Sean Baker’s Anora has stormed to the top of Screen’s Cannes jury while Paolo Sorrentino’s Parthenope divided critics and Christophe Honoré’s Marcello Mio scored the lowest of this year’s festival so far.
Baker’s latest feature received a solid 3.3 - the first film this year to score an average above three stars, overtaking last year’s jury grid winner, Aki Kaurismäki’s Fallen Leaves (3.2).
The US comedy-drama about a sex worker received six scores of four stars (excellent) and four marks of three stars (good). Critics Katja Nicodemus (Germany’s Die Zeit) and Anton Dolin (Meduza) were less convinced,...
Baker’s latest feature received a solid 3.3 - the first film this year to score an average above three stars, overtaking last year’s jury grid winner, Aki Kaurismäki’s Fallen Leaves (3.2).
The US comedy-drama about a sex worker received six scores of four stars (excellent) and four marks of three stars (good). Critics Katja Nicodemus (Germany’s Die Zeit) and Anton Dolin (Meduza) were less convinced,...
- 5/22/2024
- ScreenDaily
Yorgos Lanthimos’ Kinds Of Kindness has landed top of Screen International’s Cannes jury grid with an average score of 2.4.
The triptych drama is the first film so far to receive a four (excellent), both from Le Meduza’s Anton Dolin and Screen’s own critic. Others were less convinced with Mathieu Macharet (France’s Le Monde) and Stephanie Zacharek (US Time) both giving it just one (poor).
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Lanthimos has proved divisive on the jury grid before, in 2017 with The Killing Of A Sacred Deer which scored a 1.9 overall...
The triptych drama is the first film so far to receive a four (excellent), both from Le Meduza’s Anton Dolin and Screen’s own critic. Others were less convinced with Mathieu Macharet (France’s Le Monde) and Stephanie Zacharek (US Time) both giving it just one (poor).
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Lanthimos has proved divisive on the jury grid before, in 2017 with The Killing Of A Sacred Deer which scored a 1.9 overall...
- 5/18/2024
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Screen International can reveal the critics participating in this year’s jury grid at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival (May 14-25).
Joining Screen’s reviewing team will be critics from 11 international outlets to give their verdict on the 22 films in Competition this year for the Palme d’Or.
This year’s critics are all returners to the jury grid with the exception of Nt Binh who replaces Michel Ciment for France’s Positif. Ciment passed away in November last year at 85 and was a long-time contributor to the jury grid.
The selection also includes Justin Chang for The New Yorker who...
Joining Screen’s reviewing team will be critics from 11 international outlets to give their verdict on the 22 films in Competition this year for the Palme d’Or.
This year’s critics are all returners to the jury grid with the exception of Nt Binh who replaces Michel Ciment for France’s Positif. Ciment passed away in November last year at 85 and was a long-time contributor to the jury grid.
The selection also includes Justin Chang for The New Yorker who...
- 5/13/2024
- ScreenDaily
Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala’s The Devil’s Bath and Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha’s My Favourite Cake have jointly topped Screen’s 2024 Berlin jury grid with an average score of 3.1.
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The last three titles to land, Meryam Joobeur’s Who Do I Belong To?; Gustav Möller’s Sons; and Min Bahadur Bham’s Shambhala, could not unseat the duo after scoring 2.8, 2.1 and 2.4 respectively.
Who Do I Belong To? follows a Tunisian mother struggling to cope when her jihadist son returns from Syria. It earned two fours (excellent) from Die Zeit’s Katja Nicodemus and Meduza’s Anton Dolin,...
See the final 2024 grid below.
The last three titles to land, Meryam Joobeur’s Who Do I Belong To?; Gustav Möller’s Sons; and Min Bahadur Bham’s Shambhala, could not unseat the duo after scoring 2.8, 2.1 and 2.4 respectively.
Who Do I Belong To? follows a Tunisian mother struggling to cope when her jihadist son returns from Syria. It earned two fours (excellent) from Die Zeit’s Katja Nicodemus and Meduza’s Anton Dolin,...
- 2/26/2024
- ScreenDaily
Michael Lockshin’s film adaption of Bulgakov’s anti-censorship masterpiece has become a box office hit in Russia against all odds
In an ironic twist, Russia’s wartime box office is being dominated by a blockbuster adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov’s Master and Margarita, a film that denounces censorship and was filmed by an American director who is “vocally anti-war”.
One leading film critic, Anton Dolin, told the Guardian it was the “best commercial film ever shot in [Vladimir] Putin’s Russia”. A movie’s runaway success can work against it in Russia now: the film has had to run the gauntlet of pro-Kremlin propagandists and censors, and in true Hollywood fashion it has triumphed against the odds.
In an ironic twist, Russia’s wartime box office is being dominated by a blockbuster adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov’s Master and Margarita, a film that denounces censorship and was filmed by an American director who is “vocally anti-war”.
One leading film critic, Anton Dolin, told the Guardian it was the “best commercial film ever shot in [Vladimir] Putin’s Russia”. A movie’s runaway success can work against it in Russia now: the film has had to run the gauntlet of pro-Kremlin propagandists and censors, and in true Hollywood fashion it has triumphed against the odds.
- 2/23/2024
- by Andrew Roth
- The Guardian - Film News
Psychological thriller The Devil’s Bath has scored an average of 3.1 from critics on Screen’s Berlin jury grid, meaning it is now the joint leader alongside My Favourite Cake.
The latest from Austrian Goodnight Mommy duo Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala received two four stars (excellent) from Barbara Hollender (Poland’s Rzeczpospolita) and Paolo Bertolin cinematografo.it while five critics gave it three (good). Rita Di Santo (UK’s Morning Star) was less in favour of the film, following a newly married woman in 1750 who commits a shocking act of violence, awarding it just one star (poor).
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The latest from Austrian Goodnight Mommy duo Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala received two four stars (excellent) from Barbara Hollender (Poland’s Rzeczpospolita) and Paolo Bertolin cinematografo.it while five critics gave it three (good). Rita Di Santo (UK’s Morning Star) was less in favour of the film, following a newly married woman in 1750 who commits a shocking act of violence, awarding it just one star (poor).
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- 2/22/2024
- ScreenDaily
Psychological thriller The Devil’s Bath has snapped up second place on Screen’s Berlin jury grid after scoring an average of 3.0 from the critics.
The latest from Austrian Goodnight Mommy duo Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala received one four (excellent) from Barbara Hollender (Poland’s Rzeczpospolita), followed by six threes (good) while Rita Di Santo (UK’s Morning Star) gave it a one (poor). Set in 1750, the thriller follows a newly married woman who commits a shocking act of violence.
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Receiving a 1.9 average was Black Tea from Mauritania-born filmmaker Abderrahmane Sissako.
The latest from Austrian Goodnight Mommy duo Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala received one four (excellent) from Barbara Hollender (Poland’s Rzeczpospolita), followed by six threes (good) while Rita Di Santo (UK’s Morning Star) gave it a one (poor). Set in 1750, the thriller follows a newly married woman who commits a shocking act of violence.
