Take a look at a clip and poster for new Atom Egoyan’s movie “Chloe” premiered at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival. This is actually remake of the French 2004 thriller “Nathalie…” directed by Anne Fontaine starring Gerard Depardieu, Fanny Ardant, Emmanuelle Beart. Egoyan’s “Chloe” stars Julianne Moore, Liam Neeson and Amanda Seyfried....
H&M invited 200 press people and bloggers from all around the globe along 2000 other attending guests for the Sonia Rykiel pour H&M event at the Grand Palais in Paris to preview the upcoming Sonia Rykiel x H&M underwear and knitwear collection. They re-created the Parisian district Saint Germain and turned it into Sonia Rykiel's vision of a fairy-tale. After a few rounds through this wonderland,...
As with 2000 and 2001 , I'm reprinting my original top ten lists and commentary. If I've got something new to say, it'll be in red below. Please note: This list was based on NYC release dates in the year 2002. Some movies are listed as different years at the IMDb based on when they were produced or released in their home country or in LA or whatnot. Undervalued: Morvern Callar, Roger Dodger, About...
This past April, the daughter of Uzbekistan's president hired Italian supermodel Monica Bellucci to attend a gala for her new charity. The price: $300,000. "I suspect that the real goal of the event wasn't to promote this joke of a charity," writes neweurasia's Musafirbek, "but to promote Uzbekistan as a happy, shiny country with happy, shiny people that is seeking happy, shiny development..."...
A DUET FOR ONE OCT 17, 2009 – CAMILLE (EMMANUELLE BÉART) IS AN ARTIST, a violinist. Stéphane (Daniel Auteuil) is a craftsman; he makes and restores violins. She plays to an audience; he’s forever backstage. She basks in applause; very few kno...
Les témoins [ The Witnesses ] – dir. André Téchiné Aided with a bit of melodramatic and nostalgic artifice, The Witnesses [ Les témoins ] actually chronicles the early days of the AIDS epidemic like an epic war film, with serious urgency and vigor, elements sorely lacking in André Téchiné’s literal war drama, Strayed [ Les égarés...
I read earlier today that Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisition Group had nabbed the latest from Atom Egoyan, but IndieWire is reporting (and maybe I missed this detail when I read it elsewhere) that Sony "negotiated the low seven figure deal" for Chloe , which premiered to lukewarm reception at Toronto last month. As of 27 September, Egoyan's last film Adoration has yet to cross $300,000 at...
“I do have a director’s chair and this is embarrassing. I don’t know why I’m telling you this but I broke three. Not because they’re those sort of like canvas ones. But they must have been faulty ones. I ripped the canvas three times and it’s so embarrassing getting the runner and going: ‘I’ve broken another one’.” — Ricky Gervais...
Coming from Revolver Entertainment on October 5th are "Vinyan" and "Just Another Love Story" We have 3 copies of each up for grabs, so all you have... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
This week, Jason Solomons meets director Lynn Shelton, whose mumblecore comedy Humpday kicks off the Raindance festival this week. Humpday centres on two straight male chums who issue a mutual dare to have sex with each other on film for an art project. Shelton explains that despite the salacious premise, the film is not a Farrelly brothers-style broad farce. Jason then makes a virtual visit to Rio...
With her beauty and talent Emmanuelle Béart could have had her pick of plum Hollywood parts. Instead of which she keeps going back to the most gruelling art-house roles imaginable. An odd mix of tenderness and hostility: Emmanuelle Béart. The London Guardian How to describe Emmanuelle Béart? If I were a man, I’d probably wax lyrical about her [...]
Emmanuelle Béart and Rufus Sewell star in this psychological horror about a couple searching for their son who was lost in the 2004 Asian tsunami. Rating:4