With Sharknado 5 making a splash on TV screens across the globe these past few weeks, what better time to visit the world of The Asylum? With a myriad of films under their belt, from their beginnings as king of the mockbuster to their foray into original film making, it’s no secret we’re big fans of these bastions of the direct to DVD market and have reviewed a Lot of their output! With that in mind, here’s my pick of the Top 5 (because it’s Sharknado Five… geddit?!?) movies from The Asylum in – shock, horror – order of preference…
5) Avengers Grimm
An off-the-wall mix of Grimm Fairy tale characters and superhero team-up movies which, frankly, should have been obvious given the title, Avengers Grimm’s plot is relatively simple: when Rumpelstiltskin uses the Magic Mirror to escapes to the modern world taking Snow White with him and destroying the mirror in the process,...
5) Avengers Grimm
An off-the-wall mix of Grimm Fairy tale characters and superhero team-up movies which, frankly, should have been obvious given the title, Avengers Grimm’s plot is relatively simple: when Rumpelstiltskin uses the Magic Mirror to escapes to the modern world taking Snow White with him and destroying the mirror in the process,...
- 8/22/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Salomé Lamas's Eldorado Xxi (2016), which is receiving an exclusive global online premiere on Mubi, is showing from July 21 - August 20, 2017 as a Special Discovery. A version of this article originally appeared in Salomé Lamas: Parafiction (2016), published by Mousse Publishing, and appears thanks to the generosity of the publisher and original author.What can five shots hold? Two are enough to capture a landscape, an expanse of rock, ice, cloud, and snow so vast it feels like the frame can hardly contain it, like the lake, mountains, and sky stretch on forever. Everything appears frozen, immobile, devoid of life, it’s only when a bird flies overhead and the wind moves through the blackened reeds that it even becomes clear it’s not a photograph. There’s no sign of where the voice might be coming from, it can only have emerged from beneath the tundra, carried and amplified by the wind.
- 7/21/2017
- MUBI
Summer is coming to an end and the 2016-17 TV season is just around the corner (not to mention football and more football). So it’s a good time to cram in a whole collection of shows and movies on Netflix before your schedule gets so full you won’t know what to do with yourself. Some exciting additions are a couple Fast and Furious movies, No Country for Old Men and Funny Or Die Presents: Donald Trump’s Art of the Deal: The Movie, which stars Jonny Depp as Trump. Check out the list. Find a comfortable spot and begin watching. New to Netflix August 1 The American Side An Inconvenient Truth Apex: The Story of the Hypercar Beethoven’s Christmas Adventure Big Daddy Black Widow Critical Condition Deadfall Destination: Team USA Funny Or Die Presents: Donald Trump’s Art of the Deal: The Movie The Family Man The Fast and the Furious...
- 8/1/2016
- by David Eckstein
- Hitfix
Perhaps the only news of note this week is that in a move echoing what they did with Breaking Bad, Netflix has swooped in and gained rights to the TV series of From Dusk Til Dawn made in the states for Robert Rodriguez’s new El Rey network cable channel. Netflix will stream the episodes the day after they air in the states every week, curiously they are still billing this as ‘A Netflix Original’ when this isn’t the case necessarily. I have no idea as to the quality of this, the film From Dusk Til Dawn was one of my favourites when I was a teenager but how you drag that out into a ten part TV show I don’t know, let alone a possible second series. I watched the trailer and it looks solid and well-made as opposed to a cheap cash in and features Don Johnson...
- 3/10/2014
- by Chris Holt
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The ancient ads of times past, the physical, getting-fuzzier evidence of films watched over and over, the simplicity my Dad can comprehend: we haven't mourned the VHS enough
As gazillions of video recordings reach the end of their useful life, it occurred to me that unlike the LP, and Polaroids, the demise of the big, bulky VHS tape hasn't been mourned half so much as it deserves. According to the Washington Post, in 2005 94.7m American households still owned VCRs. I doubt it would be quarter of that now. I can count the people I know under 60 with video players on my two index fingers.
Before home-recorded videos decline entirely from functional to shabby retro-decoration, I'm going to press pause and give them their clunky due. Here's why I love watching films on video.
They wear their loving proudly
Like teddy bears and your comfiest pair of jeans, you can tell...
As gazillions of video recordings reach the end of their useful life, it occurred to me that unlike the LP, and Polaroids, the demise of the big, bulky VHS tape hasn't been mourned half so much as it deserves. According to the Washington Post, in 2005 94.7m American households still owned VCRs. I doubt it would be quarter of that now. I can count the people I know under 60 with video players on my two index fingers.
Before home-recorded videos decline entirely from functional to shabby retro-decoration, I'm going to press pause and give them their clunky due. Here's why I love watching films on video.
They wear their loving proudly
Like teddy bears and your comfiest pair of jeans, you can tell...
- 10/1/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
Each year the Sitges Film Festival commercial spot is almost as eagerly awaited by the general public as its lineup, and Rafa Antón, creative director of the China agency and the man responsible for its campaigns over the last ten years, has presented this year’s commercial, entitled "Alter Ego". In addition, the preliminary lineup for the Festival has been revealed, but it's not complete by any means. More will be announced throughout the month.
Antón presented the commercial at the Velodrome, property of the brand, along with Festival director Angel Sala and one of Sitges 2011’s partners Moritz Beer.
As explained at the presentation of the Sitges 2011 posters, artificial intelligence is this year’s central theme, represented through the geminoids created by professor Ishiguro in Japan. For the commercials, Rafa Antón stated that he’d “continued with the same commemorative leitmotif of the tenth anniversary of Artificial Intelligence (Steven Spielberg...
Antón presented the commercial at the Velodrome, property of the brand, along with Festival director Angel Sala and one of Sitges 2011’s partners Moritz Beer.
As explained at the presentation of the Sitges 2011 posters, artificial intelligence is this year’s central theme, represented through the geminoids created by professor Ishiguro in Japan. For the commercials, Rafa Antón stated that he’d “continued with the same commemorative leitmotif of the tenth anniversary of Artificial Intelligence (Steven Spielberg...
- 9/16/2011
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
#10. Of Gods and Men - Xavier Beauvois (February 25th) Select sequences are almost worthy of comparison to Bresson, including head monk Lambert Wilson's conflicted hike into nature, or the monks' final, close-up filled suppertime farewell. The film needed a more ruthless editor, however -- many scenes come across as mundane and unnecessary. Could easily be an hour shorter, and better for it. #9. Le Quattro Volte - Michelangelo Frammartino (March 30th) A film that proves that the protagonist of a film need not be a human being, or even be animate. At times, however, its resistance to traditional storytelling fells more like a cop-out than a radicalism. The possibility of an inanimate object being a fully realized character is never fully explored. Still, an absorbing and unusual two hours in the movie theatre. #8. The Sleeping Beauty - Catherine Breillat (Rendez-Vous with French Cinema (Fslc) Perverse, bizarre, sexy, funny, provocative. In other words,...
- 7/5/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
Photo: RopeofSilicon.com / Brad Brevet I have rewritten this intro about three times, hoping to publish this before I left Seattle for Cannes. Then when I landed in New York. Then from the plane as I flew into Nice. Obviously none of those options worked for one reason or another so now that I have arrived in Cannes (yes, that's the view from my apartment balcony above), here it is...
