It’s easy to forgive a lot in a romance if the chemistry is strong enough, and for the first couple episodes of Apple TV+’s Liaison, the sparks between Eva Green’s Alison and Vincent Cassel’s Gabriel seem reason enough to forge ahead. It hardly matters if we don’t really understand the international conspiracy that’s reunited these estranged exes, or that we don’t yet understand what transpired between them all those years ago. The smolder between them draws us in, even when all they’re doing is exchanging a wordless gaze through a rain-splattered window.
But without enough fuel to ignite a blaze, smolder is about as far as it gets. By the time Liaison stumbles to a close, whatever flickers of promise it showed early on have long since been stamped out by indifferent storytelling and a bloated run time.
The narrative is simultaneously...
But without enough fuel to ignite a blaze, smolder is about as far as it gets. By the time Liaison stumbles to a close, whatever flickers of promise it showed early on have long since been stamped out by indifferent storytelling and a bloated run time.
The narrative is simultaneously...
- 2/23/2023
- by Angie Han
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Liaison is a new French & English language thriller series, coming to Apple TV+ this weekend, and to mark the occasion, we had the pleasure in speaking to a handful of its leading stars, from a press junket out of Paris.
First up we speak to none other than Vincent Cassel, who talks about the themes of the show and finally collaborating with Eva Green. He also talks about the notion of everlasting love. We got on to somewhat more serious subjects when discuss the series with the trio of French-language stars Laetitia Eido, Stanlislas Merhar & Iréne Jacob, as they talk about their research into the roles and how they went about finding connections to the characters, and whether they could relate in terms of ambition and drive. Be sure to watch both interviews, in their entirety, below.
Vincent Cassel
Laetitia Eido, Stanislas Merhar & Iréne Jacob
Synopsis
Two agents — and former...
First up we speak to none other than Vincent Cassel, who talks about the themes of the show and finally collaborating with Eva Green. He also talks about the notion of everlasting love. We got on to somewhat more serious subjects when discuss the series with the trio of French-language stars Laetitia Eido, Stanlislas Merhar & Iréne Jacob, as they talk about their research into the roles and how they went about finding connections to the characters, and whether they could relate in terms of ambition and drive. Be sure to watch both interviews, in their entirety, below.
Vincent Cassel
Laetitia Eido, Stanislas Merhar & Iréne Jacob
Synopsis
Two agents — and former...
- 2/22/2023
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Leonis Productions, the Newen Studios-owned French banner created by Jean-Benoit Gillig, is developing a raft of international shows on the heels of “Liaison,” Apple TV+’s first French original.
The company reached a milestone with “Liaison,” a thriller series created and entirely penned by Virginie Brac (“Spiral”) and directed by Stephen Hopkins. Vincent Cassel and Eva Green lead a cast that includes Peter Mullan, Gérard Lanvin, Daniel Francis, Stanislas Merhar, Irène Jacob, Laëtitia Eïdo, Eriq Ebouaney, Tchéky Karyo, Bukky Bakray and Thierry Fremont.
“It’s a sprawling French-British thriller set against the backdrop of Brexit, and there’s a metaphor between the love tragedy playing as the primary plot and the political tragedy embodied by Brexit unfolding in the background,” said Gillig.
“The starting point of this series was our wish to create a series using Brexit as a canvas, and from there Virginie Brac was able to conceive a...
The company reached a milestone with “Liaison,” a thriller series created and entirely penned by Virginie Brac (“Spiral”) and directed by Stephen Hopkins. Vincent Cassel and Eva Green lead a cast that includes Peter Mullan, Gérard Lanvin, Daniel Francis, Stanislas Merhar, Irène Jacob, Laëtitia Eïdo, Eriq Ebouaney, Tchéky Karyo, Bukky Bakray and Thierry Fremont.
“It’s a sprawling French-British thriller set against the backdrop of Brexit, and there’s a metaphor between the love tragedy playing as the primary plot and the political tragedy embodied by Brexit unfolding in the background,” said Gillig.
“The starting point of this series was our wish to create a series using Brexit as a canvas, and from there Virginie Brac was able to conceive a...
- 2/16/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Apple’s first French and English-language original series, ‘Liaison,’ starring César Award winner Vincent Cassel and BAFTA Award winner Eva Green (“Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children”), has unveiled its first trailer.
The series is a high-stakes, contemporary thriller exploring how the mistakes of our past have the potential to destroy our future, combining action with an unpredictable, multi-layered plot where espionage and political intrigue play out against a story of passionate and enduring love.
In addition to Cassel and Green, Peter Mullan (“Ozark”) Cesar award winner Gérard Lanvin (“Call My Agent!”), Daniel Francis (“Small Axe”), Stanislas Merhar (“The Black Book”), Iréne Jacob (“La double vie de Veronique”), Laëtitia Eido (“Fauda”), Eriq Ebouaney (“Rogue City”), BAFTA rising star Bukky Bakray (“Rocks”) and Emmy award winner Thierry Frémont (“Murder In Mind”) star.
The thriller is created and written by Virginie Brac (“Engrenages”), and is directed by Emmy Award winner Stephen Hopkins...
The series is a high-stakes, contemporary thriller exploring how the mistakes of our past have the potential to destroy our future, combining action with an unpredictable, multi-layered plot where espionage and political intrigue play out against a story of passionate and enduring love.
In addition to Cassel and Green, Peter Mullan (“Ozark”) Cesar award winner Gérard Lanvin (“Call My Agent!”), Daniel Francis (“Small Axe”), Stanislas Merhar (“The Black Book”), Iréne Jacob (“La double vie de Veronique”), Laëtitia Eido (“Fauda”), Eriq Ebouaney (“Rogue City”), BAFTA rising star Bukky Bakray (“Rocks”) and Emmy award winner Thierry Frémont (“Murder In Mind”) star.
The thriller is created and written by Virginie Brac (“Engrenages”), and is directed by Emmy Award winner Stephen Hopkins...
- 2/8/2023
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Vincent Cassel (Westworld) and Eva Green (Penny Dreadful) lead the cast of Apple TV+’s new thriller Liaison, premiering on February 24, 2023. Liaison, which marks the streaming service’s first French and English language original series, finds the U.K.’s infrastructure under attack by cyber terrorists.
The cast of the six-episode season also includes Peter Mullan (Ozark), Cesar award winner Gérard Lanvin (Call My Agent!), Daniel Francis (Small Axe), and Stanislas Merhar (The Black Book). Iréne Jacob (La double vie de Veronique), Laëtitia Eido (Fauda), Eriq Ebouaney (Rogue City), Bukky Bakray (Rocks), and Emmy Award winner Thierry Frémont (Murder In Mind) also star.
The series was created by Virginie Brac (Engrenages) and directed by Emmy Award-winner Stephen Hopkins (24). Brac writes, and Vincent Cassel, Gub Neal (The Fall), Jean-Benoît Gillig (L’Emprise), Sarada McDermott (Bridgerton), Stephen Hopkins, Justin Thomson, and Edward Barlow executive produce.
In support of the series’ February 24th premiere,...
The cast of the six-episode season also includes Peter Mullan (Ozark), Cesar award winner Gérard Lanvin (Call My Agent!), Daniel Francis (Small Axe), and Stanislas Merhar (The Black Book). Iréne Jacob (La double vie de Veronique), Laëtitia Eido (Fauda), Eriq Ebouaney (Rogue City), Bukky Bakray (Rocks), and Emmy Award winner Thierry Frémont (Murder In Mind) also star.
