It may just be the start of December, but there’s already no shortage of best-of-2016 lists. While ours won’t arrive until closer to year’s end, one of the most astute organizations have delivered theirs today. The BFI magazine Sight & Sound polled over 150 UK and international film critics on their favorite films of the year and the resulting 20 selections are quite fantastic.
Led by Maren Ade‘s Toni Erdmann, its top five is rounded out by Moonlight, Elle, Certain Women, and American Honey. One of our favorite selections is Bertrand Bonello‘s Paris-set terrorism drama Nocturama, one of the most distinct and bold features I’ve seen all year, and one in desperate need of U.S. distribution. In terms of documentaries, Kirsten Johnson‘s fantastic Cameraperson made the cut as did Italy’s Oscar entry Fire at Sea.
“I am delighted that our poll recognizes the talent...
Led by Maren Ade‘s Toni Erdmann, its top five is rounded out by Moonlight, Elle, Certain Women, and American Honey. One of our favorite selections is Bertrand Bonello‘s Paris-set terrorism drama Nocturama, one of the most distinct and bold features I’ve seen all year, and one in desperate need of U.S. distribution. In terms of documentaries, Kirsten Johnson‘s fantastic Cameraperson made the cut as did Italy’s Oscar entry Fire at Sea.
“I am delighted that our poll recognizes the talent...
- 12/2/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Another release of the Kramer-Foreman-Zinnemann classic gives Savant another chance to make his argument that this supposedly 'liberal' movie is too confused to be anything but political quicksand -- if anything, its statement is bitterly hawkish. High Noon Blu-ray Olive Signature 1952 / B&W / 1:37 flat Academy / 85 min. / Street Date September 20, 2016 / available through the Olive Films website / 39.95 Starring Gary Cooper, Thomas Mitchell, Grace Kelly, Katy Jurado, Lloyd Bridges, Lon Chaney Jr, Harry Morgan, Otto Kruger, Lee Van Cleef. Cinematography Floyd Crosby Production Designer Rudolph Sternad Film Editor Elmo Williams Original Music Dimitri Tiomkin Written by Carl Foreman Produced by Stanley Kramer Directed by Fred Zinnemann
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
This is my fourth time out with a review of High Noon, starting fourteen years ago with a pretty miserable Artisan DVD, then a Lionsgate 'ultimate edition,' followed by Olive Film's first, quite good Blu-ray. Olive now revisits the 1952 classic as...
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
This is my fourth time out with a review of High Noon, starting fourteen years ago with a pretty miserable Artisan DVD, then a Lionsgate 'ultimate edition,' followed by Olive Film's first, quite good Blu-ray. Olive now revisits the 1952 classic as...
- 10/1/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Graduation, It’s Only The End Of The World and The Unknown Girl all made their bows on today’s Jury Grid.
As Cannes 2016 enters its final stretch, three new films debuted on Screen’s Jury Grid on day 9 of this year’s festival.
Xavier Dolan’s It’s Only The End Of The World – the 27-year-old director’s sixth feature, all but one of which (Tom At The Farm) have premiered at Cannes – registered a disappointing overall score of 1.3, leaving it bottom of the grid.
Usually a firm favourite at the festival, Dolan’s latest particularly failed to impress France’s Julien Gester and Didier Peron, and the UK’s Nick James, who awarded it a no-score X rating. The film also attracted four solitary one-star scores, a joint low this year with Nicole Garcia’s From The Land Of The Moon.
One of the day’s other new entries – Cristian Mungiu’s Graduation – fared significantly...
As Cannes 2016 enters its final stretch, three new films debuted on Screen’s Jury Grid on day 9 of this year’s festival.
Xavier Dolan’s It’s Only The End Of The World – the 27-year-old director’s sixth feature, all but one of which (Tom At The Farm) have premiered at Cannes – registered a disappointing overall score of 1.3, leaving it bottom of the grid.
Usually a firm favourite at the festival, Dolan’s latest particularly failed to impress France’s Julien Gester and Didier Peron, and the UK’s Nick James, who awarded it a no-score X rating. The film also attracted four solitary one-star scores, a joint low this year with Nicole Garcia’s From The Land Of The Moon.
One of the day’s other new entries – Cristian Mungiu’s Graduation – fared significantly...
