The long-awaited Foxcatcher – a film I prematurely added to my Most Anticipated of 2012 list – is finally hitting cinemas this December. To tide over our ravenous anticipation, here’s another teaser trailer. Steve Carell stars as schizophrenic billionaire John du Pont, a chemical heir who tried to train wrestler Mark Schultz (Channing Tatum) ahead of […]
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Michael Haneke plots ‘Flashmob’ as his follow-up to ‘Amour’
May 28, 2014 
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Michael Haneke will follow up his Oscar-winning, Cannes-dominating Amour with Flashmob, FilmComment reports. The flick will start shooting in the coming weeks, and takes place in the US. Haneke describes the multi-character drama as concerning “the fragile relationship between media and reality.” It will follow the lives of those who meet on the internet, culminating […]
Continue readingWarner Bros. consider dropping Ryan Gosling’s Cannes punch-line ‘Lost River’
May 22, 2014 0 Comments
Ryan Gosling’s directorial debut Lost River opened to boos (and even some jeers) at the Cannes Film Festival, and now distributor Warner Bros is reportedly looking for an indie studio to dump the flick on. According to Deadline, WB has reached out to some speciality distributors about having them acquire and release the David Lynch-inspired […]
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 readingTrailer Debut: Fruitvale Station
May 13, 2013 0 Comments
The trailer for Ryan Coogler’s Fruitvale Station, 2013’s big Sundance sensation, has arrived online. Starring Michael B. Jordan (Friday Night Lights, The Wire, Chronicle) as Oscar, it relays the tragic, real-life events of December 31, 2008, which saw the 22-year-old father fall victim to extreme police brutality. The picture claimed the Grand Jury Prize and […]
Continue readingSoderbergh, Polanski, Payne, and the Coens compete at 66th Cannes Film Festival
April 19, 2013 0 Comments
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 readingThe Great Gatsby to kick off Cannes
March 13, 2013 0 Comments
Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby will open the 66th Cannes Film Festival but will screen out of competition, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The much-anticipated Gatsby is Luhrmann’s second film, after Moulin Rouge!, to open the film festival, and the second time ever that a 3-D film will hold the honour, following 2009’s Up. Based on F. […]
Continue readingSteven Spielberg is Jury President of the 2013 Cannes Film Festival
March 1, 2013 0 Comments
Steven Spielberg may not have taken home a Best Director Oscar for Lincoln, but he has just been named the Jury President for the 66th Cannes Film Festival, and that’s a pretty good consolation prize. The buzz was the title would be given to a prominent American filmmaker this year after Italian director Nanni Moretti held […]
Continue readingInterview: Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild)
September 11, 2012 0 Comments
Interview: Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild). By Simon Miraudo. One of the year’s most buzzed about films is Beasts of the Southern Wild; a lyrical, magical, heart-swelling little fable set in Southern Louisiana. When a hurricane destroys the home of young Hushpuppy (Quvenzhané Wallis) and her daddy Wink (Dwight Henry), the two are […]
Continue readingI started a joke – Holy Motors review
August 21, 2012 0 Comments
Holy Motors – Starring Denis Lavant, Edith Scob, and Kylie Minogue. Directed by Leos Carax. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. In a similar fashion to Synecdoche, New York and Inception, Leos Carax’s Holy Motors seeks to highlight the incredible and ridiculous efforts taken by artists (and particularly filmmakers) to replicate reality, and how it’s ultimately an impossible feat. However, if they […]
Continue readingNun crazy – Beyond The Hills review
August 14, 2012 0 Comments
Beyond The Hills – Starring Cristina Flutur, Cosmina Stratan, and Valeriu Andriuta. Directed by Cristian Mungiu. By Richard Haridy. Beyond The Hills played the Melbourne International Film Festival. It does not yet have an Australian release date. Beyond The Hills is Cristian Mungiu‘s first feature since winning the Palme d’Or in 2007 with his harrowing drama […]
