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Karlovy Vary Fest to Fete John Travolta
18 June 2013 2:31 AM, PDT | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
The Czech Republic’s Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival, the leading sprocket opera in Central and Eastern Europe, will fete John Travolta with its Crystal Globe for outstanding artistic contribution to world cinema. The fest will world preem Travolta’s latest pic, “Killing Season,” at a Gala Screening.
Travolta stars alongside Robert De Niro as two Bosnian War veterans in “Killing Season,” which is a tense action drama directed by Mark Steven Johnson (“Ghost Rider”). It is produced by Millennium Films and Nu Image is handling worldwide.
Travolta will attend the fest to accept the award.
Jiri Bartoska, fest prexy, said: “John Travolta is an artist of incredible versatile talent. Aside from extraordinary popularity, he has gained particular recognition within the industry’s professional circles. His contribution to world cinema is unquestionable.”
Karlovy Vary also announced Tuesday that French thesp Audrey Tautou will join Michel Gondry to present his latest film, »
- Leo Barraclough
Du Pontavice Follows ‘Oggy’ With ‘I Lost My Body’
14 June 2013 10:05 AM, PDT | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Annecy — French animation producer Marc du Pontavice, who is coming off “Oggy and the Cockroaches: The Movie,” is embarking on “J’ai perdu mon coeur” (I Lost My Body), an original fantasy tale.
“”J’ai perdu mon coeur,” which is adapted from Guillaume Laurant’s novel “Happy Hand,” follows the absurd and fantasy-filled journey of a hand that was amputated following an industrial incident, and embarks on a quest to reunite with its body. It belongs to a young Moroccan immigrant, who is madly in love.
Budgeted under $10 million, toon will be helmed by Jeremy Clapin, an up-and-coming animator whose Cesar-nominated short “Skhizein” nabbed a flurry of international awards, including Chicago’s Silver Hugo and Cannes’ Kodak short film nod.
“‘J’ai perdu mon coeur’ marks a departure from my previous animated features, ‘Lucky Luke’ and ‘Oggy,’ which were both family features based on franchises,” Du Pontavice told Variety. “It will be a poetic, »
- Elsa Keslassy
Thérèse Desqueyroux – review
10 June 2013 6:14 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
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In this second screen version of François Mauriac's bitter 1927 novel (the first was Franju's in 1962), Audrey Tautou does well as the wealthy, intelligent Bovaryesque provincial wife, who expresses her disgust at the stultified haut-bourgeois life outside Bordeaux and the inner demons she can't understand by an attempt to poison the dull, overbearing husband she has been driven into marrying. A handsome, solidly acted period movie about deliberately dislikable people, it's the swansong of a director who was a longtime assistant to François Truffaut.
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Trailer Trash
8 June 2013 4:05 PM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Smoking comes under fire in France, and Shane Meadows is back in the saddle for a biopic of 60s cyclist Tommy Simpson
Are even the French finally coming round to the idea that smoking in movies is a dying trend? In last week's release Populaire, the suave Romain Duris character is asked to stop smoking in the office by the new secretary, played by Déborah François. Although the film is set in the Gauloise-tinted 1950s, Duris's character knowingly remarks he'd only ever stop smoking if they introduced a law to ban it. Now, this week, we have the gamine Audrey Tautou, one of the most popular international symbols of Frenchness in years. She's playing Mauriac's doomed heroine Thérèse Desqueyroux, and fairly chainsmokes through her ordeal of being married to a lump. "She smokes too much," remarks a disapproving mother-in-law. What can it mean for, say, the new »
- Jason Solomons
Behind the Candelabra, Made Of Stone, After Earth: this week's new films
7 June 2013 10:00 PM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Behind The Candelabra | The Stone Roses: Made Of Stone | After Earth | The Iceman | Thérèse Desqueyroux | Come As You Are | The Last Exorcism: Part II | 009 Re: Cyborg | Aguirre, Wrath Of God
(Steven Soderbergh, 2013, Us) Michael Douglas, Matt Damon, Scott Bakula, Rob Lowe, Dan Aykroyd. 118 mins
The fact that Hollywood wasn't interested in backing a story involving celebrity, dictator-style kitsch, cosmetic surgery, rhinestones, signet rings and poodles (oh, and gay people) proves once again that nobody there knows anything. Douglas is terrific as the flamboyant but needy Liberace, and this true-life relationship drama is both hilarious and empathetic, harking back to a pre-Aids era of innocence and excess. Rob Lowe's hair provides excellent support.
