Take This Waltz (15)
(Sarah Polley, 2011, Can/Spa/Jap) Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, Luke Kirby, Sarah Silverman, Jennifer Podemski. 116 mins
This is almost the opposite of a romcom: it deals with the prospect of a happy couple breaking up, as Williams is tempted away from cuddly partner Rogen by a handsome, wholesome neighbour. Which is better? The solid, stable kind of love, or the whirlwind, passionate kind? There are some irritating quirks, but on the whole it's an intelligent, truthful drama exploring guilt, regret, confusion and other grown-up emotions generally absent from the summer movie season.
The Bourne Legacy (12A)
(Tony Gilroy, 2012, Us) Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton. 135 mins
It's really the Damon legacy we're talking about here, and whether Renner can plug the Matt-shaped hole in the action franchise. He's got the right mix of acting and one-man-death-machine skills for the job, though this story of shady government operatives...
(Sarah Polley, 2011, Can/Spa/Jap) Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, Luke Kirby, Sarah Silverman, Jennifer Podemski. 116 mins
This is almost the opposite of a romcom: it deals with the prospect of a happy couple breaking up, as Williams is tempted away from cuddly partner Rogen by a handsome, wholesome neighbour. Which is better? The solid, stable kind of love, or the whirlwind, passionate kind? There are some irritating quirks, but on the whole it's an intelligent, truthful drama exploring guilt, regret, confusion and other grown-up emotions generally absent from the summer movie season.
The Bourne Legacy (12A)
(Tony Gilroy, 2012, Us) Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton. 135 mins
It's really the Damon legacy we're talking about here, and whether Renner can plug the Matt-shaped hole in the action franchise. He's got the right mix of acting and one-man-death-machine skills for the job, though this story of shady government operatives...
- 8/17/2012
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
On this week's Guardian Film Show, Xan Brooks and Peter Bradshaw find themselves unsure as to who should lead as they step up to Take This Waltz, ditch the brains for brawn with The Expendables 2, lock themselves into the solitary world of Yves Caumon's The Bird and raise a glass to Brit comedy The Wedding Video.
This is an audio rip of guardian.co.uk/film's weekly video review show. Why not treat your eyes to the show in all its audio-visual majesty?
You can tweet about the show using #guardianfilmshow and follow Xan and Peter at @xanbrooks and @PeterBradshaw1.
More on ...
- Take This Waltz
- The Expendables 2
- The Bird
- The Wedding Video
Xan BrooksPeter BradshawPhil Maynard...
This is an audio rip of guardian.co.uk/film's weekly video review show. Why not treat your eyes to the show in all its audio-visual majesty?
You can tweet about the show using #guardianfilmshow and follow Xan and Peter at @xanbrooks and @PeterBradshaw1.
More on ...
- Take This Waltz
- The Expendables 2
- The Bird
- The Wedding Video
Xan BrooksPeter BradshawPhil Maynard...
- 8/17/2012
- by Xan Brooks, Peter Bradshaw, Phil Maynard
- The Guardian - Film News
Yves Caumon's study of a woman's disintegrating life unspools calmly and gently
French film-maker Yves Caumon has co-written and directed a delicate, sad study of loneliness. It stars Sandrine Kiberlain as Anne, who works in a food preparation facility in Bordeaux, something less grand than a restaurant kitchen, apparently supplying meals in bulk to office cafeterias. Kiberlain, with her distinctive intelligence, angular elegance and willowy height, confers on Anne a haughty and unhappy reserve. She is on her own; her ex-partner has started a new family with someone else, and tragedy lies behind their split. Raphael (Clément Sibony) is a handsome, conceited chef who is hitting on her at work, but Anne's sole romantic spark comes at the cinema, finding a connection with a total stranger in the next row, Claude (Serge Riaboukine), who like her is crying at Mizoguchi's Life of Oharu. But what disturbs Anne most is...
French film-maker Yves Caumon has co-written and directed a delicate, sad study of loneliness. It stars Sandrine Kiberlain as Anne, who works in a food preparation facility in Bordeaux, something less grand than a restaurant kitchen, apparently supplying meals in bulk to office cafeterias. Kiberlain, with her distinctive intelligence, angular elegance and willowy height, confers on Anne a haughty and unhappy reserve. She is on her own; her ex-partner has started a new family with someone else, and tragedy lies behind their split. Raphael (Clément Sibony) is a handsome, conceited chef who is hitting on her at work, but Anne's sole romantic spark comes at the cinema, finding a connection with a total stranger in the next row, Claude (Serge Riaboukine), who like her is crying at Mizoguchi's Life of Oharu. But what disturbs Anne most is...
