Damsels In Distress (12A)
(Whit Stillman, 2011, Us) Greta Gerwig, Analeigh Tipton, Adam Brody, Ryan Metcalf, Megalyn Echikunwoke. 99 mins
Stillman casts a wry eye across the college campus, and settles on Gerwig's clique of preppy girls who confuse charity with condescension. The result is distinctively articulate, witty, gently surreal and hilariously sarcastic. But as well as parodying these misguided teens, Stillman clearly has great sympathy for them. It's good to have him back.
Avengers Assemble (12A)
(Joss Whedon, 2012, Us) Samuel L Jackson, Robert Downey Jr, Scarlett Johansson. 142 mins
Considering the lack of leeway Whedon had with this superhero juggernaut, he pulls off a remarkable feat, keeping all the plates spinning with as much irony as he can get away with. It descends into a numbing effects orgy, but it's fast and fun along the way.
Albert Nobbs (15)
(Rodrigo García, 2011, UK/Ire) Glenn Close, Mia Wasikowska. 113 mins
Close's committed performance anchors this...
(Whit Stillman, 2011, Us) Greta Gerwig, Analeigh Tipton, Adam Brody, Ryan Metcalf, Megalyn Echikunwoke. 99 mins
Stillman casts a wry eye across the college campus, and settles on Gerwig's clique of preppy girls who confuse charity with condescension. The result is distinctively articulate, witty, gently surreal and hilariously sarcastic. But as well as parodying these misguided teens, Stillman clearly has great sympathy for them. It's good to have him back.
Avengers Assemble (12A)
(Joss Whedon, 2012, Us) Samuel L Jackson, Robert Downey Jr, Scarlett Johansson. 142 mins
Considering the lack of leeway Whedon had with this superhero juggernaut, he pulls off a remarkable feat, keeping all the plates spinning with as much irony as he can get away with. It descends into a numbing effects orgy, but it's fast and fun along the way.
Albert Nobbs (15)
(Rodrigo García, 2011, UK/Ire) Glenn Close, Mia Wasikowska. 113 mins
Close's committed performance anchors this...
- 4/27/2012
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Rating: 2.5/5
Writers: Julien Leclercq and Simon Moutairou, Roland Môntins and Gilles Cauture (book)
Director: Julien Leclercq
Cast: Vincent Elbaz, Grégori Derangère, Mélanie Bernier, Philippe Bas
It’s fitting that in the tenth year of the Tribeca Film Festival, whose inaugural year took place just six months before the World Trade Center attack, the powers that be have decided to program a film about terrorism to commemorate the tragic events that unfolded on September 11th, 2001. That connection and the fact that Julien Leclercq’s The Assault is an engaging thriller justifies the film’s inclusion in this year's slate.
Read more on Tribeca 2011 Review: The Assault...
Writers: Julien Leclercq and Simon Moutairou, Roland Môntins and Gilles Cauture (book)
Director: Julien Leclercq
Cast: Vincent Elbaz, Grégori Derangère, Mélanie Bernier, Philippe Bas
It’s fitting that in the tenth year of the Tribeca Film Festival, whose inaugural year took place just six months before the World Trade Center attack, the powers that be have decided to program a film about terrorism to commemorate the tragic events that unfolded on September 11th, 2001. That connection and the fact that Julien Leclercq’s The Assault is an engaging thriller justifies the film’s inclusion in this year's slate.
Read more on Tribeca 2011 Review: The Assault...
- 5/3/2011
- by Drew Tinnin
- GordonandtheWhale
PARIS -- Filmmaker Denys Arcand's The Barbarian Invasions, an ode to friendship and death, was the big winner at France's top film honors, the Cesars. Invasions -- a sequel to Arcand's The Decline of the American Empire, which the Canadian director made 17 years ago -- won Cesars for best French film of the year, best director and best original screenplay at the glittering awards ceremony on Saturday night. Invasions, which reunites a group of friends around the deathbed of one of the film's characters, will compete for two Oscars for best foreign-language film and best screenplay. The film beat out top contenders Bon Voyage and Pas sur la bouche (Not on the Mouth), which had 11 and eight nominations, respectively. Jean-Paul Rappeneau's 1940s drama of romance and political intrigue, Bon Voyage won three Cesars for best cinematography, best production design and best male newcomer, Gregori Derangere.
- 2/23/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
PARIS -- Jean-Paul Rappeneau's Bon Voyage will represent France in the race to secure a foreign-language Oscar nomination, the Centre National de la Cinematographie said Thursday. Set in Paris during the 1940s, the movie details the story of an actress, a government minister, a writer and a student thrown together as they try to escape the imminent occupation of the city by Nazi Germany. The film, billed as a tale of romance and political intrigue, stars Isabelle Adjani, Gerard Depardieu, Virginie Ledoyen and Gregory Derangere. Sony Pictures Classics has U.S. rights to Bon Voyage, while ARP Prods. will distribute the title in France.
- 9/12/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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