This week’s list of horror-themed home entertainment releases is almost exhausting, as we have well over 30 titles coming our way on September 12th. For those who may have missed them in theaters earlier this year, you can now finally catch up with both The Mummy (2017) and It Comes At Night, as they’re both headed home on multiple formats.
Cult film fans should keep an eye out for an array of releases this Tuesday, including The Fox With A Velvet Tail, The Resurrected, the standard two-disc Blu-ray for Dario Argento’s Phenomena, The Creep Behind the Camera, Spider, and Don Coscarelli’s entire Phantasm series comes home in a five-disc DVD set from Well Go USA.
Other notable releases for September 12th include The Ghoul, Dead Again in Tombstone, The Hatred, Ruby, Tobor the Great, and Night Gallery: The Complete Series.
The Fox With A Velvet Tail (Mondo Macabro,...
Cult film fans should keep an eye out for an array of releases this Tuesday, including The Fox With A Velvet Tail, The Resurrected, the standard two-disc Blu-ray for Dario Argento’s Phenomena, The Creep Behind the Camera, Spider, and Don Coscarelli’s entire Phantasm series comes home in a five-disc DVD set from Well Go USA.
Other notable releases for September 12th include The Ghoul, Dead Again in Tombstone, The Hatred, Ruby, Tobor the Great, and Night Gallery: The Complete Series.
The Fox With A Velvet Tail (Mondo Macabro,...
- 9/12/2017
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
What can I say about the Cannes Film Festival that I haven't already said so many times before? I love this film festival, and no matter what, I keep going back because I can't help it. I am drawn there. Even if I don't love every single film, even if I miss a few of the good ones, even if I feel exhausted, I'm happy to be there. Maybe it's the magic of the Côte d'Azur. The sun, the water, the fresh air, fresh bread every morning, rosé wine every night, delicious food. This must be the recipe for a great life: friends and films in France. This festival has been going for 70 years and I'm sure many others know this recipe. It surely worked for me. The festival may be over, but the memories will last, and the films will begin their march all over the world - to other festivals,...
- 5/29/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Sky Vision has partnered with Groupe Altice's Altice Studio to co-produce Riviera, the Côte d'Azur-set thriller created by Neil Jordan. Julia Stiles, Lena Olin, Adrian Lester, Iwan Rheon and Roxane Duran star in the 10-part drama that explores the depravity of morally ambiguous characters in the luxury playground and its dark underbelly. This is the first agreement between Sky and Altice which has ambitions to develop original series and is launching a premium pay-tv…...
- 3/8/2017
- Deadline TV
A total of 16 films were submitted for consideration in the Best Animated Feature category at the 88th Oscars. After being absent from the race last year, powerhouse Pixar returns with two films, “Inside Out” and "The Good Dinosaur," of which the former is the clear front-runner. Stop-motion animation is represented by two contenders, Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson’s critical hit “Anomalisa” and the equally celebrated, though less contemplative, “Shaun the Sheep Movie” from Oscar-winning Aardman. Of the other major studios the only serious film in competition is Blue Sky’s “The Peanuts Movie.” CG animated films such as “Minions,” “Home,” “Hotel Transylvania 2,” "The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water," performed well at the box-office but will likely fail to break in.
Thankfully the Academy has been very good at noticing, while not yet awarding, the work of independent artists working in the animation medium. Since 2010, when Gkids garnered its first nomination for Tomm Moore’s gorgeous “The Secret of Kells,” the New York-based distributor‘s films have been present among the five nominees every year. Last year two masterworks from their impeccable repertoire were included, Moore’s “Song of the Sea” and Isao Takahata’s “The Tale of the Princess Kaguya,” leaving out Warner’s “The Lego Movie,” which was considered a lock for most of the season. This year Gkids has three films vying for recognition, all of which received Annie nominations in the Best Independent Animated Feature category, but there also a few other internationally produced, independently made, traditionally animated works on the list that deserve the attention.
There is no doubt that some of the most unconventional and stunning animated films come from outside the mechanized mainstream, and we hope this year, once again, some of them make it to the Dolby Theater so that such exposure helps them reach a larger global audience.
Note: The only 2D-animated feature not included here is “Regular Show: The Movie,” which, despite having a limited release as most independent films, is an American production by a major studio
"The Boy and the Beast"
Dir.Mamoru Hosoda
Having worked in some of the most beloved anime series of all time before transitioning into greater artistic heights with singular animated features such as “The Girl Who Leapt Through Time,” “Summer Wars,” and “Wolf Children,” Mamoru Hosoda is one of the most important figures in Japanese animation today and his work has a loyal following around the world. “The Boy and the Beast,” his most recent film, is a martial arts saga ruled by its very own mythology, yet grounded on universal thematic elements. Following his mother’s death, Ren runs away from home and accidentally finds his way into Jutengai, an alternate reality inhabited by beasts. Reluctantly, young Ren is taken in by Kumatetsu, a bear-like brute desperate to train a disciple in order to be selected as the realm’s new leader. Despite countless arguments and numerous rough patches, a profound bond that transcends the divide between their worlds forms between the two lonely fighters. Fantastical creatures, epic battles, and amusing banter, spice up an endearing story that analyzes parent-children relationship from a highly inventive vantage point.
"Boy and the World"
Dir. Alê Abreu
Read More:Review: Why Alê Abreu's Sublime 'Boy and the World' is the Best Animated Film of the Year
The most awarded animated feature to open in U.S. theaters this year is a Brazilian wonder that ditches dialogue entirely for a storytelling approach that’s purely visual, whimsical, and even heartbreaking. Through the eyes of a playful young boy searching for his father, Alê Abreu’s musical odyssey conveys sophisticated notions about social justice, the voracious appetite of capitalism, and the yoke of oppression. Color pencils, pastels, watercolors, cut outs, and multiple other techniques are blended with an eclectic soundtrack molding a fascinating and gorgeous cinematic experience. Abreu’s animated masterpiece should certainly become the first Latin American animated feature to be nominated in the category (while “Chico and Rita” is set in Cuba, it's actually a European production helmed by Spanish filmmakers), as it would be an unforgivable mistake if the Academy fails to acknowledge dazzlingly craftsmanship on display.
Read More: How "Boy and the World" Director Alê Abreu Handcrafted His Heartfelt & Dazzling Animated Masterpiece
"Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet"
Dir. Roger Allers
Read More: Why 'Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet' is a Cinematic Out-Of-Body Experience Brimming with Animated Wisdom
Realizing her long-awaited passion project, Mexican-born star Salma Hayek produced this mesmerizing reimagining of Lebanese poet Kahil Gibran’s timeless classic with the help of some of the most important names currently working in the medium. Hayek, who also voices one of the lead characters, recruited Roger Allers, the man behind Disney’s “The Lion King,” to craft a linear canvas upon which eight artists could weave in their visual interpretations of Gibran’s poems on specific subjects. Acclaimed animators such as Tomm Moore, Bill Plympton, Nina Paley, and Joan C. Gratz , had complete freedom, both regarding technique and storytelling, to create these breathtaking and distinct segments. Aller’s frame narrative follows Mustafa (voiced by Liam Neeson ), a wise poet, as he is being escorted out of town by the repressive Ottoman authorities that consider his writings and paintings as subversive materials that threaten their tyrannical grip. While each individual vignette offers a lyrical rendition of Gibran’s universal lessons, Moore’s “On Love” is an awe-inspiring standout. “Hypnosis,” the tune written and performed by Damien Rice, is also in contention for the Best Original Song Academy Award.
Read More: Salma Hayek on 'Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet': 'His Poetry Talks About the Simple Things in Life That Unite Us All'
"The Laws of the Universe - Part 0"
Dir. Isamu Imakake
Eleven Arts, a small distributor dedicated to bringing Asian cinema stateside, has entered the Best Animated Feature race with an action-packed contender that will appeal to anime fans fond of intricate plots. Directed by Isamu Imakake, this Japanese sci-fi film centers on five high school friends who are forced to become heroes when they discover an alien conspiracy that endangers the Earth and life as we know it. Teen drama collides with intergalactic standoffs in an exciting and large-scale adventure. It’s luminously stylized character design and the epically orchestrated action sequences elevate the film beyond the conventions and aesthetics associated with anime series produced for TV. Imakake’s previous efforts, "The Mystical Laws” and “The Laws of Eternity," also dealt with adult-oriented and otherworldly duels between powerful evildoers and courageous youths.
"Moomins on the Riviera"
Dir. Xavier Picard
Read More: Review: In 'Moomins on the Riviera' the Beloved Finnish Icons Remain Timeless and Wise
Created in the 1940s by author and illustrator Tove Jansson, these Finnish superstars have an incredibly devout following across Europe and Asia, and though they are still not household names this side of the Atlantic, their humble wisdom cuts across geographical boundaries with ease once one gives in to their charm. In their first big screen appearance in over a decade, the Moomins decide to leave the comfort of rural life in the valley for the extravagant pleasure of the Côte d'Azur. Soon after their arrival, the roundish and unpretentious family realizes that opulence and material wealth are far from what they consider happiness. Elegantly drawn to resemble a nostalgic storybook and drenched in pastel hues, Xavier Picards take on the beloved characters is sure to add new fans to the Moomin legion and to satisfy those that throughout the decades have been enchanted by their innocent humor and surprisingly philosophical observations on the things that really matters.
