Vicky Krieps, best performance prize winner in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard for “Corsage,” will star as Sophie Toscan du Plantier in six time-Oscar nominee Jim Sheridan and David Merriman’s “Re-creation,” which is being presented in the Venice Gap-Financing Market.
The docu-drama, which centers on the brutal murder in 1996 in Ireland of French film and TV producer Toscan du Plantier, has been co-written and will be co-directed by Sheridan, best known for “My Left Foot” and “In the Name of the Father,” and Merriman. The unsolved crime was previously the subject of Sheridan’s documentary series “Murder at the Cottage.”
Krieps garnered widespread acclaim with her breakthrough performance in Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Phantom Thread” in 2017. As well as the Cannes prize, her performance in last year’s “Corsage” also won her the European Film Award for best European actress.
Jim Sheridan walks the red carpet for “The Secret Scripture” during the Rome Film Festival.
The docu-drama, which centers on the brutal murder in 1996 in Ireland of French film and TV producer Toscan du Plantier, has been co-written and will be co-directed by Sheridan, best known for “My Left Foot” and “In the Name of the Father,” and Merriman. The unsolved crime was previously the subject of Sheridan’s documentary series “Murder at the Cottage.”
Krieps garnered widespread acclaim with her breakthrough performance in Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Phantom Thread” in 2017. As well as the Cannes prize, her performance in last year’s “Corsage” also won her the European Film Award for best European actress.
Jim Sheridan walks the red carpet for “The Secret Scripture” during the Rome Film Festival.
- 9/3/2023
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Sheridan teams with writer-director David Merriman for hybrid docu-drama about unsolved Sophie Toscan du Plantier murder case.
Irish co writer-directos Jim Sheridan and David Merriman have started production on hybrid docu-drama Re-creation about the unsolved murder of French producer Sophie Toscan du Plantier in Ireland in 1996.
Tina O’Reilly of Ireland’s Hell’s Kitchen and Fabrizio Maltese of Luxembourg’s Joli Rideau Media are producing the project that takes a deep dive into the 1996 murder case from a fresh angle blending a true crime story with an auteur approach, according to the filmmakers.
The documentary segments of Re-creation will be...
Irish co writer-directos Jim Sheridan and David Merriman have started production on hybrid docu-drama Re-creation about the unsolved murder of French producer Sophie Toscan du Plantier in Ireland in 1996.
Tina O’Reilly of Ireland’s Hell’s Kitchen and Fabrizio Maltese of Luxembourg’s Joli Rideau Media are producing the project that takes a deep dive into the 1996 murder case from a fresh angle blending a true crime story with an auteur approach, according to the filmmakers.
The documentary segments of Re-creation will be...
- 5/16/2023
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
Sheridan teams with writer-director David Merriman for hybrid docu-drama about unsolved Sophie Toscan du Plantier murder case.
Six-time Academy award nominee Jim Sheridan and writer-director David Merriman have kicked off production on hybrid docu-drama Re-creation about the unsolved Sophie Toscan du Plantier murder case.
Tina O’Reilly of Ireland’s Hell’s Kitchen and Fabrizio Maltese of Luxembourg’s Joli Rideau Media are partnering on the project that takes a deep dive into the 1996 murder case from a fresh angle blending a true crime story with an auteur approach.
The documentary segments of Re-creation will be shot starting this summer in Ireland,...
Six-time Academy award nominee Jim Sheridan and writer-director David Merriman have kicked off production on hybrid docu-drama Re-creation about the unsolved Sophie Toscan du Plantier murder case.
Tina O’Reilly of Ireland’s Hell’s Kitchen and Fabrizio Maltese of Luxembourg’s Joli Rideau Media are partnering on the project that takes a deep dive into the 1996 murder case from a fresh angle blending a true crime story with an auteur approach.
The documentary segments of Re-creation will be shot starting this summer in Ireland,...
- 5/16/2023
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
Maltese is taking over the reins on the documentary feature that Pol Cruchten was preparing to shoot before his death in July 2019. Directorial duties on the documentary feature Visage(s) d’Afrique (lit. “Face(s) of Africa”), which Pol Cruchten was getting ready to shoot before his death in July 2019, have been taken over by Fabrizio Maltese. Initially, Maltese was meant to serve as DoP on what was billed as a coming-of-age tale shot in Africa. Luxembourgish production outfit Red Lion, with renewed support from the FilmFund Luxembourg, decided to hand the reins of the project over to him, after they had begun preparing the movie together with Cruchten. Visage(s) d’Afrique will be an insightful window to a land that has, up until now, rarely been shown in cinema: Mauritania, the birth place of filmmaker Abderrahmane Sissako (Timbuktu), who is also involved in the project. This is the fourth documentary feature.
