Art House Films has taken distribution rights for France.
Japanese filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa, who won best director at Venice in 2020 with Wife Of A Spy, has wrapped shooting French thriller Serpent’s Path starring Ko Shibasaki and Damien Bonnard.
The film, now in post-production, is an adaptation of Kurosawa’s 1998 Japanese feature of the same name, in which a man enlists a friend to help him exact revenge upon his daughter’s murderer. The original was written by Hiroshi Takahashi, co-writer of iconic horror Ring, and starred Teruyuki Kagawa and Show Aikawa.
In the French-language remake, the main character is...
Japanese filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa, who won best director at Venice in 2020 with Wife Of A Spy, has wrapped shooting French thriller Serpent’s Path starring Ko Shibasaki and Damien Bonnard.
The film, now in post-production, is an adaptation of Kurosawa’s 1998 Japanese feature of the same name, in which a man enlists a friend to help him exact revenge upon his daughter’s murderer. The original was written by Hiroshi Takahashi, co-writer of iconic horror Ring, and starred Teruyuki Kagawa and Show Aikawa.
In the French-language remake, the main character is...
- 8/30/2023
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
After nearly fifteen years, Mia Hansen-Løve’s feature debut All is Forgiven finally has its theatrical release in the U.S. A tender yet heart-wrenching drama about the reconciliation between an estranged father and his daughter, it’s evidence Hansen-Løve has always been a mature filmmaker. The story, as in her other films, concerns the passage of time, and particularly here it invites us to ponder if forgiveness can be achieved as time passes.
Opening in Vienna circa 1995, All is Forgiven centers on struggling writer Victor (Paul Blain) and his French-Austrian family—partner Annette (Marie-Christine Friedrich) and 6-year-old daughter Pamela (Victoire Rousseau). Victor initially seems a normal, caring father and husband whose love for both Annette and Pamela rings sincere. Yet it doesn’t take long until we see that there’s another side of Victor: he’s a drug user who gets abusive towards his wife anytime she calls him out.
Opening in Vienna circa 1995, All is Forgiven centers on struggling writer Victor (Paul Blain) and his French-Austrian family—partner Annette (Marie-Christine Friedrich) and 6-year-old daughter Pamela (Victoire Rousseau). Victor initially seems a normal, caring father and husband whose love for both Annette and Pamela rings sincere. Yet it doesn’t take long until we see that there’s another side of Victor: he’s a drug user who gets abusive towards his wife anytime she calls him out.
- 11/5/2021
- by Reyzando Nawara
- The Film Stage
Little surprise that one of this century’s great debuts came from Mia Hansen-Løve; stranger that fifteen-or-so years and an exceptional oeuvre would transpire before U.S. audiences could (legally) see it themselves. But Metrograph Pictures are picking up the mantle in a major way, giving 2007’s All is Forgiven a theatrical and digital release that starts this Friday.
Now we have a trailer—one that looks a hell of a lot finer than the file that’s been sitting on my hard drive since 2014, moreover one that instantly reminds me why I’ve held All is Forgiven in such esteem for so long. A good moment to note that, in our recent interview, Hansen-Løve promised her next feature “is like going back to” this new classic. We’re just glad it’s ready for discovery on its own terms.
Find preview and poster below:
Mia Hansen-Løve was only twenty-five...
Now we have a trailer—one that looks a hell of a lot finer than the file that’s been sitting on my hard drive since 2014, moreover one that instantly reminds me why I’ve held All is Forgiven in such esteem for so long. A good moment to note that, in our recent interview, Hansen-Løve promised her next feature “is like going back to” this new classic. We’re just glad it’s ready for discovery on its own terms.
Find preview and poster below:
Mia Hansen-Løve was only twenty-five...
- 11/2/2021
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
In the road paved by the Koreans during the last decade, it was a matter of time before a Japanese director followed the same path, although Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s film is not a Hollywood one, but an international production involving companies from France, Japan, and Belgium. Let us see if his effort was a “Snowpiercer” or a “Last Stand”.
Stephane is a unique fashion photographer, who uses daguerreotype in his photo shoots in a secluded mansion in the suburbs of Paris, a very difficult process that demands from the model to stay completely still for more than an hour. The results, however, are remarkable, and Stephane is quite sought in the world of photography. On the other hand, he is a troubled man who is tormented by his wife’s death, to the point that he tries endlessly to immortalize her by photographing his 22-year-old daughter in...
Stephane is a unique fashion photographer, who uses daguerreotype in his photo shoots in a secluded mansion in the suburbs of Paris, a very difficult process that demands from the model to stay completely still for more than an hour. The results, however, are remarkable, and Stephane is quite sought in the world of photography. On the other hand, he is a troubled man who is tormented by his wife’s death, to the point that he tries endlessly to immortalize her by photographing his 22-year-old daughter in...
- 8/5/2021
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
“Daguerreotype” is Kurosawa’s first cinematic excursion outside of Japan. While we have become accustomed to seeing Asian directors choosing to shoot their first non-Japanese language feature in English and mainly within the constraints of the Us studio system – Nakata has directed in both the Us and UK albeit not with much success – Kurosawa’s choice of France works exceptionally well and hasn’t impacted negatively on his artistic or aesthetic vision. Instead, “Daguerreotype” seamlessly melds Kurosawa’s Japanese sensibility with those of French art cinema.
“Daguerrotype” is screening at Japan Cuts, that will be until July 23.
Jean Malassis (Tahar Rahim), a young seemingly aimless drifter, takes a job as an assistant to Stephane (Olivier Gourmet), a reclusive photographer who lives in a dilapidated mansion just outside Paris, with his daughter, Marie (Constance Rousseau). Stephane’s obsession with recreating the past through the use of a daguerreotype is offset by the ethereal beauty of Marie,...
“Daguerrotype” is screening at Japan Cuts, that will be until July 23.
Jean Malassis (Tahar Rahim), a young seemingly aimless drifter, takes a job as an assistant to Stephane (Olivier Gourmet), a reclusive photographer who lives in a dilapidated mansion just outside Paris, with his daughter, Marie (Constance Rousseau). Stephane’s obsession with recreating the past through the use of a daguerreotype is offset by the ethereal beauty of Marie,...
- 4/21/2020
- by Colette Balmain
- AsianMoviePulse
Now that us horror fans have to look past Halloween, there’s a certain sadness that sets in once we realize our favorite holiday is now 365 days away. But fear not! We have a bunch of great films coming to digital and VOD to get you through these dark times, including Joe Lynch’s Mayhem (which bows on November 10th, and it’s a film that I cannot recommend enough—so much fun!).
Other notable films hitting digital platforms throughout the month include Bad Match (on November 3rd), The Elf (on November 7th), Radius from Epic Pictures (November 10th), IFC Midnight’s Nails (November 17th), and the psychological thriller Woodshock rounds out the month’s releases on November 28th.
24 Hours to Live (Saban Films) – November 3rd on Ultra VOD
24 Hours to Live is a fast-paced action-packed movie about a career assassin (Ethan Hawke) who is given a chance at redemption...
Other notable films hitting digital platforms throughout the month include Bad Match (on November 3rd), The Elf (on November 7th), Radius from Epic Pictures (November 10th), IFC Midnight’s Nails (November 17th), and the psychological thriller Woodshock rounds out the month’s releases on November 28th.