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Receiving a 1.9 average was Black Tea from Mauritania-born filmmaker Abderrahmane Sissako.
- 2/22/2024
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Psychological thriller The Devil’s Bath has snapped up second place on Screen’s Berlin jury grid after scoring an average of 3.0 from the critics.
The latest from Austrian Goodnight Mommy duo Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala received one four (excellent) from Barbara Hollender (Poland’s Rzeczpospolita), followed by six threes (good) while Rita Di Santo (UK’s Morning Star) gave it a one (poor). Set in 1750, the thriller follows a newly married woman who commits a shocking act of violence.
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Receiving a 1.9 average was Black Tea from Mauritania-born filmmaker Abderrahmane Sissako.
The latest from Austrian Goodnight Mommy duo Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala received one four (excellent) from Barbara Hollender (Poland’s Rzeczpospolita), followed by six threes (good) while Rita Di Santo (UK’s Morning Star) gave it a one (poor). Set in 1750, the thriller follows a newly married woman who commits a shocking act of violence.
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Receiving a 1.9 average was Black Tea from Mauritania-born filmmaker Abderrahmane Sissako.
- 2/22/2024
- ScreenDaily
Tim Mielants’ Berlinale opening film Small Things Like These is the first film to land on Screen’s Berlin 2024 Competition jury grid.
Cillian Murphy stars as a quiet man with a conscience in 1980s Ireland in this adaptation of Claire Keegan’s novella, which is produced by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s Artists Equity.
Eight critics are taking part in this year’s jury grid and will mark all 20 films playing in competition.
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The film divided critics, earning an average score of 2.4 overall. It received four two-star ratings...
Cillian Murphy stars as a quiet man with a conscience in 1980s Ireland in this adaptation of Claire Keegan’s novella, which is produced by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s Artists Equity.
Eight critics are taking part in this year’s jury grid and will mark all 20 films playing in competition.
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The film divided critics, earning an average score of 2.4 overall. It received four two-star ratings...
- 2/16/2024
- ScreenDaily
Just days after the Russian blockbuster “The Master and Margarita” surged to the top of the domestic box office, Kremlin cronies, pro-war propagandists and an army of online trolls have waged a campaign to discredit the film and its director, Michael Lockshin, a U.S. citizen who was raised in the Soviet Union and has been outspoken in his opposition to the war in Ukraine.
A source close to the film, who asked not to be named out of fear of potential repercussions, tells Variety that the movie’s staggering success and pointed critique of authoritarian rule has struck a nerve in right-wing circles at a time when Russian President Vladimir Putin has cracked down on any form of dissent.
“The propagandists are both envious and also hateful that a movie with an anti-censorship, anti-totalitarian, anti-war message is getting so much popularity, that they have doubled down,” the source said.
A source close to the film, who asked not to be named out of fear of potential repercussions, tells Variety that the movie’s staggering success and pointed critique of authoritarian rule has struck a nerve in right-wing circles at a time when Russian President Vladimir Putin has cracked down on any form of dissent.
“The propagandists are both envious and also hateful that a movie with an anti-censorship, anti-totalitarian, anti-war message is getting so much popularity, that they have doubled down,” the source said.
- 2/2/2024
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Despite a Hollywood boycott triggered by the Ukraine war, Russians are still able to access the big releases thanks to a network of illicit screenings
As the war in Ukraine grinds on, civil liberties rapidly evaporate, and a currency spirals ever downward, trips to the cinema may be the least of the average Russian’s worries. Hollywood studios pulled its films out of Russia back in March 2022, but that hasn’t stopped many Russians from enjoying them as a vibrant illegal market for screenings of globally popular films such as Barbie and Oppenheimer has emerged in Russia’s largest cities, including Moscow, St Petersburg and Kazan.
Anton Dolin, who until recently was editor of Iskusstvo Kino, one of Russia’s oldest and most popular film magazines, was forced to leave the country in 2022 after being targeted by pro-war ultranationalists. Speaking from Riga in Latvia, where he is currently living, Dolin...
As the war in Ukraine grinds on, civil liberties rapidly evaporate, and a currency spirals ever downward, trips to the cinema may be the least of the average Russian’s worries. Hollywood studios pulled its films out of Russia back in March 2022, but that hasn’t stopped many Russians from enjoying them as a vibrant illegal market for screenings of globally popular films such as Barbie and Oppenheimer has emerged in Russia’s largest cities, including Moscow, St Petersburg and Kazan.
Anton Dolin, who until recently was editor of Iskusstvo Kino, one of Russia’s oldest and most popular film magazines, was forced to leave the country in 2022 after being targeted by pro-war ultranationalists. Speaking from Riga in Latvia, where he is currently living, Dolin...
- 9/27/2023
- by Will McCurdy
- The Guardian - Film News
‘Asteroid City’ scored 2.2 while ‘Kidnapped’ received 2.5.
Wes Anderson’s ‘Asteroid City’ and Marco Bellocchio’s ‘Kidnapped’ land in the middle of Cannes 2023 jury grid, scoring 2.2 and 2.5 respectively.
Anderson’s third run for the Palme d’Or scored five three stars (good) and four two stars (average) while LA Times’ Justin Chang, Postif’s Michel Ciment and Time Magazine’s Stephanie Zacherek gave it one star (poor).
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Featuring an A-list ensemble cast including Tom Hanks, Scarlett Johansson and Margot Robbie, Asteroid City is set in a 1950’s US desert town...
Wes Anderson’s ‘Asteroid City’ and Marco Bellocchio’s ‘Kidnapped’ land in the middle of Cannes 2023 jury grid, scoring 2.2 and 2.5 respectively.
Anderson’s third run for the Palme d’Or scored five three stars (good) and four two stars (average) while LA Times’ Justin Chang, Postif’s Michel Ciment and Time Magazine’s Stephanie Zacherek gave it one star (poor).
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Featuring an A-list ensemble cast including Tom Hanks, Scarlett Johansson and Margot Robbie, Asteroid City is set in a 1950’s US desert town...
- 5/24/2023
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
Aki Kaurismaki’s latest is the new leader on the grid with a 3.2 average.
Aki Kaurismaki’s Fallen Leaves has snatched the top spot on the Cannes jury grid with an average score of 3.2.
The tragicomedy scored four fours (excellent) from Meduza’s Anton Dolin; Postif’s Michel Ciment; Time Magazine’s Stephanie Zacharek; and Roberebert.com’s Ben Kenigsberg. Kaurismäki’s film received a further six threes (good) and two twos (average).
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Hailing from Finland, Fallen Leaves centres around a shop assistant and alcoholic sandblaster who met one night in Helsinki.
Aki Kaurismaki’s Fallen Leaves has snatched the top spot on the Cannes jury grid with an average score of 3.2.
