Carla Bruni-Sarkozy (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Ghislaine Thesmar, Isabella Rossellini, Fanny Ardant, Sofia Coppola, Susan Graham, Andrée Putman, Gérard Depardieu, Riccardo Muti, Françoise Sagan, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Giorgio Strehler, Rudolf Nureyev … The career of Jean-Paul Scarpitta – film-maker, opera director, exhibition organiser, portraitist – is a series of famous encounters. Ever the man ...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
'The closest I've come to death? Dreaming of drowning' Charles Dance , 64, was born in Worcestershire. He attended art college but, having taken acting lessons, went on to join the RSC. In 1984 he appeared in the television drama The Jewel In The Crown . His role in the television adaptation of Bleak House gained him an International Emmy nomination and the Press Guild award for best actor. His major...
The Life and Times of a Problem Child (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
A fascination for musicals rooted from Jacques Demy to something more recent like Christophe Honoré. I've really never imagined myself enjoying musicals because I wasn't particularly thrilled seeing Gene Kelly with his song and dance sequences in An American in...
Travel (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
By Enrique Potts Some film reviews are listed below. If you want to locate a movie download site do a search online. You can find good results with by searching "New Release Movie Rentals", "Online Music Downloads" and "Download Movies Legal". Murphy's Romance: A youthful divorcee (with twelve-year-old child) makes a new start in a little Arizona town, where she's allured...
A Boat Against the Current (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
“When humor can be made to alternate with melancholy, one has a success, but when the same things are funny and melancholic at the same time, it's just wonderful.”—French director Francois Truffaut (1932-1984), Jan. 15, 1980, published in Letters (1989), edited by Gilles Jacob and Claude De Givray On this date 25 years ago, the film world grew a little darker, as Francois Truffaut...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
Fest Traveler: Sao Paulo: Residents of Brazilian city vote for their favorites -- A celebration of cinephilia and art films, the Sao Paulo Intl. Film Fest will launch with the Brazilian premiere of Ken Loach's "Looking for Eric" Oct. 22 to invited guests, prior to the official public opening Oct. 23.
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
Fest Traveler: Sao Paulo: Fanny Ardant will present the Latin American premiere of her directorial debut, "Cendres et sang" as well as Tsai Ming-liang's "Face," in which she stars. She will also conduct a sesson with local film students.
Women's Wear Daily (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
Israeli actress Ronit Elkabetz wins over French audiences in "Jaffa."
TakePart Social Action Network™ (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
One of my favorite places to watch cinema is the F r ench Institute Alliance Francaise in New York City . This past summer they had an amazing retrospective of Michel Piccoli’s film s and this Fall they are coming back with another tribute to a French actor, this time celebrating the work of Fabrice Luchini . The line-up includes films from the wonderful Eric Rohmer and Benoît Jacquot...
Fin de Cinema (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
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...
Wise Kwai's Thai Film Journal (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
Mundane History , the debut feature by "May" Anocha Suwichakornpong, will have its Thailand premiere as the opening film of the 7th World Film Festival of Bangkok . With around 100 features and shorts screening over 10 days, the WFFBKK is set for November 6 to 15 at Paragon Cineplex. Among the highlights announced at a press conference today is a Retrospective on Swiss director Alain Tanner,...
The Computers Blog (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
By Faith Sykes Take a look at some movie reviews we have prepared. You can find a lot of information on movie downloads sites if you do a good search. film download searches will include "Unlimited Movie Rentals", "Illegal Movie Download Sites", and "Home Movie Rental". The Bullfighters: One of more superior Laural and Hardy later works, engaging false identity as Stan...
Red Ink: Texas (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
Most are two bit "arts film" nobodies, and most are from the french film industry as well, but there are a few big names that you'll recognize. I'll update with new names and/or links as time permits. Polanski petition signatories, as of September 29th : Fatih Akin Stephane Allagnon Woody Allen known pedophile, married his adopted daughter and was accused of molesting his 7 year old stepdaughter...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
Roman Polanski should not get special treatment because he is a "big-time movie director", California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger says.
one row short of a shawl (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
Also Fanny Ardant, Jeanne Moreau, and Tilda Swinton. I'm not surprised that David Lynch and Woody Allen think that their fellow skeezy old guy should get away clean, but why did those other people have to disappoint me so?
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