Cannes isn’t Sundance. The movies on offer aren’t generally genre horror box office surprises or heartwarming indie dramedies, and sometimes they’re not even sure-fire Oscar hopefuls.
But as several sales agents and distributors told us, Cannes is slowly shifting back to being a home for discovery. With the audience now unbothered by subtitles, distributors aren’t just looking for the next “May December” but the next “Anatomy of a Fall.” And when it comes to the package titles on the Marché du Film, buyers are demanding more than the latest Nicolas Cage shark movie.
The sources IndieWire spoke to believe there’s more quality than quantity among this year’s official competition sales titles and the packages being shopped to distributors. And that’s a good thing, even though there are still plenty of hot packages trickling in by the day and buyers already scooping up competition...
But as several sales agents and distributors told us, Cannes is slowly shifting back to being a home for discovery. With the audience now unbothered by subtitles, distributors aren’t just looking for the next “May December” but the next “Anatomy of a Fall.” And when it comes to the package titles on the Marché du Film, buyers are demanding more than the latest Nicolas Cage shark movie.
The sources IndieWire spoke to believe there’s more quality than quantity among this year’s official competition sales titles and the packages being shopped to distributors. And that’s a good thing, even though there are still plenty of hot packages trickling in by the day and buyers already scooping up competition...
- 5/13/2024
- by Brian Welk
- Indiewire
Francis Ford Coppola is a brand name and undoubtedly one of the greatest filmmakers of all time. And while he has provided us with a series of classic movies over his long career, he has been inactive for many years until he recently blessed us with Megalopolis, a movie that is just as ambitious as it sounds but may remain as one of the year’s biggest mysteries. We have already reported on the early reactions and struggles that the movie is facing going forward, and we are glad to confirm that Vanity Fair has blessed us with an exclusive first-look image from the movie, which shows the film’s two main actors, Adam Driver, and Nathalie Emmanuel.
If you’re not fully acquainted with it, Megalopolis is an interesting story altogether, as the movie was conceived way back in 1979, while Coppola was filming Apocalypse Now, one of the greatest war movies ever made.
If you’re not fully acquainted with it, Megalopolis is an interesting story altogether, as the movie was conceived way back in 1979, while Coppola was filming Apocalypse Now, one of the greatest war movies ever made.
- 4/30/2024
- by Arthur S. Poe
- Fiction Horizon
We're entering the final week of the New York Film Festival, and as such, the big centerpiece film has been unveiled: the world premiere of Paul Thomas Anderson's sprawling comic crime saga "Inherent Vice." As far as premieres go, this is one of the more hotly anticipated ones -- the movie doesn't open until December and besides a handful of stills and a recently revealed teaser trailer, virtually knowing had been known about this adaptation of Thomas Pynchon's best-selling novel (the first such adaptation ever).
Well, now we know.
The movie takes place at the tail end of the '60s, with a washed-up private detective named Doc (Joaquin Phoenix) who sees his increasingly complicated life through a scrim of bad vibes and pot smoke. He is visited by a lost love (Katherine Waterston, utterly beautiful) and gets embroiled in a conspiratorial plot that involves, among other things,...
Well, now we know.
The movie takes place at the tail end of the '60s, with a washed-up private detective named Doc (Joaquin Phoenix) who sees his increasingly complicated life through a scrim of bad vibes and pot smoke. He is visited by a lost love (Katherine Waterston, utterly beautiful) and gets embroiled in a conspiratorial plot that involves, among other things,...
- 10/4/2014
- by Drew Taylor
- Moviefone
Awards: Anne Thompson's Updated Oscar Predictions 2015 "Boyhood" Star Patricia Arquette Will Campaign for Supporting Actress Oscar Four Reasons Why Clark Terry Doc "Keep On Keepin' On" Is Oscar Bait Updated: Foreign Language Oscar Contenders Where Are the Missing Pictures? Box Office: "Skeleton Twins" Scores Best Limited Opening Since "Boyhood" Top Ten Box Office Takeaways: "No Good Deed" Tops Weak Field, "The Drop" Scores, "The Giver" Soars News & Features: As TriStar Lands Ang Lee, Who's In Line to Replace Sony's Pascal? Fantastic Fest Preview: 10 Must-See Films How Kevin Kline Helped Israel Horovitz's "My Old Lady" Film Debut It's Not Getting Better for Women in Hollywood, But There Is a Silver Lining "New Girl" vs. "The Mindy Project": One's a Winner Take a "Walk Among the Tombstones" with Cinematographer Mihai Malaimare...
- 9/20/2014
- by TOH!
- Thompson on Hollywood
We return with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s massive feature includes a review for Nobody Can Cool, first details on The Night Crew, Heir, and a Doctor Who documentary called Who’s Changing: An Adventure In Time With Fans, a new clip from Muck, trailers for Blood Shed, NightBeasts, and Virginia Obscura, and much more:
[Editor's Note: We want to give a big thanks to our Indie Spotlight manager, Tamika Jones, for her constant work on this weekly feature and putting together our largest Indie Spotlight to date this weekend!]
Indie Spotlight Review: Nobody Can Cool
by Heather Wixson
Nobody Can Cool is the rather impressive directorial debut from up-and-coming filmmaking duo Dpyx, Marcy Boyle and Rachel Holzman, who crafted a blisteringly taut and thoughtful indie crime thriller with a palpable sense of tension from start to finish. A gritty and engaging tale of deceit, violence and desperation, Nobody Can Cool is anchored by a breakout performance by Nick Principe (best known from his work in the Laid to Rest series, Madison County and...