- 5/19/2016
- ScreenDaily
Neither film managed to top Cristi Piui’s Sieranevada on the second day of the 69th Cannes Film Festival.
On day two of Screen’s Jury Grid at the 69th Cannes Film Festival, new entries Slack Bay and I, Daniel Blake attracted mixed scores from Screen’s critics.
Both films clocked a four-star rating apiece, as well as a ‘no rating’ X - the lowest available.
Ken Loach’s I, Daniel Blake attracted the higher average score, 2.4, particularly impressing the UK’s Nick James. However, it failed to impress France’s Julien Gester and Didier Peron, who awarded it the lowest score.
Bruno Dumont’s Slack Bay, which scored 2.1, impressed France’s Michel Ciment but tanked with the Us’ Manohla Dargis.
Cristi Piui’s Sieranevada continues to reign top with a strong score of 3.
Click here for Screen’s Cannes Competition blog...
On day two of Screen’s Jury Grid at the 69th Cannes Film Festival, new entries Slack Bay and I, Daniel Blake attracted mixed scores from Screen’s critics.
Both films clocked a four-star rating apiece, as well as a ‘no rating’ X - the lowest available.
Ken Loach’s I, Daniel Blake attracted the higher average score, 2.4, particularly impressing the UK’s Nick James. However, it failed to impress France’s Julien Gester and Didier Peron, who awarded it the lowest score.
Bruno Dumont’s Slack Bay, which scored 2.1, impressed France’s Michel Ciment but tanked with the Us’ Manohla Dargis.
Cristi Piui’s Sieranevada continues to reign top with a strong score of 3.
Click here for Screen’s Cannes Competition blog...
- 5/14/2016
- ScreenDaily
Gianfranco Rosi’s migrant documentary Fire At Sea (Fuocoammare) took home the Golden Bear for Best Film at the Berlin Film Festival, which handed out its competition awards on Saturday night.Click here for full list of winners
Italian-American Rosi - who won the Golden Lion in Venice for his documentary Sacro Gra in 2013 - spent months on the island of Lampedusa capturing the everyday lives of its 6,000-strong population.
Situated closer to Africa than Europe, the Italian island of Lampedusa is one of the first points of call for hundreds of thousands of African and Middle Eastern refugees and migrants hoping to make a new life in Europe.
The film was a critics favourite during the Berlinale, leading the Screen Jury Grid into the final weekend of the festival, however during an interview with Screen director Rosi admitted a fear that his film might divide viewers.
Fire At Sea proved a hot seller for Doc & Film...
Italian-American Rosi - who won the Golden Lion in Venice for his documentary Sacro Gra in 2013 - spent months on the island of Lampedusa capturing the everyday lives of its 6,000-strong population.
Situated closer to Africa than Europe, the Italian island of Lampedusa is one of the first points of call for hundreds of thousands of African and Middle Eastern refugees and migrants hoping to make a new life in Europe.
The film was a critics favourite during the Berlinale, leading the Screen Jury Grid into the final weekend of the festival, however during an interview with Screen director Rosi admitted a fear that his film might divide viewers.
Fire At Sea proved a hot seller for Doc & Film...
- 2/20/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
The International Jury of this year's Berlinale, the 66th—Meryl Streep (President), Lars Eidinger, Nick James, Brigitte Lacombe, Clive Owen, Alba Rohrwacher and Malgorzata Szumowska—has awarded the Golden Bear to Gianfranco Rosi's Fire at Sea. The Grand Jury Prize goes to Danis Tanović's Death in Sarajevo. Best Director: Mia Hansen-Løve for Things to Come. The acting awards go to Trine Dyrholm (The Commune) and Majd Mastoura for his performance in Mohamed Ben Attia's Hedi—which also wins the First Feature Award. Tomasz Wasilewski wins the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay for the film he also directed, United States of Love. An Honorary Golden Bear has been presented to cinematographer Michael Ballhaus, best known for his work with Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Martin Scorsese. We've got the complete of winners. » - David Hudson...
