Screen International can reveal the critics participating in this year’s jury grid at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival (May 14-25).
Joining Screen’s reviewing team will be critics from 11 international outlets to give their verdict on the 22 films in Competition this year for the Palme d’Or.
This year’s critics are all returners to the jury grid with the exception of Nt Binh who replaces Michel Ciment for France’s Positif. Ciment passed away in November last year at 85 and was a long-time contributor to the jury grid.
The selection also includes Justin Chang for The New Yorker who...
Joining Screen’s reviewing team will be critics from 11 international outlets to give their verdict on the 22 films in Competition this year for the Palme d’Or.
This year’s critics are all returners to the jury grid with the exception of Nt Binh who replaces Michel Ciment for France’s Positif. Ciment passed away in November last year at 85 and was a long-time contributor to the jury grid.
The selection also includes Justin Chang for The New Yorker who...
- 5/13/2024
- ScreenDaily
American film director and producer who liked to describe himself as the ‘Orson Welles of the Z movie’
Roger Corman: cinema’s pulp genius whose talent to shock was rocket fuel – Peter Bradshaw
Although Roger Corman, who has died aged 98, directed more than 50 films, he will be remembered mainly as an influential producer and genial godfather to the New American Cinema of the 1970s. The list of his beneficiaries makes up a Who’s Who of contemporary American film. Martin Scorsese, Peter Bogdanovich, Francis Ford Coppola, Monte Hellman, and Jonathan Demme were all directing proteges of Corman.
“You can see right away that the guy’s a superior producer,” said Jack Nicholson, who appeared in five films directed by Corman. “He’s the best producer I’ve met in the business. The man carried me for seven years. I feel tremendously indebted to him.”...
Roger Corman: cinema’s pulp genius whose talent to shock was rocket fuel – Peter Bradshaw
Although Roger Corman, who has died aged 98, directed more than 50 films, he will be remembered mainly as an influential producer and genial godfather to the New American Cinema of the 1970s. The list of his beneficiaries makes up a Who’s Who of contemporary American film. Martin Scorsese, Peter Bogdanovich, Francis Ford Coppola, Monte Hellman, and Jonathan Demme were all directing proteges of Corman.
“You can see right away that the guy’s a superior producer,” said Jack Nicholson, who appeared in five films directed by Corman. “He’s the best producer I’ve met in the business. The man carried me for seven years. I feel tremendously indebted to him.”...
- 5/12/2024
- by Ronald Bergan
- The Guardian - Film News
Corman made over 400 movies including cult classics Death Race 2000, Piranha and The Little Shop of Horrors and launched the careers of Scorsese and De Niro
Gallery: a career in picturesAppreciation: Peter Bradshaw on CormanRoger Corman obituary
Roger Corman, the writer and director who helped turn out such low-budget classics as Little Shop of Horrors and gave many of Hollywood’s most famous actors and directors early breaks, has died aged 98.
Corman died on Thursday at his home in Santa Monica, California, his daughter Catherine Corman said on Saturday in a statement.
Gallery: a career in picturesAppreciation: Peter Bradshaw on CormanRoger Corman obituary
Roger Corman, the writer and director who helped turn out such low-budget classics as Little Shop of Horrors and gave many of Hollywood’s most famous actors and directors early breaks, has died aged 98.
Corman died on Thursday at his home in Santa Monica, California, his daughter Catherine Corman said on Saturday in a statement.
- 5/12/2024
- by Gwilym Mumford
- The Guardian - Film News
For every Wall Street or Wild at Heart there are countless cringeworthy examples of Hollywood power players elbowing their own kids into the picture. Adam Sandler alone has made two dozen with his
If the dismal reviews meted out to the new film Bleeding Love prove anything at all, it’s that parents need to think very carefully before starring in movies with their children. This film – which Peter Bradshaw called “a complete toe-curling nepo vanity project” – stars Ewan McGregor and his real-life daughter Clara. And on paper that sounds great. After all, every parent-child relationship is a complex cocktail of affection, antagonism and resentment, and that really should work gangbusters on screen. If you’re going to bring baggage to a role, it may as well be the baggage that literally defines who you are.
It is clear that, with Bleeding Love, this didn’t happen. But don’t...
If the dismal reviews meted out to the new film Bleeding Love prove anything at all, it’s that parents need to think very carefully before starring in movies with their children. This film – which Peter Bradshaw called “a complete toe-curling nepo vanity project” – stars Ewan McGregor and his real-life daughter Clara. And on paper that sounds great. After all, every parent-child relationship is a complex cocktail of affection, antagonism and resentment, and that really should work gangbusters on screen. If you’re going to bring baggage to a role, it may as well be the baggage that literally defines who you are.
It is clear that, with Bleeding Love, this didn’t happen. But don’t...
- 4/12/2024
- by Stuart Heritage
- The Guardian - Film News
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. To keep up with our latest features, sign up for the Weekly Edit newsletter and follow us @mubinotebook on Twitter and Instagram.NEWSUntil Branches Bend.Amidst a widespread debate on the merit of U.S. state financial incentives for film and television productions, a Georgia bill that would have limited the sale of tax credits was rejected by the Senate Finance Committee. In recent years, those credits have exceeded $1 billion despite findings that the state makes back only 19¢ on the dollar. Four of the thirteen labor guilds bargaining with IATSE have now reached tentative agreements with the AMPTP: Locals 600 (cinematographers), 729 (set painters), 800 (art directors), and 695. IATSE president Matthew Loeb has threatened to strike if a new contract is not in place when the current one expires on July 31.Due to financial constraints, the Human Rights Watch Film Festival will be...
- 3/28/2024
- MUBI
Eyewitness documentary shot by war reporter Mstyslav Chernov during the Russian siege of the Ukrainian city takes Academy Award – the country’s first
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The Ukrainian film 20 Days in Mariupol, which was shot inside the besieged port city during the assault by Russian forces, has won the best documentary Oscar at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles.
Directed by Mstyslav Chernov, a Ukrainian journalist who documented the invasion in early 2022, 20 Days in Mariupol drew wide acclaim after its premiere at the Sundance film festival in 2023, with the Guardian’s Peter Bradshaw calling it “a searing film [that] bears a terrible witness to this great crime” in a five-star review. In an interview with the Guardian, Chernov described the film as “some kind of collective resistance to tragedy”.
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The Ukrainian film 20 Days in Mariupol, which was shot inside the besieged port city during the assault by Russian forces, has won the best documentary Oscar at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles.
Directed by Mstyslav Chernov, a Ukrainian journalist who documented the invasion in early 2022, 20 Days in Mariupol drew wide acclaim after its premiere at the Sundance film festival in 2023, with the Guardian’s Peter Bradshaw calling it “a searing film [that] bears a terrible witness to this great crime” in a five-star review. In an interview with the Guardian, Chernov described the film as “some kind of collective resistance to tragedy”.
- 3/11/2024
- by Andrew Pulver and Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
Song co-written by Eilish and her brother Finneas O’Connell comes out on top over I’m Just Ken, another song from the Barbie soundtrack
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Billie Eilish, along with her brother Finneas O’Connell, has won the Oscar for best song with What Was I Made For?, which the pair co-wrote for the Barbie movie soundtrack.
Eilish and O’Connell had to defeat a lineup that contained another song from Barbie: I’m Just Ken, written by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt and performed by Ryan Gosling. Other contenders included Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People) from Killers of the Flower Moon, and It Never Went Away from the documentary American Symphony.
Here’s how and where to watch the Oscars.
The full list of nominations, the all-time biggest snubs and Oscarbait titles that missed the mark.
Read our guide to the best picture movies – along with predictions from Peter Bradshaw.
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Billie Eilish, along with her brother Finneas O’Connell, has won the Oscar for best song with What Was I Made For?, which the pair co-wrote for the Barbie movie soundtrack.