"When Marnie Was There"
Dir. Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Read More: Review: Wondrous 'When Marnie Was There' is One of Ghibli's Most Profoundly Moving Works
Following Miyazaki’s “The Wind Rises” and Takahata’s “The Tale of the Princess Kaguya,” another Ghibli gem (and as of now their final one) of much more intimate qualities was released to eager U.S. audiences this spring. Hiromasa Yonebayashi's adaption of Joan G. Robinson’s 1967 switches England for a Hokkaido but preserves the moving bond between the protagonist and what seems to be a vision from another time intact. Introvert Anna (voiced by Hailee Steinfeld in the English-language dub) is a young girl that struggles to connect with her foster mother, thus feels alienated. When Anna meets Marnie, a gracious blond girl, while exploring the marshes that surround the town, a secret friendship quickly develops. As their individual histories are slowly revealed through expertly paced twists, it becomes apparent that their initial encounter was not merely serendipitous. Magical realism, instead of more fantastic elements as in most of Ghibli’s films, dictates the narrative, while the artistry that is expected from the legendary studio is as captivating as usual and never disappoints. The way Yonebayashi channels the original material to create a delicate coming-of-age story that accepts its characters flaws and troubling emotional journeys without simplifying them is truly remarkable. Priscilla Ahn’s heartbreaking ballad “Fine on the Outside” is also in the running for the Best Original Song Oscar.
Thankfully the Academy has been very good at noticing, while not yet awarding, the work of independent artists working in the animation medium. Since 2010, when Gkids garnered its first nomination for Tomm Moore’s gorgeous “The Secret of Kells,” the New York-based distributor‘s films have been present among the five nominees every year. Last year two masterworks from their impeccable repertoire were included, Moore’s “Song of the Sea” and Isao Takahata’s “The Tale of the Princess Kaguya,” leaving out Warner’s “The Lego Movie,” which was considered a lock for most of the season. This year Gkids has three films vying for recognition, all of which received Annie nominations in the Best Independent Animated Feature category, but there also a few other internationally produced, independently made, traditionally animated works on the list that deserve the attention.
There is no doubt that some of the most unconventional and stunning animated films come from outside the mechanized mainstream, and we hope this year, once again, some of them make it to the Dolby Theater so that such exposure helps them reach a larger global audience.
Note: The only 2D-animated feature not included here is “Regular Show: The Movie,” which, despite having a limited release as most independent films, is an American production by a major studio
"The Boy and the Beast"
Dir.Mamoru Hosoda
Having worked in some of the most beloved anime series of all time before transitioning into greater artistic heights with singular animated features such as “The Girl Who Leapt Through Time,” “Summer Wars,” and “Wolf Children,” Mamoru Hosoda is one of the most important figures in Japanese animation today and his work has a loyal following around the world. “The Boy and the Beast,” his most recent film, is a martial arts saga ruled by its very own mythology, yet grounded on universal thematic elements. Following his mother’s death, Ren runs away from home and accidentally finds his way into Jutengai, an alternate reality inhabited by beasts. Reluctantly, young Ren is taken in by Kumatetsu, a bear-like brute desperate to train a disciple in order to be selected as the realm’s new leader. Despite countless arguments and numerous rough patches, a profound bond that transcends the divide between their worlds forms between the two lonely fighters. Fantastical creatures, epic battles, and amusing banter, spice up an endearing story that analyzes parent-children relationship from a highly inventive vantage point.
"Boy and the World"
Dir. Alê Abreu
Read More:Review: Why Alê Abreu's Sublime 'Boy and the World' is the Best Animated Film of the Year
The most awarded animated feature to open in U.S. theaters this year is a Brazilian wonder that ditches dialogue entirely for a storytelling approach that’s purely visual, whimsical, and even heartbreaking. Through the eyes of a playful young boy searching for his father, Alê Abreu’s musical odyssey conveys sophisticated notions about social justice, the voracious appetite of capitalism, and the yoke of oppression. Color pencils, pastels, watercolors, cut outs, and multiple other techniques are blended with an eclectic soundtrack molding a fascinating and gorgeous cinematic experience. Abreu’s animated masterpiece should certainly become the first Latin American animated feature to be nominated in the category (while “Chico and Rita” is set in Cuba, it's actually a European production helmed by Spanish filmmakers), as it would be an unforgivable mistake if the Academy fails to acknowledge dazzlingly craftsmanship on display.
Read More: How "Boy and the World" Director Alê Abreu Handcrafted His Heartfelt & Dazzling Animated Masterpiece
"Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet"
Dir. Roger Allers
Read More: Why 'Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet' is a Cinematic Out-Of-Body Experience Brimming with Animated Wisdom
Realizing her long-awaited passion project, Mexican-born star Salma Hayek produced this mesmerizing reimagining of Lebanese poet Kahil Gibran’s timeless classic with the help of some of the most important names currently working in the medium. Hayek, who also voices one of the lead characters, recruited Roger Allers, the man behind Disney’s “The Lion King,” to craft a linear canvas upon which eight artists could weave in their visual interpretations of Gibran’s poems on specific subjects. Acclaimed animators such as Tomm Moore, Bill Plympton, Nina Paley, and Joan C. Gratz , had complete freedom, both regarding technique and storytelling, to create these breathtaking and distinct segments. Aller’s frame narrative follows Mustafa (voiced by Liam Neeson ), a wise poet, as he is being escorted out of town by the repressive Ottoman authorities that consider his writings and paintings as subversive materials that threaten their tyrannical grip. While each individual vignette offers a lyrical rendition of Gibran’s universal lessons, Moore’s “On Love” is an awe-inspiring standout. “Hypnosis,” the tune written and performed by Damien Rice, is also in contention for the Best Original Song Academy Award.
Read More: Salma Hayek on 'Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet': 'His Poetry Talks About the Simple Things in Life That Unite Us All'
"The Laws of the Universe - Part 0"
Dir. Isamu Imakake
Eleven Arts, a small distributor dedicated to bringing Asian cinema stateside, has entered the Best Animated Feature race with an action-packed contender that will appeal to anime fans fond of intricate plots. Directed by Isamu Imakake, this Japanese sci-fi film centers on five high school friends who are forced to become heroes when they discover an alien conspiracy that endangers the Earth and life as we know it. Teen drama collides with intergalactic standoffs in an exciting and large-scale adventure. It’s luminously stylized character design and the epically orchestrated action sequences elevate the film beyond the conventions and aesthetics associated with anime series produced for TV. Imakake’s previous efforts, "The Mystical Laws” and “The Laws of Eternity," also dealt with adult-oriented and otherworldly duels between powerful evildoers and courageous youths.
"Moomins on the Riviera"
Dir. Xavier Picard
Read More: Review: In 'Moomins on the Riviera' the Beloved Finnish Icons Remain Timeless and Wise
Created in the 1940s by author and illustrator Tove Jansson, these Finnish superstars have an incredibly devout following across Europe and Asia, and though they are still not household names this side of the Atlantic, their humble wisdom cuts across geographical boundaries with ease once one gives in to their charm. In their first big screen appearance in over a decade, the Moomins decide to leave the comfort of rural life in the valley for the extravagant pleasure of the Côte d'Azur. Soon after their arrival, the roundish and unpretentious family realizes that opulence and material wealth are far from what they consider happiness. Elegantly drawn to resemble a nostalgic storybook and drenched in pastel hues, Xavier Picards take on the beloved characters is sure to add new fans to the Moomin legion and to satisfy those that throughout the decades have been enchanted by their innocent humor and surprisingly philosophical observations on the things that really matters.
"When Marnie Was There"
Dir. Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Read More: Review: Wondrous 'When Marnie Was There' is One of Ghibli's Most Profoundly Moving Works
Following Miyazaki’s “The Wind Rises” and Takahata’s “The Tale of the Princess Kaguya,” another Ghibli gem (and as of now their final one) of much more intimate qualities was released to eager U.S. audiences this spring. Hiromasa Yonebayashi's adaption of Joan G. Robinson’s 1967 switches England for a Hokkaido but preserves the moving bond between the protagonist and what seems to be a vision from another time intact. Introvert Anna (voiced by Hailee Steinfeld in the English-language dub) is a young girl that struggles to connect with her foster mother, thus feels alienated. When Anna meets Marnie, a gracious blond girl, while exploring the marshes that surround the town, a secret friendship quickly develops. As their individual histories are slowly revealed through expertly paced twists, it becomes apparent that their initial encounter was not merely serendipitous. Magical realism, instead of more fantastic elements as in most of Ghibli’s films, dictates the narrative, while the artistry that is expected from the legendary studio is as captivating as usual and never disappoints. The way Yonebayashi channels the original material to create a delicate coming-of-age story that accepts its characters flaws and troubling emotional journeys without simplifying them is truly remarkable. Priscilla Ahn’s heartbreaking ballad “Fine on the Outside” is also in the running for the Best Original Song Oscar.
- 12/17/2015
- by Carlos Aguilar
- Sydney's Buzz
Fervently adored in their homeland, most of Europe, and, Japan, the Moomins might be less of a household name for American audiences, but the lack of familiarity should in no way hinder their enjoyment. The characters created by Finnish author and illustrator Tove Jansson originally appeared in 1945 when the first book on their adventures was published. Since then, the Moomins have endured over 60 years of a fast-changing world and countless iterations including a long-running comic strip, stage productions, animated series in various technique from traditional to stop-motion and 3D/CGI, and even a live-action broadcast with suit actors.
