Ten Percent (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
I so enjoyed this film I have to pass on how good it is. An absolutely brilliant performance by Nina Kervel-Bey as Anna who is the centre of the story as we view through her 9-year-old eyes her parents becoming increasingly politically engaged and the confusion and obstinacy it inspires in her, until she too [...]
A.V. Club (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Beginning with 1969’s Z , recently added to the Criterion Collection, Costa-Gavras established himself as a master of the political thriller, using the tools of suspense to attack repressive ideology. Born Constantinos Gavras—the name change was courtesy of a title-card typo—he was raised in Greece by politically active parents; his father fought in the anti-Nazi resistance during...
Popdose (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Quick—what won Best Foreign Film at this year’s Academy Awards? If you recalled Departures, from Japan, take a bow. Like most foreign film winners, the movie was pretty much forgotten two minutes after host Hugh Jackman signed off. Where quality is concerned, Foreign Film ties with Best Song in the race to the bottom of [...]
a456 (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Against ideological mildew, from Z (dir. Costa Gavras, 1969) ( Source ) I n the opening moments of his political ciné-roman , Z (1969), director Costa Gavras shows us a room filled with uniformed government officials. All are listening to a lecture concerning the proper maintenance of crops. The speaker, an elderly, knowledgeable-looking fellow, shows an image of a blighted olive leaf—a...
SchansBlog (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
Anthony Paletta in the WSJ ... Amid the many reactions to director Roman Polanski's arrest...none have been as strong as those of the international film community. A petition demanding his release has attracted over 100 film-world signatories, including luminaries from Martin Scorsese and Costa-Gavras to David Lynch and Wong Kar Wai.... The substance of his guilty plea and the circumstances of the...
USA Today (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Two cutting-edge movies from the late 1960s and enough rock and roll for six parties constitute the home viewing week's platinum ...
A.V. Club (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Costa-Gavras’ 1969 classic Z kicked off an entire generation of political thrillers with its thinly fictionalized, bitterly satirical nod to the 1963 assassination of democratic Greek politician Gregoris Lambrakis. Thumbing his nose at the military dictatorship ruling Greece at the time, Costa-Gavras opens the film with a now-famous epigram: “Any resemblance to real events, to persons living...
KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
For Costa-Gavras, the famed filmmaker of the 1960s-'70s political thrillers "Z" and "State of Siege," his new movie represents a significant departure. "Eden Is West" is a rambling road movie, offering a playful, poetic take on the plight of illegal immigrants struggling to find a place to live, and make a living, in the new Europe.
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
For Costa-Gavras, the famed filmmaker of the 1960s-'70s political thrillers Z and State of Siege, his new movie represents a significant departure. Eden Is West, which premieres tonight at the Prince Music Theater - part of the Philadelphia Cinema Alliance's La Cinematheque: New French Films series - is a rambling road movie, offering a playful, poetic take on the plight of illegal immigrants struggling...
Hongkie Town (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
Check over there on the left, I've now posted an email address for me. Couple of instances recently where people needed to get ahold of me (for good things) and couldn't. I figure, what the hell, gmail's pretty good at filtering spam so why not. And there is also the possibility that once I'm unemployed - which is now two weeks away - I'll be a lot less coy about who I am IRL. Little bit of shopping...
Blogcritics: Video (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
Costa-Gavras' Z is the story of a political crime - a political assassination and loosely based on the novel Z.
Twitch (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
Speculation began back in September what one of Korea's great directors would take on next. At the beginning of the month there was word that he may have chosen to do a remake of Costa-Gavras's 2005 film Le Couperet [The Ax]. Costa-Gavras confirmed the news at the Pusan Film Festival in South Korea, which runs until Friday. "I was glad to hear that Park, who has made political genre films, wants...
Ferdy on Films, etc. (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
2009 Chicago International Film Festival Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Inferno (L’enfer d’Henri-Georges Clouzot, 2009) Directors: Serge Bromberg and Ruxandra Medrea By Marilyn Ferdinand Film history is littered with the carcasses of unfinished films, scraps of film tests, legendary ideas that never got...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
International News: "Thirst" helmer Park Chan-wook will remake French helmer Costa-Gavras' 2005 pic "Le Couperet" (The Ax).
Macleans.ca (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Polanski’s case is not in dispute. Hollywood doesn’t consider itself bound by the same rules as other folk. Common sense disagrees.
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