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Nicholas Bell’s Top Ten Unreleased Films of 2012: Picks 5 to 1 include Challenging Films from Seidl, Franco & Reygadas

Nicholas Bell’s Top Ten Unreleased Films of 2012: Picks 5 to 1 include Challenging Films from Seidl, Franco & Reygadas

Nicholas Bell December 31, 2012 0

#5. Beyond the Hills – Dir. Cristian Mungiu (Romania) Romanian auteur Cristian Mungiu returns with this doozy of a film concerning two friends who grew up in an orphanage together. One has become a

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Jordan M. Smith’s Top Ten Unreleased Films of 2012: Docs Leviathan and The Act Of Killing Among Picks 10 to 6

Jordan M. Smith’s Top Ten Unreleased Films of 2012: Docs Leviathan and The Act Of Killing Among Picks 10 to 6

Jordan M. Smith December 31, 2012 0

10. Leviathan Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Verena Paravel’s follow-up to their fascinating depiction of traveling sheep herders in Sweetgrass, is this year’s quintessential art doc. With a myriad of weather-proof digital cameras strapped to a

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Strand Moves Reygadas Into the Light; Cannes Preemed ‘Post Tenebras Lux’ Finally Finds Distribution

Strand Moves Reygadas Into the Light; Cannes Preemed ‘Post Tenebras Lux’ Finally Finds Distribution

Eric Lavallee November 26, 2012 0

Along with fellow countryman’s Michel Franco’s After Lucia, Post Tenebras Lux was until now, the criminally orphaned/unsold item from 2012′s Cannes Film Festival. It picked up jeers from most film critics (here was our

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Inside Cannes 2012 Day 9: Five Quotes from the Post Tenebras Lux Press Conference

Inside Cannes 2012 Day 9: Five Quotes from the Post Tenebras Lux Press Conference

Eric Lavallee May 24, 2012 0

1. “It’s a way of looking at life — and life is somewhat transformed in film.” - Carlos Reygadas Filmmaker discusses the difference in terms of exterior and interior shots. 2. “An image any

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Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 9: Carlos Reygadas’ Post Tenebras Lux

Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 9: Carlos Reygadas’ Post Tenebras Lux

Eric Lavallee May 24, 2012 1

In his short, and fruitful history with the Cannes Film Festival, Carlos Reygadas has managed with just three films manage to tease, antagonize and light fires under scores of Croisette attendees with a provocation

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Images in Pictures: First Batch from Carlos Reygadas’ Post Tenebras Lux

Images in Pictures: First Batch from Carlos Reygadas’ Post Tenebras Lux

Eric Lavallee April 19, 2012 1

Of all the announcements made today, Carlos Reygadas’ Post Tenebras Lux is, going in, the film event of this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Feast your eyes on the first stills from his fourth feature

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