Eilish and O’Connell had to defeat a lineup that contained another song from Barbie: I’m Just Ken, written by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt and performed by Ryan Gosling. Other contenders included Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People) from Killers of the Flower Moon, and It Never Went Away from the documentary American Symphony.
Here’s how and where to watch the Oscars.
The full list of nominations, the all-time biggest snubs and Oscarbait titles that missed the mark.
Read our guide to the best picture movies – along with predictions from Peter Bradshaw.
- 3/11/2024
- by Andrew Pulver and Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
French Palme d’Or winner takes prize for its writer-director Justine Triet and co-writer Arthur Hariri
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Justine Triet and her writing partner Arthur Harari have won the Oscar for best original screenplay for Anatomy of a Fall at the 96th Academy Awards.
Triet is also the director of the drama about a woman, played by Sandra Hüller, who is accused of killing her husband; Triet and Hariri had to defeat a field including David Hemingson for The Holdovers and Celine Song for Past Lives. Anatomy of a Fall is the first non-English language film to win in this category since Parasite in 2019.
Here’s how and where to watch the Oscars.
The full list of nominations, the all-time biggest snubs and Oscarbait titles that missed the mark.
Read our guide to the best picture movies – along with predictions from Peter Bradshaw.
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Justine Triet and her writing partner Arthur Harari have won the Oscar for best original screenplay for Anatomy of a Fall at the 96th Academy Awards.
Triet is also the director of the drama about a woman, played by Sandra Hüller, who is accused of killing her husband; Triet and Hariri had to defeat a field including David Hemingson for The Holdovers and Celine Song for Past Lives. Anatomy of a Fall is the first non-English language film to win in this category since Parasite in 2019.
Here’s how and where to watch the Oscars.
The full list of nominations, the all-time biggest snubs and Oscarbait titles that missed the mark.
Read our guide to the best picture movies – along with predictions from Peter Bradshaw.
- 3/10/2024
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
Master Japanese director wins his second Oscar for story of a young boy searching for his mother during the second world war
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The Boy and the Heron, supposedly the final film from Japanese master director Hayao Miyazaki, has won the Oscar for best animated feature film at the 96th Academy Awards in Los Angeles.
Inspired by Genzaburō Yoshino’s 1937 novel How Do You Live?, The Boy and the Heron is the loosely autobiographical story of a young boy during the second world war, searching for his mother in a mysterious fantasy world; on its UK release it was described as “a mysterious and charming fantasy that circles back to Miyazaki’s classic themes of childhood pain and grief” by the Guardian’s chief film critic Peter Bradshaw.
Here’s how and where to watch the Oscars.
The full list of nominations, the all-time biggest snubs and Oscarbait titles that missed the mark.
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The Boy and the Heron, supposedly the final film from Japanese master director Hayao Miyazaki, has won the Oscar for best animated feature film at the 96th Academy Awards in Los Angeles.
Inspired by Genzaburō Yoshino’s 1937 novel How Do You Live?, The Boy and the Heron is the loosely autobiographical story of a young boy during the second world war, searching for his mother in a mysterious fantasy world; on its UK release it was described as “a mysterious and charming fantasy that circles back to Miyazaki’s classic themes of childhood pain and grief” by the Guardian’s chief film critic Peter Bradshaw.
Here’s how and where to watch the Oscars.
The full list of nominations, the all-time biggest snubs and Oscarbait titles that missed the mark.
- 3/10/2024
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
Randolph triumphs for her role as a grieving mother in the Alexander Payne-directed film also starring Paul Giamatti
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Da’Vine Joy Randolph has won the Oscar for best supporting actress for her role in The Holdovers at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles.
Randolph, who played the school’s head cook Mary Lamb in the film, was the strong favourite for the award, having won nearly every best supporting actress prize in the run-up to the Oscars, including the Golden Globe, Bafta, Critics’ Choice, Independent Spirit and Screen Actors Guild awards. In the end she saw off competition including Jodie Foster (for Nyad), Emily Blunt (for Oppenheimer) and Danielle Brooks (for The Color Purple).
Here’s how and where to watch the Oscars.
The full list of nominations, the all-time biggest snubs and Oscarbait titles that missed the mark.
Read our guide to the best picture movies – along with predictions from Peter Bradshaw.
Oscars 2024 live updates
Da’Vine Joy Randolph has won the Oscar for best supporting actress for her role in The Holdovers at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles.
Randolph, who played the school’s head cook Mary Lamb in the film, was the strong favourite for the award, having won nearly every best supporting actress prize in the run-up to the Oscars, including the Golden Globe, Bafta, Critics’ Choice, Independent Spirit and Screen Actors Guild awards. In the end she saw off competition including Jodie Foster (for Nyad), Emily Blunt (for Oppenheimer) and Danielle Brooks (for The Color Purple).
Here’s how and where to watch the Oscars.
The full list of nominations, the all-time biggest snubs and Oscarbait titles that missed the mark.
Read our guide to the best picture movies – along with predictions from Peter Bradshaw.
- 3/10/2024
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
Peter Bradshaw surveys the new wave of film-makers arriving at the film’s stately location, channelling Barry Keoghan’s Big Energy and capturing their granny’s reaction to the bathwater slurp
So often, the radical cheek of TikTokers makes mainstream media look pretty dull, and so it has proved once again, with the explosion of uproarious Saltburn TikToks. These are reportedly causing deep pain to Mr Charles Stopford Sackville, owner of the 700-year-old Drayton House in Northamptonshire, which plays the stately home in question, through which Barry Keoghan finally does his groovy nude dance to Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s Murder on the Dancefloor.
Stopford Sackville got a generous fee for letting them film there and knows the parents of director Emerald Fennell, but is still now miffed at TikTokers killing his groove by straying off the public footpath close to his estate, insolently filming and telling other commoners how to get there and gawp.
So often, the radical cheek of TikTokers makes mainstream media look pretty dull, and so it has proved once again, with the explosion of uproarious Saltburn TikToks. These are reportedly causing deep pain to Mr Charles Stopford Sackville, owner of the 700-year-old Drayton House in Northamptonshire, which plays the stately home in question, through which Barry Keoghan finally does his groovy nude dance to Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s Murder on the Dancefloor.
Stopford Sackville got a generous fee for letting them film there and knows the parents of director Emerald Fennell, but is still now miffed at TikTokers killing his groove by straying off the public footpath close to his estate, insolently filming and telling other commoners how to get there and gawp.
- 2/26/2024
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
The 44th annual London Critics’ Circle Film Awards were held this afternoon at London’s May Fair Hotel.
The awards are given by the 210-member Film Section of the Critics' Circle, the UK's longest-standing and most prestigious critics' organisation. The vast majority of Film Review’s roster of critics are members of the London Film Critics’ Circle, including Executive Editor James Cameron-Wilson, Mansel Stimpson, Michael Darvell, George Savvides and Wendy Lloyd.
This year All of Us Strangers led with 9 nominations, followed by Oppenheimer with 7 nominations. Jonathan Glazer's German-language drama The Zone of Interest and Andrew Haigh's All of Us Strangers brought home the most wins at three each. In this year's awards, critics voted in two new categories: Animated Film and Breakthrough Performance. The inaugural Derek Malcolm Award for Innovation was presented to cinematic trailblazer Colman Domingo and Jeffrey Wright became the 33rd recipient of the London Critics' top honour,...
The awards are given by the 210-member Film Section of the Critics' Circle, the UK's longest-standing and most prestigious critics' organisation. The vast majority of Film Review’s roster of critics are members of the London Film Critics’ Circle, including Executive Editor James Cameron-Wilson, Mansel Stimpson, Michael Darvell, George Savvides and Wendy Lloyd.
This year All of Us Strangers led with 9 nominations, followed by Oppenheimer with 7 nominations. Jonathan Glazer's German-language drama The Zone of Interest and Andrew Haigh's All of Us Strangers brought home the most wins at three each. In this year's awards, critics voted in two new categories: Animated Film and Breakthrough Performance. The inaugural Derek Malcolm Award for Innovation was presented to cinematic trailblazer Colman Domingo and Jeffrey Wright became the 33rd recipient of the London Critics' top honour,...
