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Amour conquers all
7 hours ago | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
From the bonkers Holy Motors to the disappointing On the Road, Cannes offered plenty of breadth, but only Michael Haneke's exquisite tale of an elderly man caring for his frail wife in their Paris apartment ticked all the boxes
Michael Haneke is too good. Whenever the Austrian director shows one of his films in Cannes, I always come out thinking the others might as well just pack up and go home because they'll never reach his awesome heights of control and precision. It's like the days when Beethoven was around and everyone else gave up composing. Haneke's Amour, about an elderly man looking after his frail wife (Jean-Louis Trintignant and Emmanuelle Riva, both utterly captivating) when a stroke confines her to their Paris apartment, was by some stretch the finest film at Cannes. It was the only piece to be exquisitely acted, composed, paced and pitched, as well as »
- Jason Solomons
New Clip from Brad Pitt's Killing Them Softly Thriller
20 hours ago | WorstPreviews.com | See recent Worst Previews news »
While we wait for the trailer, the Weinstein Company has released a new clip from "Killing Them Softly," showing a scene in which Brad Pitt explains to Richard Jenkins how he prefers to kill people. Check it out below. Plot: Jackie Cogan (Pitt) is an enforcer, and when the mob's rules get broken, Cogan is called in to take care of business. This time a high-stakes card game has been held up by an unknown gang of thugs. Calculating, ruthless, businesslike, and with a shrewd sense of other people's weaknesses, Cogan plies his trade, moving among a variety of hoods, hangers-on, and big-timers, tracking those responsible, and returning "law and order" to the lawless Boston underworld. The new movie is directed by Andrew Dominik, who is re-teaming with Pitt after "The Assassination of Jesse James," and co-stars Scoot McNairy, James Gandolfini and Sam Shepard. It already premiered at the Cannes »
Killing Them Softly Clips – Starring Brad Pitt, Richard Jenkins, Ray Liotta And Sam Shepard
25 May 2012 9:51 PM, PDT | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
See Brad Pitt and Richard Jenkins discuss their preferred killing methods in a new clip from Killing Them Softly, a new film from The Weinstein Company that has been creating a buzz after its recent premiere at Cannes. (via IGN). An original first clip follows.
Three dumb guys who think they.re smart rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse. Brad Pitt plays the enforcer hired to track them down and restore order. The film will released later this year.
Killing Them Softly also features Richard Jenkins (The Visitor), James Gandolfini (.The Sopranos.), Ray Liotta (Narc), Scoot McNairy (Monsters), Ben Mendelsohn (Animal Kingdom), and Vincent Curatola (.The Sopranos.). Max Casella, Trevor Long, Slaine and Sam Shepard also make appearances.
Killing Them Softly is written for the screen and directed by Andrew Dominik (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford), and is »
- Michelle McCue
New Clip from Killing Them Softly Starring Brad Pitt
25 May 2012 1:36 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
A new clip from director Andrew Dominik’s (The Assassination of Jesse James) crime drama Killing Them Softly has been released. The film stars Brad Pitt as a mob enforcer who’s tasked with investigating the robbery of a high-stakes poker game. The pic premiered at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this week to a widlly enthusiastic response, and apparently Dominik has crafted the crime drama as a not-so-subtle critique of capitalism. We got a look at the excellent minimalist teaser poster a few days ago, and this clip features a funny scene between Pitt’s character and Richard Jenkins in which the title of the film becomes crystal clear. If you missed the Ray Liotta-enhanced first clip from the film, click here. Hit the jump to watch the clip. The film also stars James Gandolfini, Richard Jenkins, Richard Jenkins, Ben Mendelsohn, Scoot McNairy, Bella Heathcote, and Sam Shepard. »
- Adam Chitwood
Killing Them Softly 'Kill 'Em' Clip
25 May 2012 1:15 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Brad Pitt is Jackie Cogan, an enforcer investigating the robbery of a high stakes poker tournament protected by the mob in Andrew Dominik's comedic crime thriller Killing Them Softly. In this latest clip, also featuring Richard Jenkins, Cogan offers up his favorite way to off a guy (especially one bound to cough, and piss, and puke on himself). Watch and learn!
