Macbeth
Written by Roman Polanski and Kenneth Tynan
Directed by Roman Polanski
UK, 1971
Following the success of Rosemary’s Baby in 1968, and prior to what is arguably still his greatest film, Chinatown (1974), Roman Polanski made three curious filmmaking choices. One was the international coproduction and rarely discussed What? (1972), one was the racing documentary Weekend of a Champion (1972), and the third, which actually came before these two, was Macbeth (1971). It is obviously not that a Shakespearean adaptation in itself is unusual, but rather that it so seemingly diverted from the films that were garnering the young Polanski his worldwide acclaim: taut thrillers like The Knife in the Water (1962), Repulsion (1965), Cul-De-Sac (1966), and Rosemary’s Baby. Yet in Macbeth, there are a number of characteristic Polanski touches — in story and style — harkening back to these previous works and in many ways pointing toward those to come.
Don’t be fooled by the Playboy...
Written by Roman Polanski and Kenneth Tynan
Directed by Roman Polanski
UK, 1971
Following the success of Rosemary’s Baby in 1968, and prior to what is arguably still his greatest film, Chinatown (1974), Roman Polanski made three curious filmmaking choices. One was the international coproduction and rarely discussed What? (1972), one was the racing documentary Weekend of a Champion (1972), and the third, which actually came before these two, was Macbeth (1971). It is obviously not that a Shakespearean adaptation in itself is unusual, but rather that it so seemingly diverted from the films that were garnering the young Polanski his worldwide acclaim: taut thrillers like The Knife in the Water (1962), Repulsion (1965), Cul-De-Sac (1966), and Rosemary’s Baby. Yet in Macbeth, there are a number of characteristic Polanski touches — in story and style — harkening back to these previous works and in many ways pointing toward those to come.
Don’t be fooled by the Playboy...
- 9/30/2014
- by Jeremy Carr
- SoundOnSight
In 1971, filmmaker and Formula One fan Roman Polanski spent a weekend in Monte Carlo with his good friend, world champion racing driver Jackie Stewart, as Stewart prepared to race in the Monaco Grand Prix. The resulting documentary is an interesting slice of a life lived competing--and winning--at one of the world’s most glamorous sports at a time when it was also one of the most dangerous. Recently restored and re-released with a brief epilogue reuniting Polanski and Stewart on camera to talk about how the sport has changed in the past forty years, Weekend of a Champion is a time capsule worth opening if you have even the slightest interest in racing.
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- 6/30/2014
- by Lee Jutton
- JustPressPlay.net
Brett Ratner, the director of the "Rush Hour" films and, most recently, "Tower Heist," isn't someone who you would imagine as being BFFs with Roman Polanski, the arty filmmaker behind such classics as "Chinatown" and "Rosemary's Baby." But this is exactly the case. The two have been great friends for a very long time (Polanski even co-starred in "Rush Hour 2") and their latest collaboration is "Weekend of a Champion," the commercial re-release of a 1971 racing documentary that Polanski produced and co-starred in but was barely released at the time. The doc follows racing legend Jackie Stewart at the height of his racing prowess (and in the midst of his intense friendship with Polanski), and the results are kind of like a documentary version of Ron Howard's recent drama "Rush." Stewart was an F1 racer from Scotland who was racing during the sport's most dangerous period (in a taped epilogue,...
- 11/22/2013
- by Drew Taylor
- The Playlist
New Release
Reaching for the Moon
Not Rated, 1 Hr., 58 Mins.
The real-life love story of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Elizabeth Bishop (Miranda Otto) and Brazilian architect Lota de Macedo Soares (Gloría Pires) is gorgeously shot against the lush postcard backdrops of ’50s and ’60s South America —but its emotional landscape is a little more arid. If Blue Is the Warmest Color is the gloriously messy supernova of this year’s lesbian dramas, this is the J. Peterman catalog version: elegant, tasteful, and two-dimensional. B —Leah Greenblatt
New Release
Cold Turkey
Not Rated, 1 Hr., 24 Mins.
Dysfunctional-family Thanksgivings have been served up by...
Reaching for the Moon
Not Rated, 1 Hr., 58 Mins.
The real-life love story of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Elizabeth Bishop (Miranda Otto) and Brazilian architect Lota de Macedo Soares (Gloría Pires) is gorgeously shot against the lush postcard backdrops of ’50s and ’60s South America —but its emotional landscape is a little more arid. If Blue Is the Warmest Color is the gloriously messy supernova of this year’s lesbian dramas, this is the J. Peterman catalog version: elegant, tasteful, and two-dimensional. B —Leah Greenblatt
New Release
Cold Turkey
Not Rated, 1 Hr., 24 Mins.
Dysfunctional-family Thanksgivings have been served up by...
- 11/20/2013
- by EW staff
- EW - Inside Movies
Frank Simon's documentary Weekend of a Champion sounds like a dated joke: Roman Polanski, Jackie Stewart, and a cameraman walk into a bar in 1971, chatting garrulously about racing cars and the ins and outs of Formula One, with Stewart on the verge of once again winning the Monaco Grand Prix. There isn't a punch line, of course, but the results are amusing nonetheless.
