Jacques Audiard tips his hat in Cannes Photo: Richard Mowe Jacques Audiard: 'The fall of democracy is something that is unbearable for me' Photo: Richard Mowe After dabbling in English with The Sisters Brothers starring Joaquin Phoenix, Jake Gyllenhaal and John C Reilly, French director Jacques Audiard adopted a Spanish accent for Emilia Perez in the Cannes Film Festival’s Official Competition.
If his last film Paris,13th District was an austere black and white foray looking at the love lives of millennials now he changes tack completely to deliver a a garishly colourful musical comedy about drug cartels mixed with crime fiction.
It was shot in a studio near Paris rather than on location in Mexico, which he had originally planned. Filming indoors he has said allowed him “to produce more form and gave me more freedom for the parts that are sung and choreographed”.
Audiard, 72, has found himself back...
If his last film Paris,13th District was an austere black and white foray looking at the love lives of millennials now he changes tack completely to deliver a a garishly colourful musical comedy about drug cartels mixed with crime fiction.
It was shot in a studio near Paris rather than on location in Mexico, which he had originally planned. Filming indoors he has said allowed him “to produce more form and gave me more freedom for the parts that are sung and choreographed”.
Audiard, 72, has found himself back...
- 5/23/2024
- by Richard Mowe
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Cate Blanchett: 'I’ve never been directed before by a threesome' Photo: Richard Mowe Normally Canadian director Guy Maddin has shunned casting star names in his body of work which now spans more than four decades.
Although his compatriots Atom Egoyan and David Cronenberg have been regular fixtures in the Cannes Film Festival firmament until this year Maddin, 68, had never reached the giddy heights of the Croisette with any of his idiosyncratic works.
That omission has changed after a collaboration with his directorial co-conspirators, the brothers Evan and Galen Johnson (also Canadians) on Rumours, an excoriating and dark political satire about world leaders meeting for a G7 submit in the isolated surrounds of a dank schloss in the heavily wooded German countryside turns into a zombie apocalypse and quest for survival.
Cate Blanchett: 'It is very hard not to laugh at the absurdity of the situation' Photo: Richard Mowe...
Although his compatriots Atom Egoyan and David Cronenberg have been regular fixtures in the Cannes Film Festival firmament until this year Maddin, 68, had never reached the giddy heights of the Croisette with any of his idiosyncratic works.
That omission has changed after a collaboration with his directorial co-conspirators, the brothers Evan and Galen Johnson (also Canadians) on Rumours, an excoriating and dark political satire about world leaders meeting for a G7 submit in the isolated surrounds of a dank schloss in the heavily wooded German countryside turns into a zombie apocalypse and quest for survival.
Cate Blanchett: 'It is very hard not to laugh at the absurdity of the situation' Photo: Richard Mowe...
- 5/22/2024
- by Richard Mowe
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Kevin Costner in Cannes In common with his compatriot Francis Ford Coppola who self-financed Megalopolis, Kevin Costner isn’t afraid to put his money where is mouth is. For the first part of Horizon: An American Saga he has mortgaged his four properties to raise the funds which has enabled him to also complete Chapter Two of the epic Western.
Kevin Costner in Cannes: 'We tend to think that Westerns are simple, but they are complicated' Photo: Richard Mowe And he has already started production on the third part before he closed down the shoot after three days’ work to come to the Cannes Film Festival for the premiere of the first film. “It was so important for me to come to a place where movies are viewed in a very open way,” he said.
On his leap into the unknown he believes the risk is worth it. “I do...
Kevin Costner in Cannes: 'We tend to think that Westerns are simple, but they are complicated' Photo: Richard Mowe And he has already started production on the third part before he closed down the shoot after three days’ work to come to the Cannes Film Festival for the premiere of the first film. “It was so important for me to come to a place where movies are viewed in a very open way,” he said.
On his leap into the unknown he believes the risk is worth it. “I do...
- 5/21/2024
- by Richard Mowe
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Barry Keoghan, Andrea Arnold and Franz Rogowski in Cannes Photo: Richard Mowe Ask British director Andrea Arnold to explain herself and her films usually results in a left-field answer that nobody could have guessed.
And so it transpired with Bird, her latest film in Competition at the Cannes Film Festival, which stars stars Barry Keoghan, Franz Rogowski, Nykiya Adams and Jason Buda. It follows a 12-year-old youngster (Adams) who lives with her brother (Buda) and single father (Keoghan) in a squat by the seaside. As puberty looms the girl seeks attention and excitement elsewhere. Enter Bird (Rogowski), an enigmatic figure, who provides the promise of escape.
So what was that image that provided the genesis for Bird? Arnold gives a laugh and launches forth regardless: “So a very long time ago I had an image of a very thin and tall young man with a large penis standing on a roof.
And so it transpired with Bird, her latest film in Competition at the Cannes Film Festival, which stars stars Barry Keoghan, Franz Rogowski, Nykiya Adams and Jason Buda. It follows a 12-year-old youngster (Adams) who lives with her brother (Buda) and single father (Keoghan) in a squat by the seaside. As puberty looms the girl seeks attention and excitement elsewhere. Enter Bird (Rogowski), an enigmatic figure, who provides the promise of escape.
So what was that image that provided the genesis for Bird? Arnold gives a laugh and launches forth regardless: “So a very long time ago I had an image of a very thin and tall young man with a large penis standing on a roof.
- 5/20/2024
- by Richard Mowe
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Richard Gere and Uma Thurman in Paul Schrader’s Oh, Canada. Gere said: 'When actors look at their films you see your face and your energy at that particular time' Photo: Courtesy of Cannes Film Festival They first worked together some 45 years ago but now directors Richard Schrader and an actor who defined the Eighties Richard Gere have resurrected their collaboration.
Richard Gere: 'As the make-up was put on I saw myself a few years from now, assuming I live to the same ripe age as my father' Photo: Richard Mowe In Oh, Canada, presented in Competition at the Cannes Film Festival, Schrader pays tribute to his late friend, the novelist Russell Banks with Gere almost unrecognisable as a dying documentary filmmaker Leonard Fife setting the record straight at his home in Montreal, filmed by two of his former students and watched over by his wife (play by Uma Thurman...
Richard Gere: 'As the make-up was put on I saw myself a few years from now, assuming I live to the same ripe age as my father' Photo: Richard Mowe In Oh, Canada, presented in Competition at the Cannes Film Festival, Schrader pays tribute to his late friend, the novelist Russell Banks with Gere almost unrecognisable as a dying documentary filmmaker Leonard Fife setting the record straight at his home in Montreal, filmed by two of his former students and watched over by his wife (play by Uma Thurman...
- 5/19/2024
- by Richard Mowe
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Jesse Plemons, Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone and Willem Dafoe Photo: Richard Mowe There was a lot of “musing” going on when Kinds Of Kindness director Yorgos Lanthimos and star Emma Stone who has previously appeared under his guidance in three films, met at a media gathering at the Cannes Film Festival with fellow cast members Willem Dafoe and Margaret Qualley, Jesse Plemons, Mamoudou Athie, Hunter Schafer and Hong Chau.
Neither Lanthimos or Stone could decide who was the other’s muse - and finally both agreed that they inspired each other and she would sign up for anything he wants her to do.
The Greek film provocateur said: “I certainly don’t mistreat the body, at least practically. I’m observing life, and a lot of it is dark, and harm and ridiculousness and awkwardness. We try to incorporate all that, and it starts from physicality.”
Emma Stone on the...
Neither Lanthimos or Stone could decide who was the other’s muse - and finally both agreed that they inspired each other and she would sign up for anything he wants her to do.
The Greek film provocateur said: “I certainly don’t mistreat the body, at least practically. I’m observing life, and a lot of it is dark, and harm and ridiculousness and awkwardness. We try to incorporate all that, and it starts from physicality.”
Emma Stone on the...
- 5/18/2024
- by Richard Mowe
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Léa Seydoux with her The Second Act co-star Raphaël Quenard Photo: Richard Mowe Léa Seydoux, the star of The Second Act, Quentin Dupieux’s Cannes Film Festival opening film, considers herself fortunate at the start of her career not to have been subjected to the kind of inappropriate behaviour suffered by some of her contemporaries.
