Things are unsettled between Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal in the new trailer for Foe. The film, directed by Garth Davis and based on the novel by Iain Reid, stars the actors as a married couple facing a disruption to their assumed happiness in a dystopian future.
The trailer reveals their life in a remote house as a newcomer, played by Aaron Pierre, threatens to tear down what they’ve built with a new opportunity. “You wanna live mundane lives? Or do you wanna be a part of something special and unique?...
The trailer reveals their life in a remote house as a newcomer, played by Aaron Pierre, threatens to tear down what they’ve built with a new opportunity. “You wanna live mundane lives? Or do you wanna be a part of something special and unique?...
- 8/24/2023
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
There’s something to fall head-over-heels for about daring reimaginations of formidable classics—the deceitfully “simpler” the source, the more pressure on the adaptation to bring out its colors. Isn’t it practically an inexplicable branch of evolution that even those of us not thoroughly familiar with Georges Bizet’s opera and Prosper Mérrimée’s prose of the same name can immediately associate the name Carmen with the color red? Red is what Jörg Widmer smears on each of his symbolism-soaked frames that speak the unspoken about the nymph-like poem manifested as an immigrant woman. And for the faithful portrayal of the odd fairytale lover worthy of beholding her with the eyes that betray his pain, Benjamin Millepied entrusts the reins to Nicholas Britell’s haunting score, which is as much a protagonist as Carmen and Aiden.
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Plot Synopsis: What Happens In ‘Carmen’?
Millepied’s relatively less tumultuous...
Spoilers Ahead
Plot Synopsis: What Happens In ‘Carmen’?
Millepied’s relatively less tumultuous...
- 7/16/2023
- by Lopamudra Mukherjee
- Film Fugitives
Also new this weekend: Disney’s ‘The Boogeyman’ and Paul Mescal-starring musical drama ‘Carmen’.
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse leads this weekend’s new releases, hoping to catch audiences for Sony at a wide release of 674 locations.
The computer animated sequel to Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse sees lead character Miles Morales now aged 15 (voiced by Shameik Moore) and pushed to take greater risks to protect those he cares about, grappling with a villain who can jump between dimensions, and his crush, a Spider-Woman from a different realm, voiced by Hailee Steinfeld.
The voice cast also includes Brian Tyree Henry, Luna Lauren Velez,...
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse leads this weekend’s new releases, hoping to catch audiences for Sony at a wide release of 674 locations.
The computer animated sequel to Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse sees lead character Miles Morales now aged 15 (voiced by Shameik Moore) and pushed to take greater risks to protect those he cares about, grappling with a villain who can jump between dimensions, and his crush, a Spider-Woman from a different realm, voiced by Hailee Steinfeld.
The voice cast also includes Brian Tyree Henry, Luna Lauren Velez,...
- 6/2/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Mescal and Melissa Barrera lead this modern-day version of Bizet’s opera, which awkwardly combines tough realism with high-gloss romance
This film contains a scene with maximum meme potential: Normal People’s Paul Mescal breaks into expressionist dance, leaping through the air, soulfully twisting his body with the agony of a broken heart. It will have the Mescalmania fanbase melting into puddles. But really it’s his acting not his ballet that carries off this reimagining of Georges Bizet’s 1875 opera. Updated to modern day Mexico and the US, it’s a heartfelt, extravagant film, swirling with melodrama and music.
The story opens in Mexico, where Carmen (Melissa Barrera) flees north to the US after her flamenco dancer mother is killed by drug cartel thugs. Meanwhile, across the border in Texas, Mescal plays Aidan, an ex-marine who reluctantly takes a job with a patrol that cruises the border picking up illegals.
This film contains a scene with maximum meme potential: Normal People’s Paul Mescal breaks into expressionist dance, leaping through the air, soulfully twisting his body with the agony of a broken heart. It will have the Mescalmania fanbase melting into puddles. But really it’s his acting not his ballet that carries off this reimagining of Georges Bizet’s 1875 opera. Updated to modern day Mexico and the US, it’s a heartfelt, extravagant film, swirling with melodrama and music.
The story opens in Mexico, where Carmen (Melissa Barrera) flees north to the US after her flamenco dancer mother is killed by drug cartel thugs. Meanwhile, across the border in Texas, Mescal plays Aidan, an ex-marine who reluctantly takes a job with a patrol that cruises the border picking up illegals.
- 5/30/2023
- by Cath Clarke
- The Guardian - Film News
There's a scene in French choreographer-turned-director Benjamin Millepied's adaptation of Georges Bizet's 1875 opera "Carmen" (out now in theaters) in which Masilda (played by Spanish actress Rossy de Palma) tells Carmen (played by Mexican actress Melissa Barrera), "Dance. Dancing will heal."
In the 10-minute scene that takes place halfway through the film, there's dialogue, there's tears, there's shared laughs, there's joy, and there's, of course, dancing. If there's one scene in the film that really embodies both Millepied's genius in creating an entirely new genre out of this classic adaptation as well as Barrera's ability to transform herself into any role, it's this one. It plays out like visual poetry (carried by Nicholas Britell's brilliant score and songs by Mexican iconic singer Julieta Venegas), making it distinct from your typical musical or dance feature. Barrera flows between ballet, flamenco, and interpretative dance so seamlessly, she hardly needs dialogue...
In the 10-minute scene that takes place halfway through the film, there's dialogue, there's tears, there's shared laughs, there's joy, and there's, of course, dancing. If there's one scene in the film that really embodies both Millepied's genius in creating an entirely new genre out of this classic adaptation as well as Barrera's ability to transform herself into any role, it's this one. It plays out like visual poetry (carried by Nicholas Britell's brilliant score and songs by Mexican iconic singer Julieta Venegas), making it distinct from your typical musical or dance feature. Barrera flows between ballet, flamenco, and interpretative dance so seamlessly, she hardly needs dialogue...
- 4/26/2023
- by Johanna Ferreira
- Popsugar.com
Paul Mescal makes his debut as a recording artist on the soundtrack for Carmen, which stars the actor and Melissa Barrera in an update of the classic Georges Bizet opera.
In a clip from the Benjamin Millepied-directed film, Mescal delivers the track — one of the original songs co-written by Oscar-nominated composer Nicholas Britell — on acoustic guitar.
“When Benjamin first approached me about Carmen, I remember feeling strongly that I didn’t want to ‘update’ or ‘re-arrange’ any of Bizet’s music. There are already so many incredible adaptations of Carmen,...
In a clip from the Benjamin Millepied-directed film, Mescal delivers the track — one of the original songs co-written by Oscar-nominated composer Nicholas Britell — on acoustic guitar.
“When Benjamin first approached me about Carmen, I remember feeling strongly that I didn’t want to ‘update’ or ‘re-arrange’ any of Bizet’s music. There are already so many incredible adaptations of Carmen,...
