Two masters of the art of the cinema are being honored in New York at career retrospectives at two of New York’s most venerable film institutions, starting this past weekend. The Museum of Modern Art, which has one of the world’s most celebrated film archives, will present three defining films from the career of Taiwanese director Edward Yang, to mark the publication of a new monograph on the filmmaker by celebrated film critic and historian John Anderson. The filmmaker is revered as a moder...
JAOUI OPENS NEW YORK FILM FESTIVALThe 42nd edition of the New York Film Festival opened this past weekend, with one of its most diverse and anticipated slates in recent years. Featuring an exciting mix of the new works of acknowledged film masters and fresh discoveries, the Festival, presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, is generally acknowledged as the crown jewel of film events in a city that boasts more than 25 film festivals during the year. “It is the gold standard as far as Ne...
CINEMA16 TAKES MOODYSSON, GODARD, KIESLOWSKI, VON TRIER, LECONTE, TYKWER, MULLAN, MORETTI SHORTS OUT ACROSS EUROPE – IT’S A “FILM FESTIVAL IN THE COMFORT OF YOUR OWN HOME”.Following the success of the CINEMA16: BRITISH SHORT FILMS DVD, featuring Chris Nolan, Ridley Scott, Mike Leigh, Stephen Daldry, Lynne Ramsay, Peter Greenway and others, Cinema16 is now set to release a selection of the best classic and award winning European shorts in June.CINEMA16: EUROPEAN SHORT FILMS offers the opp...
Films, Day 10In compétitionCLEAN by Olivier ASSAYAS THE LIFE AND DEATH OF PETER SELLERS by Stephen HOPKINS Out of compétitionBREAKING NEWS by Johnnie TOHENRI LANGLOIS THE PHANTOM OF THE CINEMATHEQUE by Jacques RICHARD I DIED IN CHILDHOOD... by Georgiy PARADJANOV NOTRE MUSIQUE by Jean-Luc GODARD Un certain regardALEXANDRIE... NEW YORK by Youssef CHAHINE SCHIZO by Guka OMAROVACannes ClassicsTHE BIG RED ONE by Samuel FULLER...
Veteran Jean-Luc Godard shows he still kicking, reminding us that culture is always connected to politics, and offering some of the press conference space for 'Notre Musique', presented out of competition, to one of the cultural workers that is here in Cannes to air grievances about situation of unemployment cuts by the present government. "Unemployment is not an accident but a reality", stated the union representative, "and we need to find new sources when there is not enough money".The gesture...
Films Day 7In competitionTHE LADYKILLERS Ethan COEN - Joel COEN SUD PRALA Apichatpong WEERASETHAKUL Un certain regard DEAR FRANKIE Shona AUERBACH SOMERSAULT Cate SHORTLAND Out of competitionNOTRE MUSIQUE Jean-Luc GODARD Cannes Classics STEAMBOAT BILL JR. Charles F. REISNER...
Films Day 5Official CompetitionLOOK AT ME Agnès JaouiTHE HOLY GIRL Lucrecia MartelOut of CompetitionNOTRE MUSIQUE Jean Luc Godard KILL BILL VOL.2 Quentin TarantinoTHE GATE OF THE SUN Z CHANNEL: A MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION A Certain RegardDON'T MOVE Sergio CastellittoCRONICAS Sebastián CorderoKONTROLL Nimród AntalCannes ClassicsTHE NEW ONE-ARMED SWORDSMANBYE BYE BRASIL ...
Jean-Luc Godard's new film, Notre Musique, will be presented in the Official Selection, Out of Competition, at the coming 57th Festival de Cannes that is to take place from May 12th to 23rd. The Festival de Cannes has prepared a surprise for Jean-Luc Godard at the screening. He was last present at the Festival in 2001 with Eloge de l'Amour....
