Michael Haneke at the 2012 European Film Awards. The story of an elderly couple facing illness and death, Amour was the top winner at this year’s European Film Awards, collecting…
‘Cosmopolis’ 2012 with Robert Pattