French rock idol Johnny Hallyday, remembered as the nation’s answer to Elvis Presley in the 1960s, has died at age 74.
The legendary singer died from lung cancer, his family confirmed.
“Johnny Hallyday has left us,” Hallyday’s wife, Laeticia, said in a statement to The Guardian. “I write these words without believing them. But yet, it’s true. My man is no longer with us. He left us tonight as he lived his whole life, with courage and dignity.”
Beginning in 1960, Hallyday was the heartbeat of Gallic rock n’ roll, becoming its best known and best-selling artist for nearly six decades.
The legendary singer died from lung cancer, his family confirmed.
“Johnny Hallyday has left us,” Hallyday’s wife, Laeticia, said in a statement to The Guardian. “I write these words without believing them. But yet, it’s true. My man is no longer with us. He left us tonight as he lived his whole life, with courage and dignity.”
Beginning in 1960, Hallyday was the heartbeat of Gallic rock n’ roll, becoming its best known and best-selling artist for nearly six decades.
- 12/6/2017
- by Peter Mikelbank and Alexia Fernandez
- PEOPLE.com
Iconic actress Jeanne Moreau’s death this week at 89 received muted American coverage, with remembrances that hardly captured Moreau’s essential presence and influence in world cinema. Overshadowed by the passing of Sam Shepard the day before (more contemporary, American, prominent in multiple fields, and younger), she received back-page obituaries in major papers. Her lack of any Oscar nominations, or a deserved honorary award, didn’t help the cause.
Even more unfortunate is the treatment of her death reflects American audiences’ ever-increasing disinterest in French-language film. Jeanne Moreau is significant for her transcendent artistry and the directors with whom she worked, but she also represented the iconic qualities of her country’s cinema.
Though the boom in “art houses” (a term popularized in the late 1940s) came more from Italian films (“Rome, Open City,” “Shoe Shine,” and particularly “Bicycle Thief”), French film became a steady part of the subtitled market by the mid-1950s.
Even more unfortunate is the treatment of her death reflects American audiences’ ever-increasing disinterest in French-language film. Jeanne Moreau is significant for her transcendent artistry and the directors with whom she worked, but she also represented the iconic qualities of her country’s cinema.
Though the boom in “art houses” (a term popularized in the late 1940s) came more from Italian films (“Rome, Open City,” “Shoe Shine,” and particularly “Bicycle Thief”), French film became a steady part of the subtitled market by the mid-1950s.
- 8/4/2017
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
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Dev Diary screens Wednesday, July 19 at 5:00pm at the Tivoli Theater (6350 Delmar Blvd, St. Louis) as part of this year’s St. Louis Filmmaker’s Showcase.
Ticket information can be found Here
Although St. Louis game designers the Coster brothers — Adam, Sam, and Seth — have a reputation for developing projects quickly, they have spent the last two years working on only one game. Sam’s dream game, “Crashlands” has helped him battle cancer as he struggles with Stage 4B lymphoma.
Alessio Summerfield, co-director of Dev Diary, took the time to answer questions about his film for We Are Movie Geeks in advance of it’s screening at the St. Louis Filmmaker’s Showcase.
Interview conducted by Tom Stockman
Tom Stockman: What was your filmmaking experience prior to Dev Diary? Is this your first feature-length documentary?
Alessio Summerfield: Prior to Dev Diary James Reichmuth and I came from two different backgrounds.
Dev Diary screens Wednesday, July 19 at 5:00pm at the Tivoli Theater (6350 Delmar Blvd, St. Louis) as part of this year’s St. Louis Filmmaker’s Showcase.
Ticket information can be found Here
Although St. Louis game designers the Coster brothers — Adam, Sam, and Seth — have a reputation for developing projects quickly, they have spent the last two years working on only one game. Sam’s dream game, “Crashlands” has helped him battle cancer as he struggles with Stage 4B lymphoma.
Alessio Summerfield, co-director of Dev Diary, took the time to answer questions about his film for We Are Movie Geeks in advance of it’s screening at the St. Louis Filmmaker’s Showcase.
Interview conducted by Tom Stockman
Tom Stockman: What was your filmmaking experience prior to Dev Diary? Is this your first feature-length documentary?
Alessio Summerfield: Prior to Dev Diary James Reichmuth and I came from two different backgrounds.
- 7/18/2017
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Aaron and Mark Hurne get together to talk about August 2017 Announcements, Andrei Tarkovsky, Ozu’s Good Morning, Michael Haneke, Jean Luc Godard, Jacques Demy, and plenty of other topics.
Episode Notes
7:00 – August 2017 Announcements
33:30 – Good Morning & I Was Born, But
40:25 – Michael Haneke
43:30 – Alex Ross Perry
47:40 – Criterion Daily
51:30 – Short Takes (Lola, Vivre sa Vie)
1:00:00 – FilmStruck
Episode Links Making a Cover: Criterion’s Breaking Point Criterion Close-Up 19: A Conversation with Alex Cox Criterion – The Breaking Point Criterion – Meantime Criterion – Hopscotch Criterion – La Poison Criterion – Sid & Nancy FilmStruck – Coming Soon Movies Leaving FilmStruck Episode Credits Aaron West: Twitter | Website | Letterboxd Mark Hurne: Twitter | Letterboxd Criterion Now: Twitter | Facebook Group Criterion Cast: Facebook | Twitter
Music for the show is from Fatboy Roberts’ Geek Remixed project.
Episode Notes
7:00 – August 2017 Announcements
33:30 – Good Morning & I Was Born, But
40:25 – Michael Haneke
43:30 – Alex Ross Perry
47:40 – Criterion Daily
51:30 – Short Takes (Lola, Vivre sa Vie)
1:00:00 – FilmStruck
Episode Links Making a Cover: Criterion’s Breaking Point Criterion Close-Up 19: A Conversation with Alex Cox Criterion – The Breaking Point Criterion – Meantime Criterion – Hopscotch Criterion – La Poison Criterion – Sid & Nancy FilmStruck – Coming Soon Movies Leaving FilmStruck Episode Credits Aaron West: Twitter | Website | Letterboxd Mark Hurne: Twitter | Letterboxd Criterion Now: Twitter | Facebook Group Criterion Cast: Facebook | Twitter
Music for the show is from Fatboy Roberts’ Geek Remixed project.
- 5/23/2017
- by Aaron West
- CriterionCast
Author: Scott Davis
As one award season closes another creeps up behind us and we start all over again as the 2017 Cannes Film Festival has announced its eagerly anticipated line-up for the festival which begins in May and as ever it is a diverse and exciting list of talents and films.
There are many incredible treats in store but here are some of our initial picks of what to look out for: Michel Hazanavicius, the director of Oscar Winner The Artist, returns with Redoubtable, his film about legendary filmmaker Jean Luc Godard; Michael Haneke’s latest, Happy End, makes an apperance, as does The Beguiled, the anticipated new film from Sofia Coppola which stars Nicole Kidman, Elle Fanning, Kirsten Dunst and Colin Farrell. Farrell and Kidman also feature in The Killing of A Sacred Deer, the new film from Yorgos Lanthimas (The Lobster) which also stars Alicia Silverstone.
Acclaimed filmmakers Lynne Ramsey,...
As one award season closes another creeps up behind us and we start all over again as the 2017 Cannes Film Festival has announced its eagerly anticipated line-up for the festival which begins in May and as ever it is a diverse and exciting list of talents and films.
There are many incredible treats in store but here are some of our initial picks of what to look out for: Michel Hazanavicius, the director of Oscar Winner The Artist, returns with Redoubtable, his film about legendary filmmaker Jean Luc Godard; Michael Haneke’s latest, Happy End, makes an apperance, as does The Beguiled, the anticipated new film from Sofia Coppola which stars Nicole Kidman, Elle Fanning, Kirsten Dunst and Colin Farrell. Farrell and Kidman also feature in The Killing of A Sacred Deer, the new film from Yorgos Lanthimas (The Lobster) which also stars Alicia Silverstone.
Acclaimed filmmakers Lynne Ramsey,...
- 4/13/2017
- by Scott Davis
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
This month, Cinelinx is taking you on a trip back through time. Join us as we examine how movies have changed over the last 100 years. This week, we’re going back 50 years to 1967.
This article is part 3 of 4 in a series.
Read Part 1 Here: Looking Back 100 Years: The Birth of New Hollywood
Read Part 2 Here: Looking Back 75 Years: The War on Film
Two decades after the second world war, the children born during the postwar economic boom were coming of age. By 1964 they made up more than 40 percent of the population, and in 1966, Time Magazine declared that their “Person of the Year” was a shared honor among those that were age 25 or younger. In 1967, one could argue that these “baby boomers”, as they would come to be known, had officially taken the reigns from their parents to become the dominant segment of the population. For the first time, the youth...
This article is part 3 of 4 in a series.
Read Part 1 Here: Looking Back 100 Years: The Birth of New Hollywood
Read Part 2 Here: Looking Back 75 Years: The War on Film
Two decades after the second world war, the children born during the postwar economic boom were coming of age. By 1964 they made up more than 40 percent of the population, and in 1966, Time Magazine declared that their “Person of the Year” was a shared honor among those that were age 25 or younger. In 1967, one could argue that these “baby boomers”, as they would come to be known, had officially taken the reigns from their parents to become the dominant segment of the population. For the first time, the youth...
- 1/18/2017
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (G.S. Perno)
- Cinelinx
This article was produced as part of the Locarno Critics Academy, a workshop for aspiring journalists at the Locarno Film Festival, a collaboration between the Locarno Film Festival, IndieWire and the Film Society of Lincoln Center with the support of Film Comment and the Swiss Alliance of Film Journalists. The following interview, conducted by a member of the Critics Academy, focuses on a participant in the affiliated Filmmakers Academy program at the festival.
Federico Cecchetti is a 34-year-old filmmaker based in Mexico City. He’s currently living in Paris as one of five residents of the prestigious Cinéfondation residency program, which was designed by the Cannes Film Festival to help promising filmmakers with their first and second feature films.
Read More: Abbas Kiarostami’s Final Film, Nine Minutes That Explain His Brilliance
Cecchetti’s unique films raise cultural understanding and social awareness by means of interweaving psychology, philosophy and poetry in film.
Federico Cecchetti is a 34-year-old filmmaker based in Mexico City. He’s currently living in Paris as one of five residents of the prestigious Cinéfondation residency program, which was designed by the Cannes Film Festival to help promising filmmakers with their first and second feature films.
Read More: Abbas Kiarostami’s Final Film, Nine Minutes That Explain His Brilliance
Cecchetti’s unique films raise cultural understanding and social awareness by means of interweaving psychology, philosophy and poetry in film.
- 8/24/2016
- by Franziska Esther Meierhofer
- Indiewire
All of my fantasies about meeting and talking to Anna Karina have been set in France, at her home, under constant worry of arrest, having just knocked on her door without an invitation. I ask her questions and she answers them all with tears in her eyes: "What was it like to act for Jean-Luc Godard, the man you loved, even when you were fighting like cats and dogs, even when he broke your heart? And how, in God's good name, did you manage to create performances that never age, that show no sign of origin, no influence, that absolutely confound me in the best possible way? How did you do it?” These fantasies found nourishment in the assumption that the icon of the French New Wave was fairly reclusive, not wanting to be bothered, certainly not wanting to talk anymore about those films, that time, that man. So imagine...
- 7/6/2016
- MUBI
“Film begins with D.W. Griffith and ends with Abbas Kiarostami” – Jean Luc Godard
The film world is in mourning today as the news of Abbas Kiarostami’s passing continues to send shockwaves through the industry. The Iranian filmmaker earned the Palme d’Or in 1997 for “Taste of Cherry,” and his acclaimed filmography includes titles like “Close-Up” and “Certified Copy,” the latter of which was recently included on our list of the best films of the 21st century.
Read More: Abbas Kiarostami, Palme d’Or-Winning Director Of ‘Taste Of Cherry’ And ‘Certified Copy,’ Dies At 76
While numerous tributes are certainly going to begin appearing on the Internet over the next couple days, the film world instantly began reflecting on Kiarostami’s iconic career via Twitter. We’ve rounded up some of the most heartwarming remembrances below from filmmakers and film writers, and we’ll continue to update as more of the community remembers the legendary director.
The film world is in mourning today as the news of Abbas Kiarostami’s passing continues to send shockwaves through the industry. The Iranian filmmaker earned the Palme d’Or in 1997 for “Taste of Cherry,” and his acclaimed filmography includes titles like “Close-Up” and “Certified Copy,” the latter of which was recently included on our list of the best films of the 21st century.
Read More: Abbas Kiarostami, Palme d’Or-Winning Director Of ‘Taste Of Cherry’ And ‘Certified Copy,’ Dies At 76
While numerous tributes are certainly going to begin appearing on the Internet over the next couple days, the film world instantly began reflecting on Kiarostami’s iconic career via Twitter. We’ve rounded up some of the most heartwarming remembrances below from filmmakers and film writers, and we’ll continue to update as more of the community remembers the legendary director.
- 7/4/2016
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
The Croissette has been tuned and the red carpet swept. The giant poster unfurled above the Theatre Lumiere that fronts the great Palais du Cinema with an image taken from Le Mepris, Jean Luc Godard's acid-inked love/hate letter to cinema will greet the far breezier delights of Woody Allen's Café Society, starring Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart. A stalwart of the festival and much loved by the French - "Thank God for the French!" his temporarily blind director cries at the conclusion of Hollywood Ending - Allen is a fitting opener for a line up full of familiar faces and the promotion of a few up-and-comers.
- 5/11/2016
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Factory Boss filmmaker Zhang Wei to direct feature loosely based on true events.
Zhang Wei, the Chinese writer, director and producer known for socially conscious films such as Factory Boss and Destiny, is to focus on transgenderism for his next feature.
The Rib, which deals with the intersection of a transgendered youth, religion and family life in modern day China, is in pre-production with principal photography set to begin early 2017.
Loosely based on true events, The Rib follows a transgender teenager who is born into a devoutly Christian family.
When his mother discovers that he wants to transition from male to female, she is filled with grief, rage and confusion as she struggles to come to terms with the life-changing decision. The two fight to overcome their differences and face a society where prejudice against the underground Lgbt community is rife.
Zhang Wei has made his name as an independent filmmaker who has focussed on socially conscious...
Zhang Wei, the Chinese writer, director and producer known for socially conscious films such as Factory Boss and Destiny, is to focus on transgenderism for his next feature.
The Rib, which deals with the intersection of a transgendered youth, religion and family life in modern day China, is in pre-production with principal photography set to begin early 2017.
Loosely based on true events, The Rib follows a transgender teenager who is born into a devoutly Christian family.
When his mother discovers that he wants to transition from male to female, she is filled with grief, rage and confusion as she struggles to come to terms with the life-changing decision. The two fight to overcome their differences and face a society where prejudice against the underground Lgbt community is rife.
Zhang Wei has made his name as an independent filmmaker who has focussed on socially conscious...
- 4/29/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
The official poster for the Cannes Film Festival has been revealed. The poster featuring a man climbing stairs that over the Mediterranean sea is inspired by Jean-Luc Goddard’s film,...
- 3/21/2016
- by Jazz Tangcay
- AwardsDaily.com
Warner Bros.
The trouble with this business of watching movies is that, sooner or later, you encounter people that view films not as escapism, but as an art form.
You know the type: they have PhDs and MAs, use big words and probably shook Jean-Luc Goddard’s hand one time. In their circle, you’re obliged to say that you loved Francois Truffaut’s Les Quatre Cents Coups (The 400 Blows), but if you start talking about monster movies, they’ll look at you as though you just asked them to pull your finger.
Truffaut’s movie may have helped start the French New Wave, but if you want a trend-setting movie with teenage leads, you need look no further than The Blob. Not only is this the archetypal movie about kids saving their town from a monster from space, but it features the King Of Cool himself, Steve McQueen,...
The trouble with this business of watching movies is that, sooner or later, you encounter people that view films not as escapism, but as an art form.
You know the type: they have PhDs and MAs, use big words and probably shook Jean-Luc Goddard’s hand one time. In their circle, you’re obliged to say that you loved Francois Truffaut’s Les Quatre Cents Coups (The 400 Blows), but if you start talking about monster movies, they’ll look at you as though you just asked them to pull your finger.
Truffaut’s movie may have helped start the French New Wave, but if you want a trend-setting movie with teenage leads, you need look no further than The Blob. Not only is this the archetypal movie about kids saving their town from a monster from space, but it features the King Of Cool himself, Steve McQueen,...