- 2/4/2024
- by Chad Kennerk
- Film Review Daily
Culture critics Peter Bradshaw, Tshepo Mokoena and Gwilym Mumford look ahead to the best of the year in film, TV and music
When the weather is grim and the headlines are heavy, it’s good to remember that there’s so much to look forward to. The Guardian’s Saturday culture editor, Gwilym Mumford, film critic Peter Bradshaw, and culture journalist and Mercury prize judge Tshepo Mokoena tell Nosheen Iqbal about the TV, film and music we should all be excited about.
As promised, the full list of everything mentioned in this episode:...
When the weather is grim and the headlines are heavy, it’s good to remember that there’s so much to look forward to. The Guardian’s Saturday culture editor, Gwilym Mumford, film critic Peter Bradshaw, and culture journalist and Mercury prize judge Tshepo Mokoena tell Nosheen Iqbal about the TV, film and music we should all be excited about.
As promised, the full list of everything mentioned in this episode:...
- 1/8/2024
- by Presented by Nosheen Iqbal with Peter Bradshaw, Tshepo Mokoena and Gwilym Mumford; produced by Natalie Ktena and Solomon King; executive producer Elizabeth Cassin
- The Guardian - Film News
Since her breakout Oscar-nominated role in David Fincher’s “Gone Girl,” Rosamund Pike has been on the brink of returning to “the club.” She has proven herself to be one of the most consistently compelling actors working today with highly acclaimed lead performances in films such as “A Private War,” “Radioactive,” and “I Care A Lot.” This is along with the versatility of her work in television. Pike stars in the Amazon viewership juggernaut “The Wheel of Time” and, on the other side, won an Emmy for her quiet portrait of one half of a marriage-in-crisis in Stephen Frears’ short-form series, “State of the Union”.
For her film work, Pike currently boasts that Oscar bid for 2014’s “Gone Girl, a Golden Globe nomination for 2018’s “A Private War” and a Globe won on the comedy side for 2020’s “I Care A Lot.” Many believe if the voting for the BAFTA...
For her film work, Pike currently boasts that Oscar bid for 2014’s “Gone Girl, a Golden Globe nomination for 2018’s “A Private War” and a Globe won on the comedy side for 2020’s “I Care A Lot.” Many believe if the voting for the BAFTA...
- 1/3/2024
- by Nick Bisa
- Gold Derby
Family of Oscar-nominated British star announced his death on 30 December in a statement
Peter Bradshaw on Tom Wilkinson – what a sad loss: he was quietly and consistently wonderfulA life in pictures
The Oscar-nominated British actor Tom Wilkinson, best known for his role in The Full Monty, has died aged 75, his family have announced. His death was confirmed in a statement shared by his agent on behalf of his family.
The statement read: “It is with great sadness that the family of Tom Wilkinson announce that he died suddenly at home on 30 December. His wife and family were with him. The family asks for privacy at this time.”...
Peter Bradshaw on Tom Wilkinson – what a sad loss: he was quietly and consistently wonderfulA life in pictures
The Oscar-nominated British actor Tom Wilkinson, best known for his role in The Full Monty, has died aged 75, his family have announced. His death was confirmed in a statement shared by his agent on behalf of his family.
The statement read: “It is with great sadness that the family of Tom Wilkinson announce that he died suddenly at home on 30 December. His wife and family were with him. The family asks for privacy at this time.”...
- 12/30/2023
- by Nadeem Badshah
- The Guardian - Film News
Andrew Haigh’s romance, starring Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal, secures nine London critics’ circle film award nods, closely followed by Oppenheimer with seven
British drama All of Us Strangers has consolidated its position as a serious awards-season contender with nine nominations at the London critics’ circle film awards, including film of the year.
Written and directed by Andrew Haigh, All of Us Strangers secured nods for three of its principal cast: Andrew Scott as actor of the year, and Claire Foy and Paul Mescal in supporting categories. The film tells the story of a romance between Scott and Mescal’s characters, with Foy and Jamie Bell as Scott’s parents who appear to have been suspended in time. The film has not yet been released in the UK but premiered at the prestigious Telluride film festival in September, where the Guardian’s chief film critic Peter Bradshaw described it as a “mysterious,...
British drama All of Us Strangers has consolidated its position as a serious awards-season contender with nine nominations at the London critics’ circle film awards, including film of the year.
Written and directed by Andrew Haigh, All of Us Strangers secured nods for three of its principal cast: Andrew Scott as actor of the year, and Claire Foy and Paul Mescal in supporting categories. The film tells the story of a romance between Scott and Mescal’s characters, with Foy and Jamie Bell as Scott’s parents who appear to have been suspended in time. The film has not yet been released in the UK but premiered at the prestigious Telluride film festival in September, where the Guardian’s chief film critic Peter Bradshaw described it as a “mysterious,...
- 12/20/2023
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
Field starred in The Entertainer opposite Laurence Olivier and in films such as Alfie alongside Michael Caine
• Peter Bradshaw on Shirley Anne Field: a smart and seductive key player in the British New Wave
• A life in pictures
Shirley Anne Field has died aged 87, her family has announced.
The stage and screen actor came to prominence in the 1960s following her role as Tina Lapford in The Entertainer opposite Laurence Olivier.
• Peter Bradshaw on Shirley Anne Field: a smart and seductive key player in the British New Wave
• A life in pictures
Shirley Anne Field has died aged 87, her family has announced.
The stage and screen actor came to prominence in the 1960s following her role as Tina Lapford in The Entertainer opposite Laurence Olivier.
- 12/11/2023
- by PA Media
- The Guardian - Film News
Greta Gerwig’s neon comedy lands nine nominations, trailed by Christopher Nolan’s atomic biopic with eight, while Emma Stone-starring fantasy Poor Things and Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon both take seven
Full list of nominationsBarbenheimer round two: Peter Bradshaw on the Globes nominations
Barbie, already the cinematic sensation – and highest-grossing film – of 2023, has dominated nominations at the 81st Golden Globe awards.
Greta Gerwig’s pastel-coloured satire is up for nine awards, including picture (comedy or musical), screenplay, director, leading actress for Margot Robbie, supporting actor for Ryan Gosling – as well as three separate entries in the original song category.
Full list of nominationsBarbenheimer round two: Peter Bradshaw on the Globes nominations
Barbie, already the cinematic sensation – and highest-grossing film – of 2023, has dominated nominations at the 81st Golden Globe awards.
Greta Gerwig’s pastel-coloured satire is up for nine awards, including picture (comedy or musical), screenplay, director, leading actress for Margot Robbie, supporting actor for Ryan Gosling – as well as three separate entries in the original song category.
- 12/11/2023
- by Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
Despite the negative reviews the new historical epic Napoleon has received from the French press, its acclaimed filmmaker Ridley Scott remains unfazed.
The film stars Joaquin Phoenix as the notorious French emperor and Vanessa Kirby as his wife, Joséphine de Beauharnais.
Reviews for the biographical drama are mixed with a wide variety of opinions. While The Guardian‘s Peter Bradshaw awarded it five stars, French GQ criticized the film for its “deeply clumsy, unnatural, and unintentionally funny” portrayal of French characters with American accents.
Other French publications have targeted Scott’s latest film.
Le Figaro, a daily newspaper, suggested that the film could be reimagined as “Barbie and Ken Under the Empire.”
Napoleon biographer Patrice Gueniffey stated in Le Point magazine that Scott’s rendition presented a “very anti-French and very pro-British” reinterpretation of historical events.
When BBC presented Scott the negative reviews from France, he responded, “The French don’t even like themselves,...
The film stars Joaquin Phoenix as the notorious French emperor and Vanessa Kirby as his wife, Joséphine de Beauharnais.
