Tag: Naomi Kawase
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Mother Has Arrived: Kawase Returns with Intersecting Drama on Motherhood
Recently, Naomi Kawase, a staple amongst arthouse enthusiasts of Japanese cinema, has been drifting ever...
2020 TIFF: Concrete Cowboy, Good Joe Bell & Halle Berry’s Bruised Set for Covid 45th Edition
We can expect a slimmed down edition and a whole bunch of known unknowns for the upcoming 45th edition of the Toronto Intl. Film...
Descriptions added to the 56 Cannes Film Festival Selected Films for the 2020 Edition
Adding more value to their June 3rd unveiling, what went into this selection process and to be frank, some of these short descriptions will...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #21. Comes Morning – Naomi Kawase
Asa ga Kuru / Comes Morning
A director whose international prestige has been orchestrated primarily through her repeated appearances at the Cannes film festival (where...
2018 TIFF: Saulnier, Lelio, Keshavarz, Sam Taylor-Johnson Plus Debuts From Minghella & Jonah Hill Stack SP & Galas
Wrapping up the selections for glitzy Galas and Special Presentations programmes (the break down is: 44 World Premieres, 9 International Premieres, 12 North American...
The Conversation – Cannes Predictions V: Jia Zhangke & Kirill Serebrennikov Lead the Far East
Cannes 2017 had a strong crop of Russian titles on hand, and several 2018 possibilities could be poised for entry in this year’s program....
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #28. Naomi Kawase’s Vision
Vision
Japanese auteur Naomi Kawase is a veritable fixture at the Cannes Film Festival since 1997’s Suzaku (which premiered in Directors’ Fortnight), but whose films...
2017 Cannes Film Festival: How the “Toni Erdmann” Snub Help Land “The Square” the Palme d’Or
When surveilling the postscript and how the Pedro led jury handed out the awards, the consensus is: job well done. However, while we were...
The Conversation: One Never Cannes Tell (2017 Edition)
It’s hard to believe, but we’re about five weeks away from the unveiling of the 2017 Cannes Film Festival lineup. After several months of...
Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: Picks 200 to 101
As we unveil our first tier of two hundred notable foreign film projects to be potentially unveiled in 2017, the coming year promises to...
2015 Marrakech Int. Film Fest: Jury Duty for Corbijn, Vinterberg, Jeunet & Demoustier…
The juries have been announced for the 2015 Marrakech Int. Film Fest, and the Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola) will be in good company. A...
2015 TIFF: Porumboiu, Muntean, Sewitsky & Tsangari Among Contemporary World Cinema Selections
Anne Sewitsky's Sundance preemed Homesick, Cannes preemed Romanian imports from Radu Muntean's One Floor Below and Corneliu Porumboiu's The Treasure along with Athina Rachel...
“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,...
2014 TIFF: Cristián Jiménez, Ole Christian Madsen, Holdridge & Saasen, Baran bo Odar Offer World Views in CWC
If you wanted a snapshot of worldly issues then TIFF's Contemporary World Cinema programme would certainly serve as a whirlwind passport. Loaded in Cannes...
2014 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 6: Dardennes Receive a Bonus with “Two Days, One Night” & “Still the Water” Floats
Cannes May 20th - Day 6.
Past the midway point, this morning's 8:30 a.m. screening proved that The Dardennes might be the first to three-peat....
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #192. Naomi Kawase’s Still the Water
Still the Water
Director: Naomi Kawase
Writer: Naomi Kawase
Producers: Commes des Cinemas, Kumie Inc., Arte France Cinema & Eddie Saeta.
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Makiko Watanabe, Hideo...
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...