My coverage of the 2011 Cannes Film Festival begins now and just like I did last year before I went to the Toronto Film Festival, I thought I would share my anticipated schedule for the next several days, as coverage won't be the same as it normally is on a day-to-day basis around here, which I'm sure you already figured out since yesterday was the first Monday in forever that I haven't provided any content. But let's cut the babble and get to the good stuff.
My coverage of the 2011 Cannes Film Festival begins now and just like I did last year before I went to the Toronto Film Festival, I thought I would share my anticipated schedule for the next several days, as coverage won't be the same as it normally is on a day-to-day basis around here, which I'm sure you already figured out since yesterday was the first Monday in forever that I haven't provided any content. But let's cut the babble and get to the good stuff.
- 5/10/2011
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Updated through 5/9.
Along with the trailer for Hong Sang-soo's The Day He Arrives, another's just appeared for Kim Ki-duk's Arirang. Both will be screening in Un Certain Regard and, if you're checking the entry rounding up all the current news on the lineup of the Official Selection, you'll see, first, that it's being continuously updated (as are the entries on Critics' Week and Directors' Fortnight), and second, another trailer: the one for Na Hong-jin's Yellow Sea. And of course, you've seen the trailers for Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life and Lars von Trier's Melancholia. Let's have a look at a few more.
Here's one for Joseph Cedar's Footnote:
And here's another and another.
Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne's The Kid with a Bike:
Update, 5/9: The Playlist has two clips.
Julie Leigh's Sleeping Beauty:
Nanni Moretti's We Have a Pope, with Michel Piccoli...
Along with the trailer for Hong Sang-soo's The Day He Arrives, another's just appeared for Kim Ki-duk's Arirang. Both will be screening in Un Certain Regard and, if you're checking the entry rounding up all the current news on the lineup of the Official Selection, you'll see, first, that it's being continuously updated (as are the entries on Critics' Week and Directors' Fortnight), and second, another trailer: the one for Na Hong-jin's Yellow Sea. And of course, you've seen the trailers for Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life and Lars von Trier's Melancholia. Let's have a look at a few more.
Here's one for Joseph Cedar's Footnote:
And here's another and another.
Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne's The Kid with a Bike:
Update, 5/9: The Playlist has two clips.
Julie Leigh's Sleeping Beauty:
Nanni Moretti's We Have a Pope, with Michel Piccoli...
- 5/9/2011
- MUBI
Sleeping Beauty, which will unveil at Cannes, stars Sucker Punch's Aussie lead Emily Browning as a prostitute who allows men to do with her what they will while she sleeps. Another Cannes film I am looking forward to is Takashi Miike's Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (Ichimei) (his lauded 13 Assassins opens today), a remake of Masaki Kobayashi's 1962 adaptation of the novel by Yasuhiko Takiguchi about a 17th century samurai who wants to commit suicide at the end of his career. The trailer is below. [Hat Tip: The Playlist, Rope of Silicon.]...
- 4/29/2011
- Thompson on Hollywood
Updated through 4/20.
Gilles Jacob and Thierry Frémaux announced that, out of 1715 submissions, 49 features from 33 countries have been selected in total for this year's Cannes Film Festival — four of them made by women, a record. 19 titles are lined up for the Competition so far, leaving room for surprise announcements from here on to the Opening Ceremony on May 11.
Competition
Pedro Almodóvar's The Skin I Inhabit. As noted yesterday, here's what Variety's Justin Chang had heard as of this past weekend: "In late March, it seemed that Almodóvar, a Cannes veteran who won prizes for All About My Mother and Volver, might skip the event altogether this year. Since 2004's Bad Education, the helmer has presented every one of his films in competition at the May fest, usually following a spring local release. The Sept 2 Spanish release date for The Skin That I Inhabit (which Sony Classics will release Stateside in...
Gilles Jacob and Thierry Frémaux announced that, out of 1715 submissions, 49 features from 33 countries have been selected in total for this year's Cannes Film Festival — four of them made by women, a record. 19 titles are lined up for the Competition so far, leaving room for surprise announcements from here on to the Opening Ceremony on May 11.
Competition
Pedro Almodóvar's The Skin I Inhabit. As noted yesterday, here's what Variety's Justin Chang had heard as of this past weekend: "In late March, it seemed that Almodóvar, a Cannes veteran who won prizes for All About My Mother and Volver, might skip the event altogether this year. Since 2004's Bad Education, the helmer has presented every one of his films in competition at the May fest, usually following a spring local release. The Sept 2 Spanish release date for The Skin That I Inhabit (which Sony Classics will release Stateside in...
- 4/21/2011
- MUBI
The Film Lineup for the 2011 Cannes Film Festival (Competition, Un Certain Regard, Out of Competition) has been announced. The 64th Annual Cannes Film Festival (le Festival de Cannes), ”founded in 1946, is one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious film festivals. The private festival is held annually (usually in May) at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès, in the resort town of Cannes, in the south of France…The President of the Jury is American actor Robert De Niro.” One of the surprises for the 2011 Cannes Film Festival is that “Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris opens the festival on May 11. The film’s all-star cast of Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Carla Bruni, Marion Cotillard, Kathy Bates, Gad Elmaleh, Léa Seydoux and Adrien Brody are expected to attend the Croisette to launch the festival. The film is being screened out of competition. Although the juries have not yet been finalized,...
- 4/15/2011
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
The nearly-full slate for the competitive schedules at this year's Cannes Film Festival has been announced, and while it isn't packed with many surprises, there is some great stuff premiering in France this May. We basically knew that Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life, Pedro Almodovar's The Skin That I Live In, Lars Von Trier's Melancholia, and Lynne Ramsay's We Need to Talk About Kevin would all be on the Croisette, so seeing those in the competition slate isn't a surprise. But it's nice to see Nicholas Winding Refn's Drive in there (FilmDistrict, give us a trailer, please!) along with Julia Leigh's Sleeping Beauty, Takashi Miike's remake of Harakiri (his 13 Assassins is also in some theaters, On Demand and on iTunes now, and is the best thing he's made in a while) and even Le Havre by Aki Kaurismaki. In the Un Certain Regard...
- 4/14/2011
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
Brad Pitt, Cole Cockburn in Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life Opening Film Woody Allen, Midnight In Paris (Out of Competition) Competition Pedro ALMODÓVAR, La Piel Que Habito Bertrand Bonello, L'apollonide – Souvenirs De La Maison Close Alain Cavalier, Pater Joseph Cedar, Hearat Shulayim (Footnote) Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da (Once upon a time in Anatolia) Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Le Gamin Au VÉLO Aki KAURISMÄKI, Le Havre Naomi Kawase, Hanezu No Tsuki Julia Leigh, Sleeping Beauty MAÏWENN, Polisse Terrence Malick, The Tree Of Life Radu Mihaileanu, La Source Des Femmes Takashi Miike, Ichimei (Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samuraï) Nanni Moretti, Habemus Papam Lynne Ramsay, We Need To Talk About Kevin Markus Schleinzer, Michael Paolo Sorrentino, This Must Be The Place Lars Von Trier, Melancholia Nicolas Winding Refn, Drive Out of Competition Xavier Durringer, La CONQUÊTE Jodie Foster, The Beaver Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist Rob Marshall, Pirates Of The...
