Who Could Kill a Child?: Zeldovich Explores a Fearful Symmetry in Modernized Tragedy
Russian director Alexander Zeldovich’s filmography is something of a curiosity unto itself, which feels more apparent than ever in his fourth feature, Medea. As its title suggests, this is a take on the classic Greek tragedy, originally penned by Euripdes in 431 BC, birthing one of the most notorious and everlasting female archetypes of a woman scorned.
Usually taking about a decade between features, Zeldovich has previously been enamored with Vladimir Sokorin, last on hand in 2011 with Target, an adaptation which has sci-fi tinged Anna Karenina vibes.…...
Russian director Alexander Zeldovich’s filmography is something of a curiosity unto itself, which feels more apparent than ever in his fourth feature, Medea. As its title suggests, this is a take on the classic Greek tragedy, originally penned by Euripdes in 431 BC, birthing one of the most notorious and everlasting female archetypes of a woman scorned.
Usually taking about a decade between features, Zeldovich has previously been enamored with Vladimir Sokorin, last on hand in 2011 with Target, an adaptation which has sci-fi tinged Anna Karenina vibes.…...
- 8/11/2021
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Reason 8 is prepared to make moves at the upcoming Locarno Film Festival.
The London-based sales and production outfit has secured the international sales rights to Russian drama “Medea.” Reason 8 will be on the ground in Switzerland ahead of the film’s premiere on Aug. 9, looking to drum up interest for the feature which hails from “Target” director Aleksandr Zeldovich.
The film incorporates elements of the titular mythical Greek figure, centering around a woman (played by Tina Dalakishvili) who commits a grave crime for the sake of her future with the father of her two children. However, this crime causes him to withdraw from her. Feeling betrayed for having paid an enormous price for happiness, Medea tries to fill the void with sex and religion; but resentment drives her to revenge.
“We were immediately impressed by the emotional electricity of Aleksandr’s film which will no doubt resonate with international audienceS...
The London-based sales and production outfit has secured the international sales rights to Russian drama “Medea.” Reason 8 will be on the ground in Switzerland ahead of the film’s premiere on Aug. 9, looking to drum up interest for the feature which hails from “Target” director Aleksandr Zeldovich.
The film incorporates elements of the titular mythical Greek figure, centering around a woman (played by Tina Dalakishvili) who commits a grave crime for the sake of her future with the father of her two children. However, this crime causes him to withdraw from her. Feeling betrayed for having paid an enormous price for happiness, Medea tries to fill the void with sex and religion; but resentment drives her to revenge.
“We were immediately impressed by the emotional electricity of Aleksandr’s film which will no doubt resonate with international audienceS...
- 7/27/2021
- by Will Thorne
- Variety Film + TV
The Locarno Film Festival has unveiled a promising lineup combining edgy new works by established auteurs such as Abel Ferrara alongside plenty of potential discoveries by emerging helmers and global newcomers for its upcoming 74th edition.
It will be the first one under new Artistic Director Giona A. Nazzaro, the former Venice Critics’ Week chief who is steering the Swiss fest known as an international incubator and indie cinema temple on a more audience-friendly course.
“A festival can be quite highbrow and also entertaining at the same time” Nazzaro told Variety. “That is why for this year’s lineup we have selected several comedies and also some genre movies, as well as straightforward auteur films,” he added.
As usual the bulk of Locarno’s crowdpleasers will launch from the Swiss lakeside town’s 8,000-seat Piazza Grande square which is Europe’s largest outdoor venue and this year has been approved...
It will be the first one under new Artistic Director Giona A. Nazzaro, the former Venice Critics’ Week chief who is steering the Swiss fest known as an international incubator and indie cinema temple on a more audience-friendly course.
“A festival can be quite highbrow and also entertaining at the same time” Nazzaro told Variety. “That is why for this year’s lineup we have selected several comedies and also some genre movies, as well as straightforward auteur films,” he added.
