Tag: Foreign Films News
Bunga bunga: Paolo Sorrentino’s Loro Teaser with Salacious Toni Servillo (aka Silvio Berlusconi)
With Cannes just around the corner (and notably should be a great edition for Italian film), we have our first look at Loro with a...
Gloria Meet Gioria: Fabrice Du Welz Finds Lead for “Adoration” (EXCLUSIVE)
Showcased as part of the fierce acting quartet in the Venice Film Festival Silver Lion winning Xavier Legrand's Custody (Jusqu'à la garde), child actor...
Dolan Doubles Down: It’s Only the End of the World for Cotillard, Seydoux, Cassel, Ulliel & Nathalie Baye
Joining the ranks of filmmakers with insatiable appetites such as Michael Winterbottom, Francois Ozon and Woody Allen, Xavier Dolan doesn't take too much down...
Summer of 69: Philippe Garrel Opens Directors’ Fortnight with “In the Shadow of Women”
The status on at least one Cannes tipped title has been determined. There'll be a sense of déjà vu for Philippe Garrel as he'll be showcasing...
No Disappearing Act: Bruno Dumont & Juliette Binoche Re-Team on “Slack Bay”
Bruno Dumont is set to continue his fixation for the nineteen-tens as Screen Daily has confirmed that filmmaker will indeed reteam with his Camille Claudel 1915 thesp Juliette...
If I Want to Visit, I Visit: Florin Serban Setting Sights on “America”
With Box completed (starring filmmaker Catalin Mitulescu and actresses Fatma Mohamed and Hilda Péter who are both from Peter Strickland's Katalin Varga and Berberian...
Aida Begic Preps a Moving “A Ballad” for Bosnia and Herzegovina
Certainly a project that will be pitched for pre-sales on the Croisette in a couple of months from now, Cineuropa reports that Aida Begic, who...
Down the Hatchet: Strand Take Advice from Pat Mills’ “Guidance”
We can coin this as a double Toronto Int. Film Festival acquisitions kind of day for the Strand Releasing folks --- according to Variety, they've...
Good Grief: Mimi Brănescu Measures Brain Waves in Cristi Puiu’s “Sierra-Nevada”
Cristi Puiu has reteamed with his The Death of Mr. Lazarescu actor Mimi Brănescu on the filmmaker's fifth feature film currently filming in Bucharest...
Sure Shot: Adopt Films Bank on Sebastian Schipper’s “Victoria”
Perhaps making Sokurov's one-shot wonder Russian Ark feel a little dated, the Adopt Films crew have potentially "robbed" another fest favorite in the award-winning Berlin Film...
2014 Cannes Film Festival: Ruben Östlund’s Force Majeure
With previous screenwriting-directing gigs in The Guitar Mongoloid (04), Un Certain Regard selected Involuntary (08), and the Directors' Fortnight selected Play (11), it is...
Home, Not So Sweet, Home; Dolan Muse Suzanne Clément Toplines Michael Rowe’s “Rest Home”
Australian-Mexican helmer Michael Rowe has selected the city of Montreal as the backdrop and has chosen Xavier Dolan muse Suzanne Clément to share the...
Giedroyc’s “Mary Shelley’s Monster” Places Chokers on Farmiga, Irvine & Sophie Turner
Shakespeare, Poe, Brontë and Shelley. Parlaying their television success for feature film opportunities, helmer Coky Giedroyc (AMC’s "The Killing" and Showtime’s "Penny Dreadful") will...
Fandor Purrs to the Sound of Zürcher’s “The Strange Little Cat”
Just prior to its one week stint over at the FilmLinc in August, TheWrap reports that Fandor have put The Strange Little Cat in...
Live Free or Die; Roadside Attractions Land Dolan’s “Mommy”
In a deal that we can already claim as filmmaker Xavier Dolan's most significant opening in the U.S yet, the folks at Roadside Attractions...
Rohrwacher’s “The Wonders”, Östlund’s “Tourist” & Pawlikowski’s “Ida” Among Ten LUX Prize Finalists
With past winners being The Broken Circle Breakdown and Lorna's Silence and past finalists being 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, Attenberg and...
After Lucia, it’s “Chronic” for Michel Franco, Tim Roth & Bitsie Tulloch
If we base ourselves on his first two ventures into feature filmmaking (Daniel and Ana and After Lucia) thesps Tim Roth, Bitsie Tulloch, Michael Cristofer...
Philomena | Blu-ray Review
Just when you thought that Stephen Frears’ latest film, Philomena, would be yet another questionable exercise from the once generally revered auteur, (judging from...
Charlotte’s Web: Philippe Garrel’s “Jealousy” Finds Family in France-centric Distrib Films
Distrib Films announced that it has picked up the U.S. rights to Philippe Garrel's black and white, meta-like dramedy. A true family affair, Jealousy sees...
Get Him to the Greek; John C. Reilly Completes Lanthimos’ “The Lobster” Ensemble
Supporting players in John C. Reilly, Ashley Jensen, Michael Smiley and Jessica Barden are joining the already cast, diverse set of Colin Farrell, Rachel...
Pauper Don’t Preach; Music Box Films Spies on Nadav Schirman’s The Green Prince
If Dror Moreh's The Gatekeepers gave us four decades worth of Shin Bet's tactile approach to the Middle East, Nadav Schirman's The Green Prince...
Tennis Anyone? Courtside Seats to Infidelity in Denys Arcand’s Le règne de la beauté (Trailer)
By comparison, Quebecois helmer Denys Arcand's output might be one film for every five that Xavier Dolan manages to produce, but nonetheless, his films...