- 4/14/2011
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
No surprise here. Terrence Malick's bringing the baby feet to the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, where "The Tree of Life" will play in competition, alongside new films by Pedro Almodovar, Takashi Miike, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, and Lars von Trier. I'm not going to Cannes (unless you want to send me, independently wealthy, art film loving reader, in which case, speak up!) but I'd want to see all of those, plus the new film from "Ratcatcher" director Lynne Ramsay and "Drive" by "Bronson"'s Nicolas Winding Refn, which is described on IMDb as the story of "a Hollywood stunt performer who moonlights as a wheelman [and] discovers that a contract has been put on him after a heist gone wrong." The badass cast of that one includes Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Christina Hendricks, and Ron Perlman.
At Cannes, you can always count on a crazy juxtaposition of the competition's high-end,...
At Cannes, you can always count on a crazy juxtaposition of the competition's high-end,...
- 4/14/2011
- by Matt Singer
- ifc.com
Festival president Gilles Jacob and Thierry Fremaux, festival chief announced the line-up for the 64th Cannes Film Festival which will run from May 11-22.
As expected Terrence Malick‘s The Tree of Life, Pedro Almodovar‘s The Skin that I Live In (La Piel Que Habito), Nicolas Winding Refn‘s Drive, Lars Von Trier‘s Melancholia and Lynne Ramsay‘s We Need To Talk About Kevin will be shown at Cannes 2011 In Competition Category.
In the same category will be also presented This Must Be The Place directed by Paolo Sorrentino, Ichimei (Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai) by Takashi Miike, The Kid With The Bike by Dardenne Brothers, Sleeping Beauty directed by Julia Leigh, We Have a Pope by Nanni Moretti but you can see the full list below.
When it comes to the Out of Competition selections Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides will have that honor to be presented,...
As expected Terrence Malick‘s The Tree of Life, Pedro Almodovar‘s The Skin that I Live In (La Piel Que Habito), Nicolas Winding Refn‘s Drive, Lars Von Trier‘s Melancholia and Lynne Ramsay‘s We Need To Talk About Kevin will be shown at Cannes 2011 In Competition Category.
In the same category will be also presented This Must Be The Place directed by Paolo Sorrentino, Ichimei (Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai) by Takashi Miike, The Kid With The Bike by Dardenne Brothers, Sleeping Beauty directed by Julia Leigh, We Have a Pope by Nanni Moretti but you can see the full list below.
When it comes to the Out of Competition selections Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides will have that honor to be presented,...
- 4/14/2011
- by Fiona
- Filmofilia
As has become the story in recent years, familiar Cannes-family names grace the line-up of the official competition of the 64th edition of the Cannes Film Festival.
A dozen of the nineteen films announced are alumni of the festival: Almodovar, Bonello, Cavalier, Ceylan, the Dardenne brothers, Kaurismaki, Kawase, Malick, Moretti, Ramsay, Sorrentino and von Trier all returning to premiere their art, and Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne taking a shot at a third Palme d’Or. Add Japan’s Takashi Miike to the mix, and the Danish director of the much-heralded “Pusher” franchise, Nicolas Winding Refn, very few slots can be identified as festival discoveries.
While this trend continues to disappoint people looking to Cannes Official Competition to break ground (two first time filmmakers are included in the line-up), it has also forced journalists to find inspiration in the Un Certain Regard section of the fest. With Sean Durkin’s Sundance...
A dozen of the nineteen films announced are alumni of the festival: Almodovar, Bonello, Cavalier, Ceylan, the Dardenne brothers, Kaurismaki, Kawase, Malick, Moretti, Ramsay, Sorrentino and von Trier all returning to premiere their art, and Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne taking a shot at a third Palme d’Or. Add Japan’s Takashi Miike to the mix, and the Danish director of the much-heralded “Pusher” franchise, Nicolas Winding Refn, very few slots can be identified as festival discoveries.
While this trend continues to disappoint people looking to Cannes Official Competition to break ground (two first time filmmakers are included in the line-up), it has also forced journalists to find inspiration in the Un Certain Regard section of the fest. With Sean Durkin’s Sundance...
- 4/14/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
As has become the story in recent years, familiar Cannes-family names grace the line-up of the official competition of the 64th edition of the Cannes Film Festival.
A dozen of the nineteen films announced are alumni of the festival: Almodovar, Bonello, Cavalier, Ceylan, the Dardenne brothers, Kaurismaki, Kawase, Malick, Moretti, Ramsay, Sorrentino and von Trier all returning to premiere their art, and Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne taking a shot at a third Palme d’Or. Add Japan’s Takashi Miike to the mix, and the Danish director of the much-heralded “Pusher” franchise, Nicolas Winding Refn, very few slots can be identified as festival discoveries.
While this trend continues to disappoint people looking to Cannes Official Competition to break ground (two first time filmmakers are included in the line-up), it has also forced journalists to find inspiration in the Un Certain Regard section of the fest. With Sean Durkin’s Sundance...
A dozen of the nineteen films announced are alumni of the festival: Almodovar, Bonello, Cavalier, Ceylan, the Dardenne brothers, Kaurismaki, Kawase, Malick, Moretti, Ramsay, Sorrentino and von Trier all returning to premiere their art, and Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne taking a shot at a third Palme d’Or. Add Japan’s Takashi Miike to the mix, and the Danish director of the much-heralded “Pusher” franchise, Nicolas Winding Refn, very few slots can be identified as festival discoveries.
While this trend continues to disappoint people looking to Cannes Official Competition to break ground (two first time filmmakers are included in the line-up), it has also forced journalists to find inspiration in the Un Certain Regard section of the fest. With Sean Durkin’s Sundance...
- 4/14/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
The anticipation of summer isn’t reserved for superheroes and sequels – it’s also the time for the Cannes Film Festival, which is like an actual World Series of international film. Occurring this year from May 11th through May 22nd, this year has many anticipated titles from its list of “all-star” directors that includes Woody Allen, Pedro Almoldovar, Terence Malick, Lars Von Trier, etc. Out of all of these films, I am most excited for Von Trier’s Melancholia, though Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive is a close second.
Released today, here’s the list of films playing at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, with many of these titles bound to be big deals in the movie world during and after their premieres:
Opening film:
Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris
Main competition:
Pedro Almodóvar – La Piel que Habito
Bertrand Bonello – L’Apollonide: Souvenirs de la Maison Close
Alain Cavalier...
Released today, here’s the list of films playing at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, with many of these titles bound to be big deals in the movie world during and after their premieres:
Opening film:
Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris
Main competition:
Pedro Almodóvar – La Piel que Habito
Bertrand Bonello – L’Apollonide: Souvenirs de la Maison Close
Alain Cavalier...