Stewart, found here at the height of his prowess and celebrity, proves a rather charming and loquacious subject, long ago inured to the spotlight and thus comfortable indulging our interest with candor. And you could do much worse, as a career driver, than to have Polanski along as chronicler and companion.
A lifelong enthusiast of motor sports and then a close friend to Stewart, Polanski appears ...
Stewart, found here at the height of his prowess and celebrity, proves a rather charming and loquacious subject, long ago inured to the spotlight and thus comfortable indulging our interest with candor. And you could do much worse, as a career driver, than to have Polanski along as chronicler and companion.
A lifelong enthusiast of motor sports and then a close friend to Stewart, Polanski appears ...
- 11/20/2013
- Village Voice
Jackie and Helen Stewart in Weekend Of A Champion
During a press conference at the Crosby Street Hotel in downtown Manhattan for Weekend Of A Champion, Jackie Stewart, co-producer Brett Ratner, and Roman Polanski via Skype discussed how little and how much has changed in Formula One racing, the sport's safety, style, and their friendship. The dyslexia Stewart has in common with George Lukas and Steven Spielberg, how Polanski analyses joyfulness then and now, and why Ron Howard's Rush should not be overlooked were among the topics conferred. For all the crucial information about racing, it is the genuine friendship between Polanski and Stewart that is most poignant for over 40 years since they met at the time of Rosemary's Baby.
Roman Polanski's long weekend with Jackie Stewart shows both men with substantial sideburns and the feathery disheveled cool early Seventies hair. When Stewart cuts himself while shaving, he...
During a press conference at the Crosby Street Hotel in downtown Manhattan for Weekend Of A Champion, Jackie Stewart, co-producer Brett Ratner, and Roman Polanski via Skype discussed how little and how much has changed in Formula One racing, the sport's safety, style, and their friendship. The dyslexia Stewart has in common with George Lukas and Steven Spielberg, how Polanski analyses joyfulness then and now, and why Ron Howard's Rush should not be overlooked were among the topics conferred. For all the crucial information about racing, it is the genuine friendship between Polanski and Stewart that is most poignant for over 40 years since they met at the time of Rosemary's Baby.
Roman Polanski's long weekend with Jackie Stewart shows both men with substantial sideburns and the feathery disheveled cool early Seventies hair. When Stewart cuts himself while shaving, he...
- 11/19/2013
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
It's very rare that a movie like "Weekend of a Champion" finally surfaces, but when it does, you just kind of have to stand back and marvel. The 1972 racing documentary from director Frank Simon, working closely with Roman Polanski, follows British Formula 1 sensation Jackie Stewart around Monaco as the preps for and eventually wins the 1971 Grand Prix.
The film had never been seen in the U.S. and only screened a handful of times in Europe upon its initial release, but now movie and racing fans everywhere have an opportunity to see "Weekend of a Champion" with a brand new interview with Polanski and Stewart as they look back on the film, partially thanks to the efforts of director and producer Brett Ratner, who is a personal friend of Polanski's.
We sat down Ratner to talk about his role in bringing the film to Netflix and what it meant to...
The film had never been seen in the U.S. and only screened a handful of times in Europe upon its initial release, but now movie and racing fans everywhere have an opportunity to see "Weekend of a Champion" with a brand new interview with Polanski and Stewart as they look back on the film, partially thanks to the efforts of director and producer Brett Ratner, who is a personal friend of Polanski's.
We sat down Ratner to talk about his role in bringing the film to Netflix and what it meant to...
- 11/13/2013
- by Kevin P. Sullivan
- MTV Movies Blog
In light of the upcoming November 22 theatrical release of Roman Polanski's restored and re-cut 1972 documentary "Weekend of a Champion," last week's New York City screening paid tribute to the film's decades-long journey by following with a rare press conference that included Polanski himself via Skype as well as Jackie Stewart, the Formula 1 film's star subject, and producer Brett Ratner, both of whom were present in person. From "Rosemary's Baby" to "Chinatown" to "The Pianist," Polanski's classic film contributions have left a clear stamp on cinematic history. Yet last week's discussion moderated by Indiewire's Eric Kohn shined a light on a little-known part of Polanski's career. "Weekend of a Champion" was never released in the United States. As Polanski himself related via Skype during the press conference, "I eventually could count on my fingers the number of cities that (the film) was exhibited in and maybe even the number of spectators.
- 11/12/2013
- by Ramzi De Coster
- Indiewire
Directors: Frank Simon, Roman Polanski; Starring: Jackie Stewart, Roman Polanski, Helen Stewart; Running time: 93 mins; Certificate: PG
Sir Jackie Stewart's son Mark described Roman Polanski's long-forgotten documentary Weekend of a Champion as a "time capsule" during a special screening at the London Film Festival, and for anyone fascinated by the history of motorsport, he's right. Made in between Rosemary's Baby and Chinatown, Polanski and his fellow filmmakers were granted unparalleled access to film Stewart at the 1971 Monaco grand prix, one of motor racing's classic events.
Nobody would be able to make this kind of documentary at a grand prix in today's age of watertight commercial rights, and for that reason alone it's worth watching.
Polanski follows Stewart around almost constantly for the duration of the weekend, exploring the Monte Carlo street circuit with him in a road car. His film crew has access to Stewart's Tyrrell racing car...