Killing Them Softly - Kill 'em
Killing Them Softly comes to theaters in 2012 and stars Brad Pitt, Javier Bardem, Mark Ruffalo, Sam Rockwell, Casey Affleck, Richard Jenkins, James Gandolfini, Bella Heathcote. The film is directed by Andrew Dominik. »
- MovieWeb
Watch: Brad Pitt Explains Why The Movie Is Called 'Killing Them Softly' In New Clip From The Film
25 May 2012 1:04 PM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
The economy, murder, drugs and an election all come to a rolling boil in Andrew Dominik's brilliant "Killing Them Softly," the picture that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival this week (read our review) and knocked back viewers who were expecting just your standard, run-of-the-mill crime thriller.
Adapted from George V. Higgins' novel "Cogan's Trade," Dominik cleverly pitches the story against the backdrop of the 2008 election and economic crisis, in a film that is both about bad men on hard times and an angry screed against the recklessness that brought a nation to its knees. In this clip, Pitt's Jackie Cogan explains to Richard Jenkins' unnamed character -- a middleman figure who communicates between the higher ups and Jackie -- why he doesn't like to murder people that he knows. And you'll understand why the movie earned the title it now has. And a perfect example of »
- Kevin Jagernauth
New Killing Them Softly movie clip
25 May 2012 7:53 AM, PDT | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
New clip from Killing Them Softly with Brad Pitt and Richard Jenkins In this new video from Andrew Dominik-directed crime thriller, Brad Pitt (Jackie Cogan) speaks to Richard Jenkins about his preferred method of offing someone, and clearly doesn't like to "wack" them up close and personal. In the Weinstein Co. distributed film scripted by Dominik from the George V. Higgins novel "Cogan's Trade," Pitt is a professional enforcer investigating a heist that took place during a mob-protected poker game. Also in the cast are Ray Liotta, Scott McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn, James Gandolfini, Max Casella, Sam Shepard, Slaine, Vincent Curatola, Garret Dillahunt and Trevor Long. »
Cannes: Andrew Dominik On The Violence, Politics & Look Of 'Killing Them Softly' With Brad Pitt
24 May 2012 11:19 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
In what turned out to be a banner year for the movies in 2007, "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" ended up somewhat overshadowed. As fellow neo-Westerns "There Will Be Blood" and "No Country For Old Men" swept up plaudits and Oscars, the picture, the second by Australian director Andrew Dominik, was plagued by post-production battles and an indifferent release by Warner Bros., which saw it come and go to in theaters fairly quickly in limited release. But by decade's end, many had since rediscovered the picture as one of the finest of the '00s, and as such, Dominik's first film since, crime tale "Killing Them Softly," was one of the most eagerly anticipated pictures of the Cannes Film Festival this year.
Based on the novel "Cogan's Trade" by George V. Higgins, the film is a politically charged thriller about the fall-out when two junkies rob a protected, »
- Aaron Hillis
Brad Pitt Reveals Why He's Acting Less
24 May 2012 6:30 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
Cannes, France -- Brad Pitt is making the movie star thing look darn easy.
Since he last collaborated with Andrew Dominik, he's starred in the Coen brothers' "Burn After Reading," David Fincher's "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds," Terrence Malick's "The Tree of Life," and Bennett Miller's "Moneyball."
It's been arguably the best stretch of his career, one vacillating between comedy and drama and defined not by summer blockbusters but by provocative director-oriented fare.
The bookends to the period are Dominik's "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" and "Killing Them Softly," which made its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival this week.
Things are going great even as Pitt insists that movie-making is not his top priority.
"Right now, I'm just attracted to being a dad," said Pitt in an interview in a hotel penthouse in Cannes. »
- AP
Cannes in 60 Seconds: Brad Pitt Kills; Brits and the “C-Word”; Chile’s ‘No’ Gets Picked Up, and More
23 May 2012 12:40 PM, PDT | Movies.com | See recent Movies.com news »
Brad Pitt at the Cannes Film Festival. (Photo credit: Michael Buckner / Getty Images) Buzz Titles: The weather eased up at Cannes on Tuesday, enabling the stars to avoid having to dodge rain drops. Undoubtedly the biggest celebrity sighting was Brad Pitt, first in more casual clothes (above) for an afternoon news conference; he later donned sunglasses and a tuxedo for a red carpet appearance in support of his new film Killing Them Softly, directed by Andrew Dominick. Set in September 2008, the film stars Pitt as an enforcer for the mob, a fixer who enlists an assassin (James Gandolfini) to clean up a mess created by two low-level criminals. Many critics felt that the film lived up to its advance buzz, though, as always, some expressed reservations; David Hudson at Fandor...