- 4/14/2011
- by Nick Allen
- The Scorecard Review
Fest president Gilles Jacob and artistic director Thierry Frémaux announced the official selection of the 64th Cannes Film Festival at the Grand Hôtel in Paris today. I warn you that after reading over the list, you’ll be insanely jealous if you’re not one of the lucky people attending the festival. The list includes films from Pedro Almodóvar, Gus Van Sant, Lars Von Trier, Lynne Ramsay, Nicolas Winding Refn, Radu Mihaileanu and Aki Kaurismäki.
Our contributor Eduardo Lucatero will be at the festival and he’ll be providing us with a daily blog with his thoughts on the festival as well as the films he’ll see. As previously reported, Terrence Malick’s Tree of Life, will still be getting its worldwide premiere in Cannes. Apparently there was some confusion since a studio decided to release it in the UK sometime in April. However after some legal threats, it...
Our contributor Eduardo Lucatero will be at the festival and he’ll be providing us with a daily blog with his thoughts on the festival as well as the films he’ll see. As previously reported, Terrence Malick’s Tree of Life, will still be getting its worldwide premiere in Cannes. Apparently there was some confusion since a studio decided to release it in the UK sometime in April. However after some legal threats, it...
- 4/14/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Some major motion pictures are set to appear at this year's Cannes Film Festival. Jodie Foster's The Beaver is now part of the list of major films playing at Cannes.
The entire list was announced earlier today in Paris. Some big stars are set to headline the festival, including Brad Pitt in Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life and Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.
Some other big Hollywood stars that could show up for this year's festival include, Sean Penn in This Must Be the Place, Antonio Banderas in The Skin I Live In, Ryan Gosling in Drive, and the entire cast of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.
Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris, starring Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Michael Sheen, and French president Nicolas Sarkozy beautiful wife Carla Bruni.
Continue Reading for the full list of films.
Opening Film
Midnight In Paris,...
The entire list was announced earlier today in Paris. Some big stars are set to headline the festival, including Brad Pitt in Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life and Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.
Some other big Hollywood stars that could show up for this year's festival include, Sean Penn in This Must Be the Place, Antonio Banderas in The Skin I Live In, Ryan Gosling in Drive, and the entire cast of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.
Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris, starring Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Michael Sheen, and French president Nicolas Sarkozy beautiful wife Carla Bruni.
Continue Reading for the full list of films.
Opening Film
Midnight In Paris,...
- 4/14/2011
- by alyssa@mediavine.com (Alyssa Caverley)
- Reel Movie News
Today’s reveal of the excellent lineup for the 2011 Cannes Film Festival is an appropriate way to kick off this news story, which has early looks at a few of the movies that’ll be playing there this coming May.
First, we have the trailer for Australia’s Sleeping Beauty. Written and directed by novelist Julia Leigh – who’s making her filmmaking debut – and presented by director Jane Campion, it stars Sucker Punch‘s Emily Browning. The association with that film wouldn’t give you an idea of what to expect, though; this has a very dark vibe to it, one that almost reminds me of the works of Michael Haneke. Described as “a haunting erotic fairytale about Lucy, a young University student drawn into a mysterious hidden world of beauty and desire,” this looks pretty interesting. It’ll premiere at the festival, and in competition. The preview showed up...
First, we have the trailer for Australia’s Sleeping Beauty. Written and directed by novelist Julia Leigh – who’s making her filmmaking debut – and presented by director Jane Campion, it stars Sucker Punch‘s Emily Browning. The association with that film wouldn’t give you an idea of what to expect, though; this has a very dark vibe to it, one that almost reminds me of the works of Michael Haneke. Described as “a haunting erotic fairytale about Lucy, a young University student drawn into a mysterious hidden world of beauty and desire,” this looks pretty interesting. It’ll premiere at the festival, and in competition. The preview showed up...
- 4/14/2011
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
After a rather disappointing year last year, the Croisette looks to be getting some bigger and better titles for this year's prestigious Cannes Film Festival which kicks off May 11th with Woody Allen‘s "Midnight in Paris".
Highlights of this year's in competition line-up include Terrence Malick‘s “The Tree of Life”, Lars Von Trier‘s apocalyptic drama “Melancholia,” Nicholas Winding Refn‘s action thriller “Drive," Pedro Almodovar‘s horror tale “The Skin That I Live In," Julia Leigh's erotic drama “Sleeping Beauty,” Lynne Ramsay's adaptation "We Need To Talk About Kevin," and Paolo Sorrentino‘s odd-sounding "This Must Be The Place".
Gus Van Sant‘s teen romance “Restless" and Sundance favorite “Martha Marcie May Marlene” will also screen in the 'Un Certain Regard' category, while "The Beaver," “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” and “Kung Fu Panda: The Kaboom Of Doom” will also screen out-of-competition.
Here's...
Highlights of this year's in competition line-up include Terrence Malick‘s “The Tree of Life”, Lars Von Trier‘s apocalyptic drama “Melancholia,” Nicholas Winding Refn‘s action thriller “Drive," Pedro Almodovar‘s horror tale “The Skin That I Live In," Julia Leigh's erotic drama “Sleeping Beauty,” Lynne Ramsay's adaptation "We Need To Talk About Kevin," and Paolo Sorrentino‘s odd-sounding "This Must Be The Place".
Gus Van Sant‘s teen romance “Restless" and Sundance favorite “Martha Marcie May Marlene” will also screen in the 'Un Certain Regard' category, while "The Beaver," “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” and “Kung Fu Panda: The Kaboom Of Doom” will also screen out-of-competition.
Here's...
- 4/14/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Earlier we reported that Restless and Kung Fu Panda 2 had been added to the Cannes Film Festival lineup that included The Tree of Life and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. Today, we have the full lineup for the festival. The majority of the films are ones I have not heard of, but there are some exceptions. Jodie Foster's The Beaver, Sleeping Beauty and Drive by Nicolas Winding Refn. Takasi Miike and Pedro Almodovar also have films in competition at the festival.
Below is the full list of films at this year's Cannes Film Festival:
Opening Film
Midnight in Paris (Out of Competition)
Director: Woody Allen
Closing Film
To be announced
In Competition
The Skin I Live In
Director: Pedro Almodovar
House of Tolerance
Director: Bertrand Bonello
Footnote
Director: Joseph Cedar
Pater
Director: Alain Cavalier
Once Upon A Time In Anatolia
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Boy with a...
Below is the full list of films at this year's Cannes Film Festival:
Opening Film
Midnight in Paris (Out of Competition)
Director: Woody Allen
Closing Film
To be announced
In Competition
The Skin I Live In
Director: Pedro Almodovar
House of Tolerance
Director: Bertrand Bonello
Footnote
Director: Joseph Cedar
Pater
Director: Alain Cavalier
Once Upon A Time In Anatolia
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Boy with a...
- 4/14/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
Finally, the speculation can end.
The minds behind this year’s Cannes Film Festival have announced the slate for the said festival, and it’s one of the more jaw-dropping lineups of recent memory.
First up, the biggest addition here is, to no one’s shock, Terrence Malick’s The Tree Of Life. The film is now confirmed for the festival, and not only that, but it will be shown in competition, a first for director Terrence Malick. Other names that were previously linked to the festival like Pedro Almodovar (The Skin That I Live In), Lars Von Trier (Melancholia) and Lynne Ramsay (We Need To Talk About Kevin) have also now been confirmed, all in competition.
