The rich vein of melancholy regret running through Out of Season (Hors-Saison) at times risks tipping over into kitschy nostalgia, with its Lelouch-like intimacy playing out on a wintry seashore to the strains of a wispy, sentimental score. But the throwback feel is deftly offset in Stéphane Brizé’s latest by the emotional vitality of the writing, the interplay of comedy with lingering romantic sorrow and the exquisite chemistry between Alba Rohrwacher and Guillaume Canet, playing former lovers who find a bittersweet reprieve from the disillusioned stasis of their lives when their paths cross years after they were involved.
Brizé’s 10th feature marks a shift from his recent trilogy of sociopolitical workplace dramas starring Vincent Lindon — The Measure of a Man, At War, Another World — fueled by indignation over labor issues. It’s closer in tone to the delicate romances he made more than 10 years ago, notably Mademoiselle Chambon.
Brizé’s 10th feature marks a shift from his recent trilogy of sociopolitical workplace dramas starring Vincent Lindon — The Measure of a Man, At War, Another World — fueled by indignation over labor issues. It’s closer in tone to the delicate romances he made more than 10 years ago, notably Mademoiselle Chambon.
- 9/12/2023
- by David Rooney
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Survivor: Winners at War, the show's 40th season, aired during the turbulent spring of 2020. It debuted weeks before the Covid shutdowns began, and when the time came to air the show's traditional live finale in May, everything had to be done over Zoom. Following that, pandemic travel restrictions meant the show wasn't able to film for a year. But it was more than just the pandemic that marked a turning point in the series. Winners at War very much felt like the culmination of 20 years and 40 seasons of Survivor. It was the all-winners season that fans had been clamoring for (and Probst had been resisting) for years. Players like Boston Rob, Sandra, Parvati, Tony, and Sarah were on their third, fourth, even sixth appearances on the show, and the "last hurrah" energy among many of them was palpable.
- 5/31/2023
- by Joe Reid
- Primetimer
In “The Measure of a Man” (2015) and “At War” (2018), director Stéphane Brizé and actor Vincent Lindon dramatized the working-class struggle with a calm reserve that didn’t cool or dilute the films’ rage. In both films, blue-collar workers find their livelihood, their ethics or both compromised by the hard, inhuman priorities of their capitalist overlords, to incrementally soul-scraping effect.
In “Another World,” Brizé and Lindon reunite to complete a trilogy of sorts on the theme, though the perspective in this characteristically measured, intelligent, unexcitable film is reversed: Here, Lindon plays a white-collar manager caught between duty to his corporate superiors and obligations to his employees, rendered increasingly powerless in the impasse. Lest you think “Another World” is a work of bourgeois both-sides-ism, however, rest assured that it reaches the same furious conclusion as it predecessors, albeit via another route: Brizé’s reputation as France’s own answer to Ken Loach remains intact.
In “Another World,” Brizé and Lindon reunite to complete a trilogy of sorts on the theme, though the perspective in this characteristically measured, intelligent, unexcitable film is reversed: Here, Lindon plays a white-collar manager caught between duty to his corporate superiors and obligations to his employees, rendered increasingly powerless in the impasse. Lest you think “Another World” is a work of bourgeois both-sides-ism, however, rest assured that it reaches the same furious conclusion as it predecessors, albeit via another route: Brizé’s reputation as France’s own answer to Ken Loach remains intact.
- 9/14/2021
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
Work eats our lives. For nine, 10 hours a day — often more — we are either at work, traveling to work or catching up on work at home. Yet, for whatever reason, the process and patina of working life is rarely the subject of cinema. Except in the films of Stéphane Brizé, the French director who has made the workplace his stomping ground.
In The Measure Of A Man (2015) Brizé focused on a middle-aged white-collar worker who loses his job and, just as he reaches the end of his tether, gets a job as a security guard where he is expected to spy on his fellow workers. In At War (2018) he told the story of a factory strike. In his latest, Venice Film Festival competition title Another World, he moves upstairs as the film embeds us with middle management. Things are no better up there, of course, there is just the chance...
In The Measure Of A Man (2015) Brizé focused on a middle-aged white-collar worker who loses his job and, just as he reaches the end of his tether, gets a job as a security guard where he is expected to spy on his fellow workers. In At War (2018) he told the story of a factory strike. In his latest, Venice Film Festival competition title Another World, he moves upstairs as the film embeds us with middle management. Things are no better up there, of course, there is just the chance...
- 9/11/2021
- by Stephanie Bunbury
- Deadline Film + TV
2018’s “At War” burned hot with righteous fury as it followed a labor organizer protesting layoffs at his local plant. Fighting a campaign always doomed to fail and falling well short of his opponents’ financial munitions, Vincent Lindon’s working-class tribune found strength in his rage, kindling an inner flame that eventually consumed him whole. With “Another World,” director Stéphane Brizé has devised a companion piece of sorts, once again surrounding Lindon with a cast of (mostly) non-professionals and tracking a similar story from management’s perspective while raising its ire ever so high that the flames burn blue.
Chilly in all the ways that “At War” singed, staid in every way its predecessor frenzied, “Another World” takes another bleak snapshot of a globalized and financialized workforce, offering a character study so fatalistic (and no doubt entirely apt) in its appraisal of the larger system that its narrative plays out...
Chilly in all the ways that “At War” singed, staid in every way its predecessor frenzied, “Another World” takes another bleak snapshot of a globalized and financialized workforce, offering a character study so fatalistic (and no doubt entirely apt) in its appraisal of the larger system that its narrative plays out...
- 9/11/2021
- by Ben Croll
- Indiewire
Director Stéphane Brizé explored the painful and prolonged demise of France’s working class in his films The Measure of a Man (2015) and At War (2018), both of which starred Vincent Lindon as a blue-collar laborer fighting to maintain his job, and hopefully a shred of human dignity, beneath the crushing weight of global capitalism. In those movies, Lindon played, respectively, an unemployed factory worker and union shop steward, his rough-hewn and weary physique perfectly encapsulating the sense of characters caught in unbearable situations, forced into corners with little room to act or breathe.
For their latest collaboration, Another World (Un autre monde), which ...
For their latest collaboration, Another World (Un autre monde), which ...
- 9/10/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Director Stéphane Brizé explored the painful and prolonged demise of France’s working class in his films The Measure of a Man (2015) and At War (2018), both of which starred Vincent Lindon as a blue-collar laborer fighting to maintain his job, and hopefully a shred of human dignity, beneath the crushing weight of global capitalism. In those movies, Lindon played, respectively, an unemployed factory worker and union shop steward, his rough-hewn and weary physique perfectly encapsulating the sense of characters caught in unbearable situations, forced into corners with little room to act or breathe.
For their latest collaboration, Another World (Un autre monde), which ...
For their latest collaboration, Another World (Un autre monde), which ...
