Chinese director tops Cannes jury Oct 31, 2009
Hong Kong film director Wong Kar-wai has been named as president for this year's Cannes Film Festival jury ... The 59th Cannes Film Festival will take place from 17 to 28 May. (Yahoo News -- Film Festivals)
French film gets London award Oct 30, 2009
The hard-hitting drama, which tells of a young convict's experiences in a crime-ridden prison, received the Grand Prize at this year's Cannes Film Festival. Cocker's voice was heard in London's opening night film, Fantastic Mr Fox. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
"A Prophet" named best picture at London Film Fest Oct 29, 2009
Jacques Audiard's thriller about a teenage prisoner's rise through the criminal ranks also took the second-place grand prize at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year. The London festival jury, which included actresses Anjelica Huston and Charlotte Rampling and musician Jarvis Cocker, also gave a special mention to "The Road," John Hillcoat's adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's post-apocalyptic novel. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
TSUNAMI 2004 Oct 29, 2009
A: "It's truly amazing isn't it! I met (documentary film director) Alison Thomson at the baggage carousel in Colombo. I ended up teaming up her and two others. She documented our experience and made a film which ended up in Sean Penn's hands. He happened to be the president of the jury of the Cannes Film Festival last year. When he saw the film, he loved it and made special dispensation for it to be shown at the festival not in any category, just the presidential screening. I was given a plane... (AlertNet)
Review: 'Antichrist' an atrocity Oct 25, 2009
The Danish provocateur twice won prestigious honors at the Cannes Film Festival (with "Breaking the Waves" and "Dancer in the Dark") and re-energized European art cinema in the 1990s with the Dogme movement's so-called "Vows of Chastity.". It's not often that an art-house director takes up the implements to make a horror film, and for a while, "Antichrist" compels with its anguished intensity and audacious stylistic choices, not least the severity that keeps the focus exclusively on this man and... (CNN)
Venice film festival shows the strain Oct 25, 2009
Organisers are today busily putting the finishing touches on the 62nd edition of the Cannes film festival, which gets under way tonight with the world premiere of Pixar's Up. 12 Sep 2004. (Yahoo News -- Film Awards)
The Third Man lives on in Vienna tours Oct 22, 2009
While "The Third Man" won an Oscar and grand prize of the Cannes Film Festival, it was less of a hit in Vienna, with locals unappreciative of the portrayal of the city's residents as grasping and cowardly. But with "The Third Man" wildly popular elsewhere, the Austrian capital now offers an array of attractions based on the movie. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Parviz Tanavoli & Abbas Kiarostami Exhibition Press Release Oct 22, 2009
His awards include, First Prize, Fourth Giffoni International Film Festival, Italy, 1974; Prize of International Confederation of Art Cinemas for Where is the Friends House, Forty-Second Locarno International Film Festival, Switzerland, 1989; Prize for Best Director for Close-Up, Fifth Dunkirk International Film Festival, France, 1991; Best Director for Through the Olive Trees, 8th Singapore International Film Festival, 1995; Palme dOr for Best Film for A Taste of Cherry, Cannes Film... (AbsoluteArts.com)
Will 2009 Oscar Race Be More Animated? Oct 21, 2009
"Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone," an anime based on a Japanese TV series, played in North American theatres this summer but originally opened in Japan in September 2007; and the plasticine characters of the French-Belgian "A Town Called Panic," which premiered at this year's Cannes Film Festival, will not show up on U.S. screens until January 2010. There are other animated films (such as the French-Belgian-Irish "The Secret of Kells," "My Dog Tulip," and from Spain, "The Missing Lynx") that... (CBS News -- Entertainment)
Best bets: Swank hopes to soar with Amelia Oct 19, 2009
When Antichrist played at the Cannes Film Festival this year, there was applause, booing, hissing and one person even fainted. How can you possibly resist what might be the most controversial film of the year. (MSNBC -- News)
Tokyo film festival opens with 'green' carpet Oct 19, 2009
The 2006 film starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett earned the Mexican director the best director award at Cannes Film Festival that year. "Japan's culture and film traditions have had a personal impact on me and inspire in me respect and admiration," he said at the opening ceremony. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Newsweek: The death of shock cinema Oct 19, 2009
