Rachid Bouchareb

Fit Kate makes Mail cry uncle

The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

Academy Award-winning actress Kate Winslet has extracted an apology and £25,000 from the for making false allegations about her exercise regime.

Gold Derby nuggets: Brenda Blethyn thaws 'London River' | Are Mirren & Plummer Oscar bound with 'The Last Station'? | Grammy contenders countdown

Gold Derby (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009

• Pete Hammond reports that "London River" will get a mid-November one-week qualifying run in L.A. as part of a campaign to secure a lead actress nod for two-time Oscar bridesmaid Brenda Blethyn ("Secrets and Lies," "Little Voice"). Blethyn plays a mother searching for her daughter who goes missing after a London bus bombing. The pic -- directed by 2006 best foreign...

Film Review - Days Of Glory****Spoilers ahead.This...

Yorkshire Soul (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009

Film Review - Days Of Glory****Spoilers ahead.This film was retitled as Days Of Glory for the English speaking market, on its original release in France it was called Indigenes. Film makers continue to uncover WW2 true stories that have remained unknown to most of us, in this movie, director and writer Rachid Bouchareb tells the story of of group of Algerian men who sign up for the French army to

Movie Review | 'Intimate Enemies': Restless Natives in Algeria

New York Times (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009

“Intimate Enemies” is a movie you’ve seen before, when it was set on the Apache reservation or in the Vietnamese jungle.

Trailer – London River

Watch Us Explode! (Free subscription) | 09/04/2009

Currently screening at the Telluride Film Festival in Colorado, is Algerian filmmaker Rachid Bouchareb’s London River, which, thus far, has been well-received by critics and audiences alike, since its debut at the Berlin International Film Festival earlier this year, in February. The film tells the story of Brit Elisabeth (Brenda Blethyn) and Malian Ousmane (Sotigui Kouyaté) [...]

36th Telluride Film Festival Lineup Announced

Best Movies 2008 (Free subscription) | 09/03/2009

The neat thing about the Telluride Film Festival is that the films in play are kept unannounced until just as the fest is beginning. Even as the festival runs, more secret screenings are announced as the weekend rolls on. Peter is on his way up there right now, so it's fitting that the lineup has just been announced. There's a lot here that steals some thunder from TIFF, as Cannes notables like An...

• 36th Telluride Film Festival Lineup Announced - /Film

French titles in Toronto without U.S. deals

TO411 Daily (Free subscription) | 08/28/2009

TORONTO – Gaul continues to bless America with films, but a slew of French titles await U.S. deals going into the Toronto International Film Festival. Only 14 of the 31 French films bound for Toronto have U.S. distribution, according to national promotion agency Unifrance. “Amelie” director Jean-Pierre Jeunet will debut his weapons comedy “Micmacs A Tire-Larigot” as [...]...

'White Ribbon' wins Fipresci prize

Variety.com (Free subscription) | 08/27/2009

Europe: Haneke pic named foreign critics' film of the year -- "The White Ribbon," Michael Haneke's Cannes Palme d'Or winner, has won the Intl. Federation of Film Critics (Fipresci) Grand Prix for film of the year.

• Dr. Parnassus To Screen At San Sebastian Film Festival Sept. 18, 2009 - Dr. Parnassus Support Site

Days of Glory (2006)

The One-Line Review (Free subscription) | 08/01/2009

France/Algeria/Belgium/Morocco Feature Film Original Title: Indigènes Director: Rachid Bouchareb Writers: Rachid Bouchareb, Olivier Lorelle Cinematographer: Patrick Blossier Composers: Armand Amar, Cheb Khaled Cast: Jamel Debbouze, Samy Naceri, Roschdy Zem, Sami Bouajila, Bernard Blancan, Mathieu Simonet, Assaad Bouab Bouchareb’s well-meaning and important film - following a troop of Algerian...

Bruno Dumont's Hadewijch Will Premiere at Toronto, Plus New from Neil Jordan, Ricky Gervais, Steven Soderbergh

Fin de Cinema (Free subscription) | 07/15/2009

As expected after it didn't show at Cannes, Bruno Dumont's Hadewijch will make its world premiere at this year's Toronto International Film Festival. A Charles Darwin biopic entitled Creation (clever) with real-life husband and wife Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly playing Mr. and Mrs. Darwin will open the festival. Creation is directed by Jon Amiel, whose previous films range from Copycat to The...

Writers' voice

Hindu (Free subscription) | 06/16/2009

Participating in a recent workshop in Chennai, French screenwriter Olivier Lorelle underlined the need for greater focus on the writer's role in cinema

A negative review of Rachid Bouchareb’s …

Talk Islam (Free subscription) | 02/17/2009

A negative review of Rachid Bouchareb’s (Days of Glory) latest film exploring the aftermath of the July 7 bombings in London, London River.

59th Berlin International Film Festival Awards

[CinemaRatty] Lattest Articles (Free subscription) | 02/15/2009

Claudia Llosa's Peruvian drama "The Milk of Sorrow" (La teta asustada) won the Golden Bear for best film at the 59th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival The Silver Bear went ex aequo to...

2009 Berlin Film Festival Awards

http://www.availableimages.com/feed (Free subscription) | 02/15/2009

2009 Berlin Film Festival: Feb. 5-15, 2009 The 2009 Berlin film festival hands out the Golden Bear for best picture at an awards ceremony on Saturday and Silver Bears in other categories. Golden Bear: The Milk of Sorrow (Peru) by Claudia Llosa Grand Jury Prize (tie): Gigante (Argentina) by Argentine director Adrian Biniez, Everyone Else (Germany) by Maren [...]

‘The Milk of Sorrow’ Wins at Berlin Festival

New York Times (Free subscription) | 02/15/2009

The director Claudia Llosa’s “The Milk of Sorrow,” which addresses the fears of women abused during Peru’s turbulent recent history, won the Berlin film festival’s top Golden Bear award on Saturday.