- 2/20/2016
- Keyframe
The International Jury of this year's Berlinale, the 66th—Meryl Streep (President), Lars Eidinger, Nick James, Brigitte Lacombe, Clive Owen, Alba Rohrwacher and Malgorzata Szumowska—has awarded the Golden Bear to Gianfranco Rosi's Fire at Sea. The Grand Jury Prize goes to Danis Tanović's Death in Sarajevo. Best Director: Mia Hansen-Løve for Things to Come. The acting awards go to Trine Dyrholm (The Commune) and Majd Mastoura for his performance in Mohamed Ben Attia's Hedi—which also wins the First Feature Award. Tomasz Wasilewski wins the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay for the film he also directed, United States of Love. An Honorary Golden Bear has been presented to cinematographer Michael Ballhaus, best known for his work with Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Martin Scorsese. We've got the complete of winners. » - David Hudson...
- 2/20/2016
- Fandor: Keyframe
Berlinale director discusses Meryl Streep, Fire At Sea and the digital future.
As the 66th Berlin Film Festival (Feb 11-21) enters its final stretch, festival director Dieter Kosslick believes the two “opposing forces” that drive the festival - red carpets and celebrity attendees versus a “line-up with many wild films” - are working well in his view.
While some of the competition entries have taken a hammering, the films of Mohamed Ben Attia, Jeff Nichols, Mia Hansen-Love, Anne Zohra Berrached, Yang Chao and Alex Gibney have all been well received. And Gianfranco Rosi’s documentary Fire At Sea has become the talk of the festival.
“We didn’t want to do a refugee festival, even if we are in the middle of the mess,” said Kosslick. “But we did want to have a festival where the refugee crisis is a big part. The right of happiness - this is a bigger question for the whole world.”
“It...
As the 66th Berlin Film Festival (Feb 11-21) enters its final stretch, festival director Dieter Kosslick believes the two “opposing forces” that drive the festival - red carpets and celebrity attendees versus a “line-up with many wild films” - are working well in his view.
While some of the competition entries have taken a hammering, the films of Mohamed Ben Attia, Jeff Nichols, Mia Hansen-Love, Anne Zohra Berrached, Yang Chao and Alex Gibney have all been well received. And Gianfranco Rosi’s documentary Fire At Sea has become the talk of the festival.
“We didn’t want to do a refugee festival, even if we are in the middle of the mess,” said Kosslick. “But we did want to have a festival where the refugee crisis is a big part. The right of happiness - this is a bigger question for the whole world.”
“It...
- 2/18/2016
- by matt.mueller@screendaily.com (Matt Mueller)
- ScreenDaily
Meryl Streep addressed the issue of diversity at the Berlin Film Festival during a press conference on Thursday. Streep was asked if she, as the head of the festival’s jury, felt that she understood movies that came from North African and Arab countries. “There is a core of humanity that travels right through every culture, and after all we’re all from Africa originally,” Streep said, according to the Washington Post. “Berliners, we’re all Africans, really.” Also Read: Halle Berry Calls Oscars Diversity Problem 'Heartbreaking' Streep leads the seven-person jury, which consists of British actor Clive Owen; British...
- 2/11/2016
- by Joe Otterson
- The Wrap
With just nine days to go before opening night, the Berlin International Film Festival is putting the final touches on their 66th edition. Organizers have announced the official seven-person jury, which will be presided over by previously-announced president Meryl Streep. The actress will be joined by Clive Owen, German actor Lars Eidinger, Italian actress Alba Rohrwacher, Polish director and Silver Bear winner Malgorzata Szumowska, U.K. film critic Nick James and French photographer Brigitte Lacombe. Read More: Jeff Nichols' 'Midnight Special' Leads 2016 Berlin International Film Festival Competition Lineup Additionally, the festival has announced three special screenings that will pay tribute to David Bowie, Alan Rickman and Ettore Scola. Bowie, who appeared at the Berlinale in documentaries like "Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart" and "Scott Walker - 30 Century Man," will be honored with a showing of Nicolas Roeg's "The Main Who Fell to...
- 2/2/2016
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Clive Owen and Alba Rohrwacher will join Meryl Streep as part of the seven person International Jury at the Berlin Film Festival, which opens February 11 with the Coen brothers’ Hail, Caesar!. Also on the panel will be German actor Lars Eidinger; French photographer Brigitte Lacombe; Polish film director Malgorzata Szumowska; and Sight & Sound editor Nick James, also known as Il Commandante by his legion of devotees. The imperious Streep will preside over the jury, as prev…...
- 2/2/2016
- Deadline
Festival to honour David Bowie, Alan Rickman and Ettore Scola through special screenings; security to be tightened.
