Denis Villeneuve's 2017 sci-fi film "Blade Runner 2049" is a worthy follow-up to Ridley Scott's 1982 flick "Blade Runner." Both presented unique and beautifully photographed sci-fi landscapes that were unique to the genre, and gorgeous to behold. They were the kinds of sci-fi landscapes that college-aged cineastes love to use as their laptop wallpapers. Additionally, both "Blade Runners" contained a few notably punchy action setpieces nestled in between steamroller-paced scenes of sorrowful contemplation. Also, both were infused with the same flavor of navel-gazing angst that feels incredibly profound when you're 16. Villeneuve's film outstripped Scott's in that it was a full 46 minutes longer.
"Blade Runner 2049" was Villenueve's ninth feature film as a director, having established his aesthetic in Canada with films like "Polytechnique" and "Incendies," and who became an international superstar with the success of films like "Prisoners" and "Sicario." Villeneuve's films tend to feature a very particular type of hazy,...
"Blade Runner 2049" was Villenueve's ninth feature film as a director, having established his aesthetic in Canada with films like "Polytechnique" and "Incendies," and who became an international superstar with the success of films like "Prisoners" and "Sicario." Villeneuve's films tend to feature a very particular type of hazy,...
- 3/3/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Two years ago, Souheila Yacoub took a call from an unknown number – and on the other end of line was Denis Villeneuve.
“I was so blacked out thinking how unreal it all was that I didn’t really understand everything that happened,” the actor tells Variety. “All I know is he asked me to read for ‘Dune: Part Two’ and shortly thereafter he offered me the part – and I was trying to stay professional, but on the inside I was crying, ‘This is so surreal!’”
One question the Swiss-born, Paris-based gymnast-turned-actor thought best not to ask was how she found her way onto Villeneuve’s radar to begin with.
“I was so nervous that he’d made mistake – that he was actually thinking of someone else – that I never dared to ask,” she laughs. “So I just signed the contract and showed up on set.”
With a pedigree that includes...
“I was so blacked out thinking how unreal it all was that I didn’t really understand everything that happened,” the actor tells Variety. “All I know is he asked me to read for ‘Dune: Part Two’ and shortly thereafter he offered me the part – and I was trying to stay professional, but on the inside I was crying, ‘This is so surreal!’”
One question the Swiss-born, Paris-based gymnast-turned-actor thought best not to ask was how she found her way onto Villeneuve’s radar to begin with.
“I was so nervous that he’d made mistake – that he was actually thinking of someone else – that I never dared to ask,” she laughs. “So I just signed the contract and showed up on set.”
With a pedigree that includes...
- 1/23/2024
- by Ben Croll
- Variety Film + TV
Juliette Binoche, Marion Cotillard and Jacques Audiard are among 500 French cinema professionals to have signed an open letter in support of a silent march for peace in Paris this Sunday.
The initiative – created in response to the Israel-Hamas conflict and its ongoing reverberations around the world – is being spearheaded by the newly launched Une Autre Voix (Another Voice) collective.
“This fratricidal war affects us all, and regardless of our reasons or affinities on each side of the wall, we want it to cease and that both peoples finally live in peace,” reads the letter.
“This is why we are organizing a silent, united, humanist and peaceful march that will open with a single long white banner. No political claims nor slogans. White flags, white handkerchiefs are welcome.”
Belgian-Moroccan actress Lubna Azabal presides over the Une Autre Voix collective which also features French...
The initiative – created in response to the Israel-Hamas conflict and its ongoing reverberations around the world – is being spearheaded by the newly launched Une Autre Voix (Another Voice) collective.
“This fratricidal war affects us all, and regardless of our reasons or affinities on each side of the wall, we want it to cease and that both peoples finally live in peace,” reads the letter.
“This is why we are organizing a silent, united, humanist and peaceful march that will open with a single long white banner. No political claims nor slogans. White flags, white handkerchiefs are welcome.”
Belgian-Moroccan actress Lubna Azabal presides over the Une Autre Voix collective which also features French...
- 11/17/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Skies of Lebanon Review: Alba Rohrwacher Leads a Creative, Heartbreaking Look at Love During Wartime
When historical events are too complex and sprawling to do them justice in a 90-minute film, the best thing is to shrink the aperture. Rather than try cramming in years’ worth of religious, political, and geographic conflict— such as that of the almost-two-decades-long Lebanese Civil War—focus on its impact instead. What was it like to live in Beirut as an emotionally, culturally rich life is suddenly turned upside-down by bombings and gunfire while numerous militias are formed, numerous governments are dismantled, and the threat of being kidnapped or killed is beyond real? Such is the experience French-Lebanese director Chloé Mazlo’s grandmother endured in the late 1970s, and the backdrop for the stories she told about loving both country and family.
Mazlo and co-writer Yacine Badday craft a narrative from those pieces of the past to portray the flashbacked account of a Swiss woman (Alba Rohrwacher’s Alice) in Beirut.
Mazlo and co-writer Yacine Badday craft a narrative from those pieces of the past to portray the flashbacked account of a Swiss woman (Alba Rohrwacher’s Alice) in Beirut.
- 7/20/2022
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
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Skies of Lebanon, the directorial debut of Chloé Mazlo, has been acquired for the U.S. by Dekanalog. The distributor is aiming to release the film theatrically on July 22.
A poetic blending of the personal and political, Skies of Lebanon combines live action with animation to create a vivid picture of Lebanon, inspired by the family history of filmmaker Mazlo. Using stories told to her by her grandmother about life during the Lebanese Civil War, Mazlo crafts what the producers describe as a “touching and heart-breaking story of love during wartime.”
The film sees Alba Rohrwacher (Happy as Lazzaro) play Alice, a Swiss woman who moves to Beirut in the 1950s and falls in love with a Lebanese man. Wajdi Mouawad (author of the play Incendies, which was the source material for Denis Villeneuve’s 2010 film with that same title) plays Joseph, an...
Skies of Lebanon, the directorial debut of Chloé Mazlo, has been acquired for the U.S. by Dekanalog. The distributor is aiming to release the film theatrically on July 22.
A poetic blending of the personal and political, Skies of Lebanon combines live action with animation to create a vivid picture of Lebanon, inspired by the family history of filmmaker Mazlo. Using stories told to her by her grandmother about life during the Lebanese Civil War, Mazlo crafts what the producers describe as a “touching and heart-breaking story of love during wartime.”
The film sees Alba Rohrwacher (Happy as Lazzaro) play Alice, a Swiss woman who moves to Beirut in the 1950s and falls in love with a Lebanese man. Wajdi Mouawad (author of the play Incendies, which was the source material for Denis Villeneuve’s 2010 film with that same title) plays Joseph, an...
- 6/27/2022
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Dekanalog, a new theatrical and digital distribution company, has acquired all U.S. rights to Chloé Mazlo’s feature debut “Skies of Lebanon” with Alba Rohrwacher (“Happy as Lazarro”).
Rpresented in international markets by Charades, “Skies of Lebanon” received Cannes’ Critics’ Week label in 2020, and is being released in French theaters on Wednesday (June 30) by Ad Vitam. Moby Dick Films produced the movie.
Set in the 1950’s, the film follows Alice, a young woman who leaves her native Swiss mountains for the sunny, vibrant shores of Beirut. She falls madly in love with Joseph, a quirky astrophysicist on a mission to send the first Lebanese national into space. Alice quickly fits in among Joseph’s relatives, but the civil war threatens their bliss.
Rohrwacher stars in the film opposite writer-turned-actor Wajdi Mouawad (“Incendies”). Mazlo previously directed the Cesar-winning short film “Les petits cailloux” in 2015.
“As a first generation immigrant, I...
Rpresented in international markets by Charades, “Skies of Lebanon” received Cannes’ Critics’ Week label in 2020, and is being released in French theaters on Wednesday (June 30) by Ad Vitam. Moby Dick Films produced the movie.