- 10/3/2015
- by Ian Watson
- Obsessed with Film
You can find some of the most beautiful movie posters over at Black Dragon Press. Take for instance these two gorgeous prints for Pierrot Le Fou by the inimitable Yuko Shimizu, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Jean Luc Godard’s subversive masterpiece.
With regular work for Vertigo, DC Comics, The New Yorker, The New York Times and Penguin books under her belt, award winning illustrator Yuko Shimizu is amongst the most revered names currently working in the field and has been named by Newsweek as one of “100 Japanese the world respects”. Check out his work below.
Pierrot le Fou (Pop Art edition)
by Yuko Shimizu
11-colour hand-pulled screen print.
Size: 18” x 30.5”.
Flora Giglio 240gsm textured paper
Hand numbered. Edition of 80.
Printed by White Duck Screenprint.
£60.
Pierrot le Fou (Noir edition)
by Yuko Shimizu
11-colour hand-pulled screen print.
Size: 18” x 30.5”.
Flora Giglio 240gsm textured paper
Hand numbered. Edition of 80.
Printed by White Duck Screenprint.
With regular work for Vertigo, DC Comics, The New Yorker, The New York Times and Penguin books under her belt, award winning illustrator Yuko Shimizu is amongst the most revered names currently working in the field and has been named by Newsweek as one of “100 Japanese the world respects”. Check out his work below.
Pierrot le Fou (Pop Art edition)
by Yuko Shimizu
11-colour hand-pulled screen print.
Size: 18” x 30.5”.
Flora Giglio 240gsm textured paper
Hand numbered. Edition of 80.
Printed by White Duck Screenprint.
£60.
Pierrot le Fou (Noir edition)
by Yuko Shimizu
11-colour hand-pulled screen print.
Size: 18” x 30.5”.
Flora Giglio 240gsm textured paper
Hand numbered. Edition of 80.
Printed by White Duck Screenprint.
- 9/25/2015
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
"The enjoyment of a work of art, the acceptance of an irresistible illusion, constituting, to my sense, our highest experience of "luxury," the luxury is not greatest, by my consequent measure, when the work asks for as little attention as possible. It is greatest, it is delightfully, divinely great, when we feel the surface, like the thick ice of the skater's pond, bear without cracking the strongest pressure we throw on it. The sound of the crack one may recognise, but never surely to call it a luxury." —Henry James, from The Preface to The Wings of the Dove (1909) "[The critic’s] choice of best salami is a picture backed by studio build-up, agreement amongst his colleagues, a layout in Life mag (which makes it officially reasonable for an American award), and a list of ingredients that anyone’s unsophisticated aunt in Oakland can spot as comprising a distinguished film. This prize picture,...
- 7/27/2015
- by Greg Gerke
- MUBI
I interviewed Takeshi Kitano, aka "Beat" Takeshi, in spring of 2001 regarding "Brother," his first film shot on American soil. Kitano is arguably, still, the biggest star in Japan, one whose influence crosscuts virtually all areas of media.
Memories: Kitano was surrounded by a small entourage of Japanese men, one of whom was his interpreter. He was formal and stoic in his interaction with me, but never unfriendly. As Sofia Coppola so deftly portrayed in "Lost in Translation," the English to Japanese process of translating can often be time-consuming for what amounts to seemingly little that's been said. Kitano rarely made eye contact or smiled, although when he would laugh softly, a crooked grin would form on one side of his mouth, the right. The other striking thing about Kitano's appearance was a tic, or slight tremor, that would appear on the left side of his face, the after-effect of a...
Memories: Kitano was surrounded by a small entourage of Japanese men, one of whom was his interpreter. He was formal and stoic in his interaction with me, but never unfriendly. As Sofia Coppola so deftly portrayed in "Lost in Translation," the English to Japanese process of translating can often be time-consuming for what amounts to seemingly little that's been said. Kitano rarely made eye contact or smiled, although when he would laugh softly, a crooked grin would form on one side of his mouth, the right. The other striking thing about Kitano's appearance was a tic, or slight tremor, that would appear on the left side of his face, the after-effect of a...
- 7/27/2015
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
Epix continues to wrangle big-screen veterans for its inaugural foray into original series. Richard Jenkins has joined the ensemble cast of Berlin Station, the 10-episode contemporary spy tale that is premium service’s first drama series. He’ll portray Steven Frost, a veteran of the Cold War who serves as the CIA's Chief of the Berlin Station. It’s the first series for Jenkins since playing the deceased patriarch of the Fisher family on HBO’s Six Feet Under. Berlin Station…...
- 7/14/2015
- Deadline TV
Material #2
Written by Ales Kot
Art by Will Tempest
Published by Image Comics
Material #2 is a non-traditional comic that transcends genre boundaries while staying in the rhythm of a nine panel grid, thanks to artist Will Tempest. It tells four separate stories and weaves them together through a shared theme. The four plots feature a college professor struggling with the negative effects of capitalism on society, a former Guantanamo prisoner with Ptsd, a young African-American man who was illegally detained after protesting police violence, and an actress trying to make a comeback with the help of a director, who is a modern mash up of filmmakers John Cassavetes and Jean Luc Godard . At this point, the character’s plot threads are still far apart, but writer Ales Kot uses Soren Kierkegaard’s idea of the “leap of faith” to connect them together. As sort of sub-ideas, Kot also looks at...
Written by Ales Kot
Art by Will Tempest
Published by Image Comics
Material #2 is a non-traditional comic that transcends genre boundaries while staying in the rhythm of a nine panel grid, thanks to artist Will Tempest. It tells four separate stories and weaves them together through a shared theme. The four plots feature a college professor struggling with the negative effects of capitalism on society, a former Guantanamo prisoner with Ptsd, a young African-American man who was illegally detained after protesting police violence, and an actress trying to make a comeback with the help of a director, who is a modern mash up of filmmakers John Cassavetes and Jean Luc Godard . At this point, the character’s plot threads are still far apart, but writer Ales Kot uses Soren Kierkegaard’s idea of the “leap of faith” to connect them together. As sort of sub-ideas, Kot also looks at...
- 6/23/2015
- by Logan Dalton
- SoundOnSight
Paris based international sales agent Reel Suspects has announced that Ludo, the latest fantasy thriller directed by Q and Nikon, will be a part of its latest international distribution catalogue.
Ludo, which is now in the final phase of its post-production, was a part of their catalogue at the Cannes Film Festival this year.
Reel Suspects is an international distribution company, specializing in high quality feature films, with a massive track record and background in festival and commercial hits. Their catalogue while representing a variety of revered masters (Jean Luc Godard, Chris Marker) has an attentive eye on emerging filmmakers.
Ludo is a story about four desperate teenagers who decide to spend one fateful night in the big city. Horny and broke, they hide inside a gigantic shopping mall, after all attempts to get a hotel room fail. At the mall all plans go haywire, as an old couple appears...
Ludo, which is now in the final phase of its post-production, was a part of their catalogue at the Cannes Film Festival this year.
Reel Suspects is an international distribution company, specializing in high quality feature films, with a massive track record and background in festival and commercial hits. Their catalogue while representing a variety of revered masters (Jean Luc Godard, Chris Marker) has an attentive eye on emerging filmmakers.
Ludo is a story about four desperate teenagers who decide to spend one fateful night in the big city. Horny and broke, they hide inside a gigantic shopping mall, after all attempts to get a hotel room fail. At the mall all plans go haywire, as an old couple appears...
- 6/11/2015
- GlamSham
Have you ever wondered what are the films that inspire the next generation of visionary filmmakers? As part of our monthly Ioncinephile profile, we ask the filmmaker (in this case American independent writer-director Zachary Wigon) to identify their all time top ten favorite films of all time. Wigon’s The Heart Machine (see pic of actor John Gallagher Jr above) receives a limited theatrical and VOD release on October 24th via the Film Buff folks. This top 10 is a countdown folks. Drum roll please!
10. City Lights- Charlie Chaplin (1931)
“The deep pathos of pretending to be someone you’re not so that you may win over your love is taken, here, to heights alternatively comic and tragic, with the greatest closing shot in all of cinema.”
9. Goodbye, Dragon Inn – Tsai Ming-liang (2004)
“The loneliness of being a person, the desire to connect to each other through our behavior and through art,...
10. City Lights- Charlie Chaplin (1931)
“The deep pathos of pretending to be someone you’re not so that you may win over your love is taken, here, to heights alternatively comic and tragic, with the greatest closing shot in all of cinema.”