[Editor's Note: We want to give a big thanks to our Indie Spotlight manager, Tamika Jones, for her constant work on this weekly feature and putting together our largest Indie Spotlight to date this weekend!]
Indie Spotlight Review: Nobody Can Cool
by Heather Wixson
Nobody Can Cool is the rather impressive directorial debut from up-and-coming filmmaking duo Dpyx, Marcy Boyle and Rachel Holzman, who crafted a blisteringly taut and thoughtful indie crime thriller with a palpable sense of tension from start to finish. A gritty and engaging tale of deceit, violence and desperation, Nobody Can Cool is anchored by a breakout performance by Nick Principe (best known from his work in the Laid to Rest series, Madison County and...
- 1/19/2014
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
The Time Being
Directed by Nenad Cicin-Sain
Written by Nenad Cicin-Sain and Richard N. Gladstein
USA, 2013
A passionate starving artist is at the center of The Time Being, an overly portentous new drama that doesn’t see such a central figure as being too stereotypical. No, this is a movie about how Art is Serious, so serious, in fact, that focusing entirely on one’s work trumps trivial matters like work, family, friends, and more. Though the movie is packed with pretty images, thanks entirely to the skill and craft of its fairly overqualified cinematographer, The Time Being is a mostly limp portrait of the artist as inwardly selfish and ambitious.
Wes Bentley plays Daniel, so dedicated to his art—he paints based on photographs he takes of the world at large—that one could imagine this guy as being Ricky Fitts from American Beauty all grown up; this man...
Directed by Nenad Cicin-Sain
Written by Nenad Cicin-Sain and Richard N. Gladstein
USA, 2013
A passionate starving artist is at the center of The Time Being, an overly portentous new drama that doesn’t see such a central figure as being too stereotypical. No, this is a movie about how Art is Serious, so serious, in fact, that focusing entirely on one’s work trumps trivial matters like work, family, friends, and more. Though the movie is packed with pretty images, thanks entirely to the skill and craft of its fairly overqualified cinematographer, The Time Being is a mostly limp portrait of the artist as inwardly selfish and ambitious.
Wes Bentley plays Daniel, so dedicated to his art—he paints based on photographs he takes of the world at large—that one could imagine this guy as being Ricky Fitts from American Beauty all grown up; this man...
- 8/2/2013
- by Josh Spiegel
- SoundOnSight
Cross Creek Pictures President Brian Oliver and Exclusive Media’s Co-Chairmen Nigel Sinclair and Guy East announced today that principal photography has begun in New York on A Walk Among The Tombstones the new crime thriller starring Oscar® winner Liam Neeson (Schindler’S List, Taken). Joining the cast are Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey); Ruth Wilson (Anna Karenina); Boyd Holbrook (The Host, Milk); David Harbour (Snitch, End Of Watch); Mark Consuelos (American Horror Story); and recording artist / U.S. X Factor (season 1) fan favorite, Astro.
Written and to be directed by Academy Award® nominated Scott Frank (Out Of Sight, The Lookout), the film is based on one of 17 Matt Scudder novels written by crime novelist Lawrence Block. The Scudder series has been in print for over 40 years and translated into over 20 languages. The movie is being produced by Michael Shamberg and Stacey Sher, with their company Double Feature Films, with Danny DeVito and his company,...
Written and to be directed by Academy Award® nominated Scott Frank (Out Of Sight, The Lookout), the film is based on one of 17 Matt Scudder novels written by crime novelist Lawrence Block. The Scudder series has been in print for over 40 years and translated into over 20 languages. The movie is being produced by Michael Shamberg and Stacey Sher, with their company Double Feature Films, with Danny DeVito and his company,...
- 3/13/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The American Society of Cinematographers has unveiled its award nominations in the best feature film category.
The nominees are:
Seamus McGarvey, Asc, Bsc (Anna Karenina) Danny Cohen, Bsc (Les Misérables) Claudio Miranda, Asc (Life of Pi) Janusz Kaminski (Lincoln) Roger Deakins, Asc, Bsc (Skyfall)
The nominations are in line those made by the British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) earlier.
Notable omissions include Australia.s Greig Fraser (Zero Dark Thirty), Mihai Malaimare Jr (The Master), Rodrigo Prieto (Argo), Wally Pfister (The Dark Knight Rises) and Ben Richardson (Beasts of the Southern Wild), according to the La Times.
Deakins now has 11 Asc award nominations for two wins (he has never won an Oscar despite nine nominations). He was also the recipient of the organisation.s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011. Kaminski has now been nominated five times while the latest nominations for Cohen, McGarvey and Miranda brings their tally to two each.
Last year,...
The nominees are:
Seamus McGarvey, Asc, Bsc (Anna Karenina) Danny Cohen, Bsc (Les Misérables) Claudio Miranda, Asc (Life of Pi) Janusz Kaminski (Lincoln) Roger Deakins, Asc, Bsc (Skyfall)
The nominations are in line those made by the British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) earlier.
Notable omissions include Australia.s Greig Fraser (Zero Dark Thirty), Mihai Malaimare Jr (The Master), Rodrigo Prieto (Argo), Wally Pfister (The Dark Knight Rises) and Ben Richardson (Beasts of the Southern Wild), according to the La Times.
Deakins now has 11 Asc award nominations for two wins (he has never won an Oscar despite nine nominations). He was also the recipient of the organisation.s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011. Kaminski has now been nominated five times while the latest nominations for Cohen, McGarvey and Miranda brings their tally to two each.
Last year,...
