Posts Tagged ‘cannes’

Palme d’Or for Michael Haneke’s The White Ribbon

Michael Haneke earned his first Palme d’Or prize at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival today for The White Ribbon. The Austrian film follows a children’s choir in northern Germany before the start of WWI. I don’t know who called this one, but someone had this one pegged last week. (Which blog was it?!) Best Actress [...]

‘I Killed My Mother’ a Cannes Directors’ Fortnight Fave

Twenty-year-old Xavier Dolan saw his debut feature, I Killed My Mother, sweep the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight awards yesterday. The semi-autobiographical film follows gay teenager Hubert (also played by Dolan) who has, shall we say, a contentious relationship with his mother. Okay, he loathes everything about her. The awards (three in total) hopefully mean that I [...]

Heath Ledger in Doctor Parnassus

Austrian website DVD-forum.at nabbed four stills from Terry Gilliam’s upcoming feature The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, a.k.a. Heath Ledger’s last film.  The film will premiere at Cannes, but the production company behind Parnassus has been seeking a distribution deal ahead of the French fest. You’d think major buyers would be fighting over the property, but [...]

TFC Morning Report – Thursday, April 23, 2009 – David Slade gets Twilight Saga gig

Top Story: Someone at Summit Entertainment is freaking crazy because they hired Hard Candy and 30 Days of Night director David Slade to helm The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.  If this is an attempt to get non-Twilighters to see the movie, it will fail. Not only is the hardcore Slade a piss poor choice for this [...]

TFC (late) Morning Report – Friday, April 3, 2009 – Paul Weitz in talks to direct Little Fockers

Top Story: Move over Peter Segal. Paul Weitz, director of About a Boy and In Good Company, is in talks to direct the second Meet the Parents sequel, Little Fockers. Weitz is a surprising competent choice for a project I had no intention to see. Guess I’ll spend the $9 now. (Variety) In Other News: [...]

TFC Morning Report – Thursday, April 2, 2009 – Fox’s Wolverine leaked online

Top Story: Fox’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine, the opening film of the summer movie season, is now available for download. Illegally. And its just a rough cut. The film leaked online this week. If the rough cut is good, I’ll blame this one on Fox. Way to market the picture to geekdom.  If it’s bad, you [...]

TFC Morning Report – Thursday, March 19, 2009 – Natasha Richardson dead at 45

Top Story: Tony winning actress Natasha Richardson died yesterday succumbing to injuries from a skiing accident.  She was 45. A member of the Redgrave acting family, Richardson gave legendary stage performances in revivals of Cabaret and A Streetcar Named Desire.  She leaves behind her husband, actor Liam Neeson, and two sons. (CNN) In Other News: [...]

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