The Stone Roses: Made Of Stone (15)
(Shane Meadows, 2013, UK) 96 mins
If the Roses were the greatest band in the world to you, then this is probably the greatest doc in the world. Meadows, »
- Steve Rose
Audrey Tautou: 'No room for poetry in Thérèse's world'
7 June 2013 8:58 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
The French actor tells Catherine Shoard why she swerved away from sweetness to play a gritty, troubled heiress in the 1920s
Meeting Room F in the basement of Toronto's Hyatt Regency hotel has no windows. It has coffee and cookies and the groggy chuckle of an extractor fan. It is 11am at the fag-end of last autumn's film festival. In the corner is a whiteboard in search of a mantra, and a big bin.
And then suddenly Audrey Tautou, too: nose to knees in red satin, eyes like Minstrels, skin like milk. She could be a hologram, a creature from another world – specifically, Cannes, where the film she's talking about today first premiered and where, earlier this year, she hosted the festival's opening and closing ceremonies with perfect grace and maximum gamine.
Yet Tautou is not a person to feel out of place. Rather, she is a fish out of »
- Catherine Shoard
Thérèse Desqueyroux – review
7 June 2013 1:09 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Audrey Tautou gives an opaque performance as the fatally ambiguous heroine in this intriguingly oppressive drama
This is the last film from Claude Miller, who died last year at the age of 70. François Mauriac's mysterious novel of dark provincial passion (previously filmed by Georges Franju in 1962) has here has been turned into a closely observed, intriguingly oppressive and unventilated drama, whose suspense accumulates as the action proceeds with its heavy, deliberate tread. Audrey Tautou plays Thérèse herself in pre-war France: she's a free thinker and free spirit, but nonetheless someone with a lively appreciation of her family's riches and social standing, and how advantageous it would be to marry the dull, wealthy landowner Bernard Desqueyroux (Gilles Lellouche), the brother of her best friend Anne (Anaïs Demoustier). After this is achieved, Anne scandalises one and all by having an affair with handsome young Jean (Stanley Weber), who is subject to »
- Peter Bradshaw
Interview with Audrey Tautou about Thérèse Desqueyroux
6 June 2013 2:46 AM, PDT | eyeforfilm.co.uk | See recent eyeforfilm.co.uk news »
Audrey Tautou, known for her sweet and light roles in such films as Amélie, Priceless and Pot Luck turns in a much darker direction in the late director Claude Miller's final film Thérèse Desqueyroux, which closed 2012 Cannes Film Festival last year and which opens in the UK on June 7. The French star plays the title role in the adaptation of Francois Mauriac's novel about a frustrated wife whose desire for freedom spells trouble for her husband (Gilles Lellouche). Earlier this year I met her at the Unifrance Rendez-vous with French Cinema in Paris to talk about the experience.
Did you have any qualms about such sombre role?
I was delighted that a director of the stature of Claude [Miller] could imagine me in a role that was so different than anything I had done before. It is always a gift to have »
- Richard Mowe
Therese Desqueyroux Movie Review, Trailer, Pictures & News
6 June 2013 1:18 AM, PDT | Sky Movies | See recent Sky Movies news »
Free-spirited newly-wed Therese Desqueyroux (Audrey Tautou) kicks back against the suffocating repression of bourgeoise provincial France with devastating results. Obliged to enter a loveless match, the young Therese quietly rebels against her boorish husband (Gilles Lellouche) in a rejection that will see her turning to crime to free herself from his flaccid grip. The last film from French director Claude Miller, this adaptation of François Mauriac's novel offers a sombre insight into a world of snobbery and anti-semitism. »
Film Review: 'Thérèse Desqueyroux'
5 June 2013 2:00 AM, PDT | CineVue | See recent CineVue news »
★★★☆☆ Following on from the critical and commercial success of A Royal Affair (2012) and the Oscar-winning Anna Karenina (2012), it seems that the French are once again looking to tap into the allure of the period drama. In cinemas this week is Claude Miller's eponymous adaptation of François Mauriac's Thérèse Desqueyroux (2012), far less elaborate and grandiose than the aforementioned films, yet a more subtle and affecting offering. Set in Landes in the 1920s, Audrey Tautou plays Thérèse, a wealthy, free-spirited woman who enters into a fruitless, unhappy marriage with Bernard Desqueyroux (Gilles Lellouche).