Set in the 1950’s, the film follows Alice, a young woman who leaves her native Swiss mountains for the sunny, vibrant shores of Beirut. She falls madly in love with Joseph, a quirky astrophysicist on a mission to send the first Lebanese national into space. Alice quickly fits in among Joseph’s relatives, but the civil war threatens their bliss.
Rohrwacher stars in the film opposite writer-turned-actor Wajdi Mouawad (“Incendies”). Mazlo previously directed the Cesar-winning short film “Les petits cailloux” in 2015.
“As a first generation immigrant, I...
- 6/30/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
New international deals have also been done on ’The Rose Maker’ starring Catherine Frot.
Ahead of this year’s Cannes, Paris-based sales company Charades has secured a raft of deals on two titles from last year’s Cannes: Laurent Tirard’s comedy drama The Speech, which was feted with the Cannes 2020 label, and Chloé Mazlo’s Skies Of Lebanon, which received the Critics’ Week label last year.
The Speech has sold to Canada (MK2 Mile End), South Korea (Pan Cinema), Austria (Panda), Sweden (Njuta), Singapore (Shaw Organisation), Airlines (Skeye), Turkey (Fabula), Argentina (Zeta Films), India (Big Tree), Uruguay (Movie) and...
Ahead of this year’s Cannes, Paris-based sales company Charades has secured a raft of deals on two titles from last year’s Cannes: Laurent Tirard’s comedy drama The Speech, which was feted with the Cannes 2020 label, and Chloé Mazlo’s Skies Of Lebanon, which received the Critics’ Week label last year.
The Speech has sold to Canada (MK2 Mile End), South Korea (Pan Cinema), Austria (Panda), Sweden (Njuta), Singapore (Shaw Organisation), Airlines (Skeye), Turkey (Fabula), Argentina (Zeta Films), India (Big Tree), Uruguay (Movie) and...
- 6/16/2021
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Parallel section unveils slimmed down, France-focused 2020 selection.
Cannes Critics’ Week has unveiled the five features and ten shorts selected for its special 2020 Semaine de la Critique label, created in response to the fact that its 59th edition could not take place this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Four of the five features hail from France with UK-Pakistani filmmaker Aleem Khan’s After Love the only non-French title in the selection.
Three of the French selections are first films: Anna Cazenave Cambet’s Gold For Dogs, Chloé Mazlo’s Skies Of Lebanon and Just Philippot’s The Swarm. They are...
Cannes Critics’ Week has unveiled the five features and ten shorts selected for its special 2020 Semaine de la Critique label, created in response to the fact that its 59th edition could not take place this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Four of the five features hail from France with UK-Pakistani filmmaker Aleem Khan’s After Love the only non-French title in the selection.
Three of the French selections are first films: Anna Cazenave Cambet’s Gold For Dogs, Chloé Mazlo’s Skies Of Lebanon and Just Philippot’s The Swarm. They are...
- 6/4/2020
- by 1100388¦Melanie Goodfellow¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Company releases first image for The Macaluso Sisters and Kirill Serebrennikov’s Petrov’s Flu.
Paris-based company Charades has boarded world sales on Sicilian director Emma Dante’s Palermo-set feature The Macaluso Sisters, about a group of tightly-knit sisters whose lives are marked forever by the death of one of them in a tragic beach accident.
The feature is an adaptation of Dante’s 2014 play of the same name which has toured her native Italy as well as Europe and the Us to critical acclaim in recent years. It is a second fiction feature for Dante after debut film A...
Paris-based company Charades has boarded world sales on Sicilian director Emma Dante’s Palermo-set feature The Macaluso Sisters, about a group of tightly-knit sisters whose lives are marked forever by the death of one of them in a tragic beach accident.
The feature is an adaptation of Dante’s 2014 play of the same name which has toured her native Italy as well as Europe and the Us to critical acclaim in recent years. It is a second fiction feature for Dante after debut film A...
- 2/18/2020
- by 1100388¦Melanie Goodfellow¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Sous le ciel d’Alice
For her directorial debut, celebrated short film director Chloé Mazlo will have Sous le ciel d’Alice (translated as Under Alice’s Sky) on hand for 2020. Produced by Moby Dick Films’ Frederic Niedermayer (Mademoiselle de Joncquières), Mazlo has nabbed Italian actress Alba Rohrwacher and Lebanese-Quebecois playwright Wajdi Mouawad to headline the production. Cinematographer Hélène Louvart is lensing the Moby Duck Films production. Mazlo’s 2015 short “The Little Stones” received a Cesar while her animated 2010 short documentary “Deyrouth” was well-received and well-traveled on the festival circuit.…...
For her directorial debut, celebrated short film director Chloé Mazlo will have Sous le ciel d’Alice (translated as Under Alice’s Sky) on hand for 2020. Produced by Moby Dick Films’ Frederic Niedermayer (Mademoiselle de Joncquières), Mazlo has nabbed Italian actress Alba Rohrwacher and Lebanese-Quebecois playwright Wajdi Mouawad to headline the production. Cinematographer Hélène Louvart is lensing the Moby Duck Films production. Mazlo’s 2015 short “The Little Stones” received a Cesar while her animated 2010 short documentary “Deyrouth” was well-received and well-traveled on the festival circuit.…...
- 12/30/2019
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Alba Rohrwacher and Wajdi Mouawad are leading the cast of this first feature film, a Moby Dick Films production sold by Charades and directed by the 2015 Cesar Award-winning director. Monday 18 November saw Chloé Mazlo begin filming on her first full-length work: Sous le ciel d’Alice. Highly acclaimed for her short films, in particular the animated documentaries Deyrouth (selected in over 60 festivals across 2010-2011) and The Little Stones (2015 César for Best Animated Short), the filmmaker will this time be working on a fiction feature, traversed by animated, oneiric interludes.Standing tall at the head of the cast is Italian actress Alba Rohrwacher (the winner of the Volpi Cup Best Actress award in Venice 2014 for Hungry Hearts; nominated for the David di Donatello Best Actress award four times, including this year for Lucia’s Grace, having already taken the trophy home in 2009 thanks to Giovanna’s Father; well received...
- 11/22/2019
- Cineuropa - The Best of European Cinema
Isabelle Huppert stars on stage in Phaedra(s) and films - Elle and Things to Come Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Guillaume Nicloux's bewitching Valley Of Love star Isabelle Huppert in 2013 presented Abuse Of Weakness with Catherine Breillat at the New York Film Festival. This year she has two films - Paul Verhoeven's Elle with Laurent Lafitte and Anne Consigny, based on the novel by Philippe Djian with a screenplay by David Birke, and also Mia Hansen-Løve's Things To Come (L’Avenir) with André Marcon and Edith Scob.
Isabelle Huppert in Phaedra(s)
In 2014, Isabelle Huppert performed on stage with Cate Blanchett and Elizabeth Debicki in New York during the Lincoln Center Festival in the Sydney Theater Company production of Jean Genet's The Maids, directed by Benedict Andrews at City Center.
This year she will star in Phaedra(s), directed by Krzysztof Warlikowski with text composed of excerpts...
Guillaume Nicloux's bewitching Valley Of Love star Isabelle Huppert in 2013 presented Abuse Of Weakness with Catherine Breillat at the New York Film Festival. This year she has two films - Paul Verhoeven's Elle with Laurent Lafitte and Anne Consigny, based on the novel by Philippe Djian with a screenplay by David Birke, and also Mia Hansen-Løve's Things To Come (L’Avenir) with André Marcon and Edith Scob.
Isabelle Huppert in Phaedra(s)
In 2014, Isabelle Huppert performed on stage with Cate Blanchett and Elizabeth Debicki in New York during the Lincoln Center Festival in the Sydney Theater Company production of Jean Genet's The Maids, directed by Benedict Andrews at City Center.
This year she will star in Phaedra(s), directed by Krzysztof Warlikowski with text composed of excerpts...