- 8/16/2012
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
★★★☆☆ Following a series of impressive supporting turns, French actress Sandrine Kiberlain is given centre stage in Yves Caumon's The Bird (L'oiseau, 2011), a delicate, understated drama revolving around the life of a solitary young woman. Though slightly let down by some clumsy attempts at symbolism later in the film, Caumon's expert framing and Kiberlain's controlled, elegant performance make this by far the best arthouse outing of the week's new releases. Read more »...
- 8/16/2012
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
"The tragic destiny of the sculptor Camille Claudel will be the focus of Bruno Dumont's seventh feature, which will start shooting next February in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence," reports Fabien Lemercier at Cineuropa, where he notes that "the project has just been selected by Arte France Cinéma which will support it through co-production and pre-acquisitions. For the first time in his career, the director of Outside Satan (unveiled on the Croisette in May) and two-time winner of the Grand Prize at Cannes (in 1999 with Humanity and in 2006 for Flanders) has cast a star: Juliette Binoche (set to be seen next year in Malgorzata Szumowska's Elles, David Cronenberg's Cosmopolis, Sylvie Testud's The Life of Another and Marion Lainé's A Monkey on My Shoulder)."
Lemercier reminds us that when Isabelle Adjani played Claudel for Bruno Nuytten in 1988, she scored a Silver Bear in Berlin, a César and an Oscar nomination. And...
Lemercier reminds us that when Isabelle Adjani played Claudel for Bruno Nuytten in 1988, she scored a Silver Bear in Berlin, a César and an Oscar nomination. And...
- 11/25/2011
- MUBI
The Bird (L’Oiseau)
Written by Yves Caumon
Directed by Yves Caumon
2011, France
A decade ago Sandrine Kiberlain starred in Claude Miller’s thriller Alias Betty, as the bereaved mother at the centre of a bizarre kidnap plot. Her character in Yves Caumon’s The Bird has also lost a child, but this is a very different kind of story – a character study that puts the focus squarely on Kiberlain’s superlative performance.
The Bird does take its time revealing the backstory of Anne (Kiberlain), an attractive but rather aloof blonde who works as a kitchen hand in Bordeaux. Fending off the attentions of handsome chef Raphaël (Clément Sibony), she returns to an empty apartment, a sink full of dirty dishes and unexplained noises that keep her awake.
Caumon’s screenplay prefers the slow accumulation of details about Anne’s daily routine, rather than much in the way of dialogue.
Written by Yves Caumon
Directed by Yves Caumon
2011, France
A decade ago Sandrine Kiberlain starred in Claude Miller’s thriller Alias Betty, as the bereaved mother at the centre of a bizarre kidnap plot. Her character in Yves Caumon’s The Bird has also lost a child, but this is a very different kind of story – a character study that puts the focus squarely on Kiberlain’s superlative performance.
The Bird does take its time revealing the backstory of Anne (Kiberlain), an attractive but rather aloof blonde who works as a kitchen hand in Bordeaux. Fending off the attentions of handsome chef Raphaël (Clément Sibony), she returns to an empty apartment, a sink full of dirty dishes and unexplained noises that keep her awake.
Caumon’s screenplay prefers the slow accumulation of details about Anne’s daily routine, rather than much in the way of dialogue.
- 10/11/2011
- by Susannah
- SoundOnSight
Now that we've got an entry collecting trailers for the films competing at this year's Venice Film Festival, here's another gathering trailers for films screening in the other sections as well as in the two autonomous programs, Venice Days and International Critics' Week. What we've got here, obviously, is a pretty mixed bag, but here we go:
Out Of Competition
Rolando Colla's Giochi d'estate:
Ugo Gregoretti, Carlo Lizzani, Francesco Maselli and Nino Russo's Scossa:
Tomás Lunák's Alois Nebel:
Kike Maillo's Eva:
Takashi Shimizu's Tormented:
Tony Ching Siu-tung's The Sorcerer and the White Snake:
Steven Soderbergh's Contagion:
Orizzonti
Yves Caumon's L'Oiseau (The Bird):
Clarissa Campolina and Helvecio Marins Jr's Swirl:
Amiel Courtin-Wilson's Hail:
Jonathan Demme's I'm Carolyn Parker: The Good, the Mad and the Beautiful:
And here are a couple more clips.