As usual the bulk of Locarno’s crowdpleasers will launch from the Swiss lakeside town’s 8,000-seat Piazza Grande square which is Europe’s largest outdoor venue and this year has been approved...
- 7/1/2021
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Film-makers across Europe are “in shock” after learning the news that the Nipkow Programm has not received backing from the EU’s Creative Europe programme for 2015-2016.
Speaking exclusively to ScreenDaily, Nipkow Programm managing director Petra Weisenburger explained that the Berlin-based training initiative had not been successful in the latest round of funding for the next two years and would explore alternative strategies for a survival plan.
In the current financial year, Creative Europe had provided nearly 46% (€180,400) of Nipkow’s overall budget, with the remaining €215,543 coming from Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (Mbb) and Germany’s State Minister for Culture and the Media (Bkm).
Weisenburger said that Mbb’s CEO Kirsten Niehuus had already indicated a desire to see the Nipkow Programm continue to exist, but the situation remains unclear about the funding from Bkm for 2015 onwards.
She added that the Nipkow Programm jury of experts will meet during the next Berlinale in February to discuss the initiative’s future...
Speaking exclusively to ScreenDaily, Nipkow Programm managing director Petra Weisenburger explained that the Berlin-based training initiative had not been successful in the latest round of funding for the next two years and would explore alternative strategies for a survival plan.
In the current financial year, Creative Europe had provided nearly 46% (€180,400) of Nipkow’s overall budget, with the remaining €215,543 coming from Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (Mbb) and Germany’s State Minister for Culture and the Media (Bkm).
Weisenburger said that Mbb’s CEO Kirsten Niehuus had already indicated a desire to see the Nipkow Programm continue to exist, but the situation remains unclear about the funding from Bkm for 2015 onwards.
She added that the Nipkow Programm jury of experts will meet during the next Berlinale in February to discuss the initiative’s future...
- 11/12/2014
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
UK film-makers are in the spotlight at the fifth edition of Vologda’s Voices festival (July 4-8), which will open with Ken Loach’s Cannes Competition film Jimmy’s Hall.
British actress Justine Waddell, who learnt Russian for her role in Alexander Zeldovich’s Target (Mishen), will join the competition’s international jury, including Moscow Film Festival programme director Kirill Razlogov, Russian actress Olga Sutulova, and Armenian-French actor-director-producer Serge Avedikian, with writer-director Svetlana Proskurina as jury chairperson.
The competition line-up of 10 first and second features are as follows:
Life Feels Good, dir: Maciej Pieprzyca, PolandStill Life, dir: Uberto Pasolini, UKClass Enemy, dir: Rok Bicek, SloveniaBlind, dir: Eskil Vogt, NorwayStereo, dir: Maximilian Erlenwein, GermanyThe Art Of Happiness, dir: Alessandro Rak, ItalyWolf, dir: Jim Taihuttu, The NetherlandsTo See The Sea, dir: Jirí Mádl, Czech RepublicWhen Animals Dream, dir: Jonas Alexander Arnby, DenmarkSkinless, dir: Vladimir Beck, Russia.
Sidebars include the out-of-competition European section with such films as The Great Beauty...
British actress Justine Waddell, who learnt Russian for her role in Alexander Zeldovich’s Target (Mishen), will join the competition’s international jury, including Moscow Film Festival programme director Kirill Razlogov, Russian actress Olga Sutulova, and Armenian-French actor-director-producer Serge Avedikian, with writer-director Svetlana Proskurina as jury chairperson.
The competition line-up of 10 first and second features are as follows:
Life Feels Good, dir: Maciej Pieprzyca, PolandStill Life, dir: Uberto Pasolini, UKClass Enemy, dir: Rok Bicek, SloveniaBlind, dir: Eskil Vogt, NorwayStereo, dir: Maximilian Erlenwein, GermanyThe Art Of Happiness, dir: Alessandro Rak, ItalyWolf, dir: Jim Taihuttu, The NetherlandsTo See The Sea, dir: Jirí Mádl, Czech RepublicWhen Animals Dream, dir: Jonas Alexander Arnby, DenmarkSkinless, dir: Vladimir Beck, Russia.