When Lars von Trier's Antichrist debuted at the Cannes film festival it prompted boos, cheers, derisive laughter, and angry complaints that the Danish provocateur (, ) had really gone too far this time. Von Trier, mixing horror-movie conventions with art-film angst, assaulted the audience with hard-to-watch depictions of genital mutilation, bloody orgasms, and a heroine cutting off her clitoris with scissors. (MSNBC -- News)
Trouble in Eden Oct 19, 2009
This year, the new film was jeered to the rafters at the Cannes Film Festival, although the energetic snagging of attention is as hallowed a Cannes custom as the hiking of prices in the local seafood joints. Better by far to see the movie now, and thus to establish, under less seething conditions, if the provocation was indeed a mere flourish of perverse P.R., or whether it remains an essential part of some more solemn design. (New Yorker)
Surviving ‘Antichrist’: How Charlotte Gainsbourg and Willem Dafoe played their grueling roles Oct 18, 2009
Members of the press who saw Antichrist at the Cannes Film Festival went wild in the spring. Now it s our turn. (Boston Globe)
18 1/2 Philadelphia Film Festival -... Oct 17, 2009
You would probably be hard pressed to find anyone who came out of this year's Cannes Film Festival calling Antichrist the most enjoyable (or even best) film of the festival. and as Lars von Trier's controversial art house spook rolls out in subsequent festivals and limited release, the dialogue isn't exactly about to die down. (Suite101.com)
Philippine film industry eyes new stage Oct 16, 2009
Red was a pioneer of independent cinema in the 1980s and 90s and was the first Filipino awarded at the Cannes Film Festival when his short film "Anino" (Shadow) won the prestigious Palme d'Or in 2000. He has been at the 14th Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF) in South Korea this week showing one of his earlier works -- 1993's "Sakay" -- as part of a retrospective featuring 11 independent Philippine films. (Yahoo! Asia News)
•Festival's movies designed to touch your heart Oct 15, 2009
Indianapolis doesn't have the red-carpet extrava--ganza of Cannes Film Festival. The city doesn't ooze indie credibility like Sundance. (The Daily Journal)
Clooney, Streep in London for film festival gala Oct 15, 2009
The schedule includes Austrian director Michael Hanekes The White Ribbon, which won the top prize at this years Cannes Film Festival; prison drama A Prophet from Frances Jacques Audiard; Jane Campions visually ravishing John Keats biopic Bright Star; Steven Soderberghs whistle-blower saga The Informant; designer Tom Fords directorial debut A Single Man; and Lone Scherfigs An Education, the Nick Hornby-scripted story about a teenager... (MSNBC -- News)
Filipino directors: Don't pander to festivals Oct 12, 2009
In May, the Cannes Film Festival awarded best director honors to Brillante Mendoza for "Kinatay" (Slaughter), a dark drama about a poor police academy student drawn into a world of crime. Deocampo said his criticism was not directed at that film, which he said he hadn't seen. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Honour for South Korean actress Oct 11, 2009
Jeon won a best-actress award at the Cannes film festival in 2007 for her role in The Secret Sunshine. Ms Idrac called Jeon "one of the most talented actresses in South Korea today.". (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Movies from Down Under at film fest in St Tropez Oct 11, 2009
Australian film "Bright Star," which was shown in competition at the last Cannes film festival, will be screened at the closing ceremony. The movie, directed by Jane Campion, focuses on English poet John Keats' love affair with Fanny Brawne. (Yahoo! Asia News)
The Antichrist of Sci-Fi Oct 10, 2009
October 9, 2009 - He rocked the Cannes Film Festival this year with his controversial horror/art film , and now Danish director is looking to the worlds of science fiction and disaster movies for his next project. The Hollywood Reporter tells us today, will be a psychological disaster film with a mix of "spectacular, cinematic imagery with Dogme-style handheld camerawork -- a combination seen in Antichrist.". (IGN FilmForce)
'Pink' but not pretty Oct 9, 2009
During a two-year period in the early 1960s, Wakamatsu directed 20 films, one even playing to great success at the Cannes Film Festival, before he struck out on his own. The retrospective focuses on Wakamatsu's first few years of dirt-cheap independence, 1965-72, but closes with a three-hour 2007 movie, "United Red Army," that proves that even in his 70s, Wakamatsu hasn't lost his fastball. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Hong Kong film dreaming of glory at Chinese 'Oscars' Oct 8, 2009
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* INTERVIEW: Film director fights for freedom of expression Oct 6, 2009
Godard and Francois Truffaut then launched a protest, demanding that French films and filmmakers withdraw from the Cannes Film Festival ... Godard stormed up on stage and tore down the film posters and declared that the Cannes Film Festival was over. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
DQ Entertainment Honors J.K Rowling With Lifetime Achievement Award Oct 5, 2009
