To follow up on yesterday's roundup of Un Certain Regard remainders...
"The Tati-inspired dance trio of Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon, and Bruno Romy are at it again, crafting an awfully similar follow-up to their previous feature, Rumba." Blake Williams for Ioncinema: "The Fairy is light on magic and the supernatural, but flutters breezily along with joke-a-minute fluff…. As in their other films, the 'plot' — this one involving a wish-granting fairy — is only really a conceit by which to give the illusion of continuity to what is essentially a string of short films." Screen's Fionnuala Halligan's enjoyed it, though: "Theirs is an old-fashioned, almost silent, routine (their first feature L'Iceberg was virtually wordless) blended beautifully with an arresting dance element." In the Hollywood Reporter, Jordan Mintzer notes that "Tati's hand is evident in the exceptionally precise art direction and camerawork by regulars Nicholas Girault and Claire Childeric."
"The Silver Cliff was...
"The Tati-inspired dance trio of Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon, and Bruno Romy are at it again, crafting an awfully similar follow-up to their previous feature, Rumba." Blake Williams for Ioncinema: "The Fairy is light on magic and the supernatural, but flutters breezily along with joke-a-minute fluff…. As in their other films, the 'plot' — this one involving a wish-granting fairy — is only really a conceit by which to give the illusion of continuity to what is essentially a string of short films." Screen's Fionnuala Halligan's enjoyed it, though: "Theirs is an old-fashioned, almost silent, routine (their first feature L'Iceberg was virtually wordless) blended beautifully with an arresting dance element." In the Hollywood Reporter, Jordan Mintzer notes that "Tati's hand is evident in the exceptionally precise art direction and camerawork by regulars Nicholas Girault and Claire Childeric."
"The Silver Cliff was...
- 6/1/2011
- MUBI
Films Boutique is a sales agent from Germany with a penchant for international film items. This year they rep a pair of Cannes selected titles in the Directors' Fortnight selected director's cut version of Guilty of Romance from Sion Sono (see pic above) and Valérie Mrejen's En Ville. Among the big titles for art-house lovers they are repping Alexander Sokurov's Faust -- which I guess finally wasn't ready for a Cannes inclusion. Here is their slate: Faust by Alexander Sokurov - Post-Production Guilty Of Romance (Koi No Tsumi) by Sion Sono - Completed Iris In Bloom (En Ville) by Valérie Mrejen - Completed Free Hands (Les Mains Libres) by Brigitte Sy - Completed Intimate Grammar (Hadikduk Hapnimi) by Nir Bergman - Completed Jo For Jonathan by Maxime Giroux - Completed Little Voices (PEQUEÑAS Voces 3D) by Jairo Carrillo - Completed No More Fear (Plus Jamais Peur) by Mourad...
- 5/13/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
Programme includes veteran film-maker André Téchiné, plus 14 female directors – but English-language cinema is sidelined
The lineup for the Cannes film festival has been finalised with the announcement of the Directors' Fortnight and Critics' Week programmes. The two strands operate independently of the Palme d'Or competition that was announced last week.
Few of the selected film-makers look likely to excite the paparazzi on the Cannes red carpet. The best known name in the Directors' Fortnight selection is probably veteran French film-maker André Téchiné with an adaptation of Philippe Djian's novel Impardonnables, about a writer whose daughter disappears, while the Critics' Week finds room for new films by Shotgun Stories director Jeff Nichols and Jonathan Caouette, maker of Tarnation.
One title that seems likely to spark controversy, however, is the Critics' Week selection Hanotenet (aka The Slut), directed by and starring Israeli Hagar Ben Asher, about a woman compulsively seeking sexual gratification.
The lineup for the Cannes film festival has been finalised with the announcement of the Directors' Fortnight and Critics' Week programmes. The two strands operate independently of the Palme d'Or competition that was announced last week.
Few of the selected film-makers look likely to excite the paparazzi on the Cannes red carpet. The best known name in the Directors' Fortnight selection is probably veteran French film-maker André Téchiné with an adaptation of Philippe Djian's novel Impardonnables, about a writer whose daughter disappears, while the Critics' Week finds room for new films by Shotgun Stories director Jeff Nichols and Jonathan Caouette, maker of Tarnation.
One title that seems likely to spark controversy, however, is the Critics' Week selection Hanotenet (aka The Slut), directed by and starring Israeli Hagar Ben Asher, about a woman compulsively seeking sexual gratification.
- 4/19/2011
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
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