Michael Glawogger...
Out Of Competition
Rolando Colla's Giochi d'estate:
Ugo Gregoretti, Carlo Lizzani, Francesco Maselli and Nino Russo's Scossa:
Tomás Lunák's Alois Nebel:
Kike Maillo's Eva:
Takashi Shimizu's Tormented:
Tony Ching Siu-tung's The Sorcerer and the White Snake:
Steven Soderbergh's Contagion:
Orizzonti
Yves Caumon's L'Oiseau (The Bird):
Clarissa Campolina and Helvecio Marins Jr's Swirl:
Amiel Courtin-Wilson's Hail:
Jonathan Demme's I'm Carolyn Parker: The Good, the Mad and the Beautiful:
And here are a couple more clips.
Michael Glawogger...
- 8/23/2011
- MUBI
Dueling festival lineups! It seems that for every announcement for the Toronto International Film Festival lineup comes a competing (and often overlapping) one from Venice. Here we're collecting the finalized Venice lineups so far. (Above image: Philippe Garrel's A Burning Hot Summer.)
Competition
The Ides of March (George Clooney, USA) (opening night) 4:44 Last Day on Earth (Abel Ferrara, USA) Alps (Yorgos Lanthimos, Greece) A Burning Hot Summer (Philippe Garrel, France) Carnage (Roman Polanski, France/Germany/Spain/Poland) Chicken With Plums (Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud, France/Belgium/Germany) A Dangerous Method (David Cronenberg, Canada) Dark Horse (Todd Solondz, USA) The Exchange (Eran Kolirin, Israel/Germany) Faust (Alexander Sokurov, Russia) Himizu (Sion Sono, Japan) Killer Joe (William Friedkin, USA) Life without Principle (Johnnie To, Hk) Quando la notte (Cristina Comencini, Italy) Seediq Bale (Wei Desheng, Taiwan) Shame (Steve McQueen, UK) Terraferma (Emanuele Crialese, Italy) Texas Killing Fields (Ami Canaan Mann,...
Competition
The Ides of March (George Clooney, USA) (opening night) 4:44 Last Day on Earth (Abel Ferrara, USA) Alps (Yorgos Lanthimos, Greece) A Burning Hot Summer (Philippe Garrel, France) Carnage (Roman Polanski, France/Germany/Spain/Poland) Chicken With Plums (Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud, France/Belgium/Germany) A Dangerous Method (David Cronenberg, Canada) Dark Horse (Todd Solondz, USA) The Exchange (Eran Kolirin, Israel/Germany) Faust (Alexander Sokurov, Russia) Himizu (Sion Sono, Japan) Killer Joe (William Friedkin, USA) Life without Principle (Johnnie To, Hk) Quando la notte (Cristina Comencini, Italy) Seediq Bale (Wei Desheng, Taiwan) Shame (Steve McQueen, UK) Terraferma (Emanuele Crialese, Italy) Texas Killing Fields (Ami Canaan Mann,...
- 8/9/2011
- MUBI
Running between August 31st and September 10th, the 68th edition of the Venice Film Festival would be a dandy last edition for festival impresario Marco Muller even if he doesn't nab the likes of Wong Kar-wai's The Grandmaster, Walter Salles' On the Road, Fernando Meirelles' 360 and/or Zhang Yimou's Heroes of Naking. In his final year of contract, with approximately twenty-two competition slots (minus the already confirmed opening film from Italian res George Clooney and his Tiff-bound The Ides of March), this thursday's announcement should be heavy on items from the the U.K along with a robust presence from European filmmakers headed by Roman Polanski's Carnage. From France, we think that Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi's Chicken With Plums (see pic above) Mathieu Kassovitz's Rebellion, Yves Caumon's Bird, John Shank's Last Winter, Emily Atef's Tue-Moi (Kill Me) and Juan Diego Solanas...
