One of the hottest films on the 2000 festival circuit. From director Ang Lee, the story follows two fighters whose fates intertwine during the Ching Dynasty. ...
An all star cast featuring Glenn Close and Calista Flockhart, directed by Rodrigo Garcia. Five interweaving stories about women and their fears, their desires, and doubts. ...
Organizers of the San Sebastian Film Festival bestow a Lifetime Achievement Award upon Robert De Niro. ...
Sedina, Jasmina, Senada: three young European village women. During the war
in Bosnia (1992-1995), their world fell apart. Their husbands disappeared,
along with dozens of men from their families. Their houses, land, villages,
and country were all swept away. They undertook a yearlong psychotherapeutic
program, thereby engaging the vital process of rebuilding their lives and
taking control back over their fates.
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A famous Mexican folk song says that damn women are the ruination of men... Such is the case with the main character of this story. ...
Director: Julie Taymor. Titus Andronicus, the great Roman general, returns home victorious from a long war with the Northern Goths during which all but his four remaining sons have died....
Director: Robert Altman. Dallas gynecologist Dr. Sullivan Travis is a man juggling many, many women in both his professional and personal life....
Director: Stephen Hopkins. Hearst a rich and powerful lawyer, and his young wife are getting ready to go to a benefit to raise money for the victims of a storm that has leveled Puerto Rico. Hearst discovered the body of a little girl who has been raped and murdered, the third such incident in the month....
Two childhood friends have grown apart, but only one of them likes the distance. Directed by Miguel Arteta. ...
Before turning out her remarkable second fiction feature film Hotaru which screened in competition at Locarno and landed the Fipresci Prize, Naomi Kawase made this very strange documentary, Mange-Kyo, where she dogs the steps of a photographer and her model (wonderful Machiko Ono, from Moe no Suzaku), trying to capture the minutest revelatory element in the creative relationship. Naomi Kawase\'s very strong personality made it very hard for photographer Shinya Arimoto to withstand the intense sc...
It is not very glamorous to make a film in the mud with sheep under a pouring rain, Aileen Ritchie said about her first feature experience The Closer You Get....
A guitar, a pair of underwear, socks, squash rackets... Like in other films shown in Locarno, - the Icelandic entry 101 Reykjavik for one - The Low Down is a comedy about men who never grow up. Kate Ashfield (from Tim Roth\'s War Zone) tells us what it is like to live with them... in film....
Jamie Thraves\'s feature debut follows a solid experience in video clips and commercials and a Best British Short Award in 1998 for I want to Kiss You. The Low Down (screened at Locarno in official competition and next screening at Dinard) features less kisses than blows, the blows which life deals to three young men who can\'t quite take the responsibility of working, loving and building solid relationships in modern London. I wish I could have made this film sooner said Jamie Thraves, probably...
On the occasion of the Grand FIPRESCI Prize awarded at San Sebastian 2000, we interviewed Klaus Eder, General Secretary of the critics organization. He explained the orgins of the name, its founding in the 20s, its members and its aims. Klaus was appointed to the position in 1986 and has furthered its international focus, especially to the poorer countries....
An extra marital affair over a year ago haunts a seemingly perfect couple. Starring Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer and Directed by Robert Zemeckis....
Director: Alex de la Iglesia. Starring Carmen Maura, in its director\\'s own words it is an insane drama of black humor and twisted claustrophobic and domestic neighborhood. Best Actress Award at San Sebastian 2000....
Director: Achim von Borries. The accident at Chernobyl nuclear power station shocked the world. However n,obody had dared to make a film talking about it. This film tells the story of a worker at Chernobyl, who is sick and wants to fulfill one wish before he dies....
Not known for giving interviews abundantly, Bertolucci was delightfully open and revealing before the sea of reporters and cameras. Since no recent film was presented, the questions turned towards his past seeking new insight into this master's works featured in a retrospective at San Sebastian....
This Mexican film won the Critics Week Award at Cannes 2000 and the Grand Prize at Edinburgh 2000....
Led at a brisk pace that left no room for ad libbing (but nevertheless held in three languages: Basque, Spanish and English), the ceremony presented the 48th festival in great detail and welcomed several personalities on stage. Klaus Eder, General Secretary of FIPRESCI, presented their Grand Prix to Magnolia from director Paul Thomas Anderson. A big round of applause was given to actress Carmen Maura and director Alex de la Iglesia, who hopped on stage to introduce the opening film of the festiv...
In what has been a year of awards for Michael Caine - including winning the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role in The Cider House Rules and being named a Sir by the Queen -- his newest honor was the Donostia Award for Lifetime Achievement Saturday night, September 23. Awarded by Catalan actress Rosa Maria Sarda and festival director Mikel Olaciregui, Caine received a standing ovation. While on stage, he also picked up his Best Actor Award for his role in Blood and Wine, which he had been u...
R2D2 Actor Replaced by Computer
In the latest digital affront to human efforts, Kenny Baker -- the actor who played R2D2 in four Star Wars movies -- will not be able to play his character in Star Wars: Episode 2 because he has been replaced by a computer
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Interview with David Kelly, actor in Greenfingers by Joel Hershman, who also was the naked motorcycle driver in Waking Ned Devine....
Interview with Clive Owen, actor in Joel Hershman’s Greenfingers, an intelligent and heart-warming story about inmates turned gardeners....
Joel Hershman reveals his approach to Greenfingers and the influence of his theatre background on making films....