As the 23rd edition of the Estonian festival wrapped, Japan’s Kontora nabbed the Grand Prix, with Filipino filmmaker Jun Robles Lana named Best Director. Asian cinema turned out to be the clear winner at the 23rd Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, with this year’s Grand Prix for Best Film going to Indian-born Anshul Chauhan’s Kontora. As the Official Selection Competition jury, consisting of Michael Newell, Italian composer Pivio, Fabrizio Maltese, Lisa Carlehed, Kerem Ayan and Rima Das argued, the movie tells “a powerful, mysterious story that links modern Japanese lives with a past that the characters of the film think has been buried and forgotten, but which rises up to haunt and obsess them. It’s also a rich portrait of an ordinary Japanese family under severe tensions. Full of unexpected, disturbing images,...
Juries announced for the 23rd Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.
Donnie Brasco director Mike Newell is to preside over the official selection at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (Nov 15-Dec 1).
The UK filmmaker behind Four Weddings And A Funeral and Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire will be joined by Danish actress Lisa Carlehed, Italian composer Pivio, Indian director Rima Das, Italian director and cinematographer Fabrizio Maltese and Istanbul Film Festival director Kerem Ayan.
Together, the jury will consider the 21 films in official selection and hand out prizes for best film, director, script, actress, actor, cinematographer and music.
Donnie Brasco director Mike Newell is to preside over the official selection at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (Nov 15-Dec 1).
The UK filmmaker behind Four Weddings And A Funeral and Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire will be joined by Danish actress Lisa Carlehed, Italian composer Pivio, Indian director Rima Das, Italian director and cinematographer Fabrizio Maltese and Istanbul Film Festival director Kerem Ayan.
Together, the jury will consider the 21 films in official selection and hand out prizes for best film, director, script, actress, actor, cinematographer and music.
- 11/11/2019
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
Palm Springs International Film Fest Announces Premieres, New Voices/New Visions, and Modern Masters
The 27th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (Psiff) has announced its line-up of Premieres, New Voices/New Visions competition and Modern Masters. Films from 60 countries, including 54 premieres (7 World, 17 North American and 30 U.S.), will unspool at the Festival, running from January 1-11, 2016 in Palm Springs, California.
“The line-up this year, while full of unexpected surprises, vividly reflects what is going on in the world around us,” said Festival Director Darryl Macdonald. “There’s a particular focus on stories about displaced people – immigrants, emigrants, refugees, those seeking asylum or shelter. There’s a concurrent trend toward stories revolving around new beginnings and escaping the shackles of the past, whether sexual, cultural, societal or self-imposed. Balancing all of these is a focus on family and romance, along with films involving a healthy dose of magic realism or absurdist comedy, and a plethora of exceptional films dealing with the usual obsessions – music, food, sex and art. All in all, it’s about as well-rounded, as thoughtfully chosen, and as provocative as it’s possible for a smartly curated lineup of new international cinema to be.”
“I am thrilled at the breadth and depth of this year’s program,” said Festival Artistic Director Helen du Toit. “While Modern Masters showcases such widely acclaimed filmmakers as as Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Barbara Kopple and Terence Davies, our New Voices/New Visions program is evidence that new masters are emerging around the world. The range of approaches is extraordinary. Highlights include Raam Reddy's 'Thithi' (India), which skillfully juggles myriad characters in a delightful low key comedy; Yorgos Zois’ 'Interruption' (Greece), which challenges the audience with a complex and highly compelling narrative; and Maris Curran's 'Five Nights in Maine' (USA), featuring David Oyelowo's nuanced and heartbreaking performance as a widower reconnecting with his estranged mother-in-law.”
Showcasing the diversity of international cinema, Festival premieres will include:
World premieres: "50 Days in the Desert" (Luxembourg) directed by Fabrizio Maltese, "Agnes" (Germany/Belgium), the documentary "Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age" (Us) featuring Alec Baldwin, Carol Channing, Dick Van Dyke, Jane Fonda and Robert Redford, "The Carer" (Hungary/UK), "Going Going Gone" (UK), "Searchdog" (Us) and "Set the Thames on Fire" (UK).
