On Saturday, March 23, 2019, stars and athletes from around the country, gathered at the J.W. Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa in Phoenix, Arizona to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Celebrity Fight Night.
Reba McEntire speaks onstage during Celebrity Fight Night Xxv
Credit/Copyright: Amy Sussman/Getty Images for Celebrity Fight Night
Grammy Award winning superstar of country music Reba McEntire returned for her fifteenth year as emcee.
Lonnie Ali introduced this year’s illustrious honorees, and was joined by each of them on stage. Dr. Michael Crow, president of Arizona State, was honored for his unparalleled work as an educator, knowledge enterprise architect, science and technology policy scholar, and higher education leader. Muhammad Ali’s neurologist, Dr. Abe Lieberman was recognized for not only his dedication and achievements professionally, but for his commitment to the Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center. More than 40,000 patients received treatment from Dr. Lieberman during his 50 years as a neurologist.
Reba McEntire speaks onstage during Celebrity Fight Night Xxv
Credit/Copyright: Amy Sussman/Getty Images for Celebrity Fight Night
Grammy Award winning superstar of country music Reba McEntire returned for her fifteenth year as emcee.
Lonnie Ali introduced this year’s illustrious honorees, and was joined by each of them on stage. Dr. Michael Crow, president of Arizona State, was honored for his unparalleled work as an educator, knowledge enterprise architect, science and technology policy scholar, and higher education leader. Muhammad Ali’s neurologist, Dr. Abe Lieberman was recognized for not only his dedication and achievements professionally, but for his commitment to the Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center. More than 40,000 patients received treatment from Dr. Lieberman during his 50 years as a neurologist.
- 3/27/2019
- Look to the Stars
Three generations of women reunite and come apart during one turbulent weekend in Barrage, a small and somewhat evocative second feature from Luxembourgish writer-director Laura Schroeder (Schatzritter).
The fact that one of those woman is Isabelle Huppert and the other, her real-life daughter Lolita Chammah, makes this intimate and well-played drama a veritable affaire de famille (and the second one since they played together in the 2010 comedy Copacabana). After premiering in Berlin’s Forum sidebar, the film could find overseas takers looking to appease their local Huppert completists, of which the number seems to be growing by the hour.
Set...
The fact that one of those woman is Isabelle Huppert and the other, her real-life daughter Lolita Chammah, makes this intimate and well-played drama a veritable affaire de famille (and the second one since they played together in the 2010 comedy Copacabana). After premiering in Berlin’s Forum sidebar, the film could find overseas takers looking to appease their local Huppert completists, of which the number seems to be growing by the hour.
Set...
- 2/10/2017
- by Jordan Mintzer
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Family drama unites Golden Globe winner Huppert with daughter Lolita Chammah on the big screen.
Paris-based Luxbox has boarded sales on Laura Schroeder’s family drama Barrage, which unites Isabelle Huppert and daughter Lolita Chammah on the big screen.
The film will get its world premiere in the Forum section of the 2017 Berlinale.
Chammah stars as Catherine, a young woman who returns to Luxembourg after a 10-year absence to spend time with her daughter Alba, who she abandoned to the care of her mother Elisabeth (Huppert).
Alba, played by French child actress Themis Pauwels, gives Catherine a cold reception while Elisabeth is equally unwelcoming, perceiving her daughter as a threat to her role as the child’s main carer.
In a bid to rekindle her motherly bond with Alba, Catherine “kidnaps” her daughter and takes her on a trip to a lake in the north of the country. The main obstacle to their relationship, she discovers...
Paris-based Luxbox has boarded sales on Laura Schroeder’s family drama Barrage, which unites Isabelle Huppert and daughter Lolita Chammah on the big screen.
The film will get its world premiere in the Forum section of the 2017 Berlinale.
Chammah stars as Catherine, a young woman who returns to Luxembourg after a 10-year absence to spend time with her daughter Alba, who she abandoned to the care of her mother Elisabeth (Huppert).
Alba, played by French child actress Themis Pauwels, gives Catherine a cold reception while Elisabeth is equally unwelcoming, perceiving her daughter as a threat to her role as the child’s main carer.
In a bid to rekindle her motherly bond with Alba, Catherine “kidnaps” her daughter and takes her on a trip to a lake in the north of the country. The main obstacle to their relationship, she discovers...
- 1/19/2017
- ScreenDaily
Barrage
Director: Laura Schroeder
Writer: Laura Schroeder, Marie Nimier
Luxembourgian filmmaker Laura Schroeder makes our list with her sophomore feature Barrage as it stars Isabelle Huppert and her daughter Lolita Chammah, who were last co-stars in Marc Fitoussi’s effervescent Copacabana (2010).
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Director: Laura Schroeder
Writer: Laura Schroeder, Marie Nimier
Luxembourgian filmmaker Laura Schroeder makes our list with her sophomore feature Barrage as it stars Isabelle Huppert and her daughter Lolita Chammah, who were last co-stars in Marc Fitoussi’s effervescent Copacabana (2010).
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- 1/4/2017
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Isabelle Huppert has had a stellar year, making a splash in two critically acclaimed films this year: Mia Hansen-Løve’s “Things to Come” and Paul Verhoeven’s “Elle,” which could earn her an Oscar nomination.
With a career spanning over four decades and with over 100 credits to her name, the French actress has earned 15 César nominations, winning the coveted Best Actress award in 1995 for her role in “La cérémonie.” She also has a BAFTA Award, won two Best Actress titles at the Cannes Film Festival and most recently won Best Actress at the 2016 Gotham Awards. To pay tribute to her remarkable career, filmmaker Candice Drouet created the video essay, “Isabelle Huppert: 100 Faces.”
The clip includes scenes from “Every Man for Himself,” “Copacabana,” “Violette Nozière,” “8 Women” and many others. The video looks at Huppert’s previous work and adds tidbits about her roles, like the fact that she portrayed a...