Sidebars include the out-of-competition European section with such films as The Great Beauty...
- 7/1/2014
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Spike Jonze’s new movie, Her, is a high-concept science fiction romance set against a gleaming cityscape (Shanghai, standing in for Los Angeles) and crammed with ideas about the future of artificial intelligence, social media, and gaming. Its mid-to-late-21st century is credible, designed and decorated with the understanding that every generation comes to value those parts of the past that they feel their culture has denied them. It's a world of beige streets, simulated experiences, and intangible media where the scratchy and handmade are in fashion. Men wear lip-tickling mustaches and wool pants, computers come in wooden cases, and books are regarded as neat cultural objects, just like vinyl records and cassettes in the present.
And yet, despite all of its retro-futuristic bric-a-brac and next-phase-of-Western-culture guesswork, the impressive thing about Her is its simplicity and sensitivity. Composed in large part of long, locked-in close-ups, the movie is as much...
And yet, despite all of its retro-futuristic bric-a-brac and next-phase-of-Western-culture guesswork, the impressive thing about Her is its simplicity and sensitivity. Composed in large part of long, locked-in close-ups, the movie is as much...
- 12/15/2013
- by Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
- MUBI
By MoreHorror.com
Starting next week, on May 4th through May, 20th, Porto Alegre will be the Latin American Capital of Genre Cinema as Fantaspoa International Fantastic Film Festival 2012 unleashes.
Fantaspoa – International Fantastic Film Festival of Porto Alegre, the biggest genre film festival of Latin America will be back for its 8th edition, with 17 days of pure cinephilia, exhibiting 150 films – including 87 features from 32 countries: 5 having their world première, 12 in national première and 43 in their Latin America première. The festival will also bring more than 35 guests, including the duo that will be getting a Career Achievement Award: David Schmoeller and Stuart Gordon. Schmoeller, in the occasion, will also have the première of his first feature in 14 years: “Little Monsters”.
The festival will open and close with two world premières: “Nervo Craniano Zero”, directed by Paulo Biscaia Filho will open the festival and “Cell Count”, directed by Todd E. Freeman will close it.
Starting next week, on May 4th through May, 20th, Porto Alegre will be the Latin American Capital of Genre Cinema as Fantaspoa International Fantastic Film Festival 2012 unleashes.
Fantaspoa – International Fantastic Film Festival of Porto Alegre, the biggest genre film festival of Latin America will be back for its 8th edition, with 17 days of pure cinephilia, exhibiting 150 films – including 87 features from 32 countries: 5 having their world première, 12 in national première and 43 in their Latin America première. The festival will also bring more than 35 guests, including the duo that will be getting a Career Achievement Award: David Schmoeller and Stuart Gordon. Schmoeller, in the occasion, will also have the première of his first feature in 14 years: “Little Monsters”.
The festival will open and close with two world premières: “Nervo Craniano Zero”, directed by Paulo Biscaia Filho will open the festival and “Cell Count”, directed by Todd E. Freeman will close it.
- 5/1/2012
- by admin
- MoreHorror
Romy Schneider on the set of
Andrzej Zulawski's That Most Important Thing: Love (1975)
Following last month's revival of Possession (1981), Hysterical Excess: Discovering Andrzej Zulawski will be the first complete retrospective of the Polish director's work in the Us, running from March 7 through 20 at BAMcinématek in New York. What's more, Zulawski will be making his first appearance in the Us to present an oeuvre that "spans four languages and four decades," as Bam puts it, announcing that they'll be presenting "all 12 of Zulawski's feature films, many of which remain unavailable on home video, with 11 in 35mm prints. Additionally, the two rarely screened shorts that Zulawski made for Polish television at the beginning of his career, Pavoncello and The Song of Triumphant Love (both 1967), make their Us debuts in the series."
The second big announcement out of New York today comes from the Film Society of Lincoln Center. The lineup and...