The love for these endearing charmers is such that entire shops a la Disney Store dedicated to all things Moomins exist across Europe and a themed park, appropriately named Moomin World, is one of the main attractions in the town of Naantali, Finland. Not surprisingly when Xavier Picard and Hanna Hemilä’s "Moomins on the Riviera" opened across the pond late last year fans of all ages were delighted. Since the hand-drawn animated film is the Moomins first appearance on any audiovisual medium in over a decade,is evident that the need for some Moomin warmth had to be quenched.
Those unacquainted with the plump, huggable, and hippopotamus-like characters (although Moominpappa assures us scientists have proven there is no relationship between Moomins and hippopotami), are sure to be enchanted by their kindness and disarmingly positive attitude. But regardless of how savvy or not one is about them, “Moomins on the Riviera” can either be a terrific introduction to their unpretentiously magical world or a heartwarming reminder of why we’ve fallen heads over heels for their picturesque exploits.
Picard’s tight 78-minute film encounters the protagonists in a colorful natural environment avidly baptized Moomin Valley, a place where they peacefully coexist with other fairytale and forest creatures. Tender and lovable as can be, the family includes the nonchalant top hat-wearing patriarch Moominpappa (Nathaniel Parker), the caring Moominmamma (Tracy-Ann Oberman) who is a gardener at heart, their brave but apprehensive son Moomin (Russell Tovey), and his romance-obsessed girlfriend Snorkmaiden (Stephanie Winiecki). Their existence is humble as they find pleasure in the simple things their fertile land provides and each other’s company.
If one thing is true about the Moomins is that they are joyful folks without a hint of malice in their heart, so when a pirate ship crashes near the shore they only way they know how to deal with is by welcoming them with open arms. This is when we meets one of the property’s most memorable characters, Little My (Ruth Gibson), an energetic little human girl with an acid sense of humor. She steals every scene with humorous comments that often veer into the darkest shades of comedy, which swiftly contrast with the Moomins ever-present friendliness.
As a result of their meeting with the group of clumsy pirates and persuasive magazine article, the Moomins embark on a trip to the sun-drenched Côte d'Azur. Dangerous storms and a barren island aren’t enough to defeat the tight-knit clan’s resolve. Once on the lavish Riviera the Moomins check into a fabulous hotel as the “De Moomins,” which prompts the staff to believe they are royals from a far away land. They cater to their every need under the assumption that money is not a problem, unaware that the concept of currency is foreign to the eccentric new arrivals. Inspired by a famous socialite named Audrey Glamour (Shelley Blond), Snorkmaiden rapidly becomes accustomed to the wealthy lifestyle and fits right in with the other glamorous guests. For the rest of the family the transition is not as smooth and tensions rise as a sophisticated fellow tries to steal Snorkmaiden’s heart and Moominpappa’s new friend, an aristocrat who wishes to be an artist, get them in more than a little trouble with the authorities.
Elegantly executed like a delicate storybook, the hand-drawn frames employ pastel hues, peculiar backgrounds, and seemingly modest character design that maintain the timeless quality of the Moomin universe. There are no frantic displays of high-stakes action or an epic journey to save the world from its destruction, yet the Moomins might have better lessons teach us in order to save humanity from its destruction than a score of rugged superheroes. While everyone around them treats them differently based on their presumed status, the Moomins remain easygoing and uniquely themselves. In fact, is such the divide between the pastoral fellows and the outlandish patrons, that their innate compassion becomes alluring to those who treasure financial wealth above all.
The Moomins every action reflects Jansson ‘s thoughtful intention, channeled now by Picard, to create characters that embody the best in mankind and who aim to preserve the shared beauty of the world. When everything in the Riviera bears a sign that reads “Private,” Moominmamma builds an open garden free for everyone to enjoy. Indeed sharing is caring. When the shipwreck happens, what the Moomins save is not the gold and jewels but the tropical seeds, the books, and the fireworks. These are things with more value than shiny coins. And then the pirates ask why they keep their dirty dishes under a couch; their immediate response is to explain they must wait for the rain to wash them. “Moomins on the Riviera” is not the blockbuster animated film of the year, but one with some of the wisest characters with lots of down-to-earth philosophy to share. It’s a tiny marvel. If more of us would follow the Moomins’ teachings, who knows what our own valley could be.
"Moomins on the Riviera" opens today in Los Angeles at the Laemmle Royal...
The love for these endearing charmers is such that entire shops a la Disney Store dedicated to all things Moomins exist across Europe and a themed park, appropriately named Moomin World, is one of the main attractions in the town of Naantali, Finland. Not surprisingly when Xavier Picard and Hanna Hemilä’s "Moomins on the Riviera" opened across the pond late last year fans of all ages were delighted. Since the hand-drawn animated film is the Moomins first appearance on any audiovisual medium in over a decade,is evident that the need for some Moomin warmth had to be quenched.
Those unacquainted with the plump, huggable, and hippopotamus-like characters (although Moominpappa assures us scientists have proven there is no relationship between Moomins and hippopotami), are sure to be enchanted by their kindness and disarmingly positive attitude. But regardless of how savvy or not one is about them, “Moomins on the Riviera” can either be a terrific introduction to their unpretentiously magical world or a heartwarming reminder of why we’ve fallen heads over heels for their picturesque exploits.
Picard’s tight 78-minute film encounters the protagonists in a colorful natural environment avidly baptized Moomin Valley, a place where they peacefully coexist with other fairytale and forest creatures. Tender and lovable as can be, the family includes the nonchalant top hat-wearing patriarch Moominpappa (Nathaniel Parker), the caring Moominmamma (Tracy-Ann Oberman) who is a gardener at heart, their brave but apprehensive son Moomin (Russell Tovey), and his romance-obsessed girlfriend Snorkmaiden (Stephanie Winiecki). Their existence is humble as they find pleasure in the simple things their fertile land provides and each other’s company.
If one thing is true about the Moomins is that they are joyful folks without a hint of malice in their heart, so when a pirate ship crashes near the shore they only way they know how to deal with is by welcoming them with open arms. This is when we meets one of the property’s most memorable characters, Little My (Ruth Gibson), an energetic little human girl with an acid sense of humor. She steals every scene with humorous comments that often veer into the darkest shades of comedy, which swiftly contrast with the Moomins ever-present friendliness.
As a result of their meeting with the group of clumsy pirates and persuasive magazine article, the Moomins embark on a trip to the sun-drenched Côte d'Azur. Dangerous storms and a barren island aren’t enough to defeat the tight-knit clan’s resolve. Once on the lavish Riviera the Moomins check into a fabulous hotel as the “De Moomins,” which prompts the staff to believe they are royals from a far away land. They cater to their every need under the assumption that money is not a problem, unaware that the concept of currency is foreign to the eccentric new arrivals. Inspired by a famous socialite named Audrey Glamour (Shelley Blond), Snorkmaiden rapidly becomes accustomed to the wealthy lifestyle and fits right in with the other glamorous guests. For the rest of the family the transition is not as smooth and tensions rise as a sophisticated fellow tries to steal Snorkmaiden’s heart and Moominpappa’s new friend, an aristocrat who wishes to be an artist, get them in more than a little trouble with the authorities.
Elegantly executed like a delicate storybook, the hand-drawn frames employ pastel hues, peculiar backgrounds, and seemingly modest character design that maintain the timeless quality of the Moomin universe. There are no frantic displays of high-stakes action or an epic journey to save the world from its destruction, yet the Moomins might have better lessons teach us in order to save humanity from its destruction than a score of rugged superheroes. While everyone around them treats them differently based on their presumed status, the Moomins remain easygoing and uniquely themselves. In fact, is such the divide between the pastoral fellows and the outlandish patrons, that their innate compassion becomes alluring to those who treasure financial wealth above all.
The Moomins every action reflects Jansson ‘s thoughtful intention, channeled now by Picard, to create characters that embody the best in mankind and who aim to preserve the shared beauty of the world. When everything in the Riviera bears a sign that reads “Private,” Moominmamma builds an open garden free for everyone to enjoy. Indeed sharing is caring. When the shipwreck happens, what the Moomins save is not the gold and jewels but the tropical seeds, the books, and the fireworks. These are things with more value than shiny coins. And then the pirates ask why they keep their dirty dishes under a couch; their immediate response is to explain they must wait for the rain to wash them. “Moomins on the Riviera” is not the blockbuster animated film of the year, but one with some of the wisest characters with lots of down-to-earth philosophy to share. It’s a tiny marvel. If more of us would follow the Moomins’ teachings, who knows what our own valley could be.
"Moomins on the Riviera" opens today in Los Angeles at the Laemmle Royal...
- 12/4/2015
- by Carlos Aguilar
- Sydney's Buzz
The Cannes film festival brings the dress drama (as usual) with looks from Karlie Kloss, Cate Blanchett and Emily Blunt. Subscribe now for instant access to over 60 can’t-miss looks, only in People!
Kendall Jenner has landed at the Cannes Film Festival – and she quickly ditched the jetlag and joined in on the fun.
The reality star was spotted taking in the sunny view at the Cannes Hotel Martinez Wednesday in France after a glamorous evening of dancing and partying with some model mates the night before.
The 19-year-old was dressed to the nines Tuesday night as headed out to...
Kendall Jenner has landed at the Cannes Film Festival – and she quickly ditched the jetlag and joined in on the fun.