The tragicomedy scored four fours (excellent) from Meduza’s Anton Dolin; Postif’s Michel Ciment; Time Magazine’s Stephanie Zacharek; and Roberebert.com’s Ben Kenigsberg. Kaurismäki’s film received a further six threes (good) and two twos (average).
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Hailing from Finland, Fallen Leaves centres around a shop assistant and alcoholic sandblaster who met one night in Helsinki.
- 5/23/2023
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Monster scored 2.3 and Catherine Corsini’s Homecoming scored 2.
Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Monster and Catherine Corsini’s Homecoming are the first titles to land on Screen’s Cannes 2023 competition jury grid.
Kore-eda’s seventh competition entry received an average of 2.3 while Corsini’s return to Cannes averaged at 2.
This year, 12 critics are taking part in the jury grid to score all 21 titles competing for the festival’s Palme d’Or.
For the first time this year, the jury grid will update live on screendaily.com, in addition to being printed in our Cannes daillies.
Monster received a mixture...
Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Monster and Catherine Corsini’s Homecoming are the first titles to land on Screen’s Cannes 2023 competition jury grid.
Kore-eda’s seventh competition entry received an average of 2.3 while Corsini’s return to Cannes averaged at 2.
This year, 12 critics are taking part in the jury grid to score all 21 titles competing for the festival’s Palme d’Or.
For the first time this year, the jury grid will update live on screendaily.com, in addition to being printed in our Cannes daillies.
Monster received a mixture...
- 5/18/2023
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
Hirokazu Kore-eda and Catherine Corsini titles earn middling scores from our critics.
Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Monster and Catherine Corsini’s Homecoming are the first titles to land on Screen’s 2023 Cannes Competition jury grid.
Kore-eda’s seventh competition entry received an average of 2.3 while Corsini’s return to Cannes averaged at 2.0, with one score still to report.
This year, critics from 11 outlets, alongside Screen’s critics, are taking part to score all 21 titles competing for the festival’s Palme d’Or.
For the first time this year, the jury grid will update live on screendaily.com, in addition to being printed in our Cannes daillies.
Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Monster and Catherine Corsini’s Homecoming are the first titles to land on Screen’s 2023 Cannes Competition jury grid.
Kore-eda’s seventh competition entry received an average of 2.3 while Corsini’s return to Cannes averaged at 2.0, with one score still to report.
This year, critics from 11 outlets, alongside Screen’s critics, are taking part to score all 21 titles competing for the festival’s Palme d’Or.
For the first time this year, the jury grid will update live on screendaily.com, in addition to being printed in our Cannes daillies.
- 5/18/2023
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Monster scored 2.3 and Catherine Corsini’s Homecoming scored 1.9.
Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Monster and Catherine Corsini’s Homecoming are the first titles to land on Screen’s Cannes 2023 competition jury grid.
Kore-eda’s seventh competition entry received an average of 2.3 while Corsini’s return to Cannes averaged at 1.9.
This year, 12 critics are taking part in the jury grid to score all 21 titles competing for the festival’s Palme d’Or.
For the first time this year, the jury grid will update live on screendaily.com, in addition to being printed in our Cannes daillies.
Monster received a mixture...
Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Monster and Catherine Corsini’s Homecoming are the first titles to land on Screen’s Cannes 2023 competition jury grid.
Kore-eda’s seventh competition entry received an average of 2.3 while Corsini’s return to Cannes averaged at 1.9.
This year, 12 critics are taking part in the jury grid to score all 21 titles competing for the festival’s Palme d’Or.
For the first time this year, the jury grid will update live on screendaily.com, in addition to being printed in our Cannes daillies.
Monster received a mixture...
- 5/18/2023
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
Eight films have screened with 11 more to come.
As the Berlinale Competition nears the halfway point, Celine Song’s Past Lives is leading Screen’s Berlin 2023 jury grid with an average score of 3.6.
The romantic drama is way out in front after receiving five four-star ratings from critics – the highest mark meaning “excellent”.
Anton Dolin from Meduza and Katja Nicodemus from Die Zeit marked it lower, at three and two stars respectively.
Song’s debut feature follows two childhood friends from South Korea who reconnect for a few days in New York. It had its world premiere at Sundance last month.
As the Berlinale Competition nears the halfway point, Celine Song’s Past Lives is leading Screen’s Berlin 2023 jury grid with an average score of 3.6.
The romantic drama is way out in front after receiving five four-star ratings from critics – the highest mark meaning “excellent”.
Anton Dolin from Meduza and Katja Nicodemus from Die Zeit marked it lower, at three and two stars respectively.
Song’s debut feature follows two childhood friends from South Korea who reconnect for a few days in New York. It had its world premiere at Sundance last month.
- 2/20/2023
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
’Someday We’ll Tell Each Other Everything’, ’The Survival Of Kindness’ and ’BlackBerry’ land with middling scores.
Emily Atef’s Someday We’ll Tell Each Other Everything, Rolf de Heer’s The Survival Of Kindness and Matt Johnson’s BlackBerry are the first titles to land on Screen’s Berlin 2023 Competition jury grid.
De Heer’s film leads with an average of 2.4, followed closely by the other two titles on 2.3.
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Seven critics are taking part in this year’s jury grid and will mark all 19 films playing in competition.
The Survival Of Kindness received four three-star ratings...
Emily Atef’s Someday We’ll Tell Each Other Everything, Rolf de Heer’s The Survival Of Kindness and Matt Johnson’s BlackBerry are the first titles to land on Screen’s Berlin 2023 Competition jury grid.
De Heer’s film leads with an average of 2.4, followed closely by the other two titles on 2.3.
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Seven critics are taking part in this year’s jury grid and will mark all 19 films playing in competition.
The Survival Of Kindness received four three-star ratings...
- 2/18/2023
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
Kelly Reichardt’s ’Showing Up’ lands third on Screen’s Cannes jury grid.
Park Chan-wook’s Decision To Leave finishes on top of Screen’s Cannes jury grid with an average of 3.2 after Kelly Reichardt’s Showing Up and Léonor Serraille’s Mother And Son fail to match its score.
Reichardt’s Competition debut Showing Up landed in third place with an average of 2.7 after receiving five scores of three (good) from our jurors.
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The film, starring Michelle Williams, centres on a New York artist preparing for a show who must balance professional demands with...
Park Chan-wook’s Decision To Leave finishes on top of Screen’s Cannes jury grid with an average of 3.2 after Kelly Reichardt’s Showing Up and Léonor Serraille’s Mother And Son fail to match its score.
Reichardt’s Competition debut Showing Up landed in third place with an average of 2.7 after receiving five scores of three (good) from our jurors.
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The film, starring Michelle Williams, centres on a New York artist preparing for a show who must balance professional demands with...
- 5/28/2022
- by Melissa Kasule
- ScreenDaily
‘Tori And Lokita’ arrives fifth on Screen’s Cannes jury grid and divides the critics.
Mario Martone’s Nostalgia lands third on the jury grid while Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne’s Tori And Lokita splits our jurors.
