The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/25/2008
Cannes, France - After a hectic 12-day round of glitz, glamour and gritty movie themes, the Cannes Film Festival reaches its climax Sunday with the world's leading movie fest unveiling its top honours for 2008. But while the countdown to the jury's a...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 05/24/2008
Film News: MK2 nabs distribution on docu-fiction movie -- CANNES -- Gallic major MK2 has closed distribution deals on major territories for Jia Zhangke's "24 City," playing off its Competition screening at the Cannes Film Festival.
My Films Blog (Free subscription) | 05/23/2008
One year ago, Angelina Jolie came to Cannes for the world premiere of A Mighty Heart, in which she plays a woman who deals with the trauma of a kidnapped husband. In 2008, she is back with Changeling. Like A...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 05/23/2008
The festival still awaits its first major US deal but the Brits are not letting the credit crunch get them down
GreenCine Daily (Free subscription) | 05/22/2008
"Watching a stolid horde of blue-clad factory workers trudge obediently up an institutional staircase in Jia Zhangke's 24 City as though to the next movie, the colleague beside me murmured: 'It's Cannes!'" A roundup from J Hoberman in the...
SpoutBlog (Free subscription) | 05/19/2008
Eavesdropping on the Indiana Jones premiere, and notes from the Marche.
GreenCine Daily (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008
"The latest chapter in Jia Zhangke's chronicles of modern Chinese history is certain to reinforce the director's status as an international arthouse icon," writes Dan Fainaru, reviewing 24 City for Screen Daily. "Consisting of five authentic interviews and four fictional...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008
Cannes, France - Chinese director Jia Zhangke's haunting and unsettling portrayals of life in modern China have never won him too friends among the authorities in Beijing. But growing international acclaim and a more lenient attitude on the part of t...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008
Film Reviews: Following "Still Life" and "Useless," documentary and fictional artifice are combined ever more egregiously by Mainland helmer Jia Zhangke in "24 City."
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008
Cannes, France - Leading Chinese film director Jia Zhangke lead a one-minute silence for the victims of China's earthquake at a press conference marking the premiere of his latest film at the Cannes Film Festival. Jia's film, 24 City, is set in the r...
O B L I Q U I T Y (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
The curtain rises on the 61st edition of the Cannes Film Festival on May 14, 2008. This year’s feature film jury members include: Sean Penn, President (American actor, director, screenwriter), Jeanne Balibar (French actress), Alexandra Maria Lara (German actress), Natalie Portman (Israeli-American actress), Marjane Satrapi (Iranian author, director), Rachid Bouchareb (French director), Sergio [...]...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008
Cannes - Chinese director Jia Zhangke's haunting and unsettling portrayals of life in modern China would not appear to be the type of movies that the Beijing authorities like to see representing their country at the world's leading film festivals. Bu...
Chinalyst - China blogs in English (Free subscription) | 04/30/2008
Jia Zhangke???s new movie 24 Cheng Ji (The Story of 24 City) is ready for production. Co-written with Chengdu-based poet Zhai Yongming, it follows the life stories of three women working in a state-owned factory in Chengdu, reflecting the changes of the city in the past 40 years. Joan Chen, L'? Liping (Blue Kite) and Zhao Tao (The Platform) will play the three leading roles. Meanwhile, Jackie Chan...
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 04/25/2008
Following is a list of films in the main competition for the coveted Palme d'Or award this year. Hundreds of other films will also be showing out of competition.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 04/25/2008
Michael Dwyer on film.