- 9/10/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The programme for the 2021 Venice Film Festival has been unveiled, and includes new films from Pedro Almodóvar, Jane Campion, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michelangelo Frammartino, Pablo Larraín, Paul Schrader, Ridley Scott, and more.Parallel MothersCOMPETITIONParallel Mothers (Pedro Almodóvar)Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon (Ana Lily Amirpour)Un Autre Monde (Stephane Brize)The Power of the Dog (Jane Campion)America LatinaL’Evenement (Audrey Diwan)Official CompetitionThe Hole (Michelangelo Frammartino)Sundown (Michel Franco)Lost Illusions (Xavier Giannoli)The Lost Daughter (Maggie Gyllenhaal)Spencer (Pablo Larrain)Freaks Out (Gabriele Mainetti)Qui Rido Io (Mario Martone)On The Job: The Missing 8 (Erik Matti)Leave No Traces (Jan P. Matuszyński)Captain Volkonogov EscapedThe Card Counter (Paul Schrader)The Hand of God (Paolo Sorrentino)Reflection (Valentyn Vasyanovych)The Box (Lorenzo Vigas)Out Of COMPETITIONFeaturesDune (Denis Villeneuve)Il Bambino Nascosto (Roberto Andò)Les Choses Humaines (Yvan Attal)Ariaferma (Leonardo Di Costanzo)Halloween Kills (David Gordon Green...
- 8/3/2021
- MUBI
Natalie Anderson basically won the unofficial title of Queen of the Edge of Extinction on “Survivor: Winners at War.” As the first past champ to be cruelly banished to the EoE after being voted out on Day 2, she managed to fight her way back in by relying on her brains, physical strength and stamina along with a motherlode of fire tokens that she used both for herself and to also change the fates of other players.
With three advantages in her pocket to ease her path to returning to the game, Natalie was able to do so after winning the Season 40 finale’s get-back-in challenge that featured all of her fellow Edge dwellers. She also brought along an immunity idol to the main island that was still valid. She used that during the first Tribal Council to save herself.
Then Natalie found an immunity idol in a tree that protected...
With three advantages in her pocket to ease her path to returning to the game, Natalie was able to do so after winning the Season 40 finale’s get-back-in challenge that featured all of her fellow Edge dwellers. She also brought along an immunity idol to the main island that was still valid. She used that during the first Tribal Council to save herself.
Then Natalie found an immunity idol in a tree that protected...
- 5/16/2020
- by Susan Wloszczyna
- Gold Derby
On Wednesday night, Survivor ended season 40 by declaring the Winners at War winner. This season on Survivor, 20 of the show’s past winners over the last 20 years came back to compete for a grand prize of $2 million. Tony Vlachos joined Sandra Diaz-Twine as the only Survivor contestants to win the show twice. […]
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- 5/14/2020
- by Kate Reynolds
- Uinterview
(Warning: This post contains major spoilers for the Season 40 finale of “Survivor.”)
The 40th season of “Survivor,” a.k.a. “Survivor: Winners at War,” came to a close with a supersized finale on Wednesday that saw one competitor walk away with a $2 million check and become the long-running CBS competition’s newest two-time “Sole Survivor. “
Tony Vlachos was the player with the honor of winning “Winners at War,” having previously been crowned the champion of Season 28, “Survivor: Cagayan.”
“Survivor: Winners at War” featured 20 legendary winners from the first 39 seasons of “Survivor” returning to compete against each other in the 20th anniversary edition of the competition. These winners included Vlachos, Natalie Anderson, Tyson Apostol, Danni Boatwright, Sophie Georgina Clarke, Jeremy Collins, Sandra Diaz-Twine, Ben Driebergen, Michele Fitzgerald, Wendell Holland, Adam Klein, Yul Kwon, Sarah Lacina, Amber Mariano, “Boston” Rob Mariano, Parvati Shallow, Kim Spradlin-Wolfe, Denise Stapley, Nick Wilson and Ethan Zohn.
The 40th season of “Survivor,” a.k.a. “Survivor: Winners at War,” came to a close with a supersized finale on Wednesday that saw one competitor walk away with a $2 million check and become the long-running CBS competition’s newest two-time “Sole Survivor. “
Tony Vlachos was the player with the honor of winning “Winners at War,” having previously been crowned the champion of Season 28, “Survivor: Cagayan.”
“Survivor: Winners at War” featured 20 legendary winners from the first 39 seasons of “Survivor” returning to compete against each other in the 20th anniversary edition of the competition. These winners included Vlachos, Natalie Anderson, Tyson Apostol, Danni Boatwright, Sophie Georgina Clarke, Jeremy Collins, Sandra Diaz-Twine, Ben Driebergen, Michele Fitzgerald, Wendell Holland, Adam Klein, Yul Kwon, Sarah Lacina, Amber Mariano, “Boston” Rob Mariano, Parvati Shallow, Kim Spradlin-Wolfe, Denise Stapley, Nick Wilson and Ethan Zohn.
- 5/14/2020
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Last week after Sophie Clarke‘s shocking blindside, the Top 8 contestants of “Survivor: Winners at War” were determined: Jeremy Collins, Ben Driebergen, Michele Fitzgerald, Sarah Lacina, Kim Spradlin-Wolfe, Denise Stapley, Tony Vlachos and Nick Wilson. With so much infighting and mistrust between the remaining players, there was no telling who might be eliminated this week. So how did everything play out, and whose torch did Jeff Probst snuff at the end of the hour?
SEEJeff Probst: Nude contestants aren’t allowed on ‘Survivor’ anymore because the ‘culture’ has changed
Below, read our minute-by-minute “Survivor: Winners at War” recap of Season 40, Episode 12, titled “Friendly Fire,” to find out what happened Wednesday, April 29 at 8:00 p.m. Et/Pt. Then be sure to sound off in the comments section about your favorite castaways on CBS’s reality TV show, who currently holds immunity idols and fire tokens, and who you think will...
SEEJeff Probst: Nude contestants aren’t allowed on ‘Survivor’ anymore because the ‘culture’ has changed
Below, read our minute-by-minute “Survivor: Winners at War” recap of Season 40, Episode 12, titled “Friendly Fire,” to find out what happened Wednesday, April 29 at 8:00 p.m. Et/Pt. Then be sure to sound off in the comments section about your favorite castaways on CBS’s reality TV show, who currently holds immunity idols and fire tokens, and who you think will...
- 4/29/2020
- by John Benutty and Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
After a momentous episode, Tony Vlachos is now the frontrunner to win “Survivor: Winners at War.” For many weeks, Sophie Clarke had been Gold Derby’s top contender to win Season 40 but Tony just orchestrated a blindside on her in a carefully calibrated 4-3-2 move, sending her out with an idol in her pocket. Can Tony actually go all the way after this move? Gold Derby users seem to think so.
