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The 2009 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards Results
25 June 2009 2:33 PM, PDT | From Fangoria.com | See recent Fangoria news
The votes have been compiled and counted, and the readers have spoken: It’s time to announce the winners in our poll of the best horror films and filmmakers of 2008, as well as how the runners-up placed. Elaborating on our report in Fangoria #285 (on sale now), here’s a complete rundown of how the nominees ranked, in descending order, with write-ins also acknowledged (and don’t worry, fans, we’ll get to Martyrs and Deadgirl next year!):
Best Wide-release Film
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (pictured)
Write-ins: Funny Games; Doomsday; Mirrors
Best Limited-release/Direct-to-video Film
Write-ins: Inside; Machine Girl; Mother Of Tears
Best Actor
Ron Perlman, Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Kare Hedebrant, Let The Right One In
Trevor Matthews, Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer
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no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)
Weekly Eye Candy: 42 Below One Dream Rush
13 June 2009 | From ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news
- The pitch is simple. The line-up is impressive. 42 directors explore their dreams in 42 seconds. I'm not sure what relation the 4 minute trailer (see below) has to do with the individual works, but the concept alone merits our Eye Candy mention of the week. Visit the site here. Sponsored by the vodka brand 42 Below, this project includes some bona-fide stars in the auteur cinema field and a good portion of plenty unknowns. Among the names that I consider myself a fan we have the likes of David Lynch and Carlos Reygadas, but we'll be looking out for those in the near future since they have yet to post their contribution, but a small sampling is available on the site. Among those available, we have what I would call more of a day dream from Asia Argento's part "S/He" - her curiosity on transexuals was the basis of her film,
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Trailer For Surreal Multi-Director Project Onedreamrush
1 June 2009 10:18 AM, PDT | From TwitchFilm.net | See recent Twitch news
Ah, sponsor-supported film making. It’s a form of embedded advertising and if not for the fact that these projects keep coming out so well I think I’d have to hate them on matter of principal. But I just can’t. The trend got kicked off in a big way when BMW commissioned a series of short films a few years back - films from the likes of Wong Kar Wai, Guy Ritchie, Alejandro Innaritu and others - films that proved a huge hit online and, eventually, in DVD sales. The formula has been copied a few times since then with decidedly more mixed results but now here comes Onedreamrush.
Sponsored by vodka company 42 Below - though their products don’t appear in any of the shorts I have seen so far - Onedreamrush is a series of short films from forty two directors, each of them forty two
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Todd Brown
Asia Argento Defends Cannes Jury Selections
27 May 2009 2:22 PM, PDT | From Spout.com | See recent Spout news
For Vulture, Dennis Lim allows Cannes juror Asia Argento to plug 42x42, a short film omnibus series with a vodka sponsor that the filmmaker/actress organized with her husband, and then gets to the good stuff: how come a bunch of movies that critics hated won big fancy Cannes awards? Asia, perhaps unsurprisingly, eagerly takes all the credit/blame. "I was very happy with [Best Director winner] Kinatay," Argento told Lim, although her subsequent praise of the film sort of seems like an insult: "It felt like the director had no idea how to do it and picked up a camera and was shooting the first movie of history. The 45-minute scene in the car where ...
Karina Longworth
Marilyn Manson and Nick Nolte to Star in Metaphysical Spaghetti Western
25 May 2009 10:50 AM, PDT | From FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news
With Marilyn Manson's new album about to drop, it looks like his hopes of breaking into the movie industry still haven't quite panned out. His proposed Lewis Carroll biopic is stuck in limbo as far as I know, and he reportedly turned down the lead role in the upcoming remake of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. He did manage to play the character of "Bartender" in Rise: Blood Hunter though, and now he is apparently set to star alongside Nick Nolte in a wacky project being described as a "metaphysical spaghetti western". Trust me... you can't make this stuff up. Screen Daily [1] reports that Chilean auteur Alejandro Jodorowsky will return to the director's chair for the first time in 20 years with a movie called King Shot. The movie has picked up financing at Cannes and will likely shoot in Spain this October. The cast also includes Asia Argento and Udo Kier,
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Sean
Cannes Film Festival Awards 2009 - Michael Haneke Wins!