24 Hours to Live (Saban Films) – November 3rd on Ultra VOD
24 Hours to Live is a fast-paced action-packed movie about a career assassin (Ethan Hawke) who is given a chance at redemption...
- 11/1/2017
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
"You bend reality to suit yourself." An official Us trailer has arrived for one of Japanese filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa's films from last year, titled Daguerrotype (properly spelled - Daguerreotype). The film first premiered at the 2016 Toronto Film Festival, and has been awaiting a Us release ever since. It goes under a few different titles - The Woman in the Silver Plate, or in France it's Le secret de la chambre noire, which translates roughly to The Secret of the Dark Room. French actor Tahir Rahim stars as a young apprentice in Paris, back in the days of daguerreotypes. He falls for the photographer's daughter, but they learn there's some kind of malevolent forces stopping them from escaping. The full cast includes Olivier Gourmet, Constance Rousseau, Mathieu Amalric, Malik Zidi, Valérie Sibilia. This seems like a strange film. Here's the official Us trailer (+ poster) for Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Daguerrotype, direct...
- 10/24/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The U.S. distribution of Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s films are never guaranteed, so when one comes our way, we’ll take it however it arrives. His ghost story Daguerrotype, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival last fall, will get a VOD release next month, on November 7, and now a new trailer has landed.
Starring Tahar Rahim, Constance Rousseau, and Olivier Gourmet, the story follows a daguerreotype photographer’s assistant who falls in love with his employer’s daughter and things get more mysterious therein. See the trailer below, following an excerpt from our review:
Kiyoshi Kurosawa has ways of making it look easy, even unimpressive. To my knowledge, he has never made a film that’s less than a pleasure to simply observe, richly detailed in environment and carefully calibrated in composition, cutting, and gesture — masterclasses too focused on feeling (excitement, mystery, romance, and, most often, terror) to pronounce great pretensions.
Starring Tahar Rahim, Constance Rousseau, and Olivier Gourmet, the story follows a daguerreotype photographer’s assistant who falls in love with his employer’s daughter and things get more mysterious therein. See the trailer below, following an excerpt from our review:
Kiyoshi Kurosawa has ways of making it look easy, even unimpressive. To my knowledge, he has never made a film that’s less than a pleasure to simply observe, richly detailed in environment and carefully calibrated in composition, cutting, and gesture — masterclasses too focused on feeling (excitement, mystery, romance, and, most often, terror) to pronounce great pretensions.
- 10/24/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Japan Cuts 2017, NY’s annual festival celebrating the best of new Japanese cinema, is back with its 11th edition scheduled from July 13 to 23. This year’s roster includes 28 feature and 6 short films, ranging across epic blockbusters, indies, documentaries, animations and restored classics. In-person access to filmmakers and stars, Q&A sessions and parties are some extra treats on offer.
Yusuke Iseya in Mumon © 2017 Mumon Film Partners
The festival opens on Thursday, July 13th, with Yoshihiro Nakamura’s Mumon: Land of the Stealth, a playful take on the period drama genre, full of fantastical ninja moves and its own sense of eccentricity. Nakamura will be available for post-screening Q&A and Opening Night Party at Japan Society’s historic theater.
After a series of International, North America, Us, East Coast and NY Premieres, the festival will close with Sunao Katabuchi’s enchanting In This Corner of the World, a poignant coming-of-age story set during WWII.
Yusuke Iseya in Mumon © 2017 Mumon Film Partners
The festival opens on Thursday, July 13th, with Yoshihiro Nakamura’s Mumon: Land of the Stealth, a playful take on the period drama genre, full of fantastical ninja moves and its own sense of eccentricity. Nakamura will be available for post-screening Q&A and Opening Night Party at Japan Society’s historic theater.
After a series of International, North America, Us, East Coast and NY Premieres, the festival will close with Sunao Katabuchi’s enchanting In This Corner of the World, a poignant coming-of-age story set during WWII.
- 6/24/2017
- by Arnav Sinha
- AsianMoviePulse
Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Cure, Tokyo Sonata, and Creepy) is back with Daguerreotype, and like the title suggests, the story follows the obsession of an aged photographer (Oliver Gourmet) as he uses his own daughter and assistant for rendering life-like images, using old photographic techniques. Recently stopping by the Toronto International Film Festival where it was met with a divisive reaction, a new trailer has now landed, albeit without English subtitles, for the film known in France as Le Secret De La Chambre Noire, which translates to The Secret of the Darkroom.
We said in our review, “Kiyoshi Kurosawa has ways of making it look easy, even unimpressive. To my knowledge, he has never made a film that’s less than a pleasure to simply observe, richly detailed in environment and carefully calibrated in composition, cutting, and gesture — masterclasses too focused on feeling (excitement, mystery, romance, and, most often, terror) to pronounce great pretensions.
We said in our review, “Kiyoshi Kurosawa has ways of making it look easy, even unimpressive. To my knowledge, he has never made a film that’s less than a pleasure to simply observe, richly detailed in environment and carefully calibrated in composition, cutting, and gesture — masterclasses too focused on feeling (excitement, mystery, romance, and, most often, terror) to pronounce great pretensions.
- 1/19/2017
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
It could be said that an introduction to Mia Hansen-Løve is entirely beside the point, given the extent to which her films concern herself and loved ones. Following the portrait of her brother, Eden, she’s centered her fifth feature on her mother. The film is Things to Come, and the woman at its front is Isabelle Huppert — in one of her best performances, which I discussed with the actress here.
I had the good fortune to sit down with Hansen-Løve at this year’s New York Film Festival. The discussion we had two years prior remains one of my favorites, and the consistent ebb and flow between features means this was, in certain ways, a picking-up of where we left off in the fall of 2014. But you don’t have to know her work to find this an engaging read on the nature of art-as-introspection.
The Film Stage: When this movie was in development,...
I had the good fortune to sit down with Hansen-Løve at this year’s New York Film Festival. The discussion we had two years prior remains one of my favorites, and the consistent ebb and flow between features means this was, in certain ways, a picking-up of where we left off in the fall of 2014. But you don’t have to know her work to find this an engaging read on the nature of art-as-introspection.
The Film Stage: When this movie was in development,...
- 11/30/2016
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Kiyoshi Kurosawa. Photo courtesey of Film-in-evolution | Les Productions BalthazarGone are the glory days when Hollywood would identify and poach remarkable foreign (inevitably European) directors, enticing them with greater budgets and production capabilities. France, with its generous co-production financing, cannot compete with Hollywood of the 1930s, but half a decade ago they brought over a spate of our favorite East Asian auteurs to make several great films: Hou Hsiao-hsien (Flight of the Red Balloon), Hong Sang-soo (Night and Day) and Tsai Ming-liang (Visage). Now count Kiyoshi Kurosawa with that number. The Japanese director, best known for a cluster of haunting mysteries that coincided with the J-Horror trend and still conflated with that brief cultural moment, has made Daguerrotype, a haunted house gothic featuring French stars Tahar Rahim and Olivier Gourmet.Though often creeping towards horror—“thriller” might be more appropriate if his films didn’t move at an unsettling, dreamily...
