When at some point in the near future “Neck” is released, it will not only be a new feature directed by Takeshi Kitano, but also, as the filmmaker himself claimed, his last directorial effort. Given the pace with which he has worked and also the fact Kitano tried to balance his many projects, as a director, a TV host, a painter and an author (to name but a few), it is perhaps no surprise to hear the 75-year-old wishing to slow down a bit. Still, the phenomenon that is Kitano still continues to fascinate audiences in his home country Japan as well as internationally ever since he has left his mark with feature such as “Hana-Bi” and “Kikujiro”, or, perhaps lesser known to some, as the host of formats like “Takeshi’s Castle”. In 2020, French filmmaker Yves Montmayeur, who already made features about Yakuza-cinema and Pink films, tackled the life and...
- 4/25/2022
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
Exclusive: Curzon12 will stream recent and classic movies; first lineup revealed.
Curzon is beefing up its online offering with the launch of Curzon12, a monthly VoD service built into its membership packages.
The service will host 12 recent and classic movies which will be available to stream when logging in with a Curzon membership.
Scroll down for first lineup
Each month’s curated lineup, taken exclusively from Curzon’s library, is selected by the company’s programming team and is designed to complement the films playing across Curzon’s cinemas and its day-and-date service on Curzon Home Cinema that month.
The collection will feature the work of directors such as Yorgos Lanthimos, Charlie Chaplin, Andrea Arnold, Satyajit Ray and Agnes Varda as well as lesser known filmmakers.
The offering will be accompanied by a monthly newsletter that will delve deeper into three headline titles for that month.
The subscription is a benefit for existing and future members at no additional...
Curzon is beefing up its online offering with the launch of Curzon12, a monthly VoD service built into its membership packages.
The service will host 12 recent and classic movies which will be available to stream when logging in with a Curzon membership.
Scroll down for first lineup
Each month’s curated lineup, taken exclusively from Curzon’s library, is selected by the company’s programming team and is designed to complement the films playing across Curzon’s cinemas and its day-and-date service on Curzon Home Cinema that month.
The collection will feature the work of directors such as Yorgos Lanthimos, Charlie Chaplin, Andrea Arnold, Satyajit Ray and Agnes Varda as well as lesser known filmmakers.
The offering will be accompanied by a monthly newsletter that will delve deeper into three headline titles for that month.
The subscription is a benefit for existing and future members at no additional...
- 8/21/2017
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
KEDi director Ceyda Torun: "Cats are so omnipresent." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
There are film cat people such as Michael Haneke seen in Yves Montmayeur's Michael H - Profession: Director with Yves' cat Félix, Isabelle Huppert in Paul Verhoeven's Elle and Mia Hansen-Løve's Things To Come, Céline's Bébert in Emmanuel Bourdieu's Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Robert De Niro with Lil Bub of Andy Capper and Juliette Eisner's Lil Bub & Friendz at the Tribeca Film Festival and then there is Ceyda Torun's sharp-eyed documentary KEDi with Istanbul as cat central.
Duman has an unforgettable style of scoring little plates of smoked turkey and slices of Manchego cheese
In 2008 at the Museum of Modern Art for Funny Games (starring Naomi Watts, Tim Roth, Michael Pitt, Brady Corbet), when Michael Haneke was asked by Ed Bahlman if he had any pets, he stated that he is "a cat person.
There are film cat people such as Michael Haneke seen in Yves Montmayeur's Michael H - Profession: Director with Yves' cat Félix, Isabelle Huppert in Paul Verhoeven's Elle and Mia Hansen-Løve's Things To Come, Céline's Bébert in Emmanuel Bourdieu's Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Robert De Niro with Lil Bub of Andy Capper and Juliette Eisner's Lil Bub & Friendz at the Tribeca Film Festival and then there is Ceyda Torun's sharp-eyed documentary KEDi with Istanbul as cat central.
Duman has an unforgettable style of scoring little plates of smoked turkey and slices of Manchego cheese
In 2008 at the Museum of Modern Art for Funny Games (starring Naomi Watts, Tim Roth, Michael Pitt, Brady Corbet), when Michael Haneke was asked by Ed Bahlman if he had any pets, he stated that he is "a cat person.
- 6/27/2017
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Guy Maddin with Kim Morgan in photo booth in Yves Montmayeur's The 1000 Eyes Of Dr Maddin
The director of Michael H - Profession: Director, the documentary about Michael Haneke which features Jean-Louis Trintignant, Susanne Lothar, Josef Bierbichler, Béatrice Dalle, Juliette Binoche, Emmanuelle Riva and Isabelle Huppert, is off to Beijing, Taipei and Tokyo. Yves Montmayeur has his sights on Shu Qi (Hou Hsiao-hsien's The Assassin), Michelle Yeoh and Cheng Pei-Pei (Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), Zhao Wei (Ma Jingle and Dong Wei's Mulan: Rise Of A Warrior) and Eihi Shiina (Audition, Tokyo Gore Police) for his "new documentary film on 'Amazons in the Asian Pop Culture'! Or how Asian warrior women are dealing with martial arts and feminism."
The 1000 Eyes Of Dr Maddin director Yves Montmayeur Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
His latest film, The 1000 Eyes Of Dr Maddin, which stars Isabella Rossellini, Udo Kier, Kenneth Anger, John Waters,...
The director of Michael H - Profession: Director, the documentary about Michael Haneke which features Jean-Louis Trintignant, Susanne Lothar, Josef Bierbichler, Béatrice Dalle, Juliette Binoche, Emmanuelle Riva and Isabelle Huppert, is off to Beijing, Taipei and Tokyo. Yves Montmayeur has his sights on Shu Qi (Hou Hsiao-hsien's The Assassin), Michelle Yeoh and Cheng Pei-Pei (Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), Zhao Wei (Ma Jingle and Dong Wei's Mulan: Rise Of A Warrior) and Eihi Shiina (Audition, Tokyo Gore Police) for his "new documentary film on 'Amazons in the Asian Pop Culture'! Or how Asian warrior women are dealing with martial arts and feminism."
The 1000 Eyes Of Dr Maddin director Yves Montmayeur Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
His latest film, The 1000 Eyes Of Dr Maddin, which stars Isabella Rossellini, Udo Kier, Kenneth Anger, John Waters,...
- 1/20/2016
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The Hateful Eight director Quentin Tarantino: "I'll take any Brechtian reference." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
During and after The Hateful Eight press conference, I brought up Sam Shepard's God Of Hell to Tim Roth and Bertolt Brecht's Pirate Jenny to Quentin Tarantino. Elmore Leonard's Forty Lashes Less One and a Jack White song as Daisy's theme came back in a response. Earlier, Quentin stopped to chat about his costume designer Courtney Hoffman, who was Christoph Waltz's personal costumer in Django Unchained. Yves Montmayeur's Guy Maddin doc, The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Maddin, which won Best Documentary on Cinema in Venice, ended with Lotte Lenya singing Pirate Jenny and the "ship with eight sails" coming for revenge.
Tim Roth on God Of Hell and Oswaldo Mobray in The Hateful Eight: "Wow…. I think just that duplicitous nature of the character." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Ennio Morricone composed a majestic score,...
During and after The Hateful Eight press conference, I brought up Sam Shepard's God Of Hell to Tim Roth and Bertolt Brecht's Pirate Jenny to Quentin Tarantino. Elmore Leonard's Forty Lashes Less One and a Jack White song as Daisy's theme came back in a response. Earlier, Quentin stopped to chat about his costume designer Courtney Hoffman, who was Christoph Waltz's personal costumer in Django Unchained. Yves Montmayeur's Guy Maddin doc, The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Maddin, which won Best Documentary on Cinema in Venice, ended with Lotte Lenya singing Pirate Jenny and the "ship with eight sails" coming for revenge.
Tim Roth on God Of Hell and Oswaldo Mobray in The Hateful Eight: "Wow…. I think just that duplicitous nature of the character." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Ennio Morricone composed a majestic score,...
- 12/23/2015
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Guy Maddin and Evan Johnson's The Forbidden Room "isn’t so much a film as an encyclopedic compendium of cinematic possibilities, a cauldron bubbling over with highly spiced visual and narrative tropes," writes Jonathan Romney for Film Comment. "No apologies for the hyperbolic tone of the above: to wax over-lyrical is simply to enter into the florid, wildly heated spirit." We've got the trailer and more reviews, including one of Yves Montmayeur's documentary, The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin. » - David Hudson...
- 9/27/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
Guy Maddin and Evan Johnson's The Forbidden Room "isn’t so much a film as an encyclopedic compendium of cinematic possibilities, a cauldron bubbling over with highly spiced visual and narrative tropes," writes Jonathan Romney for Film Comment. "No apologies for the hyperbolic tone of the above: to wax over-lyrical is simply to enter into the florid, wildly heated spirit." We've got the trailer and more reviews, including one of Yves Montmayeur's documentary, The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin. » - David Hudson...
- 9/27/2015
- Keyframe
Anomalisa wins Grand Jury Prize; Robert Pattinson-starrer The Childhood Of A Leader wins best debut.Scroll down for full list of winners
From Afar (Desde Alla), the first Venezuelan production to appear in Competition at the Venice Film Festival, has won the Golden Lion for Best Film.
The directorial debut of Lorenzo Vigas concerns a middle-aged man (Alfredo Castro) who pays young boys to spend time with him. One day he befriends an 18-year-old delinquent (Luis Silva), a development that affects both profoundly.
The film, sold by Celluloid Dreams, is produced by Oscar-nominated screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga, who co-wrote the script.
The Silver Lion for Best Director went to Argentinian film-maker Pablo Trapero for kidnap drama The Clan (El Clan).
Trapero has a good relationship with Venice, having won two prizes for his 1999 debut, Crane World, returning in 2004 with Rolling Family and sitting on the Golden Lion jury in 2012.
The Clan is based on the real-life exploits...
