Variety.com (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
International News: Drama wins Louve d'Or prize at film fest -- The 38th Montreal Festival du Nouveau Cinema's Louve d'Or prize went to writer-helmer Yorgos Lanthimos' "Dogtooth" on Saturday.
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
Film News: Greek pic nabs to award at Montreal's oldest film fest -- The Louve d'Or, the top prize at the Montreal Festival du Nouveau Cinema, went to the Greek pic "Dogtooth" from writer-helmer Yorgos Lanthimos
24 FRAMES PER SECOND (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
My London Film Festival starts tomorrow, so here's my final programme of screenings, along with dates that reviews will be posted. With 9 films this will be far and away the busiest year I've had at LFF. Hope you enjoy the coverage. 16/10 ENTER THE VOID (Gaspar Noe) DOGTOOTH (Yorgos Lanthimos) Reviews: 17/10 19/10 LIFE DURING WARTIME (Todd Solondz) Review: 21/10 20/10 MORPHIA (Alexei Balabanov) Review:...
Fin de Cinema (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
Sometime last month, the European Film Academy announced the 48 films included on their selection list for the 2009 Awards. The nominations, which are to be announced sometime in November, will be pulled from these 48, and the official ceremony will be held in Germany on 12 December. Matteo Garrone's Gomorrah [ Gomorra ] was the big winner last year, taking prizes for Best Film, Director, Actor, Screenwriter...
Limitless Cinema (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
FILMS SEEN YESTERDAY 1.IMBURNAL (2008, Sherad Anthony Sanchez, Philippines, A++++++++++) 2.DOGTOOTH (2009, Yorgos Lanthimos, Greece, A+) This is what I think about DOGTOOTH after I read Filmsick's blog: http://filmsick.exteen.com/20090929/bkiff-2009-diary-part-2 There are some parts of DOGTOOTH (A+) which remind me of Luis Bunuel's films, but I think Bunuel's films arouse the viewers' imagination much...
The Panic Manual (Free subscription) | 09/21/2009
Toronto – My only TIFF experience this year was on the very last day of the festival, and one of the very last shows. Here are some gripes I have about TIFF. Lineups are bloody long – The whole rush line thing seems a bit silly, people line up for HOURS to see a movie. Why [...] Related posts: TIFF movie review: Micmacs [Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2009] Toronto – The French are not linked...
The Panic Manual (Free subscription) | 09/19/2009
Toronto – Despite the audience chuckling under their coffee-breath at 10am, this movie is still quite the dysfunctional study and I don’t think anyone walked out of Varsity cinema, stared at the sun, and said to themselves: “well, that was another artsy banality that I rather not have seen”. Kudos to the director for not [...] Related posts: TIFF movie review: Micmacs [Jean-Pierre...
Best Movies 2008 (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
Reporting on an event like TIFF from the comfort of my own home is frustrating. There's the drive to learn as much about all the new films as possible, without learning too much and unavoidably pre-judging the films before actually seeing them. But some reviews just have to be read. I'd been curious about the Greek film Dogtooth since it debuted at Cannes, where it went on to win in the Un Certain...
Twitch (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Yorgos Lanthimos ' psycho-sexual drama Dogtooth turned a whole lot of heads in Cannes, seemingly coming out of nowhere to become one of the most talked about films of the big festival. And now that it's arriving in Toronto, there is finally a full, proper trailer to show off. Here's how TIFF describes it: Delivering on the promise he showed with his 2005 feature Kinetta, Yorgos Lanthimos deals a masterful...
Fin de Cinema (Free subscription) | 08/21/2009
After weeks of slowly revealing its 2009 line-up, the final roster has been set, adding a number of notable world/North American premieres and some of the big names from Cannes and Venice. The Big Names: Claire Denis' White Material , Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon , Lars von Trier's Antichrist , Marco Bellocchio's Vincere , Yorgos Lanthimos' Dogtooth , Jaco Van Dormael's Mr. Nobody , Tales from...
Twitch (Free subscription) | 05/26/2009
We commented back when psych-thriller Tale 52 - still very sadly lacking a US distributor - was making the rounds that Greece may very well be a country to watch on the international film scene in coming years. And making me look smart this year was director Yorgos Lanthimos who brought his surreal new drama Dogtooth to Cannes as part of the Un Certain Regard program this year and went away as the...
Fin de Cinema (Free subscription) | 05/24/2009
The 62nd annual Cannes Film Festival has ended, and while the main competition prizes won't be given out until later today, the sidebars have already announced their winners. They are as follows. Un Certain Regard Prix Un Certain Regard : Dogtooth [ Kynodontas ] - d. Yorgos Lanthimos - Greece Prix du jury : Police, adjective [ Intermediar ] - d. Corneliu Porumboiu - Romania Prix special Un Certain...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 05/23/2009
Film News: Lanthimos’ drama nabs honors at Cannes -- In a rare triumph for Greek cinema at Cannes, Yorgos Lanthimos’ unsettling repression drama "Dogtooth" took the top Un Certain Regard Prize Saturday at Cannes.
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