9. Goodbye, Dragon Inn – Tsai Ming-liang (2004)
“The loneliness of being a person, the desire to connect to each other through our behavior and through art,...
- 10/2/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
To categorise an entire country’s cinematic output in a single article is a seemingly impossible task, and one that will likely leave a cavalcade of audiences wondering where their favourite releases are located.
This feature however is designed as a tool to guide and inform viewers who perhaps aren’t as well-versed in the incredible range of motion pictures available worldwide, and to point them in the right direction so they can experience some truly remarkable content; to find a hidden gem.
The country that opened one’s eyes to the unfathomable range, beauty and quality of cinema was our geographically-near cousins France; the filmic culture thrives in amongst the quaint Parisian apartments, the swelling cigarette smoke and the existential conversations shared. Cinema’s rich history really began in France; revolutionary auteurs such as Georges Méliès, the Lumière Brothers and Luis Buñuel paved the way for the plethora of...
This feature however is designed as a tool to guide and inform viewers who perhaps aren’t as well-versed in the incredible range of motion pictures available worldwide, and to point them in the right direction so they can experience some truly remarkable content; to find a hidden gem.
The country that opened one’s eyes to the unfathomable range, beauty and quality of cinema was our geographically-near cousins France; the filmic culture thrives in amongst the quaint Parisian apartments, the swelling cigarette smoke and the existential conversations shared. Cinema’s rich history really began in France; revolutionary auteurs such as Georges Méliès, the Lumière Brothers and Luis Buñuel paved the way for the plethora of...
- 9/10/2014
- by Chris Haydon
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The French actor who starred in Jean Luc Godard’s Masculin Feminin is being honoured with the festival’s Pardo Alla Carriera.
French actor Jean-Pierre Leaud is to receive a Pardo Alla Carriera at this year’s Locarno Film Festival.
The iconic New Wave actor starred in Francois Truffaut’s Les Quatre Cents Coups and L’Amour En Fuite, amongst others. Perhaps his most famous role was in Jean Luc Godard’s Masulin Feminin for which he won the Silver Bear for Best Actor in Berlin in 1966.
The Locarno Film Festival, which unveiled its full line up yesterday (July 16) will run from August 6-16.
French actor Jean-Pierre Leaud is to receive a Pardo Alla Carriera at this year’s Locarno Film Festival.
The iconic New Wave actor starred in Francois Truffaut’s Les Quatre Cents Coups and L’Amour En Fuite, amongst others. Perhaps his most famous role was in Jean Luc Godard’s Masulin Feminin for which he won the Silver Bear for Best Actor in Berlin in 1966.
The Locarno Film Festival, which unveiled its full line up yesterday (July 16) will run from August 6-16.
- 7/17/2014
- by sarah.cooper@screendaily.com (Sarah Cooper)
- ScreenDaily
Director Amy E. Scott is turning her longtime love of director Hal Ashby, who brought us "Harold and Maude" and "Coming Home" and a dozen other gems in the 70s and 80s, into a feature-length documentary tribute. (Videos after the jump.) Currently in the home stretch of its Indiegogo campaign, "Once I Was: The Hal Ashby Story" will cover the director's life and career from debut feature "The Landlord" (1970) through his death in 1988. It has so far raised $48,000 of its $50,000 goal. And with 11 days to go, it should cross the finish line. Exec producers (and Ashby fans) Fred Beebe and Brian Miller recently jumped aboard the project, lovingly summarized here by the director herself: I had to skip film class as a college freshman to see "Harold and Maude." As a student, we were being fed a steady diet of Stanley Kubrick, Chris Marker and Jean Luc Godard- but...
- 6/9/2014
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
Photo: Getty ImagesThe Cannes Film Festival is officially over for another year, and the winners of the event's various awards were announced on Saturday night. Turkish filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s marriage drama Winter Sleep took the top prize, the coveted Palme d’Or.Xavier Dolan’s Mommy, which some had tipped for the big award, instead shared the Jury Prize with Jean-Luc Goddard, whose Goodbye To Language had also been rumoured as a potential winner. The Grand Prize, meanwhile, went to Alice Rohrwacher’s The Wonders.Moneyball man Bennett Miller, who has received plenty of praise for his heart-breaking true-life drama Foxcatcher, took home Best Director for his work with stars Steve Carell, Mark Ruffalo and Channing Tatum. From the sounds of it, the film will definitely be in the awards conversation later this year.Acting-wise, the main awards went to Julianne Moore for her performance in David Cronenberg...
- 5/25/2014
- EmpireOnline
Winter Sleep, a film by Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan, has been named the winner of the prestigious Palme d'Or award at the Cannes Film Festival.
Julianne Moore won a Best Actress prize for Maps to the Stars, while Mr. Turner star Timothy Spall was named Best Actor.
Bennett Miller won Best Director for his film Foxcatcher starring Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo, and Steve Carell.
Mommy by Xavier Dolan and Goodbye to Language by Jean-Luc Goddard both won the jury prize.
Quentin Tarantino and Uma Thurman, who were on hand the celebrate the 20th anniversary of Pulp Fiction, were among the stars at the festival's awards ceremony.
This year's Cannes jury was headed by Jane Campion and included Willem Dafoe, Gael Garcia Bernal, Nicolas Winding Refn, and Sofia Coppola.
Julianne Moore won a Best Actress prize for Maps to the Stars, while Mr. Turner star Timothy Spall was named Best Actor.
Bennett Miller won Best Director for his film Foxcatcher starring Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo, and Steve Carell.
Mommy by Xavier Dolan and Goodbye to Language by Jean-Luc Goddard both won the jury prize.
Quentin Tarantino and Uma Thurman, who were on hand the celebrate the 20th anniversary of Pulp Fiction, were among the stars at the festival's awards ceremony.
This year's Cannes jury was headed by Jane Campion and included Willem Dafoe, Gael Garcia Bernal, Nicolas Winding Refn, and Sofia Coppola.
- 5/24/2014
- Digital Spy
A few more notes from the festival. The big prizes are revealed tomorrow and the festival closes Sunday.
Juliette, Chloe, and Kristen
Sils Maria sometimes referred to as Clouds of Sils Maria focuses on an actress and her personal assistant and the actresses decision to play a part in a remake of a property deeply connected to her life (which weirdly also exactly describes, at least in part, Maps to the Stars with Julianne Moore and Mia Wasikowska!!!). Early word is that it's a Kristen Stewart showcase. This turn of events by no means surprise me. It's long been a thing which amuses and annoys in equal measure that people Always lose their shit when a non-prestigious actor suddenly holds their own in a substantive role or movie. (Hell, it's so common that this is even the second time this week following Channing Tatum's raves in Foxcatcher) Of course...
Juliette, Chloe, and Kristen
Sils Maria sometimes referred to as Clouds of Sils Maria focuses on an actress and her personal assistant and the actresses decision to play a part in a remake of a property deeply connected to her life (which weirdly also exactly describes, at least in part, Maps to the Stars with Julianne Moore and Mia Wasikowska!!!). Early word is that it's a Kristen Stewart showcase. This turn of events by no means surprise me. It's long been a thing which amuses and annoys in equal measure that people Always lose their shit when a non-prestigious actor suddenly holds their own in a substantive role or movie. (Hell, it's so common that this is even the second time this week following Channing Tatum's raves in Foxcatcher) Of course...
- 5/24/2014
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Cannes – May 23rd Sunny Day 9
And just like that, the Cannes Film Festival is coming to an end. Tomorrow is when the awards are handed out, but what an epic ninth day Main Competition finale with a pair of kings. Andrei Zvyagintsev’s latest technically played the night before, but Leviathan it’s red-carpet premiere this evening. Not all our critics on the panel warmed up to the film, with star grades ranging from 1 to almost near perfection. The tale about all levels of corruption neatly detailed in this ensemble piece counts as his third visit to the festival. The Banishment played in the comp in 2007, while the excellent Elena got placed in the Un Certain Regard section in 2011 — it won and frankly deserved to be in the section where he is now.
This morning’s 8:30 a.m. screening was reserved for another ensemble film, with the excellent Juliette Binoche...