The Palme d’Or winners secure a 2.5 average for Tori And Lokita which follows the friendship between a young boy and a girl as they make the perilous journey from Africa to Belgium. It gathered four threes (good) and three twos (average) from our jurors.
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Meduza’s Anton Dolin awarded the film a four (excellent), but a one...
Mario Martone’s Nostalgia lands third on the jury grid while Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne’s Tori And Lokita splits our jurors.
The Palme d’Or winners secure a 2.5 average for Tori And Lokita which follows the friendship between a young boy and a girl as they make the perilous journey from Africa to Belgium. It gathered four threes (good) and three twos (average) from our jurors.
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Meduza’s Anton Dolin awarded the film a four (excellent), but a one...
- 5/25/2022
- by Melissa Kasule
- ScreenDaily
With almost half of the titles scored, none have yet achieved an average score of three or higher.
Ali Abbasi’s serial killer drama Holy Spider has divided Screen’s Cannes jury grid critics, while Valeria Bruni Tedeschi’s Forever Young landed on the grid with the lowest average score so far.
Holy Spider, which follows a female journalist investigating the murder of sex workers in Iran, achieved a 2.1 average (with one score still to come in). The Telegraph’s Tim Robey and Robbie Collin and Meduza’s Anton Dolin awarded it a four (excellent), but it also picked up...
Ali Abbasi’s serial killer drama Holy Spider has divided Screen’s Cannes jury grid critics, while Valeria Bruni Tedeschi’s Forever Young landed on the grid with the lowest average score so far.
Holy Spider, which follows a female journalist investigating the murder of sex workers in Iran, achieved a 2.1 average (with one score still to come in). The Telegraph’s Tim Robey and Robbie Collin and Meduza’s Anton Dolin awarded it a four (excellent), but it also picked up...
- 5/23/2022
- by Melissa Kasule
- ScreenDaily
Latest films from Ruben Ostlund and Cristian Mungiu both earn a 2.5 average score.
Ruben Ostlund’s Triangle Of Sadness and Cristian Mungiu’s R.M.N. achieved an average score of 2.5 on Screen’s Cannes jury grid.
Woody Harrelson, Harris Dickinson and Charlbi Dean star in dark comedy Triangle Of Sadness, which follows a model couple on a yacht with the super-rich who found themselves stranded on a desert island.
Meduza’s Anton Dolin and Postif’s Michel Ciment awarded it four (excellent), but the average was dragged down by a zero (bad) from Le Monde’s Mathieu Macheret. Ostlund...
Ruben Ostlund’s Triangle Of Sadness and Cristian Mungiu’s R.M.N. achieved an average score of 2.5 on Screen’s Cannes jury grid.
Woody Harrelson, Harris Dickinson and Charlbi Dean star in dark comedy Triangle Of Sadness, which follows a model couple on a yacht with the super-rich who found themselves stranded on a desert island.
Meduza’s Anton Dolin and Postif’s Michel Ciment awarded it four (excellent), but the average was dragged down by a zero (bad) from Le Monde’s Mathieu Macheret. Ostlund...
- 5/22/2022
- by Melissa Kasule
- ScreenDaily
Jerzy Skolimowski’s ’Eo’, Tarik Saleh’s ’Boy From Heaven’ and Arnaud Desplechin’s ’Brother and Sister’ also land on the jury grid.
James Gray’s Armageddon Time has taken the early lead on Screen’s Cannes jury grid with an average of 2.8 (with one score incoming), whilst the first scores for Jerzy Skolimowski’s Eo, Tarik Saleh’s Boy From Heaven and Arnaud Desplechin’s Brother And Sister are also in.
Period drama Armageddon Time, which stars Jeremy Strong, Anthony Hopkins and Anne Hathaway, received fours (excellent) from Le Monde’s Mathieu Macheret and Time Magazine’s Stephanie Zacharek.
James Gray’s Armageddon Time has taken the early lead on Screen’s Cannes jury grid with an average of 2.8 (with one score incoming), whilst the first scores for Jerzy Skolimowski’s Eo, Tarik Saleh’s Boy From Heaven and Arnaud Desplechin’s Brother And Sister are also in.
Period drama Armageddon Time, which stars Jeremy Strong, Anthony Hopkins and Anne Hathaway, received fours (excellent) from Le Monde’s Mathieu Macheret and Time Magazine’s Stephanie Zacharek.
- 5/21/2022
- by Melissa Kasule
- ScreenDaily
Critics reviewing for 10 international outlets will join Screen’s own reviewing team to give their verdicts on each of the 21 films in Competition.
Screen International has revealed its critics for the jury grid that will run throughout the 2022 Cannes Film Festival (May 17-28).
Critics reviewing for 10 international outlets will join Screen’s own reviewing team to give their verdicts on each of the 21 films in Competition for the Palme d’Or this year.
This year Screen’s long-term Russian contributor to the jury, Anton Dolin, will be joined by his Ukrainian counterpart, Nataliia Serebriakova. Both have had to leave their...
Screen International has revealed its critics for the jury grid that will run throughout the 2022 Cannes Film Festival (May 17-28).
Critics reviewing for 10 international outlets will join Screen’s own reviewing team to give their verdicts on each of the 21 films in Competition for the Palme d’Or this year.
This year Screen’s long-term Russian contributor to the jury, Anton Dolin, will be joined by his Ukrainian counterpart, Nataliia Serebriakova. Both have had to leave their...
- 5/12/2022
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
“An intellectual today in Russia cannot afford to be silent,” said Vladimir Mirzoev.
The number of voices within the Russian film community actively speaking out against the Russian invasion of Ukraine is growing daily, as filmmakers Vitaly Mansky, Vladimir Mirzoev and Ilya Khrzhanovskiy and actresses Chulpan Khamatova and Ksenija Rappoport join the call to end the war
Mansky and Khamatova are signatories along with other filmmakers including Ivan Vyrypaev (Euphoria), Tofig Shahverdiev (Our Whole Life Is A Crime), and Andrey Smirnov (A Frenchman), as well as film critic Anton Dolin to an online appeal published by journalist and author Mikhail Zygar...
The number of voices within the Russian film community actively speaking out against the Russian invasion of Ukraine is growing daily, as filmmakers Vitaly Mansky, Vladimir Mirzoev and Ilya Khrzhanovskiy and actresses Chulpan Khamatova and Ksenija Rappoport join the call to end the war
Mansky and Khamatova are signatories along with other filmmakers including Ivan Vyrypaev (Euphoria), Tofig Shahverdiev (Our Whole Life Is A Crime), and Andrey Smirnov (A Frenchman), as well as film critic Anton Dolin to an online appeal published by journalist and author Mikhail Zygar...
- 2/27/2022
- by Geoffrey Macnab¬Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
“An intellectual today in Russia cannot afford to be silent,” said Vladimir Mirzoev.
