Everyone’s just been waiting to see who would pick up Luc besson’s “The Lady” out of Toronto, just for an excuse to go ahead and shuffle Michelle Yeoh over to the pile of likely Best Actress contenders. Yeoh stars in the film as Burmese opposition politician Aung San Suu Kyi and David Thewlis has a […]
Cohen Media Group nabs Besson’s ‘The Lady’
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:22 pm · September 14th, 2011
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‘The Lady’ poster
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:25 pm · August 23rd, 2011
Luc Besson’s “The Lady” doesn’t have domestic distribution in place yet, but the wheels are already turning as a teaser trailer dropped at Yahoo! Movies today. Meanwhile, a Shepard Fairey-designed poster based on the artist’s own piece celebrating Burmese revolutionary Aung San Suu Kyi has also hit. This film could certainly be an awards play […]
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VENICE: ‘Reign of Assassins,’ ‘Happy Few’
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:34 pm · September 2nd, 2010
“How many films did you see today?” It’s an innocent-sounding question that you nonetheless feel oddly cautious answering at a festival. Did I see too few? Do they think me a lightweight? Should I squeeze in a midnight screening of that Iranian peasant musical I really have no interest in seeing, just to beef up […]
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