- 9/26/2016
- MUBI
DaguerrotypeDear Fern,I've heard a lot of mixed things here about Terrence Malick's Voyage of Time, so I'm very pleased at your enraptured praise. Did you know from the first moment that you liked it so much? Sometimes, in those rare special occasions, you know right off that a film is great. From the first shot of Kelly Reichardt’s Certain Women, a grainy Montana landscape grayed by winter, with hills so soft in they could be painted on, and a train arcing its way towards the camera, it is clear this film is special. Based on stories by author Maile Meloy, the film takes the unusual form of a sequence of three stories, all set in small town Montana, and each foregrounded on a woman and her conflicted yearning.Laura Dern is a lawyer whose client (Jared Harris) in a dead-end malfeasance lawsuit gets increasingly dejected and unhinged...
- 9/13/2016
- MUBI
Kiyoshi Kurosawa has ways of making it look easy, even unimpressive. To my knowledge, he has never made a film that’s less than a pleasure to simply observe, richly detailed in environment and carefully calibrated in composition, cutting, and gesture — masterclasses too focused on feeling (excitement, mystery, romance, and, most often, terror) to pronounce great pretensions. The latest (and first French-language) entry into his filmography, Daguerrotype, doesn’t stand with the Japanese auteur’s greatest work, nor as much of a great work in total, but it’s one we shouldn’t take for granted, in large part because it manages to strike the most elusive of moods: admirably boring.
That this hardly sounds like much of an endorsement is all the more reason to experience the thing for yourself. Daguerrotype hardly conforms to expectations, starting with a set-up that’s primed for horror — it’s the kind that...
That this hardly sounds like much of an endorsement is all the more reason to experience the thing for yourself. Daguerrotype hardly conforms to expectations, starting with a set-up that’s primed for horror — it’s the kind that...
- 9/11/2016
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
I have seen Kiyoshi Kurosawa‘s Daguerrotype, and the most I’m currently allowed to say is this: no, I’ve not yet learned how to blind-type that title. (It’s spelled differently from the traditionally used [and still-uncommon] term, which doesn’t help in the slightest.) If you want some quick taste of what the Japanese master has cooked up with his third feature in just one year’s time, peek at a trailer made in advance of this month’s Tiff showing — or don’t, since it probably gives away more than interested parties would care to know.
Daguerrotype is filled with incident on a scene-to-scene, sometimes moment-to-moment basis, so it only follows that any preview longer than, say, a minute will end up conceding things, even if you don’t immediately realize that things are being conceded. Nevertheless: those who want hints — including what the likes of Tahar Rahim,...
Daguerrotype is filled with incident on a scene-to-scene, sometimes moment-to-moment basis, so it only follows that any preview longer than, say, a minute will end up conceding things, even if you don’t immediately realize that things are being conceded. Nevertheless: those who want hints — including what the likes of Tahar Rahim,...
- 9/2/2016
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Toronto International Film Festival continues to add to its already eclectic slate by announcing their Platform line-up today. Beginning last year as a special program to highlight auteur-driven features from around the world, this year’s line-up looks remarkably strong, opening with Bertrand Bonello‘s Paris-set terrorism drama Nocturama.
Also featuring new films from Fien Troch, Zacharias Kunuk, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Ivan Sen, Katell Quillévéré, Khyentse Norbu, Pablo Larraín, William Oldroyd, Mijke de Jong, Barry Jenkins, Mathieu Denis, and Simon Lavoie, check out the line-up below.
Daguerrotype (Le Secret de la chambre noire) Kiyoshi Kurosawa, France/Japan/Belgium
World Premiere
Kiyoshi Kurosawa makes his first film outside Japan with this French-language ghost romance fantasy, about an aging photographer whose obsession with an archaic technique draws his young assistant and beautiful daughter into a dark and mysterious world. Starring Tahar Rahim, Constance Rousseau, Olivier Gourmet, and Mathieu Amalric. ***
Goldstone Ivan Sen, Australia...
Also featuring new films from Fien Troch, Zacharias Kunuk, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Ivan Sen, Katell Quillévéré, Khyentse Norbu, Pablo Larraín, William Oldroyd, Mijke de Jong, Barry Jenkins, Mathieu Denis, and Simon Lavoie, check out the line-up below.
Daguerrotype (Le Secret de la chambre noire) Kiyoshi Kurosawa, France/Japan/Belgium
World Premiere
Kiyoshi Kurosawa makes his first film outside Japan with this French-language ghost romance fantasy, about an aging photographer whose obsession with an archaic technique draws his young assistant and beautiful daughter into a dark and mysterious world. Starring Tahar Rahim, Constance Rousseau, Olivier Gourmet, and Mathieu Amalric. ***
Goldstone Ivan Sen, Australia...
- 8/11/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Kiyoshi Kurosawa is on quite the roll: nine months after Journey to the Shore and four since Creepy premiered, both of which we highly recommend, we have a new teaser for his French-language debut, The Woman in the Silver Plate, which collects some of the country’s best actors — Tahar Rahim, Mathieu Amalric, Olivier Gourmet (Belgian, albeit French-speaking), and Constance Rousseau (Simon Killer) — for (surprise!) an eerie tale involving the mystical and unknown.
Aside from a likely festival appearance, the thing’s still some ways off — a French theatrical release won’t be underway until late November, and there’s no U.S. distributor yet announced — but at least we have a teaser. However brief, it’s a cinematographic and formal beauty, perhaps early evidence that Kurosawa’s transition to a new language and continent hasn’t dulled the man’s intoxicating sense for capturing images.
See the preview below...
Aside from a likely festival appearance, the thing’s still some ways off — a French theatrical release won’t be underway until late November, and there’s no U.S. distributor yet announced — but at least we have a teaser. However brief, it’s a cinematographic and formal beauty, perhaps early evidence that Kurosawa’s transition to a new language and continent hasn’t dulled the man’s intoxicating sense for capturing images.
See the preview below...
- 6/9/2016
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
It is just ten days until what is perhaps the most exciting cinematic event of every year comes to bear: an announcement of the Cannes Film Festival lineup. We’ve featured glimpses of some of titles that might make their way to southern France next month, and today we’ve collected first looks at three more, all of which are greatly anticipated. How anticipated? So anticipated, in fact, that just an image warrants a post.
The first, from Wild Bunch, showcases Bertrand Bonello‘s Paris Is Happening — now being referred to as Nocturama in the native tongue — a picture about youths who take it upon themselves to sabotage the city of love with a series of explosions. Yes, even the writer-director is uncomfortable with that level of relevance — especially the writer-director, actually — as he told me back in December. Combine this tension and the fact that his last film was...
The first, from Wild Bunch, showcases Bertrand Bonello‘s Paris Is Happening — now being referred to as Nocturama in the native tongue — a picture about youths who take it upon themselves to sabotage the city of love with a series of explosions. Yes, even the writer-director is uncomfortable with that level of relevance — especially the writer-director, actually — as he told me back in December. Combine this tension and the fact that his last film was...
- 4/4/2016
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
★★★★☆ Though you'd be forgiven for initially thinking that 'Travis Bickle: The Post-College Life' was playing out in front of you (with a healthy dose of Gaspar Noé thrown in), Antonio Campos' Simon Killer (2012) soon settles into a unique and riveting psychological thriller. Simon (Brady Corbet) is a college graduate backpacking around Europe and nursing a broken heart after a recent split. Staying at the uninhibited home of a family friend in Paris, his growing melancholy and loneliness causes him to wander aimlessly around the city, until it eventually leads him to an awkward sexual encounter in an underground brothel.