The number of voices within the Russian film community actively speaking out against the Russian invasion of Ukraine is growing daily, as filmmakers Vitaly Mansky, Vladimir Mirzoev and Ilya Khrzhanovskiy and actresses Chulpan Khamatova and Ksenija Rappoport join the call to end the war
Mansky and Khamatova are signatories along with other filmmakers including Ivan Vyrypaev (Euphoria), Tofig Shahverdiev (Our Whole Life Is A Crime), and Andrey Smirnov (A Frenchman), as well as film critic Anton Dolin to an online appeal published by journalist and author Mikhail Zygar...
The number of voices within the Russian film community actively speaking out against the Russian invasion of Ukraine is growing daily, as filmmakers Vitaly Mansky, Vladimir Mirzoev and Ilya Khrzhanovskiy and actresses Chulpan Khamatova and Ksenija Rappoport join the call to end the war
Mansky and Khamatova are signatories along with other filmmakers including Ivan Vyrypaev (Euphoria), Tofig Shahverdiev (Our Whole Life Is A Crime), and Andrey Smirnov (A Frenchman), as well as film critic Anton Dolin to an online appeal published by journalist and author Mikhail Zygar...
- 2/27/2022
- by Martin Blaney¬Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
“An intellectual today in Russia cannot afford to be silent,” said Vladimir Mirzoev.
The number of voices within the Russian film community actively speaking out against the Russian invasion of Ukraine is growing daily, as leading independent producer Artem Vasilyev of Moscow-based Metrafilms, filmmakers Vitaly Mansky, Vladimir Mirzoev and Ilya Khrzhanovskiy and actresses Chulpan Khamatova and Ksenija Rappoport join the call to end the war.
“This is all wrong,” Vasilyev told Screen of his opinion of the invasion. “I know many people in the Ukrainian film community and I am shocked that the situation has developed in this way.”
Additionally,...
The number of voices within the Russian film community actively speaking out against the Russian invasion of Ukraine is growing daily, as leading independent producer Artem Vasilyev of Moscow-based Metrafilms, filmmakers Vitaly Mansky, Vladimir Mirzoev and Ilya Khrzhanovskiy and actresses Chulpan Khamatova and Ksenija Rappoport join the call to end the war.
“This is all wrong,” Vasilyev told Screen of his opinion of the invasion. “I know many people in the Ukrainian film community and I am shocked that the situation has developed in this way.”
Additionally,...
- 2/27/2022
- by Martin Blaney¬Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
Today’s grid also includes Ildiko Enyedi’s ’The Story Of My Wife’.
Jacques Audiard’s Paris, 13th District and Sean Baker’s Red Rocket achieved middling scores on Screen‘s Cannes jury grid, whilst Ildiko Enyedi’s The Story Of My Wife failed to impress the majority of our jurors.
The latest film from Jacques Audiard – a Palme d’Or winner in 2015 with Dheepan – came out on top of the new arrivals with a score of 2.5, placing it fifth on the grid - just behind Asghar Farhadi’s A Hero. Helping the average were scores of four (excellent) from...
Jacques Audiard’s Paris, 13th District and Sean Baker’s Red Rocket achieved middling scores on Screen‘s Cannes jury grid, whilst Ildiko Enyedi’s The Story Of My Wife failed to impress the majority of our jurors.
The latest film from Jacques Audiard – a Palme d’Or winner in 2015 with Dheepan – came out on top of the new arrivals with a score of 2.5, placing it fifth on the grid - just behind Asghar Farhadi’s A Hero. Helping the average were scores of four (excellent) from...
- 7/15/2021
- by Melissa Kasule
- ScreenDaily
Leos Carax’s ‘Annette’ leads Nadav Lapid’s ’Ahed’s Knee’ and Francois Ozon’s ’Everything Went Fine’.
Leos Carax’s opening-night film Annette has taken the early lead on Screen’s 2021 Cannes jury grid, with three films seen so far by our jurors.
The film, which stars Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard, has an average of three stars, scoring three or four stars from more than half of the critics. However, Screen International’s critic and Positif’s Michel Ciment were the exceptions, both giving the film a less impressive two.
The romantic musical set in Los Angeles is about...
Leos Carax’s opening-night film Annette has taken the early lead on Screen’s 2021 Cannes jury grid, with three films seen so far by our jurors.
The film, which stars Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard, has an average of three stars, scoring three or four stars from more than half of the critics. However, Screen International’s critic and Positif’s Michel Ciment were the exceptions, both giving the film a less impressive two.
The romantic musical set in Los Angeles is about...
- 7/8/2021
- by Melissa Kasule
- ScreenDaily
Critics will score the 24 titles in Competition at Cannes
Screen can reveal its critics for the jury grid that will run throughout Cannes 2021 (July 6-17).
There will be 10 submitting entries, comprising 12 different critics including Screen’s own team. Each member will review the 24 titles in Competition and assign a score ranging from zero (bad) up to four stars (excellent).The scores will be aggregated to crown an overall winner.
The results will be published in Screen’s daily magazines at Cannes as well as here on Screendaily.com.
The participating critics are:
Tim Robey/Robbie Collin, The Telegraph, UK Peter Bradshaw,...
Screen can reveal its critics for the jury grid that will run throughout Cannes 2021 (July 6-17).
There will be 10 submitting entries, comprising 12 different critics including Screen’s own team. Each member will review the 24 titles in Competition and assign a score ranging from zero (bad) up to four stars (excellent).The scores will be aggregated to crown an overall winner.
The results will be published in Screen’s daily magazines at Cannes as well as here on Screendaily.com.
The participating critics are:
Tim Robey/Robbie Collin, The Telegraph, UK Peter Bradshaw,...
- 7/7/2021
- by Melissa Kasule
- ScreenDaily
The treaty is expected to come into effect by the end of the year.
Russia is set to sign a bilateral co-production agreement with Israel, it was announced at Key Buyers Event: Digital (June 8-10), the audiovisual content market organised by Russian state film body Roskino.
Speaking at a panel on co-production opportunities on Tuesday (June 8), Leonid Demchenko, head of the documentaries and animation cinema department at the Ministry of Culture and Russia’s Eurimages representative said: “I know that there is a need for this treaty and Israeli producers want to cooperate with us. Hopefully, the treaty will come...
Russia is set to sign a bilateral co-production agreement with Israel, it was announced at Key Buyers Event: Digital (June 8-10), the audiovisual content market organised by Russian state film body Roskino.
Speaking at a panel on co-production opportunities on Tuesday (June 8), Leonid Demchenko, head of the documentaries and animation cinema department at the Ministry of Culture and Russia’s Eurimages representative said: “I know that there is a need for this treaty and Israeli producers want to cooperate with us. Hopefully, the treaty will come...
- 6/10/2021
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
Distributor World Pictures cut three minutes of an intimate scene.
Russian cinemagoers will soon be able to see the full version of Harry Macqueen’s Supernova, following a backlash against a censored version that was released by local distributor World Pictures.
