Tag: Monica Bellucci

The Birthday Party (Histoires de la nuit) | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

Bird on a Wire: The Past Haunts the Present in Mysius’ Thriller For her third feature film, Histoires de la nuit (aka The Birthday Party),...

Hafsia Herzi, Benoît Magimel & Bastien Bouillon to Blow Out Bday Candles in Léa Mysius’ “Histoires De La Nuit”

Lassoing the likes of Hafsia Herzi (fresh from showcasing The Little Sister in competition in Cannes), Benoît Magimel, Bastien Bouillon plus Monica Bellucci and...

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice | Review

Juice Cocktail: Burton Revamps His First Demon There’s no way to reproduce the imaginative awe of Tim Burton’s 1988 idiosyncratic goth YA classic Beetlejuice. Or,...

Memory | Review

Still Liam: Campbell Eclipsed by the Neeson Blueprint in Middling Thriller Now over a decade into the perennial routine of a yearly (sometimes quarterly) B-grade...

On the Milky Road | Review

Road to Nowhere: Kusturica Returns with Aimless War-Torn Fairy Tale All’s certainly not fair in love nor war in Serbian director Emir Kusturica’s first film...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2016: #66. Emir Kusturica’s On the Milky Road

On the Milky Road Director: Emir Kusturica Writer: Emir Kusturica We've pegged Serbian auteur Emir Kusturica's On the Milky Road as a possible release for the past...

Spectre | Review

The Legacy of Octopussy: Mendes Returns to 007 on Autopilot A good act is hard to follow, and Spectre, the latest installment in the enduring...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #66. Emir Kusturica’s On the Milky Road

On the Milky Road Director: Emir Kusturica// Writer: Emir Kusturica We had two Palme d’Or winner (Time of the Gypsies in 1998; Underground in 1995) Emir...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #31. Emir Kusturica’s On the Milky Road

On the Milky Road Director: Emir Kusturica Writers: Emir and Dunja Kusturica Producers: Lucas Akoskin, Alex Garcia, Paula Vaccaro U.S. Distributor: Rights Available Cast: Emir Kusturica, Monica Bellucci, Natasa...

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Interview: Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud – Persepolis

The thrill of meeting Marjane Satrapi reminded me of being 6 years old at Disney Land when I met the living, breathing Cinderella. Except Cinderella was an actress with a blond wig and Marjane is the real woman behind her autobiographical graphic novel, turned movie, “Persepolis”. The distinctive mole on her nose and her dark sultry eyes rose off the page and appeared in front of me, smoking and speaking with a French accent.

Interview: Eivind Landsvik – Low Expectations | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

Exploring themes of mental health, emotional recovery, companionship, and...

Interview: Sandra Wollner – Everytime | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

One of the discoveries of this year's Cannes Film...