Tony currently has 3/1 odds of emerging victorious from “Survivor: Winners at War,” according to our winner predictions. He is the overwhelming favorite among all predictors, racking up more top votes than the other 18 contestants combined. Michele Fitzgerald is a distant second with 37/10 odds followed by Sarah Lacina in third at 9/2. Nick Wilson, Kim Spradlin and Denise Stapley are the only other players who have more than one top vote.
See ‘Survivor 40’ head-scratcher: Will slippery Tony Vlachos ever receive a vote at tribal council?...
Tony currently has 3/1 odds of emerging victorious from “Survivor: Winners at War,” according to our winner predictions. He is the overwhelming favorite among all predictors, racking up more top votes than the other 18 contestants combined. Michele Fitzgerald is a distant second with 37/10 odds followed by Sarah Lacina in third at 9/2. Nick Wilson, Kim Spradlin and Denise Stapley are the only other players who have more than one top vote.
See ‘Survivor 40’ head-scratcher: Will slippery Tony Vlachos ever receive a vote at tribal council?...
- 4/28/2020
- by Kevin Jacobsen
- Gold Derby
It looks like the Cops-r-Us alliance on “Survivor: Winners at War” is about to be put out to pasture. After Tony Vlachos made the bold move to eliminate Sarah Lacina‘s close ally Sophie Clarke in last week’s episode, we see Sarah’s emotional reaction in CBS’s all-new preview trailer for Season 40, Episode 12 (watch above). “You just sunk my game!” Sarah tells Tony when they get back to camp. She then hisses, “I’m done! Do not talk to me ever again.” Can Tony find a way to reel in his cop buddy, or is the Sophie blindside the last move he’ll make?
See ‘I’m sad’: Sophie Clarke came into ‘Survivor 40’ feeling like a ‘bottom tier winner,’ but fans strongly disagreed
Tony and Sarah first joined together in “Survivor: Cagayan” thanks to their shared backgrounds of being police officers. Even though Tony helped to vote out Sarah at the merge,...
See ‘I’m sad’: Sophie Clarke came into ‘Survivor 40’ feeling like a ‘bottom tier winner,’ but fans strongly disagreed
Tony and Sarah first joined together in “Survivor: Cagayan” thanks to their shared backgrounds of being police officers. Even though Tony helped to vote out Sarah at the merge,...
- 4/27/2020
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Jeff Probst: Nude contestants aren’t allowed on ‘Survivor’ anymore because the ‘culture’ has changed
In past seasons of CBS’s long-running reality TV show “Survivor,” contestants were often seen walking around nude, including most notably Richard Hatch, the winner of Season 1 (“Borneo”) and a controversial figure in Season 8 (“All-Stars”). However, Jeff Probst noted at a recent event that since the “culture” has changed, “Today it wouldn’t get past our producers for half of a second.”
As the four-time Emmy-winning host explained, “It speaks to the fact that ‘Survivor’ is always of the moment because it’s fresh. Not withstanding returning players, you typically have new people playing and whatever is happening in the culture is what’s happening.” In other words, “Survivor” has evolved, so if you want to see pixelated bodies go watch “Naked and Afraid.”
See ‘I’m sad’: Sophie Clarke came into ‘Survivor 40’ feeling like a ‘bottom tier winner,’ but fans strongly disagreed
Speaking of Hatch, Probst added, “No...
As the four-time Emmy-winning host explained, “It speaks to the fact that ‘Survivor’ is always of the moment because it’s fresh. Not withstanding returning players, you typically have new people playing and whatever is happening in the culture is what’s happening.” In other words, “Survivor” has evolved, so if you want to see pixelated bodies go watch “Naked and Afraid.”
See ‘I’m sad’: Sophie Clarke came into ‘Survivor 40’ feeling like a ‘bottom tier winner,’ but fans strongly disagreed
Speaking of Hatch, Probst added, “No...
- 4/27/2020
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
After 11 episodes of “Survivor: Winners at War” only eight former champions remain in the main game while 11 others inhabit the Edge of Extinction awaiting their last chance to leave the jury and re-enter the competition. Last week, “Cagayan” winner Tony Vlachos dominated the game from all angles, putting him in a power position as the game nears its close, but placing an even bigger target on his back as he remains only one of two players in the game without a vote cast against them.
In the coming weeks Tony’s biggest job will be keeping the eyes off of him and on other players, but that may prove difficult now that he’s betrayed the trust of his closest ally, Sarah Lacina. Tony successfully maneuvered a vote to narrowly oust Sarah’s righthand woman, Sophie Clarke, without telling her. The move promises to fracture the cop alliance, possibly pushing...
In the coming weeks Tony’s biggest job will be keeping the eyes off of him and on other players, but that may prove difficult now that he’s betrayed the trust of his closest ally, Sarah Lacina. Tony successfully maneuvered a vote to narrowly oust Sarah’s righthand woman, Sophie Clarke, without telling her. The move promises to fracture the cop alliance, possibly pushing...
- 4/27/2020
- by John Benutty
- Gold Derby
Last week on “Survivor: Winners at War,” the final 10 castaways seemingly divided into two groups of five, with Tony Vlachos, Sarah Lacina, Sophie Clarke, Ben Driebergen and Nick Wilson on one side and Jeremy Collins, Kim Spradlin-Wolfe, Michele Fitzgerald, Denise Stapley and Tyson Apostol on the other. Jeremy peaced out at tribal council thanks to his “safety without power” advantage, leaving his group at a numbers disadvantage they simply couldn’t overcome. In the end, Tyson was sent to the Edge of Extinction (again). Did Jeremy and Kim’s group rebound this week, or did Tony and Sarah’s group continue their dominance?
SEE4 reasons why Tony Vlachos deserves to win ‘Survivor: Winners at War’
Below, read our minute-by-minute “Survivor: Winners at War” recap of Season 40, Episode 11, titled “This is Extortion,” to find out what happened Wednesday, April 22 at 8:00 p.m. Et/Pt. Then be sure to sound off...
SEE4 reasons why Tony Vlachos deserves to win ‘Survivor: Winners at War’
Below, read our minute-by-minute “Survivor: Winners at War” recap of Season 40, Episode 11, titled “This is Extortion,” to find out what happened Wednesday, April 22 at 8:00 p.m. Et/Pt. Then be sure to sound off...
- 4/22/2020
- by John Benutty and Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
The most recent “Survivor” winner on the Season 40 cast will likely get voted out next, predict our users. Nick Wilson, who won Season 37 (“David vs. Goliath”), now finds himself on the bottom among the final 10 castaways, getting votes at the last Tribal Council and having very few allies left in the game. Nick came into “Survivor: Winners at War” as one of the least threatening former champions — not exactly a dominant competitor despite playing a strong social game. But now, as the majority alliance continues to pick off those types of non-threats in the post-merge, Nick’s time may be running out.
Nick currently has 3/2 odds of being the next boot of “Survivor: Winners at War,” according to Gold Derby user odds. However, if it’s not Nick that goes home in Wednesday’s loved ones episode, prognosticators are expecting it to be Tyson Apostol, who returned to the active...
