Abdellatif Kechiche’s Blue is the Warmest Colour has collected the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, as selected by a jury led by Steven Spielberg and comprised of such industry luminaries as Ang Lee, Christoph Waltz, Nicole Kidman, Christian Mungiu, and Lynn Ramsay. The sexually explicit French drama set tongues wagging on the Croisette […]
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Soderbergh, Polanski, Payne, and the Coens compete at 66th Cannes Film Festival
April 19, 2013 
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Steven Soderbergh’s swan song will face off against the latest efforts by Roman Polanski, Asghar Farhadi, Nicolas Winding Refn, Alexander Payne, and the Coen brothers at the 66th Cannes Film Festival. The lineup reveals which pictures will compete for the prestigious Palme d’Or, collected last year by Michael Haneke’s Amour. Soderbergh’s Liberace biopic Behind the Candelabra […]
Continue readingWon’t somebody think of the children – A Separation review
July 18, 2012 0 Comments
A Separation – Starring Peyman Moaddi, Leila Hatami and Sareh Bayat. Directed by Asghar Farhadi. Rated M. Originally published July 31, 2011. By Simon Miraudo. A Separation is now available on DVD and Blu-ray in Australia. Asghar Farhadi’s A Separation takes us on a complex emotional journey, as we watch decent, well-meaning people get tangled up in their little white lies with disastrous results. The film […]
Continue readingNo place like home – Goodbye review (Sydney Film Festival)
June 10, 2012 0 Comments
Goodbye – Starring Leyla Zareh, Hassan Pourshirazi, and Behname Tashakor. Directed by Mohammad Rasoulof. By Simon Miraudo. Goodbye played the Sydney Film Festival. It does not yet have an Australian release date. Though it has a reputation for being hidden behind a veil of strict Government control and religious fanaticism, Iran’s cinematic culture is growing […]
Continue readingWon’t somebody think of the children – A Separation review
February 28, 2012 0 Comments
A Separation – Starring Peyman Moaddi, Leila Hatami and Sareh Bayat. Directed by Asghar Farhadi. Rated M. Originally published July 31, 2011. By Simon Miraudo. Asghar Farhadi’s A Separation takes us on a complex emotional journey, as we watch decent, well-meaning people get tangled up in their little white lies with disastrous results. The film begins with Nader (Peyman Moaadi) and Simin (Leila Hatami) pleading […]
Continue readingPerth International Arts Festival – A Separation review
January 30, 2012 0 Comments
A Separation – Starring Peyman Moaddi, Leila Hatami and Sareh Bayat. Directed by Asghar Farhadi. Rated M. Originally published July 31, 2011. By Simon Miraudo. This review was first run during the Melbourne International Film Festival. A Separation plays the Perth International Arts Festival from January 30 to February 12. Click here for more details. […]
Continue readingA Separation wins top prize at Sydney Film Festival
June 20, 2011 0 Comments
The Sydney Film Festival has come to an end for another year, with the jury selecting Asghar Farhadi’s A Separation as winner of the fest’s official competition. President Chen Kaige made the decision with fellow jury members Sarah Watt, Kerry Foxx, Julie Rigg and Mark Herbert. Past winners of the festival include Heartbeats, Hunger and […]
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