François Ozon Articles

Michael Fassbender, Mia Wasikowska in Cary Fukunaga's Jane Eyre David Bowers' Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules topped the North American box-office chart this past weekend (March 25-27), despite earning about $700k less than studio estimates. According to actuals found at Box Office Mojo, Rodrick Rules grossed $23.75m at no. 1, followed by Zack Snyder's Sucker Punch, starring Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Vanessa Hudgens, [...]

Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu in François Ozon's Potiche You wouldn't believe it reading the vast majority of English-language publications, but there are actually a number of non-Hollywood, non-American, non-English-language movies being screened at the 2010 Toronto Film Festival. Below are snippets from four reviews of non-English-language movies. Takashi Miike's 13 Assassins: Takashi Miike doing Akira Kurosawa? Yes Please! 13 Assassins is not the goofy homage [...]

2009 San Sebastian Film Festival Awards 2009 San Sebastian Film Festival: Sept. 18-26, 2009   Official Selection GOLDEN SHELL FOR BEST FILM CITY OF LIFE AND DEATH by LU CHUAN (China) SPECIAL JURY PRIZE LE REFUGE by FRANÇOIS OZON (France) SILVER SHELL FOR BEST DIRECTOR JAVIER REBOLLO for LA MUJER SIN PIANO (Spain-France) SILVER SHELL FOR BEST ACTOR PABLO PINEDA for YO, TAMBIÉN (Spain) SILVER [...]

In the London Times, Kevin Maher talks with François Ozon's, whose period drama Angel opens in the UK on August 29: "He's one of France's hottest film-makers. He makes award-winning movies filled with knockout French femmes (including Catherine Deneuve and Ludivine Sagnier), bursting with transgressive sexual subtext and topped by occasional musical numbers. So what made the 40-year-old provocateur François Ozon shoot a traditional English [...]