Sir Jackie Stewart's son Mark described Roman Polanski's long-forgotten documentary Weekend of a Champion as a "time capsule" during a special screening at the London Film Festival, and for anyone fascinated by the history of motorsport, he's right. Made in between Rosemary's Baby and Chinatown, Polanski and his fellow filmmakers were granted unparalleled access to film Stewart at the 1971 Monaco grand prix, one of motor racing's classic events.
Nobody would be able to make this kind of documentary at a grand prix in today's age of watertight commercial rights, and for that reason alone it's worth watching.
Polanski follows Stewart around almost constantly for the duration of the weekend, exploring the Monte Carlo street circuit with him in a road car. His film crew has access to Stewart's Tyrrell racing car...
- 11/4/2013
- Digital Spy
★★☆☆☆Originally released in 1972, Frank Simon's Weekend of a Champion offers a revealing glimpse of glamorous Monaco whilst charting the peculiar friendship shared by British Grand Prix legend Jackie Stewart and director Roman Polanski. Embellished with a remarkably informal post-script interview between the pair, this anomalous study of the past and present is affectionately expressed through the incomparable mediums of cinema and F1 racing car driving. What's more, all this takes place during an era defined by Stewart as "a trendier, yet more hazardous time, when sex was safe and driving was dangerous."
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- 11/4/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Submarine Deluxe, the distribution label of Submarine Entertainment, announced today that it has acquired the U.S. rights to the lost 1971 Polanski-produced "Weekend of a Champion," a documentary about Sir Jackie Stewart's bid for the Monaco Grand Prix. Directed by Frank Simon and presented by Brett Ratner's Rat Documentary Films, who first acquired and restored the film, "Weekend of a Champion" had its belated world premiere at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. During the initial three days of filming in 1971, Polanski was given intimate access to Stewart’s world, both on the track and off. The result is an extraordinarily rare glimpse into the life of a gifted athlete at the height of his powers. Forty years on, Polanski and Stewart meet again, in a remarkable post-script, where they discuss the sport, both past and present, with a unique and unmatched perspective. “It’s an honor and a thrill...
- 10/24/2013
- by Sarah Salovaara
- Indiewire
Submarine Deluxe has acquired Us rights to the Formula 1 documentary Weekend Of A Champion and will release the film theatrically on November 22 in New York followed by nationwide roll-out.
Frank Simon’s film presents a vérité-style look at Roman Polanski’s chronicle of the attempt by Formula 1 world champion Jackie Stewart (pictured) to win the Monaco Grand Prix. Forty years later Polanski and Stewart reunited to talk about the sport past and present.
Weekend Of A Champion premiered in Cannes and is presented by RatPac Entertainment’s documentary arm Rat Documentary Films, who first acquired and restored the film.
“It’s an honour and a thrill to be working with Roman Polanski, Jackie Stewart and Brett Ratner to bring Weekend Of A Champion to a Us audience,” said Dan Braun. “This is an exciting and thought provoking film that should reach beyond the base of racing and cinema fans.”
“Josh and Dan Braun have a passion for great...
Frank Simon’s film presents a vérité-style look at Roman Polanski’s chronicle of the attempt by Formula 1 world champion Jackie Stewart (pictured) to win the Monaco Grand Prix. Forty years later Polanski and Stewart reunited to talk about the sport past and present.
Weekend Of A Champion premiered in Cannes and is presented by RatPac Entertainment’s documentary arm Rat Documentary Films, who first acquired and restored the film.
“It’s an honour and a thrill to be working with Roman Polanski, Jackie Stewart and Brett Ratner to bring Weekend Of A Champion to a Us audience,” said Dan Braun. “This is an exciting and thought provoking film that should reach beyond the base of racing and cinema fans.”
“Josh and Dan Braun have a passion for great...
- 10/24/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
London - The gladiatorial golden age of Formula 1 motor racing is currently enjoying high cinematic interest thanks to Ron Howard’s rubber-burning bio-drama Rush and Asif Kapadia’s heartbreaking 2010 documentary Senna. A fly-on-the-steering-wheel profile of Scottish three-time F1 champ Jackie Stewart at the peak of his career, Weekend of a Champion is a vintage documentary produced and presented by Roman Polanski. Shot at the Monaco Grand Prix in 1971, it offers an insider’s view of this high-risk, high-octane sport during its most lethally dangerous period. Photos: Exclusive Portraits of Chris Hemsworth: Superhero Slims Down to Play
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- 10/9/2013
- by Stephen Dalton
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Ron Howard's movie about 1970s British swashbucking F1 star James Hunt and his antler-clashing rivalry with the icy Niki Lauda is a fast and furious treat
No matter how obsessed we continue to be with the 1970s, there's always one more myth left to excavate, and this very entertaining and well-made motor racing movie from director Ron Howard and screenwriter Peter Morgan brings us a meaty tale from 1976: a story of antler-clashing, engine-revving alpha-males. This was a year in which not everyone in fact was obsessed with the release of the Sex Pistols' Anarchy in the UK. In the profoundly conservative world of Formula One, millions of TV viewers were increasingly preoccupied with an extraordinary duel developing between two drivers: the glamorous swashbuckler from Britain, James Hunt, and the icily correct Austrian Niki Lauda.