- 4/21/2023
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
As written by the legendary French composer Georges Bizet, the 19th-century opera “Carmen” has a classic femme fatale at its heart: a fiery, free-spirited and seductive woman headed for her inevitable demise through the downfall of a former lover. So take it with a grain of salt upon hearing the title “Carmen,” in this case a beautiful, dreamlike and defiantly experimental film directed by Benjamin Millepied.
Yes, the tragedy, beauty, love, and passion that define Bizet’s exquisite late Romantic-era masterpiece are all in here in Millepied’s directorial debut. But Millepied’s runaway Carmen, as imagined by writers Loïc Barrere, Alexander Dinelaris and Lisa Loomer, is not so much a doomed temptress archetype as a freedom-hungry firebrand in search of her voice and identity.
In that regard, it would be unfair to claim that Millepied’s “Carmen” is an adaptation of Bizet’s timeless story. In fact, the director...
Yes, the tragedy, beauty, love, and passion that define Bizet’s exquisite late Romantic-era masterpiece are all in here in Millepied’s directorial debut. But Millepied’s runaway Carmen, as imagined by writers Loïc Barrere, Alexander Dinelaris and Lisa Loomer, is not so much a doomed temptress archetype as a freedom-hungry firebrand in search of her voice and identity.
In that regard, it would be unfair to claim that Millepied’s “Carmen” is an adaptation of Bizet’s timeless story. In fact, the director...
- 4/21/2023
- by Tomris Laffly
- The Wrap
“Carmen” didn’t begin life as an opera: French Romantic writer Prosper Mérimée conceived this tale of Spanish passion and tragic jealousy in 1845, thirty years before his compatriot Georges Bizet brought it into its best-known, aria-rich form. But it’s a story that thrives on operatic delivery, hinging on emotions so large and loud they beg to be sung at the top of one’s lungs. That makes it the opera that filmmakers can’t leave alone, even as they tend to switch out the music: Its screen interpretations range from Otto Preminger’s Broadway-rooted “Carmen Jones” to Jean-Luc Godard’s daring, Beethoven-infused “First Name: Carmen” to Robert Townsend’s Beyoncé-starring “Carmen: A Hip-Hopera.” With the plainly titled “Carmen,” ballet star and first-time feature director Benjamin Millepied joins that club, mostly eschewing song in an attempt to conjure the material’s intensity through dance. He is only intermittently successful.
- 4/21/2023
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
Opera lovers flock to performances in order to be thrilled, aroused, overjoyed, moved to tears. Ditto disciples of dance, musical-theater fanatics, and — the worst, most masochistic, and unrepentant art-rush addicts of them all — moviegoers. Georges Bizet’s Carmen shocked audiences when it premiered in 1875 in Paris; eventually, his story of a Spanish soldier and a Roma traveler would become a staple of repertory companies and one of the best-known operas of all time. (Hum the opening notes of this, and at least one person will break into their best Beverly Sills impression.
- 4/19/2023
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
Successful awards season showings for spring and summer releases like “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” “Top Gun: Maverick,” and “Elvis” have evidently discouraged studios from backloading their buzziest titles. Fresh off a successful premiere at South by Southwest, “Air” is getting a wide release from Amazon Studios this month, even though it’s the kind of movie one can see having an easy route to the Oscars out of TIFF or Venice.
See ‘Air’ soars with critics: Ben Affleck’s film starring Matt Damon and Viola Davis ‘defies gravity and expectations’
“Beau is Afraid” may not be typical academy fodder (though that’s becoming harder and harder to define these days), but it’s a highly anticipated title that A24 could’ve held for a July or August debut. Is the studio betting that Ari Aster’s latest is, like the jewel in its Oscar-gilded crown, also a movie voters will embrace given enough time?...
See ‘Air’ soars with critics: Ben Affleck’s film starring Matt Damon and Viola Davis ‘defies gravity and expectations’
“Beau is Afraid” may not be typical academy fodder (though that’s becoming harder and harder to define these days), but it’s a highly anticipated title that A24 could’ve held for a July or August debut. Is the studio betting that Ari Aster’s latest is, like the jewel in its Oscar-gilded crown, also a movie voters will embrace given enough time?...
- 4/1/2023
- by Ronald Meyer and Denton Davidson
- Gold Derby
Successful awards season showings for spring and summer releases like “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” “Top Gun: Maverick,” and “Elvis” have evidently discouraged studios from backloading their buzziest titles. Fresh off a successful premiere at South by Southwest, “Air” is getting a wide release from Amazon Studios this month, even though it’s the kind of movie one can see having an easy route to the Oscars out of TIFF or Venice.
See ‘Air’ soars with critics: Ben Affleck’s film starring Matt Damon and Viola Davis ‘defies gravity and expectations’
“Beau is Afraid” may not be typical academy fodder (though that’s becoming harder and harder to define these days), but it’s a highly anticipated title that A24 could’ve held for a July or August debut. Is the studio betting that Ari Aster’s latest is, like the jewel in its Oscar-gilded crown, also a movie voters will embrace given enough time?...
See ‘Air’ soars with critics: Ben Affleck’s film starring Matt Damon and Viola Davis ‘defies gravity and expectations’
“Beau is Afraid” may not be typical academy fodder (though that’s becoming harder and harder to define these days), but it’s a highly anticipated title that A24 could’ve held for a July or August debut. Is the studio betting that Ari Aster’s latest is, like the jewel in its Oscar-gilded crown, also a movie voters will embrace given enough time?...
- 4/1/2023
- by Ronald Meyer and Denton Davidson
- Gold Derby
Georges Bizet has been revered as one of the world’s most influential composers of all time.
His works have had a lasting impact on the music world, with some of his compositions, such as “Carmen,” remaining beloved classics to this day. Bizet’s works have a unique and timeless quality to them that make them stand out from other composers.
This article will explore the life and works of Georges Bizet and examine why his music has stood the test of time. We will look at some defining features of his works and discuss how he combined elements from different musical traditions to create music that continues to inspire new generations.
We will also explore how Bizet’s musical genius influenced other composers and how it has been utilized in film and theater productions, making him an iconic figure in classical music.
Introduction to Georges Bizet’s Life and...
His works have had a lasting impact on the music world, with some of his compositions, such as “Carmen,” remaining beloved classics to this day. Bizet’s works have a unique and timeless quality to them that make them stand out from other composers.
This article will explore the life and works of Georges Bizet and examine why his music has stood the test of time. We will look at some defining features of his works and discuss how he combined elements from different musical traditions to create music that continues to inspire new generations.
We will also explore how Bizet’s musical genius influenced other composers and how it has been utilized in film and theater productions, making him an iconic figure in classical music.
Introduction to Georges Bizet’s Life and...
- 3/14/2023
- by Music Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Music
Thanks to last year’s performances in “God’s Creatures” and “Aftersun,” Paul Mescal is one of Hollywood’s hottest rising stars. And Melissa Barerra is on the rise, too, thanks to her breakout roles in “Scream,” “Scream VI,” and “In The Heights.” Now the two actors collide in Benjamin Millepied‘s “Carmen,” a gritty modern-day reimagining of Georges Bizet‘s opera of the same name.
