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‘Young and Beautiful’ Actress Marine Vacth: International Star You Should Know
15 May 2013 3:00 PM, PDT | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Claim To Fame
In Francois Ozon’s competition contender “Young and Beautiful,” 22-year-old Marine Vacth may be as enigmatic as her character, a well-to-do young woman who finds pleasure in sharing intimate moments with complete strangers. A top model who’s lined up contracts with a number of fashion designers — from Chloe to Karl Lagerfeld and Yves Saint Laurent — Vacth, a native of Lyon, decided to shake up her smooth, cool image by taking the lead role in a film that raises disturbing questions about teenage sexuality.
Ozon’s pic is the first for Vacth. But even before the film was selected for Cannes, Vacth was on every discerning talent agents’ hot list; she’s now repped by Gaul’s biggest talent agency, Artmedia. The tyro thesp said she was drawn to acting after experiencing the rush of working on Cedric
Klapisch’s “My Piece of the Pie. »
- Elsa Keslassy
Cannes Film Festival Opening: A ‘Great’ Evening
15 May 2013 11:51 AM, PDT | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
There was plenty of Baz-razzmatazz as the 66th Cannes Film Festival bowed with a mix of fun, lofty hopes and melancholy that F. Scott Fitzgerald would have appreciated.
In the spirit of opener “The Great Gatsby,” a troupe of dancers dressed in 1920s-style outfits burst out of a period car and performed a dance on the red carpet.
Throngs of fans lined the road to the Palais, where the stars of Warner Bros.’ “Gatsby” elicited screams and cheers, and big names glamming it up on the red carpet included Julianne Moore, Freida Pinto, Lana Del Rey, Florence Welch, Nicole Kidman, Cindy Crawford, Fan Bingbing, Ludivine Sagnier, Zhang Ziyi, Walter Salles, Michel Piccoli, Agnes Varda and Roskino CEO Katya Mtsitouridze. France’s Minister of Culture Aurelie Filipetti and Venice Film Festival topper Alberto Barbera were also in attendance.
See Also: Cate Blanchett »
- Timothy M. Gray and Elsa Keslassy
Popes on Film
29 April 2013 2:15 PM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Pope Movies (photo: Anthony Quinn in ‘The Shoes of the Fisherman’) [See previous post: "Pope Francis Movie in the Works?"] Now, do we need another Pope Movie? Well, actually there haven’t been that many. Most notable among the Pope Movies of decades past are Michael Anderson’s widely lambasted The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968), with Anthony Quinn as what one pundit called "Zorba the Pope," and Nanni Moretti’s widely acclaimed comedy-drama We Have a Pope, with Michel Piccoli as a cardinal who reluctantly is elected chief of the Catholic Church. Here are a few more: Rex Harrison hammed it up as Pope Julius II to Charlton Heston’s equally risible Michelangelo in Carol Reed’s The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965); Liv Ullmann played the title role in Michael Anderson’s critically massacred Pope Joan (1972), about the alleged medieval female pope; and Finlay Currie reverentially incarnated the official first pope, St. Peter, in Mervyn LeRoy’s dreary (and »
- Andre Soares
Nanni Moretti Comedy 'We Have a Pope' Comes Back
14 March 2013 6:22 PM, PDT | Thompson on Hollywood | See recent Thompson on Hollywood news »
With all the papal craziness right now, it's no surprise that Sundance Selects is rebooking Nanni Moretti's 2011 competition Cannes entry "We Have a Pope" ("Habemus Papam") in a theater near you. "Recent world events made it irresistible for us to bring back 'We Have a Pope,'" said President of Sundance Selects/IFC Films Jonathan Sehring, "which mirrors what much of the discussion on the world stage has been over the last few weeks." In "We Have a Pope" the newly elected Pope (Michel Piccoli) suffers a panic attack just as he is due to appear on St Peter's balcony to greet the faithful. His advisors seek help from an atheist shrink played by Moretti. My interview with Moretti is here. The run begins next Wednesday at New York's Lincoln Plaza Cinemas, and nationally on multiple digital platforms including iTunes, Amazon, Xbox, GooglePlay, Sony Play Station and SundanceNOW. Moretti »
- Anne Thompson
Sundance Selects Re-Releasing Nanni Moretti's 'We Have a Pope'
14 March 2013 4:01 PM, PDT | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
Jumping on the papal bandwagon, Sundance Selects said Thursday that it will rerelease Italian director Nanni Moretti's We Have a Pope on March 20 at New York’s Lincoln Plaza Cinemas and nationally on digital platforms including iTunes, Amazon, Xbox, GooglePlay, Sony Play Station and SundanceNow. Moretti stars in the comedy-drama as a psychoanalyst and atheist who is consulted by a newly elected pope (Michel Piccoli) who suffers a panic attack just as he is due to appear on St. Peter’s balcony following his election. Photos: Popes on Screen: Top Papal Performances in Film and TV The film premiered at
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- Gregg Kilday
The film We Have a Pope and the importance of humility
13 March 2013 5:07 PM, PDT | Shadowlocked | See recent Shadowlocked news »
At this point, pretty much everybody has heard the big recent news. No, not the fact that Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, and Carrie Fisher are returning as Luke, Han, and Leia for Star Wars Episode VII, but Pope Benedict XVI announcing his resignation – the first time a Pope has resigned since 1415 – and his successor being announced: Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, or Pope Francis, as he will be known.