- 1/10/2013
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
Here are the names we think will trip off Seth MacFarlane and Emma Stone's lips when they announce this year's Academy Award nominations on Thursday
• Xan Brooks looks ahead to the Bafta and Oscar nominations
Best picture
Argo
Django Unchained
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Zero Dark Thirty
Moonrise Kingdom
Les Miserables
Silver Linings Playbook
Beasts of the Southern Wild
The Master
Wild card: Amour
Best original screenplay
Quentin Tarantino (Django Unchained)
Mark Boal (Zero Dark Thirty)
Rian Johnson (Looper)
Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola (Moonrise Kingdom)
Paul Thomas Anderson (The Master)
Wild card: John Gatins, (Flight)
Best adapted screenplay
Tony Kushner (Lincoln)
Chris Terrio (Argo)
David O Russell and Matthew Quick (Silver Linings Playbook)
Lucy Alibar, Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild)
Tom Stoppard (Anna Karenina)
Wild card: Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower)
Best director
Ben Affleck (Argo)
Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty...
• Xan Brooks looks ahead to the Bafta and Oscar nominations
Best picture
Argo
Django Unchained
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Zero Dark Thirty
Moonrise Kingdom
Les Miserables
Silver Linings Playbook
Beasts of the Southern Wild
The Master
Wild card: Amour
Best original screenplay
Quentin Tarantino (Django Unchained)
Mark Boal (Zero Dark Thirty)
Rian Johnson (Looper)
Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola (Moonrise Kingdom)
Paul Thomas Anderson (The Master)
Wild card: John Gatins, (Flight)
Best adapted screenplay
Tony Kushner (Lincoln)
Chris Terrio (Argo)
David O Russell and Matthew Quick (Silver Linings Playbook)
Lucy Alibar, Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild)
Tom Stoppard (Anna Karenina)
Wild card: Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower)
Best director
Ben Affleck (Argo)
Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty...
- 1/8/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
Yay, my favorite foreign language film of 2012 led the National Society of Film Critics. Michael Haneke's "Amour" took the picture of the year honors with the director taking home the directing trophy. "Amour" beat "The Master" and "Zero Dark Thirty," while Haneke edged out Kathryn Bigelow ("Zero Dark Thirty") and Paul Thomas Anderson ("The Master).
Here's the list of winners; for winners/nominees of other award-giving bodies this season, click here:
Picture: "Amour"
Actor: Daniel Day Lewis ("Lincoln")
Actress: Emmanuelle Riva ("Amour")
Supporting Actor: Matthew McConaughey ("Bernie," "Magic Mike")
Supporting Actress: Amy Adams ("The Master")
Director: Michael Haneke ("Amour")
Non-Fiction: ("The Gatekeepers")
Cinematography: Mihai Malaimare, Jr. ("The Master")
Screenplay: Tony Kushner, "Lincoln"
Here's how the National Society of Film Critics voted for Best Picture and Director:
Best Picture
*1. Amour (Sony Classics) . 28
2. The Master . 25
3. Zero Dark Thirty . 18
Best Director
*1. Michael Haneke (Amour) . 27
2. Kathryn Bigelow . 24
2. Paul Thomas Anderson . 24...
Here's the list of winners; for winners/nominees of other award-giving bodies this season, click here:
Picture: "Amour"
Actor: Daniel Day Lewis ("Lincoln")
Actress: Emmanuelle Riva ("Amour")
Supporting Actor: Matthew McConaughey ("Bernie," "Magic Mike")
Supporting Actress: Amy Adams ("The Master")
Director: Michael Haneke ("Amour")
Non-Fiction: ("The Gatekeepers")
Cinematography: Mihai Malaimare, Jr. ("The Master")
Screenplay: Tony Kushner, "Lincoln"
Here's how the National Society of Film Critics voted for Best Picture and Director:
Best Picture
*1. Amour (Sony Classics) . 28
2. The Master . 25
3. Zero Dark Thirty . 18
Best Director
*1. Michael Haneke (Amour) . 27
2. Kathryn Bigelow . 24
2. Paul Thomas Anderson . 24...
- 1/6/2013
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Michael Haneke’s tragic and haunting French film Amour is much loved by the National Society of Film Critics, winning Best Picture, Best Director for Haneke and Best Actress for Emmanuelle Riva.
Founded in 1966, the 60-member National Society of Film Critics held its 47th annual awards voting meeting on Saturday, January 5th in New York City.
The Master came in second place for best picture with Zero Dark Thirty third; Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty) also tied with Paul Thomas Anderson (The Master) for runner-up in the director category.
Critics placed Riva’s performance just ahead of Jennifer Lawrence’s turn as an emotionally damaged widow in Silver Linings Playbook. Au contraire, Riva’s co-star Jean-Louis Trintignant was not among the top vote getters for Best Actor, while Daniel Day-Lewis took home that honor for his portrayal of Abraham Lincoln in another double winner, Steven Spielberg’s film about the...
Founded in 1966, the 60-member National Society of Film Critics held its 47th annual awards voting meeting on Saturday, January 5th in New York City.
The Master came in second place for best picture with Zero Dark Thirty third; Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty) also tied with Paul Thomas Anderson (The Master) for runner-up in the director category.
Critics placed Riva’s performance just ahead of Jennifer Lawrence’s turn as an emotionally damaged widow in Silver Linings Playbook. Au contraire, Riva’s co-star Jean-Louis Trintignant was not among the top vote getters for Best Actor, while Daniel Day-Lewis took home that honor for his portrayal of Abraham Lincoln in another double winner, Steven Spielberg’s film about the...
