last film, Socialisme. This will be Godard’s first film to be shot digitally.
Other Criterion Collection names to note on the list: Kate Beckinsale (Last Days of Disco) and Benicio del Toro (Che, Traffic, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas) will both serving on the Competition Jury. Mathieu Amalric, of A Christmas Tale,...
- 4/15/2010
- by Ryan Gallagher
- CriterionCast
Only a few recognisable entires have made their way into the 63rd Cannes Film Festival line-up which has proven quite globally diverse this year.
High-profile films like arthouse darling Gregg Araki's new sexy sci-fi tale "Kaboom", Ridley Scott's big-budget epic "Robin Hood", Stephen Frears' graphic novel adaptation "Tamara Drewe", Oliver Stone's "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" and Woody Allen's "You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger" will all screen but won't be up for awards.
Mike Leigh's "Another Year", Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's "Biutiful" and Doug Liman's "Fair Game" are among the more higher profile entires in official competition this year. "Ringu" director Hideo Nakata's British feature "Chatroom" and Derek Cianfrance's Sundance entry "Blue Valentine" made unexpected but welcome appearances in the 'Un Certain Regard' line-up.
Most surprising are the omissions. Terrence Malick's "Tree of Life" and Christopher Nolan's "Inception" will Not be screening,...
High-profile films like arthouse darling Gregg Araki's new sexy sci-fi tale "Kaboom", Ridley Scott's big-budget epic "Robin Hood", Stephen Frears' graphic novel adaptation "Tamara Drewe", Oliver Stone's "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" and Woody Allen's "You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger" will all screen but won't be up for awards.
Mike Leigh's "Another Year", Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's "Biutiful" and Doug Liman's "Fair Game" are among the more higher profile entires in official competition this year. "Ringu" director Hideo Nakata's British feature "Chatroom" and Derek Cianfrance's Sundance entry "Blue Valentine" made unexpected but welcome appearances in the 'Un Certain Regard' line-up.
Most surprising are the omissions. Terrence Malick's "Tree of Life" and Christopher Nolan's "Inception" will Not be screening,...
- 4/15/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
The lineup for the 63rd Cannes Film Festival set to run from May 12 - 23 was announced this morning in Paris, France at the Grand Hotel. On top of the information you'll read below, Twitter user OnTheCroisette added additional information as did ioncinema who specifically reports Terrence Malick's "Tree of Life is 'not ready'" and will not be included in the festival as was previously expected. OnTheCroisette said the Cannes selection committee saw a "copy" of the film, and "anything could happen in the coming weeks," but I'm not holding my breath.
Word from the press conference is that we can expect four to six additional films announced over the coming days/weeks. What will they be? Olivier Assayas's Carlos? Julian Schnabel's Miral? Francois Ozon's Potiche? Bruce Robinson's Rum Diary? Take a look at the list and my brief commentary below and let us know what you think.
Word from the press conference is that we can expect four to six additional films announced over the coming days/weeks. What will they be? Olivier Assayas's Carlos? Julian Schnabel's Miral? Francois Ozon's Potiche? Bruce Robinson's Rum Diary? Take a look at the list and my brief commentary below and let us know what you think.
- 4/15/2010
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
The Official Selection at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival (May 12-23) was unveiled at midday today in Paris at the traditional press conference. Here is the list of films in the line-up:
Official Selection
Competition
Another Year - Mike Leigh
Biutiful - Alejandro González Inárritu
Hors-la-loi - Rachid Bouchareb
La princesse de Montpensier - Bertrand Tavernier
Poetry - Lee Chang-dong
The housemaid - Im Sang-soo
Outrage - Takeshi Kitano
Copie conforme - Abbas Kiarostami
Tournée - Matthieu Amalric
Uncle Boonmee - Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Des hommes et des dieux - Xavier Beauvois -
La nostra vita - Daniele Luchetti
Un homme qui crie - Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
You: My Joy - Sergei Loznitsa
Utomlyonnye solntsem 2 - Nikita Mikhalkov
Fair Game - Doug Liman
Out of Competition
Robin des Bois - Ridley Scott
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger - Woody Allen
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps - Oliver Stone
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps...
Official Selection
Competition
Another Year - Mike Leigh
Biutiful - Alejandro González Inárritu
Hors-la-loi - Rachid Bouchareb
La princesse de Montpensier - Bertrand Tavernier
Poetry - Lee Chang-dong
The housemaid - Im Sang-soo
Outrage - Takeshi Kitano
Copie conforme - Abbas Kiarostami
Tournée - Matthieu Amalric
Uncle Boonmee - Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Des hommes et des dieux - Xavier Beauvois -
La nostra vita - Daniele Luchetti
Un homme qui crie - Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
You: My Joy - Sergei Loznitsa
Utomlyonnye solntsem 2 - Nikita Mikhalkov
Fair Game - Doug Liman
Out of Competition
Robin des Bois - Ridley Scott
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger - Woody Allen
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps - Oliver Stone
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps...
- 4/15/2010
- by Cineuropa
- DearCinema.com
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