Cannes 2009: ADRIFT, DRAG ME TO HELL, IN THE BEGINNING
At Firstshowing.net, Alex Billington on À Deriva / Adrift (above, with Laura Neiva), screened in the Un Certain Regard sidebar:
"I think I stumbled across a big Cannes sleeper hit. From the beaches of Brazil comes Adrift, known as À Deriva in Portuguese, the third film from Brazilian director Heitor Dhalia. I’m going to say right up front — following in the footsteps of City of God director Fernando Meirelles, Dhalia is the next great Brazilian filmmaker on the verge of breaking out. Adrift is his calling card, a gorgeous family drama about a beautiful young girl and her parents. It’s not a masterpiece, but it is definitely one of the better films I’ve seen here that offers [...]
by Massimo David | May 22, 2009
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Tags: À Deriva, À l'origine, Adrift, Alex Billington, Cannes 2009, Cannes Film Festival, Chicago Sun-Times, Drag Me to Hell, Emmanuelle Devos, Fernando Meirelles, Film Festivals, François Cluzet, Heitor Dhalia, In the Beginning, Ivan Raimi, Laura Neiva, Richard Corliss, Roger Ebert, Sam Raimi, Xavier Giannoli
Critics’ Choices
In Time, Richard Corliss on the New York Film Critics‘ picks:
"I sprinted down the corridors of TIME this afternoon, eager to spread the news of the New York Film Critics Circle voting for the year’s best films. The winner, in the film, director, screenplay and supporting actor categories? The Coen brothers‘ No Country for Old Men, which three different people told me they’d been meaning to see. The runner-up, with wins for best actor and cinematographer? There Will Be Blood, an audience-punishing epic that doesn’t open for another two weeks. Best actress? Julie Christie, in Away From Her [above, with Gordon Pinsent], which earned less than $5 million in its North American release.
"I didn’t even tell them that [...]
by Andre Soares | December 13, 2007
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Tags: Alain Resnais, André Dussollier, Away from Her, Cries and Whispers, Critics Choices, Film Awards, Ingmar Bergman, Julie Christie, Private Fears in Public Places, Richard Corliss