- 8/18/2016
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Famous for immersing herself in challenging roles, the French actor plays a war photographer in her latest film Louder Than Bombs. She talks about her commitment to directors, acting with Gerard Depardieu and playing a woman who stalks her rapist
Isabelle Huppert strides into the salon, full of pep and vinegar, as you would expect. “Right now, I am completely immersed in theatre,” she says, not especially apologetically. “That’s why I might sound a little asleep at times.” It’s true: she is midway through a two-month Paris run of Phaedra(s), the classical Greek tragedy as reinterpreted by Sarah “Blasted” Kane, Wajdi Mouawad and Jm Coetzee. “It is a very demanding production,” she says, and you wouldn’t want to doubt her.
But she doesn’t sound in the remotest bit asleep. One of Huppert’s principal attributes, and one that has served her brilliantly as an actor over the decades,...
Isabelle Huppert strides into the salon, full of pep and vinegar, as you would expect. “Right now, I am completely immersed in theatre,” she says, not especially apologetically. “That’s why I might sound a little asleep at times.” It’s true: she is midway through a two-month Paris run of Phaedra(s), the classical Greek tragedy as reinterpreted by Sarah “Blasted” Kane, Wajdi Mouawad and Jm Coetzee. “It is a very demanding production,” she says, and you wouldn’t want to doubt her.
But she doesn’t sound in the remotest bit asleep. One of Huppert’s principal attributes, and one that has served her brilliantly as an actor over the decades,...
- 4/21/2016
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
Famous for immersing herself in challenging roles, the French actor plays a war photographer in her latest film Louder Than Bombs. She talks about her commitment to directors, acting with Gerard Depardieu and playing a woman who stalks her rapist
Isabelle Huppert strides into the salon, full of pep and vinegar, as you would expect. “Right now, I am completely immersed in theatre,” she says, not especially apologetically. “That’s why I might sound a little asleep at times.” It’s true: she is midway through a two-month Paris run of Phaedra(s), the classical Greek tragedy as reinterpreted by Sarah “Blasted” Kane, Wajdi Mouawad and Jm Coetzee. “It is a very demanding production,” she says, and you wouldn’t want to doubt her.
But she doesn’t sound in the remotest bit asleep. One of Huppert’s principal attributes, and one that has served her brilliantly as an actor over the decades,...
Isabelle Huppert strides into the salon, full of pep and vinegar, as you would expect. “Right now, I am completely immersed in theatre,” she says, not especially apologetically. “That’s why I might sound a little asleep at times.” It’s true: she is midway through a two-month Paris run of Phaedra(s), the classical Greek tragedy as reinterpreted by Sarah “Blasted” Kane, Wajdi Mouawad and Jm Coetzee. “It is a very demanding production,” she says, and you wouldn’t want to doubt her.
But she doesn’t sound in the remotest bit asleep. One of Huppert’s principal attributes, and one that has served her brilliantly as an actor over the decades,...
- 4/21/2016
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
Canadian director Denis Villeneuve first emerged on the Canadian film front with an odd little film titled Maelstrom. The story was interesting but what really stood out was Villeneuve's strong storytelling and visual style which he cemented with the release, a few years later, of Polytechnique. A dramatization of the 1989 Montreal Massacre, Polytechnique was a spectacular achievement in storytelling and direction, a movie which tackled a difficult subject with care. Two years ago Villeneuve adapted Wajdi Mouawad's award winning play and Incendies (review) ushered in the arrival of Villeneuve on the international scene. [Continued ...]...
- 5/31/2013
- QuietEarth.us
2011 was one of the best years for film in recent years. There are about 25 films that could have made my top ten list and each film in my top 5 could be my number one. I saw about 100 films this year and I still wish I could have seen more. I feel very comfortable with my top ten and I feel like it was a good representative of the year in film. However I do feel that people looking at this article should go over to Sound On Sight and see all the staff’s individual lists, as well as the honorable mentions that just missed my list. You will find a great collection of films on those lists.
1. Martha Marcy May Marlene
Directed by Sean Durkin
I saw Sean Durkin’s directorial debut in August and knew as soon as the last frame came up that this was the best picture of the year.
1. Martha Marcy May Marlene
Directed by Sean Durkin
I saw Sean Durkin’s directorial debut in August and knew as soon as the last frame came up that this was the best picture of the year.
- 12/31/2011
- by Josh Youngerman
- SoundOnSight
Your Weekly Source for the Newest Releases to Blu-Ray Tuesday, September 13th, 2011
The 10th Victim (1965)
Synopsis: It is the 21st Century, and society’s lust for violence is satisfied by “The Big Hunt,” an international game of legalized murder. But when the sport’s two top assassins (Marcello Mastroianni and Ursula Andress) are pitted against each other, they find that love is the most dangerous game of all. As the world watches, the hunt is on. Who will become The 10th Victim? The 10th Victim is the international cult classic whose wild action and sexy style has influenced a generation of movies, from The Running Man to the Austin Powers series. Remastered from original archival negative materials, this outrageous satire is presented here in its original Italian language with optional English subtitles. — highdefdigest.com
Special Features:
Marcello: A Sweet Life (2006) (102 Mins.) Theatrical Trailer
3 Women: The Criterion Collection (1977)
Synopsis: In a dusty,...
The 10th Victim (1965)
Synopsis: It is the 21st Century, and society’s lust for violence is satisfied by “The Big Hunt,” an international game of legalized murder. But when the sport’s two top assassins (Marcello Mastroianni and Ursula Andress) are pitted against each other, they find that love is the most dangerous game of all. As the world watches, the hunt is on. Who will become The 10th Victim? The 10th Victim is the international cult classic whose wild action and sexy style has influenced a generation of movies, from The Running Man to the Austin Powers series. Remastered from original archival negative materials, this outrageous satire is presented here in its original Italian language with optional English subtitles. — highdefdigest.com
Special Features:
Marcello: A Sweet Life (2006) (102 Mins.) Theatrical Trailer
3 Women: The Criterion Collection (1977)
Synopsis: In a dusty,...
- 9/13/2011
- by Travis Keune
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides; Pina; Incendies; Insidious; The Roommate; Third Star; Take Me Home Tonight
The failure of 3D TVs to make any significant inroads into the nation's front rooms ensures that even the most high-profile stereoscopic cinema outings wind up being watched in good old flatscreen at home. This doesn't much matter for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011, Disney, 12), in which the much-vaunted "real 3D" was utterly forgettable – much like the feature itself. It would have been hard for new franchise helmsman Rob Marshall to make a worse fist of things than previous incumbent Gore Verbinski, but what this belated fourth instalment lacks in outrageous awfulness it makes up for in terms of plodding mediocrity.
Despite being based (in part) on the novel from which it takes its subtitle, On Stranger Tides suffers from the same lack of narrative coherence that hobbled its lengthy...
The failure of 3D TVs to make any significant inroads into the nation's front rooms ensures that even the most high-profile stereoscopic cinema outings wind up being watched in good old flatscreen at home. This doesn't much matter for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011, Disney, 12), in which the much-vaunted "real 3D" was utterly forgettable – much like the feature itself. It would have been hard for new franchise helmsman Rob Marshall to make a worse fist of things than previous incumbent Gore Verbinski, but what this belated fourth instalment lacks in outrageous awfulness it makes up for in terms of plodding mediocrity.
Despite being based (in part) on the novel from which it takes its subtitle, On Stranger Tides suffers from the same lack of narrative coherence that hobbled its lengthy...
- 9/10/2011
- by Mark Kermode
- The Guardian - Film News
A film by Denis Villeneuve, Incendies is released on September 12th on DVD and Blu-ray by Trinity. We have 3 copies of the DVD to give away and 3 beautiful posters from the film.
Masterfully adapted from the acclaimed play by Wajdi Mouawad, Incendies brings to life a moving and epic tale through the unravelling of one woman’s mysterious past. At the reading of their mother Nawal’s (Lubna Azabal) will, twin siblings Simon and Jeanne learn for the first time that they have a brother and that their father, whom they thought was dead, is in fact alive.
Their mother’s last wishes send Jeanne and Simon on an expedition in search of their tangled roots. Shifting back and forth in time, Incendies follows two parallel journeys—the twins’ and Nawal’s own life-changing search to find her son during a time of civil war and sectarian conflict. Through the juxtaposition of these two quests,...