At a media gathering after last night’s world premiere in the 77th edition of the festival the one-time James Bond girl confessed: “I’ve been a very fortunate person as an actress. From the beginning I worked with people who respected me - more or less. It’s difficult to compare, however, as some women were really victims and went through a very serious experience.”
Having emerged relatively unscathed she sensed that her stature and standing had protected her. “When you’re a young actress, you are vulnerable,” she said.
Director Quentin Dupieux treats...
At a media gathering after last night’s world premiere in the 77th edition of the festival the one-time James Bond girl confessed: “I’ve been a very fortunate person as an actress. From the beginning I worked with people who respected me - more or less. It’s difficult to compare, however, as some women were really victims and went through a very serious experience.”
Having emerged relatively unscathed she sensed that her stature and standing had protected her. “When you’re a young actress, you are vulnerable,” she said.
Director Quentin Dupieux treats...
- 5/15/2024
- by Richard Mowe
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Meryl Streep with her Honorary Palme d'Or Photo: Richard Mowe The undoubted star turn at the opening of the 77th Cannes Film Festival was Hollywood royalty Queen of the Croisette Meryl Streep who received an honorary Palme d’Or as part of the opening ceremony.
Streep, 74, who has the kind of regal presence in a flowing ivory gown that commands attention, did her show her tremulous and emotional side - partly because Juliette Binoche, charged with bestowing the award, almost broke down in tears at being in the presence of Her Majesty or as she described her “an international treasure”.
“When I see you on the screen, I don’t see you …” gushed Binoche. “Where does it come from? Were you born like this? I don’t know, but there’s a believer in you, a believer that allows me to believe. You changed the way we look at cinema.
Streep, 74, who has the kind of regal presence in a flowing ivory gown that commands attention, did her show her tremulous and emotional side - partly because Juliette Binoche, charged with bestowing the award, almost broke down in tears at being in the presence of Her Majesty or as she described her “an international treasure”.
“When I see you on the screen, I don’t see you …” gushed Binoche. “Where does it come from? Were you born like this? I don’t know, but there’s a believer in you, a believer that allows me to believe. You changed the way we look at cinema.
- 5/14/2024
- by Richard Mowe
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Omar Sy, Lily Gladstone, Greta Gerwig and Ebru Ceylan Photo: Richard Mowe There was no holding back Barbie director Greta Gerwig, flanked by Ebru Cylan, Lily Gladstone and Omar Sy, during the jury press conference earlier today at the Cannes Film Festival.
She was total pushover for the role of jury president: "One of my favourite things to do is to watch cinema and discuss it. It feels thrilling to be a part of it. I'm still shocked at being chosen in the wake of previous female presidents such as Jane Campion. I’m living the dream."
Greta Gerwig on the #MeToo movement: 'I can't speak to timelines, but the movement is evolving' Photo: Richard Mowe On the #MeToo issues rumbling around Cannes, she said: "I think people in the community of movies telling us stories and trying to change things for the better is only good. I have seen...
She was total pushover for the role of jury president: "One of my favourite things to do is to watch cinema and discuss it. It feels thrilling to be a part of it. I'm still shocked at being chosen in the wake of previous female presidents such as Jane Campion. I’m living the dream."
Greta Gerwig on the #MeToo movement: 'I can't speak to timelines, but the movement is evolving' Photo: Richard Mowe On the #MeToo issues rumbling around Cannes, she said: "I think people in the community of movies telling us stories and trying to change things for the better is only good. I have seen...
- 5/14/2024
- by Richard Mowe
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Rolling out the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival where #MeToo controversies threaten to cause disruption. Photo: Courtesy of Cannes Film Festival Festival director Thierry Frémaux on the eve of the Festival: 'This year we decided to host a festival without polemics to make sure that the main interest for us all to be here is cinema' Photo: Richard Mowe Ahead of tonight’s official opening of the Cannes Film Festival with Quentin Dupieux’s wacky comedy The Second Act, Festival director Thierry Frémaux held his traditional pre-match kick-off media gathering yesterday (13 May) at which he addressed concerns in particular the #MeToo murmurings and how they might affect the festival.
With outspoken Meryl Streep due to be given a career achievement Palme d’Or as part of tonight’s opening ceremony and the UK’s similarly fearless Andrea Arnold due to be honoured by the Directors’ Fortnight as well...
With outspoken Meryl Streep due to be given a career achievement Palme d’Or as part of tonight’s opening ceremony and the UK’s similarly fearless Andrea Arnold due to be honoured by the Directors’ Fortnight as well...
- 5/14/2024
- by Richard Mowe
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Gérard Depardieu Photo: Richard Mowe
Star Gérard Depardieu was taken into police custody in Paris this morning to be questioned over allegations of sexual assault. The 75-year-old actor, who has previously admitted to a troubled youth in which he associated with criminals, faces accusations by two separate women concerning incidents alleged to have taken place on the sets of films he made in 2014 and 2021.
The first of the new claims relates to an alleged incident on the set of The Green Shutters, which the accuser says was broken up only by his own bodyguards, while the second concerns his alleged behaviour towards an assistant working on The Magician And The Siamese. The police have yet to issue any further comment.
Four years ago, the actor was charged with the rape of then 22-year-old actor Charlotte Arnould in 2018. The case has not been brought to trial. Another claim of rape made by actor Hélène.
Star Gérard Depardieu was taken into police custody in Paris this morning to be questioned over allegations of sexual assault. The 75-year-old actor, who has previously admitted to a troubled youth in which he associated with criminals, faces accusations by two separate women concerning incidents alleged to have taken place on the sets of films he made in 2014 and 2021.
The first of the new claims relates to an alleged incident on the set of The Green Shutters, which the accuser says was broken up only by his own bodyguards, while the second concerns his alleged behaviour towards an assistant working on The Magician And The Siamese. The police have yet to issue any further comment.
Four years ago, the actor was charged with the rape of then 22-year-old actor Charlotte Arnould in 2018. The case has not been brought to trial. Another claim of rape made by actor Hélène.
- 4/29/2024
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Clockwise from top left: Armand, The Girl With The Needle, Kinds Of Kindness and The Apprentice Photo: Film I Vast, Searchlight Pcitures, Apprentice Productions Ontario Inc/Profile Productions 2Aps/Tailored Films Ltd 2023, After what was generally considered a vintage edition of the Cannes Film Festival last year with many of the titles in the official selection receiving awards and further acclaim in festivals and critically on release (including 26 Oscar nominations and three wins) Festival director Thierry Frémaux was facing an uphill task in trumping the achievement.
Thierry Frémaux Photo: Richard Mowe In the event it looks on paper at any rate as if he has a similar fertile formula for this year’s 77th edition over which Barbie’s Greta Gerwig will preside as president of the jury.
In addition to those already announced such as George Miller (Furiosa), Kevin Costner (Horizon) and George Lucas (honorary Golden Palm), some of...
Thierry Frémaux Photo: Richard Mowe In the event it looks on paper at any rate as if he has a similar fertile formula for this year’s 77th edition over which Barbie’s Greta Gerwig will preside as president of the jury.
In addition to those already announced such as George Miller (Furiosa), Kevin Costner (Horizon) and George Lucas (honorary Golden Palm), some of...
- 4/11/2024
- by Richard Mowe
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Anya Taylor-Joy as Furiosa in Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Photo: Warner Bros Nine years after Mad Max: Fury Road, the Australian director, screenwriter and producer George Miller’s famous saga will be back at the Cannes Film Festival next month.
George Miller at the Cannes Film Festival in 2016 as jury president: 'There is no better place than La Croisette to experience this film with audiences on the world stage' Photo: Richard Mowe The eagerly awaited Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga will be revealed in the presence of the director and the cast, led by Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth and Tom Burke, at an Out of Competition gala screening at the Grand Théâtre Lumière at the Palais des Festivals on Wednesday, 15 May.
The series started with Mad Max (1979), then Mad Max II: The Road Warrior (1981), followed by Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (1985), and Mad Max: Fury Road in 2015.
Furiosa: A Mad...