In light of this, let's take a look at the film We Have a Pope (aka Habemus Papam), which, fittingly, not only concerns similar (if fictional) events, but also puts forth the theme of humility.
Whatever your religious views (or otherwise) may be, and whatever you may think of either Pope, the outgoing Pope's official statement (and in fact, the resignation itself) shows humility. To quote a few relevant parts of it:
"...both strength of mind and body are necessary, strength which in the last few months, »
Who's Your Favorite Movie Pope?
11 March 2013 6:24 AM, PDT | Thompson on Hollywood | See recent Thompson on Hollywood news »
During this papal interregnum, the best source of Vatican news is coming from South Philly blogger Rocco Palmo, whose blog reportedly is the go-to site for news and gossip about papal succession. When it comes to films about the church, I’m partial to nun films ("The Nun’s Story," "The Sound of Music," "The Trouble With Angels," "Therese," "Black Narcissus") than pope movies, because the pontiff is usually a distant authoritarian rather than a fleshed-out character. Still, I have some favorite film popes, including, improbably, John Goodman as Pope Sergius in "Pope Joan" (the 2009 movie starring Johanna Wokaluk as the 9th-century woman who, though Vatican historians say it never happened, according to legend posed as a male, and was elevated to pope). As Pope Joan, Wokaluk says something to the effect that women are superior to men because Eve ate the apple for the love of knowledge and Adam »
- Carrie Rickey
Cardinals Meeting Inside Vatican to Elect a New Pope -- Real-Life 'Habemus Papam'?
4 March 2013 11:45 AM, PST | Thompson on Hollywood | See recent Thompson on Hollywood news »
Four days following Pope Benedict XVI's official step-down from the papacy, more than 100 cardinals are rallying inside the Vatican to begin the election of a new pope. Anyone familiar with Italian auteur Nanni Moretti's Catholicism comedy "Habemus Papam" ("We Have a Pope"), in which a reluctant cardinal (Michel Piccoli) begrudgingly is elected pope and sees a shrink (Moretti) in order to try and come to terms with accepting the job, can grin at the possibility of life imitating art. (Our Cannes interview with Moretti is here.) Reportedly the cardinals are excited at the prospect of a new pope, with one Portuguese cardinal telling TV crews, "A Latin-American pope is possible, anything is possible!" Preparations for the conclave are rigorous, with security measures including closing the Sistine Chapel and confirming that the Vatican hotel is debugged. Many observers, including documentarian Alex Gibney ("Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God »
- Anne Thompson and Beth Hanna
‘We Have a Pope’, The Now Seminal Film on Pontifical Abdication
28 February 2013 3:40 PM, PST | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
Just hours ago, Pope Benedict XVI spent his final moments as Pontiff. His famous Twitter page, @Pontifex now simply reads “Sede Vacante,” or empty seat. Being the first Pope to resign in some 600 years, Benedict XVI leaves the over 1.2 billion Roman Catholics in the world leaderless until the conclusion of the upcoming Papal Conclave. Benedict’s resignation has thrust the media into speculation about his reasons for stepping down. It’s an interesting situation that has many asking; what if the Pope just decides he no longer want to be Pope?
This very question was raised, prophesized in some respects, in last years wonderfully funny We Have A Pope. Italian director Nanni Moretti poignantly captured a Pope’s crisis of faith, in what can now be pointed to as the seminal film about pontifical abdication. In the shadow of Benedict XVI’s final day I revisit We Have a Pope »
- Tony Nunes
5 Films That Would Win Oscars In A Bizarre Parallel Universe
20 February 2013 5:10 AM, PST | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
Not all films are polished masterpieces with excellent scripts and cinematography. Some are slyly subversive or positively wallow in their own crapulence. It may not be accepted practice for the Academy to recognise such films and probably most people would prefer to watch something boring like Brokeback Mountain or Lincoln.
However there is a select group of us who would love to see our favourite movies given the recognition that they deserve. How much more cool would it have been to see Peter Jackson collect Best Director award for Meet the Feebles than The Lord of the Rings? Could you imagine the outrage if Zombie’s Lake had been voted Best Picture? It could only happen in a parallel world inhabited by people like me (and the other one).
So I present a mercifully short list of 5 films that would win an Oscar in a freaky parallel universe.
5. La Grande Bouffe »
- Clare Simpson
25 stylish French films worth watching
18 February 2013 1:50 AM, PST | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »
Odd List Aliya Whiteley Feb 19, 2013
Covering 85 years of cinema, Aliya provides her pick of 25 stylish, must-see French movies...