The prostitute Simon procures (Constance Rousseau) takes pity on him when he arrives back the following night - having been robbed after a scuffle in the streets - and agrees to let him stay with her for a few days. It's not long, however, before he has insinuated himself into her life,...
The prostitute Simon procures (Constance Rousseau) takes pity on him when he arrives back the following night - having been robbed after a scuffle in the streets - and agrees to let him stay with her for a few days. It's not long, however, before he has insinuated himself into her life,...
- 8/27/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Imagine if I ended this review mid-sentence. Imagine if, prior to this, I scattered sentences in French throughout without providing any translation. Imagine if I was forced to repeat myself to make you experience this the way it was intended.
Would you make allowances because the rest of the review was interesting enough (*cough*), or would you find these qualities so annoying as to render the whole experience a disaster? Here’s the rub: Simon Killer, while far from greatness, is an accomplished and at times strangely hypnotic piece, but it was partially ruined for me by my viewing experience. This matters, because in place of plot and action it promotes characterisation and mood as defining features – judging it objectively is thus truly tricky.
That opening sequence serves as a metaphor for Simon more broadly, as the breezy backpacker he wants to be is gradually ripped apart by his inner...
Would you make allowances because the rest of the review was interesting enough (*cough*), or would you find these qualities so annoying as to render the whole experience a disaster? Here’s the rub: Simon Killer, while far from greatness, is an accomplished and at times strangely hypnotic piece, but it was partially ruined for me by my viewing experience. This matters, because in place of plot and action it promotes characterisation and mood as defining features – judging it objectively is thus truly tricky.
That opening sequence serves as a metaphor for Simon more broadly, as the breezy backpacker he wants to be is gradually ripped apart by his inner...
- 4/14/2013
- Shadowlocked
The Place Beyond The Pines | Oblivion | Simon Killer | The Gatekeepers | Flying Blind | Scary Movie 5 | Bafta Shorts 2013 | First Position | Theorem | Nautanki Saala!
The Place Beyond The Pines (15)
(Derek Cianfrance, 2012, Us) Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper. 141 mins
Fans might be disappointed to hear it, but this has bigger ambitions than just drooling over Ryan Gosling. His criminal stunt-biker is merely one part of a weighty cross-generational triptych: a study of fathers, sons, sins and justice that seeks a place beyond standard storytelling structure, even if there's not quite enough meat on the bones, especially of the Gosling variety.
Oblivion (12A)
(Joseph Kosinski, 2013, Us) Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Olga Kurylenko. 125 mins
Cruise is in his familiar anchorman role for this big-budget sci-fi, set on a devastated future Earth where all is not what it seems with his drone repairman's job. It's potentially a Philip K Dick-style thriller, though the lack of advance screenings is a danger sign.
The Place Beyond The Pines (15)
(Derek Cianfrance, 2012, Us) Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper. 141 mins
Fans might be disappointed to hear it, but this has bigger ambitions than just drooling over Ryan Gosling. His criminal stunt-biker is merely one part of a weighty cross-generational triptych: a study of fathers, sons, sins and justice that seeks a place beyond standard storytelling structure, even if there's not quite enough meat on the bones, especially of the Gosling variety.
Oblivion (12A)
(Joseph Kosinski, 2013, Us) Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Olga Kurylenko. 125 mins
Cruise is in his familiar anchorman role for this big-budget sci-fi, set on a devastated future Earth where all is not what it seems with his drone repairman's job. It's potentially a Philip K Dick-style thriller, though the lack of advance screenings is a danger sign.
- 4/13/2013
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Title: Simon Killer Directed By: Antonio Campos Starring: Brady Corbet, Mati Diop, Michael Abiteboul, Constance Rousseau “Simon Killer” isn’t for everyone, but it isn’t trying to be. Director Antonio Campos is there to serve Simon and Simon alone, resulting in an experience that’s uncomfortable and disturbing at times, but also an all-consuming hypnotic character study. Brady Corbet’s Simon is a recent college graduate who runs off to Paris after breaking up with the girlfriend he’s had since high school. Space seems to be exactly what he needs until Simon finds himself obsessively trying to make contact with her. Soon thereafter, Simon winds up at a strip club where he strikes [ Read More ]
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- 4/4/2013
- by Perri Nemiroff
- ShockYa
Title: Simon Killer IFC Films Director: Antonio Campos Screenwriter: Antonio Campos, story by Antonio Campos, Brady Corbet, Mati Diop Cast: Brady Corbet, Mati Diop, Michael Abiteboul, Constance Rousseau, Lila Salot, Solo Screened at: Review 1, NYC, 3/20/13 Opens: April 5, 2013 When American travel to Europe on vacation, they do not generally communicate with the locals, their only contacts being with professional guides, waiters and hotel personnel. Maybe that’s not such a bad idea, at least when you consider what happens to Simon (Brady Corbet). Brady Corbet is made for this role, coming from a riveting performance as one of two young psychopaths in Michael Haneke’s “Funny Games.” As Peter [ Read More ]
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- 3/21/2013
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
There’s a new trailer for Simon Killer, which you can see below.
The synopsis:
The follow-up to Antonio Campos’ critically acclaimed Afterschool, Simon Killer is an erotic and and psychological portrait of Simon (Brady Corbet, Melancholia, Martha Marcy May Marlene), a well-educated, handsome and seemingly sympathetic college graduate with just a hint of something off-putting enough to ignite a sense of concern. Recently heartbroken, Simon travels to Paris to clear his head. After several days of wandering aimlessly, Simon finds himself drawn into a sex parlor and has a sexual encounter with an exotic prostitute, Victoria (Mati Diop, 35 Shots Of Rum). The chemistry builds between the two until they find themselves in a serious relationship, one that leads to blackmail, betrayal and the ultimate revelation of Simon’s true nature.
The film stars Brady Corbet, Mati Diop, Michael Abitebouln and Constance Rousseau. It was written an directed by Antonio Campos.
The synopsis:
The follow-up to Antonio Campos’ critically acclaimed Afterschool, Simon Killer is an erotic and and psychological portrait of Simon (Brady Corbet, Melancholia, Martha Marcy May Marlene), a well-educated, handsome and seemingly sympathetic college graduate with just a hint of something off-putting enough to ignite a sense of concern. Recently heartbroken, Simon travels to Paris to clear his head. After several days of wandering aimlessly, Simon finds himself drawn into a sex parlor and has a sexual encounter with an exotic prostitute, Victoria (Mati Diop, 35 Shots Of Rum). The chemistry builds between the two until they find themselves in a serious relationship, one that leads to blackmail, betrayal and the ultimate revelation of Simon’s true nature.
The film stars Brady Corbet, Mati Diop, Michael Abitebouln and Constance Rousseau. It was written an directed by Antonio Campos.