Continue reading ‘Carmen’ Trailer: Melissa Barerra & Paul Mescal Star In Benjamin Millepied’s Feature Debut On April 21 at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Carmen’ Trailer: Melissa Barerra & Paul Mescal Star In Benjamin Millepied’s Feature Debut On April 21 at The Playlist.
- 3/9/2023
- by Ned Booth
- The Playlist
By the second half of the 1960s, it was obvious that the relationship between director Seijun Suzuki and production company Nikkatsu was more than just a little strained. After years of yakuza-flicks and B-movies, Suzuki had proven with works such as “Youth of the Beast” he was fed up sticking to genre conventions as well as the rules enforced by his employer of what a certain movie has to be, what the story has to be like and essentially playing second fiddle to whatever the main feature his work was supposed to prepare the audience for. Having repeatedly violated that agreement, Suzuki was given another opportunity, resulting in “Carmen from Kawachi”, a B-movie based on themes from Georges Bizet. While the story has certain aspects following the conventions of B-movies, its style and images often transcend its origin, making it a very interesting precursor to Suzuki’s “Branded to Kill...
- 2/5/2023
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
Benjamin Millepied’s “Carmen” is officially heading to theaters, care of Sony Pictures Classics.
The adaptation of the 1875 Georges Bizet opera and Prosper Mérimée novella of the same name will premiere in Los Angeles and New York on April 21 before expanding in the following weeks.
Fresh off his Oscar nomination for “Aftersun,” Paul Mescal stars alongside “Scream” and “In The Heights” actress Melissa Barrera. The story follows Carmen (Barrera), a fiercely independent woman who flees her home in the Mexican desert after her mother is brutally murdered. She survives a series of dangerous challenges on her way across the U.S. border, including a violent confrontation with a border patrol volunteer that ends with the murders of two other immigrants.
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After a violent standoff between the volunteer and his patrol partner Aidan (Mescal), a Marine with Ptsd,...
The adaptation of the 1875 Georges Bizet opera and Prosper Mérimée novella of the same name will premiere in Los Angeles and New York on April 21 before expanding in the following weeks.
Fresh off his Oscar nomination for “Aftersun,” Paul Mescal stars alongside “Scream” and “In The Heights” actress Melissa Barrera. The story follows Carmen (Barrera), a fiercely independent woman who flees her home in the Mexican desert after her mother is brutally murdered. She survives a series of dangerous challenges on her way across the U.S. border, including a violent confrontation with a border patrol volunteer that ends with the murders of two other immigrants.
Also Read:
‘Carmen’ Film Review: Border-Set Reimagining of Classic Tale Is a Pas de Dull
After a violent standoff between the volunteer and his patrol partner Aidan (Mescal), a Marine with Ptsd,...
- 2/1/2023
- by Harper Lambert
- The Wrap
For questionable reasons, some very talented people got it into their heads that it would be a great idea to redress Georges Bizet’s classic 1875 musical Carmen for the big screen by throwing out everything—the setting, the era and, most of all, the music—and replacing it with a misguided attempt at relevance by setting it on the contemporary U.S. and Mexican border.
It’s evident from the outset that nothing about this trendy approach works at all and it only gets worse as it goes along. Perhaps some viewers will be sucked in by the enterprise’s devotion to its own relevance, but from almost any perspective—dramatic, cinematic, political or musical–this is a thoroughgoing wash-out. It has no sense of cinema.
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Celebrated choreographer Benjamin Millepied describes his undertaking as a “complete reimagining” of this time-tested war horse which,...
It’s evident from the outset that nothing about this trendy approach works at all and it only gets worse as it goes along. Perhaps some viewers will be sucked in by the enterprise’s devotion to its own relevance, but from almost any perspective—dramatic, cinematic, political or musical–this is a thoroughgoing wash-out. It has no sense of cinema.
Toronto Film Festival: Deadline’s Complete Coverage
Celebrated choreographer Benjamin Millepied describes his undertaking as a “complete reimagining” of this time-tested war horse which,...
- 9/11/2022
- by Todd McCarthy
- Deadline Film + TV
Located somewhere between a classic opera, a modern dance piece, and a deadly fever dream — between the timeless beauty of ancient myth and the modern nightmare of America’s current immigration policies — Benjamin Millepied’s “Carmen” is stretched across a few too many borders to ever feel like it’s standing on solid ground. And yet, (Nicolas Britell) for the kind of aggressively unclassifiable movie that would never exist if not for these two artists reaching beyond their disciplines to create it themselves.
Loosely inspired by Georges Bizet’s 1875 opera of the same name — so loosely, in fact, that Millepied thinks of his film as less of a re-telling or adaptation than he does a version of Bizet’s tragedy from a parallel universe — this “Carmen” moves the action from the southern tip of Spain to the northern cusp of Mexico, pares the source material’s busy story down to the brink of abstraction,...
Loosely inspired by Georges Bizet’s 1875 opera of the same name — so loosely, in fact, that Millepied thinks of his film as less of a re-telling or adaptation than he does a version of Bizet’s tragedy from a parallel universe — this “Carmen” moves the action from the southern tip of Spain to the northern cusp of Mexico, pares the source material’s busy story down to the brink of abstraction,...
- 9/11/2022
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
“All right. When does the murder mystery start?”
In advance of its Toronto International Film Festival debut this coming Saturday, Rian Johnson and Netflix have debuted the first full trailer for “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.” There are yachts, there are puzzles, there are weapons, there’s Dave Bautista in an exceptionally revealing speedo, and there’s a music cue reminiscent of the Habanera aria from Georges Bizet’s “Carmen.”
Like the 2019 runaway success “Knives Out,” Daniel Craig is back as the genteel Southern private detective Benoit Blanc. In keeping with his spiritual cousin Hercule Poirot, the adventure this time is set in a gorgeous (and expensive-to-shoot-at) location, mainly the Greek islands in the Saronic Gulf. As with the first film, the cast is a healthy blend of veterans we love to see doing something fun like this, like Edward Norton, Kathryn Hahn, and Kate Hudson, plus some newer names like Leslie Odom, Jr.,...
In advance of its Toronto International Film Festival debut this coming Saturday, Rian Johnson and Netflix have debuted the first full trailer for “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.” There are yachts, there are puzzles, there are weapons, there’s Dave Bautista in an exceptionally revealing speedo, and there’s a music cue reminiscent of the Habanera aria from Georges Bizet’s “Carmen.”
Like the 2019 runaway success “Knives Out,” Daniel Craig is back as the genteel Southern private detective Benoit Blanc. In keeping with his spiritual cousin Hercule Poirot, the adventure this time is set in a gorgeous (and expensive-to-shoot-at) location, mainly the Greek islands in the Saronic Gulf. As with the first film, the cast is a healthy blend of veterans we love to see doing something fun like this, like Edward Norton, Kathryn Hahn, and Kate Hudson, plus some newer names like Leslie Odom, Jr.,...