From Afar (Desde Alla), the first Venezuelan production to appear in Competition at the Venice Film Festival, has won the Golden Lion for Best Film.
The directorial debut of Lorenzo Vigas concerns a middle-aged man (Alfredo Castro) who pays young boys to spend time with him. One day he befriends an 18-year-old delinquent (Luis Silva), a development that affects both profoundly.
The film, sold by Celluloid Dreams, is produced by Oscar-nominated screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga, who co-wrote the script.
The Silver Lion for Best Director went to Argentinian film-maker Pablo Trapero for kidnap drama The Clan (El Clan).
Trapero has a good relationship with Venice, having won two prizes for his 1999 debut, Crane World, returning in 2004 with Rolling Family and sitting on the Golden Lion jury in 2012.
The Clan is based on the real-life exploits...
- 9/12/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Guy Maddin in Yves Montmayeur's The 1000 Eyes Of Dr Maddin
Yves Montmayeur, director of the penetrating documentary Michael H - Profession: Director on the career of Michael Haneke has won the Venezia Classici Award for Best Documentary on Cinema this evening at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival for his latest exploration looking into the man and the myth of another mysterious filmmaker, Guy Maddin, in The 1000 Eyes Of Dr Maddin.
Maddin's The Forbidden Room, co-directed with Evan Johnson, is one of the highlights of the 53rd New York Film Festival. With an all-star cast that includes Mathieu Amalric, Charlotte Rampling, Geraldine Chaplin, Maria de Medeiros, Louis Negin, Udo Kier, André Wilms, Clara Furey, Roy Dupuis, Noel Burton with a contribution by John Ashbery, the stories told here may very well resemble one side of the Janus bust, auctioned off and desired by a man and his double.
Yves Montmayeur, director of the penetrating documentary Michael H - Profession: Director on the career of Michael Haneke has won the Venezia Classici Award for Best Documentary on Cinema this evening at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival for his latest exploration looking into the man and the myth of another mysterious filmmaker, Guy Maddin, in The 1000 Eyes Of Dr Maddin.
Maddin's The Forbidden Room, co-directed with Evan Johnson, is one of the highlights of the 53rd New York Film Festival. With an all-star cast that includes Mathieu Amalric, Charlotte Rampling, Geraldine Chaplin, Maria de Medeiros, Louis Negin, Udo Kier, André Wilms, Clara Furey, Roy Dupuis, Noel Burton with a contribution by John Ashbery, the stories told here may very well resemble one side of the Janus bust, auctioned off and desired by a man and his double.
- 9/12/2015
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Paris based director Yves Montmayeur has carved out quite a niche for himself with an extensive filmography of acclaimed, film-related documentaries. His 2013 Michael Haneke focused effort - Michael H Profession: Director - is something of an anomaly in Montmayeur's work in that it casts its eye on a European talent rather than to Asia but the director of Pinku Eiga: Inside The Pleasure Dome Of Japanese Erotic Cinema, Johnnie Got His Gun, In The Mood For Doyle and Electric Yakuza Go To Hell returns to his regular stomping ground of Asian cult cinema with his upcoming Meiko Kaji: Under The Sign Of Scorpion.The subject, of course, is iconic Japanese actress Kaji Meiko, leading lady in the Female Convict Scorpion and Lady Snowblood films -...
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- 2/2/2015
- Screen Anarchy
★★★☆☆ The films of Michael Haneke are often so steeped in ambiguity and intrigue that the very idea of shedding light on the methods of the Austrian auteur is an intrinsically tantalising proposition. While the theories on the films themselves espoused by Yves Montmayeur's portrait won't be novel to those familiar with Haneke's oeuvre, the on-set footage of the man at work is endlessly fascinating, revealing a typically meticulous artist, but also a supportive patriarch with an unexpected propensity for laughter and hugging. Montmayeur's intimacy with Haneke is Michael H. Profession: Director's (2013) greatest asset.
The director is predictably cagey about interpreting his own work, but he trusts Montmayeur enough to discuss the broader context of the films and, most importantly, to shoot him at work. The documentary is primarily interested in the professional life of Haneke. While we do get the occasional anecdote about his private life - including a...
The director is predictably cagey about interpreting his own work, but he trusts Montmayeur enough to discuss the broader context of the films and, most importantly, to shoot him at work. The documentary is primarily interested in the professional life of Haneke. While we do get the occasional anecdote about his private life - including a...
- 6/12/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Riding up on the elevator at the Hilton Fashion District Hotel, I overheard a man with a French accent speak about journalists and their tendency to impose opinions and then search for confirmation from a director. Upon reaching the 22nd floor, we both exited and I introduced myself to Yves Montmayeur and thanked him for the warning. After this slightly Hanekian start, we had a conversation about Picasso, Buñuel and David Lynch's nightmares and, of course, cats.
Montmayeur's penetrating documentary about Michael Haneke's career starts with the word "coward" spoken in his 1992 film Benny's Video and features interviews with Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert, Juliette Binoche, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Béatrice Dalle, and Josef Bierbichler.