Joining them in competition are new films from The Dardenne Brothers (The Kid With The Bike), Aki Kaurismaki (Le Havre), and most notably, Nicholas Winding Refn, and his new film Drive. The film...
The minds behind this year’s Cannes Film Festival have announced the slate for the said festival, and it’s one of the more jaw-dropping lineups of recent memory.
First up, the biggest addition here is, to no one’s shock, Terrence Malick’s The Tree Of Life. The film is now confirmed for the festival, and not only that, but it will be shown in competition, a first for director Terrence Malick. Other names that were previously linked to the festival like Pedro Almodovar (The Skin That I Live In), Lars Von Trier (Melancholia) and Lynne Ramsay (We Need To Talk About Kevin) have also now been confirmed, all in competition.
Joining them in competition are new films from The Dardenne Brothers (The Kid With The Bike), Aki Kaurismaki (Le Havre), and most notably, Nicholas Winding Refn, and his new film Drive. The film...
- 4/14/2011
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
So, we now know most of which films will screen in the two major competitions at Cannes this year, and a few out of competition titles as well (including one huge shock for me). Here’s the list in full — great to see The Beaver, and a host of huge-name directors in competition like Von Trier, Almodovar and Miike — and you can expect my commentary to follow soon. Opening Film Midnight In Paris (dir. Woody Allen) Out of Competition The Beaver (dir. Foster) La Conquete (dir. Xavier Durringer) The Artist (dir. Hazanavicius) Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (dir. Rob Marshall) In Competition The Skin I Live In (dir. Pedro Almodovar) L’Apollonide – Souvenirs de la maison close (dir. Bertrand Bonello) Hearat Shulayim (Footnote) (dir. Joseph Cedar) Pater (dir. Alain Cavalier) Bir Zamanlar Anadolu’da (Once Upon a Time in Anatolia) (dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan) Le gamin au vélo (dir. Jean-Pierre...
- 4/14/2011
- by Simon Gallagher
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
The 2011 Cannes Film Festival has announced its screening/competition lineup. THR has a complete breakdown, but here are some highlights:
Terrence Malick's "Tree of Life" is in the competition category, which means stars Brad Pitt and Sean Penn are likely to be seen at Cannes. Penn will also be there for Paolo Sorrentino's "This Must Be the Place."
Nicolas Winding Refn's "Drive" is also going to be up for awards and therefore stars Ryan Gosling and Carey Mulligan can be expected to show at the festival. "Drive" is about a stunt driver who moonlights driving getaway cars for criminals. It hits theaters stateside in September.
There is a movie out of Britain by Lynne Ramsay that has everyone in Hollywood buzzing. It's called "We Need to Talk About Kevin," which stars Tilda Swinton and John C. Reilly as the parents of a child who commits a school shooting.
Terrence Malick's "Tree of Life" is in the competition category, which means stars Brad Pitt and Sean Penn are likely to be seen at Cannes. Penn will also be there for Paolo Sorrentino's "This Must Be the Place."
Nicolas Winding Refn's "Drive" is also going to be up for awards and therefore stars Ryan Gosling and Carey Mulligan can be expected to show at the festival. "Drive" is about a stunt driver who moonlights driving getaway cars for criminals. It hits theaters stateside in September.
There is a movie out of Britain by Lynne Ramsay that has everyone in Hollywood buzzing. It's called "We Need to Talk About Kevin," which stars Tilda Swinton and John C. Reilly as the parents of a child who commits a school shooting.
- 4/14/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
One of the world's most famous film festivals announced its line up today and it certainly looks better than last year's bunch. The 64th Cannes Film Festival opens on 11th May and runs for just under two weeks down in the sud de France.
Woody Allen is opening this year's festival with Midnight In Paris but there's a prime selection of world cinema for people to get rather excited about. There's new films from Nicolas Winding Refn, Bruno Dumont, Takashi Miike, Lars von Trier, the Dardenne Brothers, Terrence Malick, Pedro Almodovar, Lynne Ramsey and Kim Ki-duk for starters.
Below is the full line-up of films playing in and out of competition.
Competition
"Drive," Nicolas Winding Refn
"Footnote," Josef Cedar
"Hanezu no Tsuki," Naomi Kawase
"Hara-kiri: Death of a Samurai," Takashi Miike
"The Kid With a Bike," Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
"L'apollonide (Souvenirs de la maison close)," Bertrand Bonello
"Le Havre,...
Woody Allen is opening this year's festival with Midnight In Paris but there's a prime selection of world cinema for people to get rather excited about. There's new films from Nicolas Winding Refn, Bruno Dumont, Takashi Miike, Lars von Trier, the Dardenne Brothers, Terrence Malick, Pedro Almodovar, Lynne Ramsey and Kim Ki-duk for starters.
Below is the full line-up of films playing in and out of competition.
Competition
"Drive," Nicolas Winding Refn
"Footnote," Josef Cedar
"Hanezu no Tsuki," Naomi Kawase
"Hara-kiri: Death of a Samurai," Takashi Miike
"The Kid With a Bike," Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
"L'apollonide (Souvenirs de la maison close)," Bertrand Bonello
"Le Havre,...
- 4/14/2011
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
Familiar faces abound in this year's competition lineup for the Festival de Cannes. Almodovar. Miike. von Trier. Refn. Malick. The Skin I Live In (Spain) - Pedro Almodovar L'Apollonide (France) - Bertrand Bonello Footnote (Israel) - Joseph Cedar Pater (France) - Alain Cavalier Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Turkey) - Nuri Bilge Ceylan Hanezu no Tsuki (Japan) - Naomi Kawase The Kid With a Bike (Belgium) - Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne Le Havre (Finland) - Aki Kaurismäki Sleeping Beauty (Australia) - Julie Leigh Tree of Life (Us) - Terrence Malick Polisse (France) - Maïwen The Source (Romania) - Radu Mihaileanu We Have a Pope (Italy) - Nanni Moretti Ishimei (Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai) (Japan) - Takashi Miike Michael (Austria) - Markus Schleinzer We Need to Talk About Kevin (UK) - Lynne Ramsey Melancholia (Denmark) - Lars von Trier This Must...
- 4/14/2011
- Screen Anarchy
The 64th Festival de Cannes has unveiled its lineup for 2011. Although it boasts of big names like Pedro Almodovar and Lars Von Trier, no Indian film has found a place in it.
Vikramadiya Motwane’s Udaan had been screened at Un Certain Regard section last year.
The complete selection:
Opening film
Woody Allen: Midnight in Paris
Main competition
Pedro Almodóvar: La Piel que Habito
Bertrand Bonello: L’Apollonide – Souvenirs de la Maison Close
Alain Cavalier: Pater
Joseph Cedar: Hearat Shulayim
Nuri Bilge Ceylan: Bir Zamanlar Anadolu’da
Jean-Pierre et Luc Dardenne: Le Gamin au Vélo
Aki Kaurismäki: Le Havre
Naomi Kawase: Hanezu No Tsuki
Julia Leigh: Sleeping Beauty
Maïwenn Le Besco: Polisse
Terrence Malick: The Tree of Life
Radu Mihaileanu: La Source des Femmes (The Source)
Takashi Miike: Ichemei (Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai)
Nanni Moretti...
