Variety.com (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Film News: Film distrib buys 'Noel,' 'Sleep' -- Neophyte U.K. arthouse distrib New Wave Films has continued its recent buying spree with the purchase of Arnaud Desplechin's "Un conte de Noel" (A Christmas Tale) and Gideon Koppel's docu "Sleep Furiously."
LA Times (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
"Un Conte de Noel" (directed by Arnaud Desplechin): This was one of my favorite films at the festival. It's about a family gathering that happens over Christmas and is full of intense, crazy characters who always do unexpected things. Catherine Deneuve plays the mother and Mathieu Amalric (the star of "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly") is the most troublesome son. I thought the film was terrific....
TO411 Daily (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
The Toronto International Film Festival made way for some Cannes heavyweights Thursday, unveiling Special Presentation slots for Laurent Cantet's Palme d'Or winner "The Class" and Matteo Garrone's Grand Prix winner "Gomorrah" among a group of about two dozen North American premieres. Arnaud Desplechin's "Un conte de Noel" and Canadian helmer Atom Egoyan's "Adoration" -- both Cannes Competition titles...
LA Times (Free subscription) | 05/27/2008
We have spilled than a on 's "," the Grand Jury prize winner at this year's . So we are not displeased to find that U.S.-based film fans will have a chance to see this Italian mobster hit in U.S. theaters (and video-on-demand) through IFC Films.An IFC rep told us it is too soon to tell exactly when "Gomorrah" will play in theaters, but it will simultaneously air on IFC television. (See this one in...
My Films Blog (Free subscription) | 05/27/2008
In Cannes last week, critics were already grumbling about the likely result of the deliberations by the Palme D'Or jury, presided over by Sean Penn. He would probably give the top prize to Steven Soderbergh for the dreary Che, those...
Fin de Cinema (Free subscription) | 05/27/2008
The buyer's market at Cannes this year wasn't as bidder heavy as it may have been in previous years, which has been well noted elsewhere. However, IFC Films and Sony Pictures Classics went home with at least three films each; in fact, they were the only studios to make any purchases by the end of the festival on Sunday. IFC took Steve McQueen's Hunger , Arnaud Desplechin's Un conte de Noël and Na Hong-jin's...
http://feeds.feedburner.com/Mellart (Free subscription) | 05/26/2008
Palme d'Or ENTRE LES MURS by Laurent Cantet Grand Prix GOMORRA by Matteo Garrone Prize of the 61st Festival by Cannes ex-aequo Catherine Deneuve for UN CONTE by NOËL by Arnaud DESPLECHIN Clint Eastwood pour / for L'ÉCHANGE (The Exchange) Award for the Best Director ÜÇ MAYMUN (Three Monkeys / Les Trois Singes) by Nuri Bilge Ceylan Jury Prize IL DIVO by Paolo Sorrentino Prix d'interprétation masculine...
France24 (Free subscription) | 05/26/2008
France's Laurent Cantat won the Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival Sunday with "Entre les murs", a realistic drama about life in a French school. The event marks France's first Golden Palm after 21 years.
GreenCine Daily (Free subscription) | 05/25/2008
A quick word on a contender for the Palme d'Or from Ronald Bergan; the earlier entry, still being updated, is here. In Un Conte de Noël, Arnaud Desplechin has tried to instill new life into the well-worn formula of the...
Filmmaker Magazine: Blog (Free subscription) | 05/24/2008
It's been a season with no persuasive candidate, as of this writing, for the Palme d'Or. Three films found favor however, with many critics. One is Waltz with Bashir from Ari Folman, a notably original animated doc about reconstructing the memory of atrocities in Lebanon. What grabbed me about "Waltz" is the unexpected mix of politics and haunting surreal imagery. The Changeling by Clint
On The Scene (Free subscription) | 05/23/2008
by Glenn Kenny (May 23, 2008) In terms of the political/social engagement of competition films at the 61st Cannes Film Festival , it isn't too much of a stretch to say that Charlie Kaufman 's " Synecdoche, New York " makes Arnaud Desplechin 's dysfunctional family drama " A Christmas Tale " look like " Che ," or even " Waltz With Bashir ." Much-bruited, much-imitated screenwriter Kaufman's directorial...
SpoutBlog (Free subscription) | 05/21/2008
Steven Soderbergh tries to rise to the Sean Penn Relevancy Challenge. Also: the French FORREST GUMP. With boobs.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 05/21/2008
Indiana Jones came stomping into town, and so did Woody Allen. Yet the 61st Cannes Film Festival, which ends Sunday, is turning out to be...
Cinematical (Free subscription) | 05/19/2008
Filed under: Foreign Language , Thrillers , Deals , Cannes , IFC , Distribution , Cinematical Indie Chalk up another deal for IFC Films at Cannes. In addition to their acquisition of distribution rights for Josh Safdie's indie comedy The Pleasure of Being Robbed , Arnaud Desplechin's acclaimed drama A Christmas Tale ( Un conte de Noël ), Olivier Assayas' family drama Summer Hours and Russian dramatic...
Women's Wear Daily (Free subscription) | 05/19/2008
Cannes' Gallic contingent raised its fashion flag Friday night for the premiere of Arnaud Desplechin's much-awaited "Un Conte de Noel" ("A Christmas Tale").