- 1/6/2013
- by Nick Martin
- Filmofilia
The National Society of Film Critics today voted Michael Haneke.s Amour the best film of 2012. From Sony Pictures Classics, Amour revolves around a husband and wife living out their final years and when one is paralyzed after suffering a stroke, the couple’s bond of love is severely tested.
Called “A Masterpiece” by Manohla Dargis in her NY Times review, the film previously won the Palm D’Or – 2012 Festival de Cannes, named best feature at The European Film Awards and has been embraced by the Broadcast Film Critics, Los Angeles Film Critics, Washington DC Area Film Critics Assocation, New York Online Film Critics and Boston Society of Film Critics. Amour (Love), Austria.s official selection for the 85th Academy Awards, is considered by most to be the front-runner for the best foreign-language Oscar.
A full list of the other awards follows, with the winner designated by an asterisk and...
Called “A Masterpiece” by Manohla Dargis in her NY Times review, the film previously won the Palm D’Or – 2012 Festival de Cannes, named best feature at The European Film Awards and has been embraced by the Broadcast Film Critics, Los Angeles Film Critics, Washington DC Area Film Critics Assocation, New York Online Film Critics and Boston Society of Film Critics. Amour (Love), Austria.s official selection for the 85th Academy Awards, is considered by most to be the front-runner for the best foreign-language Oscar.
A full list of the other awards follows, with the winner designated by an asterisk and...
- 1/6/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Always the last of the major film critics groups to weigh in, usually after the new year, the National Society of Film Critics has made its picks for 2012, led by much-lauded multiple winner "Amour." With the pushed-up Academy voting, ballots are already in for nominations, which will be announced Thursday, January 10. A big question is whether "Amour" will land a best picture, best actress or--most likely--original screenplay nominations; we can assume that the foreign film committee will include it in the final five. Picture: "Amour" Actor: Daniel Day Lewis ("Lincoln") Actress: Emmanuelle Riva ("Amour") Supporting Actor: Matthew McConaughey ("Bernie," "Magic Mike") Supporting Actress: Amy Adams ("The Master") Director: Michael Haneke ("Amour") Non-Fiction: ("The Gatekeepers") Cinematography: Mihai Malaimare, Jr. ("The...
- 1/5/2013
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
The National Society of Film Critics, meeting Saturday in New York to vote its annual awards, embraced Amour. The end-of-life drama was named best picture and also earned best directing honors for Michael Haneke and best actress laurels for Emmanuelle Riva. Daniel Day-Lewis was voted best actor for Lincoln. The historical drama was also cited for its screenplay by Tony Kushner. Supporting actor awards went to Matthew McConaughey for his performances in both Magic Mike and Bernie and to Amy Adams for The Master. The Master also took the prize for Mihai Malaimare, Jr.'s cinematography.
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- 1/5/2013
- by Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
David O. Russell's "Silver Linings Playbook" danced atop the 17th Annual Satellite Awards winning Best Picture, Editing, Director, Actor (Bradley Cooper), and Actress (Jennifer Lawrence). In the supporting acting categories, Anne Hathaway took home the Best Supporting Actress award for "Les Miserables," while Javier Bardem won Best Supporting Actor for playing the big bad in "Skyfall."
Winners were announced Sunday, Dec. 16, at the InterContinental Hotel at Century City in Los Angeles.
Here's the complete winners (highlighted) and nominees of the 17th Annual Satellite Awards (for a complete list of Awards Season winners/nominees, click here):
Motion Picture
Argo .
*** Silver Linings Playbook
Beasts Of The Southern Wild
Les MISÉRABLES
Skyfall
Moonrise Kingdom
The Sessions
Lincoln Dreamworks/Touchstone
Life Of Pi
Zero Dark Thirty
Director
*** David O. Russell -- Silver Linings Playbook
Ben Affleck -- Argo
Kim Ki-duk -- Pieta Drafthouse Films
Ben Lewin -- The Sessions
Steven Spielberg --...
Winners were announced Sunday, Dec. 16, at the InterContinental Hotel at Century City in Los Angeles.
Here's the complete winners (highlighted) and nominees of the 17th Annual Satellite Awards (for a complete list of Awards Season winners/nominees, click here):
Motion Picture
Argo .
*** Silver Linings Playbook
Beasts Of The Southern Wild
Les MISÉRABLES
Skyfall
Moonrise Kingdom
The Sessions
Lincoln Dreamworks/Touchstone
Life Of Pi
Zero Dark Thirty
Director
*** David O. Russell -- Silver Linings Playbook
Ben Affleck -- Argo
Kim Ki-duk -- Pieta Drafthouse Films
Ben Lewin -- The Sessions
Steven Spielberg --...
- 12/17/2012
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Today was a very busy day for critics with The Boston Society of Film Critics, The New York Films Critics Online, and The Los Angeles Film Critics Association all voting for best achievements in film for 2012.
The love for Zero Dark Thirty continues with two more Best Picture wins, making it the clear favorite for awards season thus far. Kathryn Bigelow also adds two more wins to her list, putting her in prime position for a shot at another Best Director Oscar, an award she won merely three years ago.
In the first twist of awards season, Los Angeles critics have broken away from the pack and awarded Michael Haneke’s Amour with Best Picture, while giving Best Director, Actor, Supporting Actress, and Production Design to The Master, a film that hadn’t been garnering much attention so far this awards season.
Daniel Day-Lewis takes two more Best Actor wins...