Andrzej Zulawski's That Most Important Thing: Love (1975)
Following last month's revival of Possession (1981), Hysterical Excess: Discovering Andrzej Zulawski will be the first complete retrospective of the Polish director's work in the Us, running from March 7 through 20 at BAMcinématek in New York. What's more, Zulawski will be making his first appearance in the Us to present an oeuvre that "spans four languages and four decades," as Bam puts it, announcing that they'll be presenting "all 12 of Zulawski's feature films, many of which remain unavailable on home video, with 11 in 35mm prints. Additionally, the two rarely screened shorts that Zulawski made for Polish television at the beginning of his career, Pavoncello and The Song of Triumphant Love (both 1967), make their Us debuts in the series."
The second big announcement out of New York today comes from the Film Society of Lincoln Center. The lineup and...
- 1/31/2012
- MUBI
Looking back at 2011 on what films moved and impressed us it becomes more and more clear—to me at least—that watching old films is a crucial part of making new films meaningful. Thus, our end of year poll, now an annual tradition, which calls upon our writers to pick both a new and an old film: they were challenged to choose a new film they saw in 2011—in theaters or at a festival—and creatively pair it with an old film they also saw in 2011 to create a unique double feature. Many contributors chose their favorites of 2011, some picked out-of-the-way gems, others made some pretty strange connections—and some frankly just want to create a kerfuffle. All the contributors were asked to write a paragraph explaining their 2011 fantasy double feature. What's more, each writer was given the option to list more pairings, with or without explanation, as further imaginative...
- 1/5/2012
- MUBI
Just yesterday, we got word from Deadline's Nancy Tartaglione that Sienna Miller and Toby Jones would be playing Tippi Hedren and Alfred Hitchcock in the BBC-hbo co-production, The Girl. Later that same day, the Hollywood Reporter's Borys Kit broke the news that, after four years in development, Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho "is in the process of being set up at Fox Searchlight. Anthony Hopkins, who is attached to play Hitchcock, and Sacha Gervasi (Anvil! The Story of Anvil), who is directing, are making the move and are being joined by Helen Mirren, who will play the filmmaker's wife, Alma Reville."
The Playlist's Kevin Jagernauth: "The subject matter is great stuff for movie buffs. Psycho was a project that Paramount hated. Hitchcock was originally going to direct No Bail for the Judge with Audrey Hepburn but had to scrap those plans when the actress became pregnant. So he moved on to Psycho,...
The Playlist's Kevin Jagernauth: "The subject matter is great stuff for movie buffs. Psycho was a project that Paramount hated. Hitchcock was originally going to direct No Bail for the Judge with Audrey Hepburn but had to scrap those plans when the actress became pregnant. So he moved on to Psycho,...
- 12/8/2011
- MUBI
★☆☆☆☆ Russian cinema has a long and rich history of producing exceptional sci-fi movies. From the pioneering silent films of Protazanov and Zhuravlyov, to the deeply philosophical films of Tarkovsky and Lopishansky, Russia has always used this speculative science based genre to comment on social issues rather than merely forms of escapism. Alexander Zeldovich's Target (Mishen, 2011) attempts to continue this tradition with his heavily stylised and hugely ambitious disquisition of greed, mortality and natural human behaviour.
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- 10/28/2011
- by Daniel Green
- CineVue
Up until last year, film festivals had always been a bit of a mystery to me. I had gone to a few conventions before and been shown advanced screenings of films, but to actually go to an event where all you did was watch films seemed a bit beyond my reach. Didn’t help either that I had never really lived in areas with affordable or frequent festivals. That is, up until last year when I was introduced to AFI Fest. They hooked me in with free tickets and the promise of engaging cinema from around the world. To say I had fun is a bit of an understatement. As the credits to the last film rolled, I decided that I would come back next year in a more professional manner and write about it.
Which brings us to now. AFI Fest 2011 Presented by Audi is a little over a...
Which brings us to now. AFI Fest 2011 Presented by Audi is a little over a...