George Miller at the Cannes Film Festival in 2016 as jury president: 'There is no better place than La Croisette to experience this film with audiences on the world stage' Photo: Richard Mowe The eagerly awaited Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga will be revealed in the presence of the director and the cast, led by Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth and Tom Burke, at an Out of Competition gala screening at the Grand Théâtre Lumière at the Palais des Festivals on Wednesday, 15 May.
The series started with Mad Max (1979), then Mad Max II: The Road Warrior (1981), followed by Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (1985), and Mad Max: Fury Road in 2015.
Furiosa: A Mad...
- 3/21/2024
- by Richard Mowe
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Juliette Binoche and Benoît Magimel in The Taste Of Things. Binoche on working with her former real-life partner: 'There were shared emotions, and we found again the happiness of just being together' Photo: Stephanie Branchu It wasn’t an obvious dream ticket to pair Juliette Binoche and Benoît Magimel together for costume film The Taste Of Things, which is set in the world of gastronomy. Although they share a daughter they hadn’t had much contact since they split up some two decades previously. The last time they had worked together was on the romantic drama Children Of The Century in 1999.
The French-Vietnamese director Trần Anh Hùng who won the Cannes Film Festival’s Camera d’Or for his first feature The Scent of the Green Papya in 1993, decided to risk it for his adaptation of Marcel Rouff’s novel La Vie et la Passion de Dodin Bouffant.
Binoche was...
The French-Vietnamese director Trần Anh Hùng who won the Cannes Film Festival’s Camera d’Or for his first feature The Scent of the Green Papya in 1993, decided to risk it for his adaptation of Marcel Rouff’s novel La Vie et la Passion de Dodin Bouffant.
Binoche was...
- 2/11/2024
- by Richard Mowe
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Arieh Worthalter named best actor for his portrayal of the Jewish far-left activist Pierre Goldman in The Goldman Case Photo: Richard Mowe
As the helter-skelter of the awards seasons gathers momentum, the French film industry has fired its first salvo. Last night in Paris at the Forum des Images, the Lumière Awards, the Gallic equivalent of the Golden Globes, were bestowed by foreign journalists and critics based in France.
It was perhaps no surprise that Justine Triet’s trial drama Anatomy Of A Fall continued its meteoric round of acclaim which began at the Cannes Film Festival with the Palme d’Or (Triet being only the third woman run the history of the awards to win the top prize).
German actress Sandra Hüller - best actress award in the Lumières Photo: Les Films Pelléas
The film also won Best Screenplay for Triet and her husband Arthur Harari (also nominated as...
As the helter-skelter of the awards seasons gathers momentum, the French film industry has fired its first salvo. Last night in Paris at the Forum des Images, the Lumière Awards, the Gallic equivalent of the Golden Globes, were bestowed by foreign journalists and critics based in France.
It was perhaps no surprise that Justine Triet’s trial drama Anatomy Of A Fall continued its meteoric round of acclaim which began at the Cannes Film Festival with the Palme d’Or (Triet being only the third woman run the history of the awards to win the top prize).
German actress Sandra Hüller - best actress award in the Lumières Photo: Les Films Pelléas
The film also won Best Screenplay for Triet and her husband Arthur Harari (also nominated as...
- 1/23/2024
- by Richard Mowe
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Actor Nabhaan Rizwan In Camera by Naqqash Khalid which received new talent award. Photo: Dinard Film Festival
The big winner at the awards ceremony of the 34th Dinard Festival of British Cinema last night (Saturday 30 September) was the black comedy The Trouble With Jessica, which had opened the Festival four days earlier.
The Trouble With Jessica director Matt Winn and actress Shirley Henderson receive Dinard’s glittering prizes. Photo: Richard Mowe
Directed by Matt Winn, the film deals with interpersonal relationships in the balance, all precipitated by the untimely demise of one of the group during a fraught London dinner party. The French audiences appreciated what they considered to be typically British humour.
The film was accorded the Special Jury Prize and also received the Audience Award in a ceremony at the resort’s Palais des Arts. Winn described the accolade “as an immense honour.” He added that the subject...
The big winner at the awards ceremony of the 34th Dinard Festival of British Cinema last night (Saturday 30 September) was the black comedy The Trouble With Jessica, which had opened the Festival four days earlier.
The Trouble With Jessica director Matt Winn and actress Shirley Henderson receive Dinard’s glittering prizes. Photo: Richard Mowe
Directed by Matt Winn, the film deals with interpersonal relationships in the balance, all precipitated by the untimely demise of one of the group during a fraught London dinner party. The French audiences appreciated what they considered to be typically British humour.
The film was accorded the Special Jury Prize and also received the Audience Award in a ceremony at the resort’s Palais des Arts. Winn described the accolade “as an immense honour.” He added that the subject...
- 9/30/2023
- by Richard Mowe
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Catherine Frot: 'There is such humanity in the kind of social issues tackled by UK filmmakers' Photo: Richard Mowe There is no denying the love of all things British that pertains in Dinard, the Brittany town that hosts le Festival du Cinéma Britannique every year and now in its 34th edition.
Everywhere you turn there are Union Jacks, a red telephone box, a blue police box and an unmistakeable statue of Alfred Hitchcock, adorned with the odd passing seagull. The town is twinned with Newquay just across the sea.
The spirit of Alfred Hitchcock looms large over Dinard Photo: Richard Mowe The red carpet for last night’s marathon opening must be one of the longest in any festival - it stretches half the length of the main street where crowds of onlookers and well-wishers line-up enthusiastically.
Last night many of the film teams were on parade including Shirley Henderson...
Everywhere you turn there are Union Jacks, a red telephone box, a blue police box and an unmistakeable statue of Alfred Hitchcock, adorned with the odd passing seagull. The town is twinned with Newquay just across the sea.
The spirit of Alfred Hitchcock looms large over Dinard Photo: Richard Mowe The red carpet for last night’s marathon opening must be one of the longest in any festival - it stretches half the length of the main street where crowds of onlookers and well-wishers line-up enthusiastically.
Last night many of the film teams were on parade including Shirley Henderson...
- 9/29/2023
- by Richard Mowe
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Russell Crowe: 'I am in that period now but I will take Ridley Scott [85] as my role model. He is still discovering new things in his work' Photo: Richard Mowe What happens to a mega-star when he morphs into his later years? Russell Crowe who earned an Oscar for playing Maximus in Gladiator and critical acclaim for such films as A Beautiful Mind and Cinderella Mann, seems sanguine at the prospect.
When I asked him how he felt about his impending 60th milestone birthday next year during a media encounter at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, he retorted with feeling that when he faces the mirror of a morning he has been heard to exclaim: “Who the fuck is that?”
He continued: “I am in that period now but I will take Ridley Scott [85] as my role model. He is still discovering new things in his work. Or...
When I asked him how he felt about his impending 60th milestone birthday next year during a media encounter at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, he retorted with feeling that when he faces the mirror of a morning he has been heard to exclaim: “Who the fuck is that?”
He continued: “I am in that period now but I will take Ridley Scott [85] as my role model. He is still discovering new things in his work. Or...
- 7/1/2023
- by Richard Mowe
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One of the Ukrainian children featured in Can I Go Home Now? Photo: Cinessaince Motion Pictures After more than a month filming in the Ukraine war zone filmmaker and self-declared humanitarian Pritan Ambroase was plunged almost blinking in disbelief into the glamour and razzamatazz of Cannes Film Festival.
The trip was to talk up his documentary Can I Go Home Now? which looks at the hostilities through eyes of some of the children left behind. Ambroase describes it as “a lesson in courage about the impact of conflict on innocent people and a testament to human resilience.”
Pritan Ambroase director of the film Can I Go Home Now?, about Ukraine’s forgotten children Photo: Richard Mowe He added: “The impetus for the film was both humanitarian and cinematic. As an 18-year-old I was the youngest person in the UK to get money from the BFI through the National Lottery to...
The trip was to talk up his documentary Can I Go Home Now? which looks at the hostilities through eyes of some of the children left behind. Ambroase describes it as “a lesson in courage about the impact of conflict on innocent people and a testament to human resilience.”