The love for Zero Dark Thirty continues with two more Best Picture wins, making it the clear favorite for awards season thus far. Kathryn Bigelow also adds two more wins to her list, putting her in prime position for a shot at another Best Director Oscar, an award she won merely three years ago.
In the first twist of awards season, Los Angeles critics have broken away from the pack and awarded Michael Haneke’s Amour with Best Picture, while giving Best Director, Actor, Supporting Actress, and Production Design to The Master, a film that hadn’t been garnering much attention so far this awards season.
Daniel Day-Lewis takes two more Best Actor wins...
- 12/10/2012
- by Jeff Beck
- We Got This Covered
The International Press Academy has announced the nominees of the 17th Annual Satellite Awards. "Les Miserables" led the pack with 10 nominations including Best Picture.
Winners will be announced on Sunday, Dec. 16 at the InterContinental at Century City in Los Angeles.
17th Annual Satellite Awards Nominees:
Motion Picture
Argo .
Silver Linings Playbook
Beasts Of The Southern Wild
Les MISÉRABLES
Skyfall
Moonrise Kingdom
The Sessions
Lincoln Dreamworks/Touchstone
Life Of Pi
Zero Dark Thirty
Director
David O. Russell -- Silver Linings Playbook
Ben Affleck -- Argo
Kim Ki-duk -- Pieta Drafthouse Films
Ben Lewin -- The Sessions
Steven Spielberg -- Lincoln
Kathryn Bigelow -- Zero Dark Thirty
Actress in a Motion Picture Name
Jennifer Lawrence Silver Linings Playbook
Emilie Dequenne Our Children
Keira Knightley Anna Karenina
Emmanuelle Riva Amour
Laura Birn Purge
Laura Linney Hyde Park On Hudson
Jessica Chastain Zero Dark Thirty
Actor in a Motion Picture
John Hawkes The Sessions...
Winners will be announced on Sunday, Dec. 16 at the InterContinental at Century City in Los Angeles.
17th Annual Satellite Awards Nominees:
Motion Picture
Argo .
Silver Linings Playbook
Beasts Of The Southern Wild
Les MISÉRABLES
Skyfall
Moonrise Kingdom
The Sessions
Lincoln Dreamworks/Touchstone
Life Of Pi
Zero Dark Thirty
Director
David O. Russell -- Silver Linings Playbook
Ben Affleck -- Argo
Kim Ki-duk -- Pieta Drafthouse Films
Ben Lewin -- The Sessions
Steven Spielberg -- Lincoln
Kathryn Bigelow -- Zero Dark Thirty
Actress in a Motion Picture Name
Jennifer Lawrence Silver Linings Playbook
Emilie Dequenne Our Children
Keira Knightley Anna Karenina
Emmanuelle Riva Amour
Laura Birn Purge
Laura Linney Hyde Park On Hudson
Jessica Chastain Zero Dark Thirty
Actor in a Motion Picture
John Hawkes The Sessions...
- 12/3/2012
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
In recent years films such as The Dark Knight and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 seem to have generated the hopeful buzz from movie fans when it comes to the Oscars and both films ended without Best Picture nominations, which is always the one Oscar nom those fans want to see. You won't find many of them sitting around sulking because the final Potter film didn't get a Best Pic nom only to have one happy-go-lucky person jump in with, "But come on, those Best Art Direction, Makeup and Visual Effects noms made up for it!" Nope, that's not how it works and while films like Inception and Avatar have been nominated for Best Picture, I would hardly call them longshots. So the question this year is... what about Skyfall? Well, sorry to burst your bubble, but I don't think it has a chance... at least not for Best Picture.
- 11/13/2012
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Blu-ray Release Date: Dec. 4, 2012
Price: Blu-ray $39.99
Studio: Lionsgate
Francis Ford Coppola fans who’ve haven’t been keeping up with the great filmmaker’s works on Blu-ray get a chance to catch up with the well-priced release of Francis Ford Coppola 5-Film Collection Blu-ray. A quintet the five-time Academy Award winner’s movies, all of which have been previously issued on Blu-ray, are being issued together for the first time as a high-definition boxed set, complete with a slew of extras.
Here’s a breakdown of the musical, drama and war films that comprise the collection, along with their bonus features:
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Apocalypse Now Redux (2001)
This is the definitive version of Francis Ford Coppola’s stunning vision of the heart of darkness in all of us, re-edited and re-mastered with 49 minutes of additional footage.
Audio commentary by Director Francis Ford Coppola
Nastassia Kinski grows on Frederic Forrest in Coppola's One from the Heart.
Price: Blu-ray $39.99
Studio: Lionsgate
Francis Ford Coppola fans who’ve haven’t been keeping up with the great filmmaker’s works on Blu-ray get a chance to catch up with the well-priced release of Francis Ford Coppola 5-Film Collection Blu-ray. A quintet the five-time Academy Award winner’s movies, all of which have been previously issued on Blu-ray, are being issued together for the first time as a high-definition boxed set, complete with a slew of extras.
Here’s a breakdown of the musical, drama and war films that comprise the collection, along with their bonus features:
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Apocalypse Now Redux (2001)
This is the definitive version of Francis Ford Coppola’s stunning vision of the heart of darkness in all of us, re-edited and re-mastered with 49 minutes of additional footage.
Audio commentary by Director Francis Ford Coppola
Nastassia Kinski grows on Frederic Forrest in Coppola's One from the Heart.
