Xavier Dolan Articles
Xavier Dolan's HEARTBEATS at AFI FEST 2010: "New Auteurs," "Young Americans" Line-Up
Xavier Dolan, Niels Schneider, Monia Chokri in Dolan's ménage à trois drama Les amours imaginaires / Heartbeats, which was screened at Cannes earlier this year. AFI FEST 2010 presented by Audi announced today the line-up of their new "Young Americans" section and the films showing in the "New Auteurs" section. Also, much like last year, when the rotten US economy forced the shortening of the [...]
Gregg Araki's KABOOM Wins Cannes' First Queer Palm
Thomas Dekker, who should pick better-quality hallucinogenic cookies, in Gregg Araki's Kaboom On Saturday, Gregg Araki's Kaboom took home the Cannes Film Festival's first (unfortunately named) Queer Palm, awarded to — what? queers? Actually, it's given to a film's "contribution to lesbian, gay, bi or trans" issues. About a dozen movies were "eligible" for the award; in other words, films screened at Cannes featuring non-heterosexual [...]
Cannes 2010: Xavier Dolan's Bisexual Romantic Triangle HEARTBEATS
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gCPIof4kNQ[/youtube] With his debut feature I Killed My Mother, Quebecois filmmaker Xavier Dolan won three awards at the 2009 edition of the Cannes Film Festival. Dolan, 21, was less lucky at home, where he was all but ignored by the Genie Awards, Canada's Oscars. Anyhow, he's back at the Cannes festival with Les amours imaginaires / Heartbeats, about a romantic triangle involving two friends (Dolan, [...]
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 [...]