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- Peter Martin
Cannes: 'Killing Them Softly' Helmer Andrew Dominik Talks Music As Film: 'Jesse James' Was My Leonard Cohen Song, 'Killing Them Softly' Is A Pop Tune
23 May 2012 12:01 PM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Five Things Learned from the “Killing Them Softly” Press Conference At Cannes & Five New Photos From The Film
A film that probably needs no introduction at this point, “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” filmmaker Andrew Dominik’s “Killing Them Softly” has been setting the Croisette ablaze with high praises coming from all around, including our own reviewer who called it “brilliant and angry,” and most notably “the anti-thriller for our times.” Following George V. Higgins’ 1974 novel “Cogan’s Trade” (the film’s title before it went all The Fugees on us), ‘Softly’ follows a point man named Jackie Cogan (Brad Pitt), whose job it is to scout locations for a hitman, only now he finds himself wrapped up in an investigation involving a heist of mafia assets during a poker game. For anyone who saw and loved the vastly underrated ‘Jesse James’ (we certainly did »
- Benjamin Wright
Cannes 2012: Killing Them Softly – review
22 May 2012 4:07 PM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Andrew Dominik's immensely gripping and brutal world of recession-hit criminals, starring Brad Pitt, is smart and nasty, with a political dimension, too
The adverb is horribly inappropriate. Andrew Dominik's Killing Them Softly is a slick ensemble-nightmare of middle-management mobster brutality and incompetence in the tradition of Goodfellas and Casino, Pulp Fiction and TV's The Sopranos, with something of the opening voiceover monologue from the Coens' Blood Simple: the one about being on your own.
It is outstandingly watchable, superbly and casually pessimistic, a world of slot-mouthed professional and semi-professional criminals always complaining about cleaning up the mess made by other screwups. The movie delivers the classic mob "betrayal" trope: someone shoots someone else, at close range, suddenly and terrifyingly, having lulled his victim – and us – into a false sense of security with a long pointless conversation about what they were going to do later.
The movie is »
- Peter Bradshaw
Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 7: Andrew Dominik’s Killing Them Softly
22 May 2012 3:00 PM, PDT | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »
We’re officially past the midway point of the festival, and it’s sort of fitting that in a U.S. heavy year that we wind up with Andrew Dominik’s third feature film and second in the row starring Brad Pitt (they previously worked together on 2007′s The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford). Formerly titled “Cogan’s Trade”, set amongst the backdrop of the U.S. economic downturn when Bush passed on the torch to an awaiting Obama, Killing Them Softly feels like an East Coast mobster tale about making a quick buck. Starring Scott McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn, James Gandolfini, Richard Jenkins and Ray Liotta, Dominik’s Mo is stylized violence, heavy conversation scenes and an almost 70′s Pov. For some critics this might be the best U.S title to play in the fest, for others this is a non-factor. Click on the image for the latest grid! »
- Eric Lavallee
Cannes 2012: live blog - day seven
22 May 2012 1:54 PM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
All the latest news from the Croisette, as Brad Pitt's new movie Killing Them Softly makes its debut
10.47am: Good morning and welcome to the latest Cannes liveblog. I'm ripping back the reins from Andrew Pulver as he gets the train down to the south of France, where he'll grab the baton (or, perhaps, just a baguette) from me and I'll fly home.
I'm back in the press room, which is currently humming with slightly inelegant excitement as Brad Pitt is about to walk past, on his journey from the Killing them Softly photocall to the press conference.