And just like that, the Cannes Film Festival is coming to an end. Tomorrow is when the awards are handed out, but what an epic ninth day Main Competition finale with a pair of kings. Andrei Zvyagintsev’s latest technically played the night before, but Leviathan it’s red-carpet premiere this evening. Not all our critics on the panel warmed up to the film, with star grades ranging from 1 to almost near perfection. The tale about all levels of corruption neatly detailed in this ensemble piece counts as his third visit to the festival. The Banishment played in the comp in 2007, while the excellent Elena got placed in the Un Certain Regard section in 2011 — it won and frankly deserved to be in the section where he is now.
This morning’s 8:30 a.m. screening was reserved for another ensemble film, with the excellent Juliette Binoche...
- 5/23/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
In Paris this morning, festival President Gilles Jacob and Director Thierry Fremaux announced the full lineup for next month's Cannes Film Festival. The festival, considered by many to be (if not the most) important and prestigious in the world, will play host to some of its very favorite directors this year for its 67th edition.Eighteen films will compete for the Palme d'Or in the Official Competition. The Competition honors the crème de la crème of the international art-house elite, from Jean Luc Godard's 70min 3D experiment Goodbye To Language to Nuri Bilge Ceylan's 196min Turkish epic Winter's Sleep. Seventeen other films will play under the Un Certain Regard banner, including Asia Argento's autobiographical Misunderstood and Ryan Gosling's directorial debut, the dark fantasy Lost River (formerly...
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- 4/17/2014
- Screen Anarchy
Croisette regulars veterans Jean Luc Godard, Ken Loach and Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne will compete alongside Competition first-timers Alice Rohrwacher, Xavier Dolan and Damian Szifron at the Cannes Film Festival next month.
Artistic director Thierry Fremaux announced the Official Selection of the 67th edition on Thursday (17) at a packed press conference at the Normandie Cinema on the Champs Elysées in Paris.
“Anyone who makes a film of more than one hour in duration, has the right to submit a film to Cannes… this year we received some 1,800 films in total – all of which were screened,” said Fremaux.
He announced 49 titles in total from 28 countries and hinted a further two or three could be announced ahead of Cannes. [Click here for the full list.]
Fremaux, who tied up the line-up at 1am local time ahead of the announcement, said films were arriving later and later for consideration due to digitisation of filmmaking.
“It used to be that January was late,” he said. “Now...
Artistic director Thierry Fremaux announced the Official Selection of the 67th edition on Thursday (17) at a packed press conference at the Normandie Cinema on the Champs Elysées in Paris.
“Anyone who makes a film of more than one hour in duration, has the right to submit a film to Cannes… this year we received some 1,800 films in total – all of which were screened,” said Fremaux.
He announced 49 titles in total from 28 countries and hinted a further two or three could be announced ahead of Cannes. [Click here for the full list.]
Fremaux, who tied up the line-up at 1am local time ahead of the announcement, said films were arriving later and later for consideration due to digitisation of filmmaking.
“It used to be that January was late,” he said. “Now...
- 4/17/2014
- ScreenDaily
How sweat it is for Canadian film. There’ll be a maple syruppy touch to the Cannes Film Festival presence to the 67th Cannes Film Festival with a trio of Canuck films among today’s 17 Main Competition (we expect the number to possibly increase by at least one before the fest breaks). We have David Cronenberg, Atom Egoyan and while there is no Denys Arcand this year, the baton has been passed over to Xavier Dolan, who we believe becomes the youngest ever filmmaker to be included in the section. The influx of Canadian helmers means a depletion of U.S fare, with only the opener, Tommy Lee Jones and Bennett Miller breaking into the group.
Of the line-up, the key surprises Damian Szifron’s Wild Tales (which sees Pedro Almodovar as one of the producers) and is baiscally a series of comic sketches and Alice Rohrwacher with only her...
Of the line-up, the key surprises Damian Szifron’s Wild Tales (which sees Pedro Almodovar as one of the producers) and is baiscally a series of comic sketches and Alice Rohrwacher with only her...
- 4/17/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Festival guests include Nathalie Baye, Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi Jalil Lespert and Vincent Macaigne.
Michael Kohlhaas by Arnaud de Pallieres was awarded best film at the 15th Athens Francophone film festival (March 19-26) backed by Unifrance.
The award sponsored by the French public channel TV5 and the Athens Municipality carries a purse of €9,000 to back the release of the film in Greece by Seven Films and Spentzos Films.
A special mention was given to Bruno Dumont’s Camille Claudel 1915, starring Juliette Binoche in the eponymous role.Videorama Films/Odeon acquired for Greece.
The five-member jury was comprised of the French-Greek actor George Corraface (president), Greek film producer Fenia Kosovitsa, French film scholar and director Antoine Danis, Greek born-French resident composer Olga Kouklaki and Greek film critic Yiannis Zoumpoulakis.
The audience award, backed by Fischer Breweries with €6,000, went to Marion Vernoux’s Les Beaux Jours starring Fanny Ardant. Produced by the French outlet Les Films du Kiosque, the film will...
Michael Kohlhaas by Arnaud de Pallieres was awarded best film at the 15th Athens Francophone film festival (March 19-26) backed by Unifrance.
The award sponsored by the French public channel TV5 and the Athens Municipality carries a purse of €9,000 to back the release of the film in Greece by Seven Films and Spentzos Films.
A special mention was given to Bruno Dumont’s Camille Claudel 1915, starring Juliette Binoche in the eponymous role.Videorama Films/Odeon acquired for Greece.
The five-member jury was comprised of the French-Greek actor George Corraface (president), Greek film producer Fenia Kosovitsa, French film scholar and director Antoine Danis, Greek born-French resident composer Olga Kouklaki and Greek film critic Yiannis Zoumpoulakis.
The audience award, backed by Fischer Breweries with €6,000, went to Marion Vernoux’s Les Beaux Jours starring Fanny Ardant. Produced by the French outlet Les Films du Kiosque, the film will...
- 3/27/2014
- by alexisgrivas@yahoo.com (Alexis Grivas)
- ScreenDaily
What a great start to the year. We’ve got hot stars, big hit TV shows, an indie horror flick that you really must see, an Oscar winner, and two from a legend. Pick your favorites to start 2014. Here’s how I’d rank ‘em…
We Are What We Are
Photo credit: eOne
“We Are What We Are”
Jim Mickle’s Sundance hit is a dark, twisted gem, a film that plays more like a Gothic thriller than a modern horror flick. It’s a wonderful reimagining of the Mexican 2010 film that recasts the Parker clan as a family on the edge of collapse after the matriarch dies in a storm. Struggling to keep their family together, they face the inevitable decay of their disgusting traditions. Mickle takes a giant leap forward with this genre hit, finding a visual sense that has propelled him to the front of the list of young horror directors.
We Are What We Are
Photo credit: eOne
“We Are What We Are”
Jim Mickle’s Sundance hit is a dark, twisted gem, a film that plays more like a Gothic thriller than a modern horror flick. It’s a wonderful reimagining of the Mexican 2010 film that recasts the Parker clan as a family on the edge of collapse after the matriarch dies in a storm. Struggling to keep their family together, they face the inevitable decay of their disgusting traditions. Mickle takes a giant leap forward with this genre hit, finding a visual sense that has propelled him to the front of the list of young horror directors.
- 1/7/2014
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
This is my first foray into this concept, putting the spotlight on an indie director or filmmaker as a way to bring more attention to said individual as well as inform those reading this of the work that the person in question has been involved with.
Chad Ritchie is the inspiration for this concept, an independent filmmaker from New York with a pure passion for cinema. I met Chad a couple of years ago, a true movie fan and lover of the golden age of cinema, it became apparent quickly that Ritchie wasn’t your average movie lover, but also a student of the art of film. It wasn’t until I caught a glimpse of a trailer for a film named “Fields of November” that I realised just how adept he was in the creation of motion pictures.
Fields of November was released in 2010 and was the debut feature from Ritchie,...
Chad Ritchie is the inspiration for this concept, an independent filmmaker from New York with a pure passion for cinema. I met Chad a couple of years ago, a true movie fan and lover of the golden age of cinema, it became apparent quickly that Ritchie wasn’t your average movie lover, but also a student of the art of film. It wasn’t until I caught a glimpse of a trailer for a film named “Fields of November” that I realised just how adept he was in the creation of motion pictures.
Fields of November was released in 2010 and was the debut feature from Ritchie,...
