Jared Leto in MR. NOBODY Photos

Diane Kruger, Jared Leto in Mr. Nobody (top); Jaco van Dormael directs Thomas Byrne, who plays the 9-year-old Nobody of the title (bottom)

In Jaco van Dormael’s Mr. Nobody, an old (and I mean old) man — who claims he’s actually in his mid-30s — is about to face death in the not-too-distant future. This 21st-century Methuselah also happens to be both the last mortal on Earth and Jared Leto.

"Almost moving in its gonzo self-assuredness and take-no-prisoners narrative scope," writes Michael Koresky in indieWIRE, "—although with the nearly 140-minute running time, that could just be my exhaustion talking—Mr. Nobody is as ambitious as it is incoherent, an obvious labor of love that’s equal parts science-fiction, romance, and [...]

by Andre Soares | September 14, 2009   
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Venice 2009: Jared Leto, Sarah Polley, Diane Kruger Images

Mr. Nobody director Jaco van Dormael, actors Sarah Polley, Jared Leto, Linh Dan Pham and Diane Kruger
Photos: François Durand / 2009 Getty Images. Courtesy: Jaeger-LeCoultre
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Diane Kruger, Jared Leto

Linh Dan Pham, Sarah Polley, Diane Kruger

Sarah Polley, Jared Leto, Linh Dan Pham and Diane Kruger

by Deborah Arthur | September 12, 2009   
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Venice 2009: Sarah Polley, Diane Kruger, Linh-Dan Pham Photos

Sarah Polley (above), Linh-Dan Pham, and Diane Kruger attend the Mr. Nobody Official Dinner at the Sangal restaurant during the 66th Venice Film Festival on September 11.
Marking the return of writer-director Jaco van Dormael (best known for Toto le héros and The 8th Day) following a thirteen-year break, Mr. Nobody is the story of a man (Jared Leto) who wakes up in the year 2092, when he happens to be both 120 years old and the last mortal on Earth.
In addition to Leto, Polley, Pham, and Kruger, Mr. Nobody features Daniel Mays and Rhys Ifans.
Photos: François Durand / 2009 Getty Images
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Linh-Dan Pham

Diane Kruger

by Deborah Arthur | September 12, 2009   
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Cannes 2009: Diane Kruger, Joshua Jackson, Hilary Swank, Lily Cole

Julie Gayet (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

Diane Kruger, Joshua Jackson (Photo by Eric Ryan/Getty Images)

Lily Cole (Photo by Eric Ryan/Getty Images)

Hilary Swank (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)
 

by Deborah Arthur | May 25, 2009   
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Cannes 2009: Shu Qi, Sophie Marceau, Diane Kruger, Eva Longoria

Shu Qi (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)

Sophie Marceau (Photo by Daniele Venturelli/WireImage)

Diane Kruger (Photo by Kristian Dowling/Getty Images)

Tony Parker, Eva Longoria (Photo by Rachid Bellak/WireImage)
 

by Deborah Arthur | May 25, 2009   
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Cannes 2009: INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS

Brad Pitt in Inglourious Basterds

Richard Corliss/Mary Corliss in Time:
"… Inglourious Basterds — first word as in "glower," second as in "turds" — is an alternative history of World War II from the writer-director of Pulp Fiction, the Palme d’Or winner 15 years ago. As with all of his recent work — the two Kill Bill movies and Death Proof — Basterds draws portraits of strong women facing down evil men; and in Shoshanna (Mélanie Laurent) and Third Reich screen star Bridget von Hammersmark (Diane Kruger) he’s created two of his fullest female portraits. But Basterds is long and, for the hypercharged auteur, surprisingly wan. It has to be declared a misfire."
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J. Hoberman in The Village Voice:
"So what is [...]

by Massimo David | May 20, 2009   
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