Tag: top-stories
2023 Cannes: Cédric Kahn & Hong Sang-soo Bookend Directors’ Fortnight
Quinzaine des Cinéastes Artistic Director Julien Rejl broke bread this morning with a camera shy live tweet of the line-up. We count nineteen features...
Tallahassee Trippin’: Ethan Coen’s “Drive-Away Dolls” Set for Awards & Fest Season Spotlight
And here we have it. It's called Drive-Away Dolls. It's dropping on September 22nd. Telluride, Venice Film Festival and TIFF programmers have their tasers...
Export the Import: Sandrine Kiberlain & Laurent Lafitte Join Julie Delpy’s “Les barbares”
Sandrine Kiberlain and Laurent Lafitte will re-team once again this time as the faces of surprise and dismay representing a small (minded) folk of...
2023 Cannes: Amachoukeli, Stéphan Castang, Erwan Le Duc & Sirot+Balboni Load Up Critics’ Week
She couldn't have asked for a better way to begin her mandate as the Artistic Director of the 2022 edition of the International Critics'...
Air | Review
Sole Surfer: Affleck Revisits Impetus of Landmark Shoe Line
It’s difficult to ascertain where Ben Affleck’s storytelling interests lie even as he’s slowly but surely...
Moving Ahead: Camélia Jordana, Sofiane Zermani & Damien Bonnard Housed in Manèle Labidi’s “Reine mère”
Franco–Tunisian filmmaker Manèle Labidi who gave us the Venice Days selected Arab Blues (aka Un divan à Tunis) back in 2019, is setting up...
2023 Cannes: Steve McQueen, Takeshi Kitano & Victor Erice Featured in the Out of Comp Sections
Let it be known that Thierry Frémaux wanted Martin Scorsese in competition but instead, Killers of the Flower Moon will have been a firm...
2023 Cannes: Debut Films by Molly Manning Walker, Felipe Galvez & Delphine Deloget Sprinkle the Un Certain Regard Section
With the likes of Return to Seoul, Godland, Corsage, War Pony and The Worst Ones, last year's Un Certain Regard section was a vintage...
2023 Cannes: Glazer, Ceylan, Rohrwacher, Haynes & Ramata-Toulaye Sy Competing for the Palme d’Or
A surprise Wim Wenders project (Perfect Days), a rare directorial debut Ramata-Toulaye Sy (Banel et Adama) and a Wang Bing film (Jeunesse) are part...
Fontaine Pen: Elsa Zylberstein Isn’t Done with Simone…de Beauvoir
After recently playing her in Olivier Dahan's Simone: Woman of the Century, Elsa Zylberstein will have another go at walking at playing a Simone...this...
Divine Company: Lou de Laâge, Daphné Patakia, Oulaya Amamra, Héloise Letissier & Déborah Lukumuena Topline Benyamina’s “Toutes pour une”
There were the three musketeers and now...we can expect to see that number shoot up to four in Houda Benyamina's long-awaited sophomore film project....
Toth 2.0: Adrien Brody, Guy Pearce, Felicity Jones & Joe Alwyn Confirmed for Corbet’s “The Brutalist”
We knew there was a cosmetic change in terms of who might be part of the ensemble, but who and how the new lego...
Showing Up | Review
Bird is the Word: Reichardt Returns with Warm Portrait of Art and Ennui
To some it may seem too slight and to others just right,...
2023 Rooftop Films’ Filmmakers Fund: Carlos López Estrada, Andrew Thomas Huang, Madeleine Sims-Fewer & Dusty Mancinelli Receive Coin
Rooftop Films folks have announced the grant recipients for the large swath of filmmakers' funds and in the narrative feature categories we have the...
2023 Cannes Film Festival: Maïwenn’s Jeanne du Barry is the Fest Opener – Will it Slip into Competition?
Despite being selected for the competition (technically) on three occasions with 2011's Polisse, 2015's My King and 2020's Cannes Label selected DNA, we didn't...