Masterfully adapted from the acclaimed play by Wajdi Mouawad, Incendies brings to life a moving and epic tale through the unravelling of one woman’s mysterious past. At the reading of their mother Nawal’s (Lubna Azabal) will, twin siblings Simon and Jeanne learn for the first time that they have a brother and that their father, whom they thought was dead, is in fact alive.
Their mother’s last wishes send Jeanne and Simon on an expedition in search of their tangled roots. Shifting back and forth in time, Incendies follows two parallel journeys—the twins’ and Nawal’s own life-changing search to find her son during a time of civil war and sectarian conflict. Through the juxtaposition of these two quests,...
- 9/2/2011
- by Matt Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
Melissa Desormeaux-Poulin faces the fire in Incendies.
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release Incendies, a 2011 Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language Film, as a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack on Sept. 13 for a list price of $45.99.
Directed by Denis Villeneuve (Maelstrom) and adapted from Wajdi Mouawad’s hit play, Incendies follows twin siblings (Mélissa Désormeaux Poulin, Maxim Gaudette) who uncover a shocking family secret after they agree to fulfill their mother’s (Lubna Azabal) dying wish: to locate the father they thought was dead, as well as a brother they never knew existed.
The much-lauded Incendies enjoyed a limited release in theaters in the U.S., following a roll-out to film festivals and theatrical engagements across the world. It has grossed approximately $6 million at the domestic box office as of this writing.
The Blu-ray and DVD of the movie, which is presented in French and Arabic with English subtitles, contains the...
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release Incendies, a 2011 Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language Film, as a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack on Sept. 13 for a list price of $45.99.
Directed by Denis Villeneuve (Maelstrom) and adapted from Wajdi Mouawad’s hit play, Incendies follows twin siblings (Mélissa Désormeaux Poulin, Maxim Gaudette) who uncover a shocking family secret after they agree to fulfill their mother’s (Lubna Azabal) dying wish: to locate the father they thought was dead, as well as a brother they never knew existed.
The much-lauded Incendies enjoyed a limited release in theaters in the U.S., following a roll-out to film festivals and theatrical engagements across the world. It has grossed approximately $6 million at the domestic box office as of this writing.
The Blu-ray and DVD of the movie, which is presented in French and Arabic with English subtitles, contains the...
- 7/18/2011
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
From its arresting opening to its shattering conclusion, the Canadian film Incendies is muscular, emotional film-making of the highest order, self-confident in its delivery yet always respectful of its characters' plight. It starts in slo-mo, to the sound of Radiohead, in what looks like a children's Qu'ran school, in a desert, where we see boys having their heads shaved by soldiers. One of the boys fixes the camera with a chilling stare as hair falls around his feet.
The film then switches to a law firm in Montreal, where a mother's will is being read to her grief-stricken twins, daughter Jeanne (Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin) and son Simon (Maxim Gaudette). The lawyer Maître Lebel is played by the great Quebecois actor Rémy Girard, from another Canadian family saga, Denys Arcand's Les Invasions Barbares. This, too, is a tale of family, identity and, perhaps, forgiveness as the will sets Jeanne, a student of pure maths,...
The film then switches to a law firm in Montreal, where a mother's will is being read to her grief-stricken twins, daughter Jeanne (Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin) and son Simon (Maxim Gaudette). The lawyer Maître Lebel is played by the great Quebecois actor Rémy Girard, from another Canadian family saga, Denys Arcand's Les Invasions Barbares. This, too, is a tale of family, identity and, perhaps, forgiveness as the will sets Jeanne, a student of pure maths,...
- 6/25/2011
- by Jason Solomons
- The Guardian - Film News
It's a good weekend for moviegoing in the UK, starting with the pleasantly surprising revival of Ivan Passer's Cutter's Way (1981). "Much as womanizing slacker Richard Bone (Jeff Bridges) finds himself late one evening in a rainy Santa Barbara alleyway at the same time as a silhouetted figure dumps a young woman's body there, Cutter's Way suffered the misfortune of being in the wrong place at the wrong time," begins Anton Bitel in Little White Lies:
Adapted from Newton Thorburg's 1976 novel Cutter and Bone, Ivan Passer's film was released under the same title, only to receive a critical drubbing, be withdrawn from screens a week later, and then renamed and repackaged for United Artists' arthouse division, and ultimately for VHS (where its reputation really grew). This was the early Eighties, when American cinema, ruled over by Spielberg and Lucas, had become all about action, spectacle and escapism,...
Adapted from Newton Thorburg's 1976 novel Cutter and Bone, Ivan Passer's film was released under the same title, only to receive a critical drubbing, be withdrawn from screens a week later, and then renamed and repackaged for United Artists' arthouse division, and ultimately for VHS (where its reputation really grew). This was the early Eighties, when American cinema, ruled over by Spielberg and Lucas, had become all about action, spectacle and escapism,...
- 6/24/2011
- MUBI
An intriguing, but flawed movie set in the Lebanese civil war in the 1970s
The new film from Canadian director Denis Villeneuve is based on Wajdi Mouawad's 2003 play Scorched. It's an image of women and children slaughtered on a burning bus during the Lebanese civil war in the 70s, and the image extends to the incineration of history, of memory, and the bitterness of revisiting the charred remains of violence and tragedy. Villeneuve's movie speaks of the transgressive obscenity of war, particularly civil war, and how its survivors must come to terms with having been shaped by atrocity. They are, in a sense atrocity's descendants. The story begins with an ageing, expatriate Lebanese woman in Quebec being mysteriously struck dumb at a swimming pool. After her death, her grownup twin children discover from the will that they have a brother about whom they knew nothing, and a father, still living.
The new film from Canadian director Denis Villeneuve is based on Wajdi Mouawad's 2003 play Scorched. It's an image of women and children slaughtered on a burning bus during the Lebanese civil war in the 70s, and the image extends to the incineration of history, of memory, and the bitterness of revisiting the charred remains of violence and tragedy. Villeneuve's movie speaks of the transgressive obscenity of war, particularly civil war, and how its survivors must come to terms with having been shaped by atrocity. They are, in a sense atrocity's descendants. The story begins with an ageing, expatriate Lebanese woman in Quebec being mysteriously struck dumb at a swimming pool. After her death, her grownup twin children discover from the will that they have a brother about whom they knew nothing, and a father, still living.
- 6/23/2011
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
HeyUGuys brings you the latest in World Cinema film trailers in association with Film Dates UK.
Each week we’ll be showcasing some of most anticipated foreign releases as well as highlighting a few hidden gems which may have fallen off your radar. It’s no surprise that Hollywood has turned to World Cinema for inspiration in recent years with the number of remakes getting more and more popular.
Whilst it remains to be seen how many of these remakes go on to succeed or stay true to their original story counterparts, we decided it was high-time we turned the spotlight onto the next wave of foreign films to grace our screens.
This week we have 3 new trailers for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy!
Double Dhamaal UK Cinema Release Date: Friday 24th June 2011
Synopsis: The four good-for-nothing jokers from Dhamaal – Roy (Ritesh Deshmukh), Adi (Arshad Warsi), Manav (Jaaved Jaaferi) and Boman (Aashish Chaudhry) are back again!
Each week we’ll be showcasing some of most anticipated foreign releases as well as highlighting a few hidden gems which may have fallen off your radar. It’s no surprise that Hollywood has turned to World Cinema for inspiration in recent years with the number of remakes getting more and more popular.
Whilst it remains to be seen how many of these remakes go on to succeed or stay true to their original story counterparts, we decided it was high-time we turned the spotlight onto the next wave of foreign films to grace our screens.
This week we have 3 new trailers for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy!
Double Dhamaal UK Cinema Release Date: Friday 24th June 2011
Synopsis: The four good-for-nothing jokers from Dhamaal – Roy (Ritesh Deshmukh), Adi (Arshad Warsi), Manav (Jaaved Jaaferi) and Boman (Aashish Chaudhry) are back again!
