Tag: Guillaume Nicloux

Not So Silent: Guillaume Nicloux Setting Up Sarah Bernhardt Biopic “La divine”

There is no slowing down French filmmaker Guillaume Nicloux. With the comedy Dans la peau de Blanche Houellebecq now in post, Nicloux is now...

2023 Toronto Intl. Film Festival: 74 (Strictly) World Premiere Predictions!

It's not the opener. It's not the closer. But today the Toronto International Film Festival announced that Taika Waititi's long-gestating Next Goal Wins ...

Unkidnapped: Blanche Gardin & Michel Houellebecq Team on Nicloux’s “Dans la peau de Blanche Houellebecq”

A distinct muse in the Guillaume Nicloux canon, author and sometimes actor Michel Houellebecq will once again become a titular member for what appears to...

Bringing Up Baby: Guillaume Nicloux Taps Fabrice Luchini for “La petite”

As we patiently wait for La Tour to drop (formerly known as La Tour d'Assitan, the film will have a November domestic release in...

2022 Cannes Film Festival Predictions – Out of Comp, Midnight & Special Screenings

The 75th edition of the Cannes Film Festival begins in just over two months from now and we can still feel the effects of...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #58. Guillaume Nicloux’s La Tour d’Assitan

La Tour d’Assitan (Lockdown Tower) Upon getting a whiff of this project one can't help but feel that Gareth Evans' The Raid created a new...

The Conversation: Leaping to Locarno’s Leopard

Arriving August 7th and extending through August 17th, the Locarno Film Festival and its leaping Leopard is the final stepping stone before the grand...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #75. C’est Extra – Guillaume Nicloux

C’est Extra France’s Guillaume Nicloux begins his fifteenth feature film C’est Extra by reuniting with two of his previous headliners, Michel Houellebecq (The Kidnapping of...

The Conversation: In the Cannes – 2018: Burning, Donbass & Climax Top the List

In a surprisingly unpredictable and overall enjoyable 71st edition of the Cannes Film Festival, the Cate Blanchett led jury awarded Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Shoplifters the...

2018 Cannes: Ciro Guerra, Gaspar Noé, Romain Gavras, Jaime Rosales & Debra Granik Fill Directors’ Fortnight

Heavy on Spanish language films (including a Brazilian film not in its mother tongue) and the usual block of French film items, after seven years...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #81. Guillaume Nicloux’s Tassen (Les Confins du Monde)

Tassen (Les Confins du Monde) The fast paced Guillaume Nicloux (who has premiered a new film project in succession from 2012 to 2016) filmed his...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 85. Guillaume Nicloux’s Confines of the World

Confines of the World Director: Guillaume Nicloux Writer: Jerome Beaujour The fast paced Guillaume Nicloux (who has premiered a new film project in succession from 2012 to...

Best of 2016: Nicholas Bell’s Top 20 Theatrical Releases: Picks 10 to 1

Recapping yesterday's 20 to 11 countdown/up. 20. David Mackenzie's Hell or High Water 19. Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Creepy 18. Whit Stillman's Love & Friendship 17. Anders Thomas Jensen's Men...

The Conversation: Producer Sylvie Pialat

Sylvie Pialat, wife of the late auteur Maurice Pialat, has been producing and fostering vibrant international directors following the passing of her husband in...

The Conversation: Das ist Berlin

The Berlin International Film Festival continued to challenge expectations in its 66th edition, landing another auteur heavy competition line-up, albeit a slightly less sensational...

2016 Berlin Intl. Film Festival: Nicholas Bell’s Top 5 Most Anticipated Films

Returning with another diverse, auteur heavy line-up with their 66th edition, the Berlin International Film Festival continues to impress just as much with selections...

Through the Looking-Glass…Top 200 Most Anticipated Films of 2017: An Introduction

As we were putting together our projections for most anticipated films due in 2017, we noticed there were too many notable titles to be...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2016: #12. Guillaume Nicloux’s Dans les bois

The Wandering Director: Guillaume Nicloux Writer: Guillaume Nicloux Shortly after premiering his latest film Valley of Love at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, Guillaume Nicloux very quietly...

The Conversation: Top Ten Films of 2015 in…2016

As always, a number of deserving film festival entries are stragglers in need of distribution or funneled away by buyers to be released in...

The Conversation: To Cannes and Back

Unfortunately, this year’s main competition line-up at the Cannes Film Festival ended up being something of an easy target for jaded festival goers. An...

2015 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 10: Takes Two to Limbo in Nicloux’s “Valley Of Love”

A Croisette anomaly of sorts and still a relative unknown despite his three decade and dozen film span, Guillaume Nicloux's only previous Cannes showing...

“Love” Spreads Her Arms…Gaspar Noe, Guillaume Nicloux, Michel Franco & Thai Joe Are Going to Cannes

Thierry Frémaux wasn't done adding to the official festival selections, and in the same token, wasn't done in shaking up a certain Main Comp...

The Conversation: One Never Cannes Tell… 2015 Cannes Film Fest Predictions

With the world’s most prestigious film festival just around the corner, cineastes have been lasciviously salivating about what’s going to show up at Cannes,...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #5. Guillaume Nicloux’s The Valley of Love

The Valley of Love Director: Guillaume Nicloux // Writer: Guillaume Nicloux Even with eleven feature films under his belt, director Guillaume Nicloux remains the least recognizable...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: Picks 200-101

Because, looking forward, 2013 promises to be such a fruitful cornucopia of cinema, we were excited to be able to easily list an additional...

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