Cristi Puiu Articles
Cannes 2010 Un Certain Regard: Manoel de Oliveira, 101, Xavier Dolan, 21
More from Cannes 2010. The Un Certain Regard sidebar promises to be about as interesting as — if not more interesting than — the main competition. What with Jean-Luc Godard's documentary Socialisme and Cristi Puiu's Aurora. Not to mention 101-year-old Manoel de Oliveira (Angelica) competing with 21-year-old Xavier Dolan (Heartbeats). PALME D'OR JURY Tim Burton, President Kate Beckinsale / Actress / United Kingdom Giovanna Mezzogiorno [...]
2006 National Society of Film Critics Awards Winners
The National Society of Film Critics (NSFC), composed of 58 U.S. critics mostly based in New York City and Los Angeles, has chosen Guillermo del Toro's Spanish-language dark fantasy Pan's Labyrinth as the best film of 2006. Set in 1940s Spain, Pan's Labyrinth tells the story of a girl (Ivana Baquero) who finds herself living in two worlds: One of Fascist horror above ground, one [...]
2006 Los Angeles Film Critics Award Winners
The most interesting winner at the 2006 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards was best supporting actress Luminita Gheorghiu (above, with Ion Fiscuteanu), who plays a nurse assisting a sick old man in Cristi Puiu's acclaimed Romanian comedy-drama The Death of Mr. Lazarescu. Not only was Gheorghiu's win a major surprise — U.S. film critics only sporadically opt for performers acting in non-English-language productions — [...]