Monthly Archives: May, 2011

The French Sales Agent, Theatrical Distribution and Production company based out of Paris comes to the fest with a pair of items (Cristian Jimenez's Bonsai and Liza Johnson's Return) but Rezo also got a pair of must sees in Julie Delpy's 2 Days in New York (which we could technically find at TIFF and will once again back a Stéphane Brize project -- his A Few Hours of Spring is currently in pre-production.

Pyramide, the French sales agent and theatrical distribution had a great Cannes last year repping films that collected prizes in: A Screaming Man and Ano Bisiesto. This year they've got another Bruno Dumont film (see pic above), the closing film in the UCR section with Andrey Zvyagintsev's Elena and Ismael Ferroukhi receives an invite as well for Free Men in a Cannes' section that we figure isn't really part of the festival since there are no official press screenings made available.

"The film has not only held up, but has obtained deeper richness with time, taking on the lustrous patina that comes from hand made quality and skillful execution. In only one way does The Hustler resemble an antique; its example of filmmaking excellence is becoming rarer and more valuable every day."

"Hidden within its creepy strata is a thorough – and often humorous - skewering of Washington politics and the manipulative, but fragile egos of beltway ideologues. The notion of brainwashing is a conceptual driver, and the film contains a biting and resonant message: the most resilient and dangerous form of mind control is invariably self-induced."

"If you can get past the idea that an American company 45 years in the future created a killing machine with a thick Austrian accent, The Terminator holds up amazingly well for a 27-year old film."