Okay, so my weekend plans to catch up on my LFF review backlog didn’t entirely pan out — though the schedulers have, at least, kindly slowed the snowball effect by screening a number of films today that I had already seen. Strange as it sounds, given that it’s been on the festival track for five […]
LONDON: ‘Cold Weather,’ ‘Carlos,’ ‘Little White Lies’
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:38 pm · October 18th, 2010
‘Never Let Me Go,’ ‘Rabbit Hole’ among Toronto premieres
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:05 am · July 27th, 2010
Toronto International Film Festival organisers unveiled a typically cluttered lineup of galas and premieres for this year’s edition — including, as usual, a number of films pencilled in as 2010 awards contenders. Of the 50 titles announced thus far, half will be world premieres: those include such highly anticipated works as Mark Romanek’s “Never Let […]
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Aronofsky’s ‘Black Swan’ to open Venice
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:27 am · July 22nd, 2010
[FURTHER UPDATE: Focus has confirmed that “The American” will not, in fact, be appearing at Venice.] [UPDATE: “Black Swan” has indeed been confirmed as the Venice opener, and will play in Competition. More soon.] I’ve been saying for some time that this year’s Venice Film Festival looks to be a very good vintage, capitalizing on […]
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