With a career spanning over four decades and with over 100 credits to her name, the French actress has earned 15 César nominations, winning the coveted Best Actress award in 1995 for her role in “La cérémonie.” She also has a BAFTA Award, won two Best Actress titles at the Cannes Film Festival and most recently won Best Actress at the 2016 Gotham Awards. To pay tribute to her remarkable career, filmmaker Candice Drouet created the video essay, “Isabelle Huppert: 100 Faces.”
The clip includes scenes from “Every Man for Himself,” “Copacabana,” “Violette Nozière,” “8 Women” and many others. The video looks at Huppert’s previous work and adds tidbits about her roles, like the fact that she portrayed a...
- 12/10/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
A 14-year-old French girl isn’t exactly enthusiastic when she’s assigned a one-week work placement at the insurance company where her mother’s a mid-level employee in the cleverly titled French dramedy Trainee Day (Maman a tort). After the nuanced and warmly funny Copacabana, a Cannes Critics Week title that starred Isabelle Huppert and her real-life offspring Lolita Chammah as a mother-daughter pairing, director Marc Fitoussi delivers another fascinating mother-daughter portrait here that explores female family dynamics against the backdrop of soul-crushing office work. Though a tad long and meandering, this is yet another solid entry into Fitoussi’s filmography that explores the...
- 11/11/2016
- by Boyd van Hoeij
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Trainee Day
Director: Marc Fitoussi
Writer: Marc Fitoussi
French director Marc Fitoussi is one of several notable filmmakers with an impressive body of work but whose titles never seem to snag Us distribution. He’s been making features for the past decade, including light, frothy comedies such as a pair of Isabelle Huppert headliners like Copacabana (2010) and Paris Follies (2014), a rather loose update on Madame Bovary. He’ll unveil his fifth feature in 2016 with Maman a tort (aka Trainee Day), reuniting with Belgian actress Emile Dequenne who starred in his 2007 debut film La Vie d’Artiste. The film features rising star Jeanne Jestin (of Farhadi’s The Past) as a young woman who discovers a different side of her mother after taking a position at the same office.
Cast: Jeanne Jestin, Emilie Dequenne, Camille Chamoux, Sabrina Ouazani
Production Co.: Avenue B Productions, Versus Production
U.S. Distributor: Rights available...
Director: Marc Fitoussi
Writer: Marc Fitoussi
French director Marc Fitoussi is one of several notable filmmakers with an impressive body of work but whose titles never seem to snag Us distribution. He’s been making features for the past decade, including light, frothy comedies such as a pair of Isabelle Huppert headliners like Copacabana (2010) and Paris Follies (2014), a rather loose update on Madame Bovary. He’ll unveil his fifth feature in 2016 with Maman a tort (aka Trainee Day), reuniting with Belgian actress Emile Dequenne who starred in his 2007 debut film La Vie d’Artiste. The film features rising star Jeanne Jestin (of Farhadi’s The Past) as a young woman who discovers a different side of her mother after taking a position at the same office.
Cast: Jeanne Jestin, Emilie Dequenne, Camille Chamoux, Sabrina Ouazani
Production Co.: Avenue B Productions, Versus Production
U.S. Distributor: Rights available...
- 1/6/2016
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Biggest slate to date also includes Planetarium, Money’s Money and Overdrive.
Kinology will launch sales on French director Marc Fitoussi’s coming-of-age tale Trainee Day at the American Film Market (Afm) (Nov 4-11), in what could be one of the busiest markets yet for Gregory Melin’s Paris-based sales company.
Rising actress Jeanne Jestin, who first hit the big screen in Asghar Farhadi’s The Past, plays a teenager who discovers another side to her mother when she takes work experience at her backstabbing office.
Belgian actress Emilie Desquenne, who appeared in Fitoussi’s first feature La Vie d’Artiste, is the mother. Other cast members include director Xavier Beauvois and Sabrina Ouazani.
Fitoussi’s past credits include Copacabana and the Madame Bovary-inspired Folies Bergere, both starring Isabelle Huppert.
Paris-based Kinology will be at the Afm with one its biggest slates to date.
It will also reveal first footage on a number of upcoming films including...
Kinology will launch sales on French director Marc Fitoussi’s coming-of-age tale Trainee Day at the American Film Market (Afm) (Nov 4-11), in what could be one of the busiest markets yet for Gregory Melin’s Paris-based sales company.
Rising actress Jeanne Jestin, who first hit the big screen in Asghar Farhadi’s The Past, plays a teenager who discovers another side to her mother when she takes work experience at her backstabbing office.
Belgian actress Emilie Desquenne, who appeared in Fitoussi’s first feature La Vie d’Artiste, is the mother. Other cast members include director Xavier Beauvois and Sabrina Ouazani.
Fitoussi’s past credits include Copacabana and the Madame Bovary-inspired Folies Bergere, both starring Isabelle Huppert.
Paris-based Kinology will be at the Afm with one its biggest slates to date.
It will also reveal first footage on a number of upcoming films including...
- 10/30/2015
- ScreenDaily
Hovering around the twenty-one to twenty-four feature film mark with at least a quarter of those films belonging to first time filmmakers, the Quinzaine des Realisateurs (a.k.a Directors’ Fortnight) has in the past couple of years, counted on a healthy supply of French, Spanish and Belgium produced film items, and has been geared towards the offbeat genre items as with last year’s edition curated by Edouard Waintrop and co. To be unveiled on the 22nd, as we attempted with our Critics’ Week predix, Blake Williams, Nicholas Bell and I (Eric Lavallee) are thinking out loud and hedging our bets on what the section might look like or what the programmers might be looking at for 2014. Here is our predictions overview:
Alleluia
Six years after presenting Vinyan at the Venice Film Festival, Fabrice Du Welz finally returns with potentially not one, but a pair of works for the ’14 campaign.
Alleluia
Six years after presenting Vinyan at the Venice Film Festival, Fabrice Du Welz finally returns with potentially not one, but a pair of works for the ’14 campaign.