Anne-Katrin Titze: Jean-Louis Trintignant at one point in your film says, "we don't have fun", Haneke has the fun. Did you have fun making this film?
Yves Montmayeur: Yes! As you can see,...
Montmayeur's penetrating documentary about Michael Haneke's career starts with the word "coward" spoken in his 1992 film Benny's Video and features interviews with Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert, Juliette Binoche, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Béatrice Dalle, and Josef Bierbichler.
Anne-Katrin Titze: Jean-Louis Trintignant at one point in your film says, "we don't have fun", Haneke has the fun. Did you have fun making this film?
Yves Montmayeur: Yes! As you can see,...
- 4/26/2013
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
You'll get only small fragments of Michael Haneke's biography in "Michael H., Profession Director." Yet you will see how Haneke works. And you'll get a strong dose of how actors feel about the man who forces them to force audiences to confront terrifying emotions. (Trailer after the jump.) It’s not about having fun, says Jean-Louis Trintignant. Yves Montmayeur's feature-length profile, among the very best in the Tribeca program, is not the standard bio-doc, but a portrait of the artist in his own words – interviews with Haneke, plus clips and thoughts from his actors. If this isn't an official story – and it seems like one, given Montmayeur's access to Haneke and his collaborators – it is a story from one point of view, punctuated, on the somber side, with Schubert's Impromptu Opus 90 D899 Number 1. "In all my films I have made an attempt to approach the truth," the...
- 4/26/2013
- by David D'Arcy
- Thompson on Hollywood
You think you know Michael Haneke? Director of such uplifting films as The Piano Teacher, Cache, and Amour? Look at that Austrian death-glower. It shrivels the soul. He's got to be one of the most humorless individuals on the planet, right? Wrong. As depicted in Yves Montmayeur's Michael H. Profession: Director, the man can be downright jocular, and his sets are a playground of puppy dogs and rainbows. At least for him they are. According to one crew member, they're a nightmare for everyone else. Haneke might not be the curmudgeon most people expect, but he can vacillate between Falstaffian joie de vivre and exacting auteur from one take to the next.This is the kind of candid insight afforded the viewer throughout. Montmayeur has shot...
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- 4/22/2013
- Screen Anarchy
Documentary filmmaker, film critic and Cannes press conference moderator Yves Montmayeur explores the work of Austrian auteur Michael Haneke in his latest feature, "Michael H. Profession: Director." Montmayeur, who has made several making-of documentaries for Haneke, gives an intimate look at the the two-time Palme d'Or winner and his on-set process. Featuring interviews with Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert and Juliette Binoche, the film looks back on the last two-and-a-half decades of Haneke's artistry. What it's about: A portrait of film director Michael Haneke. About the filmmaker: Since 1999, I'm directing documentaries about cinema. With a predilection for Asian cinema and directors from countries such as Hong Kong, Korea and Japan ( Miike Takashi, Johnnie To, Hayao Miyazaki...). But also unusual western personalities such as Italian actress-director Asia Argento, french -Belgium actor Olivier Gourmet (working with Dardenne Brothers) and of course Michael Haneke. ...
- 4/17/2013
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
It's Tribeca time again as the film fest kicks off tomorrow in typical New York fashion with The National rock-doc Mistaken for Strangers. We took a look at that film, the other galas, and the midnight lineup yesterday -- and today we turn our attention to the documentary and narrative competitions. The documentary competition specifically has become a real focus for Tribeca in recent years. Here are a few films in each of those sections that caught our eye. World Documentary Competition Michael H. Profession: Director Prolific behind-the-scenes documentarian Yves Montmayeur takes a look at the man, the myth, the legend, and the twitter account of director Michael Haneke. Teenage Based on a book by Jon Savage and narrated by Jena Malone, Ben Whishaw,...
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- 4/16/2013
- Screen Anarchy
It’s that time of year again and the Tribeca Film Festival is just around the corner. Here are a few images and trailers to give us a taste of what is to come from April 17th-28th. True to Tribeca’s characteristic range, we have new images and trailers from a documentary about a highly esteemed filmmaker, a sexy feature about preppy drug smugglers, and a romantic comedy for the social media generation with a star-studded cast. One of the more promising entries is “Michael H. Profession: Director” which examines the life and career of “Amour” director Michael Haneke. Directed by Yves Montmayeur (who has shot making-of features about Haneke’s films in the past), the film follows Haneke while he is shooting his most recent "Amour" and includes interviews with him, Emmanuelle Riva, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Isabelle Huppert, and Juliette Binoche. “Michael H. Profession: Director” begins screening on April 18th at the.