Vikramadiya Motwane’s Udaan had been screened at Un Certain Regard section last year.
The complete selection:
Opening film
Woody Allen: Midnight in Paris
Main competition
Pedro Almodóvar: La Piel que Habito
Bertrand Bonello: L’Apollonide – Souvenirs de la Maison Close
Alain Cavalier: Pater
Joseph Cedar: Hearat Shulayim
Nuri Bilge Ceylan: Bir Zamanlar Anadolu’da
Jean-Pierre et Luc Dardenne: Le Gamin au Vélo
Aki Kaurismäki: Le Havre
Naomi Kawase: Hanezu No Tsuki
Julia Leigh: Sleeping Beauty
Maïwenn Le Besco: Polisse
Terrence Malick: The Tree of Life
Radu Mihaileanu: La Source des Femmes (The Source)
Takashi Miike: Ichemei (Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai)
Nanni Moretti...
- 4/14/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
The line up for the 64th Cannes Film Festival was announced today in Paris. Some of the familiar faces headed to the South of France this year include the Dardenne brothers, Nicolas Winding Refn, Pedro Almodovar and Terrence Malick who all have films in competition. Jodi Foster‘s The Beaver and Rob Marshall‘s installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise will play out of competition. While Gus Van Stant, Bruno Dumont and Sean Durkin will have films in Un Certain Regard.
The complete list of titles are below. The Cannes Film Festival will take place May 11-22.
Competition:
“La Piel Que Habito” (The Skin that I Live In), directed by Pedro Almodovar
“L’Apollonide,” directed by Bertrand Bonello
“Drive,” directed by Nicolas Winding Refn
“Footnote,” directed by Joseph Cedar
“Ichimei” (Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai), directed by Takashi Miike
“Le Havre,” directed by Aki Kaurismäki
“Hanezu No Tsuki,...
The complete list of titles are below. The Cannes Film Festival will take place May 11-22.
Competition:
“La Piel Que Habito” (The Skin that I Live In), directed by Pedro Almodovar
“L’Apollonide,” directed by Bertrand Bonello
“Drive,” directed by Nicolas Winding Refn
“Footnote,” directed by Joseph Cedar
“Ichimei” (Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai), directed by Takashi Miike
“Le Havre,” directed by Aki Kaurismäki
“Hanezu No Tsuki,...
- 4/14/2011
- by Jason Guerrasio
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
In the wee hours of the morning here in the states, the official 64th Cannes Film Festival line-up was revealed. As expecting we got Lars von Trier‘s Melancholia, Terrence Malick‘s The Tree of Life (in competition too!), Lynne Ramsay‘s We Need to Talk About Kevin starring Tilda Swinton, and Paolo Sorrentino‘s This Must Be The Place starring Sean Penn. The biggest surprise is auteur director Nicolas Winding Refn‘s biggest film thus far, Drive, being selected for competition. The drama stars Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Ron Perlman, Bryan Cranston, Albert Brooks, Christina Hendricks, Oscar Issac and I can’t wait to see the reaction.
My favorite film from Sundance, and still my #1 of the year, Sean Durkin‘s Martha Marcy May Marlene will happily be playing in Un Certain Regard next to Gus Van Sant‘s Restless. In terms of surprises that didn’t make the...
My favorite film from Sundance, and still my #1 of the year, Sean Durkin‘s Martha Marcy May Marlene will happily be playing in Un Certain Regard next to Gus Van Sant‘s Restless. In terms of surprises that didn’t make the...
- 4/14/2011
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The openers, the competition contenders, un certain regard, special screenings ... here's the Cannes film festival list in full
Opening film
Woody Allen: Midnight in Paris
Main competition
Pedro Almodóvar: La Piel que Habito
Bertrand Bonello: L'Apollonide - Souvenirs de la Maison Close
Alain Cavalier: Pater
Joseph Cedar: Hearat Shulayim
Nuri Bilge Ceylan: Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da
Jean-Pierre et Luc Dardenne: Le Gamin au Vélo
Aki Kaurismäki: Le Havre
Naomi Kawase: Hanezu No Tsuki
Julia Leigh: Sleeping Beauty
Maïwenn Le Besco: Polisse
Terrence Malick: The Tree of Life
Radu Mihaileanu: La Source des Femmes (The Source)
Takashi Miike: Ichemei (Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai)
Nanni Moretti: Habemus Papam
Lynne Ramsay: We Need to Talk About Kevin
Markus Schleinzer: Michael
Paolo Sorrentino: This Must be the Place
Lars Von Trier: Melancholia
Nicolas Winding Refn...
Opening film
Woody Allen: Midnight in Paris
Main competition
Pedro Almodóvar: La Piel que Habito
Bertrand Bonello: L'Apollonide - Souvenirs de la Maison Close
Alain Cavalier: Pater
Joseph Cedar: Hearat Shulayim
Nuri Bilge Ceylan: Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da
Jean-Pierre et Luc Dardenne: Le Gamin au Vélo
Aki Kaurismäki: Le Havre
Naomi Kawase: Hanezu No Tsuki
Julia Leigh: Sleeping Beauty
Maïwenn Le Besco: Polisse
Terrence Malick: The Tree of Life
Radu Mihaileanu: La Source des Femmes (The Source)
Takashi Miike: Ichemei (Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai)
Nanni Moretti: Habemus Papam
Lynne Ramsay: We Need to Talk About Kevin
Markus Schleinzer: Michael
Paolo Sorrentino: This Must be the Place
Lars Von Trier: Melancholia
Nicolas Winding Refn...
- 4/14/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
The Official Selection and the Juries of the 64th Cannes Film festival were announced Thursday, April 14th during the press conference held by Gilles Jacob and Thierry Frémaux at the Grand Hôtel in Paris.
Opening Film
Woody Allen - Midnight In Paris (Out of Competition)
Competition
Pedro ALMODÓVAR - La Piel Que Habito
Bertrand Bonello - L’Apollonide – Souvenirs De La Maison Close
Alain Cavalier – Pater
Joseph Cedar - Hearat Shulayim (Footnote)
Nuri Bilge Ceylan - Bir Zamanlar Anadolu’Da (Once upon a time in Anatolia)
Jean-Pierre et Luc Dardenne - Le Gamin Au VÉLO
Aki KAURISMÄKI - Le Havre
Naomi Kawase - Hanezu No Tsuki
Julia Leigh - Sleeping Beauty – 1st film
MAÏWENN - Polisse
Terrence Malick - The Tree Of Life
Radu Mihaileanu - La Source Des Femmes
Takashi Miike - Ichimei (Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samuraï)
Nanni Moretti - Habemus Papam
Lynne Ramsay - We Need To Talk About Kevin...