Nick currently has 3/2 odds of being the next boot of “Survivor: Winners at War,” according to Gold Derby user odds. However, if it’s not Nick that goes home in Wednesday’s loved ones episode, prognosticators are expecting it to be Tyson Apostol, who returned to the active...
- 4/15/2020
- by Kevin Jacobsen
- Gold Derby
The managing director of the French group will begin her solo career in international production in a few months. After 13 years at mk2 Films, first as head of international sales, then as managing director since 2015, Juliette Schrameck today leaves the French group presided by Nathanaël Karmitz, and has announced her plan of launching a solo career in international production in a few months, with projects similar to the ones she developed and accompanied during her years at mk2. For the record, mk2 Films was selling five films from the Cannes 2018 competition, including two co-productions — Pawel Pawlikowski’s Cold War and Jia Zhang-ke’s Ash Is Purest White — as well as Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Asako I & II, Stéphane Brizé’s At War, and Christophe Honoré’s Sorry Angel. On this occasion, Cineuropa had met up with Juliette Schrameck (read the interview). Last year, four feature films on the mk2 Films.
“I’m captive right now, but I’m plotting a way to escape this wretched prison that they call the Edge of Extinction,” declared Wendell Holland just moments after his elimination from “Survivor: Winners at War.” This former winner of “Survivor: Ghost Island” was voted out of the newly merged Koru tribe by a 9-3 vote over Adam Klein. “Once I get out of here I’m gonna do what I need to do,” Wendell promised in his end-of-show exit interview. “The war is not over.”
Everybody except for Michele Fitzgerald (Wendell’s former girlfriend) and Nick Wilson (Wendell’s second in command) voted to send him packing. The other nine castaways saw Wendell as a strategic threat, particularly when it came to his close bond with Jeremy Collins … who nonetheless wrote Wendell’s name down when he didn’t get his way to oust Nick.
See‘Survivor 40’: Rob Mariano...
Everybody except for Michele Fitzgerald (Wendell’s former girlfriend) and Nick Wilson (Wendell’s second in command) voted to send him packing. The other nine castaways saw Wendell as a strategic threat, particularly when it came to his close bond with Jeremy Collins … who nonetheless wrote Wendell’s name down when he didn’t get his way to oust Nick.
See‘Survivor 40’: Rob Mariano...
- 4/2/2020
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Adam Klein continues to be the no. 1 most predicted boot on “Survivor: Winners at War.” The 28-year-old “Millennials vs. Gen X” champion has had a difficult road to the merge, ticking off allies and having plans backfire in his face. But the fact remains that he did make the merge, even as Gold Derby prognosticators have been expecting him to be voted out for the past two weeks. Will the third time be the charm for our predictors?
SEEUnaired ‘Survivor’ pizza challenge is the perfect example for why we need longer episodes, and 95% of viewers agree
Adam has 23/20 odds of being the merge boot of “Survivor: Winners at War,” according to Gold Derby users. While merge episodes are often messy, with many different configurations of alliances, we sometimes see a consensus form if all sides agree that one person going out would benefit everybody longterm.
It’s easy to see that person being Adam,...
SEEUnaired ‘Survivor’ pizza challenge is the perfect example for why we need longer episodes, and 95% of viewers agree
Adam has 23/20 odds of being the merge boot of “Survivor: Winners at War,” according to Gold Derby users. While merge episodes are often messy, with many different configurations of alliances, we sometimes see a consensus form if all sides agree that one person going out would benefit everybody longterm.
It’s easy to see that person being Adam,...
- 4/1/2020
- by Kevin Jacobsen
- Gold Derby
“Survivor: Winners at War” sees 20 winners return to duke it out. It’s the greatest crop of contenders the game has ever seen. In my weekly “Battlelines” recap I will diagnose the casualty and declare who I think won the episode’s battle and who is best positioned to win the war. Please feel free to give me your thoughts in the comments below.
Casualties
Old school Yul overplays his way to extinction
In last week’s blog I wrote that Yul Kwon was in one of the best positions to win. I also believed he was one of the safest people in the game. Yul voted out has made me quite the fool. What went wrong? Perhaps it was a mistake to not just simply target Michele Fitzgerald and keep the old Dakal tribe numbers for the merge. But you never know if old tribes reform. Wendell Holland had...
Casualties
Old school Yul overplays his way to extinction
In last week’s blog I wrote that Yul Kwon was in one of the best positions to win. I also believed he was one of the safest people in the game. Yul voted out has made me quite the fool. What went wrong? Perhaps it was a mistake to not just simply target Michele Fitzgerald and keep the old Dakal tribe numbers for the merge. But you never know if old tribes reform. Wendell Holland had...
- 3/31/2020
- by Matt Noble
- Gold Derby
Adam Klein is likely to be the first champion from a recent season to be voted out of “Survivor: Winners at War,” according to Gold Derby odds. Season 40 has already been an old school slaughter as we’ve seen legend after legend like Rob Mariano, Parvati Shallow and Sandra Diaz-Twine voted out one after another, while no winner from Season 30 or later has gotten their torch snuffed. Predictors here at Gold Derby think we will finally see a new school winner voted out on Wednesday night’s episode.
See ‘Survivor 40’ advantages: Who currently has immunity idols, fire tokens in ‘Winners at War’?
Adam currently has a 13/5 chance of going home next, according to our odds. An overwhelming majority are picking him as the next “Survivor” boot after the “Millennials vs. Gen X” victor made a series of blunders in the pre-merge. In the most recent episode, Adam found himself socially...
See ‘Survivor 40’ advantages: Who currently has immunity idols, fire tokens in ‘Winners at War’?
Adam currently has a 13/5 chance of going home next, according to our odds. An overwhelming majority are picking him as the next “Survivor” boot after the “Millennials vs. Gen X” victor made a series of blunders in the pre-merge. In the most recent episode, Adam found himself socially...
- 3/24/2020
- by Kevin Jacobsen
- Gold Derby
It’s no surprise that when the social experiment of “Survivor” began in 2000 that it would produce some of reality TV’s sexiest flings ever. When Colleen and Greg began flirting on season 1 it was a bit of a surprise to viewers, but now the terms “showmance” and “power couple” are as common as “immunity challenge” and “tribal council.” Over the course of 40 seasons in 20 years, contestants have put aside bad breath, limbs scarred from bug bites and their saggy, dirty swimsuits in order to find each other attractive enough to, yes, fall in love. In our photo gallery above, we detail 10 of the most iconic showmances in “Survivor” history.
SEEParvati Shallow, Natalie Anderson tied at 4 fire tokens apiece after Boston Rob’s early ‘Survivor’ exit
By far the most noteworthy showmance is the one we saw begin during season 8 “All Stars” and we continue to see play out to...