10.52am: The film itself is a blood-lust-tastic crime thriller set in 2008 round New Orleans. Directed by Andrew Dominik, with whom Pitt teamed up for The Assassination of Jesse James by Robert Ford the Coward, it's a tale of sweaty crooks and desperate junkies, cracked codes of honour and the primacy of cash. »
- Catherine Shoard
Cannes Minireview: Killing Them Softly
22 May 2012 10:21 AM, PDT | BuzzSugar | See recent BuzzSugar news »
Brad Pitt's gritty new project, Killing Them Softly (formerly titled Cogan's Trade, and based on a book of the same name), made its debut to the press at the Cannes Film Festival this morning. Considering the early hour of the screening and just how violent and drug-fueled it is as a film, I was surprised by how much I enjoyed it overall. Pitt is at his best playing the ruthless assassin, and James Gandolfini can, of course, carry a mob movie. Who's behind it? Like Sapphires and Lawless, it's another The Weinstein Company film here at the festival. Writer-director Andrew Dominik brings together an excellent cast of men to tell his story, including Ray Liotta in addition to Pitt and Gandolfini. With that much testosterone on screen, there's not much room for the ladies. In fact, there's barely a female to be seen in the film at all. At the center, »
- Molly Goodson
Cannes: Brad Pitt is menacingly good in the scuzzy, snazzy underworld movie 'Killing Them Softly'
22 May 2012 8:29 AM, PDT | EW - Inside Movies | See recent EW.com - Inside Movies news »
I wasn’t nearly as wild as a lot of critics about The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford — I thought it was too long, too arty and slow, too in love with its moods and images. Yet it was clear that the director, the New Zealand-born Australian Andrew Dominik, was very gifted. Whenever Brad Pitt appeared as Jesse James, the screen vibrated with menace, even though Pitt seemed to be doing almost nothing. As good as he had been before (in, say, Fight Club), I thought that the Jesse James performance was the place where Pitt »
- Owen Gleiberman
'Killing Them Softly' Movie Review - 2012 Cannes Film Festival
22 May 2012 7:17 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
When the title for Andrew Dominik's Cogan's Trade was changed to Killing Them Softly there was a collective groan from the masses that were hotly anticipating its release. It seemed like a move from a "cool" and mysterious title to something more generic and audience friendly. It's not. It's right on the nose. A perfect title for an excellent film that wasn't anything like what I expected.
Adapted from George V. Higgins's novel, this is a gangster film with guns, bloodshed, a heist and consequences, but it also serves as a metaphor for the whole of America -- from the top down. A commentary that isn't at all subtle, and not in a bad way. Ironically enough, the violent nature of this film, with its equal moments of beauty and savagery actually make for a perfect comparison.
Set in 2008, amidst the financial crisis and the Presidential election, Killing Them Softly »
- Brad Brevet
'Killing Them Softly' Movie Review - 2012 Cannes Film Festival (2012)
22 May 2012 7:17 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
When the title for Andrew Dominik's Cogan's Trade was changed to Killing Them Softly there was a collective groan from the masses that were hotly anticipating its release. It seemed like a move from a "cool" and mysterious title to something more generic and audience friendly. It's not. It's right on the nose. A perfect title for an excellent film that wasn't anything like what I expected.
Adapted from George V. Higgins's novel, this is a gangster film with guns, bloodshed, a heist and consequences, but it also serves as a metaphor for the whole of America -- from the top down. A commentary that isn't at all subtle, and not in a bad way. Ironically enough, the violent nature of this film, with its equal moments of beauty and savagery actually make for a perfect comparison.
Set in 2008, amidst the financial crisis and the Presidential election, Killing Them Softly »
- Brad Brevet
Cannes 2012 diary: day seven
22 May 2012 6:56 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Given the relentless rain pounding the Croisette, it's small wonder Nastassja Kinski would rather stay in bed than keep our interview date
Ahead of my scheduled interview with the actor Nastassja Kinski, I sit down to watch the restored version of Tess, the film she is in Cannes to discuss. Roman Polanski's 1979 epic drifts on a summer breeze of hay wains and dairy farms, bumps for a spell in the frozen mud of the potato field and then fetches up at Stonehenge, where our fugitive heroine has fled with her milksop husband, Angel Clare (Peter Firth). The bobbies come to arrest Tess but it turns out that they must wait their turn. "She's still sleeping," Angel whispers. "Just a little longer." Somewhere, very distantly, alarm bells start ringing.
Screenings in Cannes run to an immaculate clockwork precision. Interviews, however, are something else entirely; like confetti tossed to the wind, »
- Xan Brooks
[Cannes Review] Killing Them Softly
22 May 2012 5:14 AM, PDT | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
Opening and ending with speeches about these United States and the sameness of our promised land, writer/director Andrew Dominik paints his America with blood and cash and well-worn leather. Brad Pitt stars as Jackie Cogan, a fixer of sorts brought in to handle a problem with a particular underground gambling racket. A well-liked man named Markie (Ray Liotta) runs the game, which is held up by a couple of rundown thugs (Scoot McNairy and Ben Mendelsohn). Unfortunately, this is the second time the game’s been taken, so the boys upstairs want answers. A man Cogan calls “counselor” (Richard Jenkins) serves as the middle man, aggravated at those he serves and how long it takes to get “the okay” for any kind of spending. It is a recession after all, and everyone’s operating at “recessions prices.”
In point and fact, Dominik’s Killing Them Softly is about the »
- jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
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