Actors Clive Owen, Alba Rohrwacher and Lars Eidinger are to join Meryl Streep in the International Jury of this year’s Berlinale (Feb 11-21) which kicks off next week with the international premiere of the Coen brothers’ Hail Caesar.
The seven-person jury deciding on the Bears, revealed this morning at a press conference in Berlin, also includes the UK film critic Nick James, French photographer Brigitte Lacombe and the Polish film director Malgorzata Szumowska whose last film Body won a Silver Bear for Best Direction at last year’s Berlinale.
Owen is no stranger to Berlin as he was in town and at Studio Babelsberg in 2008 for the shoot of Tom Tykwer’s The International which opened the Berlinale in 2009, while Eidinger is well known to Berlin theatre-goers as part of the Schaubühne ensemble as well as his film and...
Actors Clive Owen, Alba Rohrwacher and Lars Eidinger are to join Meryl Streep in the International Jury of this year’s Berlinale (Feb 11-21) which kicks off next week with the international premiere of the Coen brothers’ Hail Caesar.
The seven-person jury deciding on the Bears, revealed this morning at a press conference in Berlin, also includes the UK film critic Nick James, French photographer Brigitte Lacombe and the Polish film director Malgorzata Szumowska whose last film Body won a Silver Bear for Best Direction at last year’s Berlinale.
Owen is no stranger to Berlin as he was in town and at Studio Babelsberg in 2008 for the shoot of Tom Tykwer’s The International which opened the Berlinale in 2009, while Eidinger is well known to Berlin theatre-goers as part of the Schaubühne ensemble as well as his film and...
- 2/2/2016
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Festival to honour David Bowie, Alan Rickman and Ettore Scola through special screenings; security to be tightened.
Actors Clive Owen, Alba Rohrwacher and Lars Eidinger are to join Meryl Streep in the International Jury of this year’s Berlinale (Feb 11-21) which kicks off next week with the international premiere of the Coen brothers’ Hail Caesar.
The seven-person jury deciding on the Bears, revealed this morning at a press conference in Berlin, also includes the UK film critic Nick James, French photographer Brigitte Lacombe and the Polish film director Malgorzata Szumowska whose last film Body won a Silver Bear for Best Direction at last year’s Berlinale.
Owen is no stranger to Berlin as he was in town and at Studio Babelsberg in 2008 for the shoot of Tom Tykwer’s The International which opened the Berlinale in 2009, while Eidinger is well known to Berlin theatre-goers as part of the Schaubühne ensemble as well as his film and...
Actors Clive Owen, Alba Rohrwacher and Lars Eidinger are to join Meryl Streep in the International Jury of this year’s Berlinale (Feb 11-21) which kicks off next week with the international premiere of the Coen brothers’ Hail Caesar.
The seven-person jury deciding on the Bears, revealed this morning at a press conference in Berlin, also includes the UK film critic Nick James, French photographer Brigitte Lacombe and the Polish film director Malgorzata Szumowska whose last film Body won a Silver Bear for Best Direction at last year’s Berlinale.
Owen is no stranger to Berlin as he was in town and at Studio Babelsberg in 2008 for the shoot of Tom Tykwer’s The International which opened the Berlinale in 2009, while Eidinger is well known to Berlin theatre-goers as part of the Schaubühne ensemble as well as his film and...
- 2/2/2016
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
The Berlin International Film Festival on Tuesday named the full seven-person jury that will judge the lineup for the event's 66th edition. Previously announced jury president Meryl Streep will be joined by actors Clive Owen and Germany's Lars Eidinger, Italian actress Alba Rohrwacher, Polish director Malgorzata Szumowska (winner of a Silver Bear for her feature Body at last year's Berlinale), U.K. film critic Nick James and French photographer Brigitte Lacombe. { "nid": 857489, "type": "news", "title": "Berlin Completes Competition Lineup", "path": "http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/berlin-completes-competition-lineup-857489", "relative-path": "/news/berlin-completes-competition-lineup-857489" } Three-time
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- 2/1/2016
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Taiwan’s The Assassin, from this year’s Cannes Film Festival best director Hou Hsiao-Hsien, has been voted the top movie of 2015 in the British Film Institute’s poll of 168 critics for the organization’s Sight & Sound magazine. No. 2 and 3 were Todd Haynes’ Carol and George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road. Sight & Sound editor Nick James described The Assassin, released in the U.S. by Well Go USA, as “a gorgeous work of revenge, magic and delicate restraint – a work of…...
