Thanks to Bridgie James Rosenthal for letting us know the official Cannes line-up was announced overnight. The biggest disappointment is the absence of Tetro, but Francis Ford Coppola politely declined his Cannes invitation last week, saying a splashy premiere on La Croisette wouldn’t be true to the film’s indie spirit. Tetro will instead have its debut at...
Monthly Archives: April 2009
Albert Stockwell (Rufus Sewell, Dark City, Illuminata) comes home from work one day, he finds a note from his wife of 15 years, Nancy (Maria Bello, A History of Violence, Thank You for Smoking), saying she has gone to see friends. After waiting several days, Albert realizes that his wife is missing. Nancy has met her salvation on the Internet in the form of Louis Farley...
DisneyNature will release Earth on April 22nd, Earth Day, and if it makes a boatload of cash it could be a contender for the doc race, even if it isn’t particularly hard-hitting. Earth was made by the same filmmakers who did the dazzling Planet Earth, Alastair Fothergill and Mark Linfield. It also revives a Disney/nature tradition that was Oscar-friendly back...
(click to enlarge) ‚ÄúIt’s so beautifully arranged on the plate – you know someone’s fingers have been all over it.‚Äù ~ Julia Child USA Today makes an interesting point: The Streep-inator is about to strike again. Action hero Harrison Ford was once the superstar staple of the summer blockbuster season, but now Oscar’s favorite leading...
Film School Rejects points us to an interview in USA Today with Peter Jackson that’s topped by this claustrophobic shot of Stanley Tucci as murderer George Harvey. USA Today wonders how the brutality of the movie will translate to the screen, and Jackson responds: There’s a big difference between subject matter and tone. Sure, the murder of a young woman...
The poster above was created by director Rian Johnson’s cousin, Zach. I like how the embellishments and oval vignettes look like hand-drawn currency. After the cut find the official poster created by a marketing committee. Guess which one I’d want framed and which one we’ll see in theater lobbies. ...
How about swinging some yang as antidote to the huggaholic yin in the trailer below? Thanks to Jon Pace for bringing Armored to our attention. I might have shrugged this one off except it’s directed by Nimr√≥d Antal whose creepy parallel universe in the labyrinth subways of Budapest made Kontroll a thrilling nightmare grimy with black humor. What other recent...