The series was created by Virginie Brac (Engrenages) and directed by Emmy Award-winner Stephen Hopkins (24). Brac writes, and Vincent Cassel, Gub Neal (The Fall), Jean-Benoît Gillig (L’Emprise), Sarada McDermott (Bridgerton), Stephen Hopkins, Justin Thomson, and Edward Barlow executive produce.
In support of the series’ February 24th premiere,...
- 2/7/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Liaison Trailer — Apple TV Plus‘ Liaison (2023) TV show trailer has been released. The Liaison trailer stars Vincent Cassel, Eva Green, Peter Mullan, Gérard Lanvin, Daniel Francis, Stanislas Merhar, Iréne Jacob, Laëtitia Eido, Eriq Ebouaney, Bukky Bakray, and Thierry Frémont. Crew ““Liaison” is created and written by Virginie Brac (“Engrenages”) and is [...]
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- 2/7/2023
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
"Can you trust this man... after what you did to him?" Oooh - what did she do?! Apple TV has revealed an official trailer for a thriller series titled Liaison, which will be available later this month on the streaming service. The descriptions for this so far are all a bit vague: An international struggle between governments and the hackers who just want to watch it all burn. So it's kind of like Mr. Robot, or not? Something else? It stars Vincent Cassel and Eva Green as the main characters - former lovers caught in the middle of it all. Liaison is a high-stakes, contemporary thriller exploring how the mistakes of our past have the potential to destroy our future, mixing action with an unpredictable, multilayered plot - "espionage and political intrigue play out against a story of passionate and enduring love." The supporting cast also includes Peter Mullan, Gérard Lanvin,...
- 2/7/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Apple TV+ shared the first trailer for “Liaison,” its first French and English-language original series, which will premiere globally on Feb. 24 and air weekly every Friday through March 31.
The six-episode thriller, which stars César Award winner Vincent Cassel and BAFTA Award winner Eva Green (“Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children”), will explore how the mistakes of the past have the potential to destroy the future, combining action with an unpredictable, multilayered plot where espionage and political intrigue play out against a story of passionate and enduring love.
In addition to Cassel and Green, the show’s cast includes Peter Mullan (“Ozark”) Cesar award winner Gérard Lanvin (“Call My Agent!”), Daniel Francis (“Small Axe”), Stanislas Merhar (“The Black Book”), Iréne Jacob (“La double vie de Veronique”), Laëtitia Eido (“Fauda”), Eriq Ebouaney (“Rogue City”), BAFTA rising star Bukky Bakray (“Rocks”) and Emmy award winner Thierry Frémont (“Murder In Mind”).
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The six-episode thriller, which stars César Award winner Vincent Cassel and BAFTA Award winner Eva Green (“Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children”), will explore how the mistakes of the past have the potential to destroy the future, combining action with an unpredictable, multilayered plot where espionage and political intrigue play out against a story of passionate and enduring love.
In addition to Cassel and Green, the show’s cast includes Peter Mullan (“Ozark”) Cesar award winner Gérard Lanvin (“Call My Agent!”), Daniel Francis (“Small Axe”), Stanislas Merhar (“The Black Book”), Iréne Jacob (“La double vie de Veronique”), Laëtitia Eido (“Fauda”), Eriq Ebouaney (“Rogue City”), BAFTA rising star Bukky Bakray (“Rocks”) and Emmy award winner Thierry Frémont (“Murder In Mind”).
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- 2/7/2023
- by Lucas Manfredi
- The Wrap
Liaison is a series created by Virginie Brac starring Vincent Cassel and Eva Green.
This contemporary thriller explores how past mistakes have the potential to destroy the future. It blends action with an unpredictable plot in which espionage and political intrigue play out against a story of passionate, enduring love.
Release Date
February 24, 2023
Where to Watch Liaison
Apple TV+
The Stars Vincent Cassel Venice, Italy – September 02: Actor Vincent Cassel attends the premiere of ‘A Dangerous Method’ during the 68th Venice Film Festival on September 2, 2011 in Venice, Italy. Depositphotos Eva Green Cannes, France – May 27: Eva Green attends the ‘Based On A True Story’ premiere during the 70th Cannes Film Festival on May 27, 2017 in Cannes, France.Depositphotos Created by Virginie Brac
Virginie Brac, born Virginie Brac de La Perrière on July 27, 1955 in Algiers, is a French novelist and television scriptwriter. She is the author of the mini-series Tropiques amers and...
This contemporary thriller explores how past mistakes have the potential to destroy the future. It blends action with an unpredictable plot in which espionage and political intrigue play out against a story of passionate, enduring love.
Release Date
February 24, 2023
Where to Watch Liaison
Apple TV+
The Stars Vincent Cassel Venice, Italy – September 02: Actor Vincent Cassel attends the premiere of ‘A Dangerous Method’ during the 68th Venice Film Festival on September 2, 2011 in Venice, Italy. Depositphotos Eva Green Cannes, France – May 27: Eva Green attends the ‘Based On A True Story’ premiere during the 70th Cannes Film Festival on May 27, 2017 in Cannes, France.Depositphotos Created by Virginie Brac
Virginie Brac, born Virginie Brac de La Perrière on July 27, 1955 in Algiers, is a French novelist and television scriptwriter. She is the author of the mini-series Tropiques amers and...
- 12/20/2022
- by TV Shows Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid - TV
“Liaison,” a new, six episode thriller series starring César Award winner Vincent Cassel and BAFTA Award winner Eva Green (“Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children”), and the first French and English-language Apple Original series.
“Liaison” will make its global debut with the first episode on Friday, February 24, 2023, followed by one new episode weekly every Friday through March 31, 2023, on Apple TV+.
“Liaison” is a high-stakes, contemporary thriller exploring how the mistakes of our past have the potential to destroy our future, combining action with an unpredictable, multilayered plot where “espionage and political intrigue play out against a story of passionate and enduring love.”
In addition to the stars Cassel and Eva Green, the series’ cast also counts on Peter Mullan (“Ozark”) César award winner Gérard Lanvin (“Call My Agent!”), Daniel Francis (“Small Axe”), Stanislas Merhar (“The Black Book”), Irène Jacob (“La double vie de Veronique”), Laetitia Eido (“Fauda”), Eriq Ebouaney (“Rogue...
“Liaison” will make its global debut with the first episode on Friday, February 24, 2023, followed by one new episode weekly every Friday through March 31, 2023, on Apple TV+.
“Liaison” is a high-stakes, contemporary thriller exploring how the mistakes of our past have the potential to destroy our future, combining action with an unpredictable, multilayered plot where “espionage and political intrigue play out against a story of passionate and enduring love.”
In addition to the stars Cassel and Eva Green, the series’ cast also counts on Peter Mullan (“Ozark”) César award winner Gérard Lanvin (“Call My Agent!”), Daniel Francis (“Small Axe”), Stanislas Merhar (“The Black Book”), Irène Jacob (“La double vie de Veronique”), Laetitia Eido (“Fauda”), Eriq Ebouaney (“Rogue...