HYDERABAD, India, October 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DQ Entertainment had instituted The Lifetime Achievement Award last year at the Cannes Film Festival "MIPCOM 2008" to be presented annually to artists who during their lifetime have made creative contribution of outstanding significance to entertainment that goes beyond cultural, linguistic and other boundaries. The recipient of the award is selected by an eminent jury comprising leading broadcasters, producers & senior journalists from the... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Personal picks: HIFF's best S. Korean movies Oct 3, 2009
My personal picks are HIFF's opening-night film "Mother (Won Bin)," which won an award at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year; "Scandal Makers" (a surprise hit in South Korea); "A Frozen Flower (Cho In Sung and Ju Jin Mo)" and "Antique." Tickets went on sale Oct. 1 for HIFF Ohana members and go on sale Monday for the general public. Call 548-5905 or visit for more information. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Ang Lee says he's baffled by 'Woodstock' results Oct 1, 2009
Focus Features Chief Executive James Schamus said at the Cannes Film Festival in May that "Taking Woodstock" would only need to turn in a "very modest" performance in North America to turn a profit because it had already recovered most of its investment from foreign sales. Lee said his next project will be an adaptation of Canadian writer Yann Martel's best-selling novel "Life of Pi." The fable about a boy and a tiger who survive a shipwreck won Britain's most prestigious literary award, the... (Albany Times Union)
Samson & Delilah to be considered for Oscar nomination Sep 30, 2009
The film, which stars Rowan McNamara as Samson and Marissa Gibson and Delilah, won the Camera d'Or for best first feature at the Cannes Film Festival in May, and has also screened at the Telluride and Toronto film festivals. Samson and Delilah has taken $3. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
ACT ON 8 Announces a Commitment of a New Kind at the Clinton Global Initiative Sep 26, 2009
As a collection of eight short films directed by Gus Van Sant, Wim Wenders, Jane Campion or Gael Garcia Bernal amongst others, '8' was awarded at the Cannes Film Festival and the Cinema for Peace in Berlin and is currently following a circuit of more than 100 international film festivals. The film is now to be released online for free by February 2010. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
HK actress Maggie Cheung to record album Sep 25, 2009
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Director is loving life in the fast lane Sep 25, 2009
Having discovered filmmaking as a teenager, Soderbergh was just 26 when he won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival for sex, lies and videotape. Now 46, he is married to the TV journalist and novelist Jules Asner and has an 18-year-old daughter. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Entertainment Photos Sep 25, 2009
Stars shine at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival. The two-time Oscar winner proved himself first in comedy before becoming one of Hollywoods most wanted men. (MSNBC -- Music)
Il Duce's secret Sep 25, 2009
Her story - f 00004000 rom romance and motherhood to imprisonment and death in a mental asylum - was virtually unknown until director Marco Bellocchio's film Vincere premiered at this year's Cannes Film Festival, where it was nominated for a Golden Palm. It screened this month at the Toronto International Film Festival and opened in Sydney this week as part of the 10th annual Italian Film Festival. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Del Toro leads the new Chevolutionary charge Sep 23, 2009
Yet Del Toro is magnetic - he was named best actor at the Cannes film festival. In The Motorcycle Diaries (2004), the young Che, played by Gael Garcia Bernal, was so sweet and idealistic you wanted to hug him. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Uganda: Hollywood Stars to Visit Gorillas Sep 22, 2009
Her work has also earned her two Emmy Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards and a Cannes Film Festival Award. Justin Timberlake. (allAfrica.com)
The Most Overrated Films of All Tim... Sep 21, 2009
It opened in 1976 at the Cannes Film Festival to the shocked ambivalence of those who long held Bertoluci as the best Italian export since Fellini (although his personal style and subject matter have always admittedly been closer in comparison to Antoinioni). Thus, Bertoluci had dropped a bomb, turning in a five hour mess of a film that was, to say the least, basically unmarketable. (Suite101.com)
In ‘Still Walking,’ filmmaker captures family dynamics Sep 20, 2009
He had been busy on pre-production for what would become his subsequent movie, Air Doll, which screened earlier this year at the Cannes Film Festival, but ceased work on that to concentrate on this more intimate project. As a son, her death struck me in such a way that I could no longer work up the desire to make this other movie [ Air Doll ], which was completely unrelated to what was so important in my life at that time, recalled Kore-eda. (Boston Globe)
