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Rebecca Miller talks ‘Pippa Lee’
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:34 am · September 18th, 2009
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Herzog, Moore, Coens plan a stop at TIFF
Posted by John Foote · 11:05 am · July 28th, 2009
Some exciting announcements out of Toronto today (still no “Road”). The festival is shaping up to be very, very cool this year. The film I am most excited about, announced today, is Werner Herzog’s remake “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans” with Nicolas Cage in the role that Harvey Keitel made legendary. No in […]
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EDINBURGH: ‘Antichrist’ added to lineup, and first day jitters
Posted by Guy Lodge · 1:25 pm · June 16th, 2009
After wrestling with dodgy wireless setups for the better part of the evening, I am happy to tell you that I’m comfortably installed in an Old Town coffee shop with an immaculate connection, so I can fill you in on the day’s doings. Outside, it’s one of those balmy Scottish summer evenings with woozy, disconcertingly […]
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Still got it
Posted by Guy Lodge · 10:26 am · June 15th, 2009
Sorry if there’s been a lot of star-gazing on the site lately, but while I was queuing in the supermarket this morning, I was struck by these magazine covers sitting appropriately side-by-side on a display rack. It’s interesting and heartening to see major face space given to two actresses on the wrong side of the […]
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Frears’ ‘Chéri’ to premiere at Berlin
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:07 am · January 16th, 2009
New works from Costa-Gavras, Bertrand Tavernier and Andrzej Wajda are among the 14 titles that have just been added to the Competition programme at next month’s Berlinale, meaning 25 of the 26 slots have been confirmed. The most high-profile inclusion, however, is Stephen Frears’ period romance “Chéri,” which was at one point mooted as a […]
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Don’t give up on Maria Bello
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:15 am · August 3rd, 2008
It is a well-known fact (okay, okay, this writer’s opinion) that Maria Bello was robbed of a 2005 Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her taut, unnerving performance in Cronenberg’s “A History of Violence,” despite a gong from the New York critics and a (lead) nomination at the Globes. (She wasn’t far off for […]
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