The UK film, which stars Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci as a gay couple, was originally released in Russia last month with three minutes cut from the feature by the distributor, namely a scene in which the married couple unsuccessfully try to have sex.
But following an outcry from director Macqueen, several Russian film critics and the Russian LGBT community,...
Russian cinemagoers will soon be able to see the full version of Harry Macqueen’s Supernova, following a backlash against a censored version that was released by local distributor World Pictures.
The UK film, which stars Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci as a gay couple, was originally released in Russia last month with three minutes cut from the feature by the distributor, namely a scene in which the married couple unsuccessfully try to have sex.
But following an outcry from director Macqueen, several Russian film critics and the Russian LGBT community,...
- 4/7/2021
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
Top spot shared with ‘Mr Bachmann And His Class’.
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s tripartite feature Wheel Of Fortune And Fantasy took the joint lead of Screen’s jury grid, recording a strong 3.3 average as the grid nears its conclusion.
It shares the top spot with Mr Bachmann And His Class, with all films having received their scores bar Alonso Ruizpalacios’ A Cop Movie, which has five still to come.
As well as being joint-highest scorer, Wheel… took the most consistent marks on the grid so far.
As well as six threes (good), it took fours (excellent) from Meduza/ Film Art’s...
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s tripartite feature Wheel Of Fortune And Fantasy took the joint lead of Screen’s jury grid, recording a strong 3.3 average as the grid nears its conclusion.
It shares the top spot with Mr Bachmann And His Class, with all films having received their scores bar Alonso Ruizpalacios’ A Cop Movie, which has five still to come.
As well as being joint-highest scorer, Wheel… took the most consistent marks on the grid so far.
As well as six threes (good), it took fours (excellent) from Meduza/ Film Art’s...
- 3/5/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Critics will rate all 15 titles in the Berlinale Competition.
Screen is launching its jury grid for the 2021 Berlin Film Festival (March 1-5), the first edition of the event to run online.
Eight critics will watch each of the 15 titles, with the average of their scores providing an overall leading title.
This year’s participating critics are:
Rita Di Santo, The Morning Star, UK Paolo Bertolin, Rivista del Cinematografo, Italy Katja Nicodemus, Die Zeit, Germany Anton Dolin, Meduza/Film Art, Russia Stephen Schaefer, The Boston Herald, US Nick James, Sight & Sound, UK Mathieu Macheret, Le Monde/Cahiers Du Cinéma, France Screen International,...
Screen is launching its jury grid for the 2021 Berlin Film Festival (March 1-5), the first edition of the event to run online.
Eight critics will watch each of the 15 titles, with the average of their scores providing an overall leading title.
This year’s participating critics are:
Rita Di Santo, The Morning Star, UK Paolo Bertolin, Rivista del Cinematografo, Italy Katja Nicodemus, Die Zeit, Germany Anton Dolin, Meduza/Film Art, Russia Stephen Schaefer, The Boston Herald, US Nick James, Sight & Sound, UK Mathieu Macheret, Le Monde/Cahiers Du Cinéma, France Screen International,...
- 3/1/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
‘Days’, ‘Undine’ come second and third; Abel Ferrara’s ‘Siberia’ last.
Eliza Hittman’s teenage pregnancy drama Never Rarely Sometimes Always has won the Screen Berlin 2020 Competition jury grid, with an average score of 3.4.
It pipped Tsai Ming-liang’s Days by one point, having gained top score fours (excellent) from three critics: Segnocinema’s Paolo Bertolin, Meduza’s Anton Dolin and The Morning Star’s Rita Di Santo. It was the only title to receive solely positive scores of either four or three (good).
Behind the 3.3 score of Days was Christian Petzold’s Undine, with a 3.1 average.
The 3.4 score tops...
Eliza Hittman’s teenage pregnancy drama Never Rarely Sometimes Always has won the Screen Berlin 2020 Competition jury grid, with an average score of 3.4.
It pipped Tsai Ming-liang’s Days by one point, having gained top score fours (excellent) from three critics: Segnocinema’s Paolo Bertolin, Meduza’s Anton Dolin and The Morning Star’s Rita Di Santo. It was the only title to receive solely positive scores of either four or three (good).
Behind the 3.3 score of Days was Christian Petzold’s Undine, with a 3.1 average.
The 3.4 score tops...
- 2/29/2020
- by 1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
Only two titles can now top ‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always’.
Tsai Ming-liang’s Taiwanese title Days has performed strongly on Screen’s Berlin 2020 Competition jury grid, achieving a 3.3 average for second place with just two titles to go.
Days received three top scores of four (excellent), from Meduza’s Anton Dolin, The Morning Star’s Rita Di Santo and Screen’s own critic – the joint-most of any title this year with grid leader Never Rarely Sometimes Always.
It did not receive any negative marks, with only one two (average) from Dagens Nyheter’s Helena Lindblad.
The film centres on Kang and Non,...
Tsai Ming-liang’s Taiwanese title Days has performed strongly on Screen’s Berlin 2020 Competition jury grid, achieving a 3.3 average for second place with just two titles to go.
Days received three top scores of four (excellent), from Meduza’s Anton Dolin, The Morning Star’s Rita Di Santo and Screen’s own critic – the joint-most of any title this year with grid leader Never Rarely Sometimes Always.
It did not receive any negative marks, with only one two (average) from Dagens Nyheter’s Helena Lindblad.
The film centres on Kang and Non,...
- 2/28/2020
- by 1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always’ still leads.
Burhan Qurbani’s Berlin Alexanderplatz and Sally Potter’s The Roads Not Taken scored low on Screen’s Berlin 2020 Competition jury grid, as controversial Russian title Dau. Natasha split opinion for a joint-third place spot.
Qurbani’s adaptation of Alfred Döblin’s 1929 novel scored three ones (poor) from Segnocinema’s Paolo Bertolin, Meduza’s Anton Dolin, and The Morning Star’s Rita Di Santo, as well as three twos (average), with only one positive score of three (good) from Dagens Nyheter’s Helena Lindblad. This brought it an average of 1.7, the fourth-lowest score on the grid.
Burhan Qurbani’s Berlin Alexanderplatz and Sally Potter’s The Roads Not Taken scored low on Screen’s Berlin 2020 Competition jury grid, as controversial Russian title Dau. Natasha split opinion for a joint-third place spot.
Qurbani’s adaptation of Alfred Döblin’s 1929 novel scored three ones (poor) from Segnocinema’s Paolo Bertolin, Meduza’s Anton Dolin, and The Morning Star’s Rita Di Santo, as well as three twos (average), with only one positive score of three (good) from Dagens Nyheter’s Helena Lindblad. This brought it an average of 1.7, the fourth-lowest score on the grid.
- 2/27/2020
- by 1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
‘The Woman Who Ran’, ‘Bad Tales’ score moderately.
Eliza Hittman’s Us drama Never Rarely Sometimes Always has become the runaway leader on Screen’s Berlin 2020 Competition jury grid.
