Good Morning, Cannes: Will the Boo Birds Be Out for 'The Great Gatsby?'
May, 15, 2013 6:47 am | Comments On #Alexander Payne, Baz Luhrmann, cannes film festival, Coen Brothers, film festivals, independent films, indies, Inside Llewyn Davis, Movies, Nebraska, Sofia Coppola, The Bling Ring, The Great GatsbyThe 66th Cannes Film Festival kicks off on Wednesday night with a gala screening of Baz Luhrmann’s “The Great Gatsby,” and we all know what that means:
The Grand Theatre Lumiere will reverberate with the sound of booing.
Oh, most of the Cannes audience will most likely applaud Luhrmann’s amped-up take on the F. Scott Fitzgerald classic. But scattered (and occasionally not-so-scattered) boos are a time honored Cannes tradition, and it’s hard to imagine that a few audience members won’t jeer the extravagant artifice of this “Gatsby.”
Then again, a few catcalls will just put Luhrmann in some august company.
In fact, the...
Read MoreSofia Coppola's 'Bling Ring' to Open Cannes Festival's Certain Regard
April, 17, 2013 8:01 pm | Comments On #Awards, cannes film festival, festival, Movies, Sofia Coppola, The Bling RingSofia Coppola’s “The Bling Ring” will open the Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival, the festival announced on Wednesday, ahead of the full official selection to be announced early Thursday morning.
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Thomas Vinterberg, the Danish director, writer and producer, will serve as president of the jury for A Certain Regard, an esteemed section of the festival.
“The Bling Ring” stars Emma Watson in the title role, as well as Taissa Farmiga, Leslie Mann and Kirsten...
Read MoreCannes Lessons: Sideshows Are Fun, but 'Love' Is All You Need
May, 28, 2012 6:20 pm | Comments On #Amour, cannes film festival, film festivals, Holy Motors, Jeff Nichols, Michael Haneke, Moonrise Kingdom, Movies, Nanni Moretti, Nicole Kidman, Post Tenebras Lux, Sacha Baron Cohen, The Paperboy, Wes AndersonThe Cannes Film Festival was wet and soggy this year. It didn't have anything as galvanic as last year's winner, "The Tree of Life," or as Oscar-friendly as another 2011 entry, "The Artist," and it didn't prompt any notable bidding wars or buying frenzies.
But it was a solid 11 days of movie-going and deal-making, with an unassailably popular winner and enough controversies thrown in to keep Cannes aficionados happy.
It began with complaints over the complete absence of female directors in the main competition, but neither that nor any other fuss rose to the level of Lars von Trier's shenanigans last year.
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Read MoreCannes 2012: Michael Haneke's 'Amour' Wins Palme d'Or
May, 27, 2012 10:52 am | Comments On #Amour, Cannes, cannes film festival, Michael Haneke, Movies, Palme d'OrMichael Haneke's quiet and emotional "Amour" has won the Palme d'Or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, the Cannes jury announced on Sunday.
A favorite of Cannes viewers from the moment it debuted at the festival a week ago, "Amour" was considered one of the favorites for the Palme. Haneke won in 2009 for his previous film, "The White Ribbon"; this victory makes Haneke only the second director to win the top Cannes award for back-to-back films.
Bille August also did it for "Pelle the Conqueror" and "The Best Intentions" in 1988 and 1992. August, though, made a TV-miniseries version of the latter film before turning it into the feature.
"Amour" follows...
Read MoreCannes 2012: Sundance Selects Acquires 'Like Someone in Love'
May, 27, 2012 9:01 am | Comments On #Abbas Kiarostami, Cannes, Cannes 2012, like someone to love, MoviesSundance Selects has acquired U.S. rights to "Like Someone in Love," written and directed by former Palme d'Or winner Abbas Kiarostami, the company announced Sunday.
The film, which made its world premiere in competition earlier this week at Cannes, stars Rin Takanashi, Tadashi Okuno and Ryo Kase. It explores the sudden relationship of a young woman and old man in Tokyo.
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Marin Karmitz...