- 10/24/2011
- by Jonathan Hardesty
- Flickchart
Chantal Akerman (center), Almayer's Folly World Cinema Selections Almayer's Folly: Chantal Akerman loosely adapts Joseph Conrad’s novel set in Malaysia, the tragic tale of a failed European trader and his "mixed blood" daughter. Dir Chantal Akerman. Cast Stanislas Merhar, Marc Barbé, Aurora Marion, Zac Andrianasolo. Belgium/France. U.S. Premiere. Alps: Dogtooth director Yorgos Lanthimos returns with a tale of a group offering an unusual service for grieving families: They inhabit the role of the recently deceased. Dir Yorgos Lanthimos. Scr Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthimis Filippou. Cast Aggeliki Papoulia, Aris Servetalis, Ariane Labed, Johnny Vekris. Greece/France. U.S. Premiere. CARRÉ Blanc: One of the strongest debuts in years, CARRÉ Blanc is a dystopian sci-fi vision of a world with limited resources and limitless cruelty. Dir/Scr Jean-Baptiste Léonetti. Cast Sami Bouajila, Julie Gayet, Jean-Pierre Andreani, Fejria Deliba, Valerie Bodson. France/Luxembourg/Russia/Belgium/Switzerland. The Day He Arrives:...
- 10/23/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Alexander Zeldovich's Russian sci-fi spectacle, Target, certainly deserves points for ambition. At over two and a half hours in length, the film--which is set in the year 2020--revolves around six characters who reside in futuristic Moscow. They are linked in various ways, but also share a common immediate destination: they're all on their way to visit a place called "the target". The group consists of Viktor, the Minister of Natural Resources (or as he calls himself, "The King of the Mountain"), his wife Zoya (whom he purchased at a "bridal fair" after knowing her for 45 minutes), her brother Dmitri (who hosts a supremely annoying game show of some kind), a lady who records Chinese for Dummies radio programs, and a 52-year old woman...
- 10/8/2011
- Screen Anarchy
George Clooney, Pierre Étaix and Tilda Swinton
to receive Silver Medallion Awards Over twenty-five new features plus revival programs
and unique programming from Guest Director Caetano Veloso will be presented as part of the 2011 exhibition
Telluride, Co (September 1, 2011) . Telluride Film Festival (September 2-5, 2011), presented by the National Film Preserve, announces its program for the 38th Telluride Film Festival. Featuring diverse programming from around the globe, Tff once again sets the stage for some of the year.s most highly anticipated films.
Tff opens its 38th year with over twenty-five new feature films plus special artist tributes, Guest Director programs selected by Caetano Veloso, Backlot programs, classics and restorations, shorts, student films, seminars and conversations, each introduced or proceeded with a Q&A by its filmmaker, actors, writer or producer. Telluride Film Festival opens Friday, September 2 and runs through Labor Day, Monday, September 5.
The .Show.
38th Telluride Film Festival is proud...
to receive Silver Medallion Awards Over twenty-five new features plus revival programs
and unique programming from Guest Director Caetano Veloso will be presented as part of the 2011 exhibition
Telluride, Co (September 1, 2011) . Telluride Film Festival (September 2-5, 2011), presented by the National Film Preserve, announces its program for the 38th Telluride Film Festival. Featuring diverse programming from around the globe, Tff once again sets the stage for some of the year.s most highly anticipated films.
Tff opens its 38th year with over twenty-five new feature films plus special artist tributes, Guest Director programs selected by Caetano Veloso, Backlot programs, classics and restorations, shorts, student films, seminars and conversations, each introduced or proceeded with a Q&A by its filmmaker, actors, writer or producer. Telluride Film Festival opens Friday, September 2 and runs through Labor Day, Monday, September 5.
The .Show.
38th Telluride Film Festival is proud...