SEEParvati Shallow, Natalie Anderson tied at 4 fire tokens apiece after Boston Rob’s early ‘Survivor’ exit
By far the most noteworthy showmance is the one we saw begin during season 8 “All Stars” and we continue to see play out to...
- 3/24/2020
- by John Benutty
- Gold Derby
In quite possibly the most entertaining “Survivor” deleted scene of all time, Ethan Zohn realizes he’s “not the greatest liar in the world” so he goes to Parvati Shallow for advice. “Parvati and I needed to role play a little bit,” Ethan admits in the hours leading up to Danni Boatwright‘s elimination from “Winners at War.” When he pretends to be nervous about lying to Danni, Parvati slaps his face and scolds, “Bad Ethan!” (watch above). Seriously CBS, why was this scene not in the episode?!
SEEJeff Probst (‘Survivor 40’): Rob Mariano pulled ‘mob-type mafia boss move’ by telling everybody to empty their bags [Watch]
Ethan later explains in a private confessional, “If [Danni] comes to me and says, ‘Who are you voting for,’ I don’t want to be taken aback with shifty eyes and not know what to say. So I wanted to just walk through the motions...
SEEJeff Probst (‘Survivor 40’): Rob Mariano pulled ‘mob-type mafia boss move’ by telling everybody to empty their bags [Watch]
Ethan later explains in a private confessional, “If [Danni] comes to me and says, ‘Who are you voting for,’ I don’t want to be taken aback with shifty eyes and not know what to say. So I wanted to just walk through the motions...
- 2/24/2020
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
It was established in the very first season of “Survivor” in 2000 that playing the game as a winking devil was a viable way to win. Richard Hatch made an alliance and voted out everyone not in that alliance, which was considered taboo at a time when viewers and Richard’s fellow castaways were still trying to figure out the true nature of the show. He also employed a cocky attitude, which naturally led to other villainous winners playing the game with swagger. That was certainly true of Brian Heidik in “Survivor: Thailand” and Todd Herzog in “Survivor: China,” who played their respective castmates like a fiddle. Tour our “Survivor” gallery above featuring nine of the most diabolical winners in the show’s history.
See‘Survivor 40’ advantages: Tracking who has immunity idols, fire tokens in ‘Winners at War’
Several of the most crafty villains to ever play “Survivor” are doing battle...
See‘Survivor 40’ advantages: Tracking who has immunity idols, fire tokens in ‘Winners at War’
Several of the most crafty villains to ever play “Survivor” are doing battle...
- 2/23/2020
- by Kevin Jacobsen
- Gold Derby
“This is gonna be a very heartbreaking season,” laments Kevin Jacobsen, contributing writer at Gold Derby, in a new video discussion about the “Survivor: Winners at War” premiere with senior editors Marcus James Dixon and Susan Wloszczyna. As he explains, there are so many fan favorites in this cast of champions that it’s already sad to see players like Natalie Anderson and Amber Mariano get sent out of the game. Dixon argues that the Edge of Extinction twist is good for this very reason, noting that if his favorite, Sandra Diaz-Twine, goes out next, “I’m not gonna be as sad because I can still see her on my screen each week.” Watch Dixon, Wloszczyna and Jacobsen break down the “Survivor” Season 40 premiere, who they’re rooting for and who they think will be voted out next in the video chat above.
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See‘Survivor 40’ advantages: Tracking who has immunity idols,...
- 2/14/2020
- by Kevin Jacobsen, Marcus James Dixon and Susan Wloszczyna
- Gold Derby
“Survivor” superfans are currently hyped for the upcoming all-winners season, but it’s not always the case that the most popular contestant of the season is the one who wins. In fact, the audience tends to fall in love with those who just come up short of the $1 million prize, often more so than the champion. Players like Rupert Boneham, Cirie Fields and Joe Anglim will probably never win “Survivor,” no matter how many times they come back and try. Their likability is a double-edged sword — they’re genial enough to be safe through several Tribal Councils but once it gets toward the end, they’re too big of a jury threat to win. As we prepare for “Survivor: Winners at War,” here’s the ranking of our 16 favorite lovable losers we hoped would make it onto an all-winner season someday.
See‘Survivor: Winners at War’ predictions video: Who will win?...
See‘Survivor: Winners at War’ predictions video: Who will win?...
- 2/12/2020
- by Kevin Jacobsen
- Gold Derby
There is plenty of rooting factor going into “Survivor: Winners at War,” in which 20 former champions will face off to determine who is the ultimate “Survivor” winner of them all. The cast includes champs who earned their victory with decency and others who lied, cheated and stole their way to the top. Ethan Zohn, who won all the way back in Season 3, “Africa,” was one of those affable winners who didn’t hurt people’s feelings too much. On the flip side, Season 28 (“Cagayan”) winner Tony Vlachos played a ruthless game, backstabbing friends left and right to claw his way to the end. No matter the strategy, every cast member on “Winners at War” proved successful at the game of “Survivor” and all of them have their fans. So which male “Survivor” winner are you rooting for to take home a second victory in “Winners at War”? Vote in our poll below.
- 2/12/2020
- by Kevin Jacobsen
- Gold Derby
“Survivor” superfans are currently hyped for the upcoming all-winners season, but it’s not always the case that the most popular contestant is the one who wins. In fact, the audience tends to fall in love with those who just come up short of the $1 million prize, often more so than the champion. Players like Rupert Boneham, Cirie Fields and Joe Anglim will probably never win “Survivor,” no matter how many times they come back and try. Their likability is a double-edged sword — they’re genial enough to be safe through several Tribal Councils but once it gets toward the end, they’re too big of a jury threat to win. As we prepare for “Survivor: Winners at War,” here’s the ranking of our 16 favorite lovable losers we hoped would make it onto an all-winner season someday.
- 2/8/2020
- by Kevin Jacobsen and Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
To whet the appetites of “Survivor” fans who are eagerly awaiting the start of “Winners at War” that pits 20 former champs of the show — 10 women and 10 men — against one another, CBS aired a retrospective in honor of the long-running reality show’s 40th season and 20th anniversary on Wednesday.
Basically, the show was both a highlight reel, a greatest hits showcase and a history lesson of how the show has evolved through the years. The special also served as a reminder of how some of these returning winners — who will be front and center when the premiere airs a two-hour episode on Feb. 12 at 8 p.m. Et/Pt — added their own twists and innovations to the game. While the first Sole Survivor, Richard Hatch, was not invited back, he is seen during the special with Sue Hawk, Kelly Wiglesworth and Rudy Boesch as they form the first ever voting alliance.
Basically, the show was both a highlight reel, a greatest hits showcase and a history lesson of how the show has evolved through the years. The special also served as a reminder of how some of these returning winners — who will be front and center when the premiere airs a two-hour episode on Feb. 12 at 8 p.m. Et/Pt — added their own twists and innovations to the game. While the first Sole Survivor, Richard Hatch, was not invited back, he is seen during the special with Sue Hawk, Kelly Wiglesworth and Rudy Boesch as they form the first ever voting alliance.