- 9/8/2022
- by Jordan Hoffman
- Gold Derby
Dn has featured the work of Spanish filmmaker Victor Claramunt on our pages a number of times now. We’ve always been struck by his use of vibrant colour and distinct aesthetics as a means of portraying the emotive nature of the soul. His latest short L’Amour continues that trend, this time through an experimental dance short shot in El Palau de Les Arts, a beautiful theater in Spain which hosts opera performances and boasts an incredible architectural design. The short film is a celebration of empowerment, desire and diversity and features an all-female cast of dancers who convey that feeling of freedom with a joyous buoyancy. Dn is proud to premiere L’Amour online in conjunction with a conversation with Claramunt where we discussed his zestful approach to filmmaking, the looseness of his choreography, and the liberation of not using storyboards.
L’Amour, as a piece, carries a real sense of vibrancy and zest.
L’Amour, as a piece, carries a real sense of vibrancy and zest.
- 9/8/2022
- by James Maitre
- Directors Notes
Benjamin Millepied, who choreographed and co-starred in 2010 Oscar nominee “Black Swan,” had been wanting to bring his take on the classic opera “Carmen” to the big screen for more than six years. The score would be one of the most important components for Millepied, who was directing a feature film solo for the first time, and he turned to composer Nicholas Britell to help execute his vision. It wouldn’t be wrong to say that their collaboration made choirs sing.
Georges Bizet’s opera, which bowed in Paris in 1875, was set in southern Spain. Millepied’s movie, is a complete re-imagining, debuting Sept. 11 at the Toronto Intl. Film Festival released by Sony Pictures Classics, begins in Mexico with a jaw-dropping flamenco number that showcases Marina Tamayo as Carmen’s mother on the grounds of the family’s house. Some men arrive looking for Carmen, and a tense standoff ends in her mother’s brutal murder.
Georges Bizet’s opera, which bowed in Paris in 1875, was set in southern Spain. Millepied’s movie, is a complete re-imagining, debuting Sept. 11 at the Toronto Intl. Film Festival released by Sony Pictures Classics, begins in Mexico with a jaw-dropping flamenco number that showcases Marina Tamayo as Carmen’s mother on the grounds of the family’s house. Some men arrive looking for Carmen, and a tense standoff ends in her mother’s brutal murder.
- 9/7/2022
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
New work from Benjamin Millepied, Kim Hongsun, Tim Story populate latest selections.
The Toronto International FiLm Festival has unveiled its Discovery, Midnight Madness and Wavelengths strands.
Midnight Madness returns to its 10-film format and will screen at new venue the Royal Alexandra Theatre. The section opens with Eric Appel’s US biopic Weird: The Al Yankovic Story featuring Daniel Radcliffe in the title role.
The section presents Finecut’s Project Wolf Hunting (South Korea) by Kim Hongsun, whose genre oeuvre includes Metamorphosis and The Chase. Finland has been stepping up its festival presence of late and Jalmari Helander will premiere...
The Toronto International FiLm Festival has unveiled its Discovery, Midnight Madness and Wavelengths strands.
Midnight Madness returns to its 10-film format and will screen at new venue the Royal Alexandra Theatre. The section opens with Eric Appel’s US biopic Weird: The Al Yankovic Story featuring Daniel Radcliffe in the title role.
The section presents Finecut’s Project Wolf Hunting (South Korea) by Kim Hongsun, whose genre oeuvre includes Metamorphosis and The Chase. Finland has been stepping up its festival presence of late and Jalmari Helander will premiere...
- 8/4/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Didier Brunner – producer of “The Triplets of Belleville,” “The Secret of Kells” and “Ernest and Celestine” – is readying his next production, ’Prends Garde à toi!,’ an adaptation of the ‘Carmen’ story led by one of France’s freest creative spirits: Sébastien Laudenbach.
Laudenbach’s feature debut, “The Girl Without Hands,” an adaptation of a Brothers Grimm fairy tale, was acquired by Gkids for North American distribution. It also took Annecy’s 2016 Jury Prize. He is now directing his second animated feature, “Chicken for Linda!”
“Prends Garde à toi!” is inspired by both Prosper Mérimée’s 1845 novella and Georges Bizet’s 1875 opera, the title (literally “Beware!”) being a famous repeated warning from Carmen’s entrance aria in the opera.
Laudenbach’s third feature, the 2D animated feature is set up at Paris-based Folivari, the production company founded by Didier and son Damien Brunner in 2014, which has seen rapid success with 26-part...
Laudenbach’s feature debut, “The Girl Without Hands,” an adaptation of a Brothers Grimm fairy tale, was acquired by Gkids for North American distribution. It also took Annecy’s 2016 Jury Prize. He is now directing his second animated feature, “Chicken for Linda!”
“Prends Garde à toi!” is inspired by both Prosper Mérimée’s 1845 novella and Georges Bizet’s 1875 opera, the title (literally “Beware!”) being a famous repeated warning from Carmen’s entrance aria in the opera.
Laudenbach’s third feature, the 2D animated feature is set up at Paris-based Folivari, the production company founded by Didier and son Damien Brunner in 2014, which has seen rapid success with 26-part...
- 6/15/2021
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Jamie Dornan is set to star in “Carmen,” a reimagining of the classic French opera in a musical film that has already been acquired by Sony Pictures Classics, an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap.
Dornan will star alongside Mexican actress Melissa Barrera in a film that will be the directorial debut of Benjamin Millepiedm the French choreographer and dancer behind “Black Swan.” Dimitri Rassam will produce, and the film is scheduled to begin production in October in Los Angeles.
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Nilo Cruz is writing the shooting draft of the screenplay for “Carmen,” and Nicholas Britell, an Oscar nominee for “Moonlight” and “If Beale Street Could Talk,” will write the score. He’ll also write several original songs for the film along with singer-songwriter Julieta Venegas.
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Dornan will star alongside Mexican actress Melissa Barrera in a film that will be the directorial debut of Benjamin Millepiedm the French choreographer and dancer behind “Black Swan.” Dimitri Rassam will produce, and the film is scheduled to begin production in October in Los Angeles.
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Nilo Cruz is writing the shooting draft of the screenplay for “Carmen,” and Nicholas Britell, an Oscar nominee for “Moonlight” and “If Beale Street Could Talk,” will write the score. He’ll also write several original songs for the film along with singer-songwriter Julieta Venegas.
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- 5/15/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Be More Chill and What The Constitution Means To Me, currently on Broadway, are among the just-announced Lucille Lortel Award nominees for their previous Off Broadway versions.
The Lortels, which honor Off Broadway productions, mark a sort of unofficial kick-off to New York’s theater awards season. Broadway’s Tony Award nominations will be announced Tuesday, April 30.
Winners of the 34th annual Lortel Awards will be announced Sunday, May 5 at an event hosted by Wayne Brady.
Another nominated Off Broadway production that later made its way to Broadway is Mike Birbiglia’s The New One, nominated in the Outstanding Solo Show category.
