Posts Tagged ‘Sofia Coppola’
Somewhere – a review
Somewhere is the kind of film that if I hadn't been feeling rather melancholic and excited about spending and hour or so wallowing in my own self pity, would have really dragged and left me feeling as numb as the film's protagonist. Fortunately it didn't and I left feeling rather more upbeat about my life, and relieved not to be stuck in a vacuous...
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...
Somewhere wins The Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival
Sofia Coppola scooped the top prize, The Golden Lion, at the Venice Film Festival on Friday. However, as she celebrated the success of her latest film Somewhere, the rumour mill was already going into overdrive criticising Quentin Tarantino, who headed the jury, for favouritism in his judging. Sofia, who's most famous film is Lost in...
First peak at trailer for Sofia Coppola film
Here's the first glimpse at the latest offering from writer/director Sofia Coppola, called Somewhere. If her other films, Lost in Translation and Marie Antoinette, are anything to go by, we are in for a visual and lyrical treat.< The drama stars Stephen Dorff of Public Enemies fame who plays a Hollywood actor who is forced to look again at...
No Cannes do for Ang Lee's Taking Woodstock
The French are never ones to hold back at Cannes... Remember when the critics booed Sofia Coppola at the Marie Antoinette screening to the point she probably wish she could chop off her own head? Well, former darling Ang Lee, who once wowed with Brokeback Mountain and Lust, got a taste of the other side when his film Taking Woodstock debuted at...