Pritan Ambroase director of the film Can I Go Home Now?, about Ukraine’s forgotten children Photo: Richard Mowe He added: “The impetus for the film was both humanitarian and cinematic. As an 18-year-old I was the youngest person in the UK to get money from the BFI through the National Lottery to...
- 6/30/2023
- by Richard Mowe
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Lily-Rose Depp and director Sam Levinson Photo: Richard Mowe The parallels between the dark side of celebrity culture and the glitz and enforced glamour of the Cannes Film Festival would appear to be perfect bedfellows.
Lily-Rose Depp, daughter of Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis, who appears in the HBO Original series The Idol, was quick to make the connections. “I think it is just about the people you surround yourself with. That’s something that we see my character actively doing in the show, struggling with the people she is keeping around her and wondering if they are telling her the truth. It’s all about surrounding yourself with good people.”
She plays pop star Jocelyn, who is recovering from the death of her mother and trying to make a comeback, orchestrated frantically by her team. There are more than a few echoes of the trajectory of American singer Britney Spears...
Lily-Rose Depp, daughter of Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis, who appears in the HBO Original series The Idol, was quick to make the connections. “I think it is just about the people you surround yourself with. That’s something that we see my character actively doing in the show, struggling with the people she is keeping around her and wondering if they are telling her the truth. It’s all about surrounding yourself with good people.”
She plays pop star Jocelyn, who is recovering from the death of her mother and trying to make a comeback, orchestrated frantically by her team. There are more than a few echoes of the trajectory of American singer Britney Spears...
- 5/23/2023
- by Richard Mowe
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Taking a gamble - Martin Scorsese and Lily Gladstone meet the media at the Cannes Film Festival Photo: Richard Mowe
The veteran Martin Scorsese was the modest recipient of praise from all sides at his media gathering at the Cannes Film Festival today for his latest opus Killers Of The Flower Moon, flanked by Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone and Robert De Niro, as well as Osage Nation chief Geoffrey Standing Bear.
Scorsese, who was last in Cannes with Robert De Niro for the Palme d’Or winning Taxi Driver in 1976, said that he was only able to make the current film after spending time with the Osage tribal leaders whose forebears were exploited for their oil rich lands.
Robert De Niro: “Evil is all around.” Photo: Richard Mowe
“I wanted to know everything I could find out about the Osage. I knew when I heard what their values are about love,...
The veteran Martin Scorsese was the modest recipient of praise from all sides at his media gathering at the Cannes Film Festival today for his latest opus Killers Of The Flower Moon, flanked by Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone and Robert De Niro, as well as Osage Nation chief Geoffrey Standing Bear.
Scorsese, who was last in Cannes with Robert De Niro for the Palme d’Or winning Taxi Driver in 1976, said that he was only able to make the current film after spending time with the Osage tribal leaders whose forebears were exploited for their oil rich lands.
Robert De Niro: “Evil is all around.” Photo: Richard Mowe
“I wanted to know everything I could find out about the Osage. I knew when I heard what their values are about love,...
- 5/21/2023
- by Richard Mowe
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
James Mangold, Harrison Ford, and Phoebe Waller-Bridge attend Indiana Jones and The Dial Of Destinyphotocall at Carlton Pier, Cannes Photo: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for Disney. Copyright Getty 2023 In the cold light of a rainy day after last night’s rip-roaring premiere of James Mangold’s Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny at the Cannes Film Festival legendary star Harrison Ford feels good about the brouhaha and hanging up his fedora.
Thousands of the faithful screeched his name as the film team mounted the red carpet. Later he received an honorary Palme d’Or from Festival director Thierry Frémaux for a career that has also included Star Wars, Clear And Present Danger and Blade Runner.
Addressing the world’s media at a press conference this afternoon Ford confessed: “It’s just extraordinary to see a relic of your life as it passes by. With the warmth of this place and sense of community,...
Thousands of the faithful screeched his name as the film team mounted the red carpet. Later he received an honorary Palme d’Or from Festival director Thierry Frémaux for a career that has also included Star Wars, Clear And Present Danger and Blade Runner.
Addressing the world’s media at a press conference this afternoon Ford confessed: “It’s just extraordinary to see a relic of your life as it passes by. With the warmth of this place and sense of community,...
- 5/19/2023
- by Richard Mowe
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Face in the crowd: Harrison Ford submerged by well wishers at the Cannes Film Festival Photo: Richard Mowe
It’s been one of the hottest tickets of this year’s Cannes Film Festival - and the red carpet long-awaited première of Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny proceeded with a tinge of nostalgia from star Harrison Ford who got over emotional as he absorbed the cheers and adulation of the sell-out crowd.
For the fifth chapter in one of cinema’s most enduring franchises (directed by James Mangold rather than Steven Spielberg) there was only a muted ovation, according to reports, but when Ford (accompanied at the Festival by his wife Calista Flockhart) was summoned to the stage by festival director Thierry Frémaux to receive a surprise Palme d”or, the vast Grande Salle Lumière went wild with approval. Ford could be seen to be choking back the tears.
It’s been one of the hottest tickets of this year’s Cannes Film Festival - and the red carpet long-awaited première of Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny proceeded with a tinge of nostalgia from star Harrison Ford who got over emotional as he absorbed the cheers and adulation of the sell-out crowd.
For the fifth chapter in one of cinema’s most enduring franchises (directed by James Mangold rather than Steven Spielberg) there was only a muted ovation, according to reports, but when Ford (accompanied at the Festival by his wife Calista Flockhart) was summoned to the stage by festival director Thierry Frémaux to receive a surprise Palme d”or, the vast Grande Salle Lumière went wild with approval. Ford could be seen to be choking back the tears.
- 5/18/2023
- by Richard Mowe
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Late arrival Johnny Depp: 'I don’t feel boycotted, because I don’t think about Hollywood' Photo: Richard Mowe Maïwenn Photo: Richard Mowe It was a case of “Where’s Johnny” as the world’s media corps awaited breathlessly for the appearance of Johnny Depp, star of last night’s Cannes Film Festival’s opening film - the historical drama Jeanne Du Barry in which he plays the King of France Louis Xv opposite Maïwenn (also director) as the infamous courtesan.
The line-up at the press conference which started more than half an hour late, had one ominously vacant seat with the name Johnny Depp attached. Maïwenn and moderator Didier Allouche assured the media that Depp would arrive at any moment. Eventually he did so to an appreciative round of applause.
Seizing the moment the first question revolved Hollywood’s alleged boycott of the star and how his role...
The line-up at the press conference which started more than half an hour late, had one ominously vacant seat with the name Johnny Depp attached. Maïwenn and moderator Didier Allouche assured the media that Depp would arrive at any moment. Eventually he did so to an appreciative round of applause.
Seizing the moment the first question revolved Hollywood’s alleged boycott of the star and how his role...
- 5/17/2023
- by Richard Mowe
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Jeanne du Barry (Maïwenn) and Johnny Depp (Louis Xv) in Jeanne du Barry, which opened Cannes Photo: © Stéphanie Branchu / Why Not Productions/Courtesy Cannes Film Festival The star of the Cannes Film Festival’s opening film Jeanne Du Barry, Johnny Depp, in which he plays the King of France (Louis Xv) may be persona non grata in certain circles in the States but in France he remains adored by his legion of fans.
Johnny Depp and Maiwenn Photo: Richard Mowe His appearance for the red carpet last night alongside his director and co-star Maiwenn set his adoring aficionados screaming with delight as he generously devoted time to selfies and autographs.
The film marks a return to the big screen for Depp following three years’ absence during the hiatus of the court proceedings with his ex-wife Amber Heard. He’s far from becoming a nonentity - Dior have hired him again...
Johnny Depp and Maiwenn Photo: Richard Mowe His appearance for the red carpet last night alongside his director and co-star Maiwenn set his adoring aficionados screaming with delight as he generously devoted time to selfies and autographs.
The film marks a return to the big screen for Depp following three years’ absence during the hiatus of the court proceedings with his ex-wife Amber Heard. He’s far from becoming a nonentity - Dior have hired him again...