Continue readingSongbirds keep singing – The Sapphires review
August 7, 2012 2 Comments
The Sapphires – Starring Chris O’Dowd, Deborah Mailman, and Jessica Mauboy. Directed by Wayne Blair. Rated PG. By Simon Miraudo. Sixties-set The Sapphires is a jukebox musical in every sense of the word; all the hits, none of the deep cuts. It makes a point to touch on the most salient aspects of the era, […]
Continue readingMIFF bringing big batch of Cannes titles to fest
June 21, 2012 1 Comment
Not much more than two weeks after we had the First Glimpse release, Melbourne International Film Festival have announced another load of films, this time highlighting the haul of over 35 features they picked up from Cannes. As well as previously announced big hitting flicks such as the Palme d’Or winner Amour and Wes Anderson’s […]
Continue readingInterview: Maïwenn (Polisse)
June 12, 2012 0 Comments
Interview: Maïwenn (Polisse). By Simon Miraudo. Mononymous French filmmaker Maïwenn is one of Europe’s most promising directors thanks to her recent effort Polisse; a sprawling, ensemble drama about the men and women of France’s Child Protection Unit, and the endless stream of depressing cases they face each day. She’s perhaps best known for her work […]
Continue readingIn dignity – Amour review (Sydney Film Festival)
June 11, 2012 0 Comments
Amour – Starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, and Isabelle Huppert. Directed by Michael Haneke. By Simon Miraudo. Amour plays the Sydney Film Festival on June 16, 2012. It also plays the Melbourne International Film Festival in August. It does not yet have an Australian release date. Who said Michael Haneke isn’t a romantic? My personal […]
Continue readingMads Mikkelsen is your new Hannibal Lecter
June 5, 2012 1 Comment
Danish superstar and recent Cannes Best Actor prize winner Mads Mikkelsen has been cast as the cannibalistic Dr. Lecter in NBC’s new TV show Hannibal. According to Deadline, he will star opposite Hugh Dancy‘s FBI agent Will Graham in the series inspired by Thomas Harris’ novel Red Dragon. When the story begins, Graham enlists the help […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Amour
May 31, 2012 0 Comments
The trailer for Michael Haneke‘s Palme d’Or winner Amour debuts online and it’s as powerful and elegant as we expected. After winning the Palme d’Or in 2009 with his previous film The White Ribbon, no one expected Michael Haneke to score another so quickly. But win another he did. Amour premiered at Cannes recently to […]
Continue readingRobert Pattinson denies casting in Hunger Games sequel
May 28, 2012 0 Comments
Last week the internet, as well as the hearts of all women and most men, were aflutter with rumours that two beloved YA universes were colliding: Robert Pattinson had scored a role in The Hunger Games sequel Catching Fire. Not so, says Pattinson. The Twilight star told USA Today from Cannes – where his new film Cosmopolis debuted – that even he briefly […]
Continue readingMichael Haneke’s Amour wins Palme d’Or at Cannes
May 28, 2012 0 Comments
Michael Haneke has claimed his second Palme d’Or, taking home the top prize at the 65th Cannes Film Festival for Amour. Haneke was previously awarded the trophy in 2009 for his black-and-white examination of festering evil in The White Ribbon. The 2012 jury – headed by Italian director Nanni Moretti – did not reach a unanimous […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: The Sapphires
May 24, 2012 0 Comments
The trailer for potential break-out Aussie hit The Sapphires has arrived online, following the film’s rapturous reception out of competition at Cannes. The flick stars Deborah Mailman, Jessica Mauboy, Shari Sebbens and Miranda Tapsell as members of a 1960s Aboriginal girl group who head to Vietnam to entertain the troops. Chris O’Dowd‘s plays their lovable but uncouth manager. U.S. distributor Harvey […]
Continue readingPoster Debut and New Clip: The Sapphires
May 18, 2012 0 Comments
It’s been a big week for upcoming Australian musical The Sapphires, with its Cannes debut imminent and recent acquisition by The Weinstein Company for international distribution rights. Now we’re given a new poster and audition clip from the film to whet our appetites. The poster is simple yet striking, showcasing Deborah Mailman, Jessica Mauboy, Shari Sebbens and […]
