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Where are the older film leads in Hollywood?
31 December 2009 2:30 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
In 2009, I watched 320 films. Only four featured oldish leading characters ... and that included Brad Pitt as Benjamin Button
In a perfect world, we would all hit our 60s like Meryl Streep in It's Complicated – having affairs, baking croissants and adding extensions to our lovely Santa Barbara homes. Sadly, our dotage is more likely to resemble that of the couple in Tokyo Story, repeatedly given the brush-off by adult children who see them as a nuisance, or of poor old Umberto D, unable to pay his rent.
Statisticians are predicting that, soon, a quarter of the UK population will be more than 60 years old, but we're unlikely ever to see a similar proportion of senior citizens in significant movie roles. In 2009 I watched roughly 320 films. Other than the aforementioned Streep, only three could be said to feature oldish leading characters: Hirokazu Koreeda's Still Walking, 71-year-old Dustin Hoffman getting it on »
- Anne Billson
Todd's Top And Bottom of 2009, Plus Directors To Watch For!
31 December 2009 7:12 AM, PST | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »
With 2009 at an end the time has come to look back over things with my personal picks for my favorite films of the year, the biggest disappointments, and a list of promising young directors to watch out for going forward. Please bear in mind that my bottom list is not necessarily what I consider to be bad films (though most of them certainly are) but the films that I was most disappointed by. It's an important distinction. As always it's worth noting that there are both good films (ie Mother) and bad films (ie Giallo) that don't appear because I haven't seen them yet and this is, of course, all purely subjective ...
Todd's Favorite Films Of 2009:
The latest from Lars von Trier is provocative and transgressive in all the right ways. I've been a fan of von Trier from his student days and his return to conventional style »
Vengeance (2009) Movie Review
22 December 2009 10:28 AM, PST | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »
Hong Kong’s crime cinema God Johnnie To goes International in “Vengeance”, a film that is at once different and yet familiar for the director. The film stars French rocker Johnny Hallyday as Costello, a French chef who journeys to Macau after a trio of Chinese hitmen fulfill a contract on the family of Costello’s daughter (Sylvie Testud). The daughter miraculously survives, but her husband and two children are not so fortunate. From her hospital bed, the daughter demands that her father avenge her, and Costello, whose life as a chef was a second act and not a first, agrees. He is not a stranger to guns and death, and indeed it is that former, long-buried life that is currently robbing him of his memory, which makes his current mission all the more urgent. Costello sets out to locate the killers, which proves difficult. Fortunately, serendipity smiles upon our »
- Nix
Johnnie To's Vengeance review
21 December 2009 3:22 AM, PST | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »
Johnnie To is one of the more productive directors among my list of favorites, which is a good thing as the films he's made these last five years have been of remarkable quality. His latest film Vengeance continues his winning streak and makes it clearer than ever that To effectively reinvented himself these last ten years to become a true author.
Vengeance is a little different though. His regular cast is still very much present (Anthony Wong, Suet Lam, Simon Yam), but the lead role is reserved for someone else this time. Johnny Hallyday, famed French singer and occasional actor is the main man this time, lending the film a very specific direction. A pretty daring move, but one that works well.
Hallyday's inclusion raises a pretty big language issue, as Hallyday is a native French speaker while the rest of them speaks Cantonese. Middle ground for both parties is English, »
Johnnie To’s Vengeance on Hk DVD & Blu-ray Disc
3 December 2009 12:07 AM, PST | Affenheimtheater | See recent Affenheimtheater news »
Ha! Just as expected, our French friends won’t be the only ones who will be able to enjoy Johnnie To’s Vengeance from their own couch this Christmas time. According to several online shops, Hk super distributor Mega Star will release the film on DVD and Blu-ray Disc with English subtitles on December 11th, the same day as the sweet looking French release from TF1 Video.
The back cover says the Blu-ray Disc will be locked to Region A, but this doesn’t mean much on Mega Star releases. Their latest release of Accident is also labeled as Region A but plays fine on European Blu-ray Players.
Preorder Vengeance on DVD or Blu-ray Disc from YesAsia
Update [Dec 22, 2009] I got my Bd copy today and the disc is locked to region A! 35 full resolution screen shots are available at the Asian Blu-ray Guide. »
- Ulrik
Johnnie To's Vengeance Hits DVD December 11th.