Opening Film
Woody Allen - Midnight In Paris (Out of Competition)
Competition
Pedro ALMODÓVAR - La Piel Que Habito
Bertrand Bonello - L’Apollonide – Souvenirs De La Maison Close
Alain Cavalier – Pater
Joseph Cedar - Hearat Shulayim (Footnote)
Nuri Bilge Ceylan - Bir Zamanlar Anadolu’Da (Once upon a time in Anatolia)
Jean-Pierre et Luc Dardenne - Le Gamin Au VÉLO
Aki KAURISMÄKI - Le Havre
Naomi Kawase - Hanezu No Tsuki
Julia Leigh - Sleeping Beauty – 1st film
MAÏWENN - Polisse
Terrence Malick - The Tree Of Life
Radu Mihaileanu - La Source Des Femmes
Takashi Miike - Ichimei (Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samuraï)
Nanni Moretti - Habemus Papam
Lynne Ramsay - We Need To Talk About Kevin...
- 4/14/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Cannes Film Festival chief Terry Fremaux has unveiled a wide selection of movies that will play at this year’s Cannes Film Festival from May 11th-May 22nd and although it might be a little light on big name American directors premiering movies, there’s a few last minute additions and surprises today that literally has the Owf crew salivating at the mouth.
As expected, Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life will premiere at the festival but surprisingly the ambitious movie about life & the universe is going for an in-competition birth, which has to be a huge sign of confidence for the movie. It had been widely expected it would play as a special screening but instead it will be Malick’s first time in competition for the Palme D’Or.
Confirmations also came of movies we had long expected would play with Pedro Almodovar’s dark horror thriller The...
As expected, Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life will premiere at the festival but surprisingly the ambitious movie about life & the universe is going for an in-competition birth, which has to be a huge sign of confidence for the movie. It had been widely expected it would play as a special screening but instead it will be Malick’s first time in competition for the Palme D’Or.
Confirmations also came of movies we had long expected would play with Pedro Almodovar’s dark horror thriller The...
- 4/14/2011
- by Matt Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
Cannes is going to have a stellar Main Comp (Pedro, Ramsey, Lars, Dardenne Bros., Kaurismaki) but there are still plenty of unexpected no-shows this year. Making Venice extremely happy we don't find: Giorgos Lanthimos, Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud, Aleksandr Sokurov, Christophe Honoré, Lou Ye, Pen-ek Ratanaruang and Brillante Mendoza. At the top of the list for surprise inclusions we have Camera D'or nominee in Julia Leigh's Sleeping Beauty - (see the Eyes Wide Shut-like trailer here) I was expecting this to be the highlight for the Un Certain Regard section, but I guess this now means her first film is an extremely strong entry from Australia. Despite showing Tiresia in the Main Comp several years ago, I was thinking Bertrand Bonello's L'apollonide (Souvenirs de la maison close) (picture above) would be relegated to the Ucr category - which isn't the case. The same can be said about...
- 4/14/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
By Sean O’Connell
Hollywoodnews.com: Some films were expected (hello, “The Tree of Life”). Some were complete surprises (Almodovar’s “The Skin I Live In”). But just about every title announced as part of the 64th Cannes Film Festival carried serious weight and anticipation.
Malick, Almodovar, Miike, Von Trier, Ramsay and Allen are the heavy hitters in Cannes’ official Competition.
Outside the boundaries, Cannes will be hosting the world premiere of the fourth “Pirates” film, with Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz expected to attend. And Jodie Foster continues her “Beaver” press tour with a stop on the Croistette. Is that a good fit?
The official Cannes lineup was made this morning in Paris. We have the full list below:
Feature Film Jury
Robert De Niro, President – Actor, Director / USA
The Short Film And Cinefondation Jury
Michel Gondry, President – Director / France
Un Certain Regard Jury
Emir Kusturica, President – Director / Serbia...
Hollywoodnews.com: Some films were expected (hello, “The Tree of Life”). Some were complete surprises (Almodovar’s “The Skin I Live In”). But just about every title announced as part of the 64th Cannes Film Festival carried serious weight and anticipation.
Malick, Almodovar, Miike, Von Trier, Ramsay and Allen are the heavy hitters in Cannes’ official Competition.
Outside the boundaries, Cannes will be hosting the world premiere of the fourth “Pirates” film, with Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz expected to attend. And Jodie Foster continues her “Beaver” press tour with a stop on the Croistette. Is that a good fit?
The official Cannes lineup was made this morning in Paris. We have the full list below:
Feature Film Jury
Robert De Niro, President – Actor, Director / USA
The Short Film And Cinefondation Jury
Michel Gondry, President – Director / France
Un Certain Regard Jury
Emir Kusturica, President – Director / Serbia...
- 4/14/2011
- by Sean O'Connell
- Hollywoodnews.com
Photo: Cannes Film Festival This morning the Cannes Film Festival announced the line-up for the 64th edition of the fest, which will run from May 11-22. Before getting to the films, managing director of the festival, Thierry Fremaux, announced that 1715 films were submitted for consideration, representing 33 countries. Of those films 19 were included in competition, and of those 19, four were directed by female directors, a record for the fest.
As for the films included in the festival, the competition looks fierce. Just a few names you might recognize among the competition crowd include Terrence Malick, Pedro Almodovar, Takashi Miike, Nicolas Winding Refn, Lars Von Trier and Lynne Ramsay. Beyond that many of the names are new to me, but that's the number one reason I go to Cannes, the international flavor of this festival surpasses any of the major fests you'll find in North America.
The Out of Competition selections for...
As for the films included in the festival, the competition looks fierce. Just a few names you might recognize among the competition crowd include Terrence Malick, Pedro Almodovar, Takashi Miike, Nicolas Winding Refn, Lars Von Trier and Lynne Ramsay. Beyond that many of the names are new to me, but that's the number one reason I go to Cannes, the international flavor of this festival surpasses any of the major fests you'll find in North America.
The Out of Competition selections for...
- 4/14/2011
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Hot on the heels of the news that Gus Van Sant’s Restless will be opening Un Certain Regard at this year’s 64th Cannes Film Festival, comes the complete line up...
A press conference was called this morning in Paris to announce which films and their respective categories will be showcased next month.
Amongst the films In Competition are; Terrence Malick’s Tree of Life, starring Brad Pitt, Sean Penn and Jessica Chastain, and Lars Von Trier’s Melancholia, starring Kirsten Dunst, Kiefer Sutherland and Charlotte Gainsbourg.
Other big names include; Pedro Almodovar, the Dardenne Brothers and Nicolas Winding Refn.
Joining the line-up for films Out of Competition are; Jodie Foster’s The Beaver, starring Mel Gibson as a troubled man who finds solace in a puppet, and Jerry Bruckheimer’s Blockbuster adventure, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.
Up until today the festival had filtered out tidbits...
A press conference was called this morning in Paris to announce which films and their respective categories will be showcased next month.
Amongst the films In Competition are; Terrence Malick’s Tree of Life, starring Brad Pitt, Sean Penn and Jessica Chastain, and Lars Von Trier’s Melancholia, starring Kirsten Dunst, Kiefer Sutherland and Charlotte Gainsbourg.
Other big names include; Pedro Almodovar, the Dardenne Brothers and Nicolas Winding Refn.
Joining the line-up for films Out of Competition are; Jodie Foster’s The Beaver, starring Mel Gibson as a troubled man who finds solace in a puppet, and Jerry Bruckheimer’s Blockbuster adventure, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.
Up until today the festival had filtered out tidbits...