Melanie Thierry, del Toro, Robbins & Kurylenko are Doctors Without Borders in Fernando Leon de Aranoa’s A Perfect Day
Known for his portraits of people and connection to their employment such as Princesas (or unemployment via Mondays in the Sun), Fernando Leon de...
Roadside Attractions Moves Behind Enemy Lines; Yann Demange’s ’71 Set for the Front Lines of 2015
THR reports that Roadside Attractions and the newly formed Black Label Media who are backing a trio of (Jean-Marc Vallée's Demolition, Denis Villeneuve's Sicario...
A Taste for Flesh; Film Movement’s Bites into Manuel Martín Cuenca’s Cannibal
Are the taste-buds at the Film Movement offices shifting? After opening up a spanking brand new, smart idea label for genre items (RAM Releasing)...
Film Movement Falls for Threeway Melodrama; Diane Kurys’ “For a Woman” Gets 2014 Release
Arguably the ultimate end result of war is...love. This is of course true after factoring in tremendous amount of destruction. Film Movement have picked...
Wrekin Hill on Wrong Side of the Law; Donovan Marsh’s iNumber Number Pegged for 2014 Release
iNumber Number appears to ber the film that keeps on giving. After having its remake rights picked up by Universal, THR reports that Wrekin...
Adopt Films Occupy Another Place in Foreign Oscar Race; Arrest Hany Abu-Assad’s “Omar”
Currently on a foreign film buying binge, Deadline reports that Adopt Films have added Hany Abu-Assad's latest to a slate that includes Martin Provost...
Adopt Films Open the Books on Curious Unknown; Martin Provost’s Violette Set for 2014
Extremely well received at last month's edition of TIFF, Martin Provost’s Violette becomes purchase number two (after Bethlehem) in just as many weeks for...
Film Movement Share Akram’s “An Afghan Love Story” out in the Open
We're not sure if Barmak Akram should be grouped in with the likes of Siddiq Barmak, Atiq Rahimi and the Makhmalbafs, but his An...
Zeitgeist Feel Privileged to Grab Berlin Bear Winner; “Child’s Pose” Hits Next February
Naturally ever since its Berlin Film Festival Golden Bear win and with stops in Karlovy Vary, TIFF and NYFF, Calin Peter Netzer's third directorial...
Drafthouse Films Place Matsumoto’s “R100” in a Submission Hold
It's the sort of pick-up that only a few distribs would dare gamble on - Hitoshi Matsumoto (Big Man Japan, Symbol) is after all,...
The Cinema Guild Believe in Crime and Punishment; Grab Diaz’s 4-Hour, Cannes Preemed Norte, The End of History
We're not sure if Ryan Krivoshey's The Cinema Guild intends to supply snacks or bathrooms breaks during its 2014 theatrical run, but the great...
Adopt Films Recruit Yuval Adler’s “Bethlehem”; Telluride-Venice-TIFF Thriller to Be Unveiled in Late ’14
Sticking to his mandate of half dozen or so film festival films per year purchases, Adopt Films' Jeff Lipsky is following up his latest...
Samuel Goldwyn Get Dolled Up for Puenzo’s “The German Doctor”
Lucia Puenzo's own second book to film adaptation (2009's The Fish Child is the other) will hunt down U.S auds, as the Un Certain...
Punk is not Dead; Magnolia Adds Moodysson’s “We are the Best!” to Next Year’s Playlist
Our Nicholas Bell consider it among his top 5 best at TIFF this year and both Variety (will thrill to this sweet, spirited return...
Bastards From a Basket; Sundance Selects Ropes Denis’ Cannes Sensation
A true whodunit type but of a different vibe, the one film from this years' Cannes that should have gotten picked up around the...
Magnolia Makes “Alan Partridge” a Hostage Ahead of NYFF Premiere
Apparently Michael Winterbottom doesn't own the Steve Coogan trademark - his schtick and comedic genius happens to be a part of a brand that...
Fishing for the Meaning of Life; Naomi Kawase is Readying “Still The Water” for 2014
After serving as a Cannes Jury member back in May, Naomi Kawase (her most recent directing gigs include The Mourning Forest and Hanezu) is going...
Jean-Luc Godard, Ursula Meier, Pedro Costa, Aida Begic Take Part in Sarajevo-Flavored Omnibus
Legendary enfant maudit Jean-Luc Godard, Portugal's national treasure Pedro Costa (Ne Change Rien) and the new generation of female auteurs in Ursula Meier and...
Norway is “Homesick” for Anne Sewitsky’s Latest
Recently, the Norwegian Film Institute has started showing more diligent support to their local filmmakers, in particular those whose projects astray from the mainstream...
All Along the… Film Movement Find Companionship with Pelin Esmer’s Watchtower
Turkish filmmaker Pelin Esmer made her narrative feature debut in 2009 with 10 to 11, a meditative drama about a man and his collections,...
Magnolia Pictures continue Scandi Treasure Diving with Sandemose’s “Ranganok”
With pick-ups such as Trollhunter, Headhunters, A Royal Affair, A Hijacking and most recently Pioneer, Eamonn Bowles' Magnolia Pictures has recently become a go-to label...
Cohen Media Group Takes a Ride with Emmanuelle Bercot’s “On My Way”
Cohen Media Group are making a ballsy acquisition move at this year's Berlin Film Festival - picking up Emmanuelle Bercot’s comp film Elle S’en...
Markus Blunder’s “Autumn Blood” Spills onto Paladin
It has yet to premiere at a major film festival, but Markus Blunder's Autumn Blood starring up-and-comer actress Sophie Lowe (Two Mothers) and vet...
