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Benicio Del Toro in the Shoes of Bret Easton Ellis
With The Informers just released, there seems to be a rush to make any outstanding Bret Easton Ellis properties into feature films (Less Than Zero prequel is in the works), such much so that they're looking to Benicio Del Toro to play the author in the screen version of Lunar Park. The fact that Ellis is the same color as Wonderbread doesn't seem to pose any problems for the author or the actor.
Round da Way Rounds Up Critic’s Week
Affectionally known to French audiences as "Les Lescars", Round da Way completes this year's selection of ten feature films found in Cannes Critic's Week sidebar.
Europe Dominates Cannes 2009 Shorts Selections
With only nine chosen titles, Cannes Short Films competition is probably the most exclusive competitive event at the festival. I can only imagine what the ratio was from submitted pictures to the lucky nine selected.
New York City goes No Logo
There is no way that NYC will go the route of Sao Paulo, so a grouping of NYC artists took back the walls, slabs of concrete and whatnot to remind us to be concerned, free-thinking individuals rather than consumerists.
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown on the Small Screen
Pedro Almodovar is looking to bring his beloved Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown to the small screen and despite the fact that it would be carried out in English, I would not be surprised if it comes with the trademark stylization of Latin American soap operas along with the master filmmaker's use of strong vivid colors, dynamic characters, great decor and the kind of twisted humor we originally found in the 1988 film.