- 4/3/2013
- by Diana Drumm
- The Playlist
Beyond The Hills | The Incredible Burt Wonderstone | The Paperboy | Welcome To The Punch | Shell | The Spirit Of '45 | Red Dawn | Vinyl | Maniac | Michael H. Profession: Director
Beyond The Hills (12A)
(Cristian Mungiu, 2012, Rom) Cosmina Stratan, Cristina Flutur. 152 mins
Romanian patriarchy had a lot to answer for in Mungiu's 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days, and it's even more to blame in this powerful convent drama. It starts with a young woman coming to visit her former girlfriend, who's now a nun, but events increasingly spiral out of control, to the extent that romantic frustration is diagnosed as demonic possession… and duly treated.
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (15)
(Don Scardino, 2013, Us) Steve Carell, Steve Buscemi, Jim Carrey. 100 mins
Doing for Vegas-style magic what Blades Of Glory did for figure skating, Carell and co conjure just enough comedy out of a sitting-duck premise, as their cheesy stage act is threatened by Carrey's Blaine-style endurance stunts.
The Paperboy (15)
(Lee Daniels,...
Beyond The Hills (12A)
(Cristian Mungiu, 2012, Rom) Cosmina Stratan, Cristina Flutur. 152 mins
Romanian patriarchy had a lot to answer for in Mungiu's 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days, and it's even more to blame in this powerful convent drama. It starts with a young woman coming to visit her former girlfriend, who's now a nun, but events increasingly spiral out of control, to the extent that romantic frustration is diagnosed as demonic possession… and duly treated.
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (15)
(Don Scardino, 2013, Us) Steve Carell, Steve Buscemi, Jim Carrey. 100 mins
Doing for Vegas-style magic what Blades Of Glory did for figure skating, Carell and co conjure just enough comedy out of a sitting-duck premise, as their cheesy stage act is threatened by Carrey's Blaine-style endurance stunts.
The Paperboy (15)
(Lee Daniels,...
- 3/16/2013
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Anyone who admires the formidable director Michael Haneke should see Yves Montmayeur's bracing documentary portrait
Yves Montmayeur's documentary portrait of Michael Haneke, made originally for television, is a must-see for anyone who admires this director. The opening sequence pretty much justifies the admission price on its own: Haneke giving Jean-Louis Trintignant a "walk-through" rehearsal for the chilling dream sequence in his latest film, Amour. (Despite the title, Haneke is not asked for his opinion on Antonioni's 1975 film The Passenger, originally entitled Professione: Reporter, though it is surely an influence.) Montmayeur attempts to question Haneke closely about his work, but the director is adamant in his refusal to interpret, much less defend his movies, though he will talk in general terms about how they challenge our consumption of violence, or our attitude to suffering or injustice. The documentary incidentally shows that Haneke's chucklingly jolly side with interviewers is a defence mechanism.
Yves Montmayeur's documentary portrait of Michael Haneke, made originally for television, is a must-see for anyone who admires this director. The opening sequence pretty much justifies the admission price on its own: Haneke giving Jean-Louis Trintignant a "walk-through" rehearsal for the chilling dream sequence in his latest film, Amour. (Despite the title, Haneke is not asked for his opinion on Antonioni's 1975 film The Passenger, originally entitled Professione: Reporter, though it is surely an influence.) Montmayeur attempts to question Haneke closely about his work, but the director is adamant in his refusal to interpret, much less defend his movies, though he will talk in general terms about how they challenge our consumption of violence, or our attitude to suffering or injustice. The documentary incidentally shows that Haneke's chucklingly jolly side with interviewers is a defence mechanism.
- 3/15/2013
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
★★★☆☆ Yves Montmayeur's Michael H. Profession: Director (2013) comes at a time of heightened interest in the Austrian auteur, with his latest film, Amour (2012), securing Michael Haneke his second Palme d'Or, the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and even his own parody Twitter account, courtesy of Shortlist journalist Benjamin Lee. Undeniably one of the most important arthouse directors working today, Montmayeur's fascinating insight into a master craftsman at work makes for compulsive viewing, even if it does fail to illicit much from a figure who's renowned for keeping his cards close to his chest.
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- 3/14/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Tribeca Film Festival organizers on Wednesday announced 46 of the 89 feature films screening at the New York-set festival starting next month, including selections in the World Narrative and Documentary Competition film sections, as well as out-of-competition Viewpoints screenings.
"Big Men," a documentary about American corporations pursuing oil reserves in Africa, will serve as the opening night film for the World Documentary portion; "Bluebird," a small-town drama featuring "Girls" star Adam Driver, will kick-off the World Narrative slate. "Flex Is Kings," a documentary about Brooklyn street performers, is the Viewpoints opener. All three films premiere on April 18. The Tribeca Film Festival runs from April 17 through April 28, with "Mistaken For Strangers," a documentary about The National, serving as the fest's opening night film.
"Our competition selections embody the quality and diversity of contemporary cinema from across the globe,” Tribeca Film Festival Artistic Director Frederic Boyer said in a release. “The cinematic proficiency that...
"Big Men," a documentary about American corporations pursuing oil reserves in Africa, will serve as the opening night film for the World Documentary portion; "Bluebird," a small-town drama featuring "Girls" star Adam Driver, will kick-off the World Narrative slate. "Flex Is Kings," a documentary about Brooklyn street performers, is the Viewpoints opener. All three films premiere on April 18. The Tribeca Film Festival runs from April 17 through April 28, with "Mistaken For Strangers," a documentary about The National, serving as the fest's opening night film.