24 May 2009 11:14 AM, PDT | From firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news
The 62nd Cannes Film Festival has come to an end. To put the finishing touches on another great festival, this year's awards, including the coveted Palme d'Or, have been announced. The jury was lead by actress Isabelle Huppert and included members Asia Argento, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, James Gray, Hanif Kureishi, Chang-dong Lee, Shu Qi, Sharmila Tagore, and Robin Wright Penn. There were a lot of strong contenders in the competition category this year, but big winner this year is The White Ribbon. Also, Best Director is a huge letdown, as I absolutely hated that movie! Read on for the complete list of winners. Palme d'Or (Golden Palm): The White Ribbon directed by Michael Haneke Grand Prize (Runner Up): Un Prophète (A Prophet) directed by Jacques Audiard Special Jury Prize: Alain Resnais director of Wild Grass (Les Herbes Folles) Best Director: Brillante Mendoza for Kinatay Best Screenplay: Feng Mei
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Alex Billington
Marilyn Manson And Nick Nolte Team Up
22 May 2009 10:02 AM, PDT | From cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news
Even if you've never watched a non-American movie in your life, there's no way you aren't intrigued by a the notion of a movie, filmed in Spain, financed by Italy, directed by a Chilean, and starring Nick Nolte and Marilyn Manson. That's the general notion behind King Shot, a project that Screen Daily says is almost completely financed and will begin filming in October. Director Alejandro Jodorowsky hasn't made a film in 20 years, but will be returning to make this "metaphysical spaghetti Western" that also stars The Last Mistress star Asia Argento and Udo Kier. I can't possibly imagine what kind of movie could include this cast, this plot, and Marilyn Manson, But really, I'd rather keep the mystery alive, and be completely surprised-- and probably horrified-- by the end result when it hits theaters.
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Alejandro Jodorowsky preps ‘King Shot’
22 May 2009 8:41 AM, PDT | From The Cinema Post | See recent The Cinema Post news
According to Screen Daily:
“Uj Budapest FilmStudio’s Laszlo Kantor has revealed further details of one of the more colourful projects currently being hatched in the market, Alejandro Jodorowsky’s King Shot. Financing is nearing completion on the $7.4m (€5.5m) film, first announced in Cannes last year and billed as a “metaphysical spaghetti western.” An Italian partner is poised to board the film and shooting has now been set for early October in Spain
Kantor is co-producing alongside an array of partners, among them David Lynch, whose outfit Absurda is handling world sales. Paris-based Hungarian Simon Shandor of Clavis Film is the lead producer. The project stars Nick Nolte, Cannes jury member Asia Argento, Udo Kier and Marilyn Manson. Vilmos Zsigmond has now been brought on board as cinematographer.
The film marks the maverick Jodorowsky’s return to directing after a 20 year break. His earlier works, including Santa Sangre, El Topo and The Holy Mountain,
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Ryan Petty
Nolte meets Manson?
22 May 2009 2:13 AM, PDT | From JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news
Well this just sounds like it could be about the weirdest movie ever... Nick Nolte and Marilyn Manson are set to star in an upcoming "metaphysical spaghetti western" for director Alejandro Jodorowsky and producer David Lynch. Titled King Shot the film apparently takes place at a casino in the desert and involves gangsters, an enormous prehistoric bone, torture and a beetle as the narrator. Feel free to go read those last sentences again. Asia Argento and Udo Kier are also set to...
Mike Sampson
News: Inglorious Basterds, Cannes, Jodorowsky, Michael Moore and Zack Braff
21 May 2009 4:50 PM, PDT | From SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news
Quentin Tarentino’s new film Inglorious Basterds was screened to critics with a mixed reception. It has its fans but has plenty of detractors. Most agree that the film is an entertaining romp but way too talky. "Inglourious Basterds is great fun to watch, but the movie isn't entirely engaging. And it is defiantly an art film, not a calculatedly mainstream entertainment. Tarantino throws you out of the movie with titles, chapter headings, snatches of music. You don't jump into the world of the film in a participatory way; you watch it from a distance, appreciating the references and the masterful mise-en-scene. This is a film that will benefit from a second viewing. I can't wait to see it again." -- Anne Thompson, Variety "The film is by no means terrible -- its running time of two hours and 32 minutes races by -- but those things we think of as being Tarantino-esque,
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Anthony
'Inglourious Basterds' Hits 2009 Cannes' Red Carpet
21 May 2009 2:01 AM, PDT | From Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news
"Inglourious Basterds" has got a red carpet treatment at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday, May 20. Taking place at Grand Theatre Lumiere in Cannes, France, the premiere event has become a star-studded gala with the attendance of many celebrities from rising star Robert Pattinson to veteran actress Sharon Stone.
Hitting the red carpet for the special screening were director Quentin Tarantino and many of the cast members. Among the stars attending were Brad Pitt, Melanie Laurent, Diane Kruger, Mike Myers, Daniel Bruhl, Eli Roth, Julie Dreyfus, Michael Fassbender and Samm Levine.