The reality star was spotted taking in the sunny view at the Cannes Hotel Martinez Wednesday in France after a glamorous evening of dancing and partying with some model mates the night before.
The 19-year-old was dressed to the nines Tuesday night as headed out to...
- 5/20/2015
- by Jacqueline Andriakos, @jandriakos
- People.com - TV Watch
Fashion inspiration comes from all sorts of things—art, people, and most of all, places. Diane von Furstenberg speaks multiple languages and has spent her life jet setting across the globe, and her line of fashions are definitely inspired by her travels. A while back, Diane created La Petite Valise—a line of clothing that was inspired by places such as London's Claridege's Hotel and Venice's Gritti Palace. And most recently, the designer asked the Brand Ambassador candidates on House of Dvf to create mood boards inspired by the Côte d'Azur in the South of France! Aside from France, there are numerous other fashion capitals and inspirations from around the world, among them Barcelona,...
- 11/13/2014
- E! Online
With so few events during which to premiere new and important avant-garde films in North America—among them, the recently wrapped Wavelengths section of the Toronto International Film Festival, the Ann Arbor Film Fest, and the San Francisco Cinematheque's Crossroads series—the shift that has occurred at this year's New York Film Festival is one well worth noting. This weekend, the inaugural Projects program will debut. Previously known as "Views from the Avant-Garde" and programmed by Mark McElhatten and Gavin Smith (though last year's titanic program was done by McElhatten alone), this sidebar more akin to a festival-inside-a-festival of film and video works has been re-named "Projections" and in its first year is programmed by a returned Smith, Film Society of Lincoln Center's Director of Programming Dennis Lim, and Aily Nash.
The section encompasses 13 programs over a single weekend during the festival, including a handful of feature length films and numerous shorts,...
The section encompasses 13 programs over a single weekend during the festival, including a handful of feature length films and numerous shorts,...
- 10/4/2014
- by Daniel Kasman
- MUBI
Grace Kelly and Cary Grant romp around the Riviera in Alfred Hitchcock's To Catch a Thief. Cary plays a retired jewel robber, forced to track down another crook after he's accused of a crime he didn't commit. Kelly is the moneyed socialite who falls for him. Peter Bradshaw seduced by the Côte d'Azur's beauty (and all those diamonds) explains why the film is worth your time this week. To Catch a Thief is re-released in the UK tomorrow Continue reading...
- 8/7/2014
- by Peter Bradshaw and Henry Barnes
- The Guardian - Film News
“Cloquet hated reality but realized it was still the only place to get a good steak,” Woody Allen once wrote in the 1977 short story "The Condemned" (hat tip to The New York Times), and it's as good as any an example of the raison d’etre and outlook on life of the glib, witty and yet philosophical filmmaker; bleak and yet slightly hopeful. Allen’s preoccupation with death and his own mortality is well-documented in his films and prose, and part of that obsession may have been escaping the harshness of reality. But behind all the existential dread that has troubled characters across his films, lays the question: is that all there is, this misery of life? Or could there be something more? These questions define the color of his latest picture, “Magic In The Moonlight,” an occasionally delightful, if familiar and sometimes strained comedy, taking place in the 1930s...
- 7/18/2014
- by Rodrigo Perez
- The Playlist
"The heart wants what it wants," Woody Allen has taught us, and apparently what his heart wants these days is not to have to bother with writing second drafts of film scripts. His latest, Magic in the Moonlight, plays like a sumptuous vacation, its stars larking in '20s finery about the grandest estates of Provence and Côte d'Azur. Each frame is buttered by heavenly wealth -- the splendor is part Gatsby, part Mount Olympus from the original Clash of the Titans. But as the stars roam those gardens and vistas in their jaunty flapper couture, the story feels shapeless, un-tailored, defiantly off the rack. Magic in the Moonlight's mystery is pedestrian and predictable, and its lovers -- Colin Firth and Emma Stone -- fall for one anoth...
- 7/18/2014
- Village Voice
It just got a little nicer to be in Nice. Robert Pattinson arrived Friday in the French Riviera and was immediately set upon by fans at the Nice Côte d'Azur Airport who were anxious for a glimpse of the handsome star, who despite being used to the attention still managed to look a bit startled. The British actor had his shades on and was toting a copy of the Independent newspaper. A couple of bodyguards warded off his admirers. Pattinson is in town to attend the Cannes Film Festival, which kicked off Wednesday, on behalf of not one, but two films. The Rover, the dystopian crime drama he shot in Australia costarring Guy Pearce and from a screenplay cowritten...
- 5/17/2014
- E! Online
More details emerge of Blue Jasmine director's forthcoming film from behind Allen's habitual veil of secrecy
• Woody Allen's new film gets title: Magic in the Moonlight
The content of new Woody Allen films is one of Hollywood's most closely guarded secrets during their production process, but as release nears for his follow-up to Blue Jasmine, one or two details are beginning to emerge.
It was already known that Magic in the Moonlight, as it is titled, was a romantic comedy set in the south of France in the 1920s and 30s, and that the cast was the usual list of acting luminaries, including Colin Firth, Emma Stone and Jacki Weaver.
However, an announcement by Sony Pictures Classics that it had acquired North American rights to the film fills in a little more backstory. Spc describe Magic as "a romantic comedy about an Englishman brought in to help unmask a possible swindle.
• Woody Allen's new film gets title: Magic in the Moonlight
The content of new Woody Allen films is one of Hollywood's most closely guarded secrets during their production process, but as release nears for his follow-up to Blue Jasmine, one or two details are beginning to emerge.
It was already known that Magic in the Moonlight, as it is titled, was a romantic comedy set in the south of France in the 1920s and 30s, and that the cast was the usual list of acting luminaries, including Colin Firth, Emma Stone and Jacki Weaver.
However, an announcement by Sony Pictures Classics that it had acquired North American rights to the film fills in a little more backstory. Spc describe Magic as "a romantic comedy about an Englishman brought in to help unmask a possible swindle.
- 1/10/2014
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
In his final column for the Observer, our film critic welcomes the re-release of two influential classics from the late 1950s
What goes around comes around. Or "This is where we came in!", the words we'd whisper back in the days of continuous movie performances, before heading for the exit when we reached the point at which we'd entered the cinema. Appropriately in the week I write my final film column, two classic movies, Bonjour Tristesse (1958) and Plein Soleil (aka Purple Noon, 1959), are re-released from that period at the end of the 1950s when I was embarking on a career as a professional writer. Both appear in beautiful new prints that do full justice to the Mediterranean sun which dictates their mood of dangerous eroticism, and both are closely associated with what was popularly known as the French Nouvelle Vague. In the first of them an English-speaking cast play French...
What goes around comes around. Or "This is where we came in!", the words we'd whisper back in the days of continuous movie performances, before heading for the exit when we reached the point at which we'd entered the cinema. Appropriately in the week I write my final film column, two classic movies, Bonjour Tristesse (1958) and Plein Soleil (aka Purple Noon, 1959), are re-released from that period at the end of the 1950s when I was embarking on a career as a professional writer. Both appear in beautiful new prints that do full justice to the Mediterranean sun which dictates their mood of dangerous eroticism, and both are closely associated with what was popularly known as the French Nouvelle Vague. In the first of them an English-speaking cast play French...
- 8/31/2013
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
Films often portray short hair on women as a product of illness, or even criminality. In Bonjour Tristesse, a young Jean Seberg showed the powerful message a short 'do can send out
Otto Preminger's lush CinemaScope melodrama Bonjour Tristesse, rereleased this week, is a showcase for gorgeousness. The Côte d'Azur glitters in pristine, vibrant Technicolor; Paris smoulders in smoky monochrome. But while the film's ostensible love triangle of Deborah Kerr, David Niven and Mylène Demongeot pose prettily on the Riviera in costumes by Givenchy and Hermès, the star of this show is 20-year-old Jean Seberg. In a chic cocktail dress or a swimsuit and a man's denim shirt, Seberg is radiantly beautiful, and with that signature pixie crop, unforgettably, arrestingly cool too.
A couple of years later, Seberg would take her best-known role, as the très moderne American girl Patricia in Jean-Luc Godard's À bout de souffle. It...
Otto Preminger's lush CinemaScope melodrama Bonjour Tristesse, rereleased this week, is a showcase for gorgeousness. The Côte d'Azur glitters in pristine, vibrant Technicolor; Paris smoulders in smoky monochrome. But while the film's ostensible love triangle of Deborah Kerr, David Niven and Mylène Demongeot pose prettily on the Riviera in costumes by Givenchy and Hermès, the star of this show is 20-year-old Jean Seberg. In a chic cocktail dress or a swimsuit and a man's denim shirt, Seberg is radiantly beautiful, and with that signature pixie crop, unforgettably, arrestingly cool too.
A couple of years later, Seberg would take her best-known role, as the très moderne American girl Patricia in Jean-Luc Godard's À bout de souffle. It...
- 8/29/2013
- by Pamela Hutchinson
- The Guardian - Film News
(Jean Rouch and Edgar Morin, 1961; BFI, 12)
Excited by the atmosphere surrounding the French New Wave in 1960, the sociologist Edgar Morin suggested to the ethnographic documentarist Jean Rouch that he look at present-day France the way he observed Africa. The result was this cinematic landmark, produced by Anatole Dauman (an important supporter of Resnais, Godard, Marker and others) and co-directed by Rouch and Morin, who brought together a cross-section of young Parisians to meet, talk and collaborate on the picture during the summer of 1960. The participants interview people in the street, posing the question: "Are you happy?" They discuss their own lives as students, factory workers, young marrieds, immigrants, and they argue about race, class and the current wars in Algeria and the Congo. They go on vacation to the Côte d'Azur (where they interview would-be starlets). In perhaps the film's most memorable sequence, one of the contributors speaks of her...