- 5/16/2023
- by Richard Mowe
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Ruben Östlund describes the Palme d'Or as 'the greatest film prize in the world' Photo: Richard Mowe If the Palme d’Or winning director of Triangle Of Sadness Ruben Östlund who heads this year’s Cannes Film Festival jury, had to choose between an Oscar and a Palme d’Or he would opt for the coveted Cannes prize - “no question”.
Paul Dano Photo: Richard Mowe He and his fellow jurors - Moroccan director Maryam Touzani, French actor Denis Ménochet, British-Zambian screenwriter & director Rungano Nyoni, American actress and director Brie Larson, American actor Paul Dano, Afghan author Atiq Rahimi, Argentinian director and screenwriter Damián Szifrón and French director Julia Ducournau who won the top prize in 2021 - bestow the top prize on the closing day of the festival on 27 May.
Östlund also won a Palme for The Square in 2017. Not surprisingly he believes it to be, “The greatest film prize in the world.
Paul Dano Photo: Richard Mowe He and his fellow jurors - Moroccan director Maryam Touzani, French actor Denis Ménochet, British-Zambian screenwriter & director Rungano Nyoni, American actress and director Brie Larson, American actor Paul Dano, Afghan author Atiq Rahimi, Argentinian director and screenwriter Damián Szifrón and French director Julia Ducournau who won the top prize in 2021 - bestow the top prize on the closing day of the festival on 27 May.
Östlund also won a Palme for The Square in 2017. Not surprisingly he believes it to be, “The greatest film prize in the world.
- 5/16/2023
- by Richard Mowe
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Thierry Frémaux: 'If actors or directors or screenwriters who are here want to talk about it [the screenwriters’ strike], then they are welcome to do so' Photo: Richard Mowe Thierry Frémaux, the Cannes Film Festival artistic supremo, seems to relish putting himself in the firing line - especially in a room full of journalists with sporadic complaints about the erratic electronic ticketing system on the day before the 76th edition is due to kick off.
Apart from many titles already showing a sell-out on the online grid - especially irksome in the case of the latest Indiana Jones - he was quick to dampen down hostility in a relatively jocular fashion. The barbs provided a running theme for his discourse.
He preferred to field questions about the US writers’ strike and what impact that might have among the Stateside contingent. He suggested the organisers were not so up to speed with the...
Apart from many titles already showing a sell-out on the online grid - especially irksome in the case of the latest Indiana Jones - he was quick to dampen down hostility in a relatively jocular fashion. The barbs provided a running theme for his discourse.
He preferred to field questions about the US writers’ strike and what impact that might have among the Stateside contingent. He suggested the organisers were not so up to speed with the...
- 5/15/2023
- by Richard Mowe
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Adèle Haenel: 'I delete you from my world. I'm leaving, I'm going on strike, I'm joining my comrades for whom the search for meaning and dignity outweighs that of money and power' Photo: Richard Mowe After two years away from the spotlight French actress Adèle Haenel, who notably starred opposite Noémie Merlant in Céline Sciama’s Portrait Of A Lady on Fire, has announced that she has decided to “retire from cinema” partly as a protest against “the profession’s widespread complacency toward sexual predators”.
Haenel, 34, who recently has been seen recently on the barricades in Paris as part of the street protests against President Macron’s pension reforms, said in an open letter to the weekly magazine Telérama: “I delete you from my world. I'm leaving, I'm going on strike, I'm joining my comrades for whom the search for meaning and dignity outweighs that of money and power.
Haenel, 34, who recently has been seen recently on the barricades in Paris as part of the street protests against President Macron’s pension reforms, said in an open letter to the weekly magazine Telérama: “I delete you from my world. I'm leaving, I'm going on strike, I'm joining my comrades for whom the search for meaning and dignity outweighs that of money and power.
- 5/10/2023
- by Richard Mowe
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Jeanne du Barry (Maïwenn) and Johnny Depp (Louis Xv) in Jeanne du Barry, which will open Cannes Photo: © Stéphanie Branchu / Why Not Productions/Courtesy Cannes Film Festival
With only five weeks to go before the action moves to the South of France, the organisers of the 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival revealed today in the Ugc Normandie cinema on the Champs-Elysées in Paris the full line-up with, as is traditional, a few latecomers still to be announced.
Cannes Film Festival director Thierry Frémaux with Iris Knobloch, the newly appointed President of the Festival Photo: Richard Mowe
Thierry Frémaux, the Festival’s director, promised a selection that was being given “a renewal” with established directors such as Ken Loach, Wim Wenders, Hirozaku Kore-Eda , Nanni Moretti, Catherine Breillat, Aki Kaurismäki, Todd Haynes, and Marco Bellocchio vying for the coveted Palme d’Or alongside a sprinkling of less established names and a first entry from Mongolia.
With only five weeks to go before the action moves to the South of France, the organisers of the 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival revealed today in the Ugc Normandie cinema on the Champs-Elysées in Paris the full line-up with, as is traditional, a few latecomers still to be announced.
Cannes Film Festival director Thierry Frémaux with Iris Knobloch, the newly appointed President of the Festival Photo: Richard Mowe
Thierry Frémaux, the Festival’s director, promised a selection that was being given “a renewal” with established directors such as Ken Loach, Wim Wenders, Hirozaku Kore-Eda , Nanni Moretti, Catherine Breillat, Aki Kaurismäki, Todd Haynes, and Marco Bellocchio vying for the coveted Palme d’Or alongside a sprinkling of less established names and a first entry from Mongolia.
- 4/13/2023
- by Richard Mowe
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The team from This is My Crime by François Ozon at the world premiere last night at the Balzac Cinema in Paris Photo: Richard Mowe Director François Ozon has an enviable track record in enticing audiences to le cinéma français (Photo Richard Mowe) Photo: Richard Mowe The 25th Rendez-vous with French Cinema has started in Paris under a good sign: a full house last night for François Ozon’s mystery drama/pastiche The Crime is Mine (Mon Crime) followed by a standing ovation by the attendees including film buyers from all over Europe and beyond.
Serge Toubiana, Unifrance’s president, underlined the pleasure of all those present to be back in a cinema setting after two years of the pandemic and the financial crisis. He paid tribute to the founder of the Rendezvous, Daniel Toscan du Plantier, who died suddenly at the Berlin Film Festival some 20 years ago next month,...
Serge Toubiana, Unifrance’s president, underlined the pleasure of all those present to be back in a cinema setting after two years of the pandemic and the financial crisis. He paid tribute to the founder of the Rendezvous, Daniel Toscan du Plantier, who died suddenly at the Berlin Film Festival some 20 years ago next month,...
- 1/12/2023
- by Richard Mowe
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From left, Harris Dickinson, Ruben Östlund and Charlbi Dean Photo: Richard Mowe
Friends and colleagues have been left reeling today after the death of rising star Charlbi Dean from a sudden illness, at the age of just 32.
The South African actor starred alongside Woody Harrelson in Triangle Of Sadness, which won the Palme D'Or at Cannes this year and is due to screen at Fantastic Fest later this month. Ruben Östlund, who also appears in the film, said "Charlbi had a care and sensitivity that lifted her colleagues and the entire film crew," and described her death as "a shock and a tragedy."
Dean had also won a fan following for her role as Syonide in the series Black Lightning and appeared in a number of additional films including Don't Sleep, Spud and Blood In The Water. She began a career as a model at the age of just six...
Friends and colleagues have been left reeling today after the death of rising star Charlbi Dean from a sudden illness, at the age of just 32.
The South African actor starred alongside Woody Harrelson in Triangle Of Sadness, which won the Palme D'Or at Cannes this year and is due to screen at Fantastic Fest later this month. Ruben Östlund, who also appears in the film, said "Charlbi had a care and sensitivity that lifted her colleagues and the entire film crew," and described her death as "a shock and a tragedy."
Dean had also won a fan following for her role as Syonide in the series Black Lightning and appeared in a number of additional films including Don't Sleep, Spud and Blood In The Water. She began a career as a model at the age of just six...