"Our competition selections embody the quality and diversity of contemporary cinema from across the globe,” Tribeca Film Festival Artistic Director Frederic Boyer said in a release. “The cinematic proficiency that...
- 3/5/2013
- by Christopher Rosen
- Huffington Post
The Tribeca Film Festival announced the first half of its 2013 movie slate today, including its World Narrative and Documentary Competition film categories, along with selections from the out-of-competition Viewpoints section, which highlights international and independent cinema. Festival organizers reviewed more than 6,000 submissions to select 89 feature-length films from 30 different countries for this year’s festival, which boasts 53 world premieres. “Our competition selections embody the quality and diversity of contemporary cinema from across the globe,” said Frederic Boyer, Tribeca’s artistic director. “The cinematic proficiency that harnesses this lineup is remarkable and we’re looking forward to sharing these new perspectives, powerful performances,...
- 3/5/2013
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
Gangs Of Wasseypur Part 2 | Stoker | Arbitrage | Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters | Caesar Must Die | The Bay | Sleep Tight | Broken City | Trashed | Safe Haven | Hi-So | Michael H. Profession: Director | The Gospel According To Matthew | The Attacks Of 26/11 | Acoustic Routes
Gangs Of Wasseypur Part 2 (18)
(Anurag Kashyap, 2012, Ind) Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Zeishan Quadri, Aditya Kumar, Huma Qureshi. 160 mins
It's over five hours long in all, but there's barely a slack moment in this exhilarating Indian epic as it races through generations of smalltown criminal, industrial and political enmity. Yes, it's violent, but like all great crime stories it's also a vibrant tapestry of family life and modern history, closer to Leone, Coppola or Tarantino than Bollywood.
Stoker (18)
(Park Chan-wook, 2013, Us/UK) Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, Matthew Goode. 99 mins
The Oldboy director gives us a sensual, tantalisingly ambiguous thriller, centred on Wasikowska and her shifty smalltown family.
Arbitrage (15)
(Nicholas Jarecki, 2012, Us) Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, Brit Marling.
Gangs Of Wasseypur Part 2 (18)
(Anurag Kashyap, 2012, Ind) Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Zeishan Quadri, Aditya Kumar, Huma Qureshi. 160 mins
It's over five hours long in all, but there's barely a slack moment in this exhilarating Indian epic as it races through generations of smalltown criminal, industrial and political enmity. Yes, it's violent, but like all great crime stories it's also a vibrant tapestry of family life and modern history, closer to Leone, Coppola or Tarantino than Bollywood.
Stoker (18)
(Park Chan-wook, 2013, Us/UK) Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, Matthew Goode. 99 mins
The Oldboy director gives us a sensual, tantalisingly ambiguous thriller, centred on Wasikowska and her shifty smalltown family.
Arbitrage (15)
(Nicholas Jarecki, 2012, Us) Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, Brit Marling.
- 3/2/2013
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
With all of the recent horror documentaries, it’s nice to have a documentary on something more interesting than a single film. Acclaimed documentarian Yves Montmayeur is doing a thorough look at pinku eiga, or erotic pink films from the exploitation days of Japan during the 70s, called Pinku Eiga: Inside the Pleasure Dome Of Japanese Erotic Cinema.
For those who are unknown to this sub-genre, here’s a quick lowdown (as told by Wiki): “Pink film is a style of Japanese softcore pornographic theatrical film. Films of this genre first appeared in the early 1960s, and dominated the Japanese domestic cinema from the mid-1960s through the mid-1980s.[1][2] In the 1960s, the pink films were largely the product of small, independent studios. In the 1970s, some of Japan’s major studios, facing the loss of their theatrical audience, took over the pink film. With their access to higher production-values and talent,...
For those who are unknown to this sub-genre, here’s a quick lowdown (as told by Wiki): “Pink film is a style of Japanese softcore pornographic theatrical film. Films of this genre first appeared in the early 1960s, and dominated the Japanese domestic cinema from the mid-1960s through the mid-1980s.[1][2] In the 1960s, the pink films were largely the product of small, independent studios. In the 1970s, some of Japan’s major studios, facing the loss of their theatrical audience, took over the pink film. With their access to higher production-values and talent,...
- 6/2/2011
- by Jon Peters
- Killer Films
Japanese 'pink' film - or pinku eiga - is in the international eye now as never before. Scholars such as Jasper Sharp have been the driving force towards early critical examination of the genre - Sharp having written a book on the topic and organized a traveling retrospective of landmark pink films - while recent productions such as the Tribeca-selected Underwater Love have given some mainstream traction. And now the genre is getting the documentary treatment.Director Yves Montmayeur already boasts documentaries about Johnnie To, Christopher Doyle, yakuza eiga and more to his credit. His work is well enough respected that he has received the retrospective treatment at international festivals - Fantasia did one a few years back - and his latest is Pinku Eiga:...