The film achieved 3.4 - 0.3 ahead of the previous leader, Christian Petzold’s Undine.
This is also significantly ahead of the 3.0 for Synonyms and A Tale Of Three Sisters, the tied winners for 2019; and tops the 3.3 of 2018 winner Isle Of Dogs.
Segnocinema’s Paolo Bertolin, Meduza’s Anton Dolin and The Morning Star’s Rita Di Santo each gave it a top-score four (excellent), with the remaining three critics to have scored...
Eliza Hittman’s Us drama Never Rarely Sometimes Always has become the runaway leader on Screen’s Berlin 2020 Competition jury grid.
The film achieved 3.4 - 0.3 ahead of the previous leader, Christian Petzold’s Undine.
This is also significantly ahead of the 3.0 for Synonyms and A Tale Of Three Sisters, the tied winners for 2019; and tops the 3.3 of 2018 winner Isle Of Dogs.
Segnocinema’s Paolo Bertolin, Meduza’s Anton Dolin and The Morning Star’s Rita Di Santo each gave it a top-score four (excellent), with the remaining three critics to have scored...
- 2/26/2020
- by 1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
Seven critics are participating in this year’s grid.
Screen has launched its jury grid for the Berlinale 2020 Competition films, with Natalia Meta’s The Intruder and Giorgio Diritti’s Hidden Away both marking average scores.
Participating critics on the grid for this year are:
Helena Lindblad, Dagens Nyheter, Sweden Anton Dolin, Meduza, Russia Katja Nicodemus, Die Zeit, Germany Wang Muyan, The Paper, China Rita Di Santo, The Morning Star, UK Paolo Bertolin, Segnocinema, Italy Screen’s own critic
As in previous years, each critic watches each Competition film and awards a star rating on the following scale: four (excellent...
Screen has launched its jury grid for the Berlinale 2020 Competition films, with Natalia Meta’s The Intruder and Giorgio Diritti’s Hidden Away both marking average scores.
Participating critics on the grid for this year are:
Helena Lindblad, Dagens Nyheter, Sweden Anton Dolin, Meduza, Russia Katja Nicodemus, Die Zeit, Germany Wang Muyan, The Paper, China Rita Di Santo, The Morning Star, UK Paolo Bertolin, Segnocinema, Italy Screen’s own critic
As in previous years, each critic watches each Competition film and awards a star rating on the following scale: four (excellent...
- 2/22/2020
- by 1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
Berlin-based boutique sales outfit M-Appeal has acquired erotic drama “Fidelity” (Vernost), a Russian female version of Steve McQueen’s “Shame.” Nigina Sayfullaeva’s film – a box-office hit at home for Sony Pictures – will have its international premiere at the Rotterdam Film Festival in January.
“Fidelity” centers on Lena, an obstetrician and gynecologist, and her husband Sergey, who is an actor in a provincial theater. Their relationship is tender and close, but devoid of sex. Lena suspects that he is having an affair, but she suffers in silence without letting her jealousy show. She starts cheating on him with random men, and slowly but surely, her infidelity spins out of control.
The film has attracted much comment in the media and social media in Russia, where the issue of female sexuality is less openly discussed than in the West. Russian film critic Anton Dolin said the film “is a revolution because...
“Fidelity” centers on Lena, an obstetrician and gynecologist, and her husband Sergey, who is an actor in a provincial theater. Their relationship is tender and close, but devoid of sex. Lena suspects that he is having an affair, but she suffers in silence without letting her jealousy show. She starts cheating on him with random men, and slowly but surely, her infidelity spins out of control.
The film has attracted much comment in the media and social media in Russia, where the issue of female sexuality is less openly discussed than in the West. Russian film critic Anton Dolin said the film “is a revolution because...
- 12/3/2019
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Legendary singer Elton John has slammed Russian movie distributors after they censored his biopic "Rocketman" and excluded several scenes showing gay sex and affection from the film.
The singer and the makers of "Rocketman" issued a joint statement saying they rejected the censorship "in the strongest possible terms", reported people.com.
Also Read:?Rocketman Movie Review
"We reject in the strongest possible terms the decision to pander to local laws and censor 'Rocketman' for the Russian market, a move we were unaware of until today," the statement read.
"Paramount Pictures have been brave and bold partners in allowing us to create a film which is a true representation of Elton's extraordinary life, warts and all," the statement continued.
"That the local distributor has edited out certain scenes, denying the audience the opportunity to see the film as it was intended is a sad reflection of the divided world...
The singer and the makers of "Rocketman" issued a joint statement saying they rejected the censorship "in the strongest possible terms", reported people.com.
Also Read:?Rocketman Movie Review
"We reject in the strongest possible terms the decision to pander to local laws and censor 'Rocketman' for the Russian market, a move we were unaware of until today," the statement read.
"Paramount Pictures have been brave and bold partners in allowing us to create a film which is a true representation of Elton's extraordinary life, warts and all," the statement continued.
"That the local distributor has edited out certain scenes, denying the audience the opportunity to see the film as it was intended is a sad reflection of the divided world...
- 6/1/2019
- GlamSham
Elton John is slamming Russian movie distributors after they censored Rocketman and excluded several scenes showing gay sex and affection from the film.
In a joint statement obtained by People, the 72-year-old singer and the filmmakers of the musical biopic stated, “We reject in the strongest possible terms the decision to pander to local laws and censor Rocketman for the Russian market, a move we were unaware of until today.”
“Paramount Pictures have been brave and bold partners in allowing us to create a film which is a true representation of Elton’s extraordinary life, warts and all,” the statement continued.
In a joint statement obtained by People, the 72-year-old singer and the filmmakers of the musical biopic stated, “We reject in the strongest possible terms the decision to pander to local laws and censor Rocketman for the Russian market, a move we were unaware of until today.”
“Paramount Pictures have been brave and bold partners in allowing us to create a film which is a true representation of Elton’s extraordinary life, warts and all,” the statement continued.
- 5/31/2019
- by Alexia Fernandez
- PEOPLE.com
Elton John and the filmmakers behind Rocketman released a joint statement protesting reports that Russian censors were editing scenes of homosexuality out of the biopic. The film contains imagery of men undressing and kissing, having sex and participating in a fantasy orgy.
“We reject in the strongest possible terms the decision to pander to local laws and censor Rocketman for the Russian market, a move we were unaware of until today,” the statement reads.
“Paramount Pictures have been brave and bold partners in allowing us to create a film which...
“We reject in the strongest possible terms the decision to pander to local laws and censor Rocketman for the Russian market, a move we were unaware of until today,” the statement reads.
“Paramount Pictures have been brave and bold partners in allowing us to create a film which...
- 5/31/2019
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Elton John and the filmmakers behind the biopic on his life “Rocketman” have condemned the censorship of their film in Russian theaters, in which the local distributor removed “certain scenes” that the filmmakers say is “cruelly unaccepting of the love between two people.”