Hunt is played by the Australian star Chris Hemsworth, his shampooed mane swishing and shirt permanently open,...
No matter how obsessed we continue to be with the 1970s, there's always one more myth left to excavate, and this very entertaining and well-made motor racing movie from director Ron Howard and screenwriter Peter Morgan brings us a meaty tale from 1976: a story of antler-clashing, engine-revving alpha-males. This was a year in which not everyone in fact was obsessed with the release of the Sex Pistols' Anarchy in the UK. In the profoundly conservative world of Formula One, millions of TV viewers were increasingly preoccupied with an extraordinary duel developing between two drivers: the glamorous swashbuckler from Britain, James Hunt, and the icily correct Austrian Niki Lauda.
Hunt is played by the Australian star Chris Hemsworth, his shampooed mane swishing and shirt permanently open,...
- 9/12/2013
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
In May 1971, Roman Polanski went to Monaco with documentarian Frank Simon to shadow the world's greatest Formula 1 racer, Jackie Stewart. The result, a personable chronicle in which Polanski appears on camera casually chatting with Simon and hearing about his craft, never received a proper U.S. release. Rarely screened around the world, "Weekend of a Champion" was praised by racing enthusiasts but otherwise remained a near-mythological sidenote to the more significant credits Polanski accrued during that major period of his career. Four years ago, Polanski learned that the negative of the film was going to be destroyed in the U.K. and decided to salvage it by heading up a restoration. Now, an updated version of "Weekend of a Champion," including some 15 minutes of modern day footage added tacked onto the end -- has premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. Sales company Submarine Entertainment is currently shopping around theatrical rights,...
- 5/24/2013
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Playing between the big attention-grabbing Competition entries, and the lesser-known oddities that invariably characterise the Cannes film festival selection, was a brand new restoration of Roman Polanski’s 1972 documentary Weekend Of A Champion, representing for the non-fiction side of the coin.
The documentary, which WhatCulture’s Simon Gallagher caught out in France, is clearly a labour of love by racing nut Polanski, who focused his camera on Sir Jackie Stewart’s grand prix appearance in Monaco over one rainy weekend in ’72. The restoration adds some gloss, as well as a new 10 minute segment featuring a present day conversation between Polanski and Stewart, both returning to the Monte Carlo hotel suite the driver has used at the time of filming. They talk the film, as well as the genesis of the sport, and it makes for an intriguing section.
It’s a film for genuine fans of the sport (there’s not much challenging,...
The documentary, which WhatCulture’s Simon Gallagher caught out in France, is clearly a labour of love by racing nut Polanski, who focused his camera on Sir Jackie Stewart’s grand prix appearance in Monaco over one rainy weekend in ’72. The restoration adds some gloss, as well as a new 10 minute segment featuring a present day conversation between Polanski and Stewart, both returning to the Monte Carlo hotel suite the driver has used at the time of filming. They talk the film, as well as the genesis of the sport, and it makes for an intriguing section.
It’s a film for genuine fans of the sport (there’s not much challenging,...
- 5/23/2013
- by Jon Bentham
- Obsessed with Film
Roman Polanski‘s 1971 feature documentary Weekend Of A Champion is being sold at Cannes this week after Brett Ratner’s Rat Documentary Films acquired the docu in February as part of a 12-picture deal with Netflix to produce and acquire feature-length documentaries. Never shown in the U.S., Weekend offered up a portrait of legendary Formula 1 champ Jackie Stewart during his victory at the Monte Carlo Grand Prix — it also shows a pair of icons (Polanski and Stewart) at the height of their powers. Pathe is handling international and Submarine is handling all other U.S. rights beside Netflx. Polanski, meanwhile, has just completed filming Venus In Fur, which is here in competition. Here’s the exclusive first look at the poster:...
- 5/22/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
The most coveted award each year, Palme d'Or aside, is the Palme Dog, presented to the year's best pooch performer
Storm clouds gather ahead of the start of the 66th Cannes film festival this Wednesday, with advance forecasts suggesting a thundery first few days. Yet whatever the weather, there is only one drink on offer in Cannes: rosé - by the bucket, whether you like it or not. The label of choice this year is Miravel, brewed at Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's chateaux in Provence. The first 6,000-bottle run sold out last month within five hours, despite it being essentially a repackaged version of Pink Floyd, the appellation made by the vineyard's previous owner.
Vanity Fair's taste-tester was highly complimentary in a recent review, praising Miraval's "Hello Kitty pink" and notes of "macerated wild strawberries, confectionery sugars, and strawberry or raspberry Pez [sweets]".
Cannes can still put on an...
Storm clouds gather ahead of the start of the 66th Cannes film festival this Wednesday, with advance forecasts suggesting a thundery first few days. Yet whatever the weather, there is only one drink on offer in Cannes: rosé - by the bucket, whether you like it or not. The label of choice this year is Miravel, brewed at Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's chateaux in Provence. The first 6,000-bottle run sold out last month within five hours, despite it being essentially a repackaged version of Pink Floyd, the appellation made by the vineyard's previous owner.
Vanity Fair's taste-tester was highly complimentary in a recent review, praising Miraval's "Hello Kitty pink" and notes of "macerated wild strawberries, confectionery sugars, and strawberry or raspberry Pez [sweets]".