- 4/16/2014
- by IONCINEMA.com Contributing Writers
- IONCINEMA.com
Paris Follies
Director: Marc Fitoussi
Writer: Marc Fitoussi
Producer: Avenue B Productions
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Anais Demoustier, Michael Nyqvist, Marina Fois
Well, you can hardly have a proper list without an Isabelle Huppert vehicle, and her re-teaming with Marc Fitoussi (who directed her and daughter Lolita Chammah in 2010′s Copacabana, which premiered in Critics’ Week at Cannes) lands a spot on our list, though this sounds like the type of light-hearted melodrama that Huppert tends to avoid (though their previous work gave her a rare opportunity to be an effervescent air head). 2014 will be a light year for Huppert, as two delayed projects (Body Art with Luca Guadagnino apparently has been temporarily delayed while Joachim Trier’s Louder Than Bombs just got back on tracks) means we will have to wait till 2015 to see her in multiple titles. But we’re more than...
Director: Marc Fitoussi
Writer: Marc Fitoussi
Producer: Avenue B Productions
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Anais Demoustier, Michael Nyqvist, Marina Fois
Well, you can hardly have a proper list without an Isabelle Huppert vehicle, and her re-teaming with Marc Fitoussi (who directed her and daughter Lolita Chammah in 2010′s Copacabana, which premiered in Critics’ Week at Cannes) lands a spot on our list, though this sounds like the type of light-hearted melodrama that Huppert tends to avoid (though their previous work gave her a rare opportunity to be an effervescent air head). 2014 will be a light year for Huppert, as two delayed projects (Body Art with Luca Guadagnino apparently has been temporarily delayed while Joachim Trier’s Louder Than Bombs just got back on tracks) means we will have to wait till 2015 to see her in multiple titles. But we’re more than...
- 2/21/2014
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Pauline at the Beach: Fitoussi’s Breezy Caper Good for a Laugh
Director Marc Fitoussi seems inclined toward breezy-haired, bauble headed gamines that get jostled around like seaweed in unpredictable waters. While his 2010 film Copacabana was a notable comedy starring Isabelle Huppert as the comic foil (rather than the ‘straight man’ for once), his latest reunites him with Sandrine Kiberlain, who starred in his 2007 debut, La Vie D’Artist. It’s quite easy to see why he’s attracted such talents as he seems to have a knack for an offbeat drollery with actresses that seem unconventional leads in a comedic vehicle. Inconsequential? Perhaps. But there’s an undeniable delight in watching his funny ladies as they cross in and out of slight frippery. While his features are hard to get a hold of in the Us, possibly because of their very slightness, his latest, like his others, is certainly...
Director Marc Fitoussi seems inclined toward breezy-haired, bauble headed gamines that get jostled around like seaweed in unpredictable waters. While his 2010 film Copacabana was a notable comedy starring Isabelle Huppert as the comic foil (rather than the ‘straight man’ for once), his latest reunites him with Sandrine Kiberlain, who starred in his 2007 debut, La Vie D’Artist. It’s quite easy to see why he’s attracted such talents as he seems to have a knack for an offbeat drollery with actresses that seem unconventional leads in a comedic vehicle. Inconsequential? Perhaps. But there’s an undeniable delight in watching his funny ladies as they cross in and out of slight frippery. While his features are hard to get a hold of in the Us, possibly because of their very slightness, his latest, like his others, is certainly...
- 1/8/2014
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
A charming, Gallic comedy featuring one of France’s greatest actresses.
Anne Fontaine’s latest confection, My Worst Nightmare, is a delightful vehicle for the awesome talent of Isabelle Huppert. Fontaine, while not the strongest director/writer, has scored her best feature since the subtle and chic Nathalie… (2003). Known for her infamously icy demeanor, Huppert has been no stranger to comedy as of late, playing a bobble-head mother in Copacabana, (2010) and a similar role in Me and My Sister, (2004). However, Fontaine gives her a role (which she has stated she wrote with Huppert in mind) where she can transcend the type A bitch personality and be somewhat of a romantic foil as well.
Huppert plays Agathe, a notoriously bitchy art gallery owner (her favorite demand, acidly uttered, “Be precise”) married to a publisher, Francois (Dussollier). At a school parent/teacher meeting, Agathe runs up against Patrick (Poelvoorde), a slovenly, uncouth...
Anne Fontaine’s latest confection, My Worst Nightmare, is a delightful vehicle for the awesome talent of Isabelle Huppert. Fontaine, while not the strongest director/writer, has scored her best feature since the subtle and chic Nathalie… (2003). Known for her infamously icy demeanor, Huppert has been no stranger to comedy as of late, playing a bobble-head mother in Copacabana, (2010) and a similar role in Me and My Sister, (2004). However, Fontaine gives her a role (which she has stated she wrote with Huppert in mind) where she can transcend the type A bitch personality and be somewhat of a romantic foil as well.
Huppert plays Agathe, a notoriously bitchy art gallery owner (her favorite demand, acidly uttered, “Be precise”) married to a publisher, Francois (Dussollier). At a school parent/teacher meeting, Agathe runs up against Patrick (Poelvoorde), a slovenly, uncouth...
- 10/17/2012
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
With Hong Sang-Soo's The Day He Arrives currently on the festival circuit, the prolific director is well along with his next film (like a South Korean Woody Allen, Hong Sang Soo puts out one film a year like clock-work), and the casting is rather interesting. Screen reports that iconic French star Isabelle Huppert, last seen in Claire Denis' White Materials, a regular in the films of Michael Haneke and currently promoting Marc Fitoussi's comedy Copacabana, has been cast as the lead and the film is currently shooting. This might be the first time that the auteur director has cast a significant part outside of South Korea. There are no story details or even a title for the film, but Screen notes that the expectations is...
- 7/13/2011
- Screen Anarchy
The 15th City of Lights, City of Angels, a festival with both a handy acronym, Col•Coa, and a winning subtitle, "A Week of French Film Premieres in Hollywood," has opened with Philippe Le Guay's Service Entrance and closes on Sunday with Dany Boon's Nothing to Declare. In all, 34 features and 26 shorts will be screened, and we're teaming up with the festival to present five of those shorts for free. All five have been made by students of La fémis in Paris (whose alumni, by the way, include Laurent Cantet, Costa-Gavras, Claire Denis, Louis Malle, Arnaud Desplechin, Claude Miller, François Ozon and Alain Resnais). You can view our offering here.
