This year has been a contentious one for Nicolas Winding Refn. Two years after his previous film, "Drive," was a sensation at Cannes, and garnered him a director's prize, his latest film, "Only God Forgives," had a much rockier reception on the Croisette. This might be why the Danish director was especially thoughtful on the topic of resilience in the face of setbacks during his Masterclass at the Marrakech International Film Festival last week. Just a few hours before he functioned as the onstage capstone of the festival's tribute to Scandinavian cinema, accepting an award from Martin Scorsese while flanked by Mads Mikkelsen and Noomi Rapace and several dozen esteemed delegates from Northern Europe at the Palais des Congrés, he spoke at length with Positif critic N.T. Binh about his life and career. In typical Refn fashion, he was both cocky and self-deprecating, flip and sincere. And he left absolutely no sexual metaphors behind.
- 12/13/2013
- by Eric Hynes
- Indiewire
- In an age where media consolidation is stamping out several voices, where Rotten Tomato meters seem to be a key point of reference and where Les Cahiers du Cinema is potentially a couple of issues away from its last issue, Fipresci's mission of citing noteworthy films and filmmakers becomes that much more important. While they didn't have their usual special screening in the Critic's Week sidebar, the group were evidently on hand to scope out the Cannes film festival and this year they have seconded the jury votes. Fipresci awarded Cannes Critics Prizes to: (Main Competition) a b&w picture where it isn't the kids, but the adults who are lacking in moral fiber, (Un Certain Regard) the most undramatic police film in the history of cinema, and (Directors' Fortnight or Critics' Week) the challenge of starting over in a time where tension of the Iraq war actually breaks out in rural Illinois.
- 5/27/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
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