- 10/23/2012
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
The Master
Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
Written by Paul Thomas Anderson
USA, 2012
“Man is not an animal,” Lancaster Dodd calmly and firmly intones into the ear of the perpetually addled, horny, and wayward Freddie Quell early in The Master. This is, in some ways, the key phrase at the center of Paul Thomas Anderson’s excellent new drama, a 1950s-set character study about the vast ocean of difference between Dodd, who purports to be a centered, rational leader of religious thought, and Quell, who stumbles into Dodd’s path and exists almost entirely to disprove the possibility that Dodd’s stated beliefs can change anyone. Anderson’s working at the peak of his talents, as expected. It’s Joaquin Phoenix, though, who is most revelatory in the film. After an extended absence from non-prank-related movies, he roars back onto the screen in a career-best performance, aided by excellent supporting...
Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
Written by Paul Thomas Anderson
USA, 2012
“Man is not an animal,” Lancaster Dodd calmly and firmly intones into the ear of the perpetually addled, horny, and wayward Freddie Quell early in The Master. This is, in some ways, the key phrase at the center of Paul Thomas Anderson’s excellent new drama, a 1950s-set character study about the vast ocean of difference between Dodd, who purports to be a centered, rational leader of religious thought, and Quell, who stumbles into Dodd’s path and exists almost entirely to disprove the possibility that Dodd’s stated beliefs can change anyone. Anderson’s working at the peak of his talents, as expected. It’s Joaquin Phoenix, though, who is most revelatory in the film. After an extended absence from non-prank-related movies, he roars back onto the screen in a career-best performance, aided by excellent supporting...
- 9/21/2012
- by Josh Spiegel
- SoundOnSight
Francis Ford Coppola's latest film production mixes the surreal with murder. Currently at the Toronto International Film Festival, Twixt also takes some elements from Edgar Allan Poe's writings e.g murder mystery. In a small town local writer Hall (Val Kilmer) is shopping his latest failing tale titled Witch Hunter, when he is introduced to real horror. Several people have gone missing likely due to a serial killer.
Now, the first trailer has been released for Twixt. This clip is over 3 minutes long and there are some colourful dream sequences to be seen in the reel. Have a look at Coppola's surreal masterpiece below.
The synopsis for Twixt is here:
"A writer with a declining career arrives in a small town as part of his book tour and gets caught up in a murder mystery involving a young girl. That night in a dream, he is approached by...
Now, the first trailer has been released for Twixt. This clip is over 3 minutes long and there are some colourful dream sequences to be seen in the reel. Have a look at Coppola's surreal masterpiece below.
The synopsis for Twixt is here:
"A writer with a declining career arrives in a small town as part of his book tour and gets caught up in a murder mystery involving a young girl. That night in a dream, he is approached by...
- 8/2/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Chicago – It’s been thirty-five years since Francis Ford Coppola wrote an original screenplay for one of his pictures, and though “Tetro” is certainly not in the same league as his last singular written work (1974’s “The Conversation”), it is still the most cinematically exciting, hauntingly beautiful, and achingly personal film he’s made in decades.
The low-budget, intimate “Tetro” is easily his best work since 1986’s “Peggy Sue Got Married,” and it shares some striking similarities with his 1983 drama “Rumble Fish.” That film was about a troubled kid (Matt Dillon) who strained to live up to the formidable reputation of his older brother (Mickey Rourke). “Tetro” is also about the dysfunctional relationship between two brothers, and Coppola originally intended to cast Dillon as the older sibling (the role eventually went to controversial indie filmmaker Vincent Gallo). Like “Fish,” “Tetro” is shot in a richly nostalgic yet sharply crisp black...
The low-budget, intimate “Tetro” is easily his best work since 1986’s “Peggy Sue Got Married,” and it shares some striking similarities with his 1983 drama “Rumble Fish.” That film was about a troubled kid (Matt Dillon) who strained to live up to the formidable reputation of his older brother (Mickey Rourke). “Tetro” is also about the dysfunctional relationship between two brothers, and Coppola originally intended to cast Dillon as the older sibling (the role eventually went to controversial indie filmmaker Vincent Gallo). Like “Fish,” “Tetro” is shot in a richly nostalgic yet sharply crisp black...
- 5/5/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
From the opening credits of Tetro you know you're watching a film from a master of the craft.
Produced, written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, the film stars Vincent Gallo and Alden Ehrenreich (who has an eerie resemblance to a young River Phoenix) as two brothers. Ehrenreich's Bennie is coming of age, while Gallo's Tetro is simply coming to terms.
The themes here are much the same as with Coppola's Godfather films. Big families with traditions and names to live up to, and the secrets within those bonds.
But Tetro is much more intimate than the Godfather films, and focuses not on the sprawling family, but the broken connection between the brothers. Bennie, looking for answers to his questions about the family, and Tetro wanting nothing more than to escape.
The cinematography by Mihai Malaimare, who lensed Coppola's Youth Without Youth, is almost too polished, too perfect. The black...
Produced, written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, the film stars Vincent Gallo and Alden Ehrenreich (who has an eerie resemblance to a young River Phoenix) as two brothers. Ehrenreich's Bennie is coming of age, while Gallo's Tetro is simply coming to terms.
The themes here are much the same as with Coppola's Godfather films. Big families with traditions and names to live up to, and the secrets within those bonds.
But Tetro is much more intimate than the Godfather films, and focuses not on the sprawling family, but the broken connection between the brothers. Bennie, looking for answers to his questions about the family, and Tetro wanting nothing more than to escape.
The cinematography by Mihai Malaimare, who lensed Coppola's Youth Without Youth, is almost too polished, too perfect. The black...