- 12/20/2022
- by TV Shows Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid - TV
Apple TV+ shared a first look (above) at “Liaison,” a six-episode thriller starring Vincent Cassel and Eva Green in the first French and English multi-language Apple Original series. “Liaison” will make its global debut on Apple TV+ with the first episode on Feb. 24, followed by one new episode weekly every Friday through March 31.
The contemporary thriller explores how the mistakes of one’s past has the potential to destroy their future, combining action with a multi-layered plot where espionage and political intrigue play out against a story of passionate and enduring love. In addition to Cassell and Green, the series also stars Peter Mullan, Gerard Lanvin, Daniel Francis, Stanislas Merhar, Irene Jacob, Laetitia Eido, Eriq Ebouaney, Bukky Bakray and Thierry Fremont.
“Liaison” is created and written by Virginie Brac, and is directed by Stephen Hopkins. The series is co-produced by Newen Studio-backed companies Ringside Studios and Leonis Productions, and executive produced by Gub Neal,...
The contemporary thriller explores how the mistakes of one’s past has the potential to destroy their future, combining action with a multi-layered plot where espionage and political intrigue play out against a story of passionate and enduring love. In addition to Cassell and Green, the series also stars Peter Mullan, Gerard Lanvin, Daniel Francis, Stanislas Merhar, Irene Jacob, Laetitia Eido, Eriq Ebouaney, Bukky Bakray and Thierry Fremont.
“Liaison” is created and written by Virginie Brac, and is directed by Stephen Hopkins. The series is co-produced by Newen Studio-backed companies Ringside Studios and Leonis Productions, and executive produced by Gub Neal,...
- 12/20/2022
- by EJ Panaligan
- Variety Film + TV
Apple TV+ has greenlit Liaison, an English and French-language thriller series starring Vincent Cassel (Black Swan) and Eva Green (The Luminaries).
Co-produced by French outfit Newen’s Ringside Studios and Leonis Productions, here’s the logline: “Liaison is a high-stakes, contemporary thriller exploring how the mistakes of our past have the potential to destroy our future. The series combines action with an unpredictable, multi-layered plot in which espionage and political intrigue play out against a story of passionate and enduring love.”
Additional cast includes Peter Mullan (Ozark), Gerard Lanvin (Call My Agent!), Daniel Francis (Small Axe), Stanislas Merhar (The Black Book), Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu (Call My Agent!), Laetitia Eido (Fauda), Eriq Ebouaney (Rogue City), Bukky Bukray (Rocks), and Thierry Fremont (Murder In Mind).
Liaison’s executive producers are Gub Neal and Jean Benoit Gillig. Stephen Hopkins (24) directs, while the series was created and written by Virginie Brac (Engrenages). Additional executive producers include Sarada McDermott,...
Co-produced by French outfit Newen’s Ringside Studios and Leonis Productions, here’s the logline: “Liaison is a high-stakes, contemporary thriller exploring how the mistakes of our past have the potential to destroy our future. The series combines action with an unpredictable, multi-layered plot in which espionage and political intrigue play out against a story of passionate and enduring love.”
Additional cast includes Peter Mullan (Ozark), Gerard Lanvin (Call My Agent!), Daniel Francis (Small Axe), Stanislas Merhar (The Black Book), Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu (Call My Agent!), Laetitia Eido (Fauda), Eriq Ebouaney (Rogue City), Bukky Bukray (Rocks), and Thierry Fremont (Murder In Mind).
Liaison’s executive producers are Gub Neal and Jean Benoit Gillig. Stephen Hopkins (24) directs, while the series was created and written by Virginie Brac (Engrenages). Additional executive producers include Sarada McDermott,...
- 6/24/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
AppleTV has unveiled a first look image of Vincent Cassel and Eva Green in the upcoming Anglo-French thriller ‘Liaison’.
The series is said to be a high-stakes, contemporary thriller exploring how the mistakes of our past have the potential to destroy our future. The series combines action with an unpredictable, multi-layered plot in which espionage and political intrigue play out against a story of passionate and enduring love.
Peter Mullan (“Ozark”) Cesar award winner Gerard Lanvin (“Call My Agent!”), Daniel Francis (“Small Axe”), Stanislas Merhar (“The Black Book”), Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu (“Call My Agent!”), Laetitia Eido (“Fauda”), Eriq Ebouaney (“Rogue City”), BAFTA rising star Bukky Bukray (“Rocks”) and Emmy award winner Thierry Fremont (“Murder In Mind”) will also star alongside César Award winner, Cassel and BAFTA Award winner, Green.
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Created and written by Virginie Brac,...
The series is said to be a high-stakes, contemporary thriller exploring how the mistakes of our past have the potential to destroy our future. The series combines action with an unpredictable, multi-layered plot in which espionage and political intrigue play out against a story of passionate and enduring love.
Peter Mullan (“Ozark”) Cesar award winner Gerard Lanvin (“Call My Agent!”), Daniel Francis (“Small Axe”), Stanislas Merhar (“The Black Book”), Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu (“Call My Agent!”), Laetitia Eido (“Fauda”), Eriq Ebouaney (“Rogue City”), BAFTA rising star Bukky Bukray (“Rocks”) and Emmy award winner Thierry Fremont (“Murder In Mind”) will also star alongside César Award winner, Cassel and BAFTA Award winner, Green.
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Created and written by Virginie Brac,...
- 6/24/2021
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The Black Book Of Father Dinis Music Box Home Entertainment Reviewed for Shockya.com & BigAppleReviews.net linked from Rotten Tomatoes by: Harvey Karten Director: Valeria Sarmento Writer: Carlos Saboga, from the novel by Camilo Castelo Branco Cast: Lou de Laâge, Stanislas Merhar, Niels Schneider, Jenna Thiam, David Caracol Screened at: Critics’ link, NYC, 11/13/20 Opens: December […]
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- 12/2/2020
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
"If something bad happened to me, what would you do?" Netflix has unveiled an official trailer for a French action thriller titled Rogue City, written & directed by Olivier Marchal. Set in the city of Marseille in the South of France, the film is about a "complex case of rivalry between gangs and a group of cops." Caught in the crosshairs of police corruption as well as Marseille's warring gangs, a loyal cop must protect his squad by taking matters into his own hands. Described as a "dark and intense thriller." Starring Lannick Gautry, Stanislas Merhar, Kaaris, David Belle, Jean Reno, Claudia Cardinale, Gérard Lanvin, Patrick Catalifo, Moussa Maaskri, and Catherine Marchal. This film looks like the most cliche and derivative gritty French action thriller, with all the usual cheesy lines and scenes. But damnit - stills looks entertaining. Here's the new official trailer (+ poster) for Olivier Marchal's Rogue City, from...
- 10/12/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
One bold gesture the new Berlinale team has made at the festival this year is to put Philippe Garrel back in competition. His last two movies, small films with grand sensitivity, have premiered at the Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes, a fitting place for their discretion but not necessarily the director’s stature. His new film, The Salt of Tears, is no different in scale, effectively embracing cinema’s affinity for, in literary terms, short stories rather than novels. Like his last film, Lover for a Day, we find Garrel channeling the energy of young actors cast mostly from the acting classes he teaches to bring a light-footed freshness to his atmosphere and storytelling. And like his two most recent films, it has a swift, sketch-like quality that sometimes works well and sometimes doesn’t with the film’s essentially fable-like, rather than realistic storytelling. This friction between the exactitude required...