- 11/29/2015
- Deadline
Every week we dive into the cream of the crop when it comes to home releases, including Blu-ray and DVDs, as well as recommended deals of the week. Check out our rundown below and return every Tuesday for the best (or most interesting) films one can take home. Note that if you’re looking to support the site, every purchase you make through the links below helps us and is greatly appreciated.
Code Unknown (Michael Haneke)
Along with very possibly being Michael Haneke’s greatest work, Code Unknown so impresses in combining the helmer’s typically “austere” dressings and grim worldview that even many of his vocal detractors are left stunned. (Not all, of course, but there’s just no getting to certain people.) A freer work than, say, The Piano Teacher or Amour, it uses the well-known hyperlink form (which he himself worked with in 71 Fragments) but elevates above...
Code Unknown (Michael Haneke)
Along with very possibly being Michael Haneke’s greatest work, Code Unknown so impresses in combining the helmer’s typically “austere” dressings and grim worldview that even many of his vocal detractors are left stunned. (Not all, of course, but there’s just no getting to certain people.) A freer work than, say, The Piano Teacher or Amour, it uses the well-known hyperlink form (which he himself worked with in 71 Fragments) but elevates above...
- 11/10/2015
- by TFS Staff
- The Film Stage
Screen International’s legendary Cannes Palme D’Or jury swings back into action today, as the 68th festival gets into full swing and the first two films have played out at the Palais Des Festivals.
New jury members this year include Julien Gester and Didier Peron from French powerhouse daily Liberation; Il Messaggero’s Fabio Ferzetti in Italy; Australian critic Paul Byrnes from The Age/Sydney Morning Herald; and Thailand, where the Bangkok Post’s Kong Rithdee will weigh in with his daily verdicts.
They join Kate Muir and Wendy Ide from The Times, London, Nick James from Sight and Sound, stalwart jury member Michel Ciment, of Positif, and Jan Schulz-Ojala of Der Tagesspiegel, Germany.
Their first two sets of scores are from Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Our Little Sister, and Matteo Garrone’s Tale of Tales, and the overall impression is… mixed.
Kore-eda wowed two critics with four palmes each, leaving most others...
New jury members this year include Julien Gester and Didier Peron from French powerhouse daily Liberation; Il Messaggero’s Fabio Ferzetti in Italy; Australian critic Paul Byrnes from The Age/Sydney Morning Herald; and Thailand, where the Bangkok Post’s Kong Rithdee will weigh in with his daily verdicts.
They join Kate Muir and Wendy Ide from The Times, London, Nick James from Sight and Sound, stalwart jury member Michel Ciment, of Positif, and Jan Schulz-Ojala of Der Tagesspiegel, Germany.
Their first two sets of scores are from Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Our Little Sister, and Matteo Garrone’s Tale of Tales, and the overall impression is… mixed.
Kore-eda wowed two critics with four palmes each, leaving most others...
- 5/15/2015
- by halliganfinn@gmail.com (Fionnuala Halligan)
- ScreenDaily
"Mr. Turner director Mike Leigh will return to the 19th century for his next film, currently titled Peterloo, a drama about the infamous Peterloo Massacre of 1819," reports Andreas Wiseman for Screen. More projects in the works: Lars von Trier has sobered up and is back to work on The House That Jack Built, an eight-part English-language television series about a serial killer. Michael Mann and Robert De Niro are working on separate Enzo Ferrari biopics. Sight & Sound editor Nick James visits the set of Gabe Klinger's Porto, Mon Amour. Ryan Gosling is in negotiations to star in Denis Villeneuve's sequel to Blade Runner. Cary Fukunaga will direct The Alienist, based on the novel by Caleb Carr. And more. » - David Hudson...
- 4/17/2015
- Keyframe
"Mr. Turner director Mike Leigh will return to the 19th century for his next film, currently titled Peterloo, a drama about the infamous Peterloo Massacre of 1819," reports Andreas Wiseman for Screen. More projects in the works: Lars von Trier has sobered up and is back to work on The House That Jack Built, an eight-part English-language television series about a serial killer. Michael Mann and Robert De Niro are working on separate Enzo Ferrari biopics. Sight & Sound editor Nick James visits the set of Gabe Klinger's Porto, Mon Amour. Ryan Gosling is in negotiations to star in Denis Villeneuve's sequel to Blade Runner. Cary Fukunaga will direct The Alienist, based on the novel by Caleb Carr. And more. » - David Hudson...