North American premieres: "Banat" (Italy/Romania/Bulgaria/Macedonia), "Death By Death" (Belgium/France), "A Decent Man" (Switzerland),"Departure" (France/UK),"Fly Away Solo" (India/France), "Interruption" (Greece/Croatia), "A Korean in Paris" (South Korea/France), "The Memory of Water" (Chile/Spain/Argentina/Germany), "Moor" (Pakistan), "On My Mother’s Side" (Canada), "Paradise Trips" (Belgium/Croatia), "Rosita" (Denmark), "Spy Time" (Spain), "Tanna" (Australia/Vanuatu), "Thithi" (India/Us/Canada), "Utopians" (Hong Kong) and "When a Tree Falls" (Spain).
U.S. premieres: "1944" (Estonia/Finland), "3000 Nights" (Palestine/France/Jordan/Lebanon), "Atomic Falafel" (Israel/Germany/New Zealand), "Belgian Rhapsody" (Belgium), "Beyond My Grandfather Allende" (Chile/Mexico), "Born to Dance" (New Zealand), "Closet Monster" (Canada), "Enclave" (Serbia/Germany), "The Endless River" (South Africa/France), "Endorphine" (Canada),Exotica, "Erotica, Etc." (France), "Fire Song" (Canada), "Five Nights in Maine" (Us), "A Heavy Heart" (Germany), "Home Care" (Czech Republic/Slovakia), "Let Them Come" (Algeria/France), "My Big Night" (Spain), "My Internship in Canada" (Canada), "The Other Side" (Italy/France), "Our Everyday Life" (Bosnia, Herzegovina/Slovenia/Croatia), "The Paradise Suite" (Netherlands/Sweden/Bulgaria), "Parched" (India/Us/UK), "Parisienne" (France), "Sabali" (Canada), "Sleeping Giant" (Canada), "Summer Solstice" (Poland/Germany), "Trap" (Philippines), "The Violin Teacher" (Brazil), "Wedding Doll" (Israel) and " Zubaan" (India).
The New Voices/New Visions competition showcases 12 Us premieres from top emerging international directors marking their feature film debut at the Festival, with the additional criteria that the films selected are currently without U.S. distribution. The winner is selected by a jury of U.S. distributors which include Gary Rubin of Cohen Media, Dan Berger of Oscilloscope and Ryan Kampe of Visit Films/Monument Releasing. The winner will receive use of a $60,000 Panavision camera package and a glass sculpture designed for the Festival by renowned artist Dale Chihuly. Films selected for this year include:
"Banat" (Italy/Romania/Bulgaria/Macedonia), Director Adriano Valerio "Death By Death" (Belgium/France), Director Xavier Seron "Departure" (UK/France), Director Andrew Steggall "Five Nights in Maine" (Us), Director Maris Curran and starring David Oyelowo "A Heavy Heart" (Germany), Director Thomas Stuber "Home Care" (Czech Republic/Slovakia), Director Slávek Horák "Interruption" (Greece/Croatia), Director Yorgos Zois "Let Them Come" (Algeria/France), Director Salem Brahimi "Our Everyday Life" (Bosnia and Herzegovina/Slovenia/Croatia), Director Ines Tanović "Paradise Trips" (Belgium/Croatia), Director Raf Reyntjens "Sleeping Giant" (Canada), Director Andrew Cividino "Thithi" (India/Us/Canada), Director Raam Reddy
The Modern Masters section features 10 films from international directors who set the standards for contemporary cinema. Films selected for this year include:
"Cemetery Of Splendour" (Thailand/UK), Director Apichatpong Weerasethakul "Dheepan" (France), Director Jacques Audiard "Miss Sharon Jones!" (Us), Director Barbara Kopple "Mountains May Depart" (China/France/Japan), Director Jia Zhangke "My Golden Days" (France), Director Arnaud Desplechin "My Mother" (Italy/France), Director Nanni Moretti "Our Little Sister" (Japan), Director Hirokazu Kore-eda "Sunset Song" (UK/Luxembourg), Director Terence Davies "Sweet Bean" (Japan), Director Naomi Kawase "Women He’s Undressed" (Australia), Director Gillian Armstrong
Other Festival films with notable talent and directors include: "45 Years" (UK) directed by Andrew Haigh and starring Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay, "Anomalisa" (Us) directed by Duke Johnson and Charlie Kaufman with the voices of David Thewlis and Jennifer Jason Leigh, "Chronic" (Mexico/France) starring Tim Roth, "Closet Monster" (Canada) with Connor Jessup and Isabella Rossellini, "Eisenstein in Guanajuato" (Netherlands/Mexico/Finland/Belgium/France) directed by Peter Greenaway, "February" (Us/Canada) starring Kiernan Shipka and Emma Roberts, "Hello, My Name is Doris" (Us) starring Sally Field, Max Greenfield, Beth Behrs and Stephen Root, "Hitchcock/Truffaut" (France/Us) directed by Kent Jones and featuring Peter Bogdanovich, David Fincher and Richard Linklater, "The Invitation" (Us) starring Logan Marshall-Green and Michiel Huisman, "The Lady in the Van" (UK) directed by Nicholas Hytner and starring Maggie Smith, Jim Broadbent and James Corden, "Louder Than Bombs" (USA) starring Jesse Eisenberg, Gabriel Byrne and Isabelle Huppert, "Men & Chicken" (Denmark) starring Mads Mikkelsen, "Papa (Cuba)" directed by Bob Yari and starring Giovanni Ribisi, Joely Richardson and Minka Kelly, "A Perfect Day" (Spain) starring Benicio del Toro, Tim Robbins and Olga Kurylenko, "The Seventh Fire" (Us) executive produced by Terrence Malick, Natalie Portman and Chris Eyre, and "Where to Invade Next" (Us) directed by Michael Moore.
