Elevator the Gallows: Nemes Aims to Exhaust in Homage to the French Resistance
Jean-Pierre Melville’s classic account of the French Resistance, Army of Shadows (1969)...
A competition section of (currently) twenty-one features with, according to Thierry Frémaux, one more potential last minute Palme d'Or contender addition to be announced...
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.