- 2/23/2013
- by Philip Sticco
- LRMonline.com
IFC Films has released the first trailer for writer/director Antonio Campos' Simon Killer . Check it out in the player below, courtesy of iTunes Movie Trailers . The film follows a recent college graduate who goes to Paris after breaking up with his girlfriend of five years. His life should be open-ended and full of promise, but he can't shake his feelings of loss. Being a stranger in a strange land only aggravates his situation. When he falls in love with a young mysterious prostitute, a fateful journey begins, though we soon learn that Simon is the one with deeper secrets. Simon Killer stars Brady Corbet, Mati Diop, Michael Abiteboul, Constance Rousseau and Lila Salet and hits theaters on April 5.
- 2/22/2013
- Comingsoon.net
The AFI Film Fest (11.01-11.08) have announced the line-ups for our favorite sections at the fest in the Young American selections and New Auteurs section and they’ve managed to stack up on titles that are amongst the year’s best and which in the case of two films were mysteriously passed over by the likes of Telluride, Tiff and Nyff. Michel Franco’s After Lucia (see pic above) and Antonio Campos’ Simon Killer will be making the Los Angeles premieres accompanied by the best title to come out of the Main Comp at this year’s Cannes edition in Sergei Loznitsa’s In the Fog. This trio will be joined by a trio of gems that recently premiered at Tiff in: Maja Miloš’ Clip, Gabriela Pichler’s Eat Sleep Die and Tobias Lindholm’s A Hijacking. In the Young American Selections we find some filmmakers (Sean Baker and Amy...
- 10/3/2012
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Tout est pardonné (eng: All is Forgiven)
Directed by Mia Hansen-Løve
Written by Mia Hansen-Løve
France, 2007
Watching with a critical eye, one will find Mia Hansen-Løve’s debut feature, Tout est pardonné, curiously out of focus; as in, it strongly lacks any. Although well-meaning and decorous, Tout est pardonné has too many points of interest that dull the overall impact of the film, making it less affecting than it should’ve been.
The story opens up in Vienna where Victor (Paul Blain), a shiftless French writer, is married to Annette (Marie-Christine Friedrich), his Austrian wife. Together, they have a six-year-old daughter named Pamela (Victoire Rousseau).
Unable to really communicate with either of them, especially Annette, Victor turns to drugs and is slowly consumed with an addiction, and at first, this seems to be the film’s raison d’être. We’re supposed to witness the spiraling effects of his drug...
Directed by Mia Hansen-Løve
Written by Mia Hansen-Løve
France, 2007
Watching with a critical eye, one will find Mia Hansen-Løve’s debut feature, Tout est pardonné, curiously out of focus; as in, it strongly lacks any. Although well-meaning and decorous, Tout est pardonné has too many points of interest that dull the overall impact of the film, making it less affecting than it should’ve been.
The story opens up in Vienna where Victor (Paul Blain), a shiftless French writer, is married to Annette (Marie-Christine Friedrich), his Austrian wife. Together, they have a six-year-old daughter named Pamela (Victoire Rousseau).
Unable to really communicate with either of them, especially Annette, Victor turns to drugs and is slowly consumed with an addiction, and at first, this seems to be the film’s raison d’être. We’re supposed to witness the spiraling effects of his drug...
- 8/17/2012
- by Justin Li
- SoundOnSight
Lay the Favorite
The Weinstein Company has made its first and only acquisition of this year's Sundance Film Festival, acquiring Stephen Frears' "Lay the Favorite" for a VOD release.
Rebecca Hall plays a stripper turned numbers bookie in Las Vegas. Bruce Willis, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Joshua Jackson and Laura Prepon also star. [Source: Reuters]
Simon Killer
IFC has acquired North American rights to Antonio Campos’ "Simon Killer"
Brady Corbet stars as a sociopath in Paris who befriends a prostitute. Mati Diop, Michael Abiteboul, Constance Rousseau and Lila Salet also star. [Source: Screen Daily]
Middle of Nowhere
Participant Media and Affrm have jointly acquired Us theatrical rights to Ava DuVernay’s "Middle Of Nowhere".
The story follows a woman’s struggle to keep marriage alive with her incarcerated husband. Emayatzy Corinealdi, David Oyelowo, Omari Hardwick and Lorraine Toussaint also star. [Source: Screen Daily]
2 Days in New York, Compliance, Nobody Walks
Magnolia Pictures has picked up three more films from...
The Weinstein Company has made its first and only acquisition of this year's Sundance Film Festival, acquiring Stephen Frears' "Lay the Favorite" for a VOD release.
Rebecca Hall plays a stripper turned numbers bookie in Las Vegas. Bruce Willis, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Joshua Jackson and Laura Prepon also star. [Source: Reuters]
Simon Killer
IFC has acquired North American rights to Antonio Campos’ "Simon Killer"
Brady Corbet stars as a sociopath in Paris who befriends a prostitute. Mati Diop, Michael Abiteboul, Constance Rousseau and Lila Salet also star. [Source: Screen Daily]
Middle of Nowhere
Participant Media and Affrm have jointly acquired Us theatrical rights to Ava DuVernay’s "Middle Of Nowhere".
The story follows a woman’s struggle to keep marriage alive with her incarcerated husband. Emayatzy Corinealdi, David Oyelowo, Omari Hardwick and Lorraine Toussaint also star. [Source: Screen Daily]
2 Days in New York, Compliance, Nobody Walks
Magnolia Pictures has picked up three more films from...
- 1/30/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Update #1: Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions have picked up Arbitrage and IFC Films has acquired Liberal Arts. Both films are listed at the beginning of Page 3. Update #2: Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions and Samuel Goldwyn Films are partnering on the U.S. theatrical release of Robot & Frank, which stars Frank Langella, Susan Sarandon, James Marsden, Liv Tyler and Peter Saarsgard. I have also added it to Page 3 along with a look at Langella in the film. Update #3: Magnolia Pictures has picked up the horror collaboration V/H/S bringing directors Adam Wingard, Glenn McQuaid, Radio Silence, David Bruckner, Joe Swanberg and Ti West together for a new horror anthology. I have added a preview for the film to Page 3. Update #4: IFC Films has picked up distribution rights to Simon Killer. Details on the film can be found at the bottom of Page 3. Update #5:...
- 1/25/2012
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
IFC Films has closed a deal to take North American rights to director Antonio Campos' dark drama Simon Killer. Killer, which bowed Jan. 20 at the Eccles Theatre in the fest's U.S. dramatic competition, centers on a young American man who visits Paris after breaking up with his girlfriend and falls for a mysterious prostitute. The film stars Brady Corbet, Mati Diop, Michael Abiteboul, Constance Rousseau and Lila Salet. Campos also wrote the script for the project, which was produced by Josh Mond, Sean Durkin and Matt Palmieri. UTA and CAA handled the sale for the filmmakers. THR film critic Todd McCarthy
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- 1/25/2012
- by Daniel Miller, Jay A. Fernandez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“Valley of Saints”, a love story set in Kashmir is all set to compete for the top award in the World Dramatics category of Sundance Film Festival 2012. The film, directed by an American filmmaker Musa Sayeed, had earlier won Film Independent and Sloan Foundation Producer’s Grant for the same films.
“Valley of Saints” is about a Kashmiri boatman Gulzar, who plans to run away from the war and poverty surrounding his village in Kashmir with his best friend, but a beautiful young woman researching the dying lake leads him to contemplate a different future. Sundance Film Festival announced its competition line up on November 30, 2011. Here is the complete lineup:- U.S. Dramatic Competition The world premieres of 16 American narrative feature films.
