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Metropolitan Inc. Bankrolls Hickenlooper’s Casino Jack
There's a new, but experienced player joining the volatile U.S. distribution market. If it weren't for his bio, I'd still be scratching my head over who would dare enter into the theatrical release game, promise the moon for an indie film (about 9 million) and is looking at putting out the same number of releases as a Sony Pictures Classic does in a year (the 20 range).
2010 Jutras (Quebec Oscars): Dolan’s I Killed My Mother Edges out Villeneuve’s Polytechnique
Xavier Dolan's I Killed My Mother edged out Denis Villeneuve's Polytechnique, claiming the top prize and collecting a total of five trophies, beating Villeneuve's film by one. Since Cannes last May, both films have been pitted against each other: while Villeneuve's film had the edge on the Quebecois box office front and received acclaim at Canada's Oscars (Genies), it was the debut film from Dolan that overwhelmed audiences on a global level, winning at several film festivals including three in Cannes
42nd Director’s Fortnight: New Logo, New Site and a New Direction?
New logo. New website. New artistic director. Olivier Pere exited to become the head honcho at Locarno, so the Director's Fortnight, also known as La Quinzaine des Réalisateurs, will be Frederic Boyer's baby this year. The mandate will remain the same, but will the tastes differ? Pere's legacy includes some of my favorites over the past decade such as Corneliu Porumboiu's 12:08 East of Bucharest...
Magnet Seal Off Balaguero and Plaza’s Rec 2
Magnet Releasing has been shelling out a significant amount of dough picking up some titles that come with a certain amount of cred (Centurion, SXSW's Monsters), these pick-ups along with today's announcement tells us that the label has created a great niche for itself with fantasy and horror fair. The co. picked up Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza's sequel and are prepping it for a July release.
63rd Cannes Chooses Juliette Binoche as Poster Child
The actress whose left an imprint on cinephiles for her turns in Leos Carax's Les amants du Pont-Neuf, Kieslowski's Three Colors Blue, Anthony Minghella's The English Patient, a pair of Haneke films, and recently worked for Hou Hsiao-hsien and Olivier Assayas is such an integral part of the Cannes film festival that he make sense to plaster her all over the Croisette. Juliette Binoche is already making the trip to the festival for Abbas Kiarostami's Certified Copy (not confirmed, but a sure thing), so it just makes sense to celebrate the actress via and make her Cannes poster child.
