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The film may be smarting from its widely (if not, ahem, entirely) unexpected omission from the Oscar foreign-language shortlist earlier this week, but Xavier Beauvois’s sombre religious drama “Of Gods and Men” found more love in its home country, where it scooped a leading 11 nominations for the César Awards. The so-called “French Oscars” also […]
‘Of Gods and Men,’ ‘Ghost Writer’ lead César nominations
Posted by Guy Lodge · 2:34 pm · January 21st, 2011
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Ruiz’s ‘Lisbon’ takes Louis Delluc prize
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:30 pm · December 17th, 2010
Well, here’s an awards announcement a million miles away from “The Social Network” — the Louis Delluc Prize, the single most prestigious award in French cinema. (Yes, loftier than the César Awards.) And I do mean “single”: awarded to one film from a shortlist of eight by a jury of French journalists and industry types, […]
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‘On Tour,’ ‘Of Gods,’ ‘HaHaHa’ take early Cannes prizes
Posted by Guy Lodge · 12:11 pm · May 22nd, 2010
The big guns, the Competition jury, announce their prizewinners tomorrow night, but ahead of that, there are a host of smaller, independent juries making their voices heard. I’ve just returned from the Un Certain Regard award ceremony, a short, sweet tuxedoes-and-sneakers affair presided over by UCR jury president Claire Denis. As delighted as I was […]
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Of notes and diaries on the Croisette
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:09 pm · May 14th, 2010
While Guy is doing a bang-up job handling Cannes for us this year, I thought I’d poke around and see what some of the other usual suspects of the Oscar season are covering things on the ground. When I clicked over to Awards Daily, I wasn’t the least bit disappointed. Sasha Stone, attending the fest […]
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CANNES: ‘Robin Hood,’ ‘On Tour’
Posted by Guy Lodge · 2:42 pm · May 12th, 2010
I spent a good long time trying to think of some glib, pithy way to link the pair of titles served up on the first day of the Cannes Film Festival, but must admit defeat — they have no common points whatsoever, apart from the fact that they both, like, feature French people. In lieu […]
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When the stars go blue
Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:49 am · May 12th, 2010
It’s a quiet first day at Cannes, with only two films screening and little besides a pair of unremarkable press conferences (which, dingy yellow-carder that I am, I couldn’t directly attend anyway) to report on — the highlight of which was Cate Blanchett’s curt answer to a dim-bulb journalist asking her how heavy the film’s […]
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CANNES PREVIEW: Sizing up the Competition, part two
Posted by Guy Lodge · 2:21 pm · May 7th, 2010
Continuing the breakdown of the 18 titles in contention for the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, which begins Wednesday. (Catch up with yesterday’s preview here.) Among them is the film I’ve put a sneaky wager on to take the gold — though given the foolhardiness of predicting festival awards, I don’t encourage you […]
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