Beasts of the Southern Wild / U.S.A. (Director: Benh Zeitlin, Screenwriters: Benh Zeitlin, Lucy Alibar) — Waters gonna rise up, wild animals gonna rerun from the grave, and...
“Valley of Saints” is about a Kashmiri boatman Gulzar, who plans to run away from the war and poverty surrounding his village in Kashmir with his best friend, but a beautiful young woman researching the dying lake leads him to contemplate a different future. Sundance Film Festival announced its competition line up on November 30, 2011. Here is the complete lineup:- U.S. Dramatic Competition The world premieres of 16 American narrative feature films.
Beasts of the Southern Wild / U.S.A. (Director: Benh Zeitlin, Screenwriters: Benh Zeitlin, Lucy Alibar) — Waters gonna rise up, wild animals gonna rerun from the grave, and...
- 12/1/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Aubrey Plaza, Mark Duplass in Colin Trevorrow's Safety Not Guaranteed Sundance 2012 Movies: The End Of Love, Keep The Lights On/U.S. Dramatic Competition U.S. Dramatic Competition (Part II) Hello I Must Be Going / U.S.A. (Director: Todd Louiso, Screenwriter: Sarah Koskoff) — Divorced, childless, demoralized and condemned to move back in with her parents at the age of 35, Amy Minsky's prospects look bleak – until the unexpected attention of a teenage boy changes everything. Cast: Melanie Lynskey, Blythe Danner, Christopher Abbott, John Rubinstein, Julie White. Nobody Walks / U.S.A. (Director: Ry Russo-Young, Screenwriters: Lena Dunham, Ry Russo-Young) — Martine, a young artist from New York, is invited into the home of a hip, liberal La family for a week. Her presence unravels the family’s carefully maintained status quo, and a mess of sexual and emotional entanglements ensues. Cast: John Krasinski, Olivia Thirlby, Rosemarie DeWitt, India Ennenga, Justin Kirk.
- 12/1/2011
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
For Ellen, Luv, and the other competition films have been announced for the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. The Sundance Film Festival is “a film festival that takes place annually in the state of Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States…the festival is the premier showcase for new work from American and international independent filmmakers.” For the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, “110 feature-length films were selected, representing 31 countries and 44 first-time filmmakers, including 26 in competition. These films were selected from 4,042 feature-length film submissions composed of 2,059 U.S. and 1,983 international feature-length films. 88 films at the Festival will be world premieres.”
The 2012 Sundance Film Festival will run from January 19, 2011 to January 29, 2011 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah.
The full listing of the competition films in the 2011 Sundance Film Festival are below.
U.S. Dramatic Competition
The world premieres of 16 American narrative feature films.
The 2012 Sundance Film Festival will run from January 19, 2011 to January 29, 2011 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah.
The full listing of the competition films in the 2011 Sundance Film Festival are below.
U.S. Dramatic Competition
The world premieres of 16 American narrative feature films.
- 12/1/2011
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
I love the Sundance Film Festival. The winners of the fest normally have long legs enough to last all the way until the Oscars. This year, for example, "Pariah" was one of the breakout hits from Sundance, and the Dee Rees coming-of-age flick is being distributed by Focus this month. Its star, Adepero Oduye, recently received the Best Female Lead nomination from the Independent Spirit Awards.
So now, Sundance has unveiled its in-competition slate for 2012 and the films, as always, are quite intriguing. The fest runs from Jan. 19th to the 29th in Park City, Utah. Check out the full list below:
U.S. Dramatic Competition
The world premieres of 16 American narrative feature films.
Beasts of the Southern Wild / U.S.A. (Director: Benh Zeitlin, Screenwriters: Benh Zeitlin, Lucy Alibar) . Waters gonna rise up, wild animals gonna rerun from the grave, and everything south of the levee is goin. under,...
So now, Sundance has unveiled its in-competition slate for 2012 and the films, as always, are quite intriguing. The fest runs from Jan. 19th to the 29th in Park City, Utah. Check out the full list below:
U.S. Dramatic Competition
The world premieres of 16 American narrative feature films.
Beasts of the Southern Wild / U.S.A. (Director: Benh Zeitlin, Screenwriters: Benh Zeitlin, Lucy Alibar) . Waters gonna rise up, wild animals gonna rerun from the grave, and everything south of the levee is goin. under,...
- 11/30/2011
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Park City, Ut – Sundance Institute announced today the films selected for the U.S. and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary Competitions of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. The Sundance Film Festival will take place January 19 through 29 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. The complete list of films is available at www.sundance.org/festival.
Robert Redford, Founder and President of Sundance Institute remarked, “We are, and always have been, a festival about the filmmakers. So what are they doing? What are they saying? They are making statements about the changing world we are living in. Some are straight-forward, some novel and some offbeat but always interesting. One can never predict. We know only at the end, and I love that.”
John Cooper, Director of the Sundance Film Festival, said, “In these challenging economic times, filmmakers have had to be more resourceful and truly independent in their approaches to filmmaking.
Robert Redford, Founder and President of Sundance Institute remarked, “We are, and always have been, a festival about the filmmakers. So what are they doing? What are they saying? They are making statements about the changing world we are living in. Some are straight-forward, some novel and some offbeat but always interesting. One can never predict. We know only at the end, and I love that.”
John Cooper, Director of the Sundance Film Festival, said, “In these challenging economic times, filmmakers have had to be more resourceful and truly independent in their approaches to filmmaking.
- 11/30/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The Sundance Film Festival is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, the festival is a showcase for new work from American and international independent filmmakers. The Festival has changed over the decades from a low-profile venue for small-budget, independent creators from outside the Hollywood system to a media extravaganza for Hollywood celebrity actors, paparazzi, and luxury lounges set up by companies that are not affiliated with Sundance.
Now the festival is getting ready for the 2012 edition and today they announced the films competing in all categories.
Here is the Sundance press release.
U.S. Dramatic Competition
The world premieres of 16 American narrative feature films.
Beasts of the Southern Wild / U.S.A. (Director: Benh Zeitlin, Screenwriters: Benh Zeitlin, Lucy Alibar) — Waters gonna rise up, wild animals gonna rerun from the grave, and everything south of the levee is goin’ under,...
Now the festival is getting ready for the 2012 edition and today they announced the films competing in all categories.
Here is the Sundance press release.
U.S. Dramatic Competition
The world premieres of 16 American narrative feature films.
Beasts of the Southern Wild / U.S.A. (Director: Benh Zeitlin, Screenwriters: Benh Zeitlin, Lucy Alibar) — Waters gonna rise up, wild animals gonna rerun from the grave, and everything south of the levee is goin’ under,...
- 11/30/2011
- by Kyle Reese
- SoundOnSight
By Sean O’Connell
Hollywoodnews.com: The 2012 Sundance Film Festival unveiled the first wave of programming for its upcoming event, scheduled for Jan. 19-29, 2012. Multiple titles have been handpicked for the U.S. and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary Competitions. Additional programming announcements will come over the following week.
