The eighth edition of the Beijing International Film Festival gets under way Sunday night. A spectacular ceremony, some 25 miles away from downtown Beijing will kick off a week of cinema-related celebrations that look little like any other major film festival.
That the opening ceremony is not followed by a film screening is one indicator. The deeply uneven film selection policy is another.
Baffling many in the industry, the festival lineup boasts both notable exclusions, and perplexing inclusions. A decision earlier this month to exclude the previously announced “Call Me By Your Name” was shock enough to produce a few ripples in the normally tightly-controlled Chinese Internet. And it further underlines the increasingly hard line being taken by Chinese regulators against Lgbt content.
But policy, as manifested in the Beijing festival’s selection, does not appear wholly consistent.
The Bjiff’s Panorama section this year finds room for “Deadpool,” the “X-Men...
That the opening ceremony is not followed by a film screening is one indicator. The deeply uneven film selection policy is another.
Baffling many in the industry, the festival lineup boasts both notable exclusions, and perplexing inclusions. A decision earlier this month to exclude the previously announced “Call Me By Your Name” was shock enough to produce a few ripples in the normally tightly-controlled Chinese Internet. And it further underlines the increasingly hard line being taken by Chinese regulators against Lgbt content.
But policy, as manifested in the Beijing festival’s selection, does not appear wholly consistent.
The Bjiff’s Panorama section this year finds room for “Deadpool,” the “X-Men...
- 4/15/2018
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Sneak Peek new images of actress/singer Vanessa Paradis ("Yoga Hosers") in the latest issue of "Grazia" (France) magazine wearing Sprung Frères and Princesse Tam Tam, photographed by Jean-Baptiste Mondino:
Paradis became a child star with the worldwide success of her single "Joe le taxi".
In 1997, she appeared in the film "Un amour de sorcière" with Jeanne Moreau and Jean Reno, before filming "Une chance sur deux", with Alain Delon and Jean-Paul Belmondo.
Director Jean-Marc Vallée cast Paradis in a starring role in his film "Café de Flore", winning her a 'Genie' film award for 'Best Actress in a Leading Role'.
Paradis released an acoustic album November 2010 titled "Une nuit à Versailles", recorded at 'L'Opéra of the Palace of Versailles' during her 'Vanessa Paradis Concert Acoustique Tour'. She also released a set of DVDs in 2010 called 'Anthologie', collecting live performances and interviews from 1987–2007.
In 2016, she co-starred in the feature...
Paradis became a child star with the worldwide success of her single "Joe le taxi".
In 1997, she appeared in the film "Un amour de sorcière" with Jeanne Moreau and Jean Reno, before filming "Une chance sur deux", with Alain Delon and Jean-Paul Belmondo.
Director Jean-Marc Vallée cast Paradis in a starring role in his film "Café de Flore", winning her a 'Genie' film award for 'Best Actress in a Leading Role'.
Paradis released an acoustic album November 2010 titled "Une nuit à Versailles", recorded at 'L'Opéra of the Palace of Versailles' during her 'Vanessa Paradis Concert Acoustique Tour'. She also released a set of DVDs in 2010 called 'Anthologie', collecting live performances and interviews from 1987–2007.
In 2016, she co-starred in the feature...
- 4/14/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Eric Barbier’s “Promise at Dawn” will headline the 2018 Colcoa French Film Festival on April 23, the Franco-American Cultural Fund announced Tuesday.
“Promise at Dawn” is an adaptation of French author Romain Gary’s autobiography that stars Pierre Niney and Charlotte Gainsbourg. The film will kick off the screenings of 37 new features and documentaries competing for the Colcoa Cinema Awards at the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles. The event will present a record total of 86 films, TV shows, digital series, and virtual reality programs, 75 of which will be considered for the Colcoa awards throughout the week’s festivities, which will culminate on May 1.
Colcoa executive producer and artistic director Francois Truffart also announced that this year’s festival will set aside a day exclusively for screening first films made by female writers and directors. The day, titled “Focus on a Filmmaker Day,” will honor writer, director, and actor Melanie...
“Promise at Dawn” is an adaptation of French author Romain Gary’s autobiography that stars Pierre Niney and Charlotte Gainsbourg. The film will kick off the screenings of 37 new features and documentaries competing for the Colcoa Cinema Awards at the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles. The event will present a record total of 86 films, TV shows, digital series, and virtual reality programs, 75 of which will be considered for the Colcoa awards throughout the week’s festivities, which will culminate on May 1.
Colcoa executive producer and artistic director Francois Truffart also announced that this year’s festival will set aside a day exclusively for screening first films made by female writers and directors. The day, titled “Focus on a Filmmaker Day,” will honor writer, director, and actor Melanie...
- 4/4/2018
- by Christi Carras
- Variety Film + TV
Bill Murray brought his trademark lovable weirdness to Austin, Texas to mark the North American premiere of “Isle of Dogs” at the SXSW Film Festival. The Wes Anderson-directed movie was closing this year’s edition of the festival, and Murray had memorable appearances both before and after the stop-motion film’s screening.
On the afternoon of March 17, Murray popped up on the streets of Austin, Texas to perform a live rendition of Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s poem “Dog.” The actor was accompanied by a cellist performing music by Johann Sebastian Bach as he read the poem aloud in front of a group of tourists and festival attendees. Video of the performance has earned more than 62,000 views in two days.
On the afternoon of March 17, Murray popped up on the streets of Austin, Texas to perform a live rendition of Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s poem “Dog.” The actor was accompanied by a cellist performing music by Johann Sebastian Bach as he read the poem aloud in front of a group of tourists and festival attendees. Video of the performance has earned more than 62,000 views in two days.
- 3/19/2018
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Ben & Joshua Safdie's Good TimeThe lineup for the 2017 festival has been revealed, including new films by Wang Bing, Radu Jude, Raúl Ruiz and others, alongside retrospectives and tributes dedicated to Jean-Marie Straub, Jacques Tourneur and much more.Piazza GRANDEAmori che non sonno stare al mondo (Francesca Comencini, Italy)Atomic Blonde (David Leitch, USA)Chien (Samuel Benchetrit, France/Belgium)Demain et tous les autres jours (Noémie Lvovsky, France)Drei Zinnen (Jan Zabeil, Germany/Italy)Good Time (Ben & Joshua Safdie, USA)Gotthard - One Life, One Soul (Kevin Merz, Switzerland)I Walked with a Zombie (Jacques Tourneur, USA)Iceman (Felix Randau, Germany/Italy/Austria)Laissez bronzer les cadavres (Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani, Belgium/France)Lola Pater (Nadir Moknèche, France/Belgium)Sicilia! (Jean-Marie Straub & Danièle Huillet, Italy/France/Germany)Sparring (Samuel Jouy, France)The Big Sick (Michael Showalter, USA)The Song of Scorpions (Anup Singh, Switzerland/France/Singapore)What Happed to Monday (Tommy Wirkola,...
- 7/12/2017
- MUBI
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