Tying for most Lortel nominations are Classic Stage Company’s Carmen Jones starring Anika Noni Rose and Ars Nova’s Rags Parkland Sings The Songs Of The Future, each with six nominations.
The nominations were announced today by the Off-Broadway League. The 34th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards will be handed out Sunday,...
The Lortels, which honor Off Broadway productions, mark a sort of unofficial kick-off to New York’s theater awards season. Broadway’s Tony Award nominations will be announced Tuesday, April 30.
Winners of the 34th annual Lortel Awards will be announced Sunday, May 5 at an event hosted by Wayne Brady.
Another nominated Off Broadway production that later made its way to Broadway is Mike Birbiglia’s The New One, nominated in the Outstanding Solo Show category.
Tying for most Lortel nominations are Classic Stage Company’s Carmen Jones starring Anika Noni Rose and Ars Nova’s Rags Parkland Sings The Songs Of The Future, each with six nominations.
The nominations were announced today by the Off-Broadway League. The 34th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards will be handed out Sunday,...
- 4/3/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Update: Set designer Es Devlin has seemingly responded to Lorde's accusations, posting a photo to Instagram of a floating box she designed for the English National Opera in 2007. Noting the date, it appears she first used the design concept over 10 years ago. "Carmen by Georges Bizet , English National Opera 2007," the designer, who has worked with Kanye West since 2005 and has also worked with Lorde, captioned the post. TMZ reports that Devlin designed Kanye's floating stage for his Saint Pablo Tour in 2016, and worked with Lorde on a similar box look the following year for Coachella, a similar design was later used for Lorde's tour. _______ Lorde is taking some issue with Kanye West...
- 11/13/2018
- E! Online
7:15 Am Pt -- Es just revealed she first debuted the floating box for the English National Opera in 2007 in a pic posted to Instagram. Clearly, the first time the design was used ... and disabling Lorde's claim in an interview that she came up with the concept on her own ... it was always Devlin's. View this post on Instagram Carmen by Georges Bizet , English National Opera 2007 A post shared by Es Devlin (@esdevlin) on Nov...
- 11/13/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Classic Stage Company's new production of the musical Carmen Jones featuring Tony Award winner Anika Noni Rose, which began performances Saturday, June 9 at Csc 136 East 13th Street, will have its official opening is Wednesday, June 27. Directed by Csc's Tony Award-winning Artistic Director John Doyle and choreographed by Tony Award winner Bill T. Jones, Carmen Jones features book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and music by Georges Bizet.
- 6/20/2018
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Exclusive: Anika Noni Rose is coming back to musical theater. The actress will star in an off-Broadway production of Carmen Jones, her first appearance in a musical since winning a Tony Award for 2004’s Broadway production of Tony Kushner’s Caroline, or Change.
Directing for the Classic Stage Company will be Csc’s artistic director John Doyle, with choreography by Bill T. Jones. Beginning a limited engagement June 8, the production marks the first major New York revival of the the 1943 musical.
Since winning the Tony for Best Featured Actress 14 years ago, Rose co-starred in the film Dreamgirls, voiced African-American princess Tiana in Walt Disney Pictures’ 2009 animated film The Princess and the Frog, played Kizzy in the History Channel remake of Roots and appeared on Broadway in the non-musical plays A Raisin in the Sun (co-starring Denzel Washington) and, with James Earl Jones and Phylicia Rashad, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof.
Directing for the Classic Stage Company will be Csc’s artistic director John Doyle, with choreography by Bill T. Jones. Beginning a limited engagement June 8, the production marks the first major New York revival of the the 1943 musical.
Since winning the Tony for Best Featured Actress 14 years ago, Rose co-starred in the film Dreamgirls, voiced African-American princess Tiana in Walt Disney Pictures’ 2009 animated film The Princess and the Frog, played Kizzy in the History Channel remake of Roots and appeared on Broadway in the non-musical plays A Raisin in the Sun (co-starring Denzel Washington) and, with James Earl Jones and Phylicia Rashad, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof.
- 4/10/2018
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Mubi's retrospective For Ever Godard is showing from November 12, 2017 - January 16, 2018 in the United States.Jean-Luc Godard is a difficult filmmaker to pin down because while his thematic concerns as an artist have remained more or less consistent over the last seven decades, his form is ever-shifting. His filmography is impossible to view in a vacuum, as his work strives to reflect on the constantly evolving cinema culture that surrounds it: Godard always works with the newest filmmaking technologies available, and his films have become increasingly abstracted and opaque as the wider culture of moving images has become increasingly fragmented. Rather than working to maintain an illusion of diegetic truth, Godard’s work as always foreground its status as a manufactured product—of technology, of an industry, of on-set conditions and of an individual’s imagination. Mubi’S Godard retrospective exemplifies the depth and range of Godard’s career as...
- 11/19/2017
- MUBI
Macbeth, Lego Dimensions and North by Northwest top August Events listMacbeth, Lego Dimensions and North by Northwest top August Events listScott Goodyer8/1/2017 11:00:00 Am It's been a very rainy summer so why not take advantage of those gloomy days and come see a special event screening this month? The following is a list of some screenings you should definitely check out and for more information on each event, click on their titles: August 2nd: Kiki's Delivery Service (Japanese w/e.s.t.) From the legendary Hayao Miyazaki comes the beloved story of a resourceful young witch who uses her broom to create a delivery service, only to lose her gift of flight in a moment of self-doubt. It is tradition for all young witches to leave their families on the night of a full moon and set out into the wide world to learn their craft. When that night comes for Kiki,...
- 8/1/2017
- by Scott Goodyer
- Cineplex
Film inspired by Georges Bizet’s tragic opera Carmen.
Benjamin Millepied, the acclaimed dancer and former director of the Paris Opera Ballet who choreographed Black Swan, will make his feature directorial debut on an original musical.
The project is a modern story inspired by French composer Georges Bizet’s tragic opera Carmen and traces a woman’s journey from the deserts of Mexico to Los Angeles in search of freedom.
Production is anticipated to begin in Los Angeles in early 2018.
Nicholas Britell, who earned a best original score Oscar nomination for Moonlight, will compose the original score and Millepied will also choreograph.
“I’m beyond grateful to be supported by the film community in my directing debut,” Millepied said. “The incorporation of music and dance in film is a cornerstone of my creativity and having such an experienced and talented team by my side gives me confidence that we will beautifully capture the story told in [link...
Benjamin Millepied, the acclaimed dancer and former director of the Paris Opera Ballet who choreographed Black Swan, will make his feature directorial debut on an original musical.
The project is a modern story inspired by French composer Georges Bizet’s tragic opera Carmen and traces a woman’s journey from the deserts of Mexico to Los Angeles in search of freedom.
Production is anticipated to begin in Los Angeles in early 2018.
Nicholas Britell, who earned a best original score Oscar nomination for Moonlight, will compose the original score and Millepied will also choreograph.
