Star-studded English-language dramas from Todd Haynes, Gus Van Sant, Denis Villeneuve, Yorgos Lanthimos and Justin Kurzel will vie for the Palme d’Or alongside new films by Valerie Donzelli, Jacques Audiard, Hou Hsiao-hsien and Jia Zhangke at the 68th annual Cannes Film Fest,
SXSW Film Fest 2015: Mark Duplass on Indie Cinema Now
March 15, 2015 by
At a keynote speech at SXSY, director Mark Duplass told young filmmakers not to worry about theatrical distribution. “God bless VOD,” Duplass said. “This is a great thing for independent film. Please don’t reject VOD. Please don’t be afraid of it. Please don’t be attached to your early films playing at theaters. You will have no […]
Sundance Babes: Women Directors–Coppola, Sofia
March 14, 2015 by
Sofia Coppola is the director, writer, and producer of MARIE ANTOINETTE, which premiered at the 2005 Festival de Canes, in May. Coppola won for Best Original Screenplay Oscar and received nominations for Best Director and Best Picture for her second feature LOST IN TRANSLATION starring Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson as two lonely Americans in Tokyo.
It Follows: Robert Mitchell’s Horror Thriller in Cannes Fest Critics Week
February 24, 2015 by
Arthouse genre movies, such as Danish helmer Jonas Alexander Arnby’s When Animals Dream and American filmmaker David Robert Mitchell’s It Follows, are among the seven films set to compete in the Critics Week sidebar in the upcoming Cannes Film Fest. The program, which runs May 15-23 and was selected by artistic head, Charles Tesson, is devoted to […]
Latin American Cinema: Hot Directors/Hot Movies
Some of these hot directors and movies will play as official selections of the upcoming Cannes Film Fest, May 13-24. “Chronic” Michel Franco Strong contender for Un Certain Regard and possibly even competition, the Mexican helmer’s first English-language feature stars Tim Roth as a depressed nurse who assists terminally ill patients. Roth boarded the project after serving as head […]