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TIFF Trailers: El Pasado (The Past)
Among the titles that IONCINEMA.com will be covering at TIFF and therefore look forward to getting familiarized a little beforehand is Hector Babenco's The Past (O Pasado). A couple of years after Carandiru, I'm glad to see the Brazilian filmmaker (born in Argentina) back in form after a serious cancer-related illness that took him off the map for a couple of years.
2007 Fall Preview Top 20 picks: 12-9
The midway point of our list presents established filmmakers changing up their "serves" sorta speak. Ang Lee goes subtitle country while Tony Kaye (American History X) delivers a documentary. We also have some legitimate shots at Oscar below - you decide which ones have the better chances.
TIFF Trailer: Lust, Caution
But this one — it’s down in the cave, a scary place. It’s more like hell. This is how Ang Lee describes his upcoming release and TIFF/Venice premiere of Lust, Caution. You can read the rest of Lee's comments over at the New York Times - read article here. If you want to read a long synopsis read below or if you want to watch the trailer (you know the drill) click on the poster image.
2007 Fall Preview Top 20 picks: 16-13
Today's double pairings have very little in common - we have an Argentinean film that has had a delayed released, we have the only film sequel worth mentioning this year, we have a Clooney film from a newbie director and have a quirky comedy from a regular favorite filmmaker of ours.
TIFF Trailer: No Country for Old Men
In preparation for TIFF, we have a lovely trailer for most of you all. It’s the kind of trailer that makes many of us die-hard fans all fuzzy and warm inside, one that is offered to us in lovely shades of red, and offers heart-felt performances and (if people do end up agreeing with me) will become another American film classic. I’m of course talking about the Coen bros.’ No Country for Old Men - a film that resembles in quality to what many deem as their best films to date: Blood Simple and Fargo.