- 2/6/2020
- by Susan Wloszczyna
- Gold Derby
When “Survivor: Winners at War” premieres Wednesday, February 12 on CBS, the 20 returning champs will be divided into two tribes: red Dakal (see above) and blue Sele (see below). How the tribe designations might affect the game remains to be seen, but there are several things to note about who ended up on what beach. For starters, married couple Rob Mariano and Amber Mariano have been understandably split up — he’s on Sele, she’s on Dakal. Of course, that still may not matter when it comes to their fellow players seeing the pair as the ultimate threat.
See‘Survivor: Winners at War’ predictions video: Who will win? Who’ll be voted out first? [Watch]
Other tidbits to note about the Season 40 tribe designations:
Remember the epic feud between Sandra Diaz-Twine and Tony Vlachos in “Game Changers”? Well, we’re about to see round two as both champions are on the Dakal tribe.
See‘Survivor: Winners at War’ predictions video: Who will win? Who’ll be voted out first? [Watch]
Other tidbits to note about the Season 40 tribe designations:
Remember the epic feud between Sandra Diaz-Twine and Tony Vlachos in “Game Changers”? Well, we’re about to see round two as both champions are on the Dakal tribe.
- 2/4/2020
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Pedro Almodóvar calls for “protection” of independent cinema in Spain.
Pedro Almodóvar’s Pain & Glory was the big winner at the Spanish Film Academy Awards in Málaga on Saturday night (25) with seven Goyas including best film, best director and best actor for Antonio Banderas.
With 17 and 16 nominations respectively, Alejandro Amenábar’s While At War and Almodóvar’s Pain & Glory started the night as the two favourites and the race looked close until almost the end, when Antonio Banderas went onstage to collect the Goya for best actor.
A moved Banderas – who had already seen his work recognised with...
Pedro Almodóvar’s Pain & Glory was the big winner at the Spanish Film Academy Awards in Málaga on Saturday night (25) with seven Goyas including best film, best director and best actor for Antonio Banderas.
With 17 and 16 nominations respectively, Alejandro Amenábar’s While At War and Almodóvar’s Pain & Glory started the night as the two favourites and the race looked close until almost the end, when Antonio Banderas went onstage to collect the Goya for best actor.
A moved Banderas – who had already seen his work recognised with...
- 1/26/2020
- by 1100969¦Elisabet Cabeza¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Pedro Almodóvar calls for “protection” of independent cinema in Spain.
Pedro Almodóvar’s Pain & Glory was the big winner at the Spanish Film Academy Awards in Málaga on Saturday night (25) with seven Goyas including best film, best director and best actor for Antonio Banderas.
With 17 and 16 nominations respectively, Alejandro Amenábar’s While At War and Almodóvar’s Pain & Glory started the night as the two favourites and the race looked close until almost the end, when Antonio Banderas went onstage to collect the Goya for best actor.
A moved Banderas – who had already seen his work recognised with...
Pedro Almodóvar’s Pain & Glory was the big winner at the Spanish Film Academy Awards in Málaga on Saturday night (25) with seven Goyas including best film, best director and best actor for Antonio Banderas.
With 17 and 16 nominations respectively, Alejandro Amenábar’s While At War and Almodóvar’s Pain & Glory started the night as the two favourites and the race looked close until almost the end, when Antonio Banderas went onstage to collect the Goya for best actor.
A moved Banderas – who had already seen his work recognised with...
- 1/26/2020
- by 1100969¦Elisabet Cabeza¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
On “Survivor” Season 40 there may be 20 “Winners at War” with one another, but each of them comes to the island with their own identity, hurdles and legacy to fight against. For players like Sandra Diaz-Twine and Rob Mariano this will be their status as Survivor Idols, playing for their fourth and fifth times, respectively. For Kim Spradlin and Danni Boatwright, they’ll be returning to the show for the first time since their first outing compared to Ethan Zohn and Amber Brkich Mariano who haven’t played since Season 8 in 2004, over 15 years ago.
Scroll through our photo gallery above to see our complete rankings, worst to best, for the Season 40 castaways. Do you agree or disagree with all of our choices? In our recent polls fans wanted Rob or Yul Kwon to win for the men and Parvati Shallow or Sandra to win for the women.
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Scroll through our photo gallery above to see our complete rankings, worst to best, for the Season 40 castaways. Do you agree or disagree with all of our choices? In our recent polls fans wanted Rob or Yul Kwon to win for the men and Parvati Shallow or Sandra to win for the women.
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- 1/15/2020
- by John Benutty and Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
“Survivor” fans are buzzing with excitement over the reality TV show’s landmark 40th season, “Winners at War.” For years, superfans have been clamoring for a season with all winners competing against each other to determine the ultimate champion. The Fiji-set installment will see the return of old school favorites like Ethan Zohn and Amber Brkich, newer champs like Wendell Holland and Sarah Lacina and enduring icons like Rob Mariano, Sandra Diaz-Twine and Parvati Shallow. But with 39 seasons of winners and only 20 slots to fill, there are some glaring omissions we won’t see on the island this year. Scroll through our photo gallery above to see the 18 “Survivor” winners who aren’t returning in Season 40.
SEERob Mariano and Yul Kwon top fans’ list of who should win ‘Survivor: Winners at War’ for the men [Poll Results]
While each era of “Survivor” is represented in the “Winners at War” cast, it is...
SEERob Mariano and Yul Kwon top fans’ list of who should win ‘Survivor: Winners at War’ for the men [Poll Results]
While each era of “Survivor” is represented in the “Winners at War” cast, it is...
- 1/15/2020
- by Kevin Jacobsen and Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
The filmmaker is reuniting with Vincent Lindon and Sandrine Kiberlain who will lead the cast of this Nord-Ouest production, set to be sold by Wild Bunch. The first clapperboard slammed today on Stéphane Brizé’s 9th feature film: Pour le meilleur et pour le pire. For the 5th time, the filmmaker has turned to his favourite actor Vincent Lindon who is recreating, in league with Sandrine Kiberlain (crowned Best Actress at the 2014 Césars for 9 Month Stretch, nominated another five times in 1998, 1999, 2010, 2015 and 2019 for In Safe Hands; and whom we’ll be seeing in French cinemas...
In our recent poll that asked which returning Male champion our readers most want to win “Survivor: Winners at War,” two men essentially tied for the top position: Rob Mariano at 27% and Yul Kwon at 25%. These former winners couldn’t be more different from each other, as Boston Rob is a “Survivor” legend who’s played a whopping four times (and mentored once), while Yul competed just one time 27 seasons ago. Rounding out the top four, Ethan Zohn came in with 16% while Tony Vlachos received 10% support. Do you agree or disagree with these Season 40 poll results? Sound off down in the comments section.
