Catch up with the idea behind this series here. Before James Cameron was making $3 billion grossing movies, he was stuck directing $2 billion grossing art films that won tons of Oscars. I remember seeing “Titanic” three times in the theater at the age of 15, trying to get Kelly Adams to make out with […]
LIFE WITHOUT OSCAR: 1997 and 1998
Posted by Chad Hartigan · 6:09 pm · December 7th, 2010
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‘Certified Copy’ trailer
Posted by Guy Lodge · 2:24 pm · July 28th, 2010
Those who followed my Cannes coverage will know that “Certified Copy,” Abbas Kiarostami’s first film shot outside his native Iran, was comfortably my favorite film of the festival — and one of my favorites of the year, period. The Guardian posted the British trailer yesterday; they’re claiming an “exclusive,” though it’s actually been in UK […]
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CANNES: What will win… and what should
Posted by Guy Lodge · 8:47 am · May 23rd, 2010
Okay, so that took longer than I expected. I had hoped to get this post up last night, but instead got quite easily talked into a night on the tiles with a band of merry Film Dweebs led by James Rocchi — not the wisest idea with a morning flight to catch, but by the […]
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CANNES: ‘Certified Copy’ and other adventures
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:24 am · May 18th, 2010
By the halfway-mark of the festival, Cannes can do irrational and frankly cruel things to your head. Having slunk back to my apartment at 3am after a merry night of wine and pizza some fellow bloggers — only to find myself locked out of said apartment in a cheap sitcom twist — I planned to […]
CANNES PREVIEW: Sizing up the Competition, part one
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:09 pm · May 6th, 2010
(This is the first of three Cannes preview pieces we’re running before my festival coverage begins on Wednesday. The first two will break down the 18 films in the running for this year’s Palme d’Or; the third will comb through potential highlights that lie outside the Competition, as well as listing my own most anticipated […]
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A soupçon of ‘Certified Copy’
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:43 am · May 5th, 2010
I’ll begin a more in-depth Cannes preview tomorrow, but I’m happy to trail it with this vaguest of teasers for my own most anticipated film of the festival: Abbas Kiarostami’s “Certified Copy,” starring Juliette Binoche. (Thanks to AwardsDaily for the tip.)
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Cannes official selection unveiled, includes Leigh, Iñárritu
Posted by Guy Lodge · 2:17 am · April 15th, 2010
Okay, before you ask, “The Tree of Life” is reportedly not ready — though the Cannes selection has apparently seen a cut, so never say never. Four slots in the competition lineup have yet to be filled. That aside, many of the expected names are present and correct, including former Cannes champs Leigh, Kiarostami, Mikhalkov, […]
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Binoche and Kiarostami team up again
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:04 pm · April 1st, 2009
Ahead of last year’s Venice Film Festival, I got terribly excited about the projected collaboration between Juliette Binoche and Iranian master Abbas Kiarostami — well, what arthouse devotee wouldn’t? As it turned out, this was either a wrongfooting or a simple miscommunication, for the film that was being talked up — a romantic drama set […]
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Countdown to Venice: the future of festivals?
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:31 am · August 27th, 2008
So the Venice Film Festival kicks off tonight with its glossiest title, the out-of-competition “Burn After Reading.” Reviews ought to start trickling in tonight, though it’s worth bearing in mind that festival fever can often give the premature illusion of critical consensus. Screen International has a very handy rundown of the festival lineup – both […]
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Venice puts cinema ahead of stars
Posted by Guy Lodge · 10:24 am · July 30th, 2008
There are some major surprises in the competition lineup for next month’s Venice Film Festival, not the least of which are the global flavour and soberness of the lineup itself. In previous years, the Lido has proved a launchpad for starry, surefire awards vehicles (“Atonement” and “Michael Clayton” both made successful bows there last year, […]
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