- 9/1/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The annual La to Montrose charter flight was packed with the usual suspects Thursday, who opened up their copies of The Telluride Watch, one per seat, and eagerly checked out the line-up. Films playing in Telluride this Labor Day weekend include Martin Scorsese's George Harrison doc Living in the Material World, Michel Hazanavicius's The Artist (France), Wim Wenders' Pina (Germany/France/UK), Werner Herzog's Into the Abyss, David Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method, the Dardennes Brothers' The Kid with a Bike, Cristián Jiménez's Bonsai (Chile), Aki Kaurismäki's Le Havre (Finland/Germany/France), Joseph Cedar's Footnote (Israel), Steve McQueen's Shame, Asghar Farhadi's A Separation (Iran), Bela Tarr's The Turin Horse (Hungary), Jon Shenk's The Island President and Alexander Zeldovich's Target (Russia). Rodrigo Garcia's Albert Nobbs, with Glenn Close in attendance, will ...
- 9/1/2011
- Thompson on Hollywood
"Take a close look at the lineup the Telluride Film Festival," advises Eugene Hernandez at indieWIRE. "These are films you’ll be hearing a lot about over the next few weeks during a fall festival swing that begins in Venice, travels to Telluride and continues through to big-city fests in Toronto and then New York. For many movies on the roster, the journey even dates back to Cannes in May."
The festival opens tomorrow and runs through Labor Day; meantime, here's the Show:
Viviana García Besné's Perdida, a look at the Calderon family, a cinema dynasty in Mexico.
Dr. Biju's The Way Home. See the description from the London Indian Film Festival.
Joseph Cedar's Footnote. See the Cannes roundup.
Mark Cousins's The Story of Film: An Odyssey. Trailer (scroll down about halfway).
David Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method. Premieres tomorrow (Friday) in Venice.
Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne's The Kid with a Bike.
The festival opens tomorrow and runs through Labor Day; meantime, here's the Show:
Viviana García Besné's Perdida, a look at the Calderon family, a cinema dynasty in Mexico.
Dr. Biju's The Way Home. See the description from the London Indian Film Festival.
Joseph Cedar's Footnote. See the Cannes roundup.
Mark Cousins's The Story of Film: An Odyssey. Trailer (scroll down about halfway).
David Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method. Premieres tomorrow (Friday) in Venice.
Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne's The Kid with a Bike.
- 9/1/2011
- MUBI
Telluride Festival Primary Lineup Announced: New Films From David Cronenberg, Werner Herzog and more
The Telluride Film Festival, a presentation of the National Film Preserve which takes place beginning tomorrow, Friday Sept 2 and runs through Monday Sept 5, has announced the first list of films set to screen during the five day run. One of the reasons that Telluride is so special is because the festival doesn’t announce the lineup until the day before the festival begins, so attendees have to commit to the fest without knowing what they will see. However the festival has a reputation for screening an incredible line up each and every single year, sometimes beating the Toronto International Film Festival to some of the big North American premieres. This year is no exception. The first list of films announced includes David Cronenberg‘s A Dangerous Method, The Turrin horse by Sos face Bela Tarr, The Artist, Into The Abyss, Steve McQueen ‘s Shame and the Dardenne Brothers‘ The Kid With a Bike.
- 9/1/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
The Telluride Film Festival [1], a presentation of the National Film Preserve which takes place beginning tomorrow, Friday Sept 2 and runs through Monday Sept 5, is an unusual beast as far as film festivals go. The core film lineup is not announced until the day before the festival begins, so attendees have to commit to the fest without knowing any of the movies that will definitely play. Now the first list of films is out, and it has some expected inclusions such as David Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method (trailer [2]) and the Cannes fave The Artist (trailer [3]). In addition there are some good surprises, such as Steve McQueen and Michael Fassbender's reunion, Shame (pics [4]), and the Dardenne Brothers' The Kid With a Bike. More films will be announced at the last minute over the next couple days. One addition, for example, according to Kris Tapley, is Butter. Peter is arriving in...