- 11/14/2013
- by Chris Cummings
- Nerdly
Rating: 1 out of 5 stars
Jean Luc Godard once pointed out that a movie can be best criticized by making another one in response to it. In the case of Ridley Scott and Cormac McCarthy’s The Counselor, a stilted, cynical exercise in pretension, the reverse is true. If there was anyone out there that didn’t value No Country for Old Men before, seeing this new film will give them fresh respect for the Coen Bros efforts in adapting that nihilistic thriller.
If you never considered how difficult it was to bring McCarthy’s vision and dialogue to the screen with the intelligence, suspense and emotion intact, consider a scene here where Javier Bardem existentially questions commitment while recounting a story of Cameron Diaz mounting the windshield of his car in a performance he assesses as “too gynecological to be sexy.” This is a far cry from that symbolic general store coin toss in Country.
Jean Luc Godard once pointed out that a movie can be best criticized by making another one in response to it. In the case of Ridley Scott and Cormac McCarthy’s The Counselor, a stilted, cynical exercise in pretension, the reverse is true. If there was anyone out there that didn’t value No Country for Old Men before, seeing this new film will give them fresh respect for the Coen Bros efforts in adapting that nihilistic thriller.
If you never considered how difficult it was to bring McCarthy’s vision and dialogue to the screen with the intelligence, suspense and emotion intact, consider a scene here where Javier Bardem existentially questions commitment while recounting a story of Cameron Diaz mounting the windshield of his car in a performance he assesses as “too gynecological to be sexy.” This is a far cry from that symbolic general store coin toss in Country.
- 10/24/2013
- by Nathan Bartlebaugh
- Obsessed with Film
September 11 marked a very different occasion in Chile. It was 40 years ago that a CIA backed military operation ousted a democratically elected president and launched 17 years of fear and violence on the nation. Chilean artists only survived if they went in to exile and film schools were closed. Expression wasn't encouraged so it's incredible that today these Chilenos and Chilenas have a voice and have made such an impact on the international film landscape.
They came through the dictatorship and have an admiration and camaraderie with one another that inspires each other with an unbreakable bond. Today is Chilean Independence day and we wanted to ask these filmmakers who has inspired them. As a Chileno, I dedicate this to my mother.
Nicolas Lopez - Aftershock
Inspiration: Woody Allen, Alex de la Iglesia, Santiago Segura, Quentin Tarantino, Todd Solondz.
Sebastián Lelio - Gloria
Inspiration: John Cassavetes, Francois Truffaut, Raoul Ruiz, Pier Palo Pasolini, Roberto Rossellini.
Read SydneysBuzz interview with Sebastián Leilo Here
Alice Scherson - Il Futuro
Inspiration: Michelangelo Antonioni, Agnes Varda, Hal Hartley, Alfred Hitchcock, Raul Ruiz.
Marialy Rivas - Joven Y Alocada
Inspiration: Jean Luc Godard, Wim Wenders, Lars Von Trier, Alfred Hitchcock, Antonioni
“I'm going with the classics being cinema such a young art, no?”
Cristian Jimenez - Bonsai
Inspiration: Aki Kaurismaki, Nicholas Ray, Raúl Ruiz, Yasujiro Ozu, Jan Svankmajer
Che Sandoval - Te creís la más linda... (Pero erís la más puta)
Inspiration: Jim Jarmush, John Casavettes, Andrew Bujalsky, John Houston, Jean Luc Godard
Matias Lira - Drama
Inspiration: Werner Herzog, Luchino Visconti, John Cassavetes, David Lynch, Lars Von Trier (From Chile: Raul Ruiz, Andres Wood, Pablo Larrain, Ignacio Agüero, Patricio Guzman)
Rodrigo Marin - Zoologico
Inspiration: Ruben Ostlund, Ulrich Seidl, Yorghos Lanthimos, Cristian Jimenez, James Grey
Ernesto Diaz Espinoza – Santiago Violenta
Inspiration: Quentin Tarantino, Martin Scorsese, David Lynch, Takeshi Kitano, Alfred Hitchcock
Maria Jose San Martin – La Ducha
Inspiration: Woody Allen, Michael Haneke, Martin Rejim, Rodrigo Garcia, John Cassavetes
Another recent notable Chilean film is The Summer of Flying Fish by Marcela Said
Read Sydney's interview with Marcela Said during Tiff Here
Read our review for the film Here...
They came through the dictatorship and have an admiration and camaraderie with one another that inspires each other with an unbreakable bond. Today is Chilean Independence day and we wanted to ask these filmmakers who has inspired them. As a Chileno, I dedicate this to my mother.
Nicolas Lopez - Aftershock
Inspiration: Woody Allen, Alex de la Iglesia, Santiago Segura, Quentin Tarantino, Todd Solondz.
Sebastián Lelio - Gloria
Inspiration: John Cassavetes, Francois Truffaut, Raoul Ruiz, Pier Palo Pasolini, Roberto Rossellini.
Read SydneysBuzz interview with Sebastián Leilo Here
Alice Scherson - Il Futuro
Inspiration: Michelangelo Antonioni, Agnes Varda, Hal Hartley, Alfred Hitchcock, Raul Ruiz.
Marialy Rivas - Joven Y Alocada
Inspiration: Jean Luc Godard, Wim Wenders, Lars Von Trier, Alfred Hitchcock, Antonioni
“I'm going with the classics being cinema such a young art, no?”
Cristian Jimenez - Bonsai
Inspiration: Aki Kaurismaki, Nicholas Ray, Raúl Ruiz, Yasujiro Ozu, Jan Svankmajer
Che Sandoval - Te creís la más linda... (Pero erís la más puta)
Inspiration: Jim Jarmush, John Casavettes, Andrew Bujalsky, John Houston, Jean Luc Godard
Matias Lira - Drama
Inspiration: Werner Herzog, Luchino Visconti, John Cassavetes, David Lynch, Lars Von Trier (From Chile: Raul Ruiz, Andres Wood, Pablo Larrain, Ignacio Agüero, Patricio Guzman)
Rodrigo Marin - Zoologico
Inspiration: Ruben Ostlund, Ulrich Seidl, Yorghos Lanthimos, Cristian Jimenez, James Grey
Ernesto Diaz Espinoza – Santiago Violenta
Inspiration: Quentin Tarantino, Martin Scorsese, David Lynch, Takeshi Kitano, Alfred Hitchcock
Maria Jose San Martin – La Ducha
Inspiration: Woody Allen, Michael Haneke, Martin Rejim, Rodrigo Garcia, John Cassavetes
Another recent notable Chilean film is The Summer of Flying Fish by Marcela Said
Read Sydney's interview with Marcela Said during Tiff Here
Read our review for the film Here...
- 9/18/2013
- by Juan Caceres
- Sydney's Buzz
Jon Kilik, who has been producing films big and small from New York for as long as I can remember, gave Sunday’s keynote address to open the Ifp Market. He makes some compelling points about the viability of film, countering warning cries from the likes of Steven Soderbergh, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas. I’ve trimmed it a bit, but here’s the speech by Kilik, who produced the Bennett Miller-directed Foxcatcher which bows December 20, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire which opens November 22, and the Spike Lee-directed Mike Tyson one-man show The Undisputed Truth, which airs on HBO next month. “I live near the Film Forum and last Saturday I went to see Jean Luc Godard’s “Contempt”, on it’s 50th anniversary. In the film, Fritz Lang plays the director of a commercial treatment of “The Odyssey”. His line near the end of the film sums...
- 9/17/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
The 1st Kolikata Independent Film Festival, a festival of Independent Short Films, Documentaries and Feature Films, will be held from September 11-13, 2013 at Derozio Hall, Presidency University, College Street, Kolkata.
Detailed Schedule of the festival:
Day I
11:30am: Inauguration
12:00pm: Sa Re Ga Ma Pa by Sankar Karmakar (Fiction, 45 mins)
1:00pm: Plus by Joydip Dam (Fiction, 10 mins)
1:25pm: Chura Liya by Saurav Chattopadhyay (Fiction, 24 mins)
Break, 10 mins.
2:15pm: Students’ Films (4 short films by the students of Presidency University)
Break, 5 mins.
4:00pm: Replica by Sriparna Dey (Fiction, 20 mins)
4:35pm: Memories of a Dead Township by Anamitra Roy (Fiction, 20 mins)
5:10pm: Discussion- Exploring the language of Independent Film.
Panelists:
Moinak Biswas (Hod of Film Studies, Jadavpur University),
Shyamal Karmakar (Hod of Editing, Srfti),
Amitava Chakraborty (Filmmaker, known for Kaal Abhirati, Cosmic Sex etc.)