Thérèse may live within an affluent society, yet she dreams of something more - growing increasingly tired and frustrated with her tedious suburban setting, and struggling to break away from the social pressures of living within rural France at such a time. Marrying Bernard, Thérèse is adamant that she will soon grow comfortable living such a lifestyle, »
- CineVue UK
Michel Gondry's 'Mood Indigo' To Open Karlovy Vary; Ben Wheatley's Latest Screening In Competition
4 June 2013 7:18 AM, PDT | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
The Karlovy Vary International Festival has announced the extensive programming for its 48th edition, which runs June 28-July 6. Michel Gondry's "Mood Indigo" -- starring Audrey Tautou and Romain Duris -- will open the festival, "This strikingly poetic fantasy story about the power and resolve to make any kind of sacrifice for a loved one stars Audrey Tautou and Romain Duris," the festival said. "Gondry’s works have regularly featured on the Karlovy Vary programme, thus it is a great honour for the festival to be able to screen his latest title in the presence of the filmmaker himself." The main section of the festival will include six world and seven international premieres, with new films from six returning directors – two of whom have already won Crystal Globes for Best Film at Karlovy Vary in recent years. The film's include Krzysztof Krauze and Joanna Kos-Krauze's "Papusza," Yossi Madmony's "A Place In Heaven, »
- Peter Knegt
Michel Gondry’s ‘Mood Indigo’ to Open Karlovy Vary Fest
4 June 2013 4:15 AM, PDT | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Michel Gondry’s “L’Ecume des jours” (Mood Indigo) will open the Czech Republic’s Karlovy Vary Film Festival, which is Central and Eastern Europe’s leading sprocket opera. The fest also unveiled its main competition lineup.
“Mood Indigo,” which toplines Audrey Tautou and Romain Duris, is an adaptation of Boris Vian’s novel — a poetic fantasy about making sacrifices for a loved one. The film was produced by Studiocanal in association with Brio Films.
Fest prexy Jiri Bartoska said: “Michel Gondry is one of the most original filmmakers on the current international scene. Like his contemporaries — Spike Jonze or David Fincher — he steers clear of the straightforward, mainstream route; he aims to present his audiences with a fresh view of the world.”
The fest’s main competition section will include six world premieres and seven international preems.
Poland’s Krzysztof Krauze and Joanna Kos-Krauze, who won at the 2005 Karlovy Vary fest with “My Nikifor, »
- Leo Barraclough
Audrey Tautou interview: Ingénue, moi?
1 June 2013 12:27 PM, PDT | The Independent | See recent The Independent news »
Last week the Cannes film festival closed as it began, with one of the most famous faces in France acting as maîtresse de cérémonie. Unlike other festivals, which tend to employ pretty (and, often, vacant) TV presenters to helm their opening and awards ceremonies, Cannes characteristically aims higher, at film stars with a bit of class. Jeanne Moreau was the first, setting the bar high; Audrey Tautou seemed a perfect fit. »
The Comedian, Byzantium, The Big Wedding: this week's new film releases
31 May 2013 10:00 PM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
The Comedian | Byzantium | The Big Wedding | Populaire | The Purge | Blood | Everybody Has A Plan | No One Lives | Man To Man | Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
(15) (Tom Shkolnik, 2012, UK) Edward Hogg, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett. 79 mins
There's an uncanny degree of naturalism to this downbeat sketch of a lost London soul, confused over his sexuality, his faltering stand-up career and his place in life. It was made with a Dogme-like set of rules encouraging spontaneous improvisation in real locales. The result is somewhere between Mike Leigh and mumblecore, a meandering slice of life that often hits the truth.
(15) (Neil Jordan, 2013, UK/Us/Ire) Gemma Arterton, Saoirse Ronan, Sam Riley. 118 mins
There might be little left to say about vampires, but genre veteran Jordan has a better right (and better actors) than most to say it. This tale of two 200-year-old women hiding out in a coastal town is more mature and less gory than most offerings. »
- Steve Rose
The Comedian, Byzantium, The Big Wedding: this week's new films
31 May 2013 3:52 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
The Comedian | Byzantium | The Big Wedding | Populaire | The Purge | Blood | Everybody Has A Plan | No One Lives | Man To Man | Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
The Comedian (15)
(Tom Shkolnik, 2012, UK) Edward Hogg, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett. 79 mins
There's an uncanny degree of naturalism to this downbeat sketch of a lost London soul, confused over his sexuality, his faltering stand-up career and his place in life. It was made with a Dogme-like set of rules encouraging spontaneous improvisation in real locales. The result is somewhere between Mike Leigh and mumblecore, a meandering slice of life that often hits the truth.
Byzantium (15)
(Neil Jordan, 2013, UK/Us/Ire) Gemma Arterton, Saoirse Ronan, Sam Riley. 118 mins
There might be little left to say about vampires, but genre veteran Jordan has a better right (and better actors) than most to say it. This tale of two 200-year-old women hiding out in a coastal town is more mature and less gory than most offerings. »
- Steve Rose
Halle Berry Honored at Paris’ Champs Elysees Fest
29 May 2013 8:38 AM, PDT | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
If Halle Berry feels like catching up on U.S. cinema, she’ll never get a better chance than next month in Paris.