- 6/22/2011
- by Andy Petrou
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Incendies
Directed by Denis Villeneuve
Written by Denis Villeneuve and Valérie Beaugrand-Champagne
Canada/France, 2010, 130 mins.
Spoilers are contained herein.
Incendies is the first unqualified masterpiece of 2011 and the film that should have won the Best Foreign Language Film Award at this year’s Academy Awards. Denis Villeneuve’s film is a perfect adaptation of the wonderful Canadian play by Wajdi Mouawad, a plat that might be the best family drama of the past decade. Villeneuve and his co-writer Valérie Beaugrand-Champagne strip away an hour out of the play’s running time while still staying faithful to the play’s structure. What makes the film really work is that it is an intimate family drama set on a global scale that plays out as an engaging and tense thriller. This is the film that Susanne Bier’s film In a Better World tried so hard and failed to be.
The film...
Directed by Denis Villeneuve
Written by Denis Villeneuve and Valérie Beaugrand-Champagne
Canada/France, 2010, 130 mins.
Spoilers are contained herein.
Incendies is the first unqualified masterpiece of 2011 and the film that should have won the Best Foreign Language Film Award at this year’s Academy Awards. Denis Villeneuve’s film is a perfect adaptation of the wonderful Canadian play by Wajdi Mouawad, a plat that might be the best family drama of the past decade. Villeneuve and his co-writer Valérie Beaugrand-Champagne strip away an hour out of the play’s running time while still staying faithful to the play’s structure. What makes the film really work is that it is an intimate family drama set on a global scale that plays out as an engaging and tense thriller. This is the film that Susanne Bier’s film In a Better World tried so hard and failed to be.
The film...
- 5/28/2011
- by Josh Youngerman
- SoundOnSight
Considering the constant news coverage of conflicts in the Middle East it’s no wonder that several months after the release of Miral we’re seeing another family drama set in that region- Incendies directed by Denis Villeneuve based on the play by Wajdi Mouawad. Like the earlier film , this centers on a woman caught up in these clashes , but this time her story is part of a mystery that is slowly revealed.
After opening scenes of young men having their heads sheared, the action shifts to modern day Quebec. In the office of a notary, Jean Lebel, he meets with the twins of his late assistant, Nawal Marwan- Jeanne and Simon- to read her last will. Seems before her estate can be released to them, she must deliver a sealed envelope to their father, and he must do the same with their brother. This comes as a shock to...
After opening scenes of young men having their heads sheared, the action shifts to modern day Quebec. In the office of a notary, Jean Lebel, he meets with the twins of his late assistant, Nawal Marwan- Jeanne and Simon- to read her last will. Seems before her estate can be released to them, she must deliver a sealed envelope to their father, and he must do the same with their brother. This comes as a shock to...
- 5/20/2011
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The Twitch is reporting (via Fsr) that Producer Andrew Kosove has confirmed that Incendies director, Denis Villeneuve, is now attached to Prisoners for his English language debut with the goal being to shoot in the fall. Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad’s play, Scorched, Incendies follows the journey of two siblings as they attempt to unravel the mystery of their mother’s life, it was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
The Prisoners is a project that has been in quite some development hell, especially for writer Aron Guzikowski, who had the script put on the Black List (at least we will see his writing talents with Contraband in March 2010). Then there was the carousel of names and would this get made talk that continuously cycled. A stream of high end stars and directors have been attached to the project – a list that includes Christian Bale, Leonardo DiCaprio,...
The Prisoners is a project that has been in quite some development hell, especially for writer Aron Guzikowski, who had the script put on the Black List (at least we will see his writing talents with Contraband in March 2010). Then there was the carousel of names and would this get made talk that continuously cycled. A stream of high end stars and directors have been attached to the project – a list that includes Christian Bale, Leonardo DiCaprio,...
- 4/25/2011
- by Kevin Coll
- FusedFilm
Director: Denis Villenueve Writers: Denis Villenueve, Valérie Beaugrand-Champagne, Wajdi Mouawad Cinematographer: André Turpin Starring: Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette, Rémy Girard Studio/Running Time: Sony Pictures Classics, 130 min. One of the questions at the heart of Incendies is whether the search is as important as what’s found at the end. The taut drama follows a pair of twins trying to fulfill a request from their mother’s will: to find their lost brother and unknown father and hand them a pair of mysterious letters. It soon turns out that the pair knew little of their mother’s life, so their...
- 4/22/2011
- Pastemagazine.com
Tyler Perry fans and Robert Pattinson shriekers can flock to theaters this weekend. In the meantime, check out a variety of alternatives from the indiesphere. Morgan Spurlock's provocative doc on product placement and movie marketing The Greatest Movie Ever Sold is eye-opening and entertaining (here's our interview). Tribeca Fest day-and-date title The Bang Bang Club is all too timely, given the recent death in Libya of photojournalist Tim Hetherington. It's based on a real group of adrenaline-junkie war zone photographers. Indie actioner Stake Land satisfies any zombie cravings, while Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen delivers martial arts action as well as striking images. And be warned: Denis Villeneuve's foreign language Oscar nominee Incendies, based on a Wadji Mouawad's fictional play, may ...
- 4/22/2011
- Thompson on Hollywood
Incendies is a film of considerable scope and ambition, an epic that follows young French Canadian siblings on a search for their mother’s Middle Eastern roots. Written and directed by Denis Villeneuve, from a play by Wajdi Mouawad, it’s a feast of sweeping hillsides and vast villages, high-end melodramatic set pieces and restrained, quieter moments. Infused with mystery, tragedy and humor, serving as a genealogical study and Greek tragedy wrapped in one, it’s a fine achievement of bold, deeply felt cinema. The picture commands your attention from its opening frames, commencing with the slow-motion and ominously dreamlike image of an anonymous Middle Eastern boy’s head being shaved by a gun-toting elder. Radiohead’s “Like Spinning Plates” plays. From there, the picture gingerly segues into what’s, in simplest terms, a multigenerational detective story. After the death of Canadian immigrant Nawal Marwan (Lubna Azabal), her children (daughter Jeanne and son Simon) are shocked when...
- 4/22/2011
- by Robert Levin
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Since debuting at last year's Telluride Film Festival, the Canadian epic family tragedy "Incendies" went on to slay audiences at several of the world's top film festivals, culminating in a Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film. It lost to Denmark's "In a Better World," but don't count this one out.
"Incendies" begins with a killer scene: Twins Jeanne and Simon are presented their mother Narwal's will following her death. The document requests that they each deliver separate sealed envelopes to their father and brother. Problem is, their father passed away years earlier during the war in the Middle East and they have no knowledge of another sibling.
The film then sets out on one epic journey that hops between the Middle East and Montreal, in which the mother's complicated war-torn past is revealed and the twins' questions are answered.
Based on the play of the same name by...
"Incendies" begins with a killer scene: Twins Jeanne and Simon are presented their mother Narwal's will following her death. The document requests that they each deliver separate sealed envelopes to their father and brother. Problem is, their father passed away years earlier during the war in the Middle East and they have no knowledge of another sibling.
The film then sets out on one epic journey that hops between the Middle East and Montreal, in which the mother's complicated war-torn past is revealed and the twins' questions are answered.
Based on the play of the same name by...
- 4/22/2011
- by Nigel Smith
- NextMovie
Deep in the heart of the ongoing trend of immensely popular adapted art-house material, there lies a kernel of Hollywood thinking. Films like The Millennium Trilogy or Never Let Me Go subscribe to the same model as blockbuster hits like The Harry Potter series or Watchmen, meticulously attempting to follow the original text in order to satisfy fans of the source material. Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad’s monologue-heavy stage play, Incendies is the rare anomaly of a film that attempts to evoke not the most accurate recreation of its source material, but the most accurate interpretation. Director Denis Villeneuve, the French-Canadian mastermind behind last year’s kinetic, black-and-white school shooting account, Polytechnique, painstakingly translates Mouawad’s words to images to tell the story, relying on very little dialog and a plethora of clever camerawork. And it pays off.