- 2/24/2020
- MUBI
Veteran actor Jean Reno has been tapped to star in “Rogue City,” a thriller that sees director Olivier Marchal re-team with French studio Gaumont.
Budgeted at $13 million, the film is set in Marseille and follows an anti-gang cop (Reno) with unorthodox methods who investigates a shooting at a local nightclub along with his longtime rival.
Lannick Gautry, Stanislas Merhar and David Belle complete the cast. Alain Figlarz, who has previously worked on “Taken 3,” “The Bourne Identity” and “The Transporter,” will be handling the action scenes and stunts.
The movie is set to start shooting on location in the south of France in September. Gaumont will kick off pre-sales for “Rogue City” at Cannes with a fully story-boarded script, and expects to release “Rogue City” in France during the second quarter of 2020.
Marchal is himself a former cop who worked for both the police and French intelligence. Through films such...
Budgeted at $13 million, the film is set in Marseille and follows an anti-gang cop (Reno) with unorthodox methods who investigates a shooting at a local nightclub along with his longtime rival.
Lannick Gautry, Stanislas Merhar and David Belle complete the cast. Alain Figlarz, who has previously worked on “Taken 3,” “The Bourne Identity” and “The Transporter,” will be handling the action scenes and stunts.
The movie is set to start shooting on location in the south of France in September. Gaumont will kick off pre-sales for “Rogue City” at Cannes with a fully story-boarded script, and expects to release “Rogue City” in France during the second quarter of 2020.
Marchal is himself a former cop who worked for both the police and French intelligence. Through films such...
- 5/10/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’re highlighting the noteworthy titles that have recently hit platforms. Check out this week’s selections below and an archive of past round-ups here.
Bastards (Claire Denis)
Modern-to-the-hilt noir submerged in the unforgiving blackness of digital photography, emotional currents sparked with a tactile cinema appealing directly to the senses. In retrospect, it (sometimes) seems these two edges could sufficiently define Claire Denis’s Bastards, but her films can never be boiled down to a few descriptors — which might be a tinge ironic, given the immense power of a narrative system that consists of absolutely no more than each crucial component, like a cinematic razor blade slicing its way through all that’s pure. The crescendo would prove unbearable if the pleasures weren’t so extreme, and Bastards’s final moments are...
Bastards (Claire Denis)
Modern-to-the-hilt noir submerged in the unforgiving blackness of digital photography, emotional currents sparked with a tactile cinema appealing directly to the senses. In retrospect, it (sometimes) seems these two edges could sufficiently define Claire Denis’s Bastards, but her films can never be boiled down to a few descriptors — which might be a tinge ironic, given the immense power of a narrative system that consists of absolutely no more than each crucial component, like a cinematic razor blade slicing its way through all that’s pure. The crescendo would prove unbearable if the pleasures weren’t so extreme, and Bastards’s final moments are...
- 4/19/2019
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
"It's like a slow motion car crash..." Blue Fox Entertainment has debuted an official Us trailer for the indie comedy Madame, set in Paris, starring two great actors - Toni Collette and Harvey Keitel. Collette & Keitel play a wealthy and well-connected American couple who just moved into a big house in Paris. They host a fancy dinner party with other upper class guests, but to even out the number of those at the table, they recruit their "loyal maid" Maria to disguise as a "Spanish noble woman" but she falls for one of their other guests and everything gets a little wacky after that. The full cast includes Rossy de Palma, Michael Smiley, Tom Hughes, Violaine Gillibert, Stanislas Merhar, and Sue Cann. This looks totally kooky and entertaining, almost like a French mix between Dinner for Schmucks and Beatriz at Dinner (with Salma Hayek). Seems like it'll be fun to watch,...
- 2/12/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The twenty first entry in an on-going series of audiovisual essays by Cristina Álvarez López and Adrian Martin. Mubi will be showing Chantal Akerman's Tomorrow We Move (2004) from March 8 - April 7, 2017 in most countries around the world. Tomorrow We Move (2004) is Chantal Akerman’s most underrated film. A recent, ambiguous “tribute” to the director in Cineaste magazine dismissed most of her work in fiction filmmaking beyond the 1970s, and was especially down on those fictions involving music, comedy, love, passion, and obsession. So, into the bin go Night and Day (unmentioned in the article), Golden Eighties (“dated and silly”), La Captive (“elephantine, imitative, and strangely fake”), and Almayer’s Folly (sunk by that “terrible French actor Stanislas Merhar”). And Tomorrow we Move? It and A Couch in New York (1996) are merely “exercises that Akerman had to get out of her system.”There is frequently an element of self-portraiture in Akerman’s work,...
- 3/8/2017
- MUBI
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’ve taken it upon ourselves to highlight the titles that have recently hit the interwebs. Every week, one will be able to see the cream of the crop (or perhaps some simply interesting picks) of streaming titles (new and old) across platforms such as Netflix, iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, and more (note: U.S. only). Check out our rundown for this week’s selections below.
Arabian Nights (Miguel Gomes)
In lauding Miguel Gomes‘ three-part, six-and-a-half hour behemoth, it’s perhaps important to consider his background as a critic. Not just in terms of the trilogy’s cinephilic engagement with Rossellini, Alonso, Oliveira, etc.; also in its defiant nature. While it’s easy to assign the trilogy certain humanist and satirical labels from the get-go and just praise these films for following through on them,...
Arabian Nights (Miguel Gomes)
In lauding Miguel Gomes‘ three-part, six-and-a-half hour behemoth, it’s perhaps important to consider his background as a critic. Not just in terms of the trilogy’s cinephilic engagement with Rossellini, Alonso, Oliveira, etc.; also in its defiant nature. While it’s easy to assign the trilogy certain humanist and satirical labels from the get-go and just praise these films for following through on them,...
- 5/6/2016
- by TFS Staff
- The Film Stage
Philippe Garrel’s In The Shadow of Women is his Jacques Rivette film: a work of masks, intrigues, labyrinthine deceptions and power games...but applied to the most intimate of relationships. So too is it thus a 69 minute long miracle of economy: We will see the meanings of these frames later. As Garrel says in his press conference: "For me, In The Shadow of Women is a film about the equality of men and women in as far as cinema can achieve this."And insofar as it is a meditation on equality between men and women, it too is also in dialogue with cinema itself.“...a history of cinema as communication between man and woman.” – Garrel, New York 2015 A good alternate title would be: Now, how do we get from point A to point B? “I also use images from my dreams. I am looking for a form of oneirism...
- 1/25/2016
- by Neil Bahadur
- MUBI
Usually one doesn’t think of seeing a “best film of the year” contender in what is usually the dumping ground known as January and February. However, distributor Distrib Films and director Philippe Garrel have tossed into theaters not only one of last year’s festival darlings but an early contender for the film of the year for 2015. Those unfamiliar with Garrel may find the black and white photography, pretentious-sounding title and hefty festival pedigree as a calling card for a film that’s more style than substance, but In The Shadow Of Women is a triumph of both direction and narrative nuance.
Women tells the story of documentarians Pierre (Stanislas Merhar) and Manon (Clotilde Courau), a husband and wife creative team that crafts shoestring-budget documentaries financed by a series of random jobs that both take on. However, the relationship faces its latest and greatest test when Pierre meets and...