The complete line-up will be available on December 18 at www.psfilmfest.org.
“The line-up this year, while full of unexpected surprises, vividly reflects what is going on in the world around us,” said Festival Director Darryl Macdonald. “There’s a particular focus on stories about displaced people – immigrants, emigrants, refugees, those seeking asylum or shelter. There’s a concurrent trend toward stories revolving around new beginnings and escaping the shackles of the past, whether sexual, cultural, societal or self-imposed. Balancing all of these is a focus on family and romance, along with films involving a healthy dose of magic realism or absurdist comedy, and a plethora of exceptional films dealing with the usual obsessions – music, food, sex and art. All in all, it’s about as well-rounded, as thoughtfully chosen, and as provocative as it’s possible for a smartly curated lineup of new international cinema to be.”
“I am thrilled at the breadth and depth of this year’s program,” said Festival Artistic Director Helen du Toit. “While Modern Masters showcases such widely acclaimed filmmakers as as Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Barbara Kopple and Terence Davies, our New Voices/New Visions program is evidence that new masters are emerging around the world. The range of approaches is extraordinary. Highlights include Raam Reddy's 'Thithi' (India), which skillfully juggles myriad characters in a delightful low key comedy; Yorgos Zois’ 'Interruption' (Greece), which challenges the audience with a complex and highly compelling narrative; and Maris Curran's 'Five Nights in Maine' (USA), featuring David Oyelowo's nuanced and heartbreaking performance as a widower reconnecting with his estranged mother-in-law.”
Showcasing the diversity of international cinema, Festival premieres will include:
World premieres: "50 Days in the Desert" (Luxembourg) directed by Fabrizio Maltese, "Agnes" (Germany/Belgium), the documentary "Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age" (Us) featuring Alec Baldwin, Carol Channing, Dick Van Dyke, Jane Fonda and Robert Redford, "The Carer" (Hungary/UK), "Going Going Gone" (UK), "Searchdog" (Us) and "Set the Thames on Fire" (UK).
North American premieres: "Banat" (Italy/Romania/Bulgaria/Macedonia), "Death By Death" (Belgium/France), "A Decent Man" (Switzerland),"Departure" (France/UK),"Fly Away Solo" (India/France), "Interruption" (Greece/Croatia), "A Korean in Paris" (South Korea/France), "The Memory of Water" (Chile/Spain/Argentina/Germany), "Moor" (Pakistan), "On My Mother’s Side" (Canada), "Paradise Trips" (Belgium/Croatia), "Rosita" (Denmark), "Spy Time" (Spain), "Tanna" (Australia/Vanuatu), "Thithi" (India/Us/Canada), "Utopians" (Hong Kong) and "When a Tree Falls" (Spain).