- 4/17/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
We're very excited that Lola, one of our favorite film journals, has started to roll out its 5th issue entitled "Shows." The pieces published so far include Joe McElhaney on German filmmakers in Hollywood, Lesley Stern on the "Ghostliness of Gesture", and Dorian Stuber & Marianne Tettlebaum on To Be or Not to Be. Still to come: "essays on Claire Denis, Eduardo Coutinho, anime, Blade Runner, the filmic object, film criticism, and more ... plus a special interview with James Benning." The Museum of the Moving Image's "First Look" lineup has been announced and includes new films by Ulrich Seidl, Ken Jacobs, and Gina Telaroli. The series will be running between January 9th and 18th. For Criterion, Farren Smith Nehme writes on Frank Capra's It Happened One Night:
"An ideal romantic comedy doesn’t ignore reality; it converses with it. The Depression may be softened by moonlight and shining eyes,...
"An ideal romantic comedy doesn’t ignore reality; it converses with it. The Depression may be softened by moonlight and shining eyes,...
- 11/26/2014
- by Notebook
- MUBI
Benoît Jacquot’s Three Hearts (3 coeurs) with Benoît Poelvoorde, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Chiara Mastroianni and Catherine Deneuve, premiered in competition in Venice and now screens in Toronto before opening in France next week. "It’s a carefully made film but not a patch on, say, Claire Denis’s similar Vendredi soir," finds Sight & Sound editor Nick James. But at the Av Club, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky argues that "Jacquot is trying—successfully—to tease out the sense of danger and tension most romances sorely lack." We have more reviews and the trailer. » - David Hudson...
- 9/12/2014
- Keyframe
Benoît Jacquot’s Three Hearts (3 coeurs) with Benoît Poelvoorde, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Chiara Mastroianni and Catherine Deneuve, premiered in competition in Venice and now screens in Toronto before opening in France next week. "It’s a carefully made film but not a patch on, say, Claire Denis’s similar Vendredi soir," finds Sight & Sound editor Nick James. But at the Av Club, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky argues that "Jacquot is trying—successfully—to tease out the sense of danger and tension most romances sorely lack." We have more reviews and the trailer. » - David Hudson...
- 9/12/2014
- Fandor: Keyframe
Dziga Vertov’s Man with a Movie Camera tops the list of the greatest documentaries of all time, according to hundreds of film critics, curators, directors, and documentary film specialists surveyed by British film magazine Sight & Sound.
Every 10 years, Sight & Sound polls hundreds of film luminaries from around the world to generate a list of the best films of all time. In 2012, Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo knocked Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane off its 50-year perch for the #1 spot. For the first time, the magazine is debuting a separate poll for documentaries. 340 critics, programmers and filmmakers were asked to participate; 100 of...
Every 10 years, Sight & Sound polls hundreds of film luminaries from around the world to generate a list of the best films of all time. In 2012, Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo knocked Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane off its 50-year perch for the #1 spot. For the first time, the magazine is debuting a separate poll for documentaries. 340 critics, programmers and filmmakers were asked to participate; 100 of...
- 8/1/2014
- by Jacob Shamsian
- EW - Inside Movies
Every few days, we'll be rounding up some of the latest buzz and reviews coming from the Croisette—our favorite takes from trusted sources on the latest films to make their debut at the 67th Festival de Cannes.
Of course there is no bigger premiere than that of Jean-Luc Godard's 3D film in competition, Adieu au langage, which is garnering all sorts of emphatic praise. Our own Daniel Kasman has written an incredible piece on the film—but it has also inspired Peter Labuza, Keith Uhlich, and Manohla Dargis, among many others. Below: Godard in conversation (subtitled in English).
Another Cannes old hat, Ken Loach, premiered his new film Jimmy's Hall. The Hollywood Reporter's Neil Young is not too impressed:
"At this late-autumn stage in his career, of course, no one expects Loach -- who recently scuppered bow-out talk by confirming that he could yet make a "smaller scale,...