Angelina Jolie was present at the premiere, showing her support to her partner, Pitt who plays Lt. Aldo Raine in the movie. Also spotted coming to the event among others were soul singer Joss Stone, Oscar-winning director Ang Lee, burlesque artist Dita Von Teese, as well as Hollywood socialite Paris Hilton and her boyfriend Doug Reinhardt. Several juries for the fest.
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AceShowbiz.com
Jodorowsky's New Project to Begin Filming, Blowing Minds
20 May 2009 6:02 PM, PDT | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news
My synapses are tingling! The gears are finally turning on Alejandro Jodorowsky's latest project, King Shot, which has been getting indie weirdos chattering since 2006 or so. According to ScreenDaily, it will begin shooting this October.
Jodorowsky is the director of such cosmically trippy films as El Topo and Holy Mountain that were only recently released in region 1 DVD format after years of legal wrangling with his former partner Allen Klein of Abkco films. He's also a tarot card reader and, according to his bio, "has developed a mixture of psychotherapy and shamanism called Psychomagic."
A so-called "metaphysical spaghetti western," King Shot stars Marilyn Manson, Asia Argento, Nick Nolte, Udo Kier, and Alejandro's son Adan Jodorowsky (who was also in his father's film Santa Sangre). Nolte and David Freaking Lynch are executive producers. Lynch's Absurda production company is also the worldwide sales rep.
According to Hollywood Reporter, "Marilyn Manson is
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Jenni Miller
Cannes: 42 Below's One Dream Rush Films Feted
18 May 2009 4:45 PM, PDT | From Filmmaker Magazine - Blog | See recent Filmmaker Magazine news
This year's Cannes Film Festival was the occasion of the European premiere screening of films from One Dream Rush, a film series sponsored by 42 Below and the Beijing Film Studios in which 42 directors were commissioned to create 42-second short films dealing with and hailing from the world of dreams. What's the difference between this series and any number of other sponsored film/multi-director internet plays? Short answer — the filmmakers chosen are great, their films are for the most part really, really good, and their extreme brevity gives each piece the quality of a memory half-remembered from a dream the night before. The complete list of directors is below, but just to name a few: Asia Argento, Kenneth Anger, Harmony Korine, Larry...
Scott Macaulay
Cannes Exclusive: 'Onedreamrush ' Trailer
18 May 2009 4:45 PM, PDT | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news
We've posted tons of exclusive clips, trailers, images and posters in the past, but this one has to take the cake as one of the strangest, most bizarre pieces of eeriness to ever grace the main page of Cinematical. And that's totally not a bad thing, because the project -- titled Onedreamrush -- is a very cool-sounding collaborative effort between filmmakers, writers, actors and actresses that was created by the New Zealand Vodka brand 42Below and, as such, is the first implicitly branded content ever admitted to the Cannes Film Festival.
Essentially, a bunch of world-renowned artists were brought together to create 42 films, each 42 seconds long and all of them about the interpretation of dreams. Among those featured are Abel Ferrara, David Lynch, Asia Argento, James Franco, Kenneth Anger, Arden Wohl, Sean Lennon, Mike Figgis, Harmony Korine and so many more. Each director's film will be featured at this website for one year,
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Erik Davis
Cannes in 60 Seconds: Saturday, May 16, 2009
16 May 2009 10:32 PM, PDT | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news
The fourth day of the Cannes Film Festival rolled onward without apparent major incident. The gorgeous Sophie Marceau and Tilda Swinton got all dressed up; also making appearances were Emile Hirsch and Monica Belluci.
Key Screenings. Competition: Ang Lee's nostalgic comedy Taking Woodstock (due for Us release on August 14), Jacques Audiard's prison drama A Prophet. Un Certain Regard: Bong Joon-ho's legal / family drama Mother, Corneliu's Porumboiu's drama Police, Adjective. Directors' Fortnight: Hong Sang-see's "film director forgets what he did the night before" Like You Know It All, Benny Safdie and Josh Safdie's "single father with kids for two weeks" flick Go Get Some Rosemary.
Films Sold. MTV picked up Adria Petty's Paris, Not France and plans to broadcast it this summer, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The long featurette screened once at the Toronto fest last fall amidst concerns that Paris Hilton and her camp might object to its content.
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Peter Martin
Red Carpet Lineup (Festival de Cannes)
14 May 2009 9:10 AM, PDT | From FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news
Oh yeah... it's on.