Cannes can still put on an...
- 5/13/2013
- by Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
Cannes has announced the lineup for the Official Competition and Un Certain Regard section, as well as special screenings, for the 66th edition of the festival.
Competition
Opening Night: The Great Gatsby (Baz Luhrmann)
Behind the Candelabra (Steven Soderbergh)
Borgman (Alex Van Warmerdam)
Un Chateau en Italie (Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi)
The Great Beauty (Paolo Sorrentino)
Grisgris (Mahamat-Saleh Haroun)
Heli (Amat Escalante)
The Immigrant (James Gray)
Inside Llewyn Davis (Joel & Ethan Coen)
Jeune et Jolie (François Ozon)
Jimmy P. (Arnaud Desplechin)
Like Father, Like Son (Hirozaku Koreeda)
The Life of Adele (Abdellatif Kechiche)
Michael Kohlhaas (Arnaud Despallieres)
Nebraska (Alexander Payne)
Only God Forgives (Nicolas Winding Refn)
The Past (Asghar Farhadi)
Straw Shield (Takashi Miike)
Tian Zhu Dang (Jia Zhangke)
Venus in Fur (Roman Polanski)
Closing Night: Zulu (Jérome Salle)
Un Certain Regard
Anonymous (Mohammad Rasoulof)
As I Lay Dying (James Franco)
Bastards (Claire Denis)
Bends (Flora Lau)
The Bling Ring (Sofia Coppola...
Competition
Opening Night: The Great Gatsby (Baz Luhrmann)
Behind the Candelabra (Steven Soderbergh)
Borgman (Alex Van Warmerdam)
Un Chateau en Italie (Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi)
The Great Beauty (Paolo Sorrentino)
Grisgris (Mahamat-Saleh Haroun)
Heli (Amat Escalante)
The Immigrant (James Gray)
Inside Llewyn Davis (Joel & Ethan Coen)
Jeune et Jolie (François Ozon)
Jimmy P. (Arnaud Desplechin)
Like Father, Like Son (Hirozaku Koreeda)
The Life of Adele (Abdellatif Kechiche)
Michael Kohlhaas (Arnaud Despallieres)
Nebraska (Alexander Payne)
Only God Forgives (Nicolas Winding Refn)
The Past (Asghar Farhadi)
Straw Shield (Takashi Miike)
Tian Zhu Dang (Jia Zhangke)
Venus in Fur (Roman Polanski)
Closing Night: Zulu (Jérome Salle)
Un Certain Regard
Anonymous (Mohammad Rasoulof)
As I Lay Dying (James Franco)
Bastards (Claire Denis)
Bends (Flora Lau)
The Bling Ring (Sofia Coppola...
- 4/20/2013
- MUBI
Gosling and Nicolas Winding Refn team up again for Only God Forgives, with Alexander Payne, Steven Soderbergh, James Gray and Stephen Frears also set to present new work
Nicolas Winding Refn and Ryan Gosling, whose La-thriller Drive ran rings round the Croisette two years ago, are planning a second pitstop on the Riviera, it has been confirmed. Their latest collaboration, Only God Forgives, which sees Gosling as a taciturn gangster in Bangkok (and Kristin Scott Thomas as his mother) is the most mainstream entry in the eclectic lineup for this year's competition.
Also rolling onto the grid are new films from the Coen brothers, Alexander Payne, Steven Soderbergh and Roman Polanski. Joel and Ethan Coen present Inside Llewyn Davis, set in the folk scene of 1960s New York, while Soderbergh's Liberace biopic Behind the Candelabra will also vie for the Palme d'Or. The film, which stars Michael Douglas as the pianist,...
Nicolas Winding Refn and Ryan Gosling, whose La-thriller Drive ran rings round the Croisette two years ago, are planning a second pitstop on the Riviera, it has been confirmed. Their latest collaboration, Only God Forgives, which sees Gosling as a taciturn gangster in Bangkok (and Kristin Scott Thomas as his mother) is the most mainstream entry in the eclectic lineup for this year's competition.
Also rolling onto the grid are new films from the Coen brothers, Alexander Payne, Steven Soderbergh and Roman Polanski. Joel and Ethan Coen present Inside Llewyn Davis, set in the folk scene of 1960s New York, while Soderbergh's Liberace biopic Behind the Candelabra will also vie for the Palme d'Or. The film, which stars Michael Douglas as the pianist,...
- 4/18/2013
- by Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
The full lineup for the 2013 Cannes Film Festival has been unveiled and three of my most anticipated films (Only God Forgives, Inside Llewyn Davis and Steven Soderbergh’s Behind The Candelabra) are all set to compete for the Palme d’Or. Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby will open this year’s festival and Roman Polanski, Alexander Payne and François Ozon are also in the hunt for the top honours. Take a look at the lineup below:
In Competition (Jury chair: Steven Spielberg)
Only God Forgives, dir Nicolas Winding Refn
Borgman, dir Alex Can Warmerdam
La Grande Bellezza, dir Paulo Sorrentino
Behind the Candelabra, dir Steven Soderbergh
La Venus a la Fourrure, dir Roman Polanski
Nebraska, dir Alexander Payne
Jeune et Jolie, dir François Ozon
La Vie d’Adele, dir Abdellatif Kechiche
Wara No Tate, dir Takashi Miike
Soshite Chichi Ni Naru, dir Kore-Eda Hirokazu
Tian Zhu Ding, dir Jia Zhangke
Grisgris,...