- 9/1/2022
- by Jennie Kermode
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Lars Von Trier Photo: Richard Mowe
Lars Von Trier, director of Dogville, Antichrist, Melancholia and more, has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, according to a statement from his representatives which was released today. The 66-year-old is currently in good health and plans to complete filming on season three of popular Danish haunted hospital series The Kingdom, but will thereafter keep a 'lower public profile'.
Von Trier has long suffered from sporadic depression and other mental health problems associated with the disease, sometimes addressing these subjects in his films. he also has a reputation for erratic behaviour, and was banned from the Cannes Film Festival in 2011 after saying he felt sympathy for Hitler. At that time, Kirsten Dunst, who starred in Melancholia and would go on to have a supporting role in Nymphomaniac, came to his defence and suggested that he was suffering from confusion.
With proper treatment, Parkinson's disease no longer.
Lars Von Trier, director of Dogville, Antichrist, Melancholia and more, has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, according to a statement from his representatives which was released today. The 66-year-old is currently in good health and plans to complete filming on season three of popular Danish haunted hospital series The Kingdom, but will thereafter keep a 'lower public profile'.
Von Trier has long suffered from sporadic depression and other mental health problems associated with the disease, sometimes addressing these subjects in his films. he also has a reputation for erratic behaviour, and was banned from the Cannes Film Festival in 2011 after saying he felt sympathy for Hitler. At that time, Kirsten Dunst, who starred in Melancholia and would go on to have a supporting role in Nymphomaniac, came to his defence and suggested that he was suffering from confusion.
With proper treatment, Parkinson's disease no longer.
- 8/8/2022
- by Jennie Kermode
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Ray Liotta as Gary Figgis in Cop Land Photo: Miramax Goodfellas star Ray Liotta, who has just died at the age of 67, was a regular at the Deauville Festival of American Cinema. Richard Mowe met him several times over the years. This was an interview published at the time of police corruption thriller Cop Land in 1997.
It may have taken him a few decades to reach the cataclysmic revelation but Ray Liotta finally has it sussed that ability has very little to do with success.
He has had plenty of oppportunities to accustom himself to both being flavour of the month one moment, and then being discarded the next. “It’s all so predicated on how your movies do, not your talent. It’s very frustrating but great if you can ride it when it’s happening. It sucks when it doesn’t. The pervading ethos makes you get your...
It may have taken him a few decades to reach the cataclysmic revelation but Ray Liotta finally has it sussed that ability has very little to do with success.
He has had plenty of oppportunities to accustom himself to both being flavour of the month one moment, and then being discarded the next. “It’s all so predicated on how your movies do, not your talent. It’s very frustrating but great if you can ride it when it’s happening. It sucks when it doesn’t. The pervading ethos makes you get your...
- 5/27/2022
- by Richard Mowe
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'Master and slave' - the jokey description by David Cronenberg of his relationship with Viggo Mortensen revealed at the Cannes media gathering for Crimes Of The Future Photo: Richard Mowe Although aficionados of David Cronenberg love to make links between his various films he is adamant that he does not have an agenda setting out points for discussion of anything in particular. At a meet the media session at the Cannes Film Festival today - alongside stars Viggo Mortensen, Kristen Stewart and Léa Seydoux - after last night’s hotly awaited red carpet premiere of Crimes Of The Future (which had some walkouts as well as a standing ovation) Cronenberg wanted to put the record straight.
He said: “I know that people will see things in my other films such as Videodrome and Existenz that connect with Crimes of the Future but when I was writing the script I...
He said: “I know that people will see things in my other films such as Videodrome and Existenz that connect with Crimes of the Future but when I was writing the script I...
- 5/24/2022
- by Richard Mowe
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From left, Harris Dickinson, Ruben Östlund and Charlbi Dean Photo: Richard Mowe When Swedish director Ruben Östlund met his wife Andrea, a fashion photographer eight years ago little did he realise she would a provide a key to his new outing Triangle Of Sadness which starts off with buffed male models at a bitchy casting session.
“After we met I wanted to know everything about the fashion industry and how it works. Beauty can be attractive but it is also scary and a model’s looks are a currency,” said the director who won the Palme d’Or and an Oscar nomination for The Square.
Östlund likes the idea of a pact between a filmmaker and his audience. For Triangle Of Sadness he held test screenings in Berlin, Stockholm and Spain where in a rural village 30 people gathered together to watch the film. “They had no experience of cinema but...
“After we met I wanted to know everything about the fashion industry and how it works. Beauty can be attractive but it is also scary and a model’s looks are a currency,” said the director who won the Palme d’Or and an Oscar nomination for The Square.
Östlund likes the idea of a pact between a filmmaker and his audience. For Triangle Of Sadness he held test screenings in Berlin, Stockholm and Spain where in a rural village 30 people gathered together to watch the film. “They had no experience of cinema but...
- 5/22/2022
- by Richard Mowe
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Director George Miller and Tilda Swinton in Cannes. The actress said: 'What I saw last night was overwhelming but he still managed to keep it small and real' Photo: Richard Mowe Back in Cannes five years after he roared up the Croisette with Mad Max: Fury Road Australian filmmaker George Miller has returned with a rather different proposition: a fairy tale fantasy Three Thousand Years Of Longing adapted from an As Byatt novella.
Miller and his stars Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba along with co-writer Augusta Gore and producer Doug Mitchell lined up to meet the press this morning following last night’s rapturous red carpet premiere. He received an unusually cordial welcome from the media too.
The filmmaker noted when he first read the short story it had stuck with him because “it probed lots of things and big issues, all encapsulated in one story. It stuck with me...
Miller and his stars Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba along with co-writer Augusta Gore and producer Doug Mitchell lined up to meet the press this morning following last night’s rapturous red carpet premiere. He received an unusually cordial welcome from the media too.
The filmmaker noted when he first read the short story it had stuck with him because “it probed lots of things and big issues, all encapsulated in one story. It stuck with me...
- 5/21/2022
- by Richard Mowe
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George Miller arrives for his Cannes screening in the wake of red carpet protest Photo: Richard Mowe The war in Ukraine erupted on to the Cannes Film Festival red carpet screening of George Miller’s Three Thousand Years Of Longing when a female protester stripped down to her underwear to reveal the colours of the Ukrainian flag across her body with the words “Stop Raping Us”.
She was quickly covered up by security guards although she had managed to evade their attentions up to this point by covering up her blood red body paint.
She screamed at the top of her voice and was revealed in full flood by video footage of the incident. By the time she was removed she was wearing only her panties, revealing the word “Scum” scrawled across her lower back.
Miller, who was last in Cannes with Mad Max Fury Road, did not appear with...
She was quickly covered up by security guards although she had managed to evade their attentions up to this point by covering up her blood red body paint.
She screamed at the top of her voice and was revealed in full flood by video footage of the incident. By the time she was removed she was wearing only her panties, revealing the word “Scum” scrawled across her lower back.
Miller, who was last in Cannes with Mad Max Fury Road, did not appear with...
- 5/20/2022
- by Richard Mowe
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At the controls of Top Gun: Maverick … Tom Cruise came down to earth to receive an honorary Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Photo: Paramount Pictures
The biggest star at this year’s 75th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, Tom Cruise, who turns 60 in July, disappointingly didn’t arrive on the Croisette piloting a supersonic fighter jet.
Instead he was helicoptered sedately along the coast from Nice Airport for a day of full-on promotion including a sold-out master class in the Debussy Theatre followed by the red carpet première of Top Gun: Maverick whose release had been delayed for two years due to the pandemic. It is due to roll out worldwide from next week.
Cruise in Cannes: “Cinema is my love, my passion.” Photo: Richard Mowe
The last time Cruise bounded up the steps of the Palais des Festivals was 30 years ago in 1992 for the première...
The biggest star at this year’s 75th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, Tom Cruise, who turns 60 in July, disappointingly didn’t arrive on the Croisette piloting a supersonic fighter jet.
Instead he was helicoptered sedately along the coast from Nice Airport for a day of full-on promotion including a sold-out master class in the Debussy Theatre followed by the red carpet première of Top Gun: Maverick whose release had been delayed for two years due to the pandemic. It is due to roll out worldwide from next week.