“I’m beyond grateful to be supported by the film community in my directing debut,” Millepied said. “The incorporation of music and dance in film is a cornerstone of my creativity and having such an experienced and talented team by my side gives me confidence that we will beautifully capture the story told in [link...
- 5/4/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Renowned ballet dancer and choreographer Benjamin Millepied will make his feature directorial debut with a musical adaptation of “Carmen,” TheWrap has learned. Natalie Portman’s husband will also choreograph the effort, based on Georges Bizet’s tragic opera. Millepied has an impressive team behind him for his first outing: “Moonlight” composer and Academy Award nominee Nicholas Britell is on board to score the project. Cinematographer Darius Khondji (“Midnight in Paris”) will serve as Dp. Also Read: That Mysterious Jennifer Lawrence-Darren Aronofsky Movie is a Horror-Thriller, You Guys “I’m beyond grateful to be supported by the film community in my directing debut.
- 5/4/2017
- by Matt Donnelly
- The Wrap
Yesterday we missed celebrating Zodiac's 10th anniversary (the shame the shame) so we'll have to be more careful moving forward. So let's jump right back into daily anniversaries to reflect on and / or celebrate...
1845 Florida becomes the 27th State. It's been a problem ever since! I was born there so I can say that but seriously, Florida, get your act together. Between alligators, hateful politicians, legalized murder under deplorable Stand Your Ground laws, it's seriously a mess. Have y'all ever seen John Sayles Sunshine State? What other good movies about Florida are there besides Moonlight of course which just won Best Picture - woohoo!
1875 Bizet's Carmen premiered in Paris. It would go on to considerable global fame and the story would be adapted several times for cinema...
1845 Florida becomes the 27th State. It's been a problem ever since! I was born there so I can say that but seriously, Florida, get your act together. Between alligators, hateful politicians, legalized murder under deplorable Stand Your Ground laws, it's seriously a mess. Have y'all ever seen John Sayles Sunshine State? What other good movies about Florida are there besides Moonlight of course which just won Best Picture - woohoo!
1875 Bizet's Carmen premiered in Paris. It would go on to considerable global fame and the story would be adapted several times for cinema...
- 3/3/2017
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
The celebrated Hungarian director spoke to Screen after giving a masterclass at Rotterdam.
Bela Tarr has been at International Film Festival Rotterdam this week. On Thursday afternoon, the director of The Wreckmesiter Harmonies, Sátántangóand The Man From London gave a well-received masterclass at the festival. Afterwards, he spoke to Screen International.
Tarr may have directed two short films as part of his exhibition Till The End Of The World at the Eye Museum in Amsterdam but he has no intention of returning to feature filmmaking. His most likely future endeavours will be directing opera or theatre.
For the last four years, Tarr has been at the helm of the Sarajevo Film Academy, tutoring students from all corners of the world. “I was working with young people. I love them very much. They showed me movies I did not know. We showed them films they didn’t know.”
Tarr has now left the school, which was a faculty...
Bela Tarr has been at International Film Festival Rotterdam this week. On Thursday afternoon, the director of The Wreckmesiter Harmonies, Sátántangóand The Man From London gave a well-received masterclass at the festival. Afterwards, he spoke to Screen International.
Tarr may have directed two short films as part of his exhibition Till The End Of The World at the Eye Museum in Amsterdam but he has no intention of returning to feature filmmaking. His most likely future endeavours will be directing opera or theatre.
For the last four years, Tarr has been at the helm of the Sarajevo Film Academy, tutoring students from all corners of the world. “I was working with young people. I love them very much. They showed me movies I did not know. We showed them films they didn’t know.”
Tarr has now left the school, which was a faculty...
- 1/27/2017
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
The celebrated Hungarian director spoke to Screen after giving a masterclass at Rotterdam.
Bela Tarr has been at International Film Festival Rotterdam this week. On Thursday afternoon, the director of The Wreckmesiter Harmonies, Sátántangóand The Man From London gave a well-received masterclass at the festival. Afterwards, he spoke to Screen International.
Tarr may have directed two short films as part of his exhibition Till The End Of The World at the Eye Museum in Amsterdam but he has no intention of returning to feature filmmaking. His most likely future endeavours will be directing opera or theatre.
For the last four years, Tarr has been at the helm of the Sarajevo Film Academy, tutoring students from all corners of the world. “I was working with young people. I love them very much. They showed me movies I did not know. We showed them films they didn’t know.”
Tarr has now left the school, which was a faculty...
Bela Tarr has been at International Film Festival Rotterdam this week. On Thursday afternoon, the director of The Wreckmesiter Harmonies, Sátántangóand The Man From London gave a well-received masterclass at the festival. Afterwards, he spoke to Screen International.
Tarr may have directed two short films as part of his exhibition Till The End Of The World at the Eye Museum in Amsterdam but he has no intention of returning to feature filmmaking. His most likely future endeavours will be directing opera or theatre.
For the last four years, Tarr has been at the helm of the Sarajevo Film Academy, tutoring students from all corners of the world. “I was working with young people. I love them very much. They showed me movies I did not know. We showed them films they didn’t know.”
Tarr has now left the school, which was a faculty...
- 1/27/2017
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
At a time when college campuses are roiled by fights over insensitive Halloween costumes, ersatz sushi, and the cultural plunder of yoga, it’s almost a relief to come across an example of honest-to-goodness, old-fashioned, ham-handed Orientalism. Bizet’s 1863 opera Les Pêcheurs de Perles (The Pearl Fishermen), ostensibly set in a Ceylonese village, was an opportunity for bourgeois Parisians to dream up sultry virgin priestesses and bare-chested swains. From a cultural sensitivity point of view, the opera’s only redeeming aspect is that the characters are so half-dimensional and the plot so skeletal that the libretto can hardly even muster a fully realized prejudice. On the other hand, if you’re in the market for escapist melody delivered in high Parisian style, there is nothing more exquisitely authentic than Bizet’s loose bundle of tunes.The Metropolitan Opera has steered clear of Pêcheurs for nearly a century, but it’s...
- 1/5/2016
- by Justin Davidson
- Vulture
Enter here for your chance to win two passes to all of the 2016 performances in the Metro Detroit area that are part of the Metropolitan Opera’s award-winning Live in HD series of cinema presentations, including Les Pêcheurs de Perles (The Pearl Fishers), Turandot, Manon Lescaut, Madama Butterfly, Roberto Devereux, and Elektra.
Go behind the scenes with the Met’s stars! During intermission, interviews with cast, crew, and production teams give a revealing look at what goes into the staging of an opera. Celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Metropolitan Opera’s Peabody and Emmy Award-winning series The Met: Live in HD.
For your chance to receive two (2) complimentary passes to all of the performances listed below, just look for the “Enter the Contest” box further down on this page (we’ll ask what city you live in so we know what might be the closest theater to you).
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Go behind the scenes with the Met’s stars! During intermission, interviews with cast, crew, and production teams give a revealing look at what goes into the staging of an opera. Celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Metropolitan Opera’s Peabody and Emmy Award-winning series The Met: Live in HD.