In Competition (Jury chair: Steven Spielberg)
Only God Forgives, dir Nicolas Winding Refn
Borgman, dir Alex Can Warmerdam
La Grande Bellezza, dir Paulo Sorrentino
Behind the Candelabra, dir Steven Soderbergh
La Venus a la Fourrure, dir Roman Polanski
Nebraska, dir Alexander Payne
Jeune et Jolie, dir François Ozon
La Vie d’Adele, dir Abdellatif Kechiche
Wara No Tate, dir Takashi Miike
Soshite Chichi Ni Naru, dir Kore-Eda Hirokazu
Tian Zhu Ding, dir Jia Zhangke
Grisgris,...
- 4/18/2013
- by Kyle Reese
- SoundOnSight
From Roman Polanski to James Franco, by way of the Coen brothers and a sneaky encore from Steven Soderbergh, there's plenty to look forward to at this year's festival
More than the first cuckoo, the announcement of the Cannes competition list is the first sign of spring; always an exciting moment and even more so as in recent years Cannes has consolidated its primacy among the film festivals of the world. There look to be no major or startling omissions: Lars von Trier's Nymphomaniac is reportedly not ready, although I was disappointed not to see Steve McQueen's Twelve Years a Slave. There are, in fact, no British entries in competition, but Stephen Frears's Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight – an HBO project about Ali's opposition to Vietnam – has a Special Screening slot. (A small footnote here: young British film-maker Ana Caro, from the National Film and Television School, has...
More than the first cuckoo, the announcement of the Cannes competition list is the first sign of spring; always an exciting moment and even more so as in recent years Cannes has consolidated its primacy among the film festivals of the world. There look to be no major or startling omissions: Lars von Trier's Nymphomaniac is reportedly not ready, although I was disappointed not to see Steve McQueen's Twelve Years a Slave. There are, in fact, no British entries in competition, but Stephen Frears's Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight – an HBO project about Ali's opposition to Vietnam – has a Special Screening slot. (A small footnote here: young British film-maker Ana Caro, from the National Film and Television School, has...
- 4/18/2013
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
This morning the Cannes Film Festival announced its official lineup, and it is a star-studded affair. Films up for the main competition this year include the Coen Brothers' Inside Llewyn Davis, Alexander Payne's Nebraska (Will Forte's going to Cannes!), Nicolas Winding Refn’s Ryan Gosling–starring Only God Forgives, Roman Polanski's Venus in Fur (his racing documentary Weekend of a Champion will also be screening), and maybe most surprisingly Steven Soderbergh’s Liberace HBO biopic Behind the Candelabra. Films competing in the festival's undercard Un Certain Regard competition include Sofia Coppola's The Bling Ring, Sundance breakout Fruitvale Station, and James Franco's As I Lay Dying adaptation. Read the full lineup below. The festival opens on May 15, so you better start thinking soon about how you can convince your bosses that a trip to Cannes is a totally justifiable work expense. Opening film: The Great Gatsby,...
- 4/18/2013
- by Jesse David Fox
- Vulture
The full list of films at this year's Cannes film festival
Opening night film: The Great Gatsby, dir Baz Luhrmann
Closing night film: Zulu, dir Jérôme Salle
In competition
Jury chair: Steven Spielberg
Only God Forgives, dir Nicolas Winding Refn
Inside Llewyn Davis, dir Ethan and Joel Coen
Borgman, dir Alex Can Warmerdam
La Grande Bellezza, dir Paulo Sorrentino
Behind the Candelabra, dir Steven Soderbergh
La Venus a la Fourrure, dir Roman Polanski
Nebraska, dir Alexander Payne
Jeune et Jolie, dir François Ozon
La Vie d'Adele, dir Abdellatif Kechiche
Wara No Tate, dir Takashi Miike
Soshite Chichi Ni Naru, dir Kore-Eda Hirokazu
Tian Zhu Ding, dir Jia Zhangke
Grisgris, dir Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
The Immigrant, dir James Gray
Heli, dir Amat Escalante
Le Passe, dir Asghar Farhadi
Michael Kohlhaas, dir Arnaud Despallieres
Un Chateau en Italie, dir Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi
Un Certain Regard
Jury chair: Thomas Vinterberg
The Bling Ring, dir Sofia Coppola
L'Inconnu Du La,...
