“She was there one minute and then she was gone the next. Lying in a pool of herself with a twisted neck. Oh she fell from the roof to the ground, there was glass lying all around.She was broken in a hundred pieces when her body was found. She used to live life, she used…
The Franco-Algerian actress and filmmaker Maïwenn, brings to the silver screen — as director and leading actress — the story of Jeanne Bécu, Comtesse du Barry, the last maîtresse-en-titre of King Louis XV of France. Jeanne du Barry was presented Out of Competition at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival and has portentously completed the picture…
I have been to the Cannes Film Festival twice. Once in 2017 representing a Greek Film “Swing Away” for a Brazilian American Company called Tele Up and in 2018 for a Short Film I Co – Produced with a Bangladeshi / American production called “Made in China” Director Sarwar Habib at the Marche Du Film…
A biopic about Henri Groues better known as Abbe Pierre who entered priesthood shunning his opulent family background. He almost lost his life as part of resistance during World War II. He became Deputy of the Popular Republican Movement (MRP). He literally fought for every cause that causes mankind indignity. He waged war against hunger,…
Synopsis :In the 1970s, Director Kim is obsessed by the desire to re-shoot the ending of his completed film Cobweb, but chaos and turmoil grip the set with interference from the censorship authorities, and the complaints of actors and producers who can’t understand the re-written ending. Will Kim be able to find a way through this…
“Kennedy” starts showing the lead character cool, poised and collected. We see modern India but enveloped in a sea of red warm colors as if foreshadowing of a murder that will happen. Yes a well planned murder happens and Kennedy is the culprit. All of this happening in a high end condo complete with full…
Well Go USA Entertainment has acquired the U.S. rights to Japanese director Kore-eda Hirokazu‘s thriller, Monster, Variety is reporting. The distributor plans to release the movie in American theaters late this year or early next year. The deal comes after the feature had its world premiered in competition at the Cannes Film Festival last month….
Watching this at the Cannes Film Festival Closing Night (May 27, 2023) made it even more special for me.(besides rooting for my fellow Asian Americans) it was the most sought after ticket. Meaning it was already sold out the minute the tix were released. I resorted to lining up on the stand by line in…
Director Justine Triet’s courtroom drama, “Anatomy of a Fall” won the Palme d’Or at the 76th Cannes Film Festival. “Anatomy of a Fall” is only the third film directed by a woman to win the Palme d’Or, following Julia Ducournau, who took the Palme for “Titane“ in 2021. Jane Campion was the first-ever female Palme…
Marco Bellocchio, the secular director from Piacenza, has often explored the consequences of religious imposition — never being sententious yet remaining truthful to his laical perspective. In his 2002 film, My Mother’s Smile (L’ora di religione), he touched upon the sensitive issue of being baptised in treason. In that case it occurred to the son of the…
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