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Sony Pictures Classics is the ‘Doctor’ in the House
Variety reports that the distrib co. will be adding one more title to the mix - Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group is in "advanced talks" to pick up The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus and have confirmed what The Playlist had speculated on just the other day, that a Holiday release is highly likely.
Remains of the Day: Christopher Doyle at TIFF, Ballast on VOD, Barthes on Charlie Rose
Christopher Doyle's "Picture Start" (Doyle (Happy Together) reconsiders how images evolve before the director’s call to “action” and what happens to them after the “cut.” Doyle superimposes directives from traditional film leader on to the processed still film and filmmaking images he has created during his extensive career.
Remains of the Day: Mamet Does Anne Frank, Sly Does Venice, Avatar Does August 21st
A bizarre kind of news day highlighted by House of Games, The Spanish Prisoner, State and Main, Spartan and Redbelt helmer taking on Anne Frank, followed by Rocky/Rambo director Sylvester Stallone joining previous winners Takeshi Kitano, Agnes Varda and Abbas Kiarostami for the Glory to the Filmmaker Award at the upcoming edition of the Venice Film Festival.
A Cannes Heavy NYFF Puts Resnais, Lee Daniels and Almodovar in the Spotlight
I'd focus on Maren Ade's Everyone Else (Kent Jones wrote an essay in this month's Film Comment about this German film and comparable on-screen relationships citing Cassavetes and Bergman examples), Zhao Dayong's three hour documentary film (Ghost Town) about how China's Cultural Revolution didn't benefit everyone and (see pic) Samuel Maoz's circa 1982 film (Lebanon) which will screen at Venice, TIFF and at the Lincoln Center - not bad for a first time filmmaker!
Trailer for Benedek Fliegauf’s Womb
Currently in post-production, I'm coming late to this trailer, but I'm pointing it out because I think the look of the film and if Duncan Jones' directorial debut Moon got you interested in the science, then you might want to keep an eye out for Hungarian director Benedek Fliegauf's Womb.