Reviews for the biographical drama are mixed with a wide variety of opinions. While The Guardian‘s Peter Bradshaw awarded it five stars, French GQ criticized the film for its “deeply clumsy, unnatural, and unintentionally funny” portrayal of French characters with American accents.
Other French publications have targeted Scott’s latest film.
Le Figaro, a daily newspaper, suggested that the film could be reimagined as “Barbie and Ken Under the Empire.”
Napoleon biographer Patrice Gueniffey stated in Le Point magazine that Scott’s rendition presented a “very anti-French and very pro-British” reinterpretation of historical events.
When BBC presented Scott the negative reviews from France, he responded, “The French don’t even like themselves,...
- 11/21/2023
- by Baila Eve Zisman
- Uinterview
Ridley Scott is shrugging off the negative reviews coming out of France for his new historical epic “Napoleon,” which stars Joaquin Phoenix as the infamous French emperor and Vanessa Kirby as his wife, Joséphine de Beauharnais. Reviews are all over the place for the biographical drama. The Guardian’s Peter Bradshaw gave it five stars, for instance, while French GQ wrote it is “deeply clumsy, unnatural and unintentionally funny” to have French characters speaking in American accents.
As recapped by the BBC, other French publications also targeted Scott’s latest. The daily newspaper Le Figaro said the film could be renamed “Barbie and Ken Under the Empire,” while Napoleon biographer Patrice Gueniffey told Le Point magazine that Scott made a “very anti-French and very pro-British” rewrite of history.
“The French don’t even like themselves” Scott told the BBC when presented with the negative reviews coming out of France. “The...
As recapped by the BBC, other French publications also targeted Scott’s latest. The daily newspaper Le Figaro said the film could be renamed “Barbie and Ken Under the Empire,” while Napoleon biographer Patrice Gueniffey told Le Point magazine that Scott made a “very anti-French and very pro-British” rewrite of history.
“The French don’t even like themselves” Scott told the BBC when presented with the negative reviews coming out of France. “The...
- 11/20/2023
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
Ridley Scott’s epic Napoleon hits theaters Nov. 22, but the review embargo for the film broke Tuesday night, and the early reaction from critics has been largely positive.
Written by David Scarpa, the lavish period film, which clocks in at a meaty two hours and 38 minutes, stars Oscar winner Joaquin Phoenix as the French military commander and later despot Napoleon Bonaparte, with Vanessa Kirby as his consort, Empress Joséphine. The movie charts Bonaparte’s meteoric rise from lowly artillery commander to Napoleon I, emperor of France, and takes in notable military engagements such as the battles of Austerlitz and Waterloo.
Among the early reviews, Napoleon has been praised for its epic scale, particularly the set-piece battle scenes that make the film a worthy theatrical experience. Critics also praised Scott for his ambition in telling Bonaparte’s disparate story. There was praise, too, for Phoenix and Kirby’s performances. Some critics...
Written by David Scarpa, the lavish period film, which clocks in at a meaty two hours and 38 minutes, stars Oscar winner Joaquin Phoenix as the French military commander and later despot Napoleon Bonaparte, with Vanessa Kirby as his consort, Empress Joséphine. The movie charts Bonaparte’s meteoric rise from lowly artillery commander to Napoleon I, emperor of France, and takes in notable military engagements such as the battles of Austerlitz and Waterloo.
Among the early reviews, Napoleon has been praised for its epic scale, particularly the set-piece battle scenes that make the film a worthy theatrical experience. Critics also praised Scott for his ambition in telling Bonaparte’s disparate story. There was praise, too, for Phoenix and Kirby’s performances. Some critics...
- 11/15/2023
- by Abid Rahman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Also dominating are Charlotte Regan’s Scrapper and Andrew Haigh’s All of Us Strangers, with the winners to be announced in December
Rye Lane, the London-set romcom starring Vivian Oparah and David Jonsson, has emerged as the frontrunner in the British independent film awards (Bifa), hoovering up 16 nominations, including best British independent film, best director for Raine Allen-Miller, and best joint lead performance.
Released in March after a successful premiere at the Sundance film festival, Rye Lane has attracted admiring reviews; the Guardian’s Peter Bradshaw said it had “amiable, upbeat energy”, while Mark Kermode in the Observer wrote that the film would leave “a smile on your face, a spring in your step”. Named for the street in the south London district of Peckham, Rye Lane also attracted two nominations for Allen-Miller (best director and best debut director) as well as for its screenplay.
Rye Lane, the London-set romcom starring Vivian Oparah and David Jonsson, has emerged as the frontrunner in the British independent film awards (Bifa), hoovering up 16 nominations, including best British independent film, best director for Raine Allen-Miller, and best joint lead performance.
Released in March after a successful premiere at the Sundance film festival, Rye Lane has attracted admiring reviews; the Guardian’s Peter Bradshaw said it had “amiable, upbeat energy”, while Mark Kermode in the Observer wrote that the film would leave “a smile on your face, a spring in your step”. Named for the street in the south London district of Peckham, Rye Lane also attracted two nominations for Allen-Miller (best director and best debut director) as well as for its screenplay.
- 11/2/2023
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
Since his debut film "Thief" hit theaters in 1981, Michael Mann has enjoyed a reputation as one of the best working directors we have in America. Across masterfully mounted films like "Heat," "Collateral," and "Manhunter," he's also earned a somewhat unusual place in the filmmaking pantheon. He's become somewhat of a household name, his films generally do good business at the box office, and he tends to work in genre -- from the noir to the thriller to the procedural. And yet his films also compete at prestigious international film festivals, they've been given Criterion releases, and he's often lumped in with "arthouse" directors like Paul Thomas Anderson and Wes Anderson, rather than action helmers like Michael Bay or Tony Scott.
All this is to say that Mann's career is a bit of a paradox, but it's a wonderful one, and new Michael Mann movies should always be regarded as appointment viewing.
All this is to say that Mann's career is a bit of a paradox, but it's a wonderful one, and new Michael Mann movies should always be regarded as appointment viewing.
- 10/10/2023
- by Ryan Coleman
- Slash Film
The revered director and lyrical chronicler of working-class life in Distant Voices, Still Lives, died peacefully at home after a short illness
• Peter Bradshaw appreciation
• A life in pictures
Terence Davies, the film-maker regularly hailed by critics as among Britain’s greatest, has died aged 77.
The Liverpool-born director, perhaps best known for his semi-autobiographical study of working-class family life Distant Voices, Still Lives, starring Pete Postlethwaite, was working on a new project at the time of his illness and only two years ago released Benediction, starring Jack Lowden in the role of the war poet Siegfried Sassoon.
• Peter Bradshaw appreciation
• A life in pictures
Terence Davies, the film-maker regularly hailed by critics as among Britain’s greatest, has died aged 77.
The Liverpool-born director, perhaps best known for his semi-autobiographical study of working-class family life Distant Voices, Still Lives, starring Pete Postlethwaite, was working on a new project at the time of his illness and only two years ago released Benediction, starring Jack Lowden in the role of the war poet Siegfried Sassoon.
- 10/7/2023
- by Vanessa Thorpe Arts and media correspondent
- The Guardian - Film News
“No one is really creating original sci-fi blockbusters anymore, it’s an endangered species.”
Such was the wise insight from Gareth Edwards at the special screening of his latest movie The Creator last week. This from a filmmaker who has run the gamut from the half-million-budgeted 2010 indie Monsters to the $265 million-budgeted, billion-dollar-plus grossing Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, which despite any headlines about reshoots with Tony Gilroy truly had Edwards’ fingerprints on it down to its The Day After end-of-the-world finale.
In a weekend crowded with two other wide releases — Paramount/Spin Master’s Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie and Lionsgate’s Saw X — and movies’ profiles significantly dimmed by the lack of actors’ promotions during the SAG-AFTRA strike, the $80 million New Regency-financed The Creator né True Love is hoping to break through. While box office projections are in the high teens, which is the same as Paw...