Cruise in Cannes: “Cinema is my love, my passion.” Photo: Richard Mowe
The last time Cruise bounded up the steps of the Palais des Festivals was 30 years ago in 1992 for the première...
- 5/18/2022
- by Richard Mowe
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Bérénice Bejo and partner Michel Hazanavicius meet the press for Cannes opening film Final Cut Photo: Richard Mowe Just in case you believe that nepotism rules in French cinema, it wasn’t a given that Bérénice Bejo, the partner of director Michel Hazanavicius, would appear in his splatter zombie remake Final Cut (or Coupez! in French).
She plays the make-up woman who has her work cut out. She is also a master of the martial art of Krav Mega which comes in useful when coping with axe-wielding zombies.
Bejo had gone to view the original, One Cut Of The Dead, with Hazanavicius out of curiosity. “It was a little complicated for me and I did not see exactly how it would work. And Michel said that I was too pretty to be in it which annoyed me. After he became ill with Covid I spent a long time looking after...
She plays the make-up woman who has her work cut out. She is also a master of the martial art of Krav Mega which comes in useful when coping with axe-wielding zombies.
Bejo had gone to view the original, One Cut Of The Dead, with Hazanavicius out of curiosity. “It was a little complicated for me and I did not see exactly how it would work. And Michel said that I was too pretty to be in it which annoyed me. After he became ill with Covid I spent a long time looking after...
- 5/18/2022
- by Richard Mowe
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Forest Whitaker receiving his honorary Palme from Cannes outgoing President Pierre Lescure Photo: Richard Mowe The surprise star of the opening night of the Cannes Film Festival - besides the honorary Palme recipient Forest Whitaker - was Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
He appeared live from Kyiv on the big screen in the giant Lumière theatre, issuing a heart-wrenching plea for his country.
His passion and conviction before a glammed up crowd of actors, celebrities, juries and directors will doubtless put to shame many of the performances to be seen over the next 15 days.
He referenced Charlie Chaplin’s Nazi satire The Great Dictator as an illustration of the power of cinema. The one-time TV actor from Servant of the People said: “The world needs a new Chaplin who will prove that cinema must not be silent. We need cinema to show that each time the ending will be on the side of freedom.
He appeared live from Kyiv on the big screen in the giant Lumière theatre, issuing a heart-wrenching plea for his country.
His passion and conviction before a glammed up crowd of actors, celebrities, juries and directors will doubtless put to shame many of the performances to be seen over the next 15 days.
He referenced Charlie Chaplin’s Nazi satire The Great Dictator as an illustration of the power of cinema. The one-time TV actor from Servant of the People said: “The world needs a new Chaplin who will prove that cinema must not be silent. We need cinema to show that each time the ending will be on the side of freedom.
- 5/17/2022
- by Richard Mowe
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Jury duty in Cannes for President Vincent Lindon and Rebecca Hall Photo: Richard Mowe The Vincent Lindon we see before as president of the Cannes Film Festival jury who will bestow the coveted Palme d’Or in 15 days time at the closing ceremony, is not the same as the Vincent Lindon at home in Paris.
Before heading down the Riviera he “tried to empty my brain and come to the festival with a virgin head. I like the idea of being a child again and watching a film as I used to do as youngster: I want to wait for the emotions to take over rather than trying to recall what a certain director or actor had done before.”
He felt passionately that cinema can change our view of who we are. "Certain films are in touch with the world as it is while others take a different path and...
Before heading down the Riviera he “tried to empty my brain and come to the festival with a virgin head. I like the idea of being a child again and watching a film as I used to do as youngster: I want to wait for the emotions to take over rather than trying to recall what a certain director or actor had done before.”
He felt passionately that cinema can change our view of who we are. "Certain films are in touch with the world as it is while others take a different path and...
- 5/17/2022
- by Richard Mowe
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Festival director Thierry Frémaux: 'The job [of a film-maker] is not the same and we want to explore what the younger generation think of it all at what is an important crossroads' Photo: Richard Mowe Given that Cannes Film Festival director Thierry Frémaux probably is one of the most wanted men on the Riviera, he looked remarkably chipper as he fielded the flack from the world’s press ahead of tomorrow’s evening launch of the 75th edition.
First up was a salvo about the stark contract between Cannes glam and glitz and the war in Ukraine. Frémaux was quick to point that there was no “official” Russian representation in the Festival - and there were no journalists or film professionals who toed the party line.
There were some Russians at the festival - but mainly those who had “escaped”. Frémaux sympathised with some hard-line Ukrainians who wanted a more radical response.
First up was a salvo about the stark contract between Cannes glam and glitz and the war in Ukraine. Frémaux was quick to point that there was no “official” Russian representation in the Festival - and there were no journalists or film professionals who toed the party line.
There were some Russians at the festival - but mainly those who had “escaped”. Frémaux sympathised with some hard-line Ukrainians who wanted a more radical response.
- 5/16/2022
- by Richard Mowe
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Striding out on Deauville’s red carpet: Charlotte Gainsbourg, centre in the little black dress, as jury president and her fellow jurors at last night’s opening ceremony Photo: Richard Mowe Under azur blue skies and miles of tapis rouges (red carpets) the 47th Deauville Film Festival - previously exclusively the preserve of American films and now opened up significantly to French cinema too - burst back to life last night with a screening of Todd McCarthy’s drama Stillwater.
Neither McCarthy nor star Matt Damon nor, indeed, French co-star Camille Cottin (from Netflix’s Call My Agent) managed to put in an appearance so it was left to “star” turns by the mayor of the Normandy resort Philippe Augier as well as Thierry Frémaux, director of the Cannes Film Festival with whom the Deauville event now has an ongoing and fruitful relationship. Stillwater, presented out of competition on the Croisette in July,...
Neither McCarthy nor star Matt Damon nor, indeed, French co-star Camille Cottin (from Netflix’s Call My Agent) managed to put in an appearance so it was left to “star” turns by the mayor of the Normandy resort Philippe Augier as well as Thierry Frémaux, director of the Cannes Film Festival with whom the Deauville event now has an ongoing and fruitful relationship. Stillwater, presented out of competition on the Croisette in July,...
- 9/4/2021
- by Richard Mowe
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At long last: Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch finally to receive Cannes world premiere Photo: Festival de Cannes
The Cannes Film Festival is back in action with buoyant 24 titles in the official selection, among them Sean Penn’s Flag Day and Sean Baker’s Red Rocket from the US, as well as Cow, the new feature from the UK’s Andrea Arnold in the new section Cannes Première. She leads a healthy balance of female directors.
Striking anupbeat note for the festival at its temporary new dates from 6 to 17 July (following last year’s hastily arrange online presence as a result of Covid restrictions) was Festival director Thierry Frémaux, alongside the event’s president Pierre Lescure.
Masks off in Paris: revealing all about this year’s Cannes Film Festival: organisers Thierry Fremaux and Pierre Lescure Photo: Richard Mowe
Dispensing with his mask with a flourish at the media gathering...
The Cannes Film Festival is back in action with buoyant 24 titles in the official selection, among them Sean Penn’s Flag Day and Sean Baker’s Red Rocket from the US, as well as Cow, the new feature from the UK’s Andrea Arnold in the new section Cannes Première. She leads a healthy balance of female directors.
Striking anupbeat note for the festival at its temporary new dates from 6 to 17 July (following last year’s hastily arrange online presence as a result of Covid restrictions) was Festival director Thierry Frémaux, alongside the event’s president Pierre Lescure.
Masks off in Paris: revealing all about this year’s Cannes Film Festival: organisers Thierry Fremaux and Pierre Lescure Photo: Richard Mowe
Dispensing with his mask with a flourish at the media gathering...
- 6/3/2021
- by Richard Mowe
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Jodie Foster has been expressing her views on parity in the film industry, for example at the 2016 Festival de Cannes during Women in Motion Photo: Festival de Cannes
As the organisers of the Cannes Film Festival limber up for tomorrow’s (3 June) delayed announcement of the official selection it has just been revealed today that Jodie Foster will receive an honorary Palme d’Or during the opening ceremony on 6 July.