Of course there is no bigger premiere than that of Jean-Luc Godard's 3D film in competition, Adieu au langage, which is garnering all sorts of emphatic praise. Our own Daniel Kasman has written an incredible piece on the film—but it has also inspired Peter Labuza, Keith Uhlich, and Manohla Dargis, among many others. Below: Godard in conversation (subtitled in English).
Another Cannes old hat, Ken Loach, premiered his new film Jimmy's Hall. The Hollywood Reporter's Neil Young is not too impressed:
"At this late-autumn stage in his career, of course, no one expects Loach -- who recently scuppered bow-out talk by confirming that he could yet make a "smaller scale,...
- 5/23/2014
- by Adam Cook
- MUBI
Without Theatres: ‘The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach’ may be critical to the ‘slow cinema’ debate
The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach
Written and directed by Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub
Italy/West Germany, 1968
In Nick Pinkerton’s signing off for his review of The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach in Reverse Shot, he wishes “…[it] long may continue to send Matrix-weaned mouth-breathers screaming from film classes, wondering what they’ve gotten themselves into.” It’s the mental image many hardcore cineastes latch onto — of minimalist auteur vision as temporal torture to the modern viewer. The upper echelon is dominated by the sessions of marathoning explorations into time, beginning with many of Warhol’s experiments (Sleep, Empire) and culminating in such recent works as Tarr’s Sátángtangó, Wang Bing’s Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks, and most of Lav Diaz’s oeuvre: films that also serve as medals of experience to the cinephiles who grip their seats tightly enough to earn their bragging rights, if...
Written and directed by Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub
Italy/West Germany, 1968
In Nick Pinkerton’s signing off for his review of The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach in Reverse Shot, he wishes “…[it] long may continue to send Matrix-weaned mouth-breathers screaming from film classes, wondering what they’ve gotten themselves into.” It’s the mental image many hardcore cineastes latch onto — of minimalist auteur vision as temporal torture to the modern viewer. The upper echelon is dominated by the sessions of marathoning explorations into time, beginning with many of Warhol’s experiments (Sleep, Empire) and culminating in such recent works as Tarr’s Sátángtangó, Wang Bing’s Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks, and most of Lav Diaz’s oeuvre: films that also serve as medals of experience to the cinephiles who grip their seats tightly enough to earn their bragging rights, if...
- 11/22/2013
- by Zach Lewis
- SoundOnSight
The Iranian director will be joined by Scottish actor Kevin McKidd and film critic Derek Malcom.
Iranian director Samira Makhmalbaf will chair the Michael Powell Best British Feature Film Competition Jury at the upcoming Edinburgh Film Festival, which runs June 19-30.
Makhmalbaf became the youngest director in official selection at the Cannes Film Festival 1988 with her first feature The Apple, for which she won the London Film Festival’s Sutherland Trophy. Her second film The Blackboard and third, At Five in the Afternoon, both received the jury prize at Cannes.
She will be joined on the jury by Scottish actor Kevin McKidd, who starred in last year’s Eiff closing night gala Brave, and chief film critic at the Evening Standard, Derek Malcolm.
British films competing for the Michael Powell Award include Justin Edgar’s We Are The Freaks, Paul Wright’s For Those In Peril, Jamie Chambers’ Blackbird and John Hardwick’s Svengali.
The jury will...
Iranian director Samira Makhmalbaf will chair the Michael Powell Best British Feature Film Competition Jury at the upcoming Edinburgh Film Festival, which runs June 19-30.
Makhmalbaf became the youngest director in official selection at the Cannes Film Festival 1988 with her first feature The Apple, for which she won the London Film Festival’s Sutherland Trophy. Her second film The Blackboard and third, At Five in the Afternoon, both received the jury prize at Cannes.
She will be joined on the jury by Scottish actor Kevin McKidd, who starred in last year’s Eiff closing night gala Brave, and chief film critic at the Evening Standard, Derek Malcolm.
British films competing for the Michael Powell Award include Justin Edgar’s We Are The Freaks, Paul Wright’s For Those In Peril, Jamie Chambers’ Blackbird and John Hardwick’s Svengali.
The jury will...
- 6/19/2013
- by sarah.cooper@screendaily.com (Sarah Cooper)
- ScreenDaily
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