Such was the wise insight from Gareth Edwards at the special screening of his latest movie The Creator last week. This from a filmmaker who has run the gamut from the half-million-budgeted 2010 indie Monsters to the $265 million-budgeted, billion-dollar-plus grossing Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, which despite any headlines about reshoots with Tony Gilroy truly had Edwards’ fingerprints on it down to its The Day After end-of-the-world finale.
In a weekend crowded with two other wide releases — Paramount/Spin Master’s Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie and Lionsgate’s Saw X — and movies’ profiles significantly dimmed by the lack of actors’ promotions during the SAG-AFTRA strike, the $80 million New Regency-financed The Creator né True Love is hoping to break through. While box office projections are in the high teens, which is the same as Paw...
- 9/29/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
The Directors’ Guild of America has released a statement in support of DGA member Agnieszka Holland. The Polish Minister of Justice criticized the film and the filmmaker, “The Green Border.” She has since received hundreds of threats. The controversy came about due to the film’s depiction of the negative treatment of immigrants in Poland.
“The Directors Guild of America champions creative expression through the art of filmmaking and decries the recent attacks by the Polish Justice Minister and extremists on our member director Agnieszka Holland for her depictions of the brutality faced by refugees to Poland in her film ‘The Green Border’,” the statement read.
“We firmly believe directors like Agnieszka have a vital role to play in fostering discussion and reflecting societal problems through their work. We echo the statements by the Federation of European Screen Directors (Fera) and the European Film Academy in support of Agnieska and...
“The Directors Guild of America champions creative expression through the art of filmmaking and decries the recent attacks by the Polish Justice Minister and extremists on our member director Agnieszka Holland for her depictions of the brutality faced by refugees to Poland in her film ‘The Green Border’,” the statement read.
“We firmly believe directors like Agnieszka have a vital role to play in fostering discussion and reflecting societal problems through their work. We echo the statements by the Federation of European Screen Directors (Fera) and the European Film Academy in support of Agnieska and...
- 9/21/2023
- by Scott Mendelson
- The Wrap
Ava DuVernay’s new indie feature “Origin” had its world premiere at the 2023 Venice Film Festival as the fest was starting to wrap up on Wednesday, September 6. In the process, DuVernay made history as the first African American female filmmaker ever to have a movie perform at Venice in competition. The import of the moment as relates to festival gender diversity wasn’t lost on DuVernay – “Origin’s” writer and producer as well as its director – who on Wednesday told the Venice press corps in advance of the screening, “We are often told you cannot play international film festivals, no one will come, people will not come to your press conference, people will not come to the P&i screenings, you will not get into this festival, don’t apply.”
DuVernay credited the fact the film was made independently for her breaking the female color barrier at such a prestigious festival as Venice.
DuVernay credited the fact the film was made independently for her breaking the female color barrier at such a prestigious festival as Venice.
- 9/6/2023
- by Ray Richmond
- Gold Derby
Sofia Coppola’s new film about Priscilla Presley is earning rave reviews.
The biopic, based on 1985 memoir Elvis and Me, by the ex-wife of Elvis Presley, had its premiere at the Venice Film Festival on Monday.
Read More: Emotional Priscilla Presley Gets A Hug From Sofia Coppola After Biopic Screening At Venice Film Festival
Starring Cailee Spaeny as Priscilla and Jacob Elordi as Elvis, the film tells the story of how the iconic couple first met and fell in love, as well as their tumultuous marriage.
Writing for IndieWire, critic David Ehrlich praised Coppola for taking a “soft and muted” approach to the material, in contrast to the “orgiastic blockbuster” the was Baz Lurhmann’s 2022 biopic “Elvis”.
Little White Lies critic Hannah Strong, who also wrote the 2022 book Sofia Coppola: Forever Young, described “Priscilla” as “a melancholy fairy tale about first love and enduring mythology,” adding that Spaeny possesses “a...
The biopic, based on 1985 memoir Elvis and Me, by the ex-wife of Elvis Presley, had its premiere at the Venice Film Festival on Monday.
Read More: Emotional Priscilla Presley Gets A Hug From Sofia Coppola After Biopic Screening At Venice Film Festival
Starring Cailee Spaeny as Priscilla and Jacob Elordi as Elvis, the film tells the story of how the iconic couple first met and fell in love, as well as their tumultuous marriage.
Writing for IndieWire, critic David Ehrlich praised Coppola for taking a “soft and muted” approach to the material, in contrast to the “orgiastic blockbuster” the was Baz Lurhmann’s 2022 biopic “Elvis”.
Little White Lies critic Hannah Strong, who also wrote the 2022 book Sofia Coppola: Forever Young, described “Priscilla” as “a melancholy fairy tale about first love and enduring mythology,” adding that Spaeny possesses “a...
- 9/5/2023
- by Corey Atad
- ET Canada
“Priscilla” premiered at the 2023 Venice Film Festival on Monday, September 4. Written and directed by Oscar winner Sofia Coppola – who won for her original screenplay of “Lost in Translation” in 2004 – it’s her first film since “On the Rocks” in 2020. The A24 release “Priscilla” is adapted from Priscilla Beaulieu Presley’s acclaimed 1985 memoir “Elvis and Me,” recounting her tumultuous relationship with Elvis Presley from the age of 14 when the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll was at the height of his fame. It’s described, “Through Priscilla’s eyes, Coppola tells the unseen side of a great American myth in Elvis and Priscilla’s long courtship and turbulent marriage, from a German army base to his dream-world estate at Graceland.” As such, it is said to paint a far more nuanced and complex/negative portrayal of Elvis than did last year’s Baz Luhrmann biopic.
The film stars Cailee Spaeny, who had...
The film stars Cailee Spaeny, who had...
- 9/4/2023
- by Ray Richmond
- Gold Derby
A master of his craft renowned for his clinical, methodical technique suddenly finds himself in a precarious position. But before we get to David Fincher, let's talk about his new film, "The Killer."
Based on the French graphic novel series of the same name by writer Alexis Nolent and illustrator Luc Jacamon, "The Killer" is the first feature film Fincher has directed since 2020's Oscar-winning "Mank" and only his third in the last 10 years. That's partly due to him being busy helming multiple episodes of Netflix's acclaimed serial killer drama "Mindhunter," as well as producing and occasionally directing the streamer's (also well-received) animated anthology series "Love, Death & Robots." Still, it's just not the same as consistently having a new Fincher film every few years as we did in the 1990s and 2000s.
Maybe that's why the crowd was particularly enthusiastic during his new film's world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival.
Based on the French graphic novel series of the same name by writer Alexis Nolent and illustrator Luc Jacamon, "The Killer" is the first feature film Fincher has directed since 2020's Oscar-winning "Mank" and only his third in the last 10 years. That's partly due to him being busy helming multiple episodes of Netflix's acclaimed serial killer drama "Mindhunter," as well as producing and occasionally directing the streamer's (also well-received) animated anthology series "Love, Death & Robots." Still, it's just not the same as consistently having a new Fincher film every few years as we did in the 1990s and 2000s.
Maybe that's why the crowd was particularly enthusiastic during his new film's world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival.
- 9/4/2023
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
“The Killer” bowed at the 2023 Venice Film Festival on Sunday, September 3. Directed by three-time Oscar nominee David Fincher in his first film since 2020’s “Mank,” it stars Michael Fassbender as a hitman. The storyline is described thusly: A man, solitary and cold, methodical and unencumbered by scruples or regrets, the killer waits in the shadows, watching for his next target. And yet the longer he waits, the more he thinks he’s losing his mind, if not his cool. A brutal, bloody and stylish noir story of a professional assassin lost in a world without a moral compass.”
Fincher is said to have been attached to the “Killer” project since 2007, when it was set at Paramount. It followed Fincher over to Netflix under Fincher’s overall deal with the streamer.