“We are, and always have been, a festival about the filmmakers. So what are they doing? What are they saying? They are making statements about the changing world we are living in. Some are straight-forward, some novel and some offbeat but always interesting. One can never predict. We know only at the end, and I love that,” said Robert Redford, Founder and President of Sundance Institute.
Information on the full slate of announced titles follows, directly from the Sundance press release. For more details, visit www.sundance.org/festival.
U.S. Dramatic Competition
The world premieres of 16 American narrative feature films.
Hollywoodnews.com: The 2012 Sundance Film Festival unveiled the first wave of programming for its upcoming event, scheduled for Jan. 19-29, 2012. Multiple titles have been handpicked for the U.S. and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary Competitions. Additional programming announcements will come over the following week.
“We are, and always have been, a festival about the filmmakers. So what are they doing? What are they saying? They are making statements about the changing world we are living in. Some are straight-forward, some novel and some offbeat but always interesting. One can never predict. We know only at the end, and I love that,” said Robert Redford, Founder and President of Sundance Institute.
Information on the full slate of announced titles follows, directly from the Sundance press release. For more details, visit www.sundance.org/festival.
U.S. Dramatic Competition
The world premieres of 16 American narrative feature films.
- 11/30/2011
- by Sean O'Connell
- Hollywoodnews.com
Every January, a little film festival called the Sundance Film Festival is held in Park City, Utah, and Sundance has officially announced the first half of this year’s Sundance 2012 competition line-up. This year 58 individual films are gunning for the top award in four different competition categories. The second half of the Sundance lineup will be introduced tomorrow. Some of the biggest names on this Sundance list includes Antonio Campos, Mark Webber, Ry Russo-Young and So Yong Kim. Check out the list below.
U.S. Dramatic Competition
The world premieres of 16 American narrative feature films.
Beasts of the Southern Wild / U.S.A. (Director: Benh Zeitlin, Screenwriters: Benh Zeitlin, Lucy Alibar) — Waters gonna rise up, wild animals gonna rerun from the grave, and everything south of the levee is goin’ under, in this tale of a six year old named Hushpuppy, who lives with her daddy at the edge of the world.
U.S. Dramatic Competition
The world premieres of 16 American narrative feature films.
Beasts of the Southern Wild / U.S.A. (Director: Benh Zeitlin, Screenwriters: Benh Zeitlin, Lucy Alibar) — Waters gonna rise up, wild animals gonna rerun from the grave, and everything south of the levee is goin’ under, in this tale of a six year old named Hushpuppy, who lives with her daddy at the edge of the world.
- 11/30/2011
- by Mike Lee
- FusedFilm
Grab your ski jackets and swag bags and start warming up your eyeballs: the Sundance Film Festival is almost upon us. 2012's Sundance runs from January 19 to 29 in Park City, Utah, and today the fest announced their first wave of programming, 58 titles in the Us and World Dramatic and Documentary Competitions.
The slate so far includes plenty of familiar faces. Sundancers in 2012 will get the first crack at new movies from Antonio Campos ("Afterschool"), Kirby Dick ("This Film is Not Yet Rated"), Ira Sachs ("Forty Shades of Blue"), and Mark Webber ("Explicit Ills"). I'm also intrigued by "Nobody Walks" from "You Won't Miss Me" director Ry Russo-Young and "Tiny Furniture" director Lena Dunham (Russo-Young directed, the two co-wrote the screenplay) and a cast that includes John Krasinski, Olivia Thirlby, and Rosemarie DeWitt. Aubrey Plaza and Mark Duplass star in "Safety Not Guaranteed" about "a trio of magazine employees investigating a...
The slate so far includes plenty of familiar faces. Sundancers in 2012 will get the first crack at new movies from Antonio Campos ("Afterschool"), Kirby Dick ("This Film is Not Yet Rated"), Ira Sachs ("Forty Shades of Blue"), and Mark Webber ("Explicit Ills"). I'm also intrigued by "Nobody Walks" from "You Won't Miss Me" director Ry Russo-Young and "Tiny Furniture" director Lena Dunham (Russo-Young directed, the two co-wrote the screenplay) and a cast that includes John Krasinski, Olivia Thirlby, and Rosemarie DeWitt. Aubrey Plaza and Mark Duplass star in "Safety Not Guaranteed" about "a trio of magazine employees investigating a...
- 11/30/2011
- by Matt Singer
- ifc.com
Going to the Sundance Film Festival is one of my favorite movie events of the year, and I'm excited for what they have going on for 2012. I just love hanging around in cold snowy weather and watching movies all day. Today the 2012 Sundance Film Festival has announced its line-up for competition films. These are all the films eligible for awards, and you most likely haven't heard of any of them. Each film has a little description next to it. The festival will take place January 19th to the 29th.
Check out the press release and full list of movies below and tell us what you think! Will you be attending the festival?
Park City, Ut — Sundance Institute announced today the films selected for the U.S. and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary Competitions of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. The Sundance Film Festival will take place January 19 through 29 in Park City,...
Check out the press release and full list of movies below and tell us what you think! Will you be attending the festival?
Park City, Ut — Sundance Institute announced today the films selected for the U.S. and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary Competitions of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. The Sundance Film Festival will take place January 19 through 29 in Park City,...
- 11/30/2011
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
Snow is falling, the temperature is dropping, movies are getting better. Some might say it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas but I say it's beginning to look a lot like Sundance. The 2012 Sundance Film Festival announced its first batch of films Wednesday, all of which are in competition. Meaning these are the films eligible for awards. It also means that, as of right now, these are the films you probably haven't heard of. But, at this time last year [1], the competition films included a ton that you've surely now heard of such as Another Earth, Circumstance, Like Crazy, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Pariah, The Guard, Tyrannosaur and Take Shelter. Those were just the narratives. In last year's documentary competition, films like Beats, Rhymes and Life, Being Elmo, How to Die in Oregon, Page One, Knuckle, Project Nim and Senna all played. Basically, while you probably haven't heard of these movies yet,...
- 11/30/2011
- by Germain Lussier
- Slash Film
Sex surrogates, happy drunks, not-so-happy drunks, teenagers in love, a little boy on a gangland odyssey and a trio of time-travel investigators are just a few of the movies in the competition line-up for the Sundance Film Festival this year.
There are also lots and lots of stories of people hooking up, trying to hook up, feeling bad about not hooking up, and all sorts of variations on that theme.
Click through for the newly announced slate of U.S. dramatic competition titles, with festival director John Cooper and chief programmer Trevor Groth as your guides.
If you went to the Park City festival Jan. 19-29, what would go on your must-see list?...
There are also lots and lots of stories of people hooking up, trying to hook up, feeling bad about not hooking up, and all sorts of variations on that theme.
Click through for the newly announced slate of U.S. dramatic competition titles, with festival director John Cooper and chief programmer Trevor Groth as your guides.
If you went to the Park City festival Jan. 19-29, what would go on your must-see list?...
- 11/30/2011
- by Anthony Breznican
- EW - Inside Movies
Getty Images The marquee of the Egyptian Theater announces the Sundance Film Festival.
Aging hipsters, Argentinian Elvis impersonators and the dissident Chinese artist Ai Wei Wei are just some of the subjects that will be featured during the Sundance Film Festival this coming January.
The Sundance Institute announced its in-competition film selections for the 2012 fest Wednesday afternoon, debuting a typically eclectic mix of narrative and documentary projects from both veteran filmmakers and festival newcomers. (The full list is below.) In total,...
