Olivier Assayas and Kristen Stewart. Courtesy of IFC Films.This week sees the release of Olivier Assayas’s Personal Shopper, starring Kristen Stewart. Assayas’s prior film, The Clouds of Sils Maria, also featured Stewart. This repetition of casting is nothing new for Assayas. Maggie Cheung has been in several of his films, as has Juliet Binoche (who stars opposite Stewart in The Clouds of Sils Maria). Assayas began his career as a writer for Cahiers du cinéma and his films are clearly reflections on the cinema as much as about any other subject. The repetition of a major star is part of this reflection. Viewing Assayas’s works featuring Maggie Cheung, Juliet Binoche, and Kristen Stewart provides a complex exploration of actress and character.In three films that star these actresses—Irma Vep (1996), The Clouds of Sils Maria (2014), and Personal Shopper (2016)—supposed truth readily blends into fiction. Script and spontaneity collide.
- 3/10/2017
- MUBI
When Kristen Stewart was first approached to be in Olivier Assayas’ new film, “Clouds of Sils Maria,” she thought it was for the role of Jo-Anne Ellis, a Hollywood starlet known for her brushes with paparazzi. “It was something that I knew so well, so I wasn’t as interested in living it [on screen]," said the “Twilight” star about the character, during a post-screening Q&A of the movie at the New York Film Festival. Instead, Stewart got to play Val, the assistant to legendary actress Maria Enders (Juliette Binoche). The film’s primary focus is on their relationship as Enders contemplates taking on a role in a new production of “Maloja Snake,” the same play that made her famous two decades earlier. However, instead of portraying her original role, she’s been asked to play the one once held by her since-deceased mentor: an older businesswoman driven to suicide by a young female assistant.
- 10/8/2014
- by Alex Suskind
- The Playlist
After dazzling audiences with the Golden Globe-winning miniseries Carlos and earning a Golden Osello for Best Screenplay with his follow-up Something In The Air, French director Olivier Assayas is now hard at work on his English language debut, Sils Maria, scheduled for release next year.
The drama, which is currently filming in Germany and Switzerland, boasts a talented trio of actresses in the form of ubiquitous teen star Chloe Grace Moretz (Kick-Ass, Carrie), acclaimed French actress Juliette Binoche (Chocolat, Certified Copy) and Twilight‘s Kristen Stewart. Though Stewart is nowhere to be seen in the pictures below, we do get a first glimpse at Moretz’s character, evidently a bonafide fashionista by her outfit and hair.
Sils Maria centers on reclusive, aging actress Maria Enders (Binoche), who becomes dangerously fixated on younger star Jo-Anne Ellis (Moretz), about to take over the role that made Enders famous. Stewart co-stars as...
The drama, which is currently filming in Germany and Switzerland, boasts a talented trio of actresses in the form of ubiquitous teen star Chloe Grace Moretz (Kick-Ass, Carrie), acclaimed French actress Juliette Binoche (Chocolat, Certified Copy) and Twilight‘s Kristen Stewart. Though Stewart is nowhere to be seen in the pictures below, we do get a first glimpse at Moretz’s character, evidently a bonafide fashionista by her outfit and hair.
Sils Maria centers on reclusive, aging actress Maria Enders (Binoche), who becomes dangerously fixated on younger star Jo-Anne Ellis (Moretz), about to take over the role that made Enders famous. Stewart co-stars as...
- 9/25/2013
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
Netflix has revolutionized the home movie experience for fans of film with its instant streaming technology. Netflix Nuggets is my way of spreading the word about independent, classic and foreign films made available by Netflix for instant streaming.
This Week’s New Instant Releases… Title: Black Heaven (2010)
Streaming Available: 04/12/2011
Cast: Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Louise Bourgoin, Melvil Poupaud, Pauline Etienne, Pierre Niney, Ali Marhyar, Patrick Descamps, Pierre Vittet, Swann Arlaud, Francesco Merenda
Director: Gilles Marchand
Synopsis: While searching for the owner of a missing mobile phone with his girlfriend, Marion (Pauline Etienne), Gaspard (Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet) falls for the mysterious Sam (Louise Bourgoin), who draws him into a dangerous virtual-reality video game, where she provokes unsuspecting victims into killing themselves. Directed by Gilles Marchand, this intense French drama alternates between real-life events and those within the simulated computer world. Title: Heartless (2009)
Streaming Available: 04/12/2011
Cast: Jim Sturgess, Clémence Poésy , Noel Clarke, Luke Treadaway, Justin Salinger,...
This Week’s New Instant Releases… Title: Black Heaven (2010)
Streaming Available: 04/12/2011
Cast: Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Louise Bourgoin, Melvil Poupaud, Pauline Etienne, Pierre Niney, Ali Marhyar, Patrick Descamps, Pierre Vittet, Swann Arlaud, Francesco Merenda
Director: Gilles Marchand
Synopsis: While searching for the owner of a missing mobile phone with his girlfriend, Marion (Pauline Etienne), Gaspard (Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet) falls for the mysterious Sam (Louise Bourgoin), who draws him into a dangerous virtual-reality video game, where she provokes unsuspecting victims into killing themselves. Directed by Gilles Marchand, this intense French drama alternates between real-life events and those within the simulated computer world. Title: Heartless (2009)
Streaming Available: 04/12/2011
Cast: Jim Sturgess, Clémence Poésy , Noel Clarke, Luke Treadaway, Justin Salinger,...
- 4/11/2011
- by Travis Keune
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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