Paris Sonata: Kiyoshi Kurosawa Mounting “Serpent’s Path” in the City of Lights
We can expect a new Kiyoshi Kurosawa oeuvre in 2024 as the Japanese filmmaker has set up shop in Paris for his next feature....
2023 Eurimages: Cronenberg, Serebrennikov, Nordahl & Agnieszka Holland Land Coin
The Eurimages Project Evaluation Session of 2023 have just been announced and among the 32 supported films we have some veteran filmmakers in David...
Smoking Causes Coughing | Review
Vigilante Shanty: Kooky Becomes Dupieux in Latest Whimsy
Quentin Dupieux’s penchant for absurdity shows no signs of abating, with Smoking Causes Coughing, the latest offering...
You’re Dead to Me: Marcin Dorociński Toplines Jan P. Matuszyński’s “Minghun”
Polish filmmaker Jan P. Matuszyński is deep in production with Minghun. Screen Daily reports that Marcin Dorociński leads the cast. Originally set for an...
Crypto Downfall: Cutter Hodierne Kidnaps Raúl Castillo & Melonie Diaz for “Cold Wallet”
It'll have been a long decade between debut and sophomore film projects but Fishing Without Nets filmmaker Cutter Hodierne got back into the director's...
2023 Cannes Film Festival Predictions – 24 Palme d’Or Hopefuls
It's official folks! The drop date has been confirmed. There'll be a couple of films that trickle in a bit after the announcement is...
2023 Cannes Film Festival Predictions – Out of Comp, Midnight, Special Screenings & Cannes Premiere
The 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival (May 16th until the 27th) begins exactly fifty days from now and from the one-hundred-plus feature...
2023 TorinoFilmLab: Ognjen Glavonic, Makbul Mubarak & Anita Rocha da Silveira Among ScriptLab Participants
The Loads' Ognjen Glavonic, Autobiography's Makbul Mubarak & Medusa's Anita Rocha da Silveira are among the selected filmmakers for TorinoFilmLab's ScriptLab Participants. Glavonic will...
Be All You Can Be: Samuel Maoz’s Closing Out Trilogy with “It’s Good to Die For Your Country”
We're getting close to that eight-year mark between features and we've just learned that Samuel Maoz is set to close out the trilogy and...
Tori et Lokita | Review
Suffer the Children: The Dardenne Bros. Trend of Neorealism Continues in Dismal Portrait of Migrant Children
The Dardenne Bros. have built a significant filmography showcasing...
2023 Cannes Film Festival Predictions – Un Certain Regard
Last year's Un Certain Regard was a vintage year. A trio of films in Return to Seoul, Corsage and Godland could have easily been...
Petite Solange | Review
Bonjour Tristesse: Ropert Explores Rude Awakenings in Tender Coming-of-Age Portrait
“What am I doing in this world?” wrote Paul Verlaine in his classic poem “The...
2023 Cannes Film Festival Predictions – Directors’ Fortnight
The Director's Fortnight didn't simply give itself a new coat of paint but rather a heart transplant. Quinzaine des Réalisateurs is now a thing...
Minding the Crap: Bing Liu Preps Fiction Debut “Preparation for the Next Life”
He has been testing the waters for some time now in terms of fiction (with Chinks in active development) but Minding the Gap docu-helmer...
2023 Cannes Film Festival Predictions – Critics’ Week
In a decade from now, we might be looking at all the offerings at last year's Cannes Film Festival and how Charlotte Well's masterwork...
Les Cinq diables (The Five Devils) | Review
Devil May Care: Mysius Delivers Intriguing but Disappointing Romantic Genre Mishmash
For her sophomore feature debut, director/screenwriter Léa Mysius aims high and falls hard with...
The Exiles: Ilker Çatak Travels to Turkish Backdrop for New Project “Yellow Letters”
Striking while the iron is hot, multi Berlinale prize-winning filmmaker Ilker Çatak will be moving on to his next project later this year with...