- 9/1/2011
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
Kicking off tomorrow for just four days, the Telluride Film Festival is nice precursor to the North American fall film festivals including Toronto and New York. They’ve unveiled their first line-up in press release and it is surprise free. Last year, they had the premiere of Peter Weir’s The Way Back, with no other festival showing the bleak adventure drama.
This year it is mostly titles headed to Toronto the next week including David Cronenberg‘s A Dangerous Method, Steve McQueen‘s Shame, Alexander Payne‘s The Descendants, Martin Scorsese‘s George Harrison doc, as well as Cannes titles like Pina, The Artist, Footnote, Le Havre and We Need To Talk About Kevin. Check out the line-up below.
Telluride, Co (September 1, 2011) – Telluride Film Festival (September 2-5, 2011), presented by the National Film Preserve, announces its program for the 38th Telluride Film Festival. Featuring diverse programming from around the globe,...
This year it is mostly titles headed to Toronto the next week including David Cronenberg‘s A Dangerous Method, Steve McQueen‘s Shame, Alexander Payne‘s The Descendants, Martin Scorsese‘s George Harrison doc, as well as Cannes titles like Pina, The Artist, Footnote, Le Havre and We Need To Talk About Kevin. Check out the line-up below.
Telluride, Co (September 1, 2011) – Telluride Film Festival (September 2-5, 2011), presented by the National Film Preserve, announces its program for the 38th Telluride Film Festival. Featuring diverse programming from around the globe,...
- 9/1/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
By Sean O’Connell
Hollywoodnews.com: Updated: The full Telluride program has been posted at the bottom of this story!
It has begun. Now that Venice has opened, and with 98% of Hollywood heading to the mountains for the 38th Telluride Film Festival, the 2011 awards season officially is underway.
Telluride begins screenings on Friday, Sept. 2, and runs through Monday, Sept. 5. After that, the focus shifts to Toronto, which launches Thursday, Sept. 8. It’s about the get extremely busy in our Awards Alley … but we start with Telluride titles.
While screenings are kept under wraps until the fest begins, those arrive at the fest today began tweeting the official selections. What will audience members be seeing?
How about Alexander Payne’s “The Descendants,” which will screen in conjunction with a George Clooney tribute (though Clooney’s own “Ides of March” isn’t mentioned, unless it is a surprise screening), according to InContention...
Hollywoodnews.com: Updated: The full Telluride program has been posted at the bottom of this story!
It has begun. Now that Venice has opened, and with 98% of Hollywood heading to the mountains for the 38th Telluride Film Festival, the 2011 awards season officially is underway.
Telluride begins screenings on Friday, Sept. 2, and runs through Monday, Sept. 5. After that, the focus shifts to Toronto, which launches Thursday, Sept. 8. It’s about the get extremely busy in our Awards Alley … but we start with Telluride titles.
While screenings are kept under wraps until the fest begins, those arrive at the fest today began tweeting the official selections. What will audience members be seeing?
How about Alexander Payne’s “The Descendants,” which will screen in conjunction with a George Clooney tribute (though Clooney’s own “Ides of March” isn’t mentioned, unless it is a surprise screening), according to InContention...
- 9/1/2011
- by Sean O'Connell
- Hollywoodnews.com
The great popularity of author Vladimir Sorokin is as good an example of any of how much Russian culture has changed, and how quickly. An underground writer who began his work in the 1970s, Sorokin's writing has a darkly satiric edge to it - an edge that meant all of his books were banned throughout the Soviet period. Despite being published abroad his work would not be available at home until 1989 and then in 2001 - just twelve years later - Sorokin was awarded for his contributions to Russian literature.A number of films have been made based on Sorokin's novels in recent years with the most recent being Alexander Zeldovich's Target, a film that premiered quietly in Berlin.Russia, 2020. A group of friends...
- 5/29/2011
- Screen Anarchy
Julia Leigh’s Sleeping Beauty and Ivan Sen’s Toomelah are the two Australian titles in this year’s Sydney Film Festival Official Competition.