Early reviews have been positive-to-mixed. As of this writing, “The Killer” rates 88% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes based on 16 reviews, with...
Fincher is said to have been attached to the “Killer” project since 2007, when it was set at Paramount. It followed Fincher over to Netflix under Fincher’s overall deal with the streamer.
Early reviews have been positive-to-mixed. As of this writing, “The Killer” rates 88% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes based on 16 reviews, with...
- 9/3/2023
- by Ray Richmond
- Gold Derby
It’s been five years since idiosyncratic filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos had his big Oscars breakthrough with “The Favourite,” which earned 10 nominations, and pulled off an upset in a Best Actress with Olivia Colman prevailing over Glenn Close. Success hasn’t tempered his adventurous spirit, though, as evidenced by his follow-up, “Poor Things,” which premiered to rave reviews at the Venice Film Festival on September 1. “Poor Things” could well reap double digit Oscar bids too (more on that below).
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“Poor Things” tells the story of a young woman (Emma Stone) brought back to life by an unorthodox scientist (Willem Dafoe) who is then pursued by a millionaire (Mark Ruffalo). As of this writing it has a MetaCritic score of 94 based on 17 reviews — all classified as positive, with seven of those rating the film a perfect 100. The film also rates 100% fresh on...
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“Poor Things” tells the story of a young woman (Emma Stone) brought back to life by an unorthodox scientist (Willem Dafoe) who is then pursued by a millionaire (Mark Ruffalo). As of this writing it has a MetaCritic score of 94 based on 17 reviews — all classified as positive, with seven of those rating the film a perfect 100. The film also rates 100% fresh on...
- 9/2/2023
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
One of the most celebrated movies of 1998 was “Saving Private Ryan,” starring Tom Hanks, Jeremy Davies and Matt Damon. Written by Robert Rodat and directed by Steven Spielberg, the war film tells of a group of U.S. soldiers who are ordered to retrieve a man whose three brothers have all been killed in action. Released 25 years ago on July 24, 1998, “Saving Private Ryan” was a massive commercial success, making $217 million in the United States and $482 million worldwide. The first team-up of Spielberg and Hanks went on to win five Oscars, though infamously not Best Picture. Read on as Gold Derby celebrates the “Saving Private Ryan” 25th anniversary.
Most critics loved the film, including Kenneth Turan in the Los Angeles Times, who called it “a powerful and impressive milestone in the realistic depiction of combat.” Wendy Ides in Times (UK) said that the opening 24-minute war sequence “is one of the...
Most critics loved the film, including Kenneth Turan in the Los Angeles Times, who called it “a powerful and impressive milestone in the realistic depiction of combat.” Wendy Ides in Times (UK) said that the opening 24-minute war sequence “is one of the...
- 7/29/2023
- by Brian Rowe
- Gold Derby
The Guardian’s longstanding film critic, who has died aged 91, was known for his insight into blockbusters and art pictures alike. Here are excerpts from his takes on Solaris, Star Wars, Taxi Driver, Malcolm X and more
• Peter Bradshaw on Derek Malcolm: my predecessor was a mighty critic, film world darling and heir to a scandal
• Derek Malcolm obituary
26 September 1969...
• Peter Bradshaw on Derek Malcolm: my predecessor was a mighty critic, film world darling and heir to a scandal
• Derek Malcolm obituary
26 September 1969...
- 7/20/2023
- by Compiled by Richard Nelsson
- The Guardian - Film News
The former film critic of the Guardian, who has died aged 91, was a friend to many of those whose work he admired – and criticised. Here, Stephen Frears, Asif Kapadia, Jeremy Thomas and Stephen Woolley pay tribute
Peter Bradshaw: my predecessor was a film-world darling and heir to scandal
‘He always looked as though he was up to mischief’
Stephen Frears, director
He’d come up to you at solemn occasions with some wonderful, deflating phrase. With his wickedly impish face, he always looked as though he was up to mischief.
Peter Bradshaw: my predecessor was a film-world darling and heir to scandal
‘He always looked as though he was up to mischief’
Stephen Frears, director
He’d come up to you at solemn occasions with some wonderful, deflating phrase. With his wickedly impish face, he always looked as though he was up to mischief.
- 7/17/2023
- The Guardian - Film News
On July 5, 2023, Netflix released “Wham!” Through archival interviews and footage, George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley relive the arc of their Wham! career, from 70s best buds to 80s pop icons. The documentary is directed by Chris Smith and is holding fresh on Rotten Tomatoes with a critics score of 83%. Fans are even more enthusiastic to walk down memory lane with the “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” hit makers, scoring it a perfect 100%. Read our full review round-up below.
Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian says, ”’Wise guys realise / There’s danger in emotional ties …’ Here was one of the most artlessly, chillingly brilliant pop lyrics of the 80s, from Wham!’s ‘Young Guns (Go For It)’, something to compare with the triumph of Madonna being a material girl in a material world. You can’t help thinking again about its relevance to Andrew Ridgeley and George Michael’s emotional ties...
Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian says, ”’Wise guys realise / There’s danger in emotional ties …’ Here was one of the most artlessly, chillingly brilliant pop lyrics of the 80s, from Wham!’s ‘Young Guns (Go For It)’, something to compare with the triumph of Madonna being a material girl in a material world. You can’t help thinking again about its relevance to Andrew Ridgeley and George Michael’s emotional ties...
- 7/6/2023
- by Vincent Mandile
- Gold Derby
A week away from the release of Paramount’s “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One,” critics have praised the new film as yet another triumph for its leading man, Tom Cruise, and one of if not the best film of the summer.
While some critics noted that the film doesn’t quite reach the heights of its 2018 predecessor “Mission: Impossible — Fallout” or Cruise’s 2022 Best Picture Oscar nominated “Top Gun: Maverick,” reviews agree it has plenty of the wild and tense set pieces that “Mission” fans have come to expect, including a comedic car chase through the streets of Rome, a nail-biting train chase and a much-marketed shot of Cruise riding a motorcycle off a cliff.
“It is Cruise himself that unlocks this extraordinary and, in the end, surprisingly poignant franchise start to finish, the key to it all even when he’s not dangling from a Dubai...
While some critics noted that the film doesn’t quite reach the heights of its 2018 predecessor “Mission: Impossible — Fallout” or Cruise’s 2022 Best Picture Oscar nominated “Top Gun: Maverick,” reviews agree it has plenty of the wild and tense set pieces that “Mission” fans have come to expect, including a comedic car chase through the streets of Rome, a nail-biting train chase and a much-marketed shot of Cruise riding a motorcycle off a cliff.
“It is Cruise himself that unlocks this extraordinary and, in the end, surprisingly poignant franchise start to finish, the key to it all even when he’s not dangling from a Dubai...
- 7/5/2023
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
With its malevolent AI and doomed submarine, the franchise’s latest instalment hits some very real-world buttons. Can it still pull a Top Gun: Maverick and save the summer’s box office?
• read Peter Bradshaw’s five-star review
• Stuart Heritage on the Tom Cruisiest movie ever made
Tom Cruise’s new film, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, sees the world’s most bankable film star take on his most topical villain yet: AI.
In the movie’s opening scene, a Russian nuclear submarine meets a grim fate – another incidence of uncanny timing, given the Titan submersible tragedy last month.
• read Peter Bradshaw’s five-star review
• Stuart Heritage on the Tom Cruisiest movie ever made
Tom Cruise’s new film, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, sees the world’s most bankable film star take on his most topical villain yet: AI.
In the movie’s opening scene, a Russian nuclear submarine meets a grim fate – another incidence of uncanny timing, given the Titan submersible tragedy last month.
- 7/5/2023
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Will the actor’s latest release deliver all of our favourite Tom Cruise moves and save the summer box office?