From the opening moments of the film, you feel as you are...
From the opening moments of the film, you feel as you are...
- 4/21/2011
- by MichaelLerman
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
By Elliot V. Kotek
(from Moving Pictures, winter issue, 2011)
“To encounter a film of heart-wrenching tragedy, mythic proportions and sweeping visual majesty is rare, but such are the riches of Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Incendies.’” So reads the Toronto International Film Festival’s official description of the film that won the prize for Best Canadian Feature Film and was nominated in the Best Foreign Film category at the 83rd Academy Awards. The two-time Genie Award winner for Best Director (“Next Floor,” “Maelstrom”) talked with Moving Pictures in Toronto about “Incendies,” a drama that weaves elements of civil war, family, resilience and love, and culminates in a shocking revelation.
Moving Pictures: The film begins with a perfect premise for a mystery. People find out something very personal that they’ve never known before and are sent on a mission, essentially. But what unfolds after that took me by complete surprise.
If...
(from Moving Pictures, winter issue, 2011)
“To encounter a film of heart-wrenching tragedy, mythic proportions and sweeping visual majesty is rare, but such are the riches of Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Incendies.’” So reads the Toronto International Film Festival’s official description of the film that won the prize for Best Canadian Feature Film and was nominated in the Best Foreign Film category at the 83rd Academy Awards. The two-time Genie Award winner for Best Director (“Next Floor,” “Maelstrom”) talked with Moving Pictures in Toronto about “Incendies,” a drama that weaves elements of civil war, family, resilience and love, and culminates in a shocking revelation.
Moving Pictures: The film begins with a perfect premise for a mystery. People find out something very personal that they’ve never known before and are sent on a mission, essentially. But what unfolds after that took me by complete surprise.
If...
- 4/20/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
By Elliot V. Kotek
(from Moving Pictures, winter issue, 2011)
“To encounter a film of heart-wrenching tragedy, mythic proportions and sweeping visual majesty is rare, but such are the riches of Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Incendies.’” So reads the Toronto International Film Festival’s official description of the film that won the prize for Best Canadian Feature Film and was nominated in the Best Foreign Film category at the 83rd Academy Awards. The two-time Genie Award winner for Best Director (“Next Floor,” “Maelstrom”) talked with Moving Pictures in Toronto about “Incendies,” a drama that weaves elements of civil war, family, resilience and love, and culminates in a shocking revelation.
Moving Pictures: The film begins with a perfect premise for a mystery. People find out something very personal that they’ve never known before and are sent on a mission, essentially. But what unfolds after that took me by complete surprise.
If...
(from Moving Pictures, winter issue, 2011)
“To encounter a film of heart-wrenching tragedy, mythic proportions and sweeping visual majesty is rare, but such are the riches of Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Incendies.’” So reads the Toronto International Film Festival’s official description of the film that won the prize for Best Canadian Feature Film and was nominated in the Best Foreign Film category at the 83rd Academy Awards. The two-time Genie Award winner for Best Director (“Next Floor,” “Maelstrom”) talked with Moving Pictures in Toronto about “Incendies,” a drama that weaves elements of civil war, family, resilience and love, and culminates in a shocking revelation.
Moving Pictures: The film begins with a perfect premise for a mystery. People find out something very personal that they’ve never known before and are sent on a mission, essentially. But what unfolds after that took me by complete surprise.
If...
- 4/20/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Reviewed by Elliot V. Kotek
(from the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival)
Directed/Written by: Denis Villeneuve
Starring: Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette and Rémy Girard
“Incendies” wastes no time in introducing us to its perfect premise: A less-than-perfect mother reveals to her twins, via last will and testament, that they have a brother and a father, and that they’re to find them to fulfill a promise that she never kept during her lifetime. Based on the play by Lebanese-born, Canadian-bred, Parisian-trained Wajdi Mouawad, “Incendies” tracks the ensuing journey to unearth the truth behind a family’s past in order to reveal who they truly are today.
Directed by Cannes’ favorite Canadian filmmaker, Denis Villeneuve (“August 32nd on Earth,” “Maelstrom,” “Polytechnique”), “Incendies” peels layers back to strike at the core of the notion of a civilization marked by one or other type of civil war, a concept that forces individuals related by place,...
(from the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival)
Directed/Written by: Denis Villeneuve
Starring: Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette and Rémy Girard
“Incendies” wastes no time in introducing us to its perfect premise: A less-than-perfect mother reveals to her twins, via last will and testament, that they have a brother and a father, and that they’re to find them to fulfill a promise that she never kept during her lifetime. Based on the play by Lebanese-born, Canadian-bred, Parisian-trained Wajdi Mouawad, “Incendies” tracks the ensuing journey to unearth the truth behind a family’s past in order to reveal who they truly are today.
Directed by Cannes’ favorite Canadian filmmaker, Denis Villeneuve (“August 32nd on Earth,” “Maelstrom,” “Polytechnique”), “Incendies” peels layers back to strike at the core of the notion of a civilization marked by one or other type of civil war, a concept that forces individuals related by place,...
- 4/18/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
Reviewed by Elliot V. Kotek
(from the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival)
Directed/Written by: Denis Villeneuve
Starring: Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette and Rémy Girard
“Incendies” wastes no time in introducing us to its perfect premise: A less-than-perfect mother reveals to her twins, via last will and testament, that they have a brother and a father, and that they’re to find them to fulfill a promise that she never kept during her lifetime. Based on the play by Lebanese-born, Canadian-bred, Parisian-trained Wajdi Mouawad, “Incendies” tracks the ensuing journey to unearth the truth behind a family’s past in order to reveal who they truly are today.
Directed by Cannes’ favorite Canadian filmmaker, Denis Villeneuve (“August 32nd on Earth,” “Maelstrom,” “Polytechnique”), “Incendies” peels layers back to strike at the core of the notion of a civilization marked by one or other type of civil war, a concept that forces individuals related by place,...
(from the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival)
Directed/Written by: Denis Villeneuve
Starring: Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette and Rémy Girard
“Incendies” wastes no time in introducing us to its perfect premise: A less-than-perfect mother reveals to her twins, via last will and testament, that they have a brother and a father, and that they’re to find them to fulfill a promise that she never kept during her lifetime. Based on the play by Lebanese-born, Canadian-bred, Parisian-trained Wajdi Mouawad, “Incendies” tracks the ensuing journey to unearth the truth behind a family’s past in order to reveal who they truly are today.
Directed by Cannes’ favorite Canadian filmmaker, Denis Villeneuve (“August 32nd on Earth,” “Maelstrom,” “Polytechnique”), “Incendies” peels layers back to strike at the core of the notion of a civilization marked by one or other type of civil war, a concept that forces individuals related by place,...
- 4/18/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Director: Denis Villeneuve Writers: Denis Villeneuve, Wajdi Mouawad Starring: Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Lubna Azabal, Maxim Gaudette After their mother Nawal’s (Lubna Azabal) death, twins Jeanne (Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin) and Simon (Maxim Gaudette) are faced with a puzzle that they must solve in order to fulfill their mother's last will and testament. According to their mother's most recent employer (Rémy Girard) -- a notary who was designated as the will's executor -- two letters must be delivered, one to their father and one to their brother. This is a puzzle because Jeanne and Simon assumed that their father was long dead and this is the first time that they have ever heard about the existence of any siblings. Simon wants nothing at all to do with their lunatic mother's crazy mind games, so it is Jeanne (quite purposefully a mathematician, therefore a staunch believer in absolute answers) who embarks upon the journey...
- 4/3/2011
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
The calm before the summer blockbuster storm is here. We have a few bigger budget pictures to recommend, but April mostly includes limited releases from film festivals finally getting their theatrical debuts. Check out the list to see below and matinees on the next page.
See:
10. Your Highness (David Gordon Green; April 8th)
Synopsis: A fantasy-comedy about an arrogant, lazy prince (McBride) who must complete a quest in order to save his father’s kingdom.