- 6/2/2011
- Screen Anarchy
A couple weeks back Twitch got word that the 2010 Terracotta Far East Film Festival in London would include the likes of Jackie Chan's Little Big Soldier and Soi Cheang's Accident and now we've got the rest of the line up for you! Joining those two will be:
Cult Japanese hit Fish Story, Mamoru Hosoda's animated gem Summer Wars, Thai art-gore Meat Grinder along with horror anthology Phobia, Hong Kong action-drama Bodyguards and Assassins along with behind the scenes documentary Development Hell, In The Mood For Doyle and Yakuza Eiga from documentarian Yves Montmayeur, Japanese blockbuster 20th Century Boys 3, Korean drama Antique, arthouse oddity Cow, Japanese comic book style adventure K-20 and Johnnie To's Vengeance. And that, my friends is a high quality and very diverse lineup.
Cult Japanese hit Fish Story, Mamoru Hosoda's animated gem Summer Wars, Thai art-gore Meat Grinder along with horror anthology Phobia, Hong Kong action-drama Bodyguards and Assassins along with behind the scenes documentary Development Hell, In The Mood For Doyle and Yakuza Eiga from documentarian Yves Montmayeur, Japanese blockbuster 20th Century Boys 3, Korean drama Antique, arthouse oddity Cow, Japanese comic book style adventure K-20 and Johnnie To's Vengeance. And that, my friends is a high quality and very diverse lineup.
- 3/29/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Fans of Studio Ghibli’s very own Hayao Miyazaki that understand German or French should mark some dates for next month as Arte has appointed April to a long overdue “Hayao Miyazaki Month”.
The Franco-German station will show six of Miyazaki’s masterworks starting on April 5th with Spirited Away and also air Yves Montmayeur’s 2004 documentation Ghibli et le mystère Miyazaki that focuses on Miyazaki’s work at the Ghibli Studio.
Spirited Away – April 5th 20:15; April 7th 14:45; April 13th 14:45
My Neigbour Totoro – April 8th 20:15; April 15th 14:45
Ghibli et le mystère Miyazaki – April 8th 21:40
Howl’s Moving Castle – April 12th 20:15; April 14th 14:45
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind – April 15th 20:15
Princess Mononoke – April 19th 20:15
Laputa: Castle in the Sky – April 22nd 20:15
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The Franco-German station will show six of Miyazaki’s masterworks starting on April 5th with Spirited Away and also air Yves Montmayeur’s 2004 documentation Ghibli et le mystère Miyazaki that focuses on Miyazaki’s work at the Ghibli Studio.
Spirited Away – April 5th 20:15; April 7th 14:45; April 13th 14:45
My Neigbour Totoro – April 8th 20:15; April 15th 14:45
Ghibli et le mystère Miyazaki – April 8th 21:40
Howl’s Moving Castle – April 12th 20:15; April 14th 14:45
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind – April 15th 20:15
Princess Mononoke – April 19th 20:15
Laputa: Castle in the Sky – April 22nd 20:15
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- 3/28/2010
- by Ulrik
- Affenheimtheater
The Terracotta Far East Film Festival have just announced the first titles for their 2010 edition and it promises to be a very good year, indeed! Quickly establishing themselves as the premiere showcase for Asian film in the UK, Terracotta opens this edition with Jackie Chan's Little Big Soldier before moving on to acclaimed festival hits like Soi Cheang's Accident and Japanese punk rock time traveling save the world comedy Fish Story. Read on for the full announcement!
Jackie Chans' latest film, 'Little Big Soldier', a period-action road-trip movie, will open the festival on 6th May 2010.
The film by Ding Sheng is set in the time when China wasn't yet a country and was still comprised of seven warring states. Jackie Chan plays a reluctant conscript from one of these states and finds himself fortuitously capturing an enemy general, whom he can bring back to his home-state to trade release from army service.
Jackie Chans' latest film, 'Little Big Soldier', a period-action road-trip movie, will open the festival on 6th May 2010.
The film by Ding Sheng is set in the time when China wasn't yet a country and was still comprised of seven warring states. Jackie Chan plays a reluctant conscript from one of these states and finds himself fortuitously capturing an enemy general, whom he can bring back to his home-state to trade release from army service.
- 3/11/2010
- Screen Anarchy
The Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia announces its complete program. There are still a few surprises to be confirmed, like the closing gala, but they have already put together the final list of films that will be screened at Sitges 09. Below you’ll find the titles of each film and their sections as well as links for the films that we have already reviewed here on Sound On Sight. Opening Film [Rec]2. Paco Plaza and Jaume Balagueró. 2009. Official FANTÀSTIC In Competition Section Accident. Soi Cheang. 2009. Accidents Happen. Andrew Lancaster. 2009. The Children. Tom Shankland. 2008. [1] Cold Souls. Sophie Bartes. 2009. The Countess. Julie Delpy. 2009. Les Derniers Jours Du Monde. Jean-Marie and Arnaud Larrieu. 2009. Dogtooth (Kynodontas). Yorgos Lanthimos. 2009. Dorian Gray. Oliver Parker. 2009. Enter The Void. Gaspar Noé. 2009. Grace. Paul Solet. 2009. [2] Heartless. Philip Ridley. 2009. Hierro. Gabe Ibáñez. 2009. La Horde. Yannick Dahan and Benjamin Rocher. 2009. Ingrid. Eduard Cortés. 2009. Kinatay. Brillante Mendoza. 2009. Metropia. Tarik Saleh. 2009. Moon.