Excited by the atmosphere surrounding the French New Wave in 1960, the sociologist Edgar Morin suggested to the ethnographic documentarist Jean Rouch that he look at present-day France the way he observed Africa. The result was this cinematic landmark, produced by Anatole Dauman (an important supporter of Resnais, Godard, Marker and others) and co-directed by Rouch and Morin, who brought together a cross-section of young Parisians to meet, talk and collaborate on the picture during the summer of 1960. The participants interview people in the street, posing the question: "Are you happy?" They discuss their own lives as students, factory workers, young marrieds, immigrants, and they argue about race, class and the current wars in Algeria and the Congo. They go on vacation to the Côte d'Azur (where they interview would-be starlets). In perhaps the film's most memorable sequence, one of the contributors speaks of her...
- 7/13/2013
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
★★★★☆ Like the revered work of the artist himself, Renoir (2012) - director Giles Bourdos' biopic of the French impressionist, starring Michel Bouquet, Vincent Rottiers and Christa Théret - paints an idyllic picture of a life played out in bohemian decadence, tainted with rhapsodic and turbulent undercurrents. The arrival of the beautiful Andrée (Théret) at the estate of the reclusive artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir (Bouquet) on the French Riviera in the summer of 1915 has far-reaching effects on all who meet her. Initially employed as a muse to the artist, she quickly becomes unsure of her place within his household's strict hierarchy.
Only with the return of Pierre-Auguste's eldest son Jean (Rottiers), to convalesce after being wounded during the First World War, does Andrée find some form of role in the family as a catalyst between the cantankerous father and his impassioned young son. As with many of Pierre-August's paintings, people are at the core of Bourdos' work,...
Only with the return of Pierre-Auguste's eldest son Jean (Rottiers), to convalesce after being wounded during the First World War, does Andrée find some form of role in the family as a catalyst between the cantankerous father and his impassioned young son. As with many of Pierre-August's paintings, people are at the core of Bourdos' work,...
- 6/27/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Necklace of 'high value' is taken from resort of Cap d'Antibes near Cannes
An expensive necklace was stolen overnight in the luxurious resort town of Cap d'Antibes, police said, the second jewellery theft on the French Riviera during the Cannes film festival.
A police official said on Thursday that the necklace was of "high value" but could not put a price on it. She would only speak on condition of anonymity because an investigation was under way.
Last week, thieves stole about $1m (£660,000) worth of jewels after ripping a safe from the wall of a hotel room in Cannes, where the world's movie stars are attending the festival.
During last year's film festival the international Senegalese footballers, Souleymane Diawara and Mamadou Niang, had four luxury watches worth around £340,000 stolen from their villa.
Cap d'Antibes is just down the coast from Cannes and is an even more exclusive Côte d'Azur resort.
An expensive necklace was stolen overnight in the luxurious resort town of Cap d'Antibes, police said, the second jewellery theft on the French Riviera during the Cannes film festival.
A police official said on Thursday that the necklace was of "high value" but could not put a price on it. She would only speak on condition of anonymity because an investigation was under way.
Last week, thieves stole about $1m (£660,000) worth of jewels after ripping a safe from the wall of a hotel room in Cannes, where the world's movie stars are attending the festival.
During last year's film festival the international Senegalese footballers, Souleymane Diawara and Mamadou Niang, had four luxury watches worth around £340,000 stolen from their villa.
Cap d'Antibes is just down the coast from Cannes and is an even more exclusive Côte d'Azur resort.
- 5/23/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
For decades its conspicuous excess dazzled the world, but film-makers are increasingly turning to television to show off their wares
When Carey Mulligan ditches the Tiffany spangles and Prada sequins of The Great Gatsby, in favour of a baggy jumper and the dingy folk music venues she favours in her role in the new Coen brothers film, Inside Llewyn Davis, it could be seen as a comment on this year's Cannes film festival.
Playing the unfussy singer Jean Berkey straight after her bejewelled portrayal of Daisy Buchanan, the actress appeared to have deliberately cast off the baubles and artifice that hang around the annual 12-day cinematic bonanza on the Côte D'Azur. And this year, the festival's 66th outing on Boulevard de la Croisette, the glittery trappings have strained more than ever to deliver the glamour the waiting world expects.
Conspicuous excess is de rigueur at Cannes and visiting stars fail to dazzle at their peril.
When Carey Mulligan ditches the Tiffany spangles and Prada sequins of The Great Gatsby, in favour of a baggy jumper and the dingy folk music venues she favours in her role in the new Coen brothers film, Inside Llewyn Davis, it could be seen as a comment on this year's Cannes film festival.
Playing the unfussy singer Jean Berkey straight after her bejewelled portrayal of Daisy Buchanan, the actress appeared to have deliberately cast off the baubles and artifice that hang around the annual 12-day cinematic bonanza on the Côte D'Azur. And this year, the festival's 66th outing on Boulevard de la Croisette, the glittery trappings have strained more than ever to deliver the glamour the waiting world expects.
Conspicuous excess is de rigueur at Cannes and visiting stars fail to dazzle at their peril.
- 5/20/2013
- by Vanessa Thorpe
- The Guardian - Film News
Hollywood and the world's most prestigious film festival, Cannes, have conducted an on-off romance down the years – and now they're closer than ever. But have they got too cosy? As the Croisette opens for business, Xan Brooks investigates
In among the ligging and rigging of last year's Cannes film festival, visitors may have spotted James Toback and Alec Baldwin trudging wearily back and forth along the Croisette. The director and star, it now transpires, were in town to shoot a very meta documentary – a film about their efforts to actually make a film. For a 10-day spell they interviewed everyone from Ryan Gosling to Martin Scorsese, Nicole Kidman to Roman Polanski. Along the way they took the temperature of a festival perched at the intersection between art and commerce. The documentary's title, Seduced and Abandoned, alludes to Baldwin's description of the film industry as "the world's worst girlfriend". But it...
In among the ligging and rigging of last year's Cannes film festival, visitors may have spotted James Toback and Alec Baldwin trudging wearily back and forth along the Croisette. The director and star, it now transpires, were in town to shoot a very meta documentary – a film about their efforts to actually make a film. For a 10-day spell they interviewed everyone from Ryan Gosling to Martin Scorsese, Nicole Kidman to Roman Polanski. Along the way they took the temperature of a festival perched at the intersection between art and commerce. The documentary's title, Seduced and Abandoned, alludes to Baldwin's description of the film industry as "the world's worst girlfriend". But it...
- 5/14/2013
- by Xan Brooks
- The Guardian - Film News
Keira Knightley's fiance has jetted into Nice, France amid rumours they will tie the knot this weekend. The 'Anna Karenina' actress was spotted greeting rocker James Righton with a passionate kiss after driving to Nice Côte d'Azur International Airport with her playwright mother Sharman Macdonald to pick him up from his flight on Tuesday night (30.04.13). The couple are reportedly preparing to exchange vows in an intimate ceremony close to the South of France city in front of 100 close friends and family members. A previously said: ''It's all been a massively covert operation - her friends and family were only told...
- 5/1/2013
- Virgin Media - Celebrity
French director Jacques Audiard's bleak, brutal crime films have led to him being called the new Scorsese. His latest, Rust and Bone, is a love story – but as intense and inquisitive as ever
For a man who is a bundle of intense, nervous energy, Jacques Audiard is a surprisingly slow worker. Since he started directing, in 1994, he has completed just six features, with lengthy gaps between them. Indeed, the three-year run up to his new film, Rust and Bone, represents something of an acceleration. "I am free," Audiard shrugs, "because I work for a producer [Pascal Caucheteux] who says, 'We'll go when it's ready.' He doesn't give me a deadline. The films take a long time to write – too long, perhaps. That is where the time is spent."
But what films they are. His last, A Prophet, the coruscating study of a French-Arab convict who becomes a player in the Corsican mafia,...
For a man who is a bundle of intense, nervous energy, Jacques Audiard is a surprisingly slow worker. Since he started directing, in 1994, he has completed just six features, with lengthy gaps between them. Indeed, the three-year run up to his new film, Rust and Bone, represents something of an acceleration. "I am free," Audiard shrugs, "because I work for a producer [Pascal Caucheteux] who says, 'We'll go when it's ready.' He doesn't give me a deadline. The films take a long time to write – too long, perhaps. That is where the time is spent."
But what films they are. His last, A Prophet, the coruscating study of a French-Arab convict who becomes a player in the Corsican mafia,...
- 10/24/2012
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
Lebanese businessman with links to Gaddafis among suspects
A "luxury" prostitution network supplied women to rich Middle Eastern clients during the Cannes film festival, a French court was told on Monday.
The alleged ringleader, a Lebanese businessman, was also allegedly linked to one of former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi's playboy sons.
The vice ring engaged the services of escorts, models and beauty queens to entertain wealthy men at five-star hotels, palatial villas and yachts in Cannes and in other cities according to prosecutors at the trial of eight people – seven men and a woman – in Marseille.
