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The Notable Films of 2010: Part Six
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The Last Airbender
Opens: July 2nd 2010
Cast: Noah Ringer, Nicola Peltz, Jackson Rathbone, Dev Patel
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Summary: A live-action film based on the Nickelodeon animated TV series. In a fantastic world where civilisation exists as four great empires, a reluctant young child sets out on a perilous journey to restore balance to a world torn apart by war.
Analysis: Its been quite the decade for M. Night Shyamalan who started it as a household name with labels of a moodern-day Hitchcock thanks to the likes of "The Sixth Sense" and "Signs". Today he's considered more of a one-trick pony and in some cases a punchline due to rampant stories of egomania run wild and a series of much derided onscreen flops like "Lady in the Water" and "The Happening".
Thus 'Airbender' marks a potential return to form for the helmer. An adaptation of the hit cartoon series
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Blu-Ray Review: ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’ Looks Amazing in HD
17 December 2009 1:04 PM, PST
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Chicago – “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” is one of the most visually striking films of a year filled with achievements in great cinematography. I love Deakins’ work on “A Serious Man,” Richardson’s on “Inglourious Basterds,” and Christian Berger’s on “The White Ribbon,” but Bruno Delbonnel (who also lensed “Amelie”) has helped produce one of the most aesthetically remarkable films of the year, easily the most interesting interplay of shadow and light yet seen in a “Potter” film. Naturally, it makes for a great fit with the 1080p of Blu-Ray.
Blu-Ray Rating: 4.0/5.0
After shuffling directors for four installments in a row from Chris Columbus to Alfonso Cuaron to Mike Newell, the “Harry Potter” series settled on the relatively unknown David Yates for the final four films (“The Order of the Phoenix,” “The Half-Blood Prince,” and the two-part “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”).
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
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The 20 Best Foreign Language Films of the Decade
16 December 2009 5:00 AM, PST
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As part of our epic, two week long Decade in Review, master of the Foreign Objects Rob Hunter lays down his picks of the best foreign language films of the decade.
I can reel off the best foreign films of the year without pause and feel fairly confident that I haven't missed anything notable, but best of the decade? Adding to the difficulty is the fact that of the thousands of films released each year in other countries very few of them actually ever reach our shores in any official capacity. Then there's the issue of release dates... do I use the year the film was first released or the year it finally reached the Us? There's way too much gray area here, so we're going to simplify things a bit.
This is my list of the best foreign language films of the past ten years, and I highlight that ownership because I don't expect it to
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Amelie director’s new film: Micmacs trailer
3 December 2009 8:48 AM, PST
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After a five year absence Jean-Pierre Jeunet is to make a return to directing with the film Micmancs A Tire-Larigot. Hoping to expand upon his impressive oeuvre, which also contains Amelie and A Very Long Engagement, Jeunet’s latest tale features a character named Basil who seeks revenge when he is shot in the head. The source of his ire, however, is not a gang, or a lone assassin but rather the weapons manufacturers responsible for making the bullets. The film stars French comedian Dany Boon.
The UK trailer has just been released and can be found here. All the Jeunet trademarks – the yellow and green hues, the whimsical soundtrack and oddball characters – are present and correct suggesting his streak as France’s most universally popular director will go unchallenged.
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Exclusive: Micmacs UK Trailer
2 December 2009 9:37 AM, PST
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Jean-Pierre Jeunet, the man behind Amelie and The City of the Lost Children, is bringing us a new slice of fried madness in Micmacs - and there's a new UK trailer online to give us a better taste of what flavour of barmy is in store.Our hero is Bazil (French superstar Dany Boon) who is accidentally shot in the head and finds his whole life turned upside down. Homeless, he ends up being taken in by a group of eccentrics, and starts to plot with them to take down the source of all his woes: the weapons manufacturers responsible for the bullets that hit him and killed his father years before.Micmacs is out here in the UK on March 26, but if you need to see it sooner, learn some French and hop on the Eurostar, because it's already out in its native land.
