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A Prophet wins 2009’s Louis Delluc Prize
With only Alain Resnais’ Les Herbes Folles and Bruno Dumont's Hadewijch as possible upset win scenario's, Jacques Audiard’s A Prophet was the logical winner for France’s Louis Delluc prize of best French film of the year.
1st Look: Julie Bertucelli’s The Tree
We have our first look today at a couple of stills from Julie Bertucelli's The Tree – a sophomore feature that puts an end to that seven-year drought since Bertucelli's deeply affecting first film Since Otar Left. As you can see below, that is Antichrist's Charlotte Gainsbourg once again bemused by the presence of a tree.
It’s a ‘Win Win’ Situation for Tom McCarthy
The popularity of The Visitor has surely helped secure financing for his next project -- another independent film drama titled "Win Win" which according to PW, is due to begin filming late February in New York and New Jersey. McCarthy filmed The Station Agent in several parts of the garden state. Look for more details to trickle in next month.
Braden King is ‘Here’ in the Moment
I normally don't take the time to point out film-related websites, but I like what independent filmmaker Braden King (who is currently in post-production with his debut film titled Here) has done. I had originally predicted this as a Sundance-bound film, but the road movie featuring Ben Foster and Lubna Azabal will most likely be included as a Cannes' Un Certain Regard or Director Fortnight's selection.
Unwrapping and Unearthing Kubrick’s Napoleon
There was that long stretch between 1987's Full Metal Jacket and 1999's Eyes Wide Shut where Stanley Kubrick was missing in action. The master filmmaker was passionate enough about a little Frenchman going by the name of Napoleon that he devoted years to a film project that never came to fruition. Taschen books who've already put out a couple of books honoring the legend, have put out the unthinkable: a limited edition collection of books (including the original screenplay) just in time for Xmas.
