Day 5 It was one of those full days from morning to night at the festival which included four screenings.  Four screenings is not something I would recommend. The first screening of the day was Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire with director Lee Daniels present at the screening. The film begins with the quote, “Everything is a gift...
Monthly Archives: September 2009
Following Invictus, THR sees dead people and whatnot in Clint and Matt’s future. Clint Eastwood and Matt Damon are reteaming for “Hereafter.” Eastwood will direct the original supernatural thriller by Peter Morgan, with Damon stepping in to the lead role; filming is set to begin this fall. DreamWorks originally acquired the spec thriller from Morgan,...
Exciting news this morning as we learn France has sorted through its annual bounty of brilliant films and chosen Jacques Audiard’s knockout Un proph√®te as its official submission for Best Foregin Language Film. Sasha posted the trailer below. Winner of this year’s Grand Jury Prize at Cannes, Un proph√®te is epic every sense of the word. I was lucky...
From SouthAfrica.info ScreenAfrica reports that the South African film White Wedding will be their Oscar submission: Directed by Jann Turner and executive produced by renowned best-selling novelist Ken Follett, White Wedding was produced by its two stars, Rapulana Seiphemo and Kenneth Nkosi. It is described as appealing, feel-good movie about love, commitment, intimacy...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyOyUwwKgvc[/youtube] ScreenDaily reports: Starring up-and-coming actor Tahar Rahim, the film follows a young man as he is taken under the wing of the Corsican mafia during a prison stint. As he rises through the ranks, it becomes clear he has designs on creating his own network. Sony Pics Classics is distributing the film in the...