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Tiff 2009 Day 7: Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Micmacs
30 November 2009 1:32 AM, PST
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A welcomed "diversion" to my viewing slate, Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator wasn't the first picture that came to mind when watching Dany Boon's miming about in Jean-Pierre Jeunet's "anti-war" themed pic. - A welcomed "diversion" to my viewing slate, Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator wasn't the first picture that came to mind when watching Dany Boon's miming about in Jean-Pierre Jeunet's "anti-war" themed pic. I wasn't thinking of anti-war pics, and it was upon further reflection that I thought about the whole non-violence combating violence discourse of the film, but it was the collection of pics from the late 70's/early 80's films that I grew up on that I had in mind. In my estimation, Jeunet's Micmacs delivers that tingling feeling sensation that we find in spades in Amelie, the pic is a technically fun film to watch, and is inoffensive, quirky
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Review: Coco Before Chanel
6 November 2009 4:15 AM, PST
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Coco Before Chanel is a well-made but very slow biopic about the early days of influential French fashion designer Coco Chanel. Though it has an excellent central performance by Audrey Tautou, it’s a flawed way to tell her story if it has any hope of appealing to a broad audience. Aspects of Coco Chanel’s life have been filmed before, notably Chanel Solitaire in 1981 with Marie France-Pisier as Coco and the 2008 TV movie Coco Chanel starring Shirley Maclaine as an older Coco (who lived to be 83). This time director/writer Ann Fontaine shows us how Coco becomes Chanel, illustrating key events in the early life of an underprivileged young woman, with no resources other than her own ambition, who became such an important figure in forging contemporary tastes in style. The problem with the film (besides the fact that it’s French) is that, instead of the expected
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New Seraphine UK Poster
20 October 2009 2:45 AM, PDT
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Here's one for all the art lovers out there: Séraphine, the multiple Cesar*-award winning story of French painter Séraphine Louis (sometimes know as Séraphine de Senlis), who went from cleaning lady to darling of the art world.It's the kind of story that you can't believe hasn't already been made into a film. In 1914, just prior to the outbreak of World War I a German art collector called William Uhde rented an apartment in Senlis, near Paris, and hired a cleaning lady called Séraphine. She was unrefined, suffers mental problems and was a laughing stock for many people around time, but Uhde learns that she has a huge talent for painting. He was forced to leave the country by the War, but on returning years later brought Séraphine to the world's attention.Séraphine stars Yolande Moreau (the landlady in Amelie) and Ulrich Tukur (The Lives Of Others) and is
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Preview: The Best of the 45th Chicago International Film Festival, Week One
8 October 2009 8:51 AM, PDT
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Chicago – We’ve been working our way through the schedule for the upcoming 45th Annual Chicago International Film Festival, kicking off tonight with the premiere of “Motherhood,” starring Uma Thurman, Anthony Edwards, and Minnie Driver. We’ve watched dozens of films from some that stand among the best of the year to a few that stand among the worst. We’re here to focus on the former and point out a few highlights for your movie-going weekend.
The best films of the first week of the fest include a spectacular coming-of-age story, an intense drama, a fascinating documentary, and a Russian musical. The lineup at this year’s fest may be a little light on true gems that instantly jump out from the printed schedule, but it just means you’ll have to dig a little harder. There are great films on there. Here are a few.
The top tier
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Jean-Pierre Jeunet versus Goliath
1 October 2009 5:02 AM, PDT
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"You know, each time I tell the same story. It's little guys against the monster, the ogre -- or David against Goliath," says Jean-Pierre Jeunet of his new film "Micmacs," a comedy about a video store clerk (Dany Boon) who seeks revenge on two major weapons manufacturers with help from a group of quirkily talented friends, including a human cannonball and a contortionist.
The "Amelie" director sat down with his star to tell us about his new film and what inspires him. "Micmacs" will be released by Sony Pictures Classics.
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Audrey Tautou digs into the mystery of 'Chanel'
25 September 2009 3:35 PM, PDT
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Today, as the film "Coco Before Chanel" is released, movie-goers will be treated to an inside, cinematic look at the person of Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel before she was the infamous French fashion designer, still worshipped even today. But even for the film's stars, the backstory of the woman who grew up in a broken home, poor, who latched herself to a rich man (Étienne Balsan, played by Benoît Poelvoorde) as a mistress -- the experience was truly eye-opening. French actress Audrey Tautou, who still enjoys fame in America for her roles in 2001's "Amelie" and 2006's "The Da Vinci Code,"
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Coco Before Chanel
25 September 2009 4:21 AM, PDT
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Coco Before Chanel
Directed by: Anne Fontaine
Cast: Audrey Tautou, Benoit Poelvoorde, Alessandro Nivola
Running Time: 1 hr 45 mins
Rating: PG-13
Release Date: September 25, 2009
Plot: The story of Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel (Tautou) and the love triangle (Poelvoorde and Nivola) that would support her in becoming an icon of the fashion world.
Who’S It For? A narrow audience – the same crowd that doesn’t mind subtitles and (willingly) saw something like Pride and Prejudice.
Expectations: I had heard murmurs of “Oscar” for Tautou’s performance, but I would’ve been just fine with an engaging biopic.
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Audrey Tautou as “Coco” Chanel: Romantic roles can bring out a special radiance from Tautou (Amelie), but the stoic Coco, despite her “chick flick” cushioning, is a tad too Da Vinci Code for this performance to stand much above average. Indeed, “Coco” is a strong woman, but this turn is more similar
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Audrey Tautou Interview, Coco Before Chanel
23 September 2009 8:00 PM, PDT
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MoviesOnline sat down recently with French actress Audrey Tautou (The Da Vinci Code, Amelie) to talk about her new movie, Coco Before Chanel.
Coco Before Chanel is the story of Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, who began her life as a headstrong orphan, and through an extraordinary journey became the legendary couturier who embodied the modern woman and became a timeless symbol of success, freedom and style. The film portrays the formative years of Chanel's life, the years Chanel spent discovering and inventing herself.