Only three of the accused were present in the dock. The others failed to turn up for the hearing and were said to have fled the country. One of them, Micheal Orsowitz, a Miami resident, is in custody in Britain contesting his extradition.
The accused include Elie Nahas, a 48-year-old Lebanese businessman who detectives...
A "luxury" prostitution network supplied women to rich Middle Eastern clients during the Cannes film festival, a French court was told on Monday.
The alleged ringleader, a Lebanese businessman, was also allegedly linked to one of former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi's playboy sons.
The vice ring engaged the services of escorts, models and beauty queens to entertain wealthy men at five-star hotels, palatial villas and yachts in Cannes and in other cities according to prosecutors at the trial of eight people – seven men and a woman – in Marseille.
Only three of the accused were present in the dock. The others failed to turn up for the hearing and were said to have fled the country. One of them, Micheal Orsowitz, a Miami resident, is in custody in Britain contesting his extradition.
The accused include Elie Nahas, a 48-year-old Lebanese businessman who detectives...
- 10/23/2012
- by Kim Willsher
- The Guardian - Film News
Back in Cannes, producer Jeremy Thomas (Sexy Beast, A Dangerous Method) introduced Dom Hemingway, the new film from director Richard Shepard (The Matador). He’d already recruited Jude Law and Richard E Gant to star, and since then Shepard’s been shooting the movie in the south of France. Check out the first picture of the leading pair above.Dom Hemingway finds Law as the titular, larger-than-life safecracker who has recently been released from prison and is back on London’s streets looking to collect a payoff for keeping his mouth shut about his criminal accomplices while doing porridge.He heads off with pal Dickie (Grant) to the Côte d'Azur to visit the crime boss (the freshly-cast Demian Bichir) who promised him the money. Naturally, things don’t go quite that smoothly.Shepard has also added Game Of Thrones’ Emilia Clarke and Jumyan Hunter to the cast, though we don...
- 10/14/2012
- EmpireOnline
Reese Witherspoon isn't letting a little thing like pregnancy get in the way of attending the Cannes Film Festival. Walking hand-in-hand with her hubby, Jim Toth, the Oscar winner was spotted arriving at Nice Côte d'Azur Airport on Thursday. Sporting a black dress and a pair of flats, the shades-wearing actress looked as if she was trying to keep a low profile despite being surrounded by photogs. So what brings the 36-year-old soon-to-be mother of three to France? Well, her new movie, Mud, costarring Matthew McConaughey, Sarah Paulson and Michael Shannon, is officially closing the film fest. Can't wait to see her at the premiere!
- 5/25/2012
- E! Online
Gilles Bourdos' Renoir romance goes to Samuel Goldwyn Films for U.S. distribution The official selection at this year's Cannes Film Festival, playing on Friday night in Un Certain Regard, will be sent out by Goldwyn spring 2013, reports Variety. Directed by Gilles Bourdos, Renoir stars Michel Bouquet, Romane Bohringer and Thomas Doret, and is set in the Côte d'Azur in 1915. Pierre-Auguste Renoir's is suffering from the loss of his wife, as well as news of his con being wounded in action. However, when a young girl comes into the picture, the painter in his twilight years has a spark of new energy, which inspired some of his best work including The Bathers ("Les baigneuses).
- 5/20/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Gilles Bourdos' Renoir romance goes to Samuel Goldwyn Films for U.S. distribution The official selection at this year's Cannes Film Festival, playing on Friday night in Un Certain Regard, will be sent out by Goldwyn spring 2013, reports Variety. Directed by Gilles Bourdos, Renoir stars Michel Bouquet, Romane Bohringer and Thomas Doret, and is set in the Côte d'Azur in 1915. Pierre-Auguste Renoir's is suffering from the loss of his wife, as well as news of his con being wounded in action. However, when a young girl comes into the picture, the painter in his twilight years has a spark of new energy, which inspired some of his best work including The Bathers ("Les baigneuses).
- 5/20/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
(Jean Vigo, 1930-34, PG, Artificial Eye)
One of France's most revered film-makers, his father an anarchist murdered in jail during the first world war, Vigo died of leukaemia in 1934 at the age of 29. He left behind an oddly attractive short featuring the French swimming champion Jean Taris and three masterpieces: the silent, satirical portrait of life on the Côte d'Azur À propos de Nice (1930); Zéro de conduite (1933), a surreal comedy about a revolt in a horrendous boarding school; and above all L'Atalante (1934), which he didn't live to see in its complete version.
L'Atalante is a beguiling, truthful love story about the ups and downs of the marriage between a young man and the country girl (the beautiful Dita Parlo) he brings to live with him on the barge he plies on the Seine with a cranky old seafarer (the great Michel Simon). Inventive, poetic, funny and deeply moving, it's magnificently...
One of France's most revered film-makers, his father an anarchist murdered in jail during the first world war, Vigo died of leukaemia in 1934 at the age of 29. He left behind an oddly attractive short featuring the French swimming champion Jean Taris and three masterpieces: the silent, satirical portrait of life on the Côte d'Azur À propos de Nice (1930); Zéro de conduite (1933), a surreal comedy about a revolt in a horrendous boarding school; and above all L'Atalante (1934), which he didn't live to see in its complete version.
L'Atalante is a beguiling, truthful love story about the ups and downs of the marriage between a young man and the country girl (the beautiful Dita Parlo) he brings to live with him on the barge he plies on the Seine with a cranky old seafarer (the great Michel Simon). Inventive, poetic, funny and deeply moving, it's magnificently...
- 5/14/2012
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
Every year since 2000, the Jeonju International Film Festival has commissioned three short works for its Jeonju Digital Project and, about a month ago now, the festival announced it'd selected Raya Martin, Vimukthi Jayasundara and Ying Liang for this year's edition (you may remember the three directors' video messages). The 2011 films are still making the rounds, and in fact, when they screen tomorrow at Exit Art, two of them — Claire Denis's To the Devil and José Luis Guerín's Memories of a Morning, both 45 minutes — will be seeing their NYC premieres. The third is Jean-Marie Straub's An Heir (22 mins, image above). If you're planning on being there, you'll want to read Robert Koehler's dispatch from Locarno last summer, touching briefly on the Denis and Guerín films but really digging into the Straub.
Reading. "With the main focus on African and Asian cinema and documentary film, Camera Lucida no 7 also...
Reading. "With the main focus on African and Asian cinema and documentary film, Camera Lucida no 7 also...
- 2/28/2012
- MUBI
Did Justin Bieber engage in some less-than-first-class behavior in France recently? The 17-year-old heartthrob reportedly snubbed roughly two dozen Beliebers at Nice Côte d'Azur Airport yesterday, blowing right past them, A Hard Day's Night-style, on his way to catch a flight. Well, there were some disappointed tweets making the rounds, such as, "We were 25/30 fans waiting in 2 lines, Justin didn't say hi and didn't look at us. We were all very disappointed by him." But there's got to be a reason for the Biebs' mad dash, right? Surely Bieber doesn't just drop the nice-guy act when he thinks people aren't looking (or aren't speaking English). Well, hang...
- 1/31/2012
- E! Online
"The Artist" producer Thomas Langmann and star Jean DuJardin are re-teaming for a remake of Claude Berri's 1977 French rom-com "One Wild Moment" says The Hollywood Reporter.
The original follows two fathers and best friends, Pierre and Jacques, who take their teen daughters on a holiday to the Côte d'Azur.
Pierre and Jacques' daughter become lovers and when Pierre wants out, the girl tells her father but leaves Pierre's name out. Jacques soon enlists Pierre's help to find out who seduced his daughter.
Vincent Cassel, who worked with Langmann on the "Mesrine" movies, will co-star in the film. The film was previously remade into the Michael Caine-led early 80's comedy "Blame it on Rio".
The original follows two fathers and best friends, Pierre and Jacques, who take their teen daughters on a holiday to the Côte d'Azur.
Pierre and Jacques' daughter become lovers and when Pierre wants out, the girl tells her father but leaves Pierre's name out. Jacques soon enlists Pierre's help to find out who seduced his daughter.
Vincent Cassel, who worked with Langmann on the "Mesrine" movies, will co-star in the film. The film was previously remade into the Michael Caine-led early 80's comedy "Blame it on Rio".
- 1/17/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
In our writers' favourite films series, Charlotte Higgins applauds a picture that jetés through the imagination's darkest recesses
• Think you can post a better review of The Red Shoes? Then get moving – or take the floor in the comments thread below
I remember the first time I watched The Red Shoes. I was a child, it was on the television some rainy afternoon, and I watched it on my own. I think I was probably expecting a straightforward retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale, also called The Red Shoes – though why that would be reassuring viewing I don't know, since Andersen's story, like his disturbing tale The Little Mermaid, is a thoroughly disquieting piece of work.
Instead, this film – which I would later discover was made in 1948, by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger – was set in postwar London, with an aspiring ballerina at its heart, played by the luminous,...
• Think you can post a better review of The Red Shoes? Then get moving – or take the floor in the comments thread below
I remember the first time I watched The Red Shoes. I was a child, it was on the television some rainy afternoon, and I watched it on my own. I think I was probably expecting a straightforward retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale, also called The Red Shoes – though why that would be reassuring viewing I don't know, since Andersen's story, like his disturbing tale The Little Mermaid, is a thoroughly disquieting piece of work.
