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The Triplets of Belleville (2003) More at IMDbPro »Les triplettes de Belleville (original title)
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8 items from 2012
‘The Triplets of Belleville’ Receiving Prequel from ‘The Illusionist’ Director Sylvain Chomet
18 May 2012 4:55 PM, PDT | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
Sylvain Chomet‘s 2003 surprise hit Triplets of Belleville boosted new interest in hand-drawn animation, a subsect nearly forgotten in an area dominated by Pixar and DreamWorks these past few years. But its retro soundtrack was the real star of the film, which ignored dialogue in exchange for emotive music and sound effects; its Oscar-nominated song, “Belleville Rendez-vous,” was also responsible for a lively musical number at an otherwise sleepy awards show.
Now, after nearly a decade, there appears to be a prequel in the works. It’s reported by ScreenDaily that French animator Chomet (The Illusionist) is returning to this world and these characters with Swing Poppa Swing, which will explore the early lives of the original film’s titular chanteuses. It’s Chomet’s first feature since the aforementioned 2010 hit, his tribute to filmmaker and fellow Frenchman Jacques Tati; I had the pleasure of seeing this work when it »
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Day three - live!
18 May 2012 2:10 PM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
All the latest news, reviews, comment and buzz from the Croisette
10.04am: Day three of Cannes 2012 rolls round. If you want to catch up with what happened yesterday (whenever that was), here's yesterday's blow-by-blow live blog.
But as is the way with Cannes, it's history already; all that's left is to pick over the bones. And that will assuredly be happening in the video we'll post later this morning, when Peter, Xan and Catherine run the rule over Rust and Bone, last night's biggie. We'll also have a gallery of red carpet pictures, featuring star Marion Cotillard and ice-cold director Jacques Audiard. (I've said it before, I'll say it again: he's the person I want to be when I grow up.)
So what to look forward to today? The line-up is perhaps a tad less starry that on days one and two: the competition films are Reality, from Italian director »
- Andrew Pulver
Prequel To Oscar-Nominated Animation 'The Triplets Of Belleville' In The Works, Entitled 'Swing Poppa Swing'
18 May 2012 6:10 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
It takes something a little special to come from outside cartoon giants Pixar and DreamWorks and make a splash in the race for Best Animated Feature at the Academy Awards. Pixar have won the prize six out of eleven years, and of the winners, only Hiyao Miyazaki's "Spirited Away," which picked up the gold in 2003, was produced outside the U.S. But make no mistake, French animator Sylvain Chomet is something a little special.
The filmmaker, who started out as a comics writer now has two nominations in the category, for "The Triplets of Belleville" (aka "Belleville Rendez-Vous") in 2004, and "The Illusionist" in 2011, and while the films were pipped at the post to the prize (by "Finding Nemo" and "Toy Story 3" respectively), he's established himself as one of the most original, enjoyable and moving voices in the world of animated film. "The Illusionist," a tribute to the great Jacques Tati, »
- Oliver Lyttelton
Popcorn Preview: Kid With a Bike
16 March 2012 1:06 PM, PDT | Moviefone | See recent Moviefone news »
Film: The Kid with a Bike (2011) Cast includes: Thomas Doret, Cecile De France (Hereafter), Jeremie Renier (l'enfant) Writer/Director: Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne (Rosetta, The Child) Genre: Drama (87 minutes) French with subtitles "This number is no longer in service." Eleven-year-old Cyril knows it's a mistake. He dials it again and again. "Your dad has moved out," the caretaker insists, but Cyril is determined to find his dad. He'll run away from the home again and again, if that's what it takes to find his dad. When the people at his old apartment tell Cyril that his dad moved out, Cyril insists that can't be true. "My bike's there, too." But the apartment is absolutely empty. Samantha is a perfect stranger that Cyril grabs on to when they come to take him back to the home. She hears Cyril's pleas and has an idea about finding the bike. The next day, »
- Leslie Sisman
[Review] The Lorax
1 March 2012 9:00 PM, PST | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
I loved The Land Before Time when I was a kid. It was a cute story with memorable characters in a world full of dinosaurs that utterly fascinated me. I remember seeing it in the theatre, getting the plastic hand puppets from Pizza Hut, and eventually acquiring a VHS of the film through some other restaurant’s promotion. There was something about it that allowed for its message of friendship, love, and whatever else to come across without a shred of overt manipulation or gimmicks to reel in the ever-evolving minds of the children watching. Back then, if you weren’t Disney you didn’t even attempt to populate an animated film with song—at least until it came time to cash-in on sequels.
When Pixar showed family films with story could succeed, not even the Mouse House needed cute critters breaking out into song anymore. It appeared the era »
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The top 50 foreign language films of the last decade
8 February 2012 6:26 AM, PST | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »
From animation to epic sci-fi to intimate dramas, here’s our pick of the 50 finest foreign language films of the past ten years…
It is quite clear that mainstream cinema no longer applies just to Hollywood blockbusters, or the odd British comedy. With the advent of mass home cinema in the last decade, and the increasing availability of pretty much anything and everything on DVD, Blu-ray, or streaming services like Netflix, world cinema has finally crossed the divide of being the preserve of the connoisseur, or the type of thing you’d stumble on late at night on TV.
In the last ten years, world cinema has made a massive impact on film-of-the-year lists, and many people’s personal favourites. Starting from 2002 and ending here in 2012, it’s safe to say that you’ll have seen many of the films below, and enjoyed them simply as great pieces of filmmaking, »
This week's new film events
3 February 2012 4:07 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Whose Film Is It Anyway? Contemporary Japanese Auteurs, On tour
The Japanese movie scene moves faster than we can keep up with over here, so consider this a catch-up on names you might want to remember. Best known might be Yôji "Twilight Samurai" Yamada, whose family drama About Her Brother has been compared to Mike Leigh and Ozu, and Masayuki "Shall We Dance?" Suo, whose I Just Didn't Do It tackles a subway groping incident. As for the younger talents, Kenji Uchida weaves a Pulp Fictionesque web in A Stranger Of Mine; Miwa Nishikawa has scooped awards with her Dear Doctor, about a rural impostor, while Takatsugu Naitô's The Dark Harbour has been described as "a Wes Anderson social comedy set in a small Japanese fishing village." The programme tours seven cities, finishing in Nottingham on 28 Mar.
Ica, SW1, Fri to 16 Feb
Glasgow Film Festival
Think of it more as a season of festivals, »
- Steve Rose
‘The Lion King’ Director Roger Allers Signs for Animated Anthology Film ‘The Prophet’
15 January 2012 6:00 AM, PST | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
After grossing almost $95 million on the 3D revamp of The Lion King, director Roger Allers is back to original projects. Deadline reports that the director’s been tapped to adapt and direct the animated feature The Prophet for Salma Hayek‘s Ventanarosa Productions, which will be produced by Clark Peterson and Senkowski.
The feature is based on the classic book by Lebanese writer, philosopher, and artist Khalil Gibran, one which has sold over 100 million copies to date. Allers isn’t the only director lending his talents — other filmmakers have either signed on or are in discussions to helm specific segments of the film. Allers will direct the opening, closing and frame parts of the feature alongside Tomm Moore (The Secret of Kells), Sylvain Chomet (The Triplets of Belleville), John Stevenson (Kung Fu Panda), Marjane Satrapi (Persepolis), Chris Landreth (Ryan), Nina Paley (Sita Sings the Blues), Bill Plympton (Guard Dog and »
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