In Brice Pancot's À cor et à cir (image above), a woman who's just turned her car over is discovered by a man and his son; see the teaser here. In Marion Desseigne-Ravel's Uniform (Les Murs...
In Brice Pancot's À cor et à cir (image above), a woman who's just turned her car over is discovered by a man and his son; see the teaser here. In Marion Desseigne-Ravel's Uniform (Les Murs...
- 4/18/2011
- MUBI
Set in France and Belgium, Copacabana unveils the tale of a holdover bohemian trying to impress her grown daughter. The film stars real-life mother-daughter duo Isabelle Huppert and Lolita Chammah as the flighty Babou and her more conventionally prone daughter, Esméralda.
At the start, the pair live together in Northern France. While Esméralda works as a waitress and dates a rather bland young man, her mother flits from job to job, griping about the bourgeoisie and fixating on Brazilian music. But Babou calls her life into question when Esméralda reveals she is engaged but doesn’t want her at the ceremony. Rightly rattled, Babou pursues a job opportunity selling timeshares in Belgium, hoping to prove to her daughter that she can settle down and be the mother she wants. Yet even in this new setting Babou falls into old habits, bedding down with a gruff but lovable dock worker, befriending...
At the start, the pair live together in Northern France. While Esméralda works as a waitress and dates a rather bland young man, her mother flits from job to job, griping about the bourgeoisie and fixating on Brazilian music. But Babou calls her life into question when Esméralda reveals she is engaged but doesn’t want her at the ceremony. Rightly rattled, Babou pursues a job opportunity selling timeshares in Belgium, hoping to prove to her daughter that she can settle down and be the mother she wants. Yet even in this new setting Babou falls into old habits, bedding down with a gruff but lovable dock worker, befriending...
- 3/29/2011
- by Kristy Puchko
- The Film Stage
Have you picked up your tickets yet?
It’s that time of the year, when the early film festivals debut/premiere some of the films that we’ll be talking about later on in the year.
Sundance, Berlin, Pan African, Fespaco, and South By Southwest Film Festivals are done! And this week, the 40th installment of the New Directors/New Films Film Festival here in New York City, begins!
Press screenings for the festival end today, and I saw around 10 films. I’ve already reviewed 4 or so of them, with another 5 or 6 reviews coming, today and tomorrow. I’ll also include a brief write-up of what to expect at the festival, films you should see, those that you could skip, etc… so stay tuned for that.
The lineup of the New Directors/New Films Film Festival follows below, and those of you who live in New York, or who are...
It’s that time of the year, when the early film festivals debut/premiere some of the films that we’ll be talking about later on in the year.
Sundance, Berlin, Pan African, Fespaco, and South By Southwest Film Festivals are done! And this week, the 40th installment of the New Directors/New Films Film Festival here in New York City, begins!
Press screenings for the festival end today, and I saw around 10 films. I’ve already reviewed 4 or so of them, with another 5 or 6 reviews coming, today and tomorrow. I’ll also include a brief write-up of what to expect at the festival, films you should see, those that you could skip, etc… so stay tuned for that.
The lineup of the New Directors/New Films Film Festival follows below, and those of you who live in New York, or who are...
- 3/21/2011
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
By Annlee Ellingson
(March 2011)
Nestled in the heart of Silicon Valley, the Cinequest Film Festival has merged film and technology for two decades. The event was an early adopter of digital capture and exhibition as well as distribution across all platforms from the big screen to DVD to TV to the Internet to handheld devices.
The tradition continues in the festival’s 21st edition with a program that includes 3-D programming and panels, including the world premiere of the stereo version of “Plan 9 from Outer Space,” two 3-D shorts programs and seminars on the art and science of stereo filmmaking.
Meanwhile, Cinequest is screening 173 films this year from 41 countries — 75 of which are U.S., North American or world premieres. Audiences are expected to near 100,000, with more than 700 artists slated to attend.
This evening’s opening-night film is “Passione,” John Turturro’s musical love poem to the city of Naples.
(March 2011)
Nestled in the heart of Silicon Valley, the Cinequest Film Festival has merged film and technology for two decades. The event was an early adopter of digital capture and exhibition as well as distribution across all platforms from the big screen to DVD to TV to the Internet to handheld devices.
The tradition continues in the festival’s 21st edition with a program that includes 3-D programming and panels, including the world premiere of the stereo version of “Plan 9 from Outer Space,” two 3-D shorts programs and seminars on the art and science of stereo filmmaking.
Meanwhile, Cinequest is screening 173 films this year from 41 countries — 75 of which are U.S., North American or world premieres. Audiences are expected to near 100,000, with more than 700 artists slated to attend.
This evening’s opening-night film is “Passione,” John Turturro’s musical love poem to the city of Naples.
- 3/2/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
By Annlee Ellingson
(March 2011)
Nestled in the heart of Silicon Valley, the Cinequest Film Festival has merged film and technology for two decades. The event was an early adopter of digital capture and exhibition as well as distribution across all platforms from the big screen to DVD to TV to the Internet to handheld devices.
The tradition continues in the festival’s 21st edition with a program that includes 3-D programming and panels, including the world premiere of the stereo version of “Plan 9 from Outer Space,” two 3-D shorts programs and seminars on the art and science of stereo filmmaking.
Meanwhile, Cinequest is screening 173 films this year from 41 countries — 75 of which are U.S., North American or world premieres. Audiences are expected to near 100,000, with more than 700 artists slated to attend.
This evening’s opening-night film is “Passione,” John Turturro’s musical love poem to the city of Naples.
(March 2011)
Nestled in the heart of Silicon Valley, the Cinequest Film Festival has merged film and technology for two decades. The event was an early adopter of digital capture and exhibition as well as distribution across all platforms from the big screen to DVD to TV to the Internet to handheld devices.