I’m going to kick this off in best New-Wave style by pointing out that we should be praising each great director’s body of work rather than showcasing favourite movies in a list format; after all, France came up with the concept of the auteur filmmaker, stamping their personality on a film, using the camera to portray their version of the world.
Yeah, well, personality is everything. So here’s a highly personal choice, arranged in chronological order, of 25 of the most individualistic French films. They may be long or short, old or new, but they all have one thing in common – they’ve got directorial style. And by that I don’t mean their shoes match their handbags.
The Passion Of Joan Of Arc (1928)
There are no stirring battle scenes, »
- ryanlambie
Marion Cotillard in talks for Diary Of A Chambermaid
14 February 2013 2:42 AM, PST | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
Benoit Jacquot's Diary of a Chambermaid (Le Journal d'une femme de chambre) which is based on Octave Mirbeau's classic novel, has Marion Cotillard of The Dark Knight Rises and Rust & Bone in negotiations. Variety reports that Cotillard would play Celestine in the film set in 1890 to 1900, playing an ambitious woman who works as a chambermaid. Viewers will see the condition of house servants and the perversions of France's upper-crust through Celestine's eyes. The property has had two adaptations, the first in 1946 with Jean Renoir at the wheel and Paulette Goddard, Burgess Meredith and Hurd Hatfield starring, followed by 1964's Luis Buñuel film starring Jeanne Moreau, Michel Piccoli, Georges Géret. »
Marion Cotillard in talks for Diary Of A Chambermaid
14 February 2013 2:42 AM, PST | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
Benoit Jacquot's Diary of a Chambermaid (Le Journal d'une femme de chambre) which is based on Octave Mirbeau's classic novel, has Marion Cotillard of The Dark Knight Rises and Rust & Bone in negotiations. Variety reports that Cotillard would play Celestine in the film set in 1890 to 1900, playing an ambitious woman who works as a chambermaid. Viewers will see the condition of house servants and the perversions of France's upper-crust through Celestine's eyes. The property has had two adaptations, the first in 1946 with Jean Renoir at the wheel and Paulette Goddard, Burgess Meredith and Hurd Hatfield starring, followed by 1964's Luis Buñuel film starring Jeanne Moreau, Michel Piccoli, Georges Géret. »
Popes on film: cinema's five most memorable pontiffs
11 February 2013 9:21 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
In a transparent attempt to piggyback on a major news event and use it as an excuse to talk about films, here are some of our favourite cinematic popes
Following news that Benedict XVI is to be the first pope to resign in 600 years, we introduce the only important matter for debate: what are the best on-screen portrayals of pontiffs? Here are a few of our favourites, including nominations from @guardianfilm Twitter followers @Lazslokovacs, @farah0912, @nigelfloyd, @pafster, @DulachG, @filipequintans and @FPSFilm.
1. Robbie Coltrane in The Pope Must Die
The film might not have been a classic, but Robbie Coltrane is certainly one of the most memorable movie popes.
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2. Rex Harrison in The Agony and the Ecstasy
Rex Harrison is a remarkably shouty Pope Julius II, butting heads over the painting of the Sistine chapel with an even shoutier Michelangelo in Charlton Heston. »
- Adam Boult
DVD Review - Holy Motors (2012)
28 January 2013 12:03 PM, PST | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
Holy Motors, 2012.
Written and Directed by Leos Carax.
Starring Denis Lavant, Edith Scob, Eva Mendes, Kylie Minogue, Elise Lhomeau and Michel Piccoli.
Synopsis:
A day in the life of Monsieur Oscar (Lavant), a man travelling in his limousine to a string of 'appointments' where, in each, he takes on a new identity and agenda.
One of the leading film critics, André Bazin, titled a series of essays “What is cinema?” (“Qu’est-ce que le cinema?); it was, and still is, a question of great debate and discussion. Often, when looking at the meaning of film the subject itself becomes introspective. From the glitzy, comic reflections of Singin’ in the Rain, to the topic of the viewer in Cinema Paradiso, or the surreal machinations of narrative and characterisation in Holy Motors – cinema continually draws attention to its own workings and effects.
Leos Carax’s Holy Motors is arguably one of the »
- flickeringmyth
Notebook's 5th Writers Poll: Fantasy Double Features of 2012
9 January 2013 9:40 AM, PST | MUBI | See recent MUBI news »
Looking back at 2012 on what films moved and impressed us, it is clear that watching old films is a crucial part of making new films meaningful. Thus, the annual tradition of our end of year poll, which calls upon our writers to pick both a new and an old film: they were challenged to choose a new film they saw in 2012—in theaters or at a festival—and creatively pair it with an old film they also saw in 2012 to create a unique double feature.
All the contributors were asked to write a paragraph explaining their 2012 fantasy double feature. What's more, each writer was given the option to list more pairings, with or without explanation, as further imaginative film programming we'd be lucky to catch in that perfect world we know doesn't exist but can keep dreaming of every time we go to the movies.
How would you program some »
- Daniel Kasman
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