Eric Lavallée

It’s a reoccurring theme here in Hollywood: studio wrestles with filmmaker over the infamous final cut. But what is odd here is that it...

"Anton Corbijn’s directorial debut is the sort of passion project that avoids the shortcomings of many run-of-the-mill contraptions as most recently exemplified with the biographic portraits of Ray Charles and Johnny Cash. Driven by a strong lead performance by a newly found talent, served by its well-dispersed “live” soundtrack and shaped by first-rate compositions that are not meant to astound but instead frame the fractured soul, this opening selection for 2007 Cannes’ Directors Fortnight section should appeal to anyone who fancies the particular subject matter..."

The Festival du Nouveau Cinema is a staple event for the hardcore Montreal cinephile – it’s an event that quality-wise collects the edgier, controversial fair from the international film circuit and in recent years has started to promote not only new media film forms but the local (Quebecois) auteur cinema.

Nevermind the Buzzcocks, here's the Joy Division: Film about a band that transcended stereotypes manages to transcend the music biopic stereotypes itself.

James Ponsoldt is the lucky recipient of this year's Lynn Auerbach Screenwriting Fellowship - a cash award handed out by the Sundance Institute...