The line-up also includes The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick), Take Shelter (Jeff Nichols), A Separation (Asghar Farhadi), The Forgiveness of Blood (Joshua Marston), Amador (Fernando Leon de Aranoa), Target (Alexander Zeldovich), 678 (Mohamed Diab), Attenberg (Athna Rachel Tsangari), The Future (Miranda July) and Norwegian Wood (Tran Anh Hung).
The full program has been announced (available here) and includes 75 features, 39 documentaries, 34 short films, 13 retrospective titles, 10 world premieres, 86 Australian premieres, 42 countries, 47 languages and 29 Australian productions (1 retrospective, 6 features, 10 documentaries, 12 short films).
The opening night film is Joe Wright’s Hanna, starring Saoirse Ronan, Cate Blanchett and Eric Bana; the festival will be closed by Mike Mills’ Beginners.
“From the daring stylistic approaches in our Official Competition selection through the inspirational subjects and investigations in the Foxtel Australian Documentary Prize lineup,...
The line-up also includes The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick), Take Shelter (Jeff Nichols), A Separation (Asghar Farhadi), The Forgiveness of Blood (Joshua Marston), Amador (Fernando Leon de Aranoa), Target (Alexander Zeldovich), 678 (Mohamed Diab), Attenberg (Athna Rachel Tsangari), The Future (Miranda July) and Norwegian Wood (Tran Anh Hung).
The full program has been announced (available here) and includes 75 features, 39 documentaries, 34 short films, 13 retrospective titles, 10 world premieres, 86 Australian premieres, 42 countries, 47 languages and 29 Australian productions (1 retrospective, 6 features, 10 documentaries, 12 short films).
The opening night film is Joe Wright’s Hanna, starring Saoirse Ronan, Cate Blanchett and Eric Bana; the festival will be closed by Mike Mills’ Beginners.
“From the daring stylistic approaches in our Official Competition selection through the inspirational subjects and investigations in the Foxtel Australian Documentary Prize lineup,...
- 5/11/2011
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
Though it slipped past us somehow the 2011 Berlin Film Festival released the first block of titles from their Panorama section yesterday and there are some very familiar names in there, among them Ryoo Seung-Wan's The Unjust, Jorge Padilha's Elite Squad 2, Angelique Bosio's The Advocate For Fagdom and Hugo Olsson's The Black Power Mixtape - all of which have received coverage here in the pages of Twitch. You want the complete list? Here it is:
Panorama Main Programme + Panorama Special Bu-dang-geo-rae (The Unjust) by Seung-wan Ryoo, Republic of Koreawith Jung-min Hwang, Seung-bum Ryoo, Hae-jin Yoo Chang-Pi-Hae (Ashamed) by Soo-hyun Kim, Republic of Koreawith Hyo-jin Kim, Kkobbi Kim Dance Town by Kyu-hwan Jeon, Republic of Koreawith Mir-an Ra, Seong-tae Oh The Devil's Double by Lee Tamahori, Belgiumwith Dominic Cooper, Ludivine Sagnier Dirty Girl by Abe Sylvia, USAwith Juno Temple, Milla Jovovich, William H. Macy, Dwight Yoakam, Mary Steenburgen, Jeremy Dozier...
Panorama Main Programme + Panorama Special Bu-dang-geo-rae (The Unjust) by Seung-wan Ryoo, Republic of Koreawith Jung-min Hwang, Seung-bum Ryoo, Hae-jin Yoo Chang-Pi-Hae (Ashamed) by Soo-hyun Kim, Republic of Koreawith Hyo-jin Kim, Kkobbi Kim Dance Town by Kyu-hwan Jeon, Republic of Koreawith Mir-an Ra, Seong-tae Oh The Devil's Double by Lee Tamahori, Belgiumwith Dominic Cooper, Ludivine Sagnier Dirty Girl by Abe Sylvia, USAwith Juno Temple, Milla Jovovich, William H. Macy, Dwight Yoakam, Mary Steenburgen, Jeremy Dozier...
- 1/4/2011
- Screen Anarchy
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