Aging hipsters, Argentinian Elvis impersonators and the dissident Chinese artist Ai Wei Wei are just some of the subjects that will be featured during the Sundance Film Festival this coming January.
The Sundance Institute announced its in-competition film selections for the 2012 fest Wednesday afternoon, debuting a typically eclectic mix of narrative and documentary projects from both veteran filmmakers and festival newcomers. (The full list is below.) In total,...
- 11/30/2011
- by Michelle Kung
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
It seems like we are only just diving into the awards season, but the 2012 film year is right around the corner. There is no better place to get a tast of what is to come than Park City Utah in late January. We’ll be attending the fest again (read last year’s round-up) and today we have the first competition titles. This is the same group from last year which titles include Martha Marcy May Marlene, Like Crazy, Another Earth, Pariah, Being Elmo, Take Shelter and many more. Are there more great films to be found this year? I have no doubt the line-up below will include break-out titles, so lets get to it.
At first glance, the most notable film is Antonio Campos’ Simon Killer, who last directed Afterschool and is in the Martha Marcy trio. It is easily my most-anticipated from this group, along with Quentin Dupieux‘s Rubber follow-up Wrong.
At first glance, the most notable film is Antonio Campos’ Simon Killer, who last directed Afterschool and is in the Martha Marcy trio. It is easily my most-anticipated from this group, along with Quentin Dupieux‘s Rubber follow-up Wrong.
- 11/30/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
The Sundance Institute revealed their Us and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary competition titles today for the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. The question, of course, is which films will break out this year after the 2011 Sundance Film Festival brought titles such as ,i>Martha Marcy May Marlene, Pariah, Like Crazy and Take Shelter to the forefront. I have never attended the Sundance Film Festival, primarily because I have never heard good things about the experience, plus it means I can save my money for my trip to Cannes where I have typically seen the some of the best films Sundance had to offer including Blue Valentine two years ago and Martha Marcy May Marlene this year. Which means it serves as a good way for me to find films to make sure I add to my Cannes 2012 must see list... can you figure out which ones they may be? When it...
- 11/30/2011
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
San Francisco International Film Festival
SAN FRANCISCO --Writer/director Mia Hansen-Love's first feature, "All is Forgiven", a keenly observed study in intimacy that has the rhythm and feel of real life, announces the arrival of an intriguing sensibility. Technically accomplished and finely acted without artifice by a talented ensemble cast, it's an astutely written, mature work in its content, understated, naturalistic style and sensitive rendering of complex emotion.
A sudden, inconclusive ending that comes out of left field will leave some unsatisfied. Plus an ostensibly depressing subject, the disintegration of a family, could limit its Art House potential in the U.S. This slice of life picture, punctuated by poetry and cultural discourse, may fare better in European markets and on the festival circuit.
Playing Victor, a feckless aspiring poet coasting through life on little more than boyish good looks and charm, actor Paul Blain reveals the fault lines underneath his character's amiable, sometimes volatile demeanor. When Victor descends into the drug addiction, which inevitably destroys his relationship with his exasperated Austrian wife, Annette (Marie-Christine Friedrich), and his young daughter, Pamela (Victoire Rousseau), it seems like a natural progression. Unfolding with minimal exposition, the story, set in Vienna and Paris, picks up 11 years later with Pamela (Constance Rousseau, Victoire's older sister), now a young woman, warily reuniting with her father after a long estrangement. The reading aloud of letters between them, a conceit that could bring the film to a halt, is handled with finesse. Rousseau, a shimmering, delicate beauty, brings a combination of tentativeness and resolve to Pamela, a product of a fractious home embarking on her own life. Production designers Sophie Reynaud and Thierry Poulet get the telling accoutrements just right, from the rambling chaos of the bourgeois family residence to a struggling couple's suffocating apartment. Pascal Auffray's luminous cinematography, shot through with painterly light, brings to mind the pastoral idylls and muted urban landscapes of the Impressionists.
Wistful folk songs underscore the sorrow of missed connections, a condition that plagues Hansen-Love's intelligent, wounded characters.
Production Company: Les Films Pelleas. Cast: Paul Blain, Marie-Christine Friedrich, Victoire Rousseau, Constance Rousseau, Carole Franck, Olivia Ross. Director: Mia Hansen-Love. Screenwriters: Mia Hansen-Love. Executive Producers: not listed. Producer: David Thion. Director of Photography: Pascal Auffray. Production Designer: Sophie Reynaud, Thierry Poulet. Music: not listed. Costume Designer: Eleonore O'Byrne, Sophie Lifshitz. Editor: Marion Monnier. Sales Agent: Pyramide International. No rating, 100 minutes.
SAN FRANCISCO --Writer/director Mia Hansen-Love's first feature, "All is Forgiven", a keenly observed study in intimacy that has the rhythm and feel of real life, announces the arrival of an intriguing sensibility. Technically accomplished and finely acted without artifice by a talented ensemble cast, it's an astutely written, mature work in its content, understated, naturalistic style and sensitive rendering of complex emotion.
A sudden, inconclusive ending that comes out of left field will leave some unsatisfied. Plus an ostensibly depressing subject, the disintegration of a family, could limit its Art House potential in the U.S. This slice of life picture, punctuated by poetry and cultural discourse, may fare better in European markets and on the festival circuit.
Playing Victor, a feckless aspiring poet coasting through life on little more than boyish good looks and charm, actor Paul Blain reveals the fault lines underneath his character's amiable, sometimes volatile demeanor. When Victor descends into the drug addiction, which inevitably destroys his relationship with his exasperated Austrian wife, Annette (Marie-Christine Friedrich), and his young daughter, Pamela (Victoire Rousseau), it seems like a natural progression. Unfolding with minimal exposition, the story, set in Vienna and Paris, picks up 11 years later with Pamela (Constance Rousseau, Victoire's older sister), now a young woman, warily reuniting with her father after a long estrangement. The reading aloud of letters between them, a conceit that could bring the film to a halt, is handled with finesse. Rousseau, a shimmering, delicate beauty, brings a combination of tentativeness and resolve to Pamela, a product of a fractious home embarking on her own life. Production designers Sophie Reynaud and Thierry Poulet get the telling accoutrements just right, from the rambling chaos of the bourgeois family residence to a struggling couple's suffocating apartment. Pascal Auffray's luminous cinematography, shot through with painterly light, brings to mind the pastoral idylls and muted urban landscapes of the Impressionists.
Wistful folk songs underscore the sorrow of missed connections, a condition that plagues Hansen-Love's intelligent, wounded characters.
Production Company: Les Films Pelleas. Cast: Paul Blain, Marie-Christine Friedrich, Victoire Rousseau, Constance Rousseau, Carole Franck, Olivia Ross. Director: Mia Hansen-Love. Screenwriters: Mia Hansen-Love. Executive Producers: not listed. Producer: David Thion. Director of Photography: Pascal Auffray. Production Designer: Sophie Reynaud, Thierry Poulet. Music: not listed. Costume Designer: Eleonore O'Byrne, Sophie Lifshitz. Editor: Marion Monnier. Sales Agent: Pyramide International. No rating, 100 minutes.
- 6/17/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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