Serious Coen Oscar buzz Sep 18, 2009
There is also an intriguing, less obvious candidate from Joel and Ethan Coen, whose "No Country for Old Men" gained major Oscar traction in Toronto after bowing to a mixed reception a the Cannes Film Festival ... There is also an intriguing, less obvious candidate from Joel and Ethan Coen, whose "No Country for Old Men" gained major Oscar traction in Toronto after bowing to a mixed reception a the Cannes Film Festival. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Nicholas Cage to star in HK gangster film Sep 17, 2009
The brothers will inject new elements into the remake and may also cast Thai, South Korean and Hong Kong actors, Oxide Pang was quoted as saying at the Cannes Film Festival. The newspaper quoted Danny Pang as saying Cage's character will speak, unlike the mute assassin seen in the original "Bangkok Dangerous.". (Xinhuanet, China -- Entertainment)
Q&A: Soderbergh Sep 16, 2009
TORONTO - Steven Soderbergh was only 26 when he won the Palm d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival for "Sex, Lies and Videotape," which kick-started a rise in independent film. Toronto Film Festival. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Jimmy's Trailer Park Sep 15, 2009
University of South Carolina Since 1908. Up in the Air,' 'Antichrist,' gain attention at festivals, stand out among upcoming fall films. (Gamecock Online, SC)
Post First Comment Sep 15, 2009
Jimmy's Trailer Park - The Mix. University of South Carolina Since 1908. (Gamecock Online, SC)
Must-see movies: We're still looking for blue skies through those falling leaves Sep 15, 2009
Writer-director Jane Campion's chamber romance about the poet John Keats (Ben Whishaw) - loved by the girl next door, Fanny Brawne (Abbie Cornish) - won a lot of ardent admirers in its Cannes Film Festival premiere. Will its dance card be filled with Oscar nominations come the new year. (Herald Online, SC -- Lifestyles)
Chinese director tops Cannes jury Sep 13, 2009
Hong Kong film director Wong Kar-wai has been named as president for this year's Cannes Film Festival jury ... The 59th Cannes Film Festival will take place from 17 to 28 May. (Yahoo News -- Film Festivals)
Israeli War Film "Lebanon" Wins at Venice Sep 13, 2009
The film represented a departure from the more serious tones set in Akin's 2004 Berlin Golden Bear winner "Head On" and 2007's "The Edge of Heaven," which won the screenplay award at the Cannes film festival. Colin Firth took the best actor award for his role in Tom Ford's "A Single Man" as a college professor grappling with solitude after his longtime partner dies. (CBS News)
Why 3D movies have become the real thing Sep 12, 2009
The first 3D movie to open the Cannes Film Festival, it has become the third highest-grossing movie in the US this year. Pixar's Bob Whitehill says 58 per cent of its $US290 million ($325 million) in ticket sales came from 3D screenings. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Fox rocks flicks fest Sep 11, 2009
Dead opposite each other as screenings began yesterday were "Jennifer's Body," a comic zombie movie written by Diablo Cody that will open in the US next week -- and Danish director Lars von Trier's "Antichrist," which is showing here after scandalizing the Cannes Film Festival and will turn up shortly in the New York Film Festival and American theaters ... Dead opposite each other as screenings began yesterday were "Jennifer's Body," a comic zombie movie written by Diablo Cody that will open in... (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Another Slumdog? Sep 11, 2009
Winfrey is one of the film's executive producers and many think Precious, which was also screened at this year's Cannes Film Festival in May, is a strong awards contender. Ricky Gervais stars with Jennifer Garner in The Invention of Lying. (BBC News -- Americas)
The flair up there Sep 11, 2009
Pixar's latest flick, Up, opened the Cannes film festival this year. Photo: Supplied. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Heritage on the high road Sep 10, 2009
The film, winner of the Palme d'Or at the 2006 Cannes film festival, is a sympathetic look at Irish Republicans in the early 20th century; it's rated R and starts at 8 p.m.. Family-friendly films also tuck into schedule during the festival proper, with Darby O'Gill and the Little People at 2 p.m. Saturday and The Quiet Man at 3 p.m. Sunday, plus an hour of Irish shorts at 8 p.m. Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday (no separate fees). (The Clarion-Ledger)
King of Clubs, a Sexy, Outlandish New Half-Hour Reality Series From the Producers of Gene Simmons Family Jewels, Premieres September 25 on Playboy TV Sep 10, 2009