- 9/19/2009
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
The full lineup has been announced, and among the load of genre fare that's been running the fest circuit are the world premiers of:
Vincenzo Natali's latest, Splice, which we're all excited about.
Simon Fellows twisted adaptation Malice in Wonderland (trailer)
Along some of our personal favorites:
Black Dynamite (friggin awesome)
Swiss scifi flick Cargo (trailer)
Pater Sparrow's incredible Stanislaw Lem adaptation 1 (review)
The Mo Brothers Indonesian slasher Macabre (review)
Atm (get it?) horror-comedy The Human Centipede (review)
Full list after the break.
Opening Film
[Rec]2. Paco Plaza and Jaume Balagueró. 2009.
Official FANTÀSTIC In Competition Section
Accident. Soi Cheang. 2009.
Accidents Happen. Andrew Lancaster. 2009.
The Children. Tom Shankland. 2008.
Cold Souls. Sophie Bartes. 2009.
The Countess. Julie Delpy. 2009.
Les Derniers Jours Du Monde. Jean-Marie and Arnaud Larrieu. 2009.
Dogtooth (Kynodontas). Yorgos Lanthimos. 2009.
Dorian Gray. Oliver Parker. 2009.
Enter The Void. Gaspar Noé. 2009.
Grace. Paul Solet. 2009.
Heartless. Philip Ridley. 2009.
Hierro. Gabe Ibáñez. 2009.
La Horde. Yannick Dahan and Benjamin Rocher.
Vincenzo Natali's latest, Splice, which we're all excited about.
Simon Fellows twisted adaptation Malice in Wonderland (trailer)
Along some of our personal favorites:
Black Dynamite (friggin awesome)
Swiss scifi flick Cargo (trailer)
Pater Sparrow's incredible Stanislaw Lem adaptation 1 (review)
The Mo Brothers Indonesian slasher Macabre (review)
Atm (get it?) horror-comedy The Human Centipede (review)
Full list after the break.
Opening Film
[Rec]2. Paco Plaza and Jaume Balagueró. 2009.
Official FANTÀSTIC In Competition Section
Accident. Soi Cheang. 2009.
Accidents Happen. Andrew Lancaster. 2009.
The Children. Tom Shankland. 2008.
Cold Souls. Sophie Bartes. 2009.
The Countess. Julie Delpy. 2009.
Les Derniers Jours Du Monde. Jean-Marie and Arnaud Larrieu. 2009.
Dogtooth (Kynodontas). Yorgos Lanthimos. 2009.
Dorian Gray. Oliver Parker. 2009.
Enter The Void. Gaspar Noé. 2009.
Grace. Paul Solet. 2009.
Heartless. Philip Ridley. 2009.
Hierro. Gabe Ibáñez. 2009.
La Horde. Yannick Dahan and Benjamin Rocher.
- 9/12/2009
- QuietEarth.us
Madrid -- Woody Allen’s tribute to Barcelona “Vicky Cristina Barcelona,” the Coen brothers’ star-studded “Burn After Reading” and Laurent Cantet’s Palme d’Or winner “The Class” figure in the list of Zabaltegi-Pearls section for the 56th San Sebastian International Film Festival, organizers announced Tuesday.
The section, which weaves together prize-winners from other festivals with gems that buzzed across the international circuit, but have not opened in Spain, has become one of the festival’s most popular staples.
This year’s list of 12 films screening in the Pearls section vie for the TCM Audience Award, worth 70,000 euros ($102,000) for the Spanish importer.
Zabaltegi-Pearls will also feature Sundance’s closing film “Csny Deja vu,” as well as latest releases from three directors who competed with their first works at San Sebastian before going on to obtain international recognition: Olivier Assayas, Majid Majidi and Simon Staho.
The Zabaltegi-Specials sidebar, showcasing films that...
The section, which weaves together prize-winners from other festivals with gems that buzzed across the international circuit, but have not opened in Spain, has become one of the festival’s most popular staples.
This year’s list of 12 films screening in the Pearls section vie for the TCM Audience Award, worth 70,000 euros ($102,000) for the Spanish importer.
Zabaltegi-Pearls will also feature Sundance’s closing film “Csny Deja vu,” as well as latest releases from three directors who competed with their first works at San Sebastian before going on to obtain international recognition: Olivier Assayas, Majid Majidi and Simon Staho.
The Zabaltegi-Specials sidebar, showcasing films that...
- 8/26/2008
- by By Pamela Rolfe
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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