They've rolled out the rouge carpet in Cannes for the opening of the über film festival of film festivals, now in its 62nd year.
Asia Argento was a camera hog (I trust you not to be surprised) at the jury press conference in a white and black dress. Aishwarya Rai absorbed the light of every flashbulb on the croisette for the opening film, Pixar's Up. Jury member Shu Qi started the day in a simple champagne dress but switched to flowing teal for the opening ceremonies. We'll see the Three Times star next in the omnibus film New York, I Love You. Her fellow juror and NY... cast member Robin Wright Penn, recently interviewed in Gotham Magazine which went to press before Sean Penn filed for divorce, started Day One in a white pantsuit but switched to this shimmering gown later. She's starring in The Private
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NATHANIEL R
Cannes in 60 Seconds: Wednesday, May 13, 2009
13 May 2009 7:15 PM, PDT | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news
Sacre bleu, say it isn't true! The Cannes Film Festival may be "the gorilla of the film world," in the words of Geoff Gilmore of Tribeca Film Enterprises (quoted at indieWIRE), but it's feeling economic pains that are similar to every other fest. Advance bookings are down about 15 percent, according to Bloomberg, while the number of films on offer at the concurrent Cannes Market are about the same. That doesn't mean the glamour level is down for the major Hollywood productions that are debuting, yet it seems that more people are willing to question the importance of the festival itself.
Key Screening. Disney Pixar's Up, directed by Pete Doctor, got things started off on the right foot, earning rave reviews as the first animated film to open the fest -- and in 3-D, to boot. A 40-foot tall replica of Carl's house was constructed on the nearby Carlton Pier for the event; initially,
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Peter Martin
Swing Vote: How Will the Cannes Jurors Pick the Palme d'or Winner?
13 May 2009 | From ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news
- President Isabelle Huppert and jury members Asia Argento, Shu Qi, Sharmila Tagore, Robin Wright Penn, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, James Gray, Hanif Kureishi and Lee Changdong were introduced to the journos and the regular set of questions on how they would vote were thrown upon them. Trying to figure out what one jury member will vote on is hard enough, trying to figure out a consensus is just as difficult, though Huppert did mention that unlike Sean Penn (who was keen on voting for a political film), she won't be pushing the rest of the jury to vote one way or another. Nonetheless, this year's pack mostly comprised of actresses with a trio of male directors will most likely go for a film that stands out - that may or may not have something to say but is stands apart because of it being socially relevant. The Cannes site has
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62nd Cannes Film Festival announces lineup
23 April 2009 12:35 PM, PDT | From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news
And what a lineup we've got at the 62nd edition of the Cannes Film Festival this year! Let's dive right in. As previously announced, Pete Docter's 3D Pixar flick "Up" will open the festival and screen out of competition. The festival will open its doors May 13 and will run through May 24. The closing film will be Jan Kounen's "Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky."
Here are the films fighting for the top prizes: Quentin Tarantino's "Inglorious Basterds," Ang Lee's "Taking Woodstock," Ken Loach's "Looking for Eric," Lars von Trier's "Antichrist," Gaspar Noe's "Enter the Void," Pedro Almodovar's "Broken Embraces" (Los Abrazos Rotos), Jane Campion's "Bright Star," Tsai Ming-Liang's "Visage," Alain Resnais' "Les Herbes Folles," and Johnnie To's "Vengeance."
Also screening in competition are "Fish Tank" by Andrea Arnold, "Vincere" by Marco Bellocchio, "Map of the Sounds of Tokyo" by Isabel Coixet, "The White
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Franck Tabouring
Mmm... Cannes 2009. Too Good to be True.
23 April 2009 11:43 AM, PDT | From JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news
So the line-up for this year's Cannes Film Festival was just released today and I damn near fainted from the awesome. This year's competition has got to be the biggest, baddest one in many years, with so many famous auteurs throwing down with their latest films. Who will get the coveted Palme d'Or?
A sampling of just the biggest names who will be in competition: Pedro Almodovar (Broken Embraces), Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds), Park Chan-wook (Thirst), Jane Campion (Bright Star), Michael Haneke (The White Ribbon), Gaspar Noe (Enter the Void), Ken Loach (Looking for Eric), Johnnie To (Vengeance), Lars von Trier (Antichrist), Ang Lee (Taking Woodstock).
Not only that, but out of competition, we have Pixar's Up as the opening film, Bong Joon-ho's Mother, Hikorazu Kore-eda's Air Doll, Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Sam Raimi's Drag Me to Hell, and a new documentary by Michel Gondry
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Arya Ponto
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