The tradition continues in the festival’s 21st edition with a program that includes 3-D programming and panels, including the world premiere of the stereo version of “Plan 9 from Outer Space,” two 3-D shorts programs and seminars on the art and science of stereo filmmaking.
Meanwhile, Cinequest is screening 173 films this year from 41 countries — 75 of which are U.S., North American or world premieres. Audiences are expected to near 100,000, with more than 700 artists slated to attend.
This evening’s opening-night film is “Passione,” John Turturro’s musical love poem to the city of Naples.
- 3/2/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
Celebrating its 40th year of spotlighting the world’s best up-and-coming feature filmmakers, the Museum of Modern Art and Film Society of Lincoln Center’s prestigious New Directors/New Films series has chosen Portland-based experimental filmmaker Matt McCormick‘s Some Days Are Better Than Others to screen.
McCormick is hardly a “new” director. He’s been making short films and music videos since 1999. However, Some Days Are Better Than Others is his first feature-length project. The movie follows the lives of several quirky Portland residents who all experience the good times of their lives slipping quickly into memory, while their more painful moments are so difficult to let go of.
Starring in the film is Carrie Brownstein, the former guitarist and singer for the band Sleater-Kinney and current star of the hit IFC cable TV series Portlandia. Brownstein previously appeared in Miranda July’s short film Getting Stronger Every Day...
McCormick is hardly a “new” director. He’s been making short films and music videos since 1999. However, Some Days Are Better Than Others is his first feature-length project. The movie follows the lives of several quirky Portland residents who all experience the good times of their lives slipping quickly into memory, while their more painful moments are so difficult to let go of.
Starring in the film is Carrie Brownstein, the former guitarist and singer for the band Sleater-Kinney and current star of the hit IFC cable TV series Portlandia. Brownstein previously appeared in Miranda July’s short film Getting Stronger Every Day...
- 2/17/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
The Museum of Modern Art and the Film Society of Lincoln Center Announce Feature Film Lineup for the 40th Annual New Directors/New Films March 23 . April 3
J.C. Chandor.s .Margin Call. is the Opening Night presentation with Maryam Keshavarz.s Award-winning .Circumstance. the Closing Night selection
The Museum of Modern Art and the Film Society of Lincoln Center announced the full lineup today for the 40th edition of New Directors/New Films (March 23 . April 3). Dedicated to the discovery of new works by emerging and dynamic filmmaking talent, the film festival will screen 28 feature films (24 narrative, 4 documentary) representing 22 countries.
The opening night feature is J.C. Chandor.s Margin Call. Screening on Wednesday, March 23, at 7:00Pm at MoMA, Chandor’s feature film directing debut is a timely and terrifying dramatic expose that tackles twenty-four hours on an investment bank trading floor; a day that brings layer upon layer of human and...
J.C. Chandor.s .Margin Call. is the Opening Night presentation with Maryam Keshavarz.s Award-winning .Circumstance. the Closing Night selection
The Museum of Modern Art and the Film Society of Lincoln Center announced the full lineup today for the 40th edition of New Directors/New Films (March 23 . April 3). Dedicated to the discovery of new works by emerging and dynamic filmmaking talent, the film festival will screen 28 feature films (24 narrative, 4 documentary) representing 22 countries.
The opening night feature is J.C. Chandor.s Margin Call. Screening on Wednesday, March 23, at 7:00Pm at MoMA, Chandor’s feature film directing debut is a timely and terrifying dramatic expose that tackles twenty-four hours on an investment bank trading floor; a day that brings layer upon layer of human and...
- 2/17/2011
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
NYC’s New Directors/New Films Festival Unveils Lineup (“Pariah,” “Black Power Mixtape”) Make The Cut
Ahhh yes, it’s that time of the year, when the early film festivals debut/premiere some of the films that we’ll be talking about later on in the year.
Sundance is done; the Berlin and Pan African Film Festivals are currently underway; the South By Southwest Film Festival takes over Austin, TX in less than a month! And a few days after it ends, the 40th installment of the New Directors/New Films Film Festival here in New York City, begins!
Can’t you just feel the excitement in the air? I can!
And I feel even better knowing that I was granted press credentials by the festival organizers, meaning I’ll be seeing as many of these films for Free, with reviews to follow on this site, afterward, as usual.
The lineup of the New Directors/New Films Film Festival was just unveiled, and those of you who live in New York,...
Sundance is done; the Berlin and Pan African Film Festivals are currently underway; the South By Southwest Film Festival takes over Austin, TX in less than a month! And a few days after it ends, the 40th installment of the New Directors/New Films Film Festival here in New York City, begins!
Can’t you just feel the excitement in the air? I can!
And I feel even better knowing that I was granted press credentials by the festival organizers, meaning I’ll be seeing as many of these films for Free, with reviews to follow on this site, afterward, as usual.
The lineup of the New Directors/New Films Film Festival was just unveiled, and those of you who live in New York,...
- 2/16/2011
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
Sneak Peek "Copacabana", the upcoming French comedy feature directed by Marc Fitoussi, starring Isabelle Huppert as 'Babou'.
Cast also includes Aure Atika as 'Lydie', Lolita Chammah as 'Esméralda', Jurgen Delnaet as 'Bart', Chantal Banlier as 'Irène', Magali Woch as 'Sophie', Nelly Antignac as 'Amandine', Guillaume Gouix as 'Kurt', Joachim Lombard as 'Justin' and Noémie Lvovsky as 'Suzanne'.
"...'Babou' (Huppert) is boldly unconventional and cheerful. Never having cared about social conventions before, she is suddenly faced with the realization that her own daughter is ashamed of her and therefore refuses to invite her to her wedding. Hurt in her pride, Babou tries to regain her daughter's respect by starting anew. She accepts the challenge of selling time-sharing-flats at the Belgian seaside during the off-season, in a desperate attempt to prove her real worth and her motherly love to her daughter..."
The film was released in France July 2010 with a North American release Tba.
