By Simon Miraudo February 10, 2014 Abdellatif Kechiche‘s controversial Cannes winner Blue is the Warmest Colour details a relationship forming and curdling in graphic fashion (much like in the way the director’s own relationship to his stars has curdled so publicly in the months since its big win). Adèle Exarchopoulos astounds as the teenage heroine, also called […]
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The Top 10 Foreign Language Films of 2013
December 2, 2013 
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By Simon Miraudo December 2, 2013 December: for avid list-makers, it’s the cinematic equivalent of Thunderdome. (Hundreds of movies go in. Only one comes out.) We’ve spent the past eleven months reviewing 2013’s releases as fairly and thoughtfully as possible, but that veneer of considerate criticism will be dropped in favour of sweet, sweet chart-making. […]
Continue readingNew York Stories – Blue is the Warmest Colour / 12 Years a Slave
November 6, 2013 0 Comments
By Glenn Dunks November 6, 2013 There’s a wide world of cinema out there, and Quickflix’s Glenn Dunks is on the ground in New York City bringing you the titles that will soon be seen in Australian cinemas, and eventually available on home entertainment. The Manhattan Report: There’s something quite satisfying about living in a city in […]
Continue readingBlue Is The Warmest Colour director calls star an “arrogant, spoiled child”
October 25, 2013 0 Comments
Who would have thought that Blue Is The Warmest Colour – the three-hour Palme d’Or winner that features lengthy, explicit lesbian sex scenes – would be more controversial for the off-set actions of its director and stars than its actual content? Director Abdellatif Kechiche has published an open letter to star Lea Seydoux, calling her […]
Continue readingBlue Is The Warmest Colour’s stars pledge to never work with director again
September 5, 2013 0 Comments
Despite receiving unanimous praise for their performances in the Palme d’Or winning Blue Is the Warmest Colour, stars Adèle Exarchopoulos and Lea Seydoux have pledged to never work with director Abdellatif Kechiche ever again. Speaking to The Daily Beast, the actors described the shoot as “horrible,” and Kechiche’s tactics as being potentially illegal, citing lengthy work […]
Continue readingControversial French drama, Blue is the Warmest Colour, collects Palme d’Or at Cannes
May 27, 2013 0 Comments
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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