2 December 2009 2:30 PM, PST | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »
To say that the critical response to Johnnie To's (mostly) English language debut Vengeance has been mixed is to be fairly kind, honestly. But, a weaker effort or not, To is To, which means a rabid legion of fans is waiting for their chance to lay hands on it. Well, here's your chance. The Hong Kong release date for both DVD and BluRay - the BluRay being Region A and therefore playable in all North American equipment - is December 11th and both are available for preorder now.
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Johnnie To produced Accident hits DVD & Blu-ray Disc in November
3 November 2009 3:17 AM, PST | Affenheimtheater | See recent Affenheimtheater news »
When it comes to quick and export-friendly home video release of recent domestic blockbusters, nobody beats our friends from Hong Kong. See the Johnnie To produced and Pou-Soi Cheang directed thriller Accident (Yi ngoi). The film had it’s theatrical release in Hong Kong on September 17th and not even two months later (November 11th) it will be available on DVD and Blu-ray Disc including English subtitles. Most of Mega Star’s Blu-ray Disc releases have been reported as region free, so there’s really no reason not to preorder this while we wait for an English subtitled release of Johnnie To’s Vengeance…
Preorder Accident on DVD or Blu-ray Disc from YesAsia »
- Ulrik
Johnnie To’s Vengance: French DVD & Blu-ray Disc in December
27 October 2009 12:17 PM, PDT | Affenheimtheater | See recent Affenheimtheater news »
Sometimes, but just sometimes it must be great to live in a film-loving nation like France, because our friendly south-western neighbors were not only the first that could see Johnnie To’s Vengeance on the big screen back in May, but will also be the first to get a DVD and Blu-ray Disc release. On December 11th, TF1 Video will release the film in three flavors, a standard one disc edition, a two disc collector’s edition and of a Blu-ray Disc edition in a nice looking steelbook.
Sadly none of these releases will included English subtitles and TF1 Video also has the bad habit to enforce the French subtitles when the original (mostly english in Vengeance) language track is selected. But since Vengeance opened in Hong Kong on August 20th, I bet English friendly Hk DVD and Blu-ray Disc releases will pop up by the end of the year as well. »
- Ulrik
Sitges 2009 Complete Lineup
19 September 2009 12:48 AM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
The Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia announces its complete program. There are still a few surprises to be confirmed, like the closing gala, but they have already put together the final list of films that will be screened at Sitges 09. Below you’ll find the titles of each film and their sections as well as links for the films that we have already reviewed here on Sound On Sight. Opening Film [Rec]2. Paco Plaza and Jaume Balagueró. 2009. Official FANTÀSTIC In Competition Section Accident. Soi Cheang. 2009. Accidents Happen. Andrew Lancaster. 2009. The Children. Tom Shankland. 2008. [1] Cold Souls. Sophie Bartes. 2009. The Countess. Julie Delpy. 2009. Les Derniers Jours Du Monde. Jean-Marie and Arnaud Larrieu. 2009. Dogtooth (Kynodontas). Yorgos Lanthimos. 2009. Dorian Gray. Oliver Parker. 2009. Enter The Void. Gaspar Noé. 2009. Grace. Paul Solet. 2009. [2] Heartless. Philip Ridley. 2009. Hierro. Gabe Ibáñez. 2009. La Horde. Yannick Dahan and Benjamin Rocher. 2009. Ingrid. Eduard Cortés. 2009. Kinatay. Brillante Mendoza. 2009. Metropia. Tarik Saleh. 2009. Moon. »
- Ricky
Greg’s 2009 Tiff Report: Day 6
18 September 2009 1:21 PM, PDT | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »
It has became a bit of a tradition for me to completely blow off a screening at least once a year. Last year, it was the 4 hour Che. Well, I didn't disappoint myself and when I woke up Thursday morning, I decided that it was time. So, see you later Kamui. It pained me to ditch a ninja movie, but after 11 movies and 2 wrestling events in 6 days, I was a mess. Physically and mentally. I pulled myself together eventually and headed downtown for a 3:30pm screening at about 3:10pm. This was not looking good. After having to change subway lines I decided to take a cab the rest of the way. I would have made the screening right on time had I not given up my cab to the attractive blonde woman who asked if she could have the cab. I believe I responded with "muhlrahr". She assumed »
- Greg
Tiff Review: Vengeance
17 September 2009 10:59 PM, PDT | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »
Vengeance Directed by Johnnie To Starring: Johnny Hallyday, Anthony Wong, Lam Ka Tung, Lam Suet and Simon Yam For those that have read my Tiff reviews and updates over the past few years, you may remember me mentioning a director by the name of Johnnie To. Not only is he a great action director in Hong Kong, but I think he's one of the best ever in the world. There's something to his style that I just love, so you can imagine how happy I was that his latest film Vengeance came to Tiff. Vengeance is the story of an older man with a failing memory named Costello (Hallyday) whose daughter is in a hospital struggling to survive, while her Chinese husband and their two kids lay dead after a gang hit. Who wanted them dead and why? Costello is immediately warned by police to stay out of the way »
- Greg
Sitges 09: And the full lineup includes...
