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An Artist’s Hunger: McQueen displays Giardini at the Venice Biennale
As regular readers would know, I've been raving about Steve McQueen's debut film since the moment it set foot in Cannes. Hunger was aesthetically superior to anything I had seen that year and was provactively honest in its depiction of the events that it was based on. McQueen crafted a masterwork with Hunger - which was highly praised because of the camerawork, the film's perfect pitch and the pacing. So the obvious next question was: what would his next work be?
Dysinger, Ferraro, Hessman, Kudrna, Nicoara and Poitras join Sundance Institute’s Doc Story Lab
The Sundance Institute have picked projects from the likes of Carol Dysinger, Gayle Ferraro, Robin Hessman, Tomáš Kudrna, Mona Nicoară and Laura Poitras (along with their editors) as 2009's Documentary Edit and Story Lab Fellows - a one week "intensive artist-to-artist collaborative experience".
Kenneth Bi Drums Up Interest at Film Movement
After showing The Drummer at Sundance back in 2008 film festivals around the world, Kenneth Bi has finally found a home for a drama merges the triad life and that of the more disciplined one of the Zen Drummers. Film Movement have picked up the North American rights to the picture and have set it for an autumn release.
Priceless’ Salvadori gives ‘Full Treatment’ towards Tautou
She may be Jean-Pierre Jeunet's main muse, but Audrey Tautou has forged a new working relationship with comedy helmer Pierre Salvadori. After pairing on the box office darling Priceless (Hors de Prix) where it made plenty of Euros in profits in France and made a whopping over 2 million dollars in receipts for Samuel Goldwyn Films in its domestic run, the two will come together on a new romantic comedy which is also starring Nathalie Baye and Sami Bouajila.
Jay Anania Has Plenty of ‘Praise’ for James Franco
Before heading off to Ireland for David Gordon Green's Your Highness, Franco has boarded a small indie production which begins shooting in New York on the 15th. The student will be directed by a unknown, but not inexperienced Jay Anania (Day on Fire) - a graduate film school prof at NYU.