She follows in the wake of such luminaries as Jeanne Moreau, Bernardo Bertolucci, Jane Fonda, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Manoel de Oliveira, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Agnès Varda and Alain Delon.
Foster first attended the Festival in 1976 for the world premiere of Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver which received the ultimate accolade of the Palme d’Or. She was only 13 at the time.
Jodie Foster: "When I was young I wanted to be a director, but I didn't know that I would be able to.
As the organisers of the Cannes Film Festival limber up for tomorrow’s (3 June) delayed announcement of the official selection it has just been revealed today that Jodie Foster will receive an honorary Palme d’Or during the opening ceremony on 6 July.
She follows in the wake of such luminaries as Jeanne Moreau, Bernardo Bertolucci, Jane Fonda, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Manoel de Oliveira, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Agnès Varda and Alain Delon.
Foster first attended the Festival in 1976 for the world premiere of Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver which received the ultimate accolade of the Palme d’Or. She was only 13 at the time.
Jodie Foster: "When I was young I wanted to be a director, but I didn't know that I would be able to.
- 6/2/2021
- by Richard Mowe
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Spike Lee, who was last in Cannes in 2018 Photo: Richard Mowe
The organisers of the 74th Cannes Film Festival, scheduled to run at revised dates from the 6 to 17 July, have confirmed that frequent Croisette visitor Spike Lee has agreed to be president of the official jury.
Lee was supposed to have been president of last year’s event but the plans were cancelled when the Covid-hit event went online in restricted form. The director, actor, writer, editor and producer stayed faithful to the promise made then that he would ready for jury duty whenever circumstances allowed the festival to return.
"Throughout the months of uncertainty we’ve just been through, Spike Lee has never stopped encouraging us. This support is finally coming to fruition and we could not have hoped for a more powerful personality to chart our troubled times", says Pierre Lescure, President of the Festival.
"His enthusiasm and...
The organisers of the 74th Cannes Film Festival, scheduled to run at revised dates from the 6 to 17 July, have confirmed that frequent Croisette visitor Spike Lee has agreed to be president of the official jury.
Lee was supposed to have been president of last year’s event but the plans were cancelled when the Covid-hit event went online in restricted form. The director, actor, writer, editor and producer stayed faithful to the promise made then that he would ready for jury duty whenever circumstances allowed the festival to return.
"Throughout the months of uncertainty we’ve just been through, Spike Lee has never stopped encouraging us. This support is finally coming to fruition and we could not have hoped for a more powerful personality to chart our troubled times", says Pierre Lescure, President of the Festival.
"His enthusiasm and...
- 3/16/2021
- by Richard Mowe
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Isabelle Huppert in Mama Weed Photo: Courtesy of Fff The French Film Festival's fff@home has announced an online programme to run from March 12 to 27.
The selection includes titles from last year's Covid-hit edition, including Jean-Paul Salomé’s César-nominated quirky crime caper, Mama Weed, starring Isabelle Huppert as a French-Arabic police translator.
Other films screening, include the multi-César nominated Love Affair(s), directed by Emmanuel Mouret and Lucas Belvaux's Home Front, which features Gérard Depardieu.
Also included is Régis Roinsard’s whodunnit The Translators, Anne Fontaine's police thriller Night Shift and Justine Triet's romantic comedy In Bed With Victoria.
The films are available to watch for 48 hours across three weekends.
Richard Mowe, director and co-founder of the Festival, said: “We wanted to make sure that audiences did not miss out on some of the most anticipated films of the Festival due to the Covid disruption … and now...
The selection includes titles from last year's Covid-hit edition, including Jean-Paul Salomé’s César-nominated quirky crime caper, Mama Weed, starring Isabelle Huppert as a French-Arabic police translator.
Other films screening, include the multi-César nominated Love Affair(s), directed by Emmanuel Mouret and Lucas Belvaux's Home Front, which features Gérard Depardieu.
Also included is Régis Roinsard’s whodunnit The Translators, Anne Fontaine's police thriller Night Shift and Justine Triet's romantic comedy In Bed With Victoria.
The films are available to watch for 48 hours across three weekends.
Richard Mowe, director and co-founder of the Festival, said: “We wanted to make sure that audiences did not miss out on some of the most anticipated films of the Festival due to the Covid disruption … and now...
- 3/10/2021
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Spike Lee Photo: Richard Mowe
The society of American Cinema Editors (Ace) announced today that it will be presenting Spike Lee with a Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year award for his distinguished achievement in the art and business of film. "Spike’s an artist who has entertained, enlightened and challenged us. But he’s not only a prolific director, he’s been a friend, producer and guidance counsellor to countless young and emerging filmmakers. His generosity is an inspiration to us all," said Kevin Tent, Ace, the organisation's president.
A 2015 Lifetime Achievement Oscar winner, the 63-year-old Lee has directed 25 feature films, seven full length documentaries and numerous short films and TV episodes. He edited his breakthrough film She's Gotta Have It in 1986 and has worked closely with his editors since. His most recent work, Da 5 Bloods, has received numerous award nominations.
Previous recipients of the Golden Eddie include Quentin Tarantino,...
The society of American Cinema Editors (Ace) announced today that it will be presenting Spike Lee with a Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year award for his distinguished achievement in the art and business of film. "Spike’s an artist who has entertained, enlightened and challenged us. But he’s not only a prolific director, he’s been a friend, producer and guidance counsellor to countless young and emerging filmmakers. His generosity is an inspiration to us all," said Kevin Tent, Ace, the organisation's president.
A 2015 Lifetime Achievement Oscar winner, the 63-year-old Lee has directed 25 feature films, seven full length documentaries and numerous short films and TV episodes. He edited his breakthrough film She's Gotta Have It in 1986 and has worked closely with his editors since. His most recent work, Da 5 Bloods, has received numerous award nominations.
Previous recipients of the Golden Eddie include Quentin Tarantino,...
- 2/11/2021
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Sixties flashback for (front from left) Noémie Lvovsky, Juliette Binoche and Yolande Moreau in Martin Provost’s comedy How To Be A Good Wife Photo: © Carole Bethuel - Les Films du Kiosque The French Film Festival is offering audiences a chance to catch up with its fff@home streaming titles this weekend.
Tickets are onsale now for the virtual event, featuring seven feature films and a selection of shorts, that will run from 7.30pm on Saturday, December 19, to 7.30pm the next day. Films are available for £4.50 each and the shorts programme for just £1.
Included in the line-up is actress-turned director Sarah Suco’s UK premiere debut feature The Dazzled, a slowburn fiml set in an insular Catholic community. Also featured is Just Kids, a drama about siblings in the grips of grief and freedom, directed by Christophe Blanc and Martin Provost's sexual liberation comedy How To Be A Good Wife.
Tickets are onsale now for the virtual event, featuring seven feature films and a selection of shorts, that will run from 7.30pm on Saturday, December 19, to 7.30pm the next day. Films are available for £4.50 each and the shorts programme for just £1.
Included in the line-up is actress-turned director Sarah Suco’s UK premiere debut feature The Dazzled, a slowburn fiml set in an insular Catholic community. Also featured is Just Kids, a drama about siblings in the grips of grief and freedom, directed by Christophe Blanc and Martin Provost's sexual liberation comedy How To Be A Good Wife.
- 12/15/2020
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Jean-Paul Salomé: 'I really liked that and also the tone of the comedy which was fun but also criticised certain aspects of society' Photo: Unifrance Jean-Paul Salomé first worked as a trainee for legendary director Claude Lelouch. He scored his cinema debut with the comedy Les Braqueuses in 1993 then created a new cinematic adaptation of Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre and an updated adaptation of the iconic tale of the gentleman thief, Arsène Lupin. These were followed by Female Agents, The Chameleon, and Playing Dead. Mama Weed (La Daronne) is his latest feature with Isabelle Huppert as a drug dealing police translator. It opens the curtailed French Film Festival at Chichester Cinema at New Park and Aberdeen Belmont Filmhouse tomorrow (Wednesday 4 November). The filmmaker is in conversation with Festival director Richard Mowe.
What were the elements of Hannelore Cayre’s best-selling novel that persuaded you to make a film of it?...
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- 11/3/2020
- by Richard Mowe
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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