U.S. premieres: "1944" (Estonia/Finland), "3000 Nights" (Palestine/France/Jordan/Lebanon), "Atomic Falafel" (Israel/Germany/New Zealand), "Belgian Rhapsody" (Belgium), "Beyond My Grandfather Allende" (Chile/Mexico), "Born to Dance" (New Zealand), "Closet Monster" (Canada), "Enclave" (Serbia/Germany), "The Endless River" (South Africa/France), "Endorphine" (Canada),Exotica, "Erotica, Etc." (France), "Fire Song" (Canada), "Five Nights in Maine" (Us), "A Heavy Heart" (Germany), "Home Care" (Czech Republic/Slovakia), "Let Them Come" (Algeria/France), "My Big Night" (Spain), "My Internship in Canada" (Canada), "The Other Side" (Italy/France), "Our Everyday Life" (Bosnia, Herzegovina/Slovenia/Croatia), "The Paradise Suite" (Netherlands/Sweden/Bulgaria), "Parched" (India/Us/UK), "Parisienne" (France), "Sabali" (Canada), "Sleeping Giant" (Canada), "Summer Solstice" (Poland/Germany), "Trap" (Philippines), "The Violin Teacher" (Brazil), "Wedding Doll" (Israel) and " Zubaan" (India).
The New Voices/New Visions competition showcases 12 Us premieres from top emerging international directors marking their feature film debut at the Festival, with the additional criteria that the films selected are currently without U.S. distribution. The winner is selected by a jury of U.S. distributors which include Gary Rubin of Cohen Media, Dan Berger of Oscilloscope and Ryan Kampe of Visit Films/Monument Releasing. The winner will receive use of a $60,000 Panavision camera package and a glass sculpture designed for the Festival by renowned artist Dale Chihuly. Films selected for this year include:
"Banat" (Italy/Romania/Bulgaria/Macedonia), Director Adriano Valerio "Death By Death" (Belgium/France), Director Xavier Seron "Departure" (UK/France), Director Andrew Steggall "Five Nights in Maine" (Us), Director Maris Curran and starring David Oyelowo "A Heavy Heart" (Germany), Director Thomas Stuber "Home Care" (Czech Republic/Slovakia), Director Slávek Horák "Interruption" (Greece/Croatia), Director Yorgos Zois "Let Them Come" (Algeria/France), Director Salem Brahimi "Our Everyday Life" (Bosnia and Herzegovina/Slovenia/Croatia), Director Ines Tanović "Paradise Trips" (Belgium/Croatia), Director Raf Reyntjens "Sleeping Giant" (Canada), Director Andrew Cividino "Thithi" (India/Us/Canada), Director Raam Reddy
The Modern Masters section features 10 films from international directors who set the standards for contemporary cinema. Films selected for this year include:
"Cemetery Of Splendour" (Thailand/UK), Director Apichatpong Weerasethakul "Dheepan" (France), Director Jacques Audiard "Miss Sharon Jones!" (Us), Director Barbara Kopple "Mountains May Depart" (China/France/Japan), Director Jia Zhangke "My Golden Days" (France), Director Arnaud Desplechin "My Mother" (Italy/France), Director Nanni Moretti "Our Little Sister" (Japan), Director Hirokazu Kore-eda "Sunset Song" (UK/Luxembourg), Director Terence Davies "Sweet Bean" (Japan), Director Naomi Kawase "Women He’s Undressed" (Australia), Director Gillian Armstrong
Other Festival films with notable talent and directors include: "45 Years" (UK) directed by Andrew Haigh and starring Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay, "Anomalisa" (Us) directed by Duke Johnson and Charlie Kaufman with the voices of David Thewlis and Jennifer Jason Leigh, "Chronic" (Mexico/France) starring Tim Roth, "Closet Monster" (Canada) with Connor Jessup and Isabella Rossellini, "Eisenstein in Guanajuato" (Netherlands/Mexico/Finland/Belgium/France) directed by Peter Greenaway, "February" (Us/Canada) starring Kiernan Shipka and Emma Roberts, "Hello, My Name is Doris" (Us) starring Sally Field, Max Greenfield, Beth Behrs and Stephen Root, "Hitchcock/Truffaut" (France/Us) directed by Kent Jones and featuring Peter Bogdanovich, David Fincher and Richard Linklater, "The Invitation" (Us) starring Logan Marshall-Green and Michiel Huisman, "The Lady in the Van" (UK) directed by Nicholas Hytner and starring Maggie Smith, Jim Broadbent and James Corden, "Louder Than Bombs" (USA) starring Jesse Eisenberg, Gabriel Byrne and Isabelle Huppert, "Men & Chicken" (Denmark) starring Mads Mikkelsen, "Papa (Cuba)" directed by Bob Yari and starring Giovanni Ribisi, Joely Richardson and Minka Kelly, "A Perfect Day" (Spain) starring Benicio del Toro, Tim Robbins and Olga Kurylenko, "The Seventh Fire" (Us) executive produced by Terrence Malick, Natalie Portman and Chris Eyre, and "Where to Invade Next" (Us) directed by Michael Moore.