Cast also includes Aure Atika as 'Lydie', Lolita Chammah as 'Esméralda', Jurgen Delnaet as 'Bart', Chantal Banlier as 'Irène', Magali Woch as 'Sophie', Nelly Antignac as 'Amandine', Guillaume Gouix as 'Kurt', Joachim Lombard as 'Justin' and Noémie Lvovsky as 'Suzanne'.
"...'Babou' (Huppert) is boldly unconventional and cheerful. Never having cared about social conventions before, she is suddenly faced with the realization that her own daughter is ashamed of her and therefore refuses to invite her to her wedding. Hurt in her pride, Babou tries to regain her daughter's respect by starting anew. She accepts the challenge of selling time-sharing-flats at the Belgian seaside during the off-season, in a desperate attempt to prove her real worth and her motherly love to her daughter..."
The film was released in France July 2010 with a North American release Tba.
- 11/3/2010
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Copacabana
Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Aure Atika, Lolita Chammah, Jurgen Delnaet | Written and Directed by Marc Fitoussi
This would be the second Isabelle Huppert film I have seen at the London Film Festival thus far and Copacabana is a far superior film to the disappointing Special Treatment . Babou (Huppert) is an initially very annoying Frenchwoman who has flitted from place to place in her life, enjoyed her travels and perceived rebellion against bourgeois society, yet failed to put down roots and now finds herself unemployed. She has a daughter, Esme (played by Huppert’s real life daughter Lolita Chammah), who is much more strait-laced than her mother and is marrying a boring executive. The final straw comes when Esme tells her mother not to attend her wedding, partly to save her from paying for any of it but mostly because Esme is embarrassed by her. Distraught, Babou finds work as selling...
Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Aure Atika, Lolita Chammah, Jurgen Delnaet | Written and Directed by Marc Fitoussi
This would be the second Isabelle Huppert film I have seen at the London Film Festival thus far and Copacabana is a far superior film to the disappointing Special Treatment . Babou (Huppert) is an initially very annoying Frenchwoman who has flitted from place to place in her life, enjoyed her travels and perceived rebellion against bourgeois society, yet failed to put down roots and now finds herself unemployed. She has a daughter, Esme (played by Huppert’s real life daughter Lolita Chammah), who is much more strait-laced than her mother and is marrying a boring executive. The final straw comes when Esme tells her mother not to attend her wedding, partly to save her from paying for any of it but mostly because Esme is embarrassed by her. Distraught, Babou finds work as selling...
- 10/24/2010
- by Jack Kirby
- Nerdly
Jason Solomons at the London film festival sees Ron Galella reverting to type, notes Darren Aronofsky's links to the 'hottest Jewish actresses' and recommends five festival highlights
Once a paparazzo…
Among the excellent documentaries at Lff was Smash His Camera, by Leon Gast (When We Were Kings), focusing on pioneering New York paparazzo/celebrity photographer Ron Galella, the man Brando thumped and Jackie O sued. As the Lff programme notes: "At 79, Ron will still take considerable risks for his shots." Indeed. Ron was a fully accredited guest of the festival last week. However, on his way in on a rare excursion behind the velvet ropes of a VIP area, Ron spied Hilary Swank and Sam Rockwell attending the line-up for their film, Conviction. Quick as a flashbulb, Ron left his delegation, whipped out his camera and fired off some very up-close shots of a surprised Hilary. Cinema: the great leveller of celebrity.
Once a paparazzo…
Among the excellent documentaries at Lff was Smash His Camera, by Leon Gast (When We Were Kings), focusing on pioneering New York paparazzo/celebrity photographer Ron Galella, the man Brando thumped and Jackie O sued. As the Lff programme notes: "At 79, Ron will still take considerable risks for his shots." Indeed. Ron was a fully accredited guest of the festival last week. However, on his way in on a rare excursion behind the velvet ropes of a VIP area, Ron spied Hilary Swank and Sam Rockwell attending the line-up for their film, Conviction. Quick as a flashbulb, Ron left his delegation, whipped out his camera and fired off some very up-close shots of a surprised Hilary. Cinema: the great leveller of celebrity.
- 10/23/2010
- by Jason Solomons
- The Guardian - Film News
Belgium's official bid for the Best Foreign Language Film award at next year's Oscars, and Isabelle Huppert's latest, "Copacabana," will bookend the 23rd edition of the AFI European Union Film Showcase, that takes place November 4 - 23 at the AFI Silver Theater in Silver Spring, Maryland. This year's Showcase will feature over 40 feature films drawn from all 27 countries of the European Union. The Belgian opener, Olivier Masset-Depasse's refugee ...
- 10/21/2010
- Indiewire
"The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" ruled the foreign theatrical circuit for a second straight session, grossing $81.1 million -- a 22% drop from its opening launch -- over five days from 9,440 screens in 63 markets. Overseas boxoffice total stands at $219 million in 12 days.
The 20th Century Fox sci-fi/action film "Predators," the latest spinoff of director John McTiernan's 1987 title starring Arnold Schwarzenegger -- this one co-produced by Robert Rodriguez and directed by Nimrod Antal with Adrien Brody starring -- opened in 22 markets for $17.3 million from 3,155 locations.
A No. 3 bow in the U.K. led the way with $3.3 million drawn from 396 locations. A Japan debut provided a No. 4 slot and $2.7 million derived from 373 locations. "Predators" also landed the No. 4 spot on the weekend overall.
"The Last Airbender," director M. Night Shyamalan's fantasy adventure based on a Nickelodeon animated TV series, premiered in four offshore territories for a weekend tally of $9 million from a total of 923 sites.
The 20th Century Fox sci-fi/action film "Predators," the latest spinoff of director John McTiernan's 1987 title starring Arnold Schwarzenegger -- this one co-produced by Robert Rodriguez and directed by Nimrod Antal with Adrien Brody starring -- opened in 22 markets for $17.3 million from 3,155 locations.
A No. 3 bow in the U.K. led the way with $3.3 million drawn from 396 locations. A Japan debut provided a No. 4 slot and $2.7 million derived from 373 locations. "Predators" also landed the No. 4 spot on the weekend overall.
