For his second feature, Corsican-born French filmmaker Thierry de Peretti (Apaches) chose to focus on the violent nationalist struggle that wracked his native island throughout the 1990s. It’s an ambitious project that, in its best moments, sits somewhere between Gomorra and The Godfather, following one young man’s rise – and inevitable fall – within the factional wars that took place between rival militant groups, resulting in dozens of deaths and a major police crackdown.
But despite a worthy cause – Corsica’s tumultuous past has rarely been depicted on screen – and a few standout moments, A Violent Life (Une vie...
But despite a worthy cause – Corsica’s tumultuous past has rarely been depicted on screen – and a few standout moments, A Violent Life (Une vie...
- 5/22/2017
- by Jordan Mintzer
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Steve McQueen’s 12 Years A Slave to open festival; director Peter Greenaway to receive Visionary Award.Scroll down for full line-up
Steve McQueen’s historic drama 12 Years a Slave is to open the Stockholm International Film Festival (Nov 6-17) and is nominated in the Stockholm Xxiv Competition.
Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, the drama about free black man kidnapped from his family and sold into slavery in the 1850s debuted at Telluride and has received positive reactions throughout its festival tour of Toronto, New York and London among others.
It will be released in Sweden on Dec 20 by Ab Svensk Filmindustri.
Screenwriter John Ridley, who will be present during the festival, is nominated for the Aluminum Horse in the category Best Script.
McQueen’s Hunger won Best Directorial Debut at Stockholm in 2008.
Line-up
The 24th Siff includes more than 180 films from more than 50 countries.
As previously announced, the spotlight of this year’s festival is freedom but Chinese artist...
Steve McQueen’s historic drama 12 Years a Slave is to open the Stockholm International Film Festival (Nov 6-17) and is nominated in the Stockholm Xxiv Competition.
Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, the drama about free black man kidnapped from his family and sold into slavery in the 1850s debuted at Telluride and has received positive reactions throughout its festival tour of Toronto, New York and London among others.
It will be released in Sweden on Dec 20 by Ab Svensk Filmindustri.
Screenwriter John Ridley, who will be present during the festival, is nominated for the Aluminum Horse in the category Best Script.
McQueen’s Hunger won Best Directorial Debut at Stockholm in 2008.
Line-up
The 24th Siff includes more than 180 films from more than 50 countries.
As previously announced, the spotlight of this year’s festival is freedom but Chinese artist...
- 10/22/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
First film in 20 years from Alejandro Jodorowsky, as Clio Barnard and Paul Wright fly flag for Britain
The line-up of this year's Cannes film festival is now complete after the announcement of the Directors' Fortnight and Critics' Week selections.
The Director's Fortnight has added 20 titles to its already-announced opener, The Congress, from Ari "Waltz With Bashir" Folman, a part-animated adaptation of Stanislaw "Solaris" Lem's sci-fi novel The Futurological Congress.
Highlights include La Danza de la Realidad, the first film for more than two decades from cult Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky (best known for El Topo), and a complementary documentary, Jodorowsky's Dune, about the director's disastrous attempt to film Frank Herbert's giant novel. Two more Chilean directors, Sebastian Silva, with his Sundance hit Magic Magic, starring Michael Cera, and Marcela Said with The Summer of the Flying Fish, have had films selected alongside.
Directors Fortnight artistic director Edouard Waintrop has...
The line-up of this year's Cannes film festival is now complete after the announcement of the Directors' Fortnight and Critics' Week selections.
The Director's Fortnight has added 20 titles to its already-announced opener, The Congress, from Ari "Waltz With Bashir" Folman, a part-animated adaptation of Stanislaw "Solaris" Lem's sci-fi novel The Futurological Congress.
Highlights include La Danza de la Realidad, the first film for more than two decades from cult Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky (best known for El Topo), and a complementary documentary, Jodorowsky's Dune, about the director's disastrous attempt to film Frank Herbert's giant novel. Two more Chilean directors, Sebastian Silva, with his Sundance hit Magic Magic, starring Michael Cera, and Marcela Said with The Summer of the Flying Fish, have had films selected alongside.
Directors Fortnight artistic director Edouard Waintrop has...