Instead, this film – which I would later discover was made in 1948, by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger – was set in postwar London, with an aspiring ballerina at its heart, played by the luminous,...
- 11/8/2011
- by Charlotte Higgins
- The Guardian - Film News
A small-town Texan girl goes to Paris as a high-school graduation present, accompanied by her stepsister and a streetwise waitress, and has a terrible time but gets mistaken for a wilful British heiress. The three find themselves whisked off in a private jet to a life of luxury on the Côte d'Azur and get involved in sexless love affairs in Monte Carlo with respectively a rich Frenchman, a sensitive Australian and a handsome European aristocrat, though this last swain is replaced by the boy from back home who comes in hot pursuit. Short on wit and invention, the film comes over as Texas's answer to Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris.
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- 10/22/2011
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
France's deportation of 13,000 Jews, once a taboo, is at last being properly remembered
Paris, July 1942: a thud on an apartment door. It's the French police, come to take away a Jewish family. To try to save her four-year-old brother, Thomas, 10-year-old Sarah locks him in a closet and takes the key with her. In Sarah's Key, a searing film out this weekend, Kristin Scott Thomas plays Julia, a present-day American journalist investigating the family's fate. It's the second feature within a year to tackle the "rafle", the round-up of Jews on 16-17 July 1942 in Paris. What took France so long?
The events are beyond dispute: 13,000 Jews were herded into the indoor cycle track, the Vélodrome d'Hiver. There they were kept for five nights without food or medicine. Of the 10 toilets, five were sealed and most of the rest blocked. There was one tap. From the "Vel" they were taken to the Drancy,...
Paris, July 1942: a thud on an apartment door. It's the French police, come to take away a Jewish family. To try to save her four-year-old brother, Thomas, 10-year-old Sarah locks him in a closet and takes the key with her. In Sarah's Key, a searing film out this weekend, Kristin Scott Thomas plays Julia, a present-day American journalist investigating the family's fate. It's the second feature within a year to tackle the "rafle", the round-up of Jews on 16-17 July 1942 in Paris. What took France so long?
The events are beyond dispute: 13,000 Jews were herded into the indoor cycle track, the Vélodrome d'Hiver. There they were kept for five nights without food or medicine. Of the 10 toilets, five were sealed and most of the rest blocked. There was one tap. From the "Vel" they were taken to the Drancy,...
- 8/7/2011
- by Anne Karpf
- The Guardian - Film News
Arrival
The plane lands in Nice, the closest large airport, a mere thirty minute drive from Cannes. The picturesque landing introduces a geography mirrored at the festival a few hills away—the plane skirts the coast and lands on a strip placed right along that shore that could be a double for the Croisette, the main beachside boulevard in Cannes. The Croisette traces a line past the Palais—housing the festival’s two largest theaters, a massive conference space and numerous offices, floors and the usual labyrinths of convention halls—and is drawn out towards luxury hotels, drawing a dividing line between a narrow beach front and touristy haute couture shops, a façade of luxury vacationing behind which are movie theaters. A quick shuttle goes from landing strip to the Côte d'Azur boulevard, and stepping out in the Cannes harbor, the first thing on my mind, tellingly, is not the...
The plane lands in Nice, the closest large airport, a mere thirty minute drive from Cannes. The picturesque landing introduces a geography mirrored at the festival a few hills away—the plane skirts the coast and lands on a strip placed right along that shore that could be a double for the Croisette, the main beachside boulevard in Cannes. The Croisette traces a line past the Palais—housing the festival’s two largest theaters, a massive conference space and numerous offices, floors and the usual labyrinths of convention halls—and is drawn out towards luxury hotels, drawing a dividing line between a narrow beach front and touristy haute couture shops, a façade of luxury vacationing behind which are movie theaters. A quick shuttle goes from landing strip to the Côte d'Azur boulevard, and stepping out in the Cannes harbor, the first thing on my mind, tellingly, is not the...
- 6/2/2011
- MUBI
Emily Browning endures erotic indignities – Lars Von Trier's fear of flying – volleyball for the college of cardinals
• The prize for the female actor who has had to endure the most indignity goes to the Australian Emily Browning who, in Julia Leigh's erotic fairytale Sleeping Beauty, is stripped, drugged into a deep slumber, placed in a "sleep chamber" and pawed, licked and prodded by a variety of elderly men, also naked. "I could tell from the script," she said, "that Julia wasn't going to do anything gratuitous and it would all be very tasteful."
The film Leigh suggested she watch in preparation was Lars von Trier's Antichrist, in which Charlotte Gainsbourg hacks at her own genitalia with a pair of rusty shears. After that, I expect anything must have seemed doable.
• Speaking of Von Trier, he and Martin Scorsese are teaming up to remake one of Scorsese's works – Taxi Driver,...
• The prize for the female actor who has had to endure the most indignity goes to the Australian Emily Browning who, in Julia Leigh's erotic fairytale Sleeping Beauty, is stripped, drugged into a deep slumber, placed in a "sleep chamber" and pawed, licked and prodded by a variety of elderly men, also naked. "I could tell from the script," she said, "that Julia wasn't going to do anything gratuitous and it would all be very tasteful."
The film Leigh suggested she watch in preparation was Lars von Trier's Antichrist, in which Charlotte Gainsbourg hacks at her own genitalia with a pair of rusty shears. After that, I expect anything must have seemed doable.
• Speaking of Von Trier, he and Martin Scorsese are teaming up to remake one of Scorsese's works – Taxi Driver,...
- 5/13/2011
- by Charlotte Higgins
- The Guardian - Film News
Industrialist, playboy and former husband of Brigitte Bardot
The term "playboy" was more than a century old before Gunter Sachs, who has taken his own life aged 78, ordered the first magnum of champagne to be sent up to his suite, yet he defined the job description during its era of optimum use, the 1960s. He later took seriously his roles as a photographer, documentary film-maker and industrialist, but fellow Germans thought of him as the crown prince of pleasure, living it up internationally on their behalf while they were at work on the production line, bolting together the postwar German miracle. He led those who made St Tropez fashionable and for three years (1966-69) was married to the queen regnant of the Côte d'Azur, Brigitte Bardot.
The money for Sachs's toys (yacht, planes, handbuilt cars, go-karts and sports gear, cameras and a navy's worth of chronometers) came from his maternal great-grandfather,...
The term "playboy" was more than a century old before Gunter Sachs, who has taken his own life aged 78, ordered the first magnum of champagne to be sent up to his suite, yet he defined the job description during its era of optimum use, the 1960s. He later took seriously his roles as a photographer, documentary film-maker and industrialist, but fellow Germans thought of him as the crown prince of pleasure, living it up internationally on their behalf while they were at work on the production line, bolting together the postwar German miracle. He led those who made St Tropez fashionable and for three years (1966-69) was married to the queen regnant of the Côte d'Azur, Brigitte Bardot.
The money for Sachs's toys (yacht, planes, handbuilt cars, go-karts and sports gear, cameras and a navy's worth of chronometers) came from his maternal great-grandfather,...
- 5/9/2011
- by Veronica Horwell
- The Guardian - Film News
The stars will be centre stage at the Cannes film festival, even if parenthood keeps them from taking place of honour on the red carpet
A film festival requires its talented "golden couple" almost as much as its long red carpet – and at Cannes the prospect of a pair of glamorous homegrown lovers is especially tantalising. So whether the sun shines on the Côte d'Azur or not, hopes are high for an appearance from the Oscar-winning Marion Cotillard and her partner, the acclaimed writer, director and actor Guillaume Canet.
Cotillard has been invited as one of the stars of the film that will open the festival, Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris. Taking the role of the "muse" in Allen's celebration of the city and its myths, she will feature alongside France's first lady, Carla Bruni, and the Hollywood A-listers Owen Wilson and Rachel McAdams.
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A film festival requires its talented "golden couple" almost as much as its long red carpet – and at Cannes the prospect of a pair of glamorous homegrown lovers is especially tantalising. So whether the sun shines on the Côte d'Azur or not, hopes are high for an appearance from the Oscar-winning Marion Cotillard and her partner, the acclaimed writer, director and actor Guillaume Canet.
Cotillard has been invited as one of the stars of the film that will open the festival, Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris. Taking the role of the "muse" in Allen's celebration of the city and its myths, she will feature alongside France's first lady, Carla Bruni, and the Hollywood A-listers Owen Wilson and Rachel McAdams.
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- 5/7/2011
- by Vanessa Thorpe, arts and media correspondent
- The Guardian - Film News
The stars will be centre stage at the Cannes film festival, even if parenthood keeps them from taking place of honour on the red carpet
A film festival requires its talented "golden couple" almost as much as its long red carpet – and at Cannes the prospect of a pair of glamorous homegrown lovers is especially tantalising. So whether the sun shines on the Côte d'Azur or not, hopes are high for an appearance from the Oscar-winning Marion Cotillard and her partner, the acclaimed writer, director and actor Guillaume Canet.
Cotillard has been invited as one of the stars of the film that will open the festival, Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris. Taking the role of the "muse" in Allen's celebration of the city and its myths, she will feature alongside France's first lady, Carla Bruni, and the Hollywood A-listers Owen Wilson and Rachel McAdams.
Cotillard, who first came to...