Coco Before Chanel is directed by Anne Fontaine (La Fille de Monaco/ The Girl Fr
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Film & Fashion: Coco Before Chanel
23 September 2009 7:00 AM, PDT
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Coco Before Chanel is...
When we think of Coco Chanel, we envision a strong, powerful woman at the helm of a fashion empire. But what of her childhood - where did she come from? What was the foundation for her never-before-seen talent, ambition, and fortitude? Was she to the manor born?
The answers, found in Anne Fontaine's new film Coco avant Chanel (aka Coco Before Chanel), may just surprise you. The film focuses on her early life: Coco (nee Gabrielle) Chanel and her sister were abandoned in an orphanage at a young age. By young adulthood, the scrappy pair learned to scrape by, at times on sheer will alone. Part-time cabaret performer, part-time seamstress, Coco (Audrey Tautou: Amelie, The Da Vinci Code, Dirty Pretty Things) wormed her way (at great personal cost - she was a courtesan) into an aristocratic lifestyle,
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Tautou Rules Out Hollywood Move
21 September 2009 9:06 AM, PDT
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French actress Audrey Tautou has ruled out a permanent move to Hollywood despite acknowledging it would help her career - because she fears living in Los Angeles would inflate her ego.
The star has risen to international fame with roles in award-winning film Amelie and The Da Vinci Code, opposite Tom Hanks.
However, Tautou, who still lives in Paris, prefers working close to home - because she is convinced stars who live in Hollywood are pursuing glory and fame rather than good roles.
She tells the New York Daily News, "I like to visit Hollywood, but I wouldn't like to settle there...
"I don't think about my work in terms of a 'career'. I have the ambition to try to do very good movies and try to work with great directors and I try to do my best. My intention is much more for doing something worthwhile than about the glory. I feel myself as being more of an artisan than as an actress."
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Tautou's Photo Hobby
20 September 2009 6:31 PM, PDT
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French actress Audrey Tautou has an unusual collection - she keeps a photograph of every person who has interviewed her.
The Amelie star regularly takes pictures of journalists she speaks with so she doesn't forget them, and hopes one day to incorporate the snaps into a project.
She tells the New York Daily News, "I haven't done anything with the photos yet. I just keep them. But it's just because I have met so many people for very short moments and all these moments for me disappear into the air. I find it a bit unreal. So I wanted to keep something concrete to make sure I was not wasting my time."
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Tiff Auteur Round-up: Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Todd Solondz, Werner Herzog
18 September 2009 3:48 PM, PDT
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A still from Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Micmacs. Jean-Pierre Jeunet Micmacs Many auteurs allow themselves an occasional lapse into nostalgia—Fellini’s Amarcord, for example, or Woody Allen’s Radio Days. Jean-Pierre Jeunet, meanwhile, has let nostalgia seep into his entire oeuvre (with the exception of Alien: Resurrection, his only English-language movie). It’s in the sepia-drenched streetscapes, the wistful music, the mid-century slang. Jeunet avoids excessive sentimentality, however, thanks to his virtuosic direction, his dark sense of humor, and his Rube Goldberg approach to storytelling. Remember that ridiculous scene in Benjamin Button where a narrator came out of nowhere to explain the series of coincidences that led to Cate Blanchett’s car accident? That was stolen from the Jeunet playbook. The true mark of an auteur is when people rip you off. Jeunet’s latest film Micmacs, which played in Toronto this week, revisits the golden Paris of Amelie. Dany Boon,
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Review | Jeunet Continues His Magical Realism With “Micmacs”
17 September 2009 6:22 AM, PDT
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Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s signature films, including “Amelie” and “City of Lost Children,” have functioned as gateway drugs, getting the previously uninitiated hooked on the habit of foreign film. Romantic enough to please what we now think of as the “Twilight” set, and so highly visual that little is lost in translation, they’ve infiltrated hard-to-reach demographics and awakened appetites for adventurous cinema in viewers who didn’t know they had them. Whether you love …
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Review | Jeunet Continues To Patent His Magical Realism With “Micmacs”
17 September 2009 6:22 AM, PDT
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Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s signature films, including “Amelie” and “City of Lost Children,” have functioned as gateway drugs, getting the previously uninitiated hooked on the habit of foreign film. Romantic enough to please what we now think of as the “Twilight” set, and so highly visual that little is lost in translation, they’ve infiltrated hard-to-reach demographics and awakened appetites for adventurous cinema in viewers who didn’t know they had them. Whether you love …
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Review | Another Fairy Tale: Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s “Micmacs”
17 September 2009 6:22 AM, PDT
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Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s signature films, including “Amelie” and “City of Lost Children,” have functioned as gateway drugs, getting the previously uninitiated hooked on the habit of foreign film. Romantic enough to please what we now think of as the “Twilight” set, and so highly visual that little is lost in translation, they’ve infiltrated hard-to-reach demographics and awakened appetites for adventurous cinema in viewers who didn’t know they had them. Whether you love …
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