Women tells the story of documentarians Pierre (Stanislas Merhar) and Manon (Clotilde Courau), a husband and wife creative team that crafts shoestring-budget documentaries financed by a series of random jobs that both take on. However, the relationship faces its latest and greatest test when Pierre meets and...
- 1/15/2016
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
Named as one of the best films of 2015 by Cahiers du Cinema, Philippe Garrel's "In The Shadow Of Women" kept eluding us on the festival circuit last year, having made its debut at the Cannes Directors' Fortnight. But the good news is that the movie arrives in cinemas this week, and we have an exclusive clip from the picture. Read More: The 100 Most Anticipated Films Of 2016 Starring Stanislas Merhar, Clotilde Courau, Lena Paugam, Vimala Pons, Mounir Margoum, Jean Pommier, Thérèse Quentin and Antoinette Moya, the story follows Pierre, a documentary filmmaker who ends an affair with his mistress Elisabeth when he discovers his partner Manon also has a lover. In the scene below, Pierre makes the boundaries of his relationship with Elisabeth quite clear. Here's the official synopsis: Pierre (Stanislas Merhar) and Manon (Clotilde Courau) make low-budget documentaries and live off odd jobs. When Pierre meets a young trainee,...
- 1/13/2016
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
All caught up with our top 50 films of 2015? It’s now time to look to the new year, and, ahead of our 100 most-anticipated films, we’re highlighting 50 titles we’ve enjoyed on the festival circuit this last year (and beyond) that will likely see a release in 2016. While the first batch have confirmed dates all the way through the summer, we’ve also included a handful that are awaiting a date and some we’re hopeful will get a release by year’s end pending acquisition. U.S. distributors: take note!
We’ve stuck to just 50 here, but we’ve also seen many other notable releases over the next twelve months that we were more mixed on (or worse). There’s The Benefactor, Mojave, Southbound, Remember, and Too Late this winter, as well as Hello, My Name is Doris, Green Room, Miles Ahead, I Saw the Light, The Bronze, Evolution,...
We’ve stuck to just 50 here, but we’ve also seen many other notable releases over the next twelve months that we were more mixed on (or worse). There’s The Benefactor, Mojave, Southbound, Remember, and Too Late this winter, as well as Hello, My Name is Doris, Green Room, Miles Ahead, I Saw the Light, The Bronze, Evolution,...
- 1/7/2016
- by TFS Staff
- The Film Stage
Chicago – As the 2015 edition of the 51st Chicago International Film Festival winds down into its second week, it continues wtih international and U.S. film offerings, plus additional festival favorites. All screenings are taking place at the AMC River North 21, 322 Illinois Street, Chicago, and the festival runs through October 29th.
HollywoodChicago.com contributors Brendan Hodges and Patrick McDonald have been sampling the fest, and provides this preview to cover the second week of the event. Over 50 countries are represented, and many of the films from the U.S. and elsewhere will be Oscar contenders. Each capsule is designated with Bh (Brendan) or Pm (Patrick) to indicate the author.
“Feel the Illinoise – City and State Short Films”
‘Nomad,’ Directed by Local Filmmaker Bradley Bischoff
Photo credit: Chicago International Film Festival
The Chicago International Film Festival also features short film programs in over eight categories. The City and State short films is the festival’s biggest celebrations,...
HollywoodChicago.com contributors Brendan Hodges and Patrick McDonald have been sampling the fest, and provides this preview to cover the second week of the event. Over 50 countries are represented, and many of the films from the U.S. and elsewhere will be Oscar contenders. Each capsule is designated with Bh (Brendan) or Pm (Patrick) to indicate the author.
“Feel the Illinoise – City and State Short Films”
‘Nomad,’ Directed by Local Filmmaker Bradley Bischoff
Photo credit: Chicago International Film Festival
The Chicago International Film Festival also features short film programs in over eight categories. The City and State short films is the festival’s biggest celebrations,...
- 10/22/2015
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
The American Film Institute announced today the films that will screen in the World Cinema, Breakthrough, Midnight, Shorts and Cinema’s Legacy programs at AFI Fest 2015 presented by Audi.
AFI Fest will take place November 5 – 12, 2015, in the heart of Hollywood. Screenings, Galas and events will be held at the historic Tcl Chinese Theatre, the Tcl Chinese 6 Theatres, Dolby Theatre, the Lloyd E. Rigler Theatre at the Egyptian, the El Capitan Theatre and The Hollywood Roosevelt.
World Cinema showcases the most acclaimed international films of the year; Breakthrough highlights true discoveries of the programming process; Midnight selections will grip audiences with terror; and Cinema’s Legacy highlights classic movies and films about cinema. World Cinema and Breakthrough selections are among the films eligible for Audience Awards. Shorts selections are eligible for the Grand Jury Prize, which qualifies the winner for Academy Award®consideration. This year’s Shorts jury features filmmaker Janicza Bravo,...
AFI Fest will take place November 5 – 12, 2015, in the heart of Hollywood. Screenings, Galas and events will be held at the historic Tcl Chinese Theatre, the Tcl Chinese 6 Theatres, Dolby Theatre, the Lloyd E. Rigler Theatre at the Egyptian, the El Capitan Theatre and The Hollywood Roosevelt.
World Cinema showcases the most acclaimed international films of the year; Breakthrough highlights true discoveries of the programming process; Midnight selections will grip audiences with terror; and Cinema’s Legacy highlights classic movies and films about cinema. World Cinema and Breakthrough selections are among the films eligible for Audience Awards. Shorts selections are eligible for the Grand Jury Prize, which qualifies the winner for Academy Award®consideration. This year’s Shorts jury features filmmaker Janicza Bravo,...
- 10/22/2015
- by Melissa Thompson
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
While features among Cannes’ sidebar Directors’ Fortnight might not get the immediate attention when compared to those in the competition line-up, there’s always more than a few gems. This year, Philippe Garrel‘s latest feature, In the Shadow of Women, premiered there and it was one of our favorites of the festival. Following a married couple living in a run-down Parisian apartment and struggling along as documentary filmmakers, it recently stopped by Nyff and today we have the U.S. trailer and poster ahead of a release early next year.
We said in our review, “While fitting snugly in the overall cohesiveness of Philippe Garrel’s filmography, In the Shadow of Women nevertheless feels like a companion piece to its predecessor, the 2013 critical hit Jealousy. Garrel’s latest is also shot in black-and-white, kept within a similarly svelte running time (73 minutes), and its pared-down story of marital infidelity again...
We said in our review, “While fitting snugly in the overall cohesiveness of Philippe Garrel’s filmography, In the Shadow of Women nevertheless feels like a companion piece to its predecessor, the 2013 critical hit Jealousy. Garrel’s latest is also shot in black-and-white, kept within a similarly svelte running time (73 minutes), and its pared-down story of marital infidelity again...
- 10/12/2015
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
At Filmmaker, Sarah Salovaara notes that Philippe Garrel's In the Shadow of Women, "like last year’s Jealousy, it’s another exploration of struggling artists and infidelity. Manon (Clotilde Courau) works with, or rather, under, her husband Pierre (Stanislas Merhar), a struggling documentarian who beds an intern (Lena Paugum) at a local archive to assuage his ego. 'Don’t blame me for being a man,' the narrator (voiced by Louis Garrel) reasons. Garrel delights in pushing his gender politics to the brink of offense before reigning them in with a carefully considered double standard: it follows that Manon herself is also having an affair." We've got more reviews, the trailer and a clip. » - David Hudson...