A film festival requires its talented "golden couple" almost as much as its long red carpet – and at Cannes the prospect of a pair of glamorous homegrown lovers is especially tantalising. So whether the sun shines on the Côte d'Azur or not, hopes are high for an appearance from the Oscar-winning Marion Cotillard and her partner, the acclaimed writer, director and actor Guillaume Canet.
Cotillard has been invited as one of the stars of the film that will open the festival, Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris. Taking the role of the "muse" in Allen's celebration of the city and its myths, she will feature alongside France's first lady, Carla Bruni, and the Hollywood A-listers Owen Wilson and Rachel McAdams.
Cotillard, who first came to...
- 5/7/2011
- by Vanessa Thorpe
- The Guardian - Film News
I haven't been attending the Cannes Film Festival as long as some people. Still short of the 20-year mark, I'm not yet one of those critics who – Ancient Mariners of the Côte d'Azur – stop passers-by on the Croisette to recall the terrible opening-night film of 1995, or the Argentinian movie in which a man caught, roasted and ate an armadillo. (It was very good – the film, not the armadillo.)...
- 5/7/2011
- The Independent - Film
Two of the best movies I saw at last year's Cannes Film Festival, The Housemaid and Heartbeats, are shaping up for release in the Us over the next couple of months, and today delivers trailers for both. And the third of the premier troika of movies I caught in 2010 on the Cote d'Azur, Simon Werner a Disparu (also known as Lights Out), is about to launch its Sonic Youth-penned soundtrack.
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- 1/14/2011
- by PaulMartin
- indiemoviesonline
A disappointing first couple of weeks in the Us leaves Robin Hood waiting on worldwide grosses, while Bollywood execs are hoping Kites can break into North American markets
By now Universal Pictures top brass will have resigned themselves to the fact that Robin Hood has failed to hit the target in North America after two weeks. Admittedly, a fortnight isn't a long time in the grand scheme of things; however, it can represent a critical window of opportunity at the box office that, if squandered, can never be reclaimed.
To date, the Ridley and Russell reunion tour has coaxed a mere $66.1m (£46m) from audiences across the pond. That's small change for a tentpole release these days – especially one that reportedly cost $200m – and Robin Hood will do well to creep past $100m before the theatrical cycle comes to a close. But studio heads know that even when a movie disappoints in the domestic market,...
By now Universal Pictures top brass will have resigned themselves to the fact that Robin Hood has failed to hit the target in North America after two weeks. Admittedly, a fortnight isn't a long time in the grand scheme of things; however, it can represent a critical window of opportunity at the box office that, if squandered, can never be reclaimed.
To date, the Ridley and Russell reunion tour has coaxed a mere $66.1m (£46m) from audiences across the pond. That's small change for a tentpole release these days – especially one that reportedly cost $200m – and Robin Hood will do well to creep past $100m before the theatrical cycle comes to a close. But studio heads know that even when a movie disappoints in the domestic market,...
- 5/25/2010
- by Jeremy Kay
- The Guardian - Film News
Gregg Araki's "Kaboom" was announced today as the winner of the inaugural Queer Palm, awarded to an Lgbt film at the Cannes Film Festival, at a ceremony held at Zanzibar, the oldest gay bar in Europe and popular with gay fest goers. Sponsored by Gallic filmmakers Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau ("Cote d'Azur," "The Adventures of Felix"), the Queer Palm joins Berlin's Teddy and Venice's Queer Lion, similar Lgbt-themed awards at ...
- 5/23/2010
- Indiewire
If anyone has ever had a fantasy of being a rock star living in the south of France, with beautiful women, and sprees in drugs and fancy cars, this new documentary on the Rolling Stones' six month tax-evasion inspired sojourn on the Cote d'Azur will feed this fantasy perfectly. A bit too perfectly. Stones in Exile is a rock-star consumer's dream, offering just enough glamour and tunes to make it palatable and little new perspective on either the Stones as individuals or as musicians. Introduced at the Cannes film festival, the producers promised that the film, geared towards television and timed with the new release of the 1972 record "Exile on Mainstreet," would say something about the context of the 1970s. Yet the film leaves the 1970s -- at least its real-world...
- 5/22/2010
- by Karin Badt
- Huffington Post
How does a young international superstar unwind away from the glitz and glare of the camera? Wild nights at the club? Jet-setting to fashionable locales to spend the considerable wad of cash burning a hole in his designer jeans? Well, not if you're Rupert Grint. In a great new article in the Telegraph , Rupert Grint describes his ideal weekend, giving us great insight into his typical Saturday and Sunday routine, whenever the demands of his Harry Potter schedule allow. As you may have come to expect, low-key Rupert is more likely to be found relaxing with friends over pints at the local pub than Cristal on a yacht in the Cote d'Azur. To be sure, piloting your own hovercraft on your local lake is not exactly typical recreation for most 20-somethings, but then again, in spite of his humble and down-to-earth nature, Rupert is not exactly your typical guy. He's freaking Rupert Grint!
- 5/14/2010
- RupertGrint.net
Preparations have been underway for months. The red carpet has been laid on the steps of the Palais des Festivals and every hotel in a 10 mile radius is full to bursting with filmmakers, actors, buyers, publicists and journalists. Tonight marks the start of the 63rd Cannes Film Festival, and I'll be on the ground for Cinematical for the next twelve days of screenings, parties and press launches.
But where to begin? As one of the film world's biggest events, Cannes can be a pretty daunting experience. Thousands of people, hundreds of things to do at any one time and plenty of opportunity to pick the wrong one - if you don't know your way around you'll quickly be out of your depth.
So what are the five things you should absolutely make sure you've got a grasp of before you head out onto the Croisette?
5) Know the Hotels - What...
But where to begin? As one of the film world's biggest events, Cannes can be a pretty daunting experience. Thousands of people, hundreds of things to do at any one time and plenty of opportunity to pick the wrong one - if you don't know your way around you'll quickly be out of your depth.
So what are the five things you should absolutely make sure you've got a grasp of before you head out onto the Croisette?
5) Know the Hotels - What...
- 5/13/2010
- by Joe Utichi
- Cinematical
As weary transatlantic travelers straggle into Cannes hours late from flying around clouds of volcanic ash (word is, it's chilly on the Cote d'Azur), as predicted, the Festival has added one more movie to its 2010 competition line-up. Iraq film Route Irish comes from Cannes perennial Ken Loach, who showed Waiting for Eric last year and won the 2006 Palme d'Or for The Wind that Shakes the Barley, one of those well-reviewed films that barely moved the needle when IFC released it stateside. In anticipation, Loach has posted a selection of his films for free-viewing on YouTube. My fave of the lot: Ira thriller Hidden Agenda (which unfortunately has been pulled down by MGM). Loach was ahead of the cinema verite curve; you could argue that ...
- 5/10/2010
- Thompson on Hollywood
Yesterday morning the official selection for the 63rd Cannes Film Festival was announced and with only 26 days until the fest kicks off, it's time to start early preparation. First, I am officially announcing that I will be attending Cannes again this year, for my second year, and I already can't wait to go. Additionally, both SlashFilm and I have been sponsored by Stella Artois for the festival and will be spending plenty of time in their lounge on the Croisette. But until then, I should tell you about the contest Stella is running where you could win an entire trip to this year's Cannes by inheriting the "King of Cannes" Jacques d'Azur's weekend. Jacques d'Azur, born in France's Cote d'Azur, is a full time bon-vivant known for his "work" on the red carpets and swimming pools of the French Riviera. D'Azur quickly became a legend of Cannes and, with the...
- 4/16/2010
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
It's Not A Great Sign When...: ...you announce your revered film festival's lineup and pretty much the first thing everybody on the receiving end says is, "Yeah, but what about this one?..." And this goes across the spectrum of cinephilia. On the one hand, I've heard from friends and Some Came Running commenters who are disappointed that the current Cannes lineup as announced is bereft of new and much-anticipated work from Hou Hsiao-Hsien (The Assassin), Jia Zhangke (Moving the Arts and/or The Age of Tattoo) and—not that the list stops here!—Terrence Malick (Tree of Life). And, on the other hand, you have Jeffrey Wells, who apparently has mistaken Cannes for an offshoot of Spike TV or Starz or something, "requesting" "some kind of...market screening" of...wait for it...Sylvester Stallone's upcoming monkey-gland injection The Expendables. "We're speaking of the ultimate rube social event...
- 4/16/2010
- MUBI
Even though it's made $100 million in the rest of the world and is based on a global bestseller, it took months for Swedish murder mystery "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" to find a U.S. distributor. The film was finally picked up earlier this month by Music Box Films, known for previously saving the French crowdpleaser "Tell No One" after other distributors passed in fear of poor returns.
In America, with few exceptions, the fact that a film is subtitled means it's destined for the arthouse. Populist entertainment -- action, romantic comedies, thrillers -- has struggled to find a place and an audience. Like most blockbusters, "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" is guaranteed a sequel -- it's adapted from the first installment of the "Millenium" trilogy, written before author Stieg Larsson passed away in 2004. As Anne Thompson reported, the only reason an American remake hasn't been set into...
In America, with few exceptions, the fact that a film is subtitled means it's destined for the arthouse. Populist entertainment -- action, romantic comedies, thrillers -- has struggled to find a place and an audience. Like most blockbusters, "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" is guaranteed a sequel -- it's adapted from the first installment of the "Millenium" trilogy, written before author Stieg Larsson passed away in 2004. As Anne Thompson reported, the only reason an American remake hasn't been set into...
- 10/22/2009
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
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