Gaspar Noé Articles

The 2010 SXSW Film Festival will take place March 12-20 in Austin, Texas. Amer (Belgium) Directors: Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani. Screenwriter: Bruno Forzani Ana is confronted to Body and Desire at three key moments of her life. Cast: Bianca Maria D’Amato, Cassandra Forêt, Charlotte Eugène-Guibbaud, Marie Bos, Harry Cleven (U.S. Premiere) Cannibal Girls (Canada) Director: Ivan Reitman. Screenwriter: Robert Sandler They do EXACTLY what [...]

SUNDANCE 2010: SPOTLIGHT (NARRATIVE) Sylvie Testud in Lourdes Film info from the Sundance press release. Bran Nue Dae / Australia (Director: Rachel Perkins; Screenwriters: Reg Cribb, Rachel Perkins, and Jimmy Chi) — In the summer of 1965, a young man is filled with the life of the idyllic old pearling port Broome — fishing, hanging out with his mates and his girl. Cast: Rocky McKenzie, [...]

Bitch Slap stars America Olivo, Julia Voth and Erin Cummings at the 2009 Stockholm Film Festival. (Photo: Carla Orrego Veliz.) Directed by Rick Jacobson, and co-written by Jacobson and Eric Gruendemann, Bitch Slap is a throwback to B movies of the '60s and '70s a la Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, in which women kick ass, throw punches, and display canyon-deep cleavage. The film had its [...]

Manohla Dargis on Gaspar Noé's Enter the Void, in the New York Times: "Although he remains dedicated to shaking up viewer s, to getting under their skins and into their nervous systems, Mr. Noé [above, top photo] has mellowed. Despite its unpromising title, Enter the Void, his entry at this year’s festival, is an exceptional work, though less because of its story, acting or any [...]