- 10/5/2015
- Keyframe
At Filmmaker, Sarah Salovaara notes that Philippe Garrel's In the Shadow of Women, "like last year’s Jealousy, it’s another exploration of struggling artists and infidelity. Manon (Clotilde Courau) works with, or rather, under, her husband Pierre (Stanislas Merhar), a struggling documentarian who beds an intern (Lena Paugum) at a local archive to assuage his ego. 'Don’t blame me for being a man,' the narrator (voiced by Louis Garrel) reasons. Garrel delights in pushing his gender politics to the brink of offense before reigning them in with a carefully considered double standard: it follows that Manon herself is also having an affair." We've got more reviews, the trailer and a clip. » - David Hudson...
- 10/5/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
Steven Spielberg’s Bridge of Spies, starring Tom Hanks, will make its World Premiere at the 53rd New York International Film Festival, running from September 25 to October 11. The film was one of 26 announced as part of the festival’s main slate, along with one of four World Premieres.
Some of the main slate highlights include Todd Haynes’s Carol, featuring Cannes Best Actress Winner Rooney Mara alongside Cate Blanchett, Miguel Gomes’s three part saga Arabian Nights, Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s The Assassin, the Us premiere of Michael Moore’s latest Where to Invade Next, Michel Gondry’s French film Microbe et Gasoil, and the World Premiere of the documentary Don’t Blink: Robert Frank, about the life of the fames photographer and filmmaker.
Previously announced films include the World Premiere of The Walk, Robert Zemeckis’s Philippe Petit biopic serving as the opening night film, the World Premiere of...
Some of the main slate highlights include Todd Haynes’s Carol, featuring Cannes Best Actress Winner Rooney Mara alongside Cate Blanchett, Miguel Gomes’s three part saga Arabian Nights, Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s The Assassin, the Us premiere of Michael Moore’s latest Where to Invade Next, Michel Gondry’s French film Microbe et Gasoil, and the World Premiere of the documentary Don’t Blink: Robert Frank, about the life of the fames photographer and filmmaker.
Previously announced films include the World Premiere of The Walk, Robert Zemeckis’s Philippe Petit biopic serving as the opening night film, the World Premiere of...
- 8/13/2015
- by Brian Welk
- SoundOnSight
Masculine/Feminine: Garrel Offers Yet Another Take On A Romantic Rift
As we see with many so-called auteurs, Philippe Garrel has been making the same film over and again throughout his entire career. In addition to his mastery of tone and a bold willingness to scrape the sewers of the most despairing regions of his ego, the secret to his work’s sustainability has laid in the subtle variations on his signature themes, which give depth and even warmth to otherwise arguably cliched takes on male/female power dynamics. In the Shadow of Women, then, represents a reduction of the intimate concerns that have preoccupied his last few films to an essential state. This yielded a lighter than usual black romantic comedy, but one that carries forward the Late Garrel optimism that was signaled in Jealousy (2013)–ironic, since these films were both motivated by the deaths of his father and mother.
As we see with many so-called auteurs, Philippe Garrel has been making the same film over and again throughout his entire career. In addition to his mastery of tone and a bold willingness to scrape the sewers of the most despairing regions of his ego, the secret to his work’s sustainability has laid in the subtle variations on his signature themes, which give depth and even warmth to otherwise arguably cliched takes on male/female power dynamics. In the Shadow of Women, then, represents a reduction of the intimate concerns that have preoccupied his last few films to an essential state. This yielded a lighter than usual black romantic comedy, but one that carries forward the Late Garrel optimism that was signaled in Jealousy (2013)–ironic, since these films were both motivated by the deaths of his father and mother.
- 5/16/2015
- by admin
- IONCINEMA.com
Down the couture-chain outdoor mall of the Croisette, the Directors' Fortnight opened with French intimist Philippe Garrel's In the Shadow of Women, of which Marie-Pierre has already written. It is one of a set of films by major filmmakers, the others being Arnaud Deplechin and Miguel Gomes, seemingly passed over by the Official Selection of the Festival de Cannes and promptly scooped up by the festival's unpredictable and often more rewarding younger brother. As if to underscore the difference between these two strands—in fact, separate festivals in the same city at the same time—the Fortnight preceded Garrel's new feature with an old short of his, a moving, on-the-ground actuality from the May '68 protests in Paris. Actua 1 is, in the director's words, a kind of "revenge on the news," that is, on the conservative newsreels seen in cinema's at the time. The prescience of the images, the danger they contain,...
- 5/15/2015
- by Daniel Kasman
- MUBI
Fabien Lemercier at Cineuropa on In the Shadow of Women, which has opened this year's Directors' Fortnight: "By placing Stanislas Merhar, Clotilde Courau and Lena Paugam in the leading roles, the French filmmaker happily brings back his favorite themes, creating a short film (1h13) that is clean-cut and bright as a solitary star following its unwavering trajectory through the ages, since Philippe Garrel was already featured in the 1st Directors’ Fortnight in 1969." Garrel's first collaboration with Luis Buñuel's screenwriter, Jean-Claude Carrière, reminds Allan Hunter at Screen of "the world of Eric Rohmer and François Truffaut." » - David Hudson...
- 5/14/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
Fabien Lemercier at Cineuropa on In the Shadow of Women, which has opened this year's Directors' Fortnight: "By placing Stanislas Merhar, Clotilde Courau and Lena Paugam in the leading roles, the French filmmaker happily brings back his favorite themes, creating a short film (1h13) that is clean-cut and bright as a solitary star following its unwavering trajectory through the ages, since Philippe Garrel was already featured in the 1st Directors’ Fortnight in 1969." Garrel's first collaboration with Luis Buñuel's screenwriter, Jean-Claude Carrière, reminds Allan Hunter at Screen of "the world of Eric Rohmer and François Truffaut." » - David Hudson...
- 5/14/2015
- Keyframe
There's a fuzzy green frog headed for Cannes with word that Miike Takashi's Yakuza Apocalypse - poster art featured above - is headed to the massive French fest as part of the official Directors' Fortnight selection along with Jeremy Saulnier's Green Room and Jaco Van Dormael's The Brand New Testament. Long regarded as the edgiest of Cannes programs, Fortnight certainly appears to be living up to that designation again this year with a broad range of films from both established and new names. Find the full selection below.2015 Cannes Directors' Fortnight Lineup Opener "In the Shadow of Women" (Philippe Garrel, France). Clotilde Courau, Stanislas Merhar and Lena Paugam star in Garrel's 25th feature, a tale of romantic betrayal centered around two impoverished documentary filmmakers adrift in modern-day...
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- 4/21/2015
- Screen Anarchy
The Directors’ Fortnight at this year’s Cannes Film Festival will open with a screening of director Philippe Garrel’s “In the Shadow of Women.” The film, for which Wild Bunch is handling international sales, follows a couple of low-budget documentary filmmakers whose relationship unravels due to their own romantic affairs. Clotilde Courau, Lena Paugam and Stanislas Merhar star. The full lineup for the the Directors’ Fortnight, an event independent of the Cannes Film Festival and organized by Société des Réalisateurs de Films, will be announced on April 21. Also Read: Cannes Film Festival Opening With Female-Directed Film for First Time...