The complete line-up will be available on December 18 at www.psfilmfest.org.
- 12/15/2015
- by Peter Belsito
- Sydney's Buzz
Top brass at the 27th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (Psiff) on Monday announced the Premieres, New Voices/New Visions competition and Modern Masters programmes.
Films from 60 countries, including 54 premieres (seven world, 17 North American and 30 Us), will screen during the festival, which runs from January 1-11, 2016.
World premieres include: 50 Days In The Desert (Luxembourg) by Fabrizio Maltese; Agnes (Germany-Belgium); documentary Broadway: Beyond The Golden Age (Us) featuring Alec Baldwin, Carol Channing, Dick Van Dyke, Jane Fonda and Robert Redford; The Carer (Hungary-uk); Going Going Gone (UK); Searchdog (Us); and Set The Thames On Fire (UK).
New Voices/New Visions
Twelve Us premieres from emerging international directors marking their feature film without Us distribution. The winner is selected by a jury of Us distributors comprising Gary Rubin of Cohen Media, Dan Berger of Oscilloscope and Ryan Kampe of Visit Films/Monument Releasing. The winner will receive use of a $60,000 Panavision camera package and a glass sculpture designed...
Films from 60 countries, including 54 premieres (seven world, 17 North American and 30 Us), will screen during the festival, which runs from January 1-11, 2016.
World premieres include: 50 Days In The Desert (Luxembourg) by Fabrizio Maltese; Agnes (Germany-Belgium); documentary Broadway: Beyond The Golden Age (Us) featuring Alec Baldwin, Carol Channing, Dick Van Dyke, Jane Fonda and Robert Redford; The Carer (Hungary-uk); Going Going Gone (UK); Searchdog (Us); and Set The Thames On Fire (UK).
New Voices/New Visions
Twelve Us premieres from emerging international directors marking their feature film without Us distribution. The winner is selected by a jury of Us distributors comprising Gary Rubin of Cohen Media, Dan Berger of Oscilloscope and Ryan Kampe of Visit Films/Monument Releasing. The winner will receive use of a $60,000 Panavision camera package and a glass sculpture designed...
- 12/14/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The 2015 Palm Springs International Film Festival will present the world, international, North American or U.S. premieres of films featuring James Franco, Jennifer Aniston, Owen Wilson, Annette Bening and many others, as well as films directed by Michel Hazanavicius and Peter Bogdanovich, Psiff organizers announced on Thursday.
The festival, which runs from Jan. 2 through Jan. 12 in the desert resort town east of Los Angeles, announced its full lineup, which is made up of 192 films from 65 countries.
Psiff world premieres will include “Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha,” a collaboration between James Franco and eight writers and 11 directors from...
The festival, which runs from Jan. 2 through Jan. 12 in the desert resort town east of Los Angeles, announced its full lineup, which is made up of 192 films from 65 countries.
Psiff world premieres will include “Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha,” a collaboration between James Franco and eight writers and 11 directors from...
- 12/11/2014
- by Wrap TV Team and Wrap Film Team
- The Wrap
#9. Catherine Breillat’s Abuse of Weakness
Gist: Abuse of Weakness will trace the autobiographical experience of Breillat with a notorious swindler. Isabelle Huppert stars as Maud, a film director recently paralyzed on one side, and she becomes entrenched in a destructive relationship with Vilko (rapper Kool Shen of Ntm, in his screen debut), a man she wishes to cast in her next film. (Photo credit: Photo ©: Fabrizio Maltese)
Prediction: Certainly this is one film that contains a heady mix of intriguing elements. The much publicized swindling of Breillat resulted in the fallout of the film she had been putting together. The project would have been a follow-up to her 2007 film The Last Mistress, which played in the Main Competition at Cannes. Since then, she has focused on adapting several fairy tales for the big screen. But this latest project, which unites the infamous provocateur with Huppert and Kool Shen,...
Gist: Abuse of Weakness will trace the autobiographical experience of Breillat with a notorious swindler. Isabelle Huppert stars as Maud, a film director recently paralyzed on one side, and she becomes entrenched in a destructive relationship with Vilko (rapper Kool Shen of Ntm, in his screen debut), a man she wishes to cast in her next film. (Photo credit: Photo ©: Fabrizio Maltese)
Prediction: Certainly this is one film that contains a heady mix of intriguing elements. The much publicized swindling of Breillat resulted in the fallout of the film she had been putting together. The project would have been a follow-up to her 2007 film The Last Mistress, which played in the Main Competition at Cannes. Since then, she has focused on adapting several fairy tales for the big screen. But this latest project, which unites the infamous provocateur with Huppert and Kool Shen,...
