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Trailer: Feminist Point of View in Ozon’s Potiche
The film's trailer comes across as slightly over the top, a little zany, and perfectly suited for mainstream audiences, and I'm liking the whole 70's, feminist vibe, hairdos and knitted sweaters.
IFC Films ‘Inhale’ Another Film From Baltasar Kormakur
After having paired with the Icelandic director on Jar City, IFC Films have bought the rights to Baltasar Kormakur's latest thriller, Inhale. Such as 2005's A Little Trip to Heaven, Kormakur worked with English-speaking actors in Dermot Mulroney, Diane Kruger and a supporting cast that includes Sam Shepard, Rosanna Arquette, Vincent Perez and Jordi Molla.
37th Telluride: World Preems for Chico & Rita, The First Grader, The Way Back, Never Let Me Go & 127 Hours
There are still plenty of "to be announced" surprise films including Danny Boyle's 127 Hours that will be unveiled hours before they screen, but for the most part, this year's Telluride festival can claim the North American premiere status away from TIFF on a large number of Cannes items (this includes Michelangelo Frammartino's must see, still unsold, docu-essay Le Quattro Volte) and they can also claim first dibs on world preems for acquisition titles such as: Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal's Chico and Rita (see pic above), Justin Chadwick's audience tickler The First Grader, the Dmitry Vasyukov with Werner Herzog doc Happy People: A Year in the Tagia and Errol Morris' Tabloid.
Hawkes, Dancy, Paulson, Corbet and Elizabeth Olsen Escape Towards ‘Martha Marcy May Marlene’
Directly after the Sundance labs in June, Durkin got ready on his feature length film debut titled, Martha Marcy May Marlene. The make-up of the cast has been revealed, with Borderline entrusting the film's lead to Elizabeth Olsen and filling out the cast we find: indie vet John Hawkes (who shifts to Soderbergh's Contagion next), Sarah Paulson (mostly television work but also in The Spirit), Hugh Dancy (most recently from My Idiot Brother - which we'll see next year) and Brady Corbet.
Film Movement Make ‘Illegal’ Move: Grab Rare Cannes-Venice Olivier Masset-Depasse Drama
Film Movement have made their second Cannes pick-up. Jury Prize winning A Screaming Man (receiving a release next April) is joined by Olivier Masset-Depasse's prize-winning Illegal - the only picture that has been selected for both premium European film festivals: Cannes (Director's Fortnight) and Venice (Venice Days) section.