- 7/25/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
The Berlin Film Festival begins today and in typical Ioncinema.com fashion, I've decided to unveil my predictions for the 2011 edition of the Cannes Film Festival. I've taken the liberty at breaking down the predictions by what should logically fit into what sections: Main Comp, Ucr and the Director's Fortnight sidebar. In the Main Competition category, we should see an increase in the number of titles selected (perhaps hovering around the twenty mark. We can cross out films such as Haneke's latest, Kamen Kalev's The Island, Raymond Depardon's Journal de France, Andrei Zvyagintsev's (2007's Banishment) latest and I wouldn't be surprised if Walter Salles' On the Road isn't completed on time -- and in what should be a vintage year for the festival, these no-shows won't matter. A pair that remain in limbo are the alreasy completed David Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method and Pawel Pawlikowski...
- 2/10/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
A cinematheque curator would have a tough time running a series on French filmmaker Yves Caumon. Unlike the prolific Ozon, Caumon, a full time film professor takes his time between his film - his notable first two have been the Cannes selected 2001's Amours d’enfance and 2005's Cache-cache. Cineuropa.org reports that Caumon's third film has taken flight. L'oiseau which has already begun lensing with Sandrine Kiberlain (Mademoiselle Chambon) in the lead, alongside Clément Sibony, Bruno Todeschini and Serge Riaboukine. Scripted by Caumon, the film centres on Anne (Kiberlain) who has lost a child. With no friends and no love, her life seems to be over already. Nobody sees or notices her and she ensures it stays that way. She effectively retires from life, in the middle of everyone. But one day, years later, a bird falls into the chimney shaft of her home and everything changes. Logic would...
- 7/12/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
- With a Friend Like Harry and Lemming feel like ages ago, so any news on filmmaker Dominik Moll for this detail hungry cinephile is good news. There is a brief mention today that the under-appreciated filmmaker received support called "an advance on receipts" from France's committee of the National Film Centre (Cnc) and was one of six screenplays to get what I imagine is some Euros (Jacques Doillon’s Aux Quatre Vents, Benoit Jacquot’s Hypnose, Philippe Faucon’s Kamikaze, L’oiseau by Yves Caumon and Juan José Lozano’s Impunité were the others). French production house Diaphana will be producing The Monk (La Moine) and that's about all the info we have right now. I'd like to see Laurent Lucas make it a third participation with the filmmaker who up to date only directed four films. He most recently penned for L’Autre monde for helmer Gilles Marchand.
- 7/20/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
PARIS -- The Festival de Cannes Directors' Fortnight selection announced Tuesday here is, like last year, a French-heavy affair, with four films from the 21-film lineup sporting home colors. "We're delighted with the selection -- the most important quality is the film's cinematographic originality wherever it comes from, whoever produced it, whatever its subject and style," artistic director Olivier Pere said in an interview. The French contingent selected for the sidebar includes the world premiere of Cache Cache (Hide and Seek) from Yves Caumon, the story of an expropriated peasant who watches the new occupants of his home from inside a well. Douches Froides (Cold Showers) from Frenchman Antony Cordier is a dramatic comedy about happiness told through a trio of adolescents.
- 4/26/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
PARIS -- The Festival de Cannes Directors' Fortnight selection announced Tuesday here is, like last year, a French-heavy affair, with four films from the 21-film lineup sporting home colors. "We're delighted with the selection -- the most important quality is the film's cinematographic originality wherever it comes from, whoever produced it, whatever its subject and style," artistic director Olivier Pere said in an interview. The French contingent selected for the sidebar includes the world premiere of Cache Cache (Hide and Seek) from Yves Caumon, the story of an expropriated peasant who watches the new occupants of his home from inside a well. Douches Froides (Cold Showers) from Frenchman Antony Cordier is a dramatic comedy about happiness told through a trio of adolescents.
- 4/26/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
PARIS -- The Festival de Cannes Directors' Fortnight selection announced Tuesday here is, like last year, a French-heavy affair, with four films from the 21-film lineup sporting home colors. "We're delighted with the selection -- the most important quality is the film's cinematographic originality wherever it comes from, whoever produced it, whatever its subject and style," artistic director Olivier Pere said in an interview. The French contingent selected for the sidebar includes the world premiere of Cache Cache (Hide and Seek) from Yves Caumon, the story of an expropriated peasant who watches the new occupants of his home from inside a well. Douches Froides (Cold Showers) from Frenchman Antony Cordier is a dramatic comedy about happiness told through a trio of adolescents.
- 4/26/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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