- 4/14/2013
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Photo by Fabrizio Maltese/Ef Press/fabriziomaltese.com.
Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives was awarded the Palme d'Or this year at Cannes—where I wrote about the film—and is probably the best new work I've seen this year. There was palpable excitement from a lot of the viewers on the Croisette after the screening (consternation and confusion too), as the festival had been generally lacking in things to feel passionate about, keeping the Godard, Beauvois, and Ujică out of the conversation for now, but there was also worry—not so much whether the competition jury headed by Tim Burton would find pleasure in the mysteries of this wonderful Thai film, but rather, due to the violent unrest in Thailand at the time (and continuing today), would Apichatpong even be able to attend the premiere of his own film. Myself and others were eventually...
Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives was awarded the Palme d'Or this year at Cannes—where I wrote about the film—and is probably the best new work I've seen this year. There was palpable excitement from a lot of the viewers on the Croisette after the screening (consternation and confusion too), as the festival had been generally lacking in things to feel passionate about, keeping the Godard, Beauvois, and Ujică out of the conversation for now, but there was also worry—not so much whether the competition jury headed by Tim Burton would find pleasure in the mysteries of this wonderful Thai film, but rather, due to the violent unrest in Thailand at the time (and continuing today), would Apichatpong even be able to attend the premiere of his own film. Myself and others were eventually...
- 9/24/2010
- MUBI
Photo by Fabrizio Maltese/Ef Press/fabriziomaltese.com.
To call it by its full name, the Festival Internacional de cine de Donostia-San Sebastián has been underway just one full day, but what an eventful day it's been. 73-year-old filmmaker Felipe Cazals opened the Official Selection with Chicogrande, depicting Pancho Villa's retreat after a failed invasion of New Mexico. And as the Afp reports, Cazals pulls no punches when it comes to addressing Mexico's relationship with the Us.
To call it by its full name, the Festival Internacional de cine de Donostia-San Sebastián has been underway just one full day, but what an eventful day it's been. 73-year-old filmmaker Felipe Cazals opened the Official Selection with Chicogrande, depicting Pancho Villa's retreat after a failed invasion of New Mexico. And as the Afp reports, Cazals pulls no punches when it comes to addressing Mexico's relationship with the Us.
- 9/18/2010
- MUBI
Photo by Fabrizio Maltese/Ef Press/fabriziomaltese.com, Venice 2010.
"Venice is this year becoming a festival notable for high drama and high camp, and so it proves again with this enjoyable, farcical French picture from the prolific master craftsman François Ozon, based on a 1980 stage play by Pierre Barillet and Jean-Pierre Gredy," begins the Guardian's Peter Bradshaw. "It's a wacky 70s-period screwball comedy with a blue-chip cast and a tone which is arch, knowing and self-aware but also somehow affectionate and even, I suspect, deeply serious about the indomitable spirit of France itself, in the queenly person of Catherine Deneuve. It is a veritable palimpsest of irony levels; perhaps only a French audience can fully respond to its nods and winks."...
"Venice is this year becoming a festival notable for high drama and high camp, and so it proves again with this enjoyable, farcical French picture from the prolific master craftsman François Ozon, based on a 1980 stage play by Pierre Barillet and Jean-Pierre Gredy," begins the Guardian's Peter Bradshaw. "It's a wacky 70s-period screwball comedy with a blue-chip cast and a tone which is arch, knowing and self-aware but also somehow affectionate and even, I suspect, deeply serious about the indomitable spirit of France itself, in the queenly person of Catherine Deneuve. It is a veritable palimpsest of irony levels; perhaps only a French audience can fully respond to its nods and winks."...
- 9/6/2010
- MUBI
Mubarak Ali
Everything That Rises Must Converge: Some Notes on "Trees of Syntax, Leaves of Axis"
David Cairns
The Forgotten: Night and Fog
The Forgotten: Hey, Pluto!