"The Last Airbender," director M. Night Shyamalan's fantasy adventure based on a Nickelodeon animated TV series, premiered in four offshore territories for a weekend tally of $9 million from a total of 923 sites.
- 7/11/2010
- by By Frank Segers
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Kinology is heading to Cannes with a single title in Copacabana – the Isabelle Huppert starring with her daughter comedy is a focal point in the Critic's Week section this year. It's the projects that they've got on the sales slate that have got my ears perked up in an upright position – beginning with Juan Solanas' next - he is currently shooting Upside Down in Montreal, while Andrew Niccol is still in pre-production mod with The Cross. - Kinology is heading to Cannes with a single title in Copacabana – the Isabelle Huppert starring with her daughter comedy is a focal point in the Critic's Week section this year. It's the projects that they've got on the sales slate that have got my ears perked up in an upright position – beginning with Juan Solanas' next - he is currently shooting Upside Down in Montreal, while Andrew Niccol is...
- 5/11/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
Kinology is heading to Cannes with a single title in Copacabana – the Isabelle Huppert starring with her daughter comedy is a focal point in the Critic's Week section this year. It's the projects that they've got on the sales slate that have got my ears perked up in an upright position – beginning with Juan Solanas' next - he is currently shooting Upside Down in Montreal, while Andrew Niccol is still in pre-production mod with The Cross – if I remember correctly it was first announced at last year's Cannes and they are trying to bring down the price tag on the 50 million dollar-ish production. French items worth keeping an eye out for are Benoît Philippon's Lullaby for Pi – which was shot in Canada and would logically find a spot at Tiff. Mathieu Kassovitz also has a project in development . Buried by Rodrigo Cortes - Post-Production Heartbreaker (L'arnacoeur) by Pascal Chaumeil...
- 5/11/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
The artistic directors of both Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine de realisateurs) and Critics' Week (La Semaine de la critique) have stated they did not want to pick from Sundance titles. "We try to show films that don't pass through Sundance first", Critics Week’s Artistic Director Jean-Christophe Berjon said, “although U.S. indie entries are well represented this year." "I wanted to change things up and not take any Sundance films unless they were exceptional," said Frederic Boyer said in an interview. Considering how many Sundance titles went to the Berlinale, and that Cannes is 6 months later, singling out Sundance is somewhat odd. We in Us already know that Sundance has a certain sort of American film, and that other films are continually being made that might be just as good but not to the taste of Sundance programmers or simply not timed for the Sundance slot. That the two Cannes...
- 5/1/2010
- by Sydney
- Sydney's Buzz
Cannes Critics week announced its slate for 2010. Opening the section this year are Michel Leclerc’s Le Nom des gens, Marc Fitoussi’s Copacabana and Quentin Dupieux’s Rubber, all from France.
Founded in 1962 by the Union of French Film Critics, the Critics Week is the oldest of the Cannes festival sidebars. Each year, a panel of international critics select around a dozen shorts and features from first and second-time filmmakers to compete in this section. The complete lineup is:
Feature film competition :
Armadillo, dir Janus Metz (Denmark)
Bedevilled, dir Jang Cheol So (South Korea)
Belle Epine, dir Rebecca Zlotowski (France)
Bi, Don’t Be Afraid !, dir Phan Dang Di (Vietnam, France, Germany)
The Myth Of An American Sleepover, dir David Robert Mitchell (Us)
Sandcastle, dir Boo Junfeng (Singapore)
Sound Of Noise, dir Ola Simonsson & Johannes Stjarne Nilsson (Sweden, France)
Short film competition:
Berik, dir Daniel Joseph Borgman (Denmark...
Founded in 1962 by the Union of French Film Critics, the Critics Week is the oldest of the Cannes festival sidebars. Each year, a panel of international critics select around a dozen shorts and features from first and second-time filmmakers to compete in this section. The complete lineup is:
Feature film competition :
Armadillo, dir Janus Metz (Denmark)
Bedevilled, dir Jang Cheol So (South Korea)
Belle Epine, dir Rebecca Zlotowski (France)
Bi, Don’t Be Afraid !, dir Phan Dang Di (Vietnam, France, Germany)
The Myth Of An American Sleepover, dir David Robert Mitchell (Us)
Sandcastle, dir Boo Junfeng (Singapore)
Sound Of Noise, dir Ola Simonsson & Johannes Stjarne Nilsson (Sweden, France)
Short film competition:
Berik, dir Daniel Joseph Borgman (Denmark...
- 4/20/2010
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Among the more interesting picks in the titles mentioned above, we have scribe Rebecca Zlotowski's directing debut with the pairing of some hot French thesps in Léa Seydoux and Anaïs Demoustier, there is David Robert Mitchell's SXSW entry that gets a second life via this section and another Swedish-French production is hitting the section this year, with what appears to be an awfully unique project from Ola Simonsson & Johannes Stjärne Nilsson. - Armadillo - Janus Metz (Denmark) Bedevilled - Cheol So Jang (South Korea)Belle épine - Rebecca Zlotowski (France) Bi, dung so ! - Phan Dang Di (Vietnam - France - Germany) The Myth of the American Sleepover - David Robert Mitchell (U.S.A.)Sandcastle - Boo Junfeng (Singapore) Sound of Noise - Ola Simonsson & Johannes Stjärne Nilsson (Sweden - France) A heavy focus on French films and a trio of Asian filmmakers...
- 4/20/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
Following is the Critics Week lineup for the 63rd Festival de Cannes:
Competition
Feature films
“Armadillo,” Janus Metz (Denmark)
“Bedevilled,” Jang Cheol So (South Korea)
“Belle épine,” Rebecca Zlotowski (France)
“Bi, dung so!,” Phang Dang Di (Vietnam, France, Germany)
“The Myth of the American Sleepover,” David Robert Mitchell (U.S.)
“Sandcastle,” Boo Junfeng (Singapore)
“Sound of Noise,” Ola Simonsson & Johannes Stjärne Nilsson (Sweden, France)
Short films
“A distração de Ivan,” Cavi Borges & Gustavo Melo (Brazil)
“Berik,” Daniel Joseph Borgman (Denmark)
“The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Lion,” Alois Di Leo (U.K.)