Rimini | Review
Bravo New World: Seidl Returns with Desolate Portrait of Fallen Hustler
There’s always a healthy thread of humor lurking under the despair of Ulrich Seidl’s...
Unboxed Bertha: Marie Amachoukeli Comfy with Animation in “Ama Gloria” & New Project “Happy End”
As we eagerly await her sophomore feature Ama Gloria (currently in post but tipped to premiere later in the year), we just learned that...
Boston Strangler | Review
Thank You for Choking: Ruskin Explores the Sordid Politics Behind Infamous Serial Killing Case
The tribulations of femininity in the fourth estate anchors Boston Strangler,...
First Aid: Carlos Marques-Marcet Setting Up “They Will Be Dust”
Filmmaker Clara Roquet is a lucky star for several of her Spain filmmaker contemporaries as we just learned that she has contributed to one...
You’ve Got Mail: Garrel, Cassel & Kruger Pilot Pablo Agüero’s “Saint-Ex”
A project that we were zeroing in on last week has finally been fully revealed. Louis Garrel, Vincent Cassel and Diane Kruger are indeed...
Rodéo | Review
All Gas No Brakes: Quivoron’s Debut Fails to Hit Pay Dirt
Further exploring the dirt-bike sub-culture she first examined in her short Dreaming of Baltimore...
Poured Hot: Anthony Chen Adds Debut US-project “Heartbeat: A New York Story” to Busy Slate
He just premiered Drift at Sundance and mainland Chinese rom drama The Breaking Ice (among our most anticipated films for '23) is in the...
SODEC 2023: Latest from Xavier Legrand, Sofia Bohdanowicz & Denis Côté Films Land Coin
The folks at SODEC (Société de Développement des Entreprises Culturelles) the Quebec government agency that promotes culture an hands out some major coin have...
Are You Lonesome Tonight? | Review
Unhappy Together: Shipei Concocts Romantic Neo-noir
Director Wen Shipei strikes an oddly satisfying balance between broody Neo-noir and simmering romance with his debut Are You...
Irons in the Fire: Updates on Lynne Ramsay’s Stone Mattress, Polaris & Die, My Love
She has been attached to several new projects since You Were Never Really Here was released and we've got a massive update thanks to...
Family Plot: John Patton Ford Moves into Sophomore Feature “Huntington”
I recall researching filmmaker John Patton Ford for our Sundance predictions just prior to him launching Emily the Criminal (Best First Screenplay - Independent...
Syntexte: A Mystery “French” Project with Vincent Cassel, Louis Garrel & Diane Kruger
In a television interview over a month ago, actress Diane Kruger mentioned that she was set to act alongside Vincent Cassel and Louis Garrel...
Honest Mistake: Samuel Theis’ Summons Valeria Bruni Tedeschi & Anaïs Demoustier for “Je le jure”
Anaïs in Love pairing Valeria Bruni Tedeschi and Anaïs Demoustier will once again be play partners in French filmmaker Samuel Theis' third feature film...
Leipzig love: Claire Burger Finds Lilith Grasmug for “Langue étrangère”
While le film français folks believe they have exclusive news on Nina Hoss and Chiara Mastroianni being cast in Claire Burger anticipated third feature...
Interview: Agnieszka Smoczynska – Fugue
Agnieszka Smoczynska's 2015 The Lure was quite the sensation, having made a splash at Sundance and having enjoyed a growing reputation in the years...
Climate Changed: Aude Léa Rapin Begins “Planet B” with Exarchopoulos & Souheila Yacoub
Introduced at the Berlinale's EFM, production on Aude Léa Rapin's sophomore feature has officially begun with Adele Exarchopoulos and Souheila Yacoub toplining what is...
Fugue | Review
Staring into the Known: Smoczyńska Offers Low-key, Uncompromising Sophomore Feature
Surely not the follow up effort audiences might have had in mind from the creator...