For your chance to receive two (2) complimentary passes to all of the performances listed below, just look for the “Enter the Contest” box further down on this page (we’ll ask what city you live in so we know what might be the closest theater to you).
But,...
- 12/18/2015
- by Administrator
- CinemaNerdz
In the wake of the terrible attacks in Paris, I found myself listening to a lot of French music and thinking about the Leonard Bernstein quote going around on Facebook: "This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before." This list came to seem like my natural response. A very small response, I know. This list is chronological and leaves off people I should probably include. The forty [note: now forty-one] composers listed below are merely a start.
Léonin Aka Leoninus (c.1135-c.1201)
The Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris in the 1100s was a major musical center, and Léonin (the first named composer from whom we have notated polyphonic music) was a crucial figure for defining the liturgical use of organum, the first polyphony. Earlier organum was fairly simple, involving parallel intervals and later contrary motion, but the mid-12th century brought...
Léonin Aka Leoninus (c.1135-c.1201)
The Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris in the 1100s was a major musical center, and Léonin (the first named composer from whom we have notated polyphonic music) was a crucial figure for defining the liturgical use of organum, the first polyphony. Earlier organum was fairly simple, involving parallel intervals and later contrary motion, but the mid-12th century brought...
- 11/15/2015
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
The team behind "u-Carmen eKhayelitsha" - a modern remake of Georges Bizet's classic 1875 opera "Carmen," shot entirely in Xhosa (one of South Africa's official languages), with an all-black South African cast, combining both music from the original opera with traditional music - have done a similar thing with Giacomo Puccini’s classic 1896 opera, "La Boheme." Directed by Mark Dornford-May, and starring Pauline Malefane (who also starred in "u-Carmen eKhayelitsha"), the upcoming "La Boheme" adaptation is titled "Breathe – Umphefumlo." The film was shot in Khayelitsha...
- 11/6/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Sylvain Chomet, the director of several beautiful animated films including The Triplets of Belleville and The Illusionist, has unveiled his music video for Belgian singer and songwriter Stromae’s “Carmen.” The video style, which is everything you would come to expect from the Academy Award nominated director, draws on the 1800s opera by French composer Georges Bizet, and features an animated Stromae being consumed by his Twitter addiction. Premiering on Buzzfeed, the video garnered over five million views in less than 24 hours.
In the past five years, the 29-year-old discovery has become a sensation across the Atlantic, beginning with his song “Alors on danse”, which became number one in several European countries. The Belgian rapper is redefining what it means to be a contemporary male pop star, and much like Michael Jackson in the early 80’s, he’s using the visual medium to further thrust him into the spotlight. Check out the video below,...
In the past five years, the 29-year-old discovery has become a sensation across the Atlantic, beginning with his song “Alors on danse”, which became number one in several European countries. The Belgian rapper is redefining what it means to be a contemporary male pop star, and much like Michael Jackson in the early 80’s, he’s using the visual medium to further thrust him into the spotlight. Check out the video below,...
- 4/5/2015
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
I'd never heard of Rwandan-Flemish singer/rapper Stromae until today, thanks to this new music video that landed on my virtual desk this morning, directed by acclaimed French animator Sylvain Chomet (of "Triplets of Belleville" and "The Illusionist" fame). The video, which is very much in Chomet's visual style, is for a track by Stromae titled "Carmen" (borrowing from Georges Bizet’s well-known opera) that's actually been out for a little while, as I discovered. But Chomet's delightful video, released just today, helps bring to visual life the song's criticisms of disposable social media culture. It...
- 4/1/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
The two-time Tony Award-winning actress Tammy Grimes Private Lives, The Unsinkable Molly Brown and composer David Amram scores for the films Splendor In The Grass and The Manchurian Candidate were just honored at Theater for the New City's 12th annual Love 'N Courage evening. An annual event that benefits Tnc's Emerging Playwrights Program, this year's Love 'N Courage event was hosted by Phoebe Legere and Matt Morillo and featured performances by Ms. Grimes, Mr. Amram, Vinie Burrows, Judy Gorman, Yip Harburg Foundation's Rainbow Troupe, Luba Mason, Human Kinetics Movement Arts, and The Love Show, along with select excerpts from plays by Andrea Fulton, Georges Bizet, Daniel Catan and Seymour Barab.BroadwayWorld brings you photos from the performances below...
- 3/3/2015
- by Walter McBride
- BroadwayWorld.com
The two-time Tony Award-winning actress Tammy Grimes Private Lives, The Unsinkable Molly Brown and composer David Amram scores for the films Splendor In The Grass and The Manchurian Candidate were just honored at Theater for the New City's 12th annual Love 'N Courage evening. An annual event that benefits Tnc's Emerging Playwrights Program, this year's Love 'N Courage event was hosted by Phoebe Legere and Matt Morillo and featured performances by Ms. Grimes, Mr. Amram, Vinie Burrows, Judy Gorman, Yip Harburg Foundation's Rainbow Troupe, Luba Mason, Human Kinetics Movement Arts, and The Love Show, along with select excerpts from plays by Andrea Fulton, Georges Bizet, Daniel Catan and Seymour Barab.
- 3/3/2015
- by Walter McBride
- BroadwayWorld.com
★★★★☆ Mark Dornford-May won Berlin's Golden Bear in 2005 for U-Carmen, his adaptation of Bizet's opera. He obviously hopes for similar success with his latest venture, Breathe Umphefumlo (2015), which transports Puccini's opera La Boheme from 19th century Paris to a modern-day township in South Africa. Lungelo (Mhlekazi Mosiea) meets Mimi (Busisiwe Ngejane) at university. She's a botany student while he's an aspiring poet and studying to be a journalist. They meet on campus in mid-summer. The students are engaged in preparations for the public holiday commemorating the 16 June massacre of Soweto schoolchildren in 1976. A concert is planned and singer Zoleka (Pauline Malefane) is due to appear.
- 2/7/2015
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Kristen Stewart, Catherine Deneuve make César Award history (photo: Kristen Stewart in 'Clouds of Sils Maria,' with Juliette Binoche) Kristen Stewart and Catherine Deneuve are two 2015 César Award nominees making history. The French Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Crafts announced the nominations on Jan. 28, 2015; the César Awards ceremony will take place on Feb. 20, 2015, at Paris' Théâtre du Châtelet. Kristen Stewart is in the running in the Best Supporting Actress category for Clouds of Sils Maria / Sils Maria. Catherine Deneuve has been shortlisted as Best Actress for In the Courtyard / Dans la cour. So, how are Stewart and Deneuve making César history? Well, let's begin with "the expected one": Deneuve. Catherine Deneuve One of the biggest film icons ever, Catherine Deneuve is one of those relatively rare international film superstars who has never bothered with – or needed – a Hollywood career. Deneuve, who turned 71 last October 22, has been...
- 1/30/2015
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
Fortissimo Films has acquired worldwide rights outside South Africa to Mark Dornford-May’s Breathe Umphefumlo, which will premiere Out Of Competition at the upcoming Berlin film festival.