John is seen in a sex scene with another man in the film, and the singer is openly gay. The Guardian reported earlier Friday that a local Russian distributor cut all scenes featuring gay sex or men kissing due to Russian laws banning “homosexual propaganda,” an estimated five minutes of total footage.
John and the filmmakers said that they were unaware of the changes until today.
Also Read: 'Rocketman:' What Was Elton John's Real Troubadour Concert Like?
“We reject in the strongest possible terms the decision to pander to local laws and censor ‘Rocketman’ for the Russian market, a move we were unaware of until today,...
John is seen in a sex scene with another man in the film, and the singer is openly gay. The Guardian reported earlier Friday that a local Russian distributor cut all scenes featuring gay sex or men kissing due to Russian laws banning “homosexual propaganda,” an estimated five minutes of total footage.
John and the filmmakers said that they were unaware of the changes until today.
Also Read: 'Rocketman:' What Was Elton John's Real Troubadour Concert Like?
“We reject in the strongest possible terms the decision to pander to local laws and censor ‘Rocketman’ for the Russian market, a move we were unaware of until today,...
- 5/31/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
When Russian moviegoers turn out to see Dexter Fletcher’s lauded Elton John biopic “Rocketman” in the coming weeks, they will not be getting the full picture. The Guardian reports that the Taron Egerton-starring musical has been cut by an estimated five minutes due to Russia’s laws banning “homosexual propaganda.” The outlet reports that popular Russian film critic Anton Dolin took to Facebook after seeing the film in Russia (and after seeing its original version earlier this month), commenting that “all scenes with kissing, sex and oral sex between men have been cut out.”
Dolin added that “the nastiest part is that the final caption has been removed from the finale,” referring to a final sequence that offers updates on John’s life today and of course includes mentions of John with his real-life husband, David Furnish, and a note on how the pair are happily raising their two children together.
Dolin added that “the nastiest part is that the final caption has been removed from the finale,” referring to a final sequence that offers updates on John’s life today and of course includes mentions of John with his real-life husband, David Furnish, and a note on how the pair are happily raising their two children together.
- 5/31/2019
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
The Russian distributors of Elton John biopic Rocketman have cut scenes depicting gay sex and drug taking, according to local film critics.
At a Moscow preview of the movie, which is due to be released Thursday across Russia, up to five minutes of content had been cut and the closing credits amended to drop references to the children the British rock singer is raising with his partner, David Furnish.
Anton Dolin, one of Russia's best-known film critics, said in a Facebook post that "all scenes with kissing and sex between men were cut out." He added that an ...
At a Moscow preview of the movie, which is due to be released Thursday across Russia, up to five minutes of content had been cut and the closing credits amended to drop references to the children the British rock singer is raising with his partner, David Furnish.
Anton Dolin, one of Russia's best-known film critics, said in a Facebook post that "all scenes with kissing and sex between men were cut out." He added that an ...
- 5/31/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Russian distributors of Elton John biopic Rocketman have cut scenes depicting gay sex and drug taking, according to local film critics.
At a Moscow preview of the movie, which is due to be released Thursday across Russia, up to five minutes of content had been cut and the closing credits amended to drop references to the children the British rock singer is raising with his partner, David Furnish.
Anton Dolin, one of Russia's best-known film critics, said in a Facebook post that "all scenes with kissing and sex between men were cut out." He added that an ...
At a Moscow preview of the movie, which is due to be released Thursday across Russia, up to five minutes of content had been cut and the closing credits amended to drop references to the children the British rock singer is raising with his partner, David Furnish.
Anton Dolin, one of Russia's best-known film critics, said in a Facebook post that "all scenes with kissing and sex between men were cut out." He added that an ...
- 5/31/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Local distributor reportedly releases version missing five minutes.
Elton John on Friday (May 31) condemned the actions of a local distributor in Russia after it reportedly cut scenes depicting gay sex and drug use in Rocketman.
The singer reacted after a Russian film critic posted on Facebook following a preview screening of the biopic and alerted the world to the cuts, which according to reports have trimmed around five minutes of the original run time in service to Russia’s “homosexual propaganda” laws.
The critic, Anton Dolin, claimed the distributor also changed the original film’s final caption, which said John...
Elton John on Friday (May 31) condemned the actions of a local distributor in Russia after it reportedly cut scenes depicting gay sex and drug use in Rocketman.
The singer reacted after a Russian film critic posted on Facebook following a preview screening of the biopic and alerted the world to the cuts, which according to reports have trimmed around five minutes of the original run time in service to Russia’s “homosexual propaganda” laws.
The critic, Anton Dolin, claimed the distributor also changed the original film’s final caption, which said John...
- 5/31/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Both titles recorded an average of 2.5.
Corneliu Porumboiu’s The Whistlers and Terrence Malick’s A Hidden Life are the latest titles to bed down on Screen’s Cannes 2019 jury grid, with both films receiving the same average of 2.5.
Porumboiu recorded consistent scores across his 10 marks, with four threes (good) and four twos (average) broken only by a four (excellent) from Meduza’s Anton Dolin and a one (poor) from Sight And Sound’s Nick James.
The Whistlers stars Vlad Ivanov as a corrupt cop who gets involved in a high-stakes heist, using the secret whistling language spoken on the Spanish island of La Gomera.
Corneliu Porumboiu’s The Whistlers and Terrence Malick’s A Hidden Life are the latest titles to bed down on Screen’s Cannes 2019 jury grid, with both films receiving the same average of 2.5.
Porumboiu recorded consistent scores across his 10 marks, with four threes (good) and four twos (average) broken only by a four (excellent) from Meduza’s Anton Dolin and a one (poor) from Sight And Sound’s Nick James.
The Whistlers stars Vlad Ivanov as a corrupt cop who gets involved in a high-stakes heist, using the secret whistling language spoken on the Spanish island of La Gomera.
- 5/20/2019
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Brazilian film ’Bacurau’ moves into second place.
Mati Diop’s Atlantics, and Bacurau by Kleber Mendonça Filho and Julia Dornelles are the latest two films to take their spots on Screen’s Cannes 2019 jury grid, which has seen an increase from each of the four titles so far.
Diop, who is the first black woman to have a film in Competition at the festival, scored well with her debut feature, with a 2.8 average. This included the first two ‘four’ scores (excellent) on this year’s grid, from Julien Gester and Didier Peron of Libération, and Anton Dolin of Meduza.
Only...
Mati Diop’s Atlantics, and Bacurau by Kleber Mendonça Filho and Julia Dornelles are the latest two films to take their spots on Screen’s Cannes 2019 jury grid, which has seen an increase from each of the four titles so far.
Diop, who is the first black woman to have a film in Competition at the festival, scored well with her debut feature, with a 2.8 average. This included the first two ‘four’ scores (excellent) on this year’s grid, from Julien Gester and Didier Peron of Libération, and Anton Dolin of Meduza.
Only...
- 5/17/2019
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
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