Opening night film: The Great Gatsby, dir Baz Luhrmann
Closing night film: Zulu, dir Jérôme Salle
In competition
Jury chair: Steven Spielberg
Only God Forgives, dir Nicolas Winding Refn
Inside Llewyn Davis, dir Ethan and Joel Coen
Borgman, dir Alex Can Warmerdam
La Grande Bellezza, dir Paulo Sorrentino
Behind the Candelabra, dir Steven Soderbergh
La Venus a la Fourrure, dir Roman Polanski
Nebraska, dir Alexander Payne
Jeune et Jolie, dir François Ozon
La Vie d'Adele, dir Abdellatif Kechiche
Wara No Tate, dir Takashi Miike
Soshite Chichi Ni Naru, dir Kore-Eda Hirokazu
Tian Zhu Ding, dir Jia Zhangke
Grisgris, dir Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
The Immigrant, dir James Gray
Heli, dir Amat Escalante
Le Passe, dir Asghar Farhadi
Michael Kohlhaas, dir Arnaud Despallieres
Un Chateau en Italie, dir Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi
Un Certain Regard
Jury chair: Thomas Vinterberg
The Bling Ring, dir Sofia Coppola
L'Inconnu Du La,...
- 4/18/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
The Official Selection for the 66th Cannes Film Festival has been unveiled and noticeable absentees in the list of 19 Main Comp films and the Un Certain Regard section include Terrence Malick, Ari Folman’s The Congress, Catherine Breillat’s Abuse of Weakness, Jim Jarmusch’s Only Lovers Left Alive, Michael Rowe’s Manto Acuifero, Tsai Ming-Liang’s Diary of a Young Boy, Jean-Luc Godard’s Goodbye To Language 3D, Serge Bozon’s Tip Top, Kelly Reichardt’s Night Moves, Corneliu Porumboiu’s Nine Minute Interval, Michel & Vicky Franco’s In the Eyes and not surprisingly, a film which might have become a colony instead in Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s Dau. All of these may trickle into the Directors’ Fortnight section, or might join Steve McQueen on the Lido in Venice.
In the Main Comp selection plenty that were targeted as likely candidates were included, and while we were thinking this was the year of the U.
In the Main Comp selection plenty that were targeted as likely candidates were included, and while we were thinking this was the year of the U.
- 4/18/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
The 66th Cannes Film Festival has announced its official lineup.
Ryan Gosling's Only God Forgives, his reunion with Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn, will have its world premiere in competition at next month's prestigious festival, while new films from Steven Soderbergh (Behind the Candelabra), Alexander Payne (Nebraska) and the Coen Brothers (Inside Llewyn Davis) will also be in the running for the Palme d'Or prize.
Emma Watson's The Bling Ring, directed by Sofia Coppola, will play in the 'Un Certain Regard' alongside James Franco's directorial offering As I Lay Dying.
Celebs including Leonardo DiCaprio, Justin Timberlake, Carey Mulligan, Mila Kunis and Matt Damon are expected to head to the south of France to promote their new films.
The full list of films screening at the 66th Cannes Film Festival, which runs from May 15 to May 26, is below:
Opening night film
The Great Gatsby (Baz Luhrmann)
In Competition...
Ryan Gosling's Only God Forgives, his reunion with Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn, will have its world premiere in competition at next month's prestigious festival, while new films from Steven Soderbergh (Behind the Candelabra), Alexander Payne (Nebraska) and the Coen Brothers (Inside Llewyn Davis) will also be in the running for the Palme d'Or prize.
Emma Watson's The Bling Ring, directed by Sofia Coppola, will play in the 'Un Certain Regard' alongside James Franco's directorial offering As I Lay Dying.
Celebs including Leonardo DiCaprio, Justin Timberlake, Carey Mulligan, Mila Kunis and Matt Damon are expected to head to the south of France to promote their new films.
The full list of films screening at the 66th Cannes Film Festival, which runs from May 15 to May 26, is below:
Opening night film
The Great Gatsby (Baz Luhrmann)
In Competition...
- 4/18/2013
- Digital Spy
With less than a month to go before the festival kicks off out in France, the official line-up has finally been unveiled for this year’s 66th Cannes Film Festival.
The festival is, of course, one of the most prominent events of the year for the industry, with a handful of films launching their status as strong awards contenders out on the Croisette.
Last year, it was Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom, Michael Haneke’s Amour, Thomas Vinterberg’s The Hunt, Benh Zeitlin’s Beasts of the Southern Wild. The year before that, it was Michael Hazanavicius’ The Artist, Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life, Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive, and Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris.
This year, Baz Luhrmann’s highly anticipated The Great Gatsby has been chosen as the Opening Night Film for Cannes, following its theatrical release in the Us the previous weekend. And bookending...
The festival is, of course, one of the most prominent events of the year for the industry, with a handful of films launching their status as strong awards contenders out on the Croisette.
Last year, it was Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom, Michael Haneke’s Amour, Thomas Vinterberg’s The Hunt, Benh Zeitlin’s Beasts of the Southern Wild. The year before that, it was Michael Hazanavicius’ The Artist, Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life, Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive, and Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris.
This year, Baz Luhrmann’s highly anticipated The Great Gatsby has been chosen as the Opening Night Film for Cannes, following its theatrical release in the Us the previous weekend. And bookending...
- 4/18/2013
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The official lineup for the 2013 Cannes Film Festival was officially announced in Paris earlier today.
