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Yves Caumon Leaves Nest with ‘L’oiseau’
A cinematheque curator would have a tough time running a series on French filmmaker Yves Caumon. Unlike the prolific Ozon, Caumon, a full time film professor takes his time between his film - his notable first two have been the Cannes selected 2001's Amours d’enfance and 2005's Cache-cache.
2010 Toronto Int. Film Festival Predictions
You'd think a festival with 300 + film title offerings would pretty much covers all bases, but I think there'll be more broken hearts than usual as a result of the unbalanced production year that was 2009. Like a vintage year for wine, Toronto International Film Festival co-directors Piers Handling and Cameron Bailey should see in 2010, a significantly higher number of World and North American premieres (loads from Cannes and Venice) than previous years for the 35th edition.
Resnais Claims ‘You Haven’t Seen Nothing Yet’
It's only at the funding stages, but Alain Resnais looks set to adapt another project with many of the same folk who were responsible for his critically well-received 2009 Cannes entry Wild Grass. With Wild Grass, the filmmaker received a new surge of popularity, and confidence in adapting from other sources - he'll adapt again, but instead of a book, it'll be a stage play.
Dardennes Soon Ready to ‘Set Me Free’
Jérémie Renier is joining the latest Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne project. No this isn't a case of deja-vu folks, the brothers and Renier have a complicity that began back with 1996's La promesse and has been constant through the years. The freshly titled Délivrez-moi (Set Me Free) would mark the fourth collaboration between team Dardenne and the co-countryman.
American New Wave 25: Jen Gatien
Christine Vachon might have been a pioneer for women working as independent film producers, but there are a good bunch that are joining the ranks. I'd be tempted to say that NYC-based producer Jen Gatien comes from the school of hard knocks, as she was the driving force behind a pair of films which weren't the easiest to bring to market in the Cannes selected Abel Ferrara's Chelsea on the Rocks and the controversial Sundance drama Hounddog.