12 September 2009 1:14 AM, PDT | QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news »
The full lineup has been announced, and among the load of genre fare that's been running the fest circuit are the world premiers of:
Vincenzo Natali's latest, Splice, which we're all excited about.
Simon Fellows twisted adaptation Malice in Wonderland (trailer)
Along some of our personal favorites:
Black Dynamite (friggin awesome)
Swiss scifi flick Cargo (trailer)
Pater Sparrow's incredible Stanislaw Lem adaptation 1 (review)
The Mo Brothers Indonesian slasher Macabre (review)
Atm (get it?) horror-comedy The Human Centipede (review)
Full list after the break.
Opening Film
[Rec]2. Paco Plaza and Jaume Balagueró. 2009.
Official FANTÀSTIC In Competition Section
Accident. Soi Cheang. 2009.
Accidents Happen. Andrew Lancaster. 2009.
The Children. Tom Shankland. 2008.
Cold Souls. Sophie Bartes. 2009.
The Countess. Julie Delpy. 2009.
Les Derniers Jours Du Monde. Jean-Marie and Arnaud Larrieu. 2009.
Dogtooth (Kynodontas). Yorgos Lanthimos. 2009.
Dorian Gray. Oliver Parker. 2009.
Enter The Void. Gaspar Noé. 2009.
Grace. Paul Solet. 2009.
Heartless. Philip Ridley. 2009.
Hierro. Gabe Ibáñez. 2009.
La Horde. Yannick Dahan and Benjamin Rocher. »
French titles in Toronto without U.S. deals
25 August 2009 9:04 AM, PDT | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
Toronto -- Gaul continues to bless America with films, but a slew of French titles await U.S. deals going into the Toronto International Film Festival.
Only 14 of the 31 French films bound for Toronto have U.S. distribution, according to national promotion agency Unifrance.
"Amelie" director Jean-Pierre Jeunet will debut his weapons comedy "Micmacs A Tire-Larigot" as a gala at Roy Thomson Hall ahead of an October Gallic release by Warner Bros. France, but has yet to line up theatrical distribution stateside.
French sales agents will also be in Toronto to shop Francois Ozon's "Le Refuge," Claire Denis' "White Material" and Israeli director Amos Gitai's "Carmel," an Israel-France co-production, and Gaspar Noe's "Enter The Void."
And in the high-profile Special Presentations sidebar, French titles up for grabs include Christian Carion's "Farewell," "Hadewijch," by Bruno Dumont, Jean-Marie et Arnaud Larrieu's "Les Derniers jours du monde," and "London River, »
- By Etan Vlessing
Vengeance review
7 August 2009 10:18 AM, PDT | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »
Opening this year’s Hong Kong Summer International Film Festival on Wednesday night was Johnnie To’s latest offering, Vengeance. A good old fashioned revenge thriller, the film is a collision of ideas and styles and an obvious attempt by the director to reach a wider audience, a fusion of European flavour and Far Eastern spice, that sees those time-honoured themes of brotherhood and loyalty given yet another airing. But is it any good?
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- James Marsh
Exclusive Interview: Michelle Ye talks Vengeance, Dream Home, Unleashed and lots more
5 August 2009 9:49 AM, PDT | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »
Born in China, raised in the Us and now an established name in Hong Kong, Michelle Ye is hardly your typical Chinese actress. After starring in a decade’s worth of hugely successful TV series, including comedies, romances and even martial arts serials, Michelle signed with Media Asia and dived headlong into Hong Kong’s film industry, and in just a couple of years has worked with some of the city’s finest directors and gone head to head with a string of Mainland and Taiwanese wannabes. On the eve of Vengeance’S Hong Kong premiere, Michelle very graciously let me buy her lunch and we discussed working with Johnnie To, Alan Mak and Pang Ho Cheung, being in-competition at Cannes and the general state of the local industry. Beware - here be Spoilers!