- 4/24/2013
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
The Directors Fortnight announced its full lineup on Tuesday, including nine short films and 21 features which will run parallel to the Cannes Film Festival in May. Notable selections include the Ruairi Robinson’s sci-fi film Last Days on Mars, starring Liev Schreiber (X-Men Origins: Wolverine), Romola Garai (The Hour), and Olivia Williams (Rushmore), and Sebastian Silva’s thriller Magic Magic, about a tourist in Chile who starts to experience a metal breakdown, with Juno Temple (Killer Joe) and Michael Cera (Arrested Development).
Avant-garde Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky (The Holy Mountain) will return to the Festival with a film about his life,...
Avant-garde Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky (The Holy Mountain) will return to the Festival with a film about his life,...
- 4/23/2013
- by Lindsey Bahr
- EW - Inside Movies
Although there may be a few more surprise announcements, Cannes 2013 is pretty much in place with the lineups for the Fortnight and Critics' Week announced:
Directors' Fortnight
Opening Night: The Congress (Ari Folman)
Les Apaches (Thierry de Peretti)
A Strange Course of Events (Raphaël Nadjari)
Blue Ruin (Jeremy Saulneir)
La danza de la realidad (Alejandro Jodorowsky)
L'escale (Kaveh Bakhtiari)
La fille du 14 juillet (Antonin Peretjatko)
Henri (Yolande Moreau)
Ilo Ilo (Anthony Chen)
Jodorowsky's Dune (Frank Pavish)
Last Days on Mars (Ruairi Robinson)
Les garcons et Guillaume, a table! (Guillaume Gallienne)
Magic Magic (Sebastian Silva)
On the Job (Erik Matti)
The Selfish Giant (Clio Barnard)
Tip Top (Serge Bozon)
Ugly (Anurag Kashyap)
Un voyageur (Marcel Ophuls)
El verano de los peces voladores (Marcela Said)
We Are What We Are (Jim Mickle)
Critics' Week
Opening Night: Suzanne (Katell Quillevere)
Séances spéciales:
Les rencontres d'apres minuit (Yann Gonzalez)
Ain't Them Bodies Saints...
Directors' Fortnight
Opening Night: The Congress (Ari Folman)
Les Apaches (Thierry de Peretti)
A Strange Course of Events (Raphaël Nadjari)
Blue Ruin (Jeremy Saulneir)
La danza de la realidad (Alejandro Jodorowsky)
L'escale (Kaveh Bakhtiari)
La fille du 14 juillet (Antonin Peretjatko)
Henri (Yolande Moreau)
Ilo Ilo (Anthony Chen)
Jodorowsky's Dune (Frank Pavish)
Last Days on Mars (Ruairi Robinson)
Les garcons et Guillaume, a table! (Guillaume Gallienne)
Magic Magic (Sebastian Silva)
On the Job (Erik Matti)
The Selfish Giant (Clio Barnard)
Tip Top (Serge Bozon)
Ugly (Anurag Kashyap)
Un voyageur (Marcel Ophuls)
El verano de los peces voladores (Marcela Said)
We Are What We Are (Jim Mickle)
Critics' Week
Opening Night: Suzanne (Katell Quillevere)
Séances spéciales:
Les rencontres d'apres minuit (Yann Gonzalez)
Ain't Them Bodies Saints...
- 4/23/2013
- by Notebook
- MUBI
Heavy on the French film items and with a side dish of Chilean influence, this year’s Directors’ Fortnight also known as the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs is offering “double” Alejandro Jodorowosky, and the highly anticipated titles we predicted from the likes of Clio Barnard (The Selfish Giant) and Serge Bozon (Tip Top). Repping Chile, we have Sebastián Silva’s Magic Magic (review) which is joined by another Sundance preemed title in Jim Mickle’s We Are What We Are (fittingly this is the remake of Somos lo que hay (which was featured in the section in 2010). Upping the sci-fi quotient by joining the already announced The Congress, we find Ruairi Robinson highly anticipated feature debut with Last Days On Mars. Anurag Kashyap makes it two for two years, after unloading the almost six hour Gangs of Wasseypur, he returns with Ugly, while Tehilim (Main Comp in 2007) helmer Raphaël Nadjari returns...
- 4/23/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
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