Here’s the line-up in full…
Competition
The Great Gatsby, dir: Baz Luhrmann (opening film)
Only God Forgives, dir: Nicolas Winding Refn
Borgman, dir: Alex Van Warmerdam
The Great Beauty (La Grande Bellezza), dir: Paolo Sorrentino
Behind the Candelabra, dir: Steven Soderbergh
Venus in Fur (La Venua a la Fourrure), dir: Roman Polanski
Nebraska, dir: Alexander Payne
Just 17 (Jeune & Jolie), dir: Francois Ozon
Straw Shield (Wara No Tate), dir: Takashi Miike
La Vie D’Adele by Abdellatif Kechiche
Soshite Chichi Ni Naru by Kore-eda Hirokazu
Tian Zhu Ding by Jia Zhangke
Grisgris by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
The Immigrant by James Gray
Le Passe by Asghar Farhadi
Heli by Amat Escalante
Jimmy P. by Arnaud Desplechin
Michael Kohlhaas by Arnaud Despallieres
Inside Llewyn Davis by Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Un Chateau En Italie by Valeria Bruni-tedeschi
Zulu,...
Here’s the line-up in full…
Competition
The Great Gatsby, dir: Baz Luhrmann (opening film)
Only God Forgives, dir: Nicolas Winding Refn
Borgman, dir: Alex Van Warmerdam
The Great Beauty (La Grande Bellezza), dir: Paolo Sorrentino
Behind the Candelabra, dir: Steven Soderbergh
Venus in Fur (La Venua a la Fourrure), dir: Roman Polanski
Nebraska, dir: Alexander Payne
Just 17 (Jeune & Jolie), dir: Francois Ozon
Straw Shield (Wara No Tate), dir: Takashi Miike
La Vie D’Adele by Abdellatif Kechiche
Soshite Chichi Ni Naru by Kore-eda Hirokazu
Tian Zhu Ding by Jia Zhangke
Grisgris by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
The Immigrant by James Gray
Le Passe by Asghar Farhadi
Heli by Amat Escalante
Jimmy P. by Arnaud Desplechin
Michael Kohlhaas by Arnaud Despallieres
Inside Llewyn Davis by Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Un Chateau En Italie by Valeria Bruni-tedeschi
Zulu,...
- 4/18/2013
- by Joseph Dempsey
- Obsessed with Film
This morning the official 2013 Cannes Film Festival line-up was announced from Paris, France. The committee saw 1,858 films submitted this year and while additional titles will continue to be announced, this morning we got the full Competition and Un Certain Regard lineup and it looks amazing so far. Among the films announced In Competition so far, many were expected including Nicolas Winding Refn's Only God Forgives, Steven Soderbergh's Behind the Candelabra, Roman Polanski's Venus in Fur, Asghar Farhadi's The Past and Joel and Ethan Coen's Inside Llewyn Davis. Additionally James Gray's once titled Lowlife starring Marion Cotillard, Joaquin Phoenix and Jeremy Renner will play, but under the name The Immigrant and Takashi Miike's cop thriller Wara No Tate (Straw Shield) has also made the competition list. However, the biggest "surprise" is the inclusion of Alexander Payne's black-and-white film Nebraska, which is sure to be a big attention getter,...
- 4/18/2013
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
With the success of “House of Cards” and the upcoming release of the fabled new season of “Arrested Development,” Netflix is taking dead aim at cable networks. While so far they've stuck with developing series, the streaming company has completed a deal with Brett Ratner -- a man with a questionable filmography and cinephile taste (he's produced docs on Woody Allen and John Cazale, Fyi) -- to bring interesting documentaries to a larger audience. The first movie to be part of the deal is the 1971 Roman Polanski-helmed documentary “Weekend Of A Champion.” Never heard of it? That may be because the film, which focuses on Formula 1 racing champion Jackie Stewart, never saw any kind of release in the United States. Produced after “Rosemary’s Baby” and a couple of years before “Chinatown,” this forgotten piece of his filmography occurred at the height of the filmmaker’s powers and follows...
- 3/1/2013
- by Cain Rodriguez
- The Playlist
Exclusive: Movies periodically get fixated on auto racing, like the great documentary Senna and the upcoming Ron Howard-directed Rush. Now we’ll find out how a barely seen documentary shot by Roman Polanski can do, one shot back when he and his cameras were granted the kind of access to the track in Monaco that you just couldn’t buy today. And the way Polanski shot it, you can tell in just a few seconds that if the average person tried driving that course, you’d need to call your insurance agent by the first hairpin turn. Rat Documentary Films, Brett Ratner‘s documentary film arm, has acquired the North American rights to Weekend Of A Champion, Polanski’s 1971 portrait of the legendary Formula 1 race car driving Champion Jackie Stewart on the weekend of his victory at the Monte Carlo Grand Prix. This is a film that was shot...
- 3/1/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Exclusive: Movies periodically get fixated on auto racing, like the great documentary Senna and the upcoming Ron Howard-directed Rush. Now we’ll find out how a barely seen documentary shot by Roman Polanski can do, one shot back when he and his cameras were granted the kind of access to the track in Monaco that you just couldn’t buy today. And the way Polanski shot it, you can tell in just a few seconds that if the average person tried driving that course, you’d need to call your insurance agent by the first hairpin turn. Rat Documentary Films, Brett Ratner‘s documentary film arm, has acquired the North American rights to Weekend Of A Champion, Polanski’s 1971 portrait of the legendary Formula 1 race car driving Champion Jackie Stewart on the weekend of his victory at the Monte Carlo Grand Prix. This is a film that was shot...
- 3/1/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline TV
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