“Deeper Than Yesterday,” Ariel Kleiman (Australia)
“Love Patate,” Gilles Cuvelier (France)
“Native Son,” Scott Graham (U.K.)
“Vasco,” Sébastien Laudenbach (France)
Special Screenings
Feature films
Opening Night
“Le Nom des gens,” Michel Leclerc (France)
Others
“Copacabana,” Marc Fitoussi (France, Belgium)
“Rubber,” Quentin Dupieux (France)
Short and medium length films
Closing Night
Tba
Others
“L’Amour-propre,” Nicolas Silhol...
Competition
Feature films
“Armadillo,” Janus Metz (Denmark)
“Bedevilled,” Jang Cheol So (South Korea)
“Belle épine,” Rebecca Zlotowski (France)
“Bi, dung so!,” Phang Dang Di (Vietnam, France, Germany)
“The Myth of the American Sleepover,” David Robert Mitchell (U.S.)
“Sandcastle,” Boo Junfeng (Singapore)
“Sound of Noise,” Ola Simonsson & Johannes Stjärne Nilsson (Sweden, France)
Short films
“A distração de Ivan,” Cavi Borges & Gustavo Melo (Brazil)
“Berik,” Daniel Joseph Borgman (Denmark)
“The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Lion,” Alois Di Leo (U.K.)
“Deeper Than Yesterday,” Ariel Kleiman (Australia)
“Love Patate,” Gilles Cuvelier (France)
“Native Son,” Scott Graham (U.K.)
“Vasco,” Sébastien Laudenbach (France)
Special Screenings
Feature films
Opening Night
“Le Nom des gens,” Michel Leclerc (France)
Others
“Copacabana,” Marc Fitoussi (France, Belgium)
“Rubber,” Quentin Dupieux (France)
Short and medium length films
Closing Night
Tba
Others
“L’Amour-propre,” Nicolas Silhol...
- 4/19/2010
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Armadillo - Janus Metz (Denmark) Bedevilled - Cheol So Jang (South Korea)Belle épine - Rebecca Zlotowski (France) Bi, dung so ! - Phan Dang Di (Vietnam - France - Germany) The Myth of the American Sleepover - David Robert Mitchell (U.S.A.)Sandcastle - Boo Junfeng (Singapore) Sound of Noise - Ola Simonsson & Johannes Stjärne Nilsson (Sweden - France) A heavy focus on French films and a trio of Asian filmmakers are amongst the regions selected for this year's Semaine de la Critique (a.k.a Critics’ Week). Their initial release of a firm ten films selected may eventually include one more in the "Godfathers" screening (which see a chosen director with plenty of clout present a new film from a newbie filmmaker). As I previously mentioned here and here, Marc Fitoussi's Copacabana with Isabelle Huppert and Quentin Dupieux's unique road movie Rubber will receive Special screening...
- 4/19/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
Paris -- The 48th annual International Critics Week will be a first-timers feast of comfort cinema with a hearty helping of French fare.
Critics Week artistic director Jean-Christophe Berjon announced the lineup Monday in Paris; all seven Competition titles will be up for the Camera d'Or, and six of the seven are world premieres.
"Our main goal is to reveal young filmmakers," Berjon said about the competition lineup. The sidebar will kick off May 13 with Out of Competition title "Le Nom des Gens," Michel Leclerc's political comedy starring Jacques Gamblin and Sara Forestier.
Two other French comedies will screen Out of Competition, including Quentin Dupieux's "Rubber," shot in English in the U.S., and Marc Fitoussi's "Copacabana." The latter stars last year's Festival de Cannes jury president, Isabelle Huppert, opposite her daughter, Lolita Chammah, in the story of a mother-daughter relationship that co-stars Aure Atika.
"It's not about the nationalities,...
Critics Week artistic director Jean-Christophe Berjon announced the lineup Monday in Paris; all seven Competition titles will be up for the Camera d'Or, and six of the seven are world premieres.
"Our main goal is to reveal young filmmakers," Berjon said about the competition lineup. The sidebar will kick off May 13 with Out of Competition title "Le Nom des Gens," Michel Leclerc's political comedy starring Jacques Gamblin and Sara Forestier.
Two other French comedies will screen Out of Competition, including Quentin Dupieux's "Rubber," shot in English in the U.S., and Marc Fitoussi's "Copacabana." The latter stars last year's Festival de Cannes jury president, Isabelle Huppert, opposite her daughter, Lolita Chammah, in the story of a mother-daughter relationship that co-stars Aure Atika.
"It's not about the nationalities,...
- 4/19/2010
- by By Rebecca Leffler
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
'Who will be the new Wong Kar wai, Jacques Audiard, Andrea Arnold or Alejando Gonzalez-Inarritu?' lured a promo for the lineup announcement for this year's Critics' Week sidebar at next month's Cannes Film Festival. Opening the section this year, according to Critics Week, are Michel Leclerc's "Le Nom des gens," Marc Fitoussi's "Copacabana," and Quentin Dupieux's "Rubber," all from France. Cannes Lineups: Official Selection | Directors' Fortnight | Critic's Week Editors ...
- 4/19/2010
- Indiewire
With the Un Certain Regard category pretty much complete, we can now focus our attention on next week's announcements for the sidebar sections of the Director's Fortnight and Critic's Week. I've listed a whopping 26 films and I'm confident that several will show up in the approximate 30 or so feature films with many first-time works that will make up both sections (put together). - With the Un Certain Regard category pretty much complete, we can now focus our attention on next week's announcements for the sidebar sections of the Director's Fortnight and Critic's Week. I've listed a whopping 26 films and I'm confident that several will show up in the approximate 30 or so feature films with many first-time works that will make up both sections (put together). The Critic's Week will see the arrival of Isabelle Huppert once again this year, in Marc Fitoussi's Copacabana. 22nd of May - Koen...
- 4/16/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
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