- 10/10/2009
- CinemaSpy
In case you’ve forgotten the name of one of America’s most talented and under-appreciated auteurs, let me reintroduce you to Francis Ford Coppola. Forget about Apocalypse Now, The Godfather Trilogy and Bram Stoker’S Dracula for a moment. We all know and love those films, including those of you who don’t No need to raise your hands and make yourselves look silly. Coppola is so much more than these films, but they’re the only ones he ever gets remembered for.
Let me first take you back to 1974 and a little film called The Conversation starring Gene Hackman, perhaps one of the most under-rated films of all time. Next I would like to fast forward a bit to a pair of little films from 1983 called The Outsiders and Rumble Fish. After having first read the 1967 book “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton in school, I fell in love...
Let me first take you back to 1974 and a little film called The Conversation starring Gene Hackman, perhaps one of the most under-rated films of all time. Next I would like to fast forward a bit to a pair of little films from 1983 called The Outsiders and Rumble Fish. After having first read the 1967 book “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton in school, I fell in love...
- 9/18/2009
- by Travis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Sam Riley and Samantha Morton in Control
Photo: The Weinstein Co. I finally watched Anton Corbijn's Control last night based on the life of Joy Division lead singer Ian Curtis and on top of being a good film, it is a beautiful film to look at, but one I am sure most general audience members wouldn't even give a chance. Why? It's in black-and-white, but there's a slight twist to this story and it's the only reason I bring it up. Control was actually shot in color and then converted to black-and-white in post. In the special features on the DVD Corbijn explains he originally considered shooting the film on black-and-white film stock, but he said the tests "were so grainy, which was one thing, but the grain also moved around and it became just another element you had to look at and I didn't want that in the film.
Photo: The Weinstein Co. I finally watched Anton Corbijn's Control last night based on the life of Joy Division lead singer Ian Curtis and on top of being a good film, it is a beautiful film to look at, but one I am sure most general audience members wouldn't even give a chance. Why? It's in black-and-white, but there's a slight twist to this story and it's the only reason I bring it up. Control was actually shot in color and then converted to black-and-white in post. In the special features on the DVD Corbijn explains he originally considered shooting the film on black-and-white film stock, but he said the tests "were so grainy, which was one thing, but the grain also moved around and it became just another element you had to look at and I didn't want that in the film.
- 6/6/2009
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
We showed you the trailer for Francis Ford Coppola 's Tetro over the weekend, and while the cinematography looks terrific, the story is hard to grasp.
What we know about Tetro, Coppola's first script since The Conversation over 35 years ago, is that it's a family drama set in Argentina. Bennie (Alden Ehrenreich ) travels to Buenos Aires to look for his older brother, Tetro (Vincent Gallo ), who has been missing for over 10 years. When the brothers reunite, old conflicts and secrets rise to the surface.
Now Coppola has released the first three minutes of his new film, and even though it's mostly just a credits sequence, you can again see how beautifully it's photographed, so kudos to cinematographer Mihai Malaimare, Jr., who also lensed Coppola's Youth Without Youth, notable also for the way it looked.
What we know about Tetro, Coppola's first script since The Conversation over 35 years ago, is that it's a family drama set in Argentina. Bennie (Alden Ehrenreich ) travels to Buenos Aires to look for his older brother, Tetro (Vincent Gallo ), who has been missing for over 10 years. When the brothers reunite, old conflicts and secrets rise to the surface.
Now Coppola has released the first three minutes of his new film, and even though it's mostly just a credits sequence, you can again see how beautifully it's photographed, so kudos to cinematographer Mihai Malaimare, Jr., who also lensed Coppola's Youth Without Youth, notable also for the way it looked.
- 5/5/2009
- by Colin Boyd
- GetTheBigPicture.net
No more than a day after the official trailer for Francis Ford Coppola's Tetro hit, Apple has debuted the entire opening scene, which lasts about three minutes and doesn't show much at all. I'm breaking my rule of featuring a complete clip (for the second time) because, honestly, there's not much that this really shows and it's actually just great to watch. I'm loving cinematographer Mihai Malaimare Jr.'s camera work in this and the black and white adds such more to the feeling as well. I'm definitely looking forward to seeing this while I'm out at Cannes. I'm really hoping Coppola will be making his triumphant return with Tetro. Watch the opening scene from Francis Ford Coppola's Tetro: [flv:http://media2.firstshowing.net/firstshowing/tetro-opening-scene.flv http://media2.firstshowing.net/firstshowing/tetro-opening-scene.jpg 598 248] You can also watch this opening scene from Tetro in High Definition on Apple Tetro is both written and directed by profound Academy Award winning filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola,...
- 5/4/2009
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
LONDON -- It has been 10 years since Oscar-winning director Francis Ford Coppola last worked behind the camera, but high expectations for his new feature Youth Without Youth, which screened Sunday at the RomaCinemaFest, are dashed as it proves to be a muddled fantasy about the transmigration of souls.
Handsomely made on a low budget, the film has the polished look of a Coppola film with expert contributions from some master craftsmen. But the story is full of arcane references that many will find nonsensical, and the performances are a letdown. Lacking coherence and suspense, the picture is likely to attract a cult following while disappointing Coppola's fan base.
Tim Roth plays an elderly linguistics scholar who is struck by lightning and not only begins to grow younger but also can master languages he never knew. Beginning in Bucharest, Romania, in 1938, the story has Nazi spies, fascists and a beautiful young woman who also is struck by lightning. She, however, is turned into a seventh century disciple of Chandrakirti who can speak ancient tongues and starts aging at a furious rate.