Trailer
Why You Should See It: It isn’t as funny as Pineapple Express, but anything from this collective is worth checking out. Danny McBride and his bud Ben Best wrote the screenplay for this outrageous medieval/action/adventure/stoner comedy. I hope at least one of those words piques your interest.
9. Ceremony (Max Winkler; April 8th)
Synopsis: Sam Davis (Angarano) coerces his estranged friend to spend a weekend together in a beachside town, though...
See:
10. Your Highness (David Gordon Green; April 8th)
Synopsis: A fantasy-comedy about an arrogant, lazy prince (McBride) who must complete a quest in order to save his father’s kingdom.
Trailer
Why You Should See It: It isn’t as funny as Pineapple Express, but anything from this collective is worth checking out. Danny McBride and his bud Ben Best wrote the screenplay for this outrageous medieval/action/adventure/stoner comedy. I hope at least one of those words piques your interest.
9. Ceremony (Max Winkler; April 8th)
Synopsis: Sam Davis (Angarano) coerces his estranged friend to spend a weekend together in a beachside town, though...
- 4/1/2011
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Most of us know something about our parents-after all, we.ve been with them 20, 30, 40 years or more. But how many of us know about the dramatic events in our parents. lives before we were born? Some studies among Americans say we don.t know much, perhaps because we.re not all that interested or because parents have reasons to keep some of their backgrounds private. One mother, known to her twin children as a secretary to a notary in Montreal, had lived a far more perilous life in Lebanon during that country.s civil war between Christians and Moslems. Wajdi Mouawad composed a play about her experience and its effect on the young people, and now writer-director Denis Villeneuve opens it from the small stage that gave it birth into a glorious cinematic experience.
- 2/23/2011
- Arizona Reporter
HeyUGuys brings you the latest in World Cinema film trailers in association with Film Dates UK.
Each week we’ll be showcasing some of most anticipated foreign releases as well as highlighting a few hidden gems which may have fallen off your radar. It’s no surprise that Hollywood has turned to World Cinema for inspiration in recent years with the number of remakes getting more and more popular.
Whilst it remains to be seen how many of these remakes go on to succeed or stay true to their original story counterparts, we decided it was high-time we turned the spotlight onto the next wave of foreign films to grace our screens.
This week we have a whopping 14 new trailers for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy!
Tehroun Téhéran UK Cinema Release Date: Thursday 17th February 2011
Synopsis: Ibrahim left his family to try his luck in Tehran. But in this asphalt jungle...
Each week we’ll be showcasing some of most anticipated foreign releases as well as highlighting a few hidden gems which may have fallen off your radar. It’s no surprise that Hollywood has turned to World Cinema for inspiration in recent years with the number of remakes getting more and more popular.
Whilst it remains to be seen how many of these remakes go on to succeed or stay true to their original story counterparts, we decided it was high-time we turned the spotlight onto the next wave of foreign films to grace our screens.
This week we have a whopping 14 new trailers for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy!
Tehroun Téhéran UK Cinema Release Date: Thursday 17th February 2011
Synopsis: Ibrahim left his family to try his luck in Tehran. But in this asphalt jungle...
- 2/15/2011
- by Andy Petrou
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
In the category of the best foreign language film of the year, Oscar contender, Incedies from Canada that we didn't hear much about until recently has released five new clips.Incendies is directed by Denis Villeneuve and tells the story of a mother's last wishes to send twins Jeanne and Simon on a journey to Middle East in search of their tangled roots. Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad's acclaimed play, Incendies tells the powerful and moving tale of two young adults' voyage to the core of deep-rooted hatred, never-ending wars and enduring love.Hit the jump to see the videos.<center><embed src="http://cdn.springboard.gorillanation.com/storage/xplayer/yo033.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="355" swliveconnect="true" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" flashvars="file=http://www.filmsnmovies.com/media/sconfig.php?id=19456&width=518&height=457&siteId=329&pid=fsnm002&autostart=false&allowscriptaccess=always&usefullscreen=true"></embed></center><center><embed src="http://cdn.springboard.gorillanation.com/storage/xplayer/yo033.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="355" swliveconnect="true" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" flashvars="file=http://www.filmsnmovies.com/media/sconfig.php?id=19455&width=518&height=457&siteId=329&pid=fsnm002&autostart=false&allowscriptaccess=always&usefullscreen=true"></embed></center><center><embed src="http://cdn.springboard.gorillanation.com/storage/xplayer/yo033.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="355" swliveconnect="true" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" flashvars="file=http://www.filmsnmovies.com/media/sconfig.php?id=19454&width=518&height=457&siteId=329&pid=fsnm002&autostart=false&allowscriptaccess=always&usefullscreen=true"></embed></center><center><embed src="http://cdn.springboard.gorillanation.com/storage/xplayer/yo033.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="355" swliveconnect="true" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" flashvars="file=http://www.filmsnmovies.com/media/sconfig.php?id=19428&width=518&height=457&siteId=329&pid=fsnm002&autostart=false&allowscriptaccess=always&usefullscreen=true"></embed></center><center><embed src="http://cdn.springboard.gorillanation.com/storage/xplayer/yo033.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="355" swliveconnect="true" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" flashvars="file=http://www.filmsnmovies.com/media/sconfig.php?id=19427&width=518&height=457&siteId=329&pid=fsnm002&autostart=false&allowscriptaccess=always&usefullscreen=true"></embed></center>...
- 2/5/2011
- Films N Movies
See the trailer for Incendies, starring Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette. In theaters April 1, 2011, the drama is directed and written by Denis Villeneuve, based on the play by Wajdi Mouawad. Incendies is a deeply moving story that brings the extremism and violence of today’s world to a starkly personal level, delivering a powerful and poetic testament to the uncanny power of the will to survive. See the Incendies trailer below. When notary Lebel (Rémy Girard) sits down with Jeanne and Simon Marwan (Mélissa Désormeaux Poulin, Maxim Gaudette) to read them their mother Nawal’s will (Lubna Azabal), the twins are stunned to receive a pair of envelopes – one for the father they thought was dead and another for a brother they didn’t know existed...
- 2/3/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
See the trailer for Incendies, starring Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette. In theaters April 1, 2011, the drama is directed and written by Denis Villeneuve, based on the play by Wajdi Mouawad. Incendies is a deeply moving story that brings the extremism and violence of today’s world to a starkly personal level, delivering a powerful and poetic testament to the uncanny power of the will to survive. See the Incendies trailer below. When notary Lebel (Rémy Girard) sits down with Jeanne and Simon Marwan (Mélissa Désormeaux Poulin, Maxim Gaudette) to read them their mother Nawal’s will (Lubna Azabal), the twins are stunned to receive a pair of envelopes – one for the father they thought was dead and another for a brother they didn’t know existed...
- 2/3/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
The South by Southwest Film Festival announced its feature film line-up Wednesday, piling heaps of cinematic goodness on an already stellar program that includes Jodie Foster’s The Beaver, Duncan Jones’ Source Code, Ti West’s The Innkeepers, Conan O’Brien’s tour documentary, and the latest Simon Pegg-Nick Frost comedy, Paul, with Seth Rogen.
Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight) returns to the festival with her latest film, Red Riding Hood starring Amanda Seyfried, after the writer-director spoke on a screenwriting panel in 2009.
Plus a few favorites from the Sundance Film Festival last month, like Tom McCarthy’s Win Win, Morgan Spurlock’s The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, and Max Winkler’s Ceremony.
I’m extremely excited, even if I’m already having flashbacks to intense sleep deprivation. Like the last two years, I’ll be on the ground covering as much of the festival as I can within the packed 9 days of screenings,...
Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight) returns to the festival with her latest film, Red Riding Hood starring Amanda Seyfried, after the writer-director spoke on a screenwriting panel in 2009.
Plus a few favorites from the Sundance Film Festival last month, like Tom McCarthy’s Win Win, Morgan Spurlock’s The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, and Max Winkler’s Ceremony.
I’m extremely excited, even if I’m already having flashbacks to intense sleep deprivation. Like the last two years, I’ll be on the ground covering as much of the festival as I can within the packed 9 days of screenings,...