• read Peter Bradshaw’s five-star review
• why Dead Reckoning is the most uncannily topical M:i film yet
This is shaping up to be a profoundly depressing summer for the movie business. Films that would have traditionally been a slam-dunk have tanked at the box office. A Pixar movie has tanked and even Indiana Jones has all but sunk without trace. So, naturally, you might be a little worried about Tom Cruise.
His new film Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One comes out in a matter of days. And although last year’s Top Gun: Maverick cemented him as the only movie star people actually want to pay to watch any more, the instability of the theatrical business model means that the new release is anything but a sure thing.
• read Peter Bradshaw’s five-star review
• why Dead Reckoning is the most uncannily topical M:i film yet
This is shaping up to be a profoundly depressing summer for the movie business. Films that would have traditionally been a slam-dunk have tanked at the box office. A Pixar movie has tanked and even Indiana Jones has all but sunk without trace. So, naturally, you might be a little worried about Tom Cruise.
His new film Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One comes out in a matter of days. And although last year’s Top Gun: Maverick cemented him as the only movie star people actually want to pay to watch any more, the instability of the theatrical business model means that the new release is anything but a sure thing.
- 7/5/2023
- by Stuart Heritage
- The Guardian - Film News
Emmy contender “Reality” (minimally) dramatizes Reality Winner’s arrest and interrogation by the FBI. The Nsa-linguist-turned-whistleblower received a record-long sentence, five years and three months, for stealing and disseminating classified documents related to Russian meddling in the 2016 election.
Tina Satter’s verbatim stage adaptation of the FBI transcript, the curiously (un)punctuated “Is This A Room,” sought to restore some of the agency that was taken from Winner when statements she had made prior to being formally arrested were levied against her in court. Jessica Kiang (Variety) argues just as much, writing that the framework “proves that sometimes what you say can be used for you too.” The play’s filmed rendition, also directed by Satter, got positive write-ups and unanimous praise for lead Sydney Sweeney after premiering at the Berlin International Film Festival, where HBO purchased it for an undisclosed price. What had been hyped as a big-screen...
Tina Satter’s verbatim stage adaptation of the FBI transcript, the curiously (un)punctuated “Is This A Room,” sought to restore some of the agency that was taken from Winner when statements she had made prior to being formally arrested were levied against her in court. Jessica Kiang (Variety) argues just as much, writing that the framework “proves that sometimes what you say can be used for you too.” The play’s filmed rendition, also directed by Satter, got positive write-ups and unanimous praise for lead Sydney Sweeney after premiering at the Berlin International Film Festival, where HBO purchased it for an undisclosed price. What had been hyped as a big-screen...
- 5/30/2023
- by Ronald Meyer
- Gold Derby
Cannes: ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ Border Collie Messi Wins Palm Dog in Most Competitive Canine Contest Yet
On Saturday, the Cannes Film Festival jury will unveil the winners of this year’s festival, including the 2023 Palme d’Or, but for Cannes festival regulars, and animal lovers everywhere, the true highlight of any Croisette visit is the Palm Dog, the unofficial awards show celebrating canine performances across the festival’s official selection and various sidebars.
This year’s top prize went to Messi, the border collie who plays Snoop in Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall, with the jury praising a doggie performance “that covers the gambit… one of the best we’ve ever seen.” Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter (whose coverage had mentioned Messi as a Palm Dog frontrunner), Triet said the character of Snoop “was not just another character or some animal running around [but] as much a part of the film’s ensemble as any of the other actors.”
What used to be an inside joke has become,...
This year’s top prize went to Messi, the border collie who plays Snoop in Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall, with the jury praising a doggie performance “that covers the gambit… one of the best we’ve ever seen.” Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter (whose coverage had mentioned Messi as a Palm Dog frontrunner), Triet said the character of Snoop “was not just another character or some animal running around [but] as much a part of the film’s ensemble as any of the other actors.”
What used to be an inside joke has become,...
- 5/26/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
‘Perfect Days’ is on 2.9 so far, while Catherine Breillat’s ‘Last Summer’ managed 2.3.
Wim Wenders’ Perfect Days has made a strong impression on Screen’s Cannes 2023 jury grid, landing with an average of 2.9 (with one score outstanding), while Catherine Breillat’s Last Summer received a 2.3 average from critics.
Perfect Days received four fours (excellent) from Bangkok Post’s Kong Rithdee, Postif’s Michel Ciment, Time Magazine’s Stephanie Zacharek, and filfan.com’s Ahmed Shawky. The German filmmaker’s 10th competition title also scored two threes (good) and five twos (average), while a rating from Die Zeit’s Katja Nicomedus still pending.
Wim Wenders’ Perfect Days has made a strong impression on Screen’s Cannes 2023 jury grid, landing with an average of 2.9 (with one score outstanding), while Catherine Breillat’s Last Summer received a 2.3 average from critics.
Perfect Days received four fours (excellent) from Bangkok Post’s Kong Rithdee, Postif’s Michel Ciment, Time Magazine’s Stephanie Zacharek, and filfan.com’s Ahmed Shawky. The German filmmaker’s 10th competition title also scored two threes (good) and five twos (average), while a rating from Die Zeit’s Katja Nicomedus still pending.
- 5/26/2023
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
New films by Tran Anh Hung and Nanni Moretti take their place on the grid.
Tran Anh Hung’s The Pot-Au-Feu posted a 2.8 average on Screen International’s 2023 Cannes jury grid, whilst Nanni Moretti’s A Brighter Tomorrow landed joint-bottom with 1.3.
Vietnam-born Hung’s seventh feature, his first since 2016’s French family saga Eternity, is a food-themed period romance starring Juliette Binoche and Benoit Magimel as a cook and a gourmet who fall in love.
Click on the jury grid above for the most up-to-date version.
The Pot-Au-Feu scored fours (excellent) from Meduza International’s Anton Dolan, Time Magazine’s Stehanie Zacharek and rogerebert.
Tran Anh Hung’s The Pot-Au-Feu posted a 2.8 average on Screen International’s 2023 Cannes jury grid, whilst Nanni Moretti’s A Brighter Tomorrow landed joint-bottom with 1.3.
Vietnam-born Hung’s seventh feature, his first since 2016’s French family saga Eternity, is a food-themed period romance starring Juliette Binoche and Benoit Magimel as a cook and a gourmet who fall in love.
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The Pot-Au-Feu scored fours (excellent) from Meduza International’s Anton Dolan, Time Magazine’s Stehanie Zacharek and rogerebert.
- 5/25/2023
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
‘Asteroid City’ scored 2.2 while ‘Kidnapped’ received 2.5.
Wes Anderson’s ‘Asteroid City’ and Marco Bellocchio’s ‘Kidnapped’ land in the middle of Cannes 2023 jury grid, scoring 2.2 and 2.5 respectively.
Anderson’s third run for the Palme d’Or scored five three stars (good) and four two stars (average) while LA Times’ Justin Chang, Postif’s Michel Ciment and Time Magazine’s Stephanie Zacherek gave it one star (poor).
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Featuring an A-list ensemble cast including Tom Hanks, Scarlett Johansson and Margot Robbie, Asteroid City is set in a 1950’s US desert town...
Wes Anderson’s ‘Asteroid City’ and Marco Bellocchio’s ‘Kidnapped’ land in the middle of Cannes 2023 jury grid, scoring 2.2 and 2.5 respectively.
Anderson’s third run for the Palme d’Or scored five three stars (good) and four two stars (average) while LA Times’ Justin Chang, Postif’s Michel Ciment and Time Magazine’s Stephanie Zacherek gave it one star (poor).
Click on the jury grid above for the most up-to-date version.
Featuring an A-list ensemble cast including Tom Hanks, Scarlett Johansson and Margot Robbie, Asteroid City is set in a 1950’s US desert town...
- 5/24/2023
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
Whether you lined up outside the Palais de Festivals hours in advance or deliriously refreshed the web for minute-to-minute updates from halfway around the world, the long-awaited unveiling of Martin Scorsese’s “The Killers of the Flower Moon” at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival felt like a historic cinematic event.