- 4/15/2015
- by Greg Gilman
- The Wrap
While the Cannes Film Festival is the main attraction, it's easy to forget that the sidebar lineups boast even more treasures to be found. Today, the Cannes Directors' Fortnight has unveiled their opening film, and a new trailer has arrived right at the same time, so those heading to the Croisette can get prepared. Read More: The Best And Worst Of The 2014 Canned Film Festival Philippe Garrel's "In The Shadow Of Women" has been selected to kick things off at the Directors' Fortnight. Starring Stanislas Merhar, Clotilde Courau, Lena Paugam, Vimala Pons, Mounir Margoum, Jean Pommier, Thérèse Quentin, and Antoinette Moya, the story follows a documentary filmmaker who ends an affair with his mistress when he discovers his partner also has a lover. Presented in black-and-white, there's no U.S. distribution for this one yet. Sadly, no English subtitles on this trailer, but maybe it's an opportunity to practice your French.
- 4/15/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Stanislas Merhar and Clotilde Courau in L’Ombre Des Femmes, slated to open the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight
Another French film has secured a top slot at the Cannes Film Festival. Philippe Garrel’s L’Ombre Des Femmes (The Shadow Of Women) with Clotilde Courau, Lena Paugam and Stanislas Merhar will open the Directors’ Fortnight selection on 14 May, it was announced today (15 April).
Edouard Waintrop, the Fortnight’s director, described it as “a love story about love and betrayals, both large and small. It is an elegant film, both cruel and tender about the cowardice of ordinary men, and the intelligence of women.”
Written by the legendary Jean-Claude Carrière (who was Luis Buñuel’s partner for 19 years) the story revolves around Pierre and Manon, a couple of poverty-stricken documentary makers who are set to weather a storm of love and romance in modern-day Paris. It is Garrel’s 25th feature and...
Another French film has secured a top slot at the Cannes Film Festival. Philippe Garrel’s L’Ombre Des Femmes (The Shadow Of Women) with Clotilde Courau, Lena Paugam and Stanislas Merhar will open the Directors’ Fortnight selection on 14 May, it was announced today (15 April).
Edouard Waintrop, the Fortnight’s director, described it as “a love story about love and betrayals, both large and small. It is an elegant film, both cruel and tender about the cowardice of ordinary men, and the intelligence of women.”
Written by the legendary Jean-Claude Carrière (who was Luis Buñuel’s partner for 19 years) the story revolves around Pierre and Manon, a couple of poverty-stricken documentary makers who are set to weather a storm of love and romance in modern-day Paris. It is Garrel’s 25th feature and...
- 4/15/2015
- by Richard Mowe
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Philippe Garrel, who attended the very first edition of Cannes' Directors' Fortnight with The Virgin's Bed in 1969, will celebrate the opening of the 47th edition with his new film, In The Shadow of Women. Starring Clotilde Courau, Lena Paugam, and Stanislas Merhar, In the Shadow of Women tells the story of Pierre and Manon, a couple of low-budget documentary makers whose relationship unravels when Pierre starts an affair with his assistant only to discover Manon already has a lover of her own. Edouard Waintrop, artistic director of the Directors' Fortnight, described it as "elegant film, cruel and tender
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- 4/15/2015
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
L’ombre des femmes
Director: Philippe Garrel // Writers: Jean-Claude Carriere, Caroline Deruas-Garrel, Arlette Langman, Philippe Garrel
The 66 year old filmmaker makes his 25th feature this year, and the past decade has been one of his most active yet, perhaps due to the rising international of his son, actor Louis Garrel, who has starred in several of his father’s features. 2013’s Jealousy took a while to come to the Us, but he’s a name that’s been able to garner international distribution successfully. With The Shadow Women (L’ombre des femmes), this will be the first feature that won’t include his son in the cast since 2001’s Wild Innocence, and one should note that Jean-Claude Carriere, favored screenwriter of Luis Bunuel (including a filmography that includes many other auteurs), is part of the mix. The story revolves around Pierre and Manon, a couple of poverty-stricken documentary filmmakers (see...
Director: Philippe Garrel // Writers: Jean-Claude Carriere, Caroline Deruas-Garrel, Arlette Langman, Philippe Garrel
The 66 year old filmmaker makes his 25th feature this year, and the past decade has been one of his most active yet, perhaps due to the rising international of his son, actor Louis Garrel, who has starred in several of his father’s features. 2013’s Jealousy took a while to come to the Us, but he’s a name that’s been able to garner international distribution successfully. With The Shadow Women (L’ombre des femmes), this will be the first feature that won’t include his son in the cast since 2001’s Wild Innocence, and one should note that Jean-Claude Carriere, favored screenwriter of Luis Bunuel (including a filmography that includes many other auteurs), is part of the mix. The story revolves around Pierre and Manon, a couple of poverty-stricken documentary filmmakers (see...
- 1/5/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
It's 100 years since the first volume of À La Recherche du Temps Perdu was published, but a definitive cinematisation of Proust's epic novel has so far proved elusive
This year has been punctuated by a rash of anniversary-themed books and articles anticipating the first world war centenary, and indeed attempting snapshots of how Europe looked and felt in 1913, eerily poised on the precipice. The other centenary is similar in many ways: on 8 November 1913, Marcel Proust published the first volume of À La Recherche du Temps Perdu, his monumental novel about memory, mortality and art, the belle époque, and the leisured and aristocratic classes of Paris, a city crammed in Proust's pages with the most vivid and extraordinary personalities, destined to be swept away by the Great War.
Fourteen years ago, at Cannes, I saw Raúl Ruiz's superlative screen adaptation of the final volume: Time Regained, in which the narrator,...
This year has been punctuated by a rash of anniversary-themed books and articles anticipating the first world war centenary, and indeed attempting snapshots of how Europe looked and felt in 1913, eerily poised on the precipice. The other centenary is similar in many ways: on 8 November 1913, Marcel Proust published the first volume of À La Recherche du Temps Perdu, his monumental novel about memory, mortality and art, the belle époque, and the leisured and aristocratic classes of Paris, a city crammed in Proust's pages with the most vivid and extraordinary personalities, destined to be swept away by the Great War.
Fourteen years ago, at Cannes, I saw Raúl Ruiz's superlative screen adaptation of the final volume: Time Regained, in which the narrator,...
- 11/7/2013
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Looking back at 2012 on what films moved and impressed us, it is clear that watching old films is a crucial part of making new films meaningful. Thus, the annual tradition of our end of year poll, which calls upon our writers to pick both a new and an old film: they were challenged to choose a new film they saw in 2012—in theaters or at a festival—and creatively pair it with an old film they also saw in 2012 to create a unique double feature.
All the contributors were asked to write a paragraph explaining their 2012 fantasy double feature. What's more, each writer was given the option to list more pairings, with or without explanation, as further imaginative film programming we'd be lucky to catch in that perfect world we know doesn't exist but can keep dreaming of every time we go to the movies.
How would you program some...
All the contributors were asked to write a paragraph explaining their 2012 fantasy double feature. What's more, each writer was given the option to list more pairings, with or without explanation, as further imaginative film programming we'd be lucky to catch in that perfect world we know doesn't exist but can keep dreaming of every time we go to the movies.
How would you program some...