Greif was nominated for an Emmy Award for his work as executive producer of the critically acclaimed documentary Brando (TCM) and was also featured as an Official Selection at both the Cannes Film Festival and the Tribeca Film Festival. Among The Greif Company's latest projects are Teach, a new show which follows Tony Danza as a Philadelphia public school teacher; and Chasing Mummies which unearths Egypt's hidden past amidst the action, excitement and adventure of the Dr. Zahi Hawass, world's... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Australian actor Barrett dies Sep 10, 2009
The film won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and won Barrett an Australian Film Industry award for best supporting actor. Five years later he picked up a best actor prize for his role in Goodbye Paradise, as a disgraced former policeman who uncovers corruption in the force. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
'The Last Station' finally feels the love Sep 9, 2009
Jane Campion, whose John Keats-Fanny Brawne love story played in Telluride after premiering in May's Cannes Film Festival, has said she wanted to make a movie about the British poet since she was in high school, and it took her six years to make "Bright Star" her next movie after 2003's "In the Cut.". Among the festival's sneak previews was "Paranormal Activity," an ultra-low-budget thriller about a demonic haunting that first premiered at the 2008 Slamdance Film Festival. (FOX59, IN)
* Tsai movie set at Louvre to screen at concert hall Sep 9, 2009
The film, which was screened at the Cannes Film Festival in May, will be shown around Taiwan from Oct. 2 and will be shown regularly at the Louvre starting next May, Tsai said. This story has been viewed 406 times. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Race to the Oscars Sep 9, 2009
LONDON, England (CNN) -- If Cannes Film Festival raises the curtain on the spectacle that is the movie awards season, then the fall festival circuit is the critical first act. Viggo Mortensen stars in "The Road," which debuted at the Venice Film Festival. (CNN -- International)
Venice honour for Pixar directors Sep 8, 2009
Pixar's latest animation Up, which launched this year's Cannes Film Festival, is due for UK release on 9 October. Bookmark with. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Guerrilla in the Mist: Soderbergh's Che Sep 8, 2009
" Related Stories A few days later, Soderbergh and his star, Benicio Del Toro, presented Che at the Havana Film Festival. The authorities had warned they would not allow the picture to be shown if it was critical of Fidel Castro, and they found nothing objectionable. (One scene included in the original Cannes Film Festival version of Che, showing Castro the commandante in an ambiguous light, was apparently cut.) "The Cuban public gave its endorsement with a strong ovation," reported Granma, the... (Time.com)
Middle-aged in Middle Kingdom Sep 8, 2009
Her most recent international presence was as a factory worker in Jia Zhangke's 24 City (Er Shi Si Cheng Ji), which was nominated for the Golden Palm award at Cannes Film Festival. With all this glamour and recognition on screen, Chen is the ultimate East-goes-West success story. (Xinhuanet, China)
Sony throws down the 3D gauntlet with new TV Sep 4, 2009
The Cannes film festival kicked off this year with a gala opening ceremony that saw goofy spectacles foisted on tuxedo-clad celebrities for Disney-Pixar's 3D cartoon comedy "Up.". This year sees the eagerly awaited release in December of "Avatar" by James Cameron, the director of "Titanic". (Yahoo! Asia News)
Top 10 Disappointing Blockbusters Aug 28, 2009
As the prestigious Cannes Film Festival kicks off its 62nd celebration, TIME's Richard Corliss takes a look back at its most noteworthy movies. Presenting the 100 best films as chosen by TIME's movie critics Richard Corliss and Richard Schickel. (Time.com)
Obituaries in the news Aug 28, 2009
It was also the opening night film at New Directors/New Films, a program of the Museum of Modern Art and Lincoln Center in New York City, and at the Directors Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival it won the FIPRESCI International Critics Prize. Amreeka opens in New York and Los Angeles on Friday, Sept. 4, 2009, with a national rollout to follow. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Inglourious Basterds has one tricky title Aug 28, 2009
Im never going to explain that, Tarantino said during a news conference in May at the Cannes Film Festival, where Inglourious Basterds premiered. When you do an artistic flourish like that, to describe it, to explain it, would just. (MSNBC -- Movies)
Dominick Dunne; chronicled crimes among the rich, famous Aug 27, 2009
He was a regular at the Cannes Film Festival, interviewing members of royalty and movie stars. His assignments took him to London to cover the inquest into Princess Diana s death and to Monaco for the mysterious death of billionaire Edmond Safra. (Boston Globe)
Dominick Dunne Dies... Aug 27, 2009
At the Hotel du Cap, in Antibes, France, during the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. From Dunne s August 2006 article, A Riviera Row. (The Drudge Report)