& Sankar Karmakar (Filmmaker, known for documentaries like Anya Andhar & Poramatir Mukh)
Break,...
Detailed Schedule of the festival:
Day I
11:30am: Inauguration
12:00pm: Sa Re Ga Ma Pa by Sankar Karmakar (Fiction, 45 mins)
1:00pm: Plus by Joydip Dam (Fiction, 10 mins)
1:25pm: Chura Liya by Saurav Chattopadhyay (Fiction, 24 mins)
Break, 10 mins.
2:15pm: Students’ Films (4 short films by the students of Presidency University)
Break, 5 mins.
4:00pm: Replica by Sriparna Dey (Fiction, 20 mins)
4:35pm: Memories of a Dead Township by Anamitra Roy (Fiction, 20 mins)
5:10pm: Discussion- Exploring the language of Independent Film.
Panelists:
Moinak Biswas (Hod of Film Studies, Jadavpur University),
Shyamal Karmakar (Hod of Editing, Srfti),
Amitava Chakraborty (Filmmaker, known for Kaal Abhirati, Cosmic Sex etc.)
& Sankar Karmakar (Filmmaker, known for documentaries like Anya Andhar & Poramatir Mukh)
Break,...
- 9/9/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
StudioCanal and Radio-Canada have entered into a distribution deal for Canada.
Under the five- year deal, starting January 2014, Radio-Canada will distribute more than 1,400 films in French - comprising 1,200 French films and 200 Italian films - from the StudioCanal library, via DVD, Blu-ray, Est and VOD.
In addition, as national public broadcaster serving French Canada, Radio-Canada will feature many of these films on its own platforms.
The StudioCanal film library includes classics from directors such as Jean Luc Godard (Le Mépris, Pierrot le fou), Renoir (La grande illusion), Claude Sautet (Max et les ferrailleurs, César et Rosalie) and Jean-Pierre Melville (le Cercle Rouge, l’Armée des Ombres).
Under the five- year deal, starting January 2014, Radio-Canada will distribute more than 1,400 films in French - comprising 1,200 French films and 200 Italian films - from the StudioCanal library, via DVD, Blu-ray, Est and VOD.
In addition, as national public broadcaster serving French Canada, Radio-Canada will feature many of these films on its own platforms.
The StudioCanal film library includes classics from directors such as Jean Luc Godard (Le Mépris, Pierrot le fou), Renoir (La grande illusion), Claude Sautet (Max et les ferrailleurs, César et Rosalie) and Jean-Pierre Melville (le Cercle Rouge, l’Armée des Ombres).
- 9/4/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
It's that time of year again -- or what used to be that time of year. NewFest is here (September 6-11). Yes, the celebration of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and what-have-you cinema is back for its 25th anniversary. The main venue will be the Film Society of Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theater, considered by some to be the best cinema in Manhattan, one that boasts a truly superior sound system.
(Anyone who ever attended NewFest when it was held at the New School with its second-rate visuals and third-rate resonance will rejoice.)
In the past, this deliciously raucous event has screened a mixed bag of semi-brilliant to much-less-so offerings, many you'll never ever get to see anywhere else on a "big" screen whether you reside in the Big Apple or in Idaho. On the plus side, watching a woefully dreadful movie with a roomful of knowing Glbtq cinephiles is often a hoot.
(Anyone who ever attended NewFest when it was held at the New School with its second-rate visuals and third-rate resonance will rejoice.)
In the past, this deliciously raucous event has screened a mixed bag of semi-brilliant to much-less-so offerings, many you'll never ever get to see anywhere else on a "big" screen whether you reside in the Big Apple or in Idaho. On the plus side, watching a woefully dreadful movie with a roomful of knowing Glbtq cinephiles is often a hoot.
- 8/26/2013
- by Brandon Judell
- www.culturecatch.com
Top 10 Aliya Whiteley 6 Aug 2013 - 07:06
Hitchcock's Vertigo may have dominated 1958, but that year was full of other films about fear and loathing. Here's Aliya's top 10...
There are so many things to be scared of. Apart from the obvious perils, such as large spiders, venomous snakes, and dentists, there are less tangible things to panic about. Fear of growing old. Fear of falling into poverty. Fear of thermonuclear war.
In 1958, Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo was released. It’s very good at making the watcher feel very uncomfortable, through the camera angles and the great score by Bernard Herrmann. But it’s not just the audience who gets to feel scared; it’s there in the script too. Scottie (played by James Stewart) suffers from vertigo, but he’s also afraid of his past, and of the pain of loss. He’s been hurt so badly before that he’ll...
Hitchcock's Vertigo may have dominated 1958, but that year was full of other films about fear and loathing. Here's Aliya's top 10...
There are so many things to be scared of. Apart from the obvious perils, such as large spiders, venomous snakes, and dentists, there are less tangible things to panic about. Fear of growing old. Fear of falling into poverty. Fear of thermonuclear war.
In 1958, Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo was released. It’s very good at making the watcher feel very uncomfortable, through the camera angles and the great score by Bernard Herrmann. But it’s not just the audience who gets to feel scared; it’s there in the script too. Scottie (played by James Stewart) suffers from vertigo, but he’s also afraid of his past, and of the pain of loss. He’s been hurt so badly before that he’ll...
- 8/5/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Riffing on Terek Puckett’s terrific list of director/actor collaborations, I wanted to look at some of those equally impressive leading ladies who served as muses for their directors. I strived to look for collaborations that may not have been as obviously canonical, but whose effects on cinema were no less compelling. Categorizing a film’s lead is potentially tricky, but one of the criteria I always use is Anthony Hopkins’s performance in Silence of the Lambs, a film in which he is considered a lead but appears only briefly; his character is an integral part of the story.
The criteria for this article is as follows: The director & actor team must have worked together at least 3 times with the actor in a major role in each feature film, resulting in a minimum of 2 must-see films.
One of the primary trends for the frequency of collaboration is the...
The criteria for this article is as follows: The director & actor team must have worked together at least 3 times with the actor in a major role in each feature film, resulting in a minimum of 2 must-see films.
One of the primary trends for the frequency of collaboration is the...
- 7/24/2013
- by John Oursler
- SoundOnSight
Jason Solomons meets rising star Marine Vacth and Pelé, Terence Davies signs up Cynthia Nixon – plus the latest gossip from Cannes
Send the Marine!
Cannes has a great tradition of introducing new sex symbols to the world. Following in the dainty footsteps of Bardot, Deneuve and Paradis comes Marine Vacth (as in "pact"), whose performance in François Ozon's Jeune et Jolie had everyone asking, "Who's that girl?" In the film, she plays a gamine, bourgeois 17-year-old who suddenly takes up prostitution. Vacth followed Kate Moss as the face of Ysl perfume La Parisienne having been discovered in a branch of H&M when she was 15. When she did her first undressed shoot, her lorry-driver father sued the magazine and won. In her first-ever English interview, she told me: "My parents now leave me to do what I want. They haven't seen this film yet. But there's nothing they can do about it now.
Send the Marine!
Cannes has a great tradition of introducing new sex symbols to the world. Following in the dainty footsteps of Bardot, Deneuve and Paradis comes Marine Vacth (as in "pact"), whose performance in François Ozon's Jeune et Jolie had everyone asking, "Who's that girl?" In the film, she plays a gamine, bourgeois 17-year-old who suddenly takes up prostitution. Vacth followed Kate Moss as the face of Ysl perfume La Parisienne having been discovered in a branch of H&M when she was 15. When she did her first undressed shoot, her lorry-driver father sued the magazine and won. In her first-ever English interview, she told me: "My parents now leave me to do what I want. They haven't seen this film yet. But there's nothing they can do about it now.
- 5/18/2013
- by Jason Solomons
- The Guardian - Film News
On top of seeing 42 on Monday, I also watched Brian De Palma's The Fury and Luis Bunuel's The Exterminating Angel, both for the first time, this week. I also watched the second episode of "Hannibal" on NBC, which is definitely keeping my interest and I started watching Jean Luc Godard's Weekend, but as of typing up this post I hadn't gotten past the first 16 minutes or so and the endless car horns... my God, they never stop! As for The Fury, I was (and still may finish) working on a post talking about it, but my biggest comment was that I wish anyone working on the X-Men franchise of films would look to that film for inspiration. While it's a film about a kid with telekinesis, the father (Kirk Douglas) that wants to get him back and a girl (Amy Irving) who's coming to terms (or not) with her own powers,...