See‘Survivor: Winners at War’ cast photos: Meet the 20 returning champions for Season 40
Rob previously competed in four seasons — “Marquesas,” “All Stars,” “Heroes vs. Villains” and “Redemption Island” — finally taking home the $1 million check on his fourth try. He’s a true student of the game, even...
See‘Survivor: Winners at War’ cast photos: Meet the 20 returning champions for Season 40
Rob previously competed in four seasons — “Marquesas,” “All Stars,” “Heroes vs. Villains” and “Redemption Island” — finally taking home the $1 million check on his fourth try. He’s a true student of the game, even...
- 1/9/2020
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Paris-based sales powerhouse to launch new titles by Maïwenn, Stephane Brizé, Louis Garrel and Bruno Podalydès.
Wild Bunch is to launch sales on new films by Maïwenn, Stéphane Brizé, Louis Garrel and Bruno Podalydès at Unifrance’s Rendez-vous with French Cinema in Paris next week (January 16-20).
Drawing on her own complex history, Maïwenn’s fifth feature DNA revolves around a woman with close ties to a beloved Algerian grandfather who protected her from a toxic home life as a child. When he dies, it triggers a deep identity crisis as tensions between her extended family members escalate revealing new depths of resentment and bitterness.
Wild Bunch is to launch sales on new films by Maïwenn, Stéphane Brizé, Louis Garrel and Bruno Podalydès at Unifrance’s Rendez-vous with French Cinema in Paris next week (January 16-20).
Drawing on her own complex history, Maïwenn’s fifth feature DNA revolves around a woman with close ties to a beloved Algerian grandfather who protected her from a toxic home life as a child. When he dies, it triggers a deep identity crisis as tensions between her extended family members escalate revealing new depths of resentment and bitterness.
- 1/9/2020
- by 1100388¦Melanie Goodfellow¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Sandra Diaz-Twine may be the queen of “Survivor,” but fans have their fingers crossed that the reality TV show’s princess ends up winning Season 40 instead. In our recent poll that asked which returning Female champion our readers most want to win “Survivor: Winners at War,” Parvati Shallow came in with leading 36% support. Sandra placed second with 20%, followed by a trio of women who tied at 10% apiece: Natalie Anderson, Amber Brkich Mariano and Kim Spradlin. Do you agree or disagree with these poll results? Sound off down in the comments section.
See‘Survivor: Winners at War’ cast photos: Meet the 20 returning champions for Season 40
Parvati joined the “Survivor” winners list thanks to “Micronesia” (Season 16), a “Fans vs. Favorites” edition that welcomed back 10 former players to compete against 10 superfans. In the final tribal council, Parvati beat out fellow returnee Amanda Kimmel by a narrow 5-3 vote thanks in part to her flirtatious social game.
See‘Survivor: Winners at War’ cast photos: Meet the 20 returning champions for Season 40
Parvati joined the “Survivor” winners list thanks to “Micronesia” (Season 16), a “Fans vs. Favorites” edition that welcomed back 10 former players to compete against 10 superfans. In the final tribal council, Parvati beat out fellow returnee Amanda Kimmel by a narrow 5-3 vote thanks in part to her flirtatious social game.
- 1/8/2020
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Other nominees include ‘Intemperie’, ’The Endless Trench’ and ’Fire Will Come’.
Alejandro Amenábar’s While At War leads the nominations for Spain’s 34th Goya Academy Awards but will face-off against Pedro Almodóvar’s Pain And Glory at the ceremony on January 25 in Malaga.
Scroll down for full list of nominations
Amenábar’s Spanish Civil War drama has secured 17 nominations while Almodóvar’s semi-autobiographical film has 16 nods.
While At War has proved a box office hit following its debut at Toronto, ranking as Spain’s third highest-grossing domestic film of 2019 and taking more than $11.3m to date.
Pain and Glory...
Alejandro Amenábar’s While At War leads the nominations for Spain’s 34th Goya Academy Awards but will face-off against Pedro Almodóvar’s Pain And Glory at the ceremony on January 25 in Malaga.
Scroll down for full list of nominations
Amenábar’s Spanish Civil War drama has secured 17 nominations while Almodóvar’s semi-autobiographical film has 16 nods.
While At War has proved a box office hit following its debut at Toronto, ranking as Spain’s third highest-grossing domestic film of 2019 and taking more than $11.3m to date.
Pain and Glory...
- 12/2/2019
- by 1101324¦Elisabet Cabeza¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Julia Ducournau’s project is one of the films selected in 2019, along with projects from Marion Desseigne Ravel, Yassine Qnia and Andrés Ramírez Pulido. The Gan Foundation for Cinema, which has supported first and second feature films for over 30 years, has unveiled the list of the projects selected in 2019 to receive funding. Standing out among them is the second feature from Julia Ducournau, who made her mark at the 2016 Critics’ Week with Raw. Filming is set for May 2020 with Vincent Lindon (appreciated recently in At War and The Apparition; on screens next year in Mon cousin) and Agathe Rousselle (in her first big screen appearance) in the leading roles. Written by the director, the script opens in an airport where customs officials pick up a young man with a bruised face. He claims his name to be Adrien Legrand, a child who disappeared ten years ago....
- 11/26/2019
- Cineuropa - The Best of European Cinema
Cinema Libre Studio has acquired Chinese drama “Enter the Forbidden City” and will release it in the U.S. in early 2020.
Directed by female filmmaker Hu Mei and written by Zou Jingzhi, the historical epic won the Chinese American Film Festival’s top prizes for best director and best feature film Tuesday night at an awards ceremony in Los Angeles. Hu is one of China’s so-called Fifth Generation directors.
It will have its U.S. premiere at the festival later this month, with screenings on Nov. 17, 20 and 21. Set in the Qing dynasty 230 years ago, the film brings to life the historical origins of Peking opera through the tale of two young opera singers who risk their lives to perform for the emperor at a special celebration for his 80th birthday.
Made with a budget of about $14.3 million (RMB100 million), it was distributed in China by state-owned Huaxia but made...
Directed by female filmmaker Hu Mei and written by Zou Jingzhi, the historical epic won the Chinese American Film Festival’s top prizes for best director and best feature film Tuesday night at an awards ceremony in Los Angeles. Hu is one of China’s so-called Fifth Generation directors.
It will have its U.S. premiere at the festival later this month, with screenings on Nov. 17, 20 and 21. Set in the Qing dynasty 230 years ago, the film brings to life the historical origins of Peking opera through the tale of two young opera singers who risk their lives to perform for the emperor at a special celebration for his 80th birthday.
Made with a budget of about $14.3 million (RMB100 million), it was distributed in China by state-owned Huaxia but made...
- 11/7/2019
- by Rebecca Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Those who liked last year’s Cannes competition film At War, where Vincent Lindon played a union leader shepherding a long and increasingly desperate strike against factory management, should definitely check out Lech Kowalski’s fly-on-the-wall documentary Blow It to Bits (On va tout peter), which is a searing real-life version of the same story.