Continue readingJoel Edgerton commits a Felony
May 17, 2012 0 Comments
Joel Edgerton will write, produce, and star in a new film entitled Felony, Deadline reports. The pic concerns a police officer who accidentally runs a young cyclist off the road, and then lies while making a statement to another officer. The Solution Entertainment Group sorted out financing for the film at Cannes. Matthew Saville (Noise) will direct. […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Michel Gondry’s The We and The I
May 17, 2012 0 Comments
The trailer for Michel Gondry‘s latest feature, The We and The I, is now online ahead of the pic’s debut at the Cannes Film Festival. The film follows a bunch of high school students from the Bronx taking the bus home on the last day of school, and recalls the community aspect of Be Kind Rewind and Dave Chappelle’s Block […]
Continue readingThe Weinsteins pick up The Sapphires
May 16, 2012 2 Comments
The Weinstein Company has purchased U.S. distribution rights for Wayne Blair’s Aussie musical The Sapphires. According to Variety, the sale occurred at Cannes one day before the festival’s opening, and ahead of the film’s May 19 debut on the Croisette. It is playing out of competition. Based on a true story, the pic stars Deborah Mailman, Jessica Mauboy, Shari Sebbens, […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Beasts of the Southern Wild
May 3, 2012 0 Comments
Here’s your first look at the Sydney Film Fest bound Sundance victor, Benh Zeitlin’s Beasts of the Southern Wild. The film stars Quvenzhane Wallis as a six-year-old girl named Hushpuppy, who lives with her father Wink (Dwight Henry) in the bayou. That feels like a reductive synopsis, however, barely grasping the lyrical, mythic nature of the trailer. […]
Continue readingInterview: Aki Kaurismäki (Le Havre)
January 25, 2012 0 Comments
Interview: Aki Kaurismäki (Le Havre). By Simon Miraudo. Finnish filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki (ah-kee kaur-oohs-mak-ee – more fun to pronounce than even Michel Hazanavicius!) is one of the most acclaimed writer-directors in the world. Famous for his adaptation of Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment, as well as The Match Factory Girl and The Man Without a Past, […]
Continue readingCharlotte Gainsbourg to play Lars von Trier’s Nymphomaniac
December 13, 2011 0 Comments
Charlotte Gainsbourg really must be a glutton for punishment. After bearing all (literally and figuratively) in Lars von Trier‘s Antichrist and Melancholia, the actress is set to reunite with the Danish provocateur for his upcoming film Nymphomaniac. According to Variety, Gainsbourg is in talks to star in the pic, which is set to film mid-2012. […]
Continue readingThe Artist named Best Picture by NYFCC
November 30, 2011 2 Comments
The New York Film Critics Circle has officially kicked off the awards’ season by being the first major guild to bequeath honours to the films of 2011. Silent black-and-white flick – and Cannes favourite – The Artist was named Best Picture, with helmer Michel Hazanavicuius picking up Best Director. The Weinstein Company’s crowd-pleaser is now […]
Continue readingLars von Trier questioned by police over “Nazi” comments … or was he?
October 6, 2011 0 Comments
It’s the controversy that just won’t die. Lars von Trier has reportedly been questioned by Danish police regarding his comments at the Cannes Film Festival (you know the ones; when he said that he was “a nazi”). The director issued the following statement: Today at 2 pm I was questioned by the Police of North […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: We Need To Talk About Kevin
September 26, 2011 1 Comment
The Australian trailer for Lynne Ramsay‘s Cannes hit We Need to Talk About Kevin has debuted online. Although it’s pretty much a replica of the UK trailer, this one comes with the official Australian release date (November 17, 2011!) tagged at the end. Besides, this trailer is so gorgeously chilling, it’s worth seeing again anyway. […]
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