Based on the best-selling nonfiction book of the same name by “The Lost City of Z” author David Grann, the film is set on the Osage reservation in 1920s Oklahoma – the decade of the Tulsa massacre. Recently discovered oil deposits enrich the settlement, making the Osage the wealthiest people in the world per capita, but “many, so many hungry wolves” soon follow. Chief amongst them are corrupt cattleman William Hale (Robert De Niro) and his nephew, Ernest Burkhart (Leonardo DiCaprio), the latter of whom infiltrates the community by marrying a prominent local (Lily Gladstone). Together, the uncle-nephew duo plots a violent...
Based on the best-selling nonfiction book of the same name by “The Lost City of Z” author David Grann, the film is set on the Osage reservation in 1920s Oklahoma – the decade of the Tulsa massacre. Recently discovered oil deposits enrich the settlement, making the Osage the wealthiest people in the world per capita, but “many, so many hungry wolves” soon follow. Chief amongst them are corrupt cattleman William Hale (Robert De Niro) and his nephew, Ernest Burkhart (Leonardo DiCaprio), the latter of whom infiltrates the community by marrying a prominent local (Lily Gladstone). Together, the uncle-nephew duo plots a violent...
- 5/23/2023
- by Ronald Meyer
- Gold Derby
Aki Kaurismaki’s latest is the new leader on the grid with a 3.2 average.
Aki Kaurismaki’s Fallen Leaves has snatched the top spot on the Cannes jury grid with an average score of 3.2.
The tragicomedy scored four fours (excellent) from Meduza’s Anton Dolin; Postif’s Michel Ciment; Time Magazine’s Stephanie Zacharek; and Roberebert.com’s Ben Kenigsberg. Kaurismäki’s film received a further six threes (good) and two twos (average).
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Hailing from Finland, Fallen Leaves centres around a shop assistant and alcoholic sandblaster who met one night in Helsinki.
Aki Kaurismaki’s Fallen Leaves has snatched the top spot on the Cannes jury grid with an average score of 3.2.
The tragicomedy scored four fours (excellent) from Meduza’s Anton Dolin; Postif’s Michel Ciment; Time Magazine’s Stephanie Zacharek; and Roberebert.com’s Ben Kenigsberg. Kaurismäki’s film received a further six threes (good) and two twos (average).
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Hailing from Finland, Fallen Leaves centres around a shop assistant and alcoholic sandblaster who met one night in Helsinki.
- 5/23/2023
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
There’s no doubt regarding what Cannes’ highest-profile ticket is, but “Killers of the Flower Moon” is unlikely to be the only major Oscar contender produced by the annual event’s 2023 edition. Jonathan Glazer’s A24-produced “The Zone of Interest” premiered on Friday and became “the first instant sensation” of this year’s festival.
Loosely adapted from Martin Amis’ 2014 novel of the same name, the film is a detached, forensic examination of complacency in the face of evil. Hype has steadily been building for months, but tonight’s premiere confirms that Glazer will be a major factor at this year’s Oscars for his Holocaust drama that many, including David Rooney (The Hollywood Reporter), are saying is “like no other” – a feat in and of itself, considering the regular release of projects on the topic. This is only the fourth film directed by Glazer, whose previous feature, “Under the Skin,...
Loosely adapted from Martin Amis’ 2014 novel of the same name, the film is a detached, forensic examination of complacency in the face of evil. Hype has steadily been building for months, but tonight’s premiere confirms that Glazer will be a major factor at this year’s Oscars for his Holocaust drama that many, including David Rooney (The Hollywood Reporter), are saying is “like no other” – a feat in and of itself, considering the regular release of projects on the topic. This is only the fourth film directed by Glazer, whose previous feature, “Under the Skin,...
- 5/19/2023
- by Ronald Meyer
- Gold Derby
The initial reactions to “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” out of the 2023 Cannes Film Festival have made landfall, and critics are calling the movie a fitting end to the beloved franchise – or at least Harrison Ford’s part in it.
“Indy 5’s” official synopsis reads:
Daredevil archaeologist Indiana Jones races against time to retrieve a legendary dial that can change the course of history. Accompanied by his goddaughter, he soon finds himself squaring off against Jürgen Voller, a former Nazi who works for NASA.
On his fifth outing as “one of cinema’s greatest heroes” – and the first not directed by Steven Spielberg – Ford is joined by Phoebe Waller-Bridge (“Fleabag”), Mads Mikkelsen (“Another Round”), Boyd Holbrook (“Narcos”), Shaunette Renée Wilson (“Billions”), Toby Jones (“In Cold Blood”), Antonio Banderas (“Pain and Glory”) and newcomer Ethann Isidore. Mottram calls Mikkelsen’s Wernher von Braun-inspired Nazi rocket scientist the best...
“Indy 5’s” official synopsis reads:
Daredevil archaeologist Indiana Jones races against time to retrieve a legendary dial that can change the course of history. Accompanied by his goddaughter, he soon finds himself squaring off against Jürgen Voller, a former Nazi who works for NASA.
On his fifth outing as “one of cinema’s greatest heroes” – and the first not directed by Steven Spielberg – Ford is joined by Phoebe Waller-Bridge (“Fleabag”), Mads Mikkelsen (“Another Round”), Boyd Holbrook (“Narcos”), Shaunette Renée Wilson (“Billions”), Toby Jones (“In Cold Blood”), Antonio Banderas (“Pain and Glory”) and newcomer Ethann Isidore. Mottram calls Mikkelsen’s Wernher von Braun-inspired Nazi rocket scientist the best...
- 5/19/2023
- by Ronald Meyer
- Gold Derby
Documentary about rural Chinese people who move to work in a textile factory is currently on a 2.7 average.
Wang Bing’s documentary Youth (Spring) took the early lead on Screen’s 2023 Cannes jury grid, with a 2.7 average score.
A 212-minute chronicle of the lives of Chinese people who come from rural areas to work in a textile factory near Shanghai, it scored seven threes (good) from our critics, with one four (excellent) from Le Monde’s Clarisse Fabre. Scores of two (average) from The Telegraph’s Robbie Collin and Tim Robey, and Positif’s Michel Ciment, and a one (poor) from filfan.
Wang Bing’s documentary Youth (Spring) took the early lead on Screen’s 2023 Cannes jury grid, with a 2.7 average score.
A 212-minute chronicle of the lives of Chinese people who come from rural areas to work in a textile factory near Shanghai, it scored seven threes (good) from our critics, with one four (excellent) from Le Monde’s Clarisse Fabre. Scores of two (average) from The Telegraph’s Robbie Collin and Tim Robey, and Positif’s Michel Ciment, and a one (poor) from filfan.
- 5/19/2023
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday night. At the glitzy Palais screening, director James Mangold and stars Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Mads Mikkelsen, Boyd Holbrook and Ethann Isidore enjoyed a warm five-minute standing ovation from the crowd. But it was Indy himself, Harrison Ford, who was the center of attention, with the actor visibly moved to tears by the reception.
Not soon after the premiere, the first reviews of the film, which hits theaters on June 30, came trickling in. As of late Thursday, the early critical reaction to the fifth film in the much-loved Indiana Jones franchise has been decidedly mixed.
A common theme among the early reviews is that the film is better than Indy’s last outing, the rather polarizing Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull from 2008, but not much better. Many reviewers took issue with digitally de-aging...
Not soon after the premiere, the first reviews of the film, which hits theaters on June 30, came trickling in. As of late Thursday, the early critical reaction to the fifth film in the much-loved Indiana Jones franchise has been decidedly mixed.
A common theme among the early reviews is that the film is better than Indy’s last outing, the rather polarizing Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull from 2008, but not much better. Many reviewers took issue with digitally de-aging...
- 5/19/2023
- by Abid Rahman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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