Chronicling the tireless, and often fruitless, efforts of French auto workers fighting to hold on to their jobs before their company is either liquidated or severely scaled down, the film offers up a powerful glimpse of protest from the inside, revealing the debilitating effects of a long-term ...
Chronicling the tireless, and often fruitless, efforts of French auto workers fighting to hold on to their jobs before their company is either liquidated or severely scaled down, the film offers up a powerful glimpse of protest from the inside, revealing the debilitating effects of a long-term ...
- 5/16/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Those who liked last year’s Cannes competition film At War, where Vincent Lindon played a union leader shepherding a long and increasingly desperate strike against factory management, should definitely check out Lech Kowalski’s fly-on-the-wall documentary Blow It to Bits (On va tout peter), which is a searing real-life version of the same story.
Chronicling the tireless, and often fruitless, efforts of French auto workers fighting to hold on to their jobs before their company is either liquidated or severely scaled down, the film offers up a powerful glimpse of protest from the inside, revealing the debilitating effects of a long-term ...
Chronicling the tireless, and often fruitless, efforts of French auto workers fighting to hold on to their jobs before their company is either liquidated or severely scaled down, the film offers up a powerful glimpse of protest from the inside, revealing the debilitating effects of a long-term ...
- 5/16/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Chicago – The Chicago International Film Festival is competitive, and the 54th edition presented its awards on October 19th, 2018, at the AMC River East Theatre in Chicago. The winner of the Gold Hugo as Best Film was “Happy as Lazzaro” (Italy/Switzerland/Germany/France), directed by Alice Rohrwacher.
The 54th Chicago International Film Festival Awards Night was October 19th, 2018
Photo credit: Chicago International Film Festival
The awards event was hosted by entertainment reporter Bill Zwecker. Presenters included Artistic Director Mimi Plauché, programmers Anthony Kaufman and Sam Flancher, plus various jury members. Festival CEO Michael Kutza presented his “Founder’s Award.” The Festival’s highest honor is the Gold Hugo, named for the mythical God of Discovery.
International Feature Film Competition
’Happy as Lazzaro,’ Directed by Alice Rohrwacher
Photo credit: Chicago International Film Festival
The Gold Hugo for Best Film: “Happy as Lazzaro,” (Italy/Switzerland/Germany/France) Directed by Alice Rohrwacher
The...
The 54th Chicago International Film Festival Awards Night was October 19th, 2018
Photo credit: Chicago International Film Festival
The awards event was hosted by entertainment reporter Bill Zwecker. Presenters included Artistic Director Mimi Plauché, programmers Anthony Kaufman and Sam Flancher, plus various jury members. Festival CEO Michael Kutza presented his “Founder’s Award.” The Festival’s highest honor is the Gold Hugo, named for the mythical God of Discovery.
International Feature Film Competition
’Happy as Lazzaro,’ Directed by Alice Rohrwacher
Photo credit: Chicago International Film Festival
The Gold Hugo for Best Film: “Happy as Lazzaro,” (Italy/Switzerland/Germany/France) Directed by Alice Rohrwacher
The...
- 10/20/2018
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
An architect of Chicago footwork in the late Nineties, Rp Boo helped create the first wave of that juddering style of dance music with his noir, menacing, skeletal sound. At once harsh and murky, his breakout song “114799” made a slap-chop soufflé of the Godzilla soundtrack, and eventually he would create similar stomp-and-skitter with The Empire Strikes Back, Live and Let Die and Shogun Assassin. His third full-length doesn’t have anything as immediate as 2016’s euphoric Lenny Kravitz-sample fricassee “Electric Energy” but instead goes deeper and moodier, a singular statement of dank throb.
- 7/11/2018
- by Christopher R. Weingarten
- Rollingstone.com
In a year that has offered a number of strong female performances and ensemble casts, this year’s Cannes Film Festival might have finally found a powerhouse best actor-award frontrunner in “At War” lead Vincent Lindon.
The only hitch? Lindon’s main competitor could be the memory of another performance of his.
The French star won the festival’s Best Actor prize for 2015’s similar “The Measure of a Man,” a semi-improvised social drama that teamed him with director Stéphane Brizé and troupe of non-professional thespians playing version of themselves in order to explore questions of class and economic displacement.
“At War” does the more or less the same thing — and like that previous entry, it achieves the same powerful, if somewhat self-limiting, results.
Also Read: Cannes Report, Day 8: Andrew Garfield's New Movie Divides, But Critics Unanimous About John Travolta's 'Gotti'
Lindon plays Laurent, a...
The only hitch? Lindon’s main competitor could be the memory of another performance of his.
The French star won the festival’s Best Actor prize for 2015’s similar “The Measure of a Man,” a semi-improvised social drama that teamed him with director Stéphane Brizé and troupe of non-professional thespians playing version of themselves in order to explore questions of class and economic displacement.
“At War” does the more or less the same thing — and like that previous entry, it achieves the same powerful, if somewhat self-limiting, results.
Also Read: Cannes Report, Day 8: Andrew Garfield's New Movie Divides, But Critics Unanimous About John Travolta's 'Gotti'
Lindon plays Laurent, a...
- 5/16/2018
- by Ben Croll
- The Wrap
Now on eighth feature, in a year of few French filmmakers we are expecting another great performance from Stéphane Brizé’s muse in Vincent Lindon who grabbed the Best Actor award for La loi du marché (The Measure of a Man). His Le bleu des villes landed in the Directors’ Fortnight in 1999 and after gigs such as Not Here to Be Loved (2005), Entre adultes (2006), Mademoiselle Chambon (2009) and A Few Hours of Spring (2011), he returns to the comp once agin with At War (Un Autre Monde) – an tale of unemployment and personal, financial sacrifice. Brize was…...
- 5/16/2018
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
The best movies reveal their intentions with time; others feel the need to shout them up front. Stephane Brize’s middling social justice drama “At War” falls into the latter camp. The talky movie finds Laurent Amedeo (Brize regular Vincent Lindon) leading a protest from factory workers after the company decides to close the site, but a Bertolt Brecht quote makes the story arc clear before a single frame: “He who fights, can lose. He who doesn’t fight, has already lost.” While the sincerity of that sentiment may register, it’s an awfully obvious framing device and the movie follows suit.
“At War” starts in medias res, as Laurent and other co-workers feud with representatives from Perrin Industrie, a German-based automotive supplies company, demanding to know why the company would lay off 1,100 French employees while reporting profits at an all-time high. There’s a lot of grimacing, scowls, and...
“At War” starts in medias res, as Laurent and other co-workers feud with representatives from Perrin Industrie, a German-based automotive supplies company, demanding to know why the company would lay off 1,100 French employees while reporting profits at an all-time high. There’s a lot of grimacing, scowls, and...
- 5/15/2018
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
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