- 4/14/2013
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Welcome to a new regular feature looking at the new releases from Eureka Entertainment's Masters of Cinema series. It will publish on release day, whenever a new title (or titles) hits the shelves, taking in the film(s) in question and the package as a whole.For many, Jean Luc Godard and Francois Truffaut are widely held to be the pioneers of the French New Wave (or Nouvelle Vague) movement. It was Claude Chabrol, however, who is credited with kick-starting this ambitious and groundbreaking filmmaking coup, with his 1958 debut Le beau Serge paving the way for such classics as Le Quatre Cent Coups, A Bout de Souffle and his own follow-up, Les Cousins. Chabrol started out, as was the case for Godard, Truffaut, Jacques Rivette and almost...
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- 4/8/2013
- Screen Anarchy
Landmark and controversial Gay movies at Lacma On March 23, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art will be screening two film programs inspired by its current Robert Mapplethorpe exhibit: "America’s Most Wanted: The Queer Underground," featuring Jack Smith's Flaming Creatures, Jean Genet's Un Chant d'Amour, and Kenneth Anger's Scorpio Rising; and "Temptations: My Hustler and Mala Noche," featuring Andy Warhol's My Hustler and Gus Van Sant's Mala Noche. The screenings are free of charge. The 26-minute Un Chant d'Amour is Genet's sole film; considering its theme and stylistic approach, the film, as to be expected, faced censorship issues at the time of its first screening in the U.S. in 1966 (sixteen years after it was made). The Lacma release (see below more information on each film) describes Un Chant d'Amour (aka "A Song of Love") as "an iconic landmark of queer cinema for its lyrical,...
- 3/14/2013
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Have you ever wondered what are the films that inspire the next generation of visionary filmmakers? As part of our monthly Ioncinephile profile (read here), we ask the filmmaker the incredibly arduous task of identifying their top ten list of favorite films. Tim Sutton (Pavilion), provided us with his all time top ten film list (dated: March 2013).
Ballast – Lance Hammer (2008)
“A film of strung-together moments that make up a whole becomes not only mesmerizing, but truly sublime. I saw Ballast and decided not to give up on making a feature. The fact that people in the industry refer to this film as a cautionary tale rather than as a masterpiece is sad to me.”
Beau Travail – Claire Denis (1999)
“Simply, Clair Denis and Agnes Godard are one of the sweetest director/cinematographer teams in cinema, and this is their masterpiece – effortless in its rhythm and sun-baked imagery, with an ending that makes you think for days.
Ballast – Lance Hammer (2008)
“A film of strung-together moments that make up a whole becomes not only mesmerizing, but truly sublime. I saw Ballast and decided not to give up on making a feature. The fact that people in the industry refer to this film as a cautionary tale rather than as a masterpiece is sad to me.”
Beau Travail – Claire Denis (1999)
“Simply, Clair Denis and Agnes Godard are one of the sweetest director/cinematographer teams in cinema, and this is their masterpiece – effortless in its rhythm and sun-baked imagery, with an ending that makes you think for days.
- 3/10/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Odd List Aliya Whiteley Feb 19, 2013
Covering 85 years of cinema, Aliya provides her pick of 25 stylish, must-see French movies...
I’m going to kick this off in best New-Wave style by pointing out that we should be praising each great director’s body of work rather than showcasing favourite movies in a list format; after all, France came up with the concept of the auteur filmmaker, stamping their personality on a film, using the camera to portray their version of the world.
Yeah, well, personality is everything. So here’s a highly personal choice, arranged in chronological order, of 25 of the most individualistic French films. They may be long or short, old or new, but they all have one thing in common – they’ve got directorial style. And by that I don’t mean their shoes match their handbags.
The Passion Of Joan Of Arc (1928)
There are no stirring battle scenes,...
Covering 85 years of cinema, Aliya provides her pick of 25 stylish, must-see French movies...
I’m going to kick this off in best New-Wave style by pointing out that we should be praising each great director’s body of work rather than showcasing favourite movies in a list format; after all, France came up with the concept of the auteur filmmaker, stamping their personality on a film, using the camera to portray their version of the world.
Yeah, well, personality is everything. So here’s a highly personal choice, arranged in chronological order, of 25 of the most individualistic French films. They may be long or short, old or new, but they all have one thing in common – they’ve got directorial style. And by that I don’t mean their shoes match their handbags.
The Passion Of Joan Of Arc (1928)
There are no stirring battle scenes,...
- 2/18/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Have you ever wondered what are the films that inspire the next generation of visionary filmmakers? As part of our monthly Ioncinephile profile (read here), we ask the filmmaker the incredibly arduous task of identifying their top ten list of favorite films. Matt Boyd (A Rubberband Is an Unlikely Instrument), provided us with his all time top ten film list (dated: February 2013).
Beau Travail – Claire Denis (1999)
“I’m terrible with remembering story lines, plot points, even song lyrics…usually its scenes, images, tones, sounds, melody and mood that stick with me. Films that play more like dreams. This film is a masterpiece of that kind of filmmaking, and so a masterpiece in my mind. And, the final credit sequence! Rhythm of the Night and Denis Lavant! It has to be the best dance scene in film history. It’s in such contrast to the rest of the film and yet somehow the perfect ending.
Beau Travail – Claire Denis (1999)
“I’m terrible with remembering story lines, plot points, even song lyrics…usually its scenes, images, tones, sounds, melody and mood that stick with me. Films that play more like dreams. This film is a masterpiece of that kind of filmmaking, and so a masterpiece in my mind. And, the final credit sequence! Rhythm of the Night and Denis Lavant! It has to be the best dance scene in film history. It’s in such contrast to the rest of the film and yet somehow the perfect ending.
- 2/6/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
He has given us one of the greatest concert movies ever with Hail! Hail! Rock ‘N’ Roll, directed one of the most unforgettable romances in An Officer And A Gentleman, and he got an Oscar nomination for directing the acclaimed biopic Ray. Now with Parker, director Taylor Hackford tackles a genre he has not dealt with previously: the crime thriller.
The film stars Jason Statham as the title character, a professional thief who knowingly breaks the law but who also has a set of rules he always follows: he doesn’t steal from those who don’t have much, and he never hurts innocent people. Yes, Parker is a bad guy, but he has an unshakable code of ethics. The character of Parker originated from a series of books written by Donald Westlake (under the pen name of Richard Stark), and this is not the first time he has been brought to the silver screen.
The film stars Jason Statham as the title character, a professional thief who knowingly breaks the law but who also has a set of rules he always follows: he doesn’t steal from those who don’t have much, and he never hurts innocent people. Yes, Parker is a bad guy, but he has an unshakable code of ethics. The character of Parker originated from a series of books written by Donald Westlake (under the pen name of Richard Stark), and this is not the first time he has been brought to the silver screen.
- 1/27/2013
- by Ben Kenber
- We Got This Covered
Continuing our daily January countdown, here is the 10th out of 30 in our list of the 300 Greatest Films Ever Made. These are numbers 210-201.
210) Mean Streets (1973) Martin Scorsese USA
209) A Shot In The Dark (1964) Blake Edwards USA
208) Raise The Red Lantern (1991) Zhang Yimou China/ Hong Kong
207) Do The Right Thing (1989) Spike Lee USA
206) A Christmas Story (1983) Bob Clark USA
205) Meet John Doe (1941) Frank Capra USA
204) Breathless (1959) Jean Luc Goddard France
203) Jules & Jim (1961) Francois Truffaut France
202) The Life Of Brian (1979) Terry Jones British
201) Das Boot (1981) Wolfgang Petersen Germany
Numbers 200-191 coming next.
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210) Mean Streets (1973) Martin Scorsese USA
209) A Shot In The Dark (1964) Blake Edwards USA
208) Raise The Red Lantern (1991) Zhang Yimou China/ Hong Kong
207) Do The Right Thing (1989) Spike Lee USA
206) A Christmas Story (1983) Bob Clark USA
205) Meet John Doe (1941) Frank Capra USA
204) Breathless (1959) Jean Luc Goddard France
203) Jules & Jim (1961) Francois Truffaut France
202) The Life Of Brian (1979) Terry Jones British
201) Das Boot (1981) Wolfgang Petersen Germany
Numbers 200-191 coming next.
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- 1/11/2013
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Rob Young)
- Cinelinx
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