Posts Tagged ‘Cannes Film Festival’
Cannes Film Festival 2012 Jurors Announced
The jurors for this year's Cannes Film Festival, who will choose the winner of the prestigious Palme d'Or prize, have officially been announced. It was revealed back in January of this year that Italian filmmaker, Nanni Moretti, would be overseeing the 2012 committee as president of the jury - a role which was filled last year by Robert...
62nd Berlin Film Festival: Overview
The 62nd Berlin Film Festival (Berlinale) drew to a close last weekend, with a few unexpected winners receiving the most prestigious awards... This year's Golden Bear, the highest prize awarded for the best film at the festival, went to Italian docudrama, Caesar Must Die (Cesare Deve Morire). The film follows a production of...
The BFI Screenwriters’ Lecture Series: Paul Laverty
Last Thursday, Scottish screenwriter, Paul Laverty, spoke at the BFI as part of their Screenwriters Lecture series. TFR went along to see what he had to say about working his writing methods, as well as his frequent collaborations with legendary British director, Ken Loach. Laverty is perhaps best known for writing the script for the...
Interview: Heartbeats’ leading lady Monia Chokri
Heartbeats might be the make-or-break second feature length production from director Xavier Dolan, but it’s the first major film role for his leading lady, Monia Chokri. We interview Monia to ask her about her new role. When I meet her to talk about the film, you’d think she’d been doing it for years. In fact, it has been just one...
Heartbeats: a review
Xavier Dolan takes a stylish and melancholy look at a modern-day love triangle in his second feature film, Heartbeats. The impossibly good-looking Dolan both directs and stars in this film, playing Francis, the 'gay best friend' to Monia Chokri's wistful Marie. When the pair encounter the enigmatic and dashing Nicolas (Niels Schneider) at a...
Stop press: Brad Pitt shaves of his goatee beard at last
Panic over everyone, Brad Pitt has finally shaven off his scraggly beard and has returned to his former glory. Attending the LA screening of his new movie The Tree of Life, which won the Palme D'Or at this year's Cannes, Pitt was seen sans beard, making him look years younger. Jolie also attended the screening instead of the New York...
Liam Gallagher wants Johnny Depp for Beatles film
Liam Gallagher has revealed that he would like to cast Johnny Depp in his upcoming film, based on the story of The Beatles' company Apple Corps. The film is, in fact, an adaptation of Richard DiLello's 1973 book, The Longest Cocktail Party: An Insider's Diary of the Beatles, Their Million-dollar Apple Empire and Its Wild Rise and Fall. The...
The TFR Cannes ’11 Round-Up
Every year, a bunch of film legends, press, and those about to become legends head to France for one of the events of the film-industry year. Cannes 2011 is news-crazy, so here are our highlights. We couldn't talk about the events of this year's Cannes without mentioning Lars von Trier's shocking remark. I've heard a lot of crazy stuff come out...
Cannes 2011 – Awards round up
And so Cannes is over for another year. There's been the usual fashion highs and lows, a fabulous red carpet appearance from Brangelina, oh and also some very exciting looking films to look forward to. But who took away the prizes? The coveted Palme D'Or went to Terence Mallick's The Tree of Life, starring Brad Pitt, Jessica Chastain and...
Dying Princess Di picture in documentary to be shown at Cannes
A controversial new documentary about the death of Princess Diana is set to be shown at Cannes this week. Unlawful Killing is the work of actor and film-maker Keith Allen who has spent three years collecting information and doing interviews regarding the death of the princess. The film claims that 'dark forces' within the British...
Chilling teaser trailer for Almodovar’s The Skin I Live In
Ahead of its screening at Cannes, a teaser trailer for Almodovar's The Skin I Live In ( El Piel Que Habito) has been released. The 30 second long trailer gives us a chilling peak at a plastic surgeon (Antonio Banderas) who is trying to save his wife's life after she suffers burns in a car accident. He seems to be carrying out experiments on...
Ellen Page and Jesse Eisenberg join Woody Allen film
Ellen Page and Jesse Eisenberg are set to join Alec Baldwin in Woody Allen's upcoming, as yet unnamed, film venture. Although very little has been revealed about Allen's next directorial venture - apart from the fact that it is set in Rome - several big names are now attached to the film. First to be enlisted was Penelope Cruz, who...
Cannes Film Festival line-up announced
It seems like the awards season is only just over and we start gearing up for a new round. It all kicks off with the Cannes Film Festival running from 11 to 22 May. Organisers of the 64th festival have just announced the line up which will start with a screening of Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris, which has got people talking for having...
The Lowdown: Sofia Coppola
This Friday sees the release of Somewhere, the fifth film to come from film-maker Sofia Coppola - so here's The Lowdown on everything you need to know about this award-winning director. Sofia Coppola was flung into the public eye at an early age as the daughter of the legendary Francis Ford Coppola, who directed such iconic films as...
Carey Mulligan and James Badge Dale join Steve McQueen’s Shame
Carey Mulligan and James Badge Dale will be joining Michael Fassbender in Shame, an upcoming film from Steve McQueen. The last time McQueen teamed up with Fassbender they produced the 2008 film Hunger, a poignant depiction of the 1981 Irish hunger strike, which went on to win the prestigious Caméra d'Or award at the Cannes Film...
Official selection for Cannes Film Festival 2009 announced
It's the time of year when the film industry start packing their beachwear and cheque books and heading to the French Riviera - the 62nd Cannes Film Festival is upon us. Scheduled to take place from 13-24 May 13-24, the official selection has just been unveiled by delegate general Thierry Frémaux - and while you might not have heard of the...