Ce n'est pas une pipe: "The Illusionist" (Sylvain Chomet, UK)
The Forgotten: Messing About in Boats
Johnny Got His Gun: "Caterpillar" (Koji Wakamatsu, Japan)
Life's Work: "And Everything is Going Fine" (Steven Soderbergh, Us)
The Forgotten: Bad Words
Taking Fire: "Restrepo" (Tim Hetherington & Sebastian Junger, Us)
Adrian Curry
Movie Posters of the Week: The Films of Agnès Varda
Movie Posters of the Week: Early Dreyer
Movie Poster of the Week: "The American"
Movie Poster of the Week: "Dogtooth"
Doug Dibbern
Mann Power: The Director as Worker
The Ferroni Brigade
The Golden Donkey Cannes 2010: The French Connection
Jean-Luc Godard
Quote of the Day
Daniel Kasman
Now on DVD: Shapeshifting Songs of Sex
At the Cinematheque: "Nightfall" (Jacques Tourneur, 1957)
Video Sundays: Cinema...
Everything That Rises Must Converge: Some Notes on "Trees of Syntax, Leaves of Axis"
David Cairns
The Forgotten: Night and Fog
The Forgotten: Hey, Pluto!
Ce n'est pas une pipe: "The Illusionist" (Sylvain Chomet, UK)
The Forgotten: Messing About in Boats
Johnny Got His Gun: "Caterpillar" (Koji Wakamatsu, Japan)
Life's Work: "And Everything is Going Fine" (Steven Soderbergh, Us)
The Forgotten: Bad Words
Taking Fire: "Restrepo" (Tim Hetherington & Sebastian Junger, Us)
Adrian Curry
Movie Posters of the Week: The Films of Agnès Varda
Movie Posters of the Week: Early Dreyer
Movie Poster of the Week: "The American"
Movie Poster of the Week: "Dogtooth"
Doug Dibbern
Mann Power: The Director as Worker
The Ferroni Brigade
The Golden Donkey Cannes 2010: The French Connection
Jean-Luc Godard
Quote of the Day
Daniel Kasman
Now on DVD: Shapeshifting Songs of Sex
At the Cinematheque: "Nightfall" (Jacques Tourneur, 1957)
Video Sundays: Cinema...
- 7/6/2010
- MUBI
Photo by Fabrizio Maltese/Ef Press/fabriziomaltese.com.
One of most exhilarating moments for us in Cannes a few weeks ago was announcing, side by side with the filmmaker herself, that the work of Agnès Varda, an oeuvre spanning over five decades, would be made immediately viewable to cinephiles around the world. The virtual doors are now open: explore Le cinéma d'Agnès Varda, featuring not only the titles you'd expect find in there — Cléo from 5 to 7, Vagabond and so on — but also rare features such as Lion's Love and shorts — Varda's 1968 film on the Black Panthers, for example, and, from 1958, Diary of a Pregnant Woman.
One of most exhilarating moments for us in Cannes a few weeks ago was announcing, side by side with the filmmaker herself, that the work of Agnès Varda, an oeuvre spanning over five decades, would be made immediately viewable to cinephiles around the world. The virtual doors are now open: explore Le cinéma d'Agnès Varda, featuring not only the titles you'd expect find in there — Cléo from 5 to 7, Vagabond and so on — but also rare features such as Lion's Love and shorts — Varda's 1968 film on the Black Panthers, for example, and, from 1958, Diary of a Pregnant Woman.
- 6/3/2010
- MUBI
Above: Mia Hansen-Løve, director of The Father of My Children. Photo by Fabrizio Maltese/Ef Press/fabriziomaltese.com.
When jaded cinephiles and old harrumphs say they don’t make them like they used to, or when, if you are lucky enough, you cast a long glance and sigh deeply at the touring Jean Renoir retrospective and wonder where the light and life of the cinema has gone, rest assured we try to keep alive the passion and perspicacity to stand here and now and point at films that we think shine brightly. And as the son of one of the greatest of painters has his films moved like a traveling blessing from New York to another lucky city, we are lucky to have a contemporary—I was about to say modern, but Renoir is perennially modern—film open to shine its play of daylight, capitalist melancholy, children’s playtime, the...
When jaded cinephiles and old harrumphs say they don’t make them like they used to, or when, if you are lucky enough, you cast a long glance and sigh deeply at the touring Jean Renoir retrospective and wonder where the light and life of the cinema has gone, rest assured we try to keep alive the passion and perspicacity to stand here and now and point at films that we think shine brightly. And as the son of one of the greatest of painters has his films moved like a traveling blessing from New York to another lucky city, we are lucky to have a contemporary—I was about to say modern, but Renoir is perennially modern—film open to shine its play of daylight, capitalist melancholy, children’s playtime, the...
- 5/28/2010
- MUBI
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