The 2nd Champs Elysees Film Festival’s guest of honor, Berry will be in Paris for an event, unspooling June 12-18, that is consolidating as both a smorgasbord of titles by up-and-coming American helmers, and a commercial springboard for more major U.S. premieres in France from the likes of Richard Linklater and Barry Levinson.
Brad Pitt will receive a retrospective as part of the build up to the release in Gaul of “World War Z.” Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud will present Universal/Illumination’s “Despicable Me 2.”
French actress-producer Julie Gayet (“My Best Friend,” “Quai d’Orsay”) joins Gallic actor Olivier Martinez (“Taking Lives”) as the Champs Elysees fest presidents.
Two nations promote their national cinemas with unrelenting conviction: the U.S. and France. When a French festival promotes U. »
- John Hopewell
Audrey Tautou slams Hollywood over 'unforgiving' scrutiny of women's bodies
29 May 2013 1:38 AM, PDT | RealBollywood.com | See recent RealBollywood news »
London, May 29: Audrey Tautou has revealed that the reason behind her decision to not pursue a career in Hollywood was that she did not want "every single millimeter" of her body to be scrutinized.
Talking to the Radio Times, she described the scrutiny of Hollywood actresses as "unforgiving", the Independent reported.
She insisted that the pressure in Hollywood is different than that in France.
The actress explained that people in Hollywood stare at every single millimeter of your body and clothes, which is a huge pressure.
She said that some celebrities are happy with that, but she does not feel the same.
The. »
- Amith Ostwal
Cannes 2013: landmark lesbian romance Blue Is the Warmest Colour wins the Palme d'Or
28 May 2013 5:39 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Abdellatif Kechiche's epic and explicit love story beats the Coen brothers into second place, while Bruce Dern wins out over Michael Douglas for best actor and Amat Escalante surprise victor for best director
It was a fitting end to the week in which gay marriage was legalised in France: Abdellatif Kechiche's same-sex love story La Vie D'Adèle Chapitres 1 et 2 (Blue is the Warmest Colour) was named the winner of the top prize at the Cannes film festival.
Based on a French graphic novel, the film follows the relationship between two young students in Lille, one of whom has hair dyed the blue of the title. When she reverts to her natural blonde, their affair nose-dives.
Its explicit, groundbreaking sex scenes, one of which beats the 10 minute mark, mean it went into the final furlong as both the movie everyone was talking about, and critics' favourite to take the Palme d'Or. »
- Catherine Shoard
Audrey Tautou: 'I'm not ambitious enough to break Hollywood'
27 May 2013 3:11 PM, PDT | Digital Spy | See recent Digital Spy - Movie News news »
Audrey Tautou has revealed that she doesn't think she has enough ambition to crack America.
The Amelie actress also said that she would never move to the States.
She told the Radio Times: "Getting a role, like in The Da Vinci Code, that's fine. Once in a while, I would love to, but it doesn't work like that. They are not just going to come and pick me up as an actress, with all the wonderful actresses they have.
"If you want to build a career in Hollywood, that is different. You have to move there. And for a French person like me... I would have to be away from my friends and family.
"Cinema is my passion. I admire American directors and love American movies. But my life is also something which is very important, and my ambition is not big enough."
She added: "In Hollywood, there is a very important marketing, »
66th Festival de Cannes 2013 Awards – Blue Is The Warmest Color Color Wins Palme D’Or; Coen Brothers Take Grand Prize
26 May 2013 9:35 PM, PDT | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
After a week of stars, filmmakers, and worldwide media coverage on the Croisette, the 2013 Cannes Film Festival came to an end today. The Palme d’Or went to Blue Is The Warmest Color from director Abdellatif Kechiche, best director award went to Amat Escalante for Heli, while the Jury Grand Prix went to the Coen Bros. for Inside Llewyn Davis.
The Closing Ceremony of the 66th Festival de Cannes took place at the Grand Théâtre Lumière where the Jury, presided over by Steven Spielberg, revealed the award winners.
Audrey Tautou hosted Uma Thurman on the stage to award the Palme d’or to the best film among the 20 in Competition. Taking place May 15 – 26, director Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby kicked off the 66th Festival in the Grand Théâtre Lumière of the Palais des Festivals, out of Competition in the Official Selection.
With films such as Inside Llewyn Davis scheduled »
- Michelle McCue
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