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Affleck Has a Couple of Reasons to Use the ‘F-Word’
Weird double piece of good new, bad news regarding Casey Affleck on this Friday evening. First, Affleck's private life is about to become a carnival show of its own. This is related to some stunts on I'm Still Here. The good news portion: Affleck the actor is taking the lead in a Fox Searchlight rom com that has been mounted with indie helmer Alex Holdridge in the director's chair.
In Production: Tahar Rahim Stars in Ismael Ferroukhi’s Les Hommes Libres
Cineuropa reminds us that production began this week on Ismaël Ferroukhi’s sophomore feature - Free Men (Les Hommes Libres) posits Tahar Rahim in a role that might recall of his obvious breakout role - the Cesar Best Actor winning part in A Prophet. Ferroukhi directed Le grand voyage (a Film Movement title) back in 2004, and has worked on shorts film since.
2010 Deauville American Film Fest Heavy on Sundance Titles
Going as far back as TIFF 2009's The Joneses and Mother and Child, and as recent as Cannes, with filmmakers that we recently profiled in on our American New Wave 25 list (Alistair Banks Griffin and David Robert Mitchell), for the most part, this will be a Park City heavy edition.
25th Venice Critics’ Week: Pernilla August and Alix Delaporte Among 7 Selected
Venice Critic's Week have released their seven film (plus two) slate and have managed to lasso Swedish actress Pernilla August's highly anticipated directorial debut Svinalangorna, or what I'll now be calling by the simpler title of Beyond.
Black Swan: Ballet Competition Opens 2010 Venice Competition
The Lido will have it's Black Swan. Darren Aronofsky who brought The Wrestler to the festival a couple of years earlier will go in without having to worry about bidding wars and the such as it is Fox Searchlight that owns the title and will be opening (and not as I had predicted Focus Features The American) the oldest film festival that matters.
