After Jean-Luc Godard, Leos Carax might be the French filmmaker most related to the time period enfant horrible. In some methods, he’s been much more horrible than Godard ever was, adopting a pseudonym (he was born Alex Dupont) as a youngster and bursting onto the scene at age 24 with Boy Meets Lady — Godard … Read more
Alongside the a whole bunch of authentic films being shopped up and down the Croisette throughout Cannes’ Marché du Movie, the marketplace for remakes — local-language diversifications of established hits — is quietly booming. We’re not solely speaking concerning the international-to-English remakes reminiscent of Oscar winner Coda — an adaptation of 2014 French-language dramedy La Famille Bélier — or Chris … Read more
Films that take their title from a feminine protagonist’s title — from Mildred Pierce and Stella Dallas by Norma Rae to Vera Drake and Jackie Brown — immediately declare that lady’s rightful place on the coronary heart of a narrative, typically depicting wrestle and sacrifice but additionally resilience and power of character. The identical applies … Read more
Common chairman Donna Langley oversaw a document 12 months for the studio final 12 months, ending No. 1 on the field workplace and shutting out awards season with seven Oscars together with finest image for Christopher Nolan’s billion greenback grosser Oppenheimer. Even with that stage of success, Langley prefers to have “wholesome rivals” round her … Read more
Paul Schrader has lengthy been recognized for his gruff character, however he was in good spirits and barely nostalgic through the Saturday press convention on the Cannes Movie Pageant for his newest movie, Oh, Canada, the place he additionally revealed his subsequent movie. Schrader’s iconic team-up with Martin Scorsese, Taxi Driver, premiered on the pageant, … Read more
Simply eight months after filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos and star Emma Stone unveiled Poor Issues at Venice, the duo are again on the pageant circuit with Sorts of Kindness. The frequent collaborators confronted the press at Cannes, the place they tried to outline the alchemy between their relationship, which netted Stone an Oscar for Poor Issues … Read more
Eyes comply with Anya Taylor-Pleasure every time she steps on a purple carpet, and the descriptions of her ensembles that comply with typically embrace adjectives like glamorous, ethereal, angelic, and the like. However when she confronted photographers’ lenses in Sydney in early Could for the world premiere of George Miller’s Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, what adopted was a … Read more
“I took it exhausting. I wished it to be particular for him,” says Diane Kruger of performing in David Cronenberg’s The Shrouds, a movie the legendary director wrote as a part of his grieving course of after the demise of his late spouse, Carolyn. The Shrouds, which is screening in competitors in Cannes, follows Karsh (Vincent Cassel), … Read more
Kiefer Sutherland is ready to star in motion thriller Sierra Madre. The story facilities on Sutherland’s Captain Jordan Wright and his squadron, who’re granted go away from their mission to attend a crewmate’s marriage ceremony in Mexico. Whereas there, festivities are interrupted by a murderous cartel, and, as Jordan makes an attempt to steer his … Read more
A star from the age of 11, Elizabeth Taylor was practiced at public relations for nearly all her life, so there aren’t many private revelations in Elizabeth Taylor: The Misplaced Tapes. However Nanette Burstein‘s elegantly constructed documentary, largely in Taylor’s personal phrases backed by illuminating archival pictures, works as a energetic little bit of movie … Read more