Tag: Julieta

Maren Ade’s Toni Erdmann, Aquarius, Elle & Paterson Top our 2016 Cannes Critics’ Panel

Yesterday's George Miller led jury pronounced Ken Loach's I, Daniel Blake as the best from the 2016 competition of twenty-one films, and they gave...

2016 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 7: Pedro Almodovar Soaks in Silence with “Julieta”

Hovering around the twenty film mark, you might have thought that this Madrilenian's entire filmography was displayed on the Croisette, when in fact, excluding...

The Conversation: One Never Cannes Tell – The 2016 Edition

Tis the season for fevered wish lists and constantly fluctuating prognostications concerning the soon to be revealed 2016 program at the Cannes Film Festival....

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2016: #6. Pedro Almodovar’s Julieta

Julieta Director: Pedro Almodovar Writer: Pedro Almodovar Spanish auteur Pedro Almodovar returns to high drama with Julieta following the sillier escapades of 2013's I'm So Excited. Showcasing...

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Ken Russell’s The Devils – 2010 Fantasia International Film Festival

Iconic director Ken Russell was in town to receive a lifetime achievement award from Fantasia for his 50-plus years in the business, a career that has spawned many genre classics including Altered States, Gothic, and The Lair of the White Worm. But it was the little-seen and hard to find The Devils from 1971 that proved to be Russell's most controversial work, and Fantasia managed to snag a copy to be screened on Russell's big night. In the video, Russell discusses the true story behind the film and receives his award with the grace befitting one of the great filmmakers of all time.