by Todd Brown, May 24, 2012 6:38 PM
Brandon Cronenberg's Antiviral has proven to be one of the more challenging and divisive titles at Cannes this year - check the links below for Brian Clark's positive take on it - and those wondering what the chatter is...
by Brian Clark, May 24, 2012 6:13 PM
With so many serious, dramatic and even generic (see Lawless) films in competition at Cannes, director Leos Carax's Holy Motors came as something like a 100 mph gust of fresh air. In fact, this sci-fi/comedy/I-don't-know-what-to-call-it is such a wild, weird...
by Ard Vijn, May 24, 2012 10:04 AM
(It is not "Totoro-light", although I guess it can be called "Totoro-heavy"...) Trying to see anime in the cinema can be quite hard in The Netherlands. The last decade we've seen the latest Miyazaki films released thanks to the international...
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by Todd Brown, May 23, 2012 3:15 PM
Leos Carax's Cannes-selected Holy Motors is a weird one. And it's got itself a weird trailer to match. From dawn to dusk, a few hours in the life of Monsieur Oscar, a shadowy character who journeys from one life...
by Todd Brown, May 23, 2012 2:30 PM
Walter Salles' adaptation of Jack Kerouac classic On The Road takes a bow in Cannes this year and US distributor IFC Films / Sundance Selects have just premiered a pair of clips to give audiences a first look at...
by Todd Brown, May 23, 2012 1:55 PM
Thomas Vinterberg's The Hunt (Jagten) has had a warm reception from both critics and distributors in Cannes - the competition title has already been picked up for distribution in more than twenty territories around the world - and the...
by Andrew Mack, May 23, 2012 10:25 AM
From my childhood there are ever-so-brief memories of watching someone's adaptation of Pippi Longstocking. Television, film and animation versions of Astrid Lindgren's children's books have dotted the entertainment landscape since the late 40s. It had to be one of...
by Peter Martin, May 23, 2012 3:05 AM
Ahead of its world premiere today in the Directors' Fortnight section at Cannes, Ben Wheatley's Sightseers has been acquired by IFC Films for distribution in the U.S., according to Indiewire. Alice Lowe and Steve Oram star in what is...
by J Hurtado, May 22, 2012 10:05 PM
We don't get many feel good films about impoverished orphans these days. The time when Little Orphan Annie could perk us up have gone, and we're more often left with sad bastard films that wrench tears from our bodies mercilessly,...
by Ryland Aldrich, May 22, 2012 11:11 AM
With its premier at Cannes one year on, it's hard to imagine that Andrew Dominik's KILLING THEM SOFTLY won't be compared frequently to Nicolas Winding Refn's 2011 hit DRIVE. The comparison would be apt. Both films portray a stylized,...
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