The Independent (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
The Scottish director Kevin Macdonald has vivid memories of his grandfather, Emeric Pressburger. "He was a magical old man when I was growing up. He used to tell stories about his childhood in central Europe, then working in Britain and writing in English. Like a lot of refugees, he had a huge love of Britain and was more British than the British."
The House Next Door (Free subscription) | 05/26/2008
By Matt Noller Changeling (Clint Eastwood) Few things over the past week have been more baffling to me than when the solid but deeply flawed Changeling began racking up the most positive reviews of the fest. I’m not sure whether it's the international press’ tendency to praise Eastwood for anything he does, or whether I was simply too exhausted to recognize that it is, in fact, a
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/24/2008
Cannes, France - The Cannes Film Festival began rolling out its awards Saturday with Kazakh director Sergey Dvortsevoy's film Tulcan about a young man's dreams for a new life in a harsh landscape winning the prize for one of the 12-day movie marathon...
Filmmaker Magazine: Blog (Free subscription) | 05/24/2008
As the fest folds its tent, in this tepid market American distribs have failed to make a major buy. Last year, after all, Miramax bought The Diving Bell and the Butterfly for 3 million and James Gray's We Own the Night brought 11.5 million. This year IFC went on a buying spree, picking up at least six titles. And last minute, SPC acquired two. Overall, the fest has been a letdown,
France24 (Free subscription) | 05/23/2008
In our daily Cannes report: "Delta," by Hungarian director Kornel Mundruczo, Emir Kusturica's "Maradona," Marina Zenovich's "Roman Polanski, Wanted and Desired" and Hollywood star Sharon Stone's charity event.
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 05/22/2008
"Johnny Mad Dog," by Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire, is a brutal and assaultive fiction about Liberian child soldiers that's presented without context or explanation. "Delta," by the Hungarian director Kornel Mundruczo, is a beautiful if somewhat cliché art film of life in a Hungarian river settlement.
GreenCine Daily (Free subscription) | 05/22/2008
"'A typical festival art film.' That was the judgment of a friend of mine after the Tuesday press screening of Delta, a competition entry from the Hungarian director Kornel Mundruczo," writes AO Scott in the New York Times. "The festival...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 05/20/2008
Film News: 'Delta' may be produced by Bela Tarr -- Hungarian director Kornel Mundruczo, whose “Delta” got its competition screening Tuesday, is planning a film about the 15th century sodomy trial of Italian genius Leonardo Da Vinci.
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
Budapest Hungarian director Kornel Mundruczo is hoping to restore some lustre to the Hungarian film industry at this year's Cannes festival following the former east bloc nation's less-than- inspiring return to the main competition last year. Maste...
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.
Towleroad (Free subscription) | 04/23/2008
Gilles Jacob (left), president of the 61st Cannes Film Festival, and Thierry Fremaux (right), revealed hot tranny mess Amanda Lepore (warning: site NSFW) to be the new face of the Cannes Film Festival yesterday. Actually, it's not Amanda, but it...
Fin de Cinema (Free subscription) | 04/23/2008
Looks like Vicky Cristina Barcelona will in fact play at Cannes, though Out of Competition. And, by the way, who the fuck gave Jennifer Chambers Lynch money to make another movie? Anyway, here's the official line-up. - Three Monkeys - dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan ( Climates , Distant ) - Le Silence de Lorna - dir. Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne - Un conte de Noël - dir. Arnaud Desplechin ( Kings & Queen...
Zap2it.com - News (Free subscription) | 04/23/2008
New films from Atom Egoyan, Steven Soderbergh, Wim Wenders and Charlie Kaufman also make the Cannes slate Clint Eastwood's "Changeling," starring Angelina Jolie, is one of several high profile American films going for the Palme d'Or at next month's Cannes Film Festival.