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- James Marsh
Toronto Film Festival Announces 2009 Galas and Special Presentations
14 July 2009 10:37 PM, PDT | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »
The first wave of major titles for this year's Toronto International Film Festival [1] were announced yesterday, and there were certainly more than enough high profile picks to get people talking. Ricky Gervais's The Invention of Lying, Neil Jordan's Ondine and Nicolas Winding Refn's Valhalla Rising were among the world premieres unveiled for September, along with North American premieres of such films as Steven Soderbergh's The Informant!, Bong Joon-ho's Mother and Johnnie To's Vengeance. There was some controversy over the choice of Jon Amiel's Darwin biopic Creation as the festival opener -- not because of the subject matter, but rather because of the fact that this is the first time the fest will kick off with a non-Canadian film. It does seem like a bit of a strange choice, but how can you say no to Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly? Sundance hit Precious, Based »
- Sean
First Tiff (Toronto International Film Festival) titles announced
14 July 2009 3:05 PM, PDT | QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news »
The first announcement includes 12 world premiers including Nicholas Refn's (Bronson, Pusher trilogy) Valhalla Rising which looks nothing short of stunning.
Full list after the break.
Galas
Get Low Aaron Schneider, USA
World Premiere
Inspired by the true story of Felix "Bush" Breazeale, this stately frontier drama stars Robert Duvall as a backwoods eccentric who stages his own funeral.while still alive. Ten thousand people arrive to hear him speak and to learn why this local legend exiled himself 40 years ago to the foothills of Eastern Tennessee. Set in the early 1930s, Get Low is a story of mystery and discovery that speaks of timeless things. Can we know who we are? Should we judge anyone? Is there redemption for those of us lost in the dark catacombs of our past? Also starring Bill Murray, Sissy Spacek and Lucas Black.
The Invention of Lying Ricky Gervais and Matthew Robinson, USA
World Premiere
From Ricky Gervais, »
'Creation' to open Toronto film festival
14 July 2009 9:04 AM, PDT | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
Toronto -- The Toronto International Film Festival has given its plum opening-night slot to the Charles Darwin romancer "Creation," from director Jon Amiel and starring husband and wife Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly.
The choice caused a stir during the festival's opening news conference here Tuesday as the event traditionally opens with a Canadian film to showcase local talent.
Festival co-director Cameron Bailey said the British Darwin biopic best filled the demands of the opening-night slot as it promised to spur debate about faith and reason as it entertained the Toronto audience.
"By telling a story on many levels, weaving scenes from past and present, this depiction of Darwin promises to deeply move audiences by drawing them into the conflicted mind of a man who presented a concept that changed the world," Bailey said of the drama in which Bettany portrays the famed 19th century British naturalist who conceived the »
- By Etan Vlessing
Perfect Sundance-Cannes-tiff Trifecta for 'Precious'
14 July 2009 | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »
- Lee Daniels will have trouble topping 2009, unless of course 2010 scores him tons of awards. After receiving the prizes and acclaim from Sundance and making a stop in Cannes' Un Certain Regard section, Precious: Based On The Novel “Push” By Sapphire will receive some more media nurturing during the Toronto Film Festival. The picture is joined by the long awaited film from New Zealand. After wowing audiences with Whale Rider, Niko Caro re-teams with Keisha Castle-Hughes and adds vets Vera Farmiga and Jérémie Renier to The Vinter's Luck mix. Partir - Catherine Corsini's film stars Kristin Scott-Thomas and Sergi López, this is about a well-to-do married woman and mother in the south of France gives up her idle bourgeois lifestyle to go back to work as a physiotherapist. She meets a new man and shares a sudden and violent mutual attraction, and decides to give up everything and live »
Johnnie To’s Vengeance to open Hk’s Summer Iff
10 July 2009 5:42 AM, PDT | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »
It has just been announced that Johnnie To’s latest crime thriller will be making its Hong Kong debut on August 5th as the opening film of the 2009 Summer International Film Festival.
Other highlights include Marc Webb’s (500) Days of Summer, Jim Jarmusch’s The Limits of Control, Sam Mendes’ Away We Go and a trio of fantastic-looking Japanese flicks in a category entitled The Hippest and the Cultest: Miki Satoshi’s Instant Swamp, Fish Story director Nakamura Yoshihiro’s superbly titled The Foreign Duck, The Native Duck and God in a Coin Locker and…oh yes…Nishimura Yoshihiro & Tomomatsu Naoyuki’s Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl.
Consider me very happy - and fully booked from 8/5 - 9/7!
The press release is below:
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- James Marsh
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