The far-fetched tale relates the strange events that overtake 70-year-old Dominic Roth) after he is struck by lightning while planning suicide. Delighted to learn that he is getting younger, he is troubled to discover he has a double that materializes with evil intent. Dominic is further alarmed by the attentions of a sexy Nazi spy known only as the Woman in Room 6 (Alexandra Pirici) and the evil Dr. Josef Rudolf (Andre M. Hennicke) who employs her.
Fleeing to Switzerland, the scholar survives World War II and continues his work until one day he encounters two young women who soon afterward run their car off the road in a storm. One of them, Veronica Alexandra Maria Lara), survives, but having been struck by lightning she now speaks Sanskrit and calls herself Rupini.
Eventually Veronica re-emerges as herself, but Dominic not only believes she is Rupini reincarnated but he also falls in love with her. As he is getting younger by the day while she gets older, something has to give. Not to mention the meddlesome double.
Coppola's screenplay lurches from one extreme to the next, while as director he indulges unexceptional acting. Roth fails to establish Dominic as a vital character. His best screen outings are when he's animated by villainy, but here his doleful countenance sinks into the scholar's passive vulnerability.
Coppola is clearly captivated by the mystical contemplations of Romanian author Mircea Eliade, upon whose novella the film is based, but his fascination hasn't translated into a fascinating motion picture. Cinematographer Mihai Malaimare Jr. uses a static camera to capture production designer Calin Papura's atmospheric sets, while editor Walter Murch assembles it all with typical skill.
YOUTH WITHOUT YOUTH
Sony Pictures Classics
American Zoetrope presents a SRG Atelier, Pricel and BIM Dsistribuzione production
Credits:
Screenwriter-director-producer: Frances Ford Coppola
Based on the novella by: Mircea Eliade
Executive producers: Anahid Nazarian, Fred Roos
Director of photography: Mihai Malaimare Jr.
Production designer: Calin Papura
Music: Osvaldo Golijov
Costume designer: Gloria Papura
Editor: Walter Murch
Cast:
Dominic: Tim Roth
Veronica/ Laura/Rupini: Alexandra Maria Lara
Professor Stanciulescu: Bruno Ganz
Woman in Room 6: Alexandra Pirici
Dr. Josef Rudolf: Andre M. Hennicke
Professor Tucci: Marcel Inures
Pandit: Adrian Pintea
Dr. Gavrila: Florin Piersic Jr.
Dr. Chirila: Zoltan Butuc
Anetta: Adriana Titieni
Running time -- 124 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
Handsomely made on a low budget, the film has the polished look of a Coppola film with expert contributions from some master craftsmen. But the story is full of arcane references that many will find nonsensical, and the performances are a letdown. Lacking coherence and suspense, the picture is likely to attract a cult following while disappointing Coppola's fan base.
Tim Roth plays an elderly linguistics scholar who is struck by lightning and not only begins to grow younger but also can master languages he never knew. Beginning in Bucharest, Romania, in 1938, the story has Nazi spies, fascists and a beautiful young woman who also is struck by lightning. She, however, is turned into a seventh century disciple of Chandrakirti who can speak ancient tongues and starts aging at a furious rate.
The far-fetched tale relates the strange events that overtake 70-year-old Dominic Roth) after he is struck by lightning while planning suicide. Delighted to learn that he is getting younger, he is troubled to discover he has a double that materializes with evil intent. Dominic is further alarmed by the attentions of a sexy Nazi spy known only as the Woman in Room 6 (Alexandra Pirici) and the evil Dr. Josef Rudolf (Andre M. Hennicke) who employs her.
Fleeing to Switzerland, the scholar survives World War II and continues his work until one day he encounters two young women who soon afterward run their car off the road in a storm. One of them, Veronica Alexandra Maria Lara), survives, but having been struck by lightning she now speaks Sanskrit and calls herself Rupini.
Eventually Veronica re-emerges as herself, but Dominic not only believes she is Rupini reincarnated but he also falls in love with her. As he is getting younger by the day while she gets older, something has to give. Not to mention the meddlesome double.
Coppola's screenplay lurches from one extreme to the next, while as director he indulges unexceptional acting. Roth fails to establish Dominic as a vital character. His best screen outings are when he's animated by villainy, but here his doleful countenance sinks into the scholar's passive vulnerability.
Coppola is clearly captivated by the mystical contemplations of Romanian author Mircea Eliade, upon whose novella the film is based, but his fascination hasn't translated into a fascinating motion picture. Cinematographer Mihai Malaimare Jr. uses a static camera to capture production designer Calin Papura's atmospheric sets, while editor Walter Murch assembles it all with typical skill.
YOUTH WITHOUT YOUTH
Sony Pictures Classics
American Zoetrope presents a SRG Atelier, Pricel and BIM Dsistribuzione production
Credits:
Screenwriter-director-producer: Frances Ford Coppola
Based on the novella by: Mircea Eliade
Executive producers: Anahid Nazarian, Fred Roos
Director of photography: Mihai Malaimare Jr.
Production designer: Calin Papura
Music: Osvaldo Golijov
Costume designer: Gloria Papura
Editor: Walter Murch
Cast:
Dominic: Tim Roth
Veronica/ Laura/Rupini: Alexandra Maria Lara
Professor Stanciulescu: Bruno Ganz
Woman in Room 6: Alexandra Pirici
Dr. Josef Rudolf: Andre M. Hennicke
Professor Tucci: Marcel Inures
Pandit: Adrian Pintea
Dr. Gavrila: Florin Piersic Jr.
Dr. Chirila: Zoltan Butuc
Anetta: Adriana Titieni
Running time -- 124 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
- 10/22/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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