- 1/9/2013
- by Daniel Kasman
- MUBI
When discussing Almayer’s Folly, Chantal Akerman actively resists crediting the source material. Joseph Conrad’s first novel is set in Malaysia at the end of the 19th century and is a grotesque portrait of a young Dutch trader driven to madness by his own foolishness and avarice. A contemporary, sympathetic reading of the novel might commend it for its critique of the dehumanizing tendencies of colonialism, both on the colonized and the colonizer, but Akerman goes a few steps further. The film is less an adaptation than a loose, dream-like reimagining of its central conflict between a European man, his Asian wife, and their mixed-race daughter. Like Jean Rhys’s novel, Wide Sargasso Sea, which foregrounds the racist assumptions in Jane Eyre by giving life and a history to Charlotte Bronte’s exotic “madwoman in the attic,” Akerman rebalances the weight of Conrad’s narrative and in doing so finds—surprisingly,...
- 10/23/2011
- MUBI
Chantal Akerman (center), Almayer's Folly World Cinema Selections Almayer's Folly: Chantal Akerman loosely adapts Joseph Conrad’s novel set in Malaysia, the tragic tale of a failed European trader and his "mixed blood" daughter. Dir Chantal Akerman. Cast Stanislas Merhar, Marc Barbé, Aurora Marion, Zac Andrianasolo. Belgium/France. U.S. Premiere. Alps: Dogtooth director Yorgos Lanthimos returns with a tale of a group offering an unusual service for grieving families: They inhabit the role of the recently deceased. Dir Yorgos Lanthimos. Scr Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthimis Filippou. Cast Aggeliki Papoulia, Aris Servetalis, Ariane Labed, Johnny Vekris. Greece/France. U.S. Premiere. CARRÉ Blanc: One of the strongest debuts in years, CARRÉ Blanc is a dystopian sci-fi vision of a world with limited resources and limitless cruelty. Dir/Scr Jean-Baptiste Léonetti. Cast Sami Bouajila, Julie Gayet, Jean-Pierre Andreani, Fejria Deliba, Valerie Bodson. France/Luxembourg/Russia/Belgium/Switzerland. The Day He Arrives:...
- 10/23/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
The highlight of my recent Toronto screenings was Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne's The Kid with a Bike, which Danny Kasman covered extensively for Mubi when it premiered at Cannes. Tiff attendees were divided on whether the film's final section was difficult to assimilate, or whether it was the film's high point; I'm in the latter camp, and in fact was suspending judgment on the movie until the last scenes fired my enthusiasm.
Terence Davies' long-awaited The Deep Blue Sea, his first fiction feature since 2000's The House of Mirth, had its world premiere at Toronto this week. Davies has once again adapted a literary property, Terence Rattigan's play about a young woman who finds her fulfillment and her sorrow in physical love, much to society's discomfort. Despite my pleasure in Davies' stately rhythms and his loving attention to the material, The Deep Blue Sea made me wonder...
Terence Davies' long-awaited The Deep Blue Sea, his first fiction feature since 2000's The House of Mirth, had its world premiere at Toronto this week. Davies has once again adapted a literary property, Terence Rattigan's play about a young woman who finds her fulfillment and her sorrow in physical love, much to society's discomfort. Despite my pleasure in Davies' stately rhythms and his loving attention to the material, The Deep Blue Sea made me wonder...
- 9/16/2011
- MUBI
"Liberally adapted from Joseph Conrad's first novel, Almayer's Folly is Chantal Akerman's most satisfying fictional feature since La captive," writes Gabe Klinger in Cinema Scope. "Like that earlier film, which mined from Proust, it boils down its richly detailed source to a few austere gestures that balance the cross-cultural impulse of her recent documentary work (De l'autre côté comes to mind) with her better-known European narratives. There's not much in the way of plot, but rather a lot of emotive intensity in the mise en scène that suggests, while at the same time eluding, the deeper literary structure of Conrad's story."
"The film's prologue is deceptively thriller-like," writes Neil Young in the Hollywood Reporter. "A man wanders through an unidentified southeast Asian waterfront town until he pulls a knife and kills an outdoor music bar entertainer, leaving one of the accompanying dance troupe alone on stage. This...
"The film's prologue is deceptively thriller-like," writes Neil Young in the Hollywood Reporter. "A man wanders through an unidentified southeast Asian waterfront town until he pulls a knife and kills an outdoor music bar entertainer, leaving one of the accompanying dance troupe alone on stage. This...
- 9/9/2011
- MUBI
Single tickets for films showing at Tiff officially go on sale tomorrow and before you consider paying for an overpriced, over-hyped, red carpet Gala screening of a film that will be out in theatres week later, we suggest you mix it up a bit and consider the alternative. Joined by our own Toronto based critic Blake Williams (who is also presenting his latest short entitled Coorow-Latham Road in Wavelengths 4 this year), we've complied a 25-list of invigorating films from pioneering master filmmakers who still don't get enough cred to visionaries making their first contributions to cinema. We begin the countdown with..: #1. Almayers Folly Director: Chantal Akerman Cast: Stanislas Merhar, Marc Barbé, Aurora Marion, Zac Andrianasolo Distributor: Rights Available Buzz: Akerman is at once a key figure in structural filmmaking, 60's & 70's world cinema, and women's filmmaking in general. Producing some of the most contemplative and soaring masterpieces of the last few decades (Jeanne Dielman,...
- 9/2/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
We at Mubi think that celebrating the films of 2010 should be a celebration of film viewing in 2010. Since all film and video is "old" one way or another, we present Out of a Past, a small (re-) collection of some of our favorite of 2010's retrospective viewings.
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Something of a preferential order.
A Brighter Summer Day (Edward Yang, Taiwan, 1991)
I was ready to be let down after hearing so much praise for so long, but this film’s reputation doesn’t do it justice. For one, you cannot summarize or condense the growing rings of significance that accrue as the four hours tick past, no matter how simple a story we have here. But it’s not just the “modern novel” structure that so impressed me (though it did) as much as how the film was shot, and lit. It’s not flashy, it’s not even as outright gorgeous...
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Something of a preferential order.
A Brighter Summer Day (Edward Yang, Taiwan, 1991)
I was ready to be let down after hearing so much praise for so long, but this film’s reputation doesn’t do it justice. For one, you cannot summarize or condense the growing rings of significance that accrue as the four hours tick past, no matter how simple a story we have here. But it’s not just the “modern novel” structure that so impressed me (though it did) as much as how the film was shot, and lit. It’s not flashy, it’s not even as outright gorgeous...
- 1/12/2011
- MUBI
"One of the finest literary adaptations ever made, Chantal Akerman's La Captive (2000) distills La Prisonnière, the fifth volume of Marcel Proust's sprawling In Search of Lost Time, to a spare, inventive rumination on the author's key themes: jealousy and possession." Melissa Anderson for Artforum: "Akerman, who co-wrote La Captive with Eric de Kuyper, dispenses with the novel's belle epoque time frame, setting her film in present-day Paris. Marcel and Albertine, Proust's mismatched lovers, become Simon (Stanislas Merhar) and Ariane (Sylvie Testud), who live together in Simon's enormous apartment. A neurasthenic writer, Simon is feverishly jealous, first seen studying Super 8 footage of Ariane playing on the beach with a group of women — a time he refers to as her 'other life,' when her romantic relationships were exclusively same-sex."...
- 6/28/2010
- MUBI
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