Read MoreCannes 2012: Indomina Acquires Wild and Weird 'Holy Motors'
May, 27, 2012 8:58 am | Comments On #Cannes, cannes film festival, Holy Motors, independent film, indies, indomina, Leos Carax, MoviesThe Indomina Group has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Leos Carax's "Holy Motors," one of the strangest, most divisive but most acclaimed films to screen in the main competition at this year's Cannes Film Festival.
The wildly experimental film drew scattered boos but also wild enthusiasm when it screened midway through the festival. The chronicle of a man who spends a day riding around town in a limousine, seemingly changing identities as he goes, it is considered a strong candidate for the Palme d'Or or other awards that will be handed out at the closing ceremony on Sunday.
The film stars Michel Piccoli, Denis Lavant, Eva Mendes and Kylie Minogue.
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Read MoreCannes 2012: Oscilloscope Acquires Matteo Garrone's 'Reality'
May, 26, 2012 3:43 pm | Comments On #Cannes, cannes film festival, Matteo Garrone, Movies, realityOscilloscope Laboratories has acquired U.S. rights to Matteo Garrone's "Reality," a film in the Cannes main competition about an Italian fishmonger whose life is turned upside-down when he thinks he's going to appear on a reality-television show.
In a release announcing the acquisition, Oscilloscope's David Laub called the film "a complex, provocative, and deeply compelling look at our media-obsessed culture, executed by one of the most interesting and talented filmmakers working today. Garrone pays homage to classical filmmakers such as Fellini and Scorsese while crafting a fresh and very relevant contemporary story."
The company plans to showcase the film at additional...
Read MoreCannes 2012: IFC Midnight Acquires Erotic Korean Drama 'Taste of Money'
May, 26, 2012 11:33 am | Comments On #Cannes, cannes film festival, film festivals, IFC Midnight, Im Sang-soo, Movies, The Taste of MoneyIFC Midnight has acquired the North American rights to "The Taste of Money," a film from Korean writer-director Im Sang-soo that premiered this week in competition at the Cannes Film Festival.
An erotic drama centered on the sexual desires and power struggles in a rich Korean family, "The Taste of Money" follows in the path of the director's previous film, "The Housemaid," which IFC also handled.
"'The Taste of Money' is his most decadent and sensual film yet while also a smart commentary on the lives of the rich and famous," said Sundance Selects/IFC president Jonathan Sehring in a release announcing the acquisition. "We are honored to continue...
Read MoreCannes 2012: 'Despues de Lucia' Wins Top Prize in Un Certain Regard
May, 26, 2012 10:56 am | Comments On #Cannes, cannes film festival, film festivals, Movies, Un Certain Regard"Despues de Lucia," a drama from Mexican director Michel Franco, was named the best film of Cannes' Un Certain Regard section at a ceremony on Saturday night.
The film deals with a young woman and her father who move to a new town, leaving their old lives behind.
Actresses Emile Dequenne and Suzanne Clement were honored for their roles in "A Perdre La Raison" and "Laurence Anyways," respectively.
Also read: Cannes 2012: Sharon Waxman & Steve Pond Debate the Contenders (Video)
A special jury prize went to "Le...
Read MoreCannes 2012: 'In the Fog,' 'Beasts of the Southern Wild' Win Critics Awards
May, 26, 2012 10:12 am | Comments On #Beasts of the Southern Wild, Cannes, cannes film festival, FIPRESCI, Hold Back, In the Fog, MoviesFIPRESCI, the International Federation of Film Critics, has given its top Cannes prizes to Sergei Loznitsa's "In the Fog," Benh Zeitlin's "Beasts of the Southern Wild" and Rachid Djaidani's "Rengaine" ("Hold Back").
The organization selects winners from two of the main sections at Cannes, and a third winner from two independent sections.
"In the Fog" (left), a drama set in German-occupied Russia in 1942, was chosen from the 22 films in the main competition.
"Beasts of the Southern Wild," which won the top dramatic award at Sundance in January and will be released this summer by Fox Searchlight, was chosen from the 20 films in...
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