- 4/14/2011
- by jennifer.trevorrow@lovefilm.com (Jennifer Trevorrow)
- LOVEFiLM
Source Code
Opens: April 1st 2011
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga, Jeffrey Wright
Director: Duncan Jones
Summary: A decorated soldier discovers he's part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train. The experiment is a program that enables him to re-live another man's identity in the last eight minutes of his life which he must do repeatedly to find the truth.
Analysis: Two years ago British filmmaker Duncan Jones delivered his indie debut feature "Moon", a little seen but critically acclaimed sci-fi tale that was essentially Sam Rockwell acting alone or against himself. It was fresh, innovative, somber and overall heralded the arrival of a director to watch out for. After failing to secure funding for his next project, Jones quickly hopped onto the helm of this high-concept action/time travel blockbuster.
Naturally came the calls of Jones being a sell out, after all the...
Opens: April 1st 2011
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga, Jeffrey Wright
Director: Duncan Jones
Summary: A decorated soldier discovers he's part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train. The experiment is a program that enables him to re-live another man's identity in the last eight minutes of his life which he must do repeatedly to find the truth.
Analysis: Two years ago British filmmaker Duncan Jones delivered his indie debut feature "Moon", a little seen but critically acclaimed sci-fi tale that was essentially Sam Rockwell acting alone or against himself. It was fresh, innovative, somber and overall heralded the arrival of a director to watch out for. After failing to secure funding for his next project, Jones quickly hopped onto the helm of this high-concept action/time travel blockbuster.
Naturally came the calls of Jones being a sell out, after all the...
- 3/20/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
0845 Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (Tsui Hark, China)
In marked contrast to Takashi Miike’s staunchly assignment-like, termite-filled genre epic 13 Assassins, Tsui Hark shows the other side of the coin, a once-maverick, now-regular filmmaker whose flourishes are as inspired as always but whose cinema profoundly misses the hunger, the perspicacity, the preciousness, the by-any-means-necessary sense of attack energy of his youth. Fine. Detective Dee runs on its genre engine well enough nevertheless—an imprisoned Andy Lau is taken out of jail by the soon to be the first female empress of China to solve, as the title so honestly puts forth, the mystery of people spontaneously, hideously, and in great computer generated cindery detail, bursting into flames and burning to death. Tsui centers the beginning and the end on a mammoth Buddha skyscraper built in the Forbidden Palace’s backyard (circa 650 A.D.), which obtains a conceptual grandeur and abstract,...
In marked contrast to Takashi Miike’s staunchly assignment-like, termite-filled genre epic 13 Assassins, Tsui Hark shows the other side of the coin, a once-maverick, now-regular filmmaker whose flourishes are as inspired as always but whose cinema profoundly misses the hunger, the perspicacity, the preciousness, the by-any-means-necessary sense of attack energy of his youth. Fine. Detective Dee runs on its genre engine well enough nevertheless—an imprisoned Andy Lau is taken out of jail by the soon to be the first female empress of China to solve, as the title so honestly puts forth, the mystery of people spontaneously, hideously, and in great computer generated cindery detail, bursting into flames and burning to death. Tsui centers the beginning and the end on a mammoth Buddha skyscraper built in the Forbidden Palace’s backyard (circa 650 A.D.), which obtains a conceptual grandeur and abstract,...
- 9/18/2010
- MUBI
Rachel Weisz in The Whistleblower The Toronto International Film Festival has added even more films to their line-up today as the complete line-up was announced, which ended up causing the festival's server to crash, but I was lucky enough to get in and get out before missing out on the information.
First off, the festival's Mavericks line-up is quite interesting, which includes a series of guest presentations and this year will see Edward Norton interview Bruce Springsteen, NBA All-Star and native Canadian Steve Nash will present his hour-long film Into the Wind, Apichatpong Weerasethakul will talk with the audience as his Cannes Palm d'Or-winning film Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall his Past Lives was just added to the Masters programme, Ken Loach and Paul Laverty will be interviewed by Michael Moore on politics and cinema and Philip Seymour Hoffman will have his own panel. Also on hand will be Bill Gates,...
First off, the festival's Mavericks line-up is quite interesting, which includes a series of guest presentations and this year will see Edward Norton interview Bruce Springsteen, NBA All-Star and native Canadian Steve Nash will present his hour-long film Into the Wind, Apichatpong Weerasethakul will talk with the audience as his Cannes Palm d'Or-winning film Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall his Past Lives was just added to the Masters programme, Ken Loach and Paul Laverty will be interviewed by Michael Moore on politics and cinema and Philip Seymour Hoffman will have his own panel. Also on hand will be Bill Gates,...
- 8/24/2010
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
The names are familiar, the films are new. Here's the complete lineup for the Tiff 2010 Masters program:
13 Assassins Takashi Miike, Japan North American Premiere
Cult director Takeshi Miike delivers a period action film set at the end of Japan's feudal era in which a group of unemployed samurai are enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord and prevent him from ascending to the throne and plunging the country into a wartorn future.
Essential Killing Jerzy Skolimowski, Poland/Norway/Ireland/Hungary North American Premiere
A Taliban fighter is captured, interrogated, tortured and then transported to an unnamed snowy destination in Europe. He manages to escape and must use his wits to evade his pursuers whilst battling bitter winter cold and lack of food.
Film Socialism Jean-Luc Godard, Switzerland North American Premiere
Godard's latest film, a "symphony in three movements," grapples with trying to make sense of a world that appears to be beyond comprehension and meaning.
13 Assassins Takashi Miike, Japan North American Premiere
Cult director Takeshi Miike delivers a period action film set at the end of Japan's feudal era in which a group of unemployed samurai are enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord and prevent him from ascending to the throne and plunging the country into a wartorn future.
Essential Killing Jerzy Skolimowski, Poland/Norway/Ireland/Hungary North American Premiere
A Taliban fighter is captured, interrogated, tortured and then transported to an unnamed snowy destination in Europe. He manages to escape and must use his wits to evade his pursuers whilst battling bitter winter cold and lack of food.
Film Socialism Jean-Luc Godard, Switzerland North American Premiere
Godard's latest film, a "symphony in three movements," grapples with trying to make sense of a world that appears to be beyond comprehension and meaning.
- 8/24/2010
- Screen Anarchy
You can call this year's Masters section the "re-showing of old filmmaker favorites from Cannes". Plenty of the names selected here Godard, Lee Chang-dong, Ken Loach, Manoel de Oliveira and Palme D'or winning Apichatpong Weerasethakul were expected to show up, added to the Cannes titles we have a trio from Venice in: Takashi Miike's 13 Assassins, Jerzy Skolimowski's Essential Killing and Catherine Breillat's The Sleeping Beauty. The one world premiere is from Amos Gitai (Roses à Crédit). Here is 10 of the list of 13 that make up the section. 13 Assassins Takashi Miike, Japan North American Premiere Cult director Takeshi Miike delivers a period action film set at the end of Japan's feudal era in which a group of unemployed samurai are enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord and prevent him from ascending to the throne and plunging the country into a wartorn future. Essential Killing Jerzy Skolimowski, Poland...
- 8/24/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
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