- 2/3/2011
- by Jeff Leins
- newsinfilm.com
‘Tapping into the cultural zeitgeist,’ at SXSW 2011
Austin, Texas – The SXSW 2011 Feature Film Lineup was unveiled Wednesday afternoon. The festival lineup will consist of 130 features, in nine full days of programming, promising to deliver a film-going experience unlike previous years.
With a reputation for taking chances on relatively unknown filmmakers, the SXSW panel of judges carefully picked 130 films from 1,792 feature-length film submissions, (1,323 U.S. and 469 international). The program consists of 60 World Premieres, 12 North American Premieres and 16 U.S. Premieres.
The main competition categories return with eight Narrative Features, and eight Documentary Features, both competing for their respective Grand Jury Prize. New for films in competition this year, are awards for screenplay, editing, cinematography, music, and acting.
(The Midnighters and SXFantastic feature sections, along with the short film program, will be announced next week.)
Here are a few of the Features to be screened, among many others.
Narratives:
The Beaver (World Premiere)
Dir.
Austin, Texas – The SXSW 2011 Feature Film Lineup was unveiled Wednesday afternoon. The festival lineup will consist of 130 features, in nine full days of programming, promising to deliver a film-going experience unlike previous years.
With a reputation for taking chances on relatively unknown filmmakers, the SXSW panel of judges carefully picked 130 films from 1,792 feature-length film submissions, (1,323 U.S. and 469 international). The program consists of 60 World Premieres, 12 North American Premieres and 16 U.S. Premieres.
The main competition categories return with eight Narrative Features, and eight Documentary Features, both competing for their respective Grand Jury Prize. New for films in competition this year, are awards for screenplay, editing, cinematography, music, and acting.
(The Midnighters and SXFantastic feature sections, along with the short film program, will be announced next week.)
Here are a few of the Features to be screened, among many others.
Narratives:
The Beaver (World Premiere)
Dir.
- 2/3/2011
- by Albert Art
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Readers of Sound On Sight can be sure that we will indeed be covering the SXSW Film Festival once again. As previously reported, Duncan Jones’ latest film Source Code is opening the festival and there will also be premieres for the documentary Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop, Greg Mottola’s Paul, and Jodie Foster’s The Beaver. Now the full line-up has been announced it is incredible.
Hit the jump to check out the line-up, and be sure to visit our site during the event.
The 2011 SXSW Film Festival runs from March 11 – 19th in Austin, Texas.
SXSW Film Announces 2011 Features Lineup
Austin, Texas – February 2, 2011 – The South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival is thrilled to announce the features lineup for this year’s Festival, March 11 – 19, 2011 in Austin, Texas. The 2011 lineup continues the SXSW tradition of tapping into the cultural zeitgeist, highlighting emerging talent and breakthrough performances and supporting first-time filmmakers.
Hit the jump to check out the line-up, and be sure to visit our site during the event.
The 2011 SXSW Film Festival runs from March 11 – 19th in Austin, Texas.
SXSW Film Announces 2011 Features Lineup
Austin, Texas – February 2, 2011 – The South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival is thrilled to announce the features lineup for this year’s Festival, March 11 – 19, 2011 in Austin, Texas. The 2011 lineup continues the SXSW tradition of tapping into the cultural zeitgeist, highlighting emerging talent and breakthrough performances and supporting first-time filmmakers.
- 2/3/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
The South By Southwest Film Conference and Festival announced this year's features lineup. The festival takes place March 11-19 in Austin, Texas.
There are a total of 130 features screening this year including 60 world premieres, 12 North American premieres and 16 U.S. premieres! This year the a total of 1,792 feature-length films were submitted, which is the most ever.
There are going to be some amazing films shown this yea. Opening night kicks off with Duncan Jones' Source Code (Moon). The fest rolls on with Jodie Foster‘s The Beaver, Greg Mottola‘s Paul, Sundance Grand Prize doc winner How to Die in Oregon, Errol Morris‘ Tabloid, Victoria Mahoney‘s Yelling to the Sky, Azazel Jacob‘s Terri. There will also be a special screening of Catherine Hardwicke‘s Red Riding Hood.
The Midnight and SXFantastic sections will be announced with the shorts program next week.
See the complete lineup below via...
There are a total of 130 features screening this year including 60 world premieres, 12 North American premieres and 16 U.S. premieres! This year the a total of 1,792 feature-length films were submitted, which is the most ever.
There are going to be some amazing films shown this yea. Opening night kicks off with Duncan Jones' Source Code (Moon). The fest rolls on with Jodie Foster‘s The Beaver, Greg Mottola‘s Paul, Sundance Grand Prize doc winner How to Die in Oregon, Errol Morris‘ Tabloid, Victoria Mahoney‘s Yelling to the Sky, Azazel Jacob‘s Terri. There will also be a special screening of Catherine Hardwicke‘s Red Riding Hood.
The Midnight and SXFantastic sections will be announced with the shorts program next week.
See the complete lineup below via...
- 2/2/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
The South by Southwest Film Festival (SXSW) just announced their entire 2011 feature film lineup, and there’s isn’t a lot of note, with regards to this blog’s focus.
Titles you should be aware of – all of which we’ve previously profiled on Shadow And Act – include, Victoria Mahoney’s feature film debut, Yelling To The Sky (which will actually make its world debut at the Berlin Film Festival later this month); plus Blacktino, the first feature film from writer/director Aaron Burns, a self-described “blacktino nerd from Austin, Texas,” who got his start at Robert Rodriguez’s Troublemaker Studios doing visual effects; Benda Bilili, a documentary about a band of homeless, disabled Congolese; and last, but not least, Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey, a documentary about the black man that happens to be the man behind the puppet (which also played at Sundance).
There might be...
Titles you should be aware of – all of which we’ve previously profiled on Shadow And Act – include, Victoria Mahoney’s feature film debut, Yelling To The Sky (which will actually make its world debut at the Berlin Film Festival later this month); plus Blacktino, the first feature film from writer/director Aaron Burns, a self-described “blacktino nerd from Austin, Texas,” who got his start at Robert Rodriguez’s Troublemaker Studios doing visual effects; Benda Bilili, a documentary about a band of homeless, disabled Congolese; and last, but not least, Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey, a documentary about the black man that happens to be the man behind the puppet (which also played at Sundance).
There might be...
- 2/2/2011
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
The South by Southwest Film Festival has announced their features lineup for the 2011’s Festival, which will take place March 11th to the 19th in Austin Texas. Read the full press release after the jump. SXSW Film Announces 2011 Features Lineup Austin, Texas – February 2, 2011 – The South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival is thrilled to announce the features lineup for this year’s Festival, March 11 – 19, 2011 in Austin, Texas. The 2011 lineup continues the SXSW tradition of tapping into the cultural zeitgeist, highlighting emerging talent and breakthrough performances and supporting first-time filmmakers. The Midnighters and SXFantastic feature sections, along with the short film program, will be announced next week. “This is the most exciting moment for us. After a fantastic festival of discovery in 2010, we can finally unveil the line up for this year’s event,” says Film Conference and Festival Producer Janet Pierson. “SXSW prides itself on taking chances, sifting for...
- 2/2/2011
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
Incendies premiered at the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals to extremely positive reviews [1], but with such a limited audience, it hasn't had a chance for much buzz to spread. Of course, its recent nomination for Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars should change all that. Directed by Denis Villeneuve (Maelstrom), this Canadian film tells the story of two twins who, upon hearing their mother's last wishes, journey to the Middle East in search of their tangled roots. Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad's acclaimed play 'Scorched', the movie is described as a "powerful and moving tale of two young adults’ voyage to the core of deep-rooted hatred, never-ending wars and enduring love". It was also featured on Peter's list of Best Movies of 2010 That You Probably Haven’t Heard Of [2]. Watch the trailer after the break. The movie looks interesting, but as tends to be the case for many indie...
- 2/2/2011
- by Adam Quigley
- Slash Film
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