The film transports Giacomo Puccini’s opera La Boheme to contemporary South Africa and includes songs in Xhosa, one of the official languages of South Africa.
Dornford-May previously directed U-Carmen, which gave the same treatment to Bizet’s Carmen and won Berlin’s Golden Bear in 2005.
Produced by South Africa’s Advantage Entertainment and Isango Ensemble and the UK’s Film and Music Entertainment (F&Me), the film is written by Dornford-May and Pauline Malefane with musical direction by Mandisi Dyantyis.
The story follows a group of artists, writers and actors struggling to survive in the township of Khayelitsha, which has high rates of tuberculosis, in common with 19th Century Paris, the original setting of La Boheme.
The film is set for theatrical release in South Africa later this year...
The film transports Giacomo Puccini’s opera La Boheme to contemporary South Africa and includes songs in Xhosa, one of the official languages of South Africa.
Dornford-May previously directed U-Carmen, which gave the same treatment to Bizet’s Carmen and won Berlin’s Golden Bear in 2005.
Produced by South Africa’s Advantage Entertainment and Isango Ensemble and the UK’s Film and Music Entertainment (F&Me), the film is written by Dornford-May and Pauline Malefane with musical direction by Mandisi Dyantyis.
The story follows a group of artists, writers and actors struggling to survive in the township of Khayelitsha, which has high rates of tuberculosis, in common with 19th Century Paris, the original setting of La Boheme.
The film is set for theatrical release in South Africa later this year...
- 1/27/2015
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
The team behind "u-Carmen eKhayelitsha" - a modern remake of Georges Bizet's classic 1875 opera "Carmen," shot entirely in Xhosa (one of South Africa's official languages), with an all-black South African cast, combining both music from the original opera with traditional music - have done a similar thing with Giacomo Puccini’s classic 1896 opera, "La Boheme." The creative group's most recent film, a re-imagining of another operatic work, Benjamin Britten’s 1957 piece, "Noye’s Fludde," made its World Premiere in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2013 Toronto...
- 1/16/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Simon Curtis’ Woman in Gold is to receive its world premiere at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival (Feb. 5-15). The film, starring Ryan Reynolds and Helen Mirren, will play in the festival’s special galas line-up.
Also announced today are Anton Corbijn’s Life, starring Robert Pattinson and Dane DeHaan; Dagur Kari’s Virgin Mountain; Ava DuVernay’s Selma; and the European premiere of Bill Pohland’s Love & Mercy, starring John Cusack.
Woman in Gold tells the true story of an octogenarian Jewish refugee, who takes on the government to recover artwork she believes rightfully belongs to her family. The film is is produced by Origin Pictures, BBC Films and The Weinstein Company.
Corbijn’s Life, also receiving its world premiere, is inspired by the true story of a friendship that developed between Magnum photographer Dennis Stock (Pattinson) and actor James Dean (DeHaan) when Stock was commissioned to photograph...
Also announced today are Anton Corbijn’s Life, starring Robert Pattinson and Dane DeHaan; Dagur Kari’s Virgin Mountain; Ava DuVernay’s Selma; and the European premiere of Bill Pohland’s Love & Mercy, starring John Cusack.
Woman in Gold tells the true story of an octogenarian Jewish refugee, who takes on the government to recover artwork she believes rightfully belongs to her family. The film is is produced by Origin Pictures, BBC Films and The Weinstein Company.
Corbijn’s Life, also receiving its world premiere, is inspired by the true story of a friendship that developed between Magnum photographer Dennis Stock (Pattinson) and actor James Dean (DeHaan) when Stock was commissioned to photograph...
- 1/15/2015
- by Ali Jaafar
- Deadline
The Woman in Gold, starring Helen Mirren, and Anton Corbijn’s Life, starring Robert Pattinson and Dane DeHaan, to world premiere at Berlinale.
The 65th Berlin International Film Festival (Feb 5-15) is to host the world premieres of Woman in Gold, starring Helen Mirren; Life, starring Robert Pattinson and Dane DeHaan; and Dagur Kári’s Virgin Mountain.
The films form part of the Berlinale Special Galas line-up, which will also include the international premiere of awards contender Selma and the European premiere of Bill Pohland’s Love & Mercy, starring John Cusack
Based on a true story, Woman In Gold is directed by Simon Curtis (My Week With Marilyn) and stars Mirren as Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, who takes on the government to recover artwork she believes rightfully belongs to her family.
The UK-us co-production, which also stars Ryan Reynolds (Captives) and Daniel Brühl (Rush), is produced by Origin Pictures, BBC Films and The...
The 65th Berlin International Film Festival (Feb 5-15) is to host the world premieres of Woman in Gold, starring Helen Mirren; Life, starring Robert Pattinson and Dane DeHaan; and Dagur Kári’s Virgin Mountain.
The films form part of the Berlinale Special Galas line-up, which will also include the international premiere of awards contender Selma and the European premiere of Bill Pohland’s Love & Mercy, starring John Cusack
Based on a true story, Woman In Gold is directed by Simon Curtis (My Week With Marilyn) and stars Mirren as Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, who takes on the government to recover artwork she believes rightfully belongs to her family.
The UK-us co-production, which also stars Ryan Reynolds (Captives) and Daniel Brühl (Rush), is produced by Origin Pictures, BBC Films and The...
- 1/15/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
The release of Ridley Scott.s epic biblical tale Exodus: Gods and Kings failed to snag the number one box office slot over the weekend; with The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 still reigning supreme.
Scott.s saga stars Christian Bale and Aussie Joel Edgerton as Moses and Ramses respectively; two Egyptian princes raised as brothers but who turn on each other when Moses. true Hebrew heritage is revealed.
Estimated to be made for $US140 million ($168.9 million), the film raked in $ 2,685,175 over 504 screens in its opening weekend, landing in the number two spot behind Mockingjay.
The third instalment in The Hunger Games series, Mockingjay: Part 1 has been a massive success at the box office so far, scooping $3,039,934 in its third weekend on 549 screens and bringing its Australian box office total to $25,733,039.
The film follows Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) as she agrees to be the symbol of rebellion for the districts rebelling against the Capitol,...
Scott.s saga stars Christian Bale and Aussie Joel Edgerton as Moses and Ramses respectively; two Egyptian princes raised as brothers but who turn on each other when Moses. true Hebrew heritage is revealed.
Estimated to be made for $US140 million ($168.9 million), the film raked in $ 2,685,175 over 504 screens in its opening weekend, landing in the number two spot behind Mockingjay.
The third instalment in The Hunger Games series, Mockingjay: Part 1 has been a massive success at the box office so far, scooping $3,039,934 in its third weekend on 549 screens and bringing its Australian box office total to $25,733,039.
The film follows Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) as she agrees to be the symbol of rebellion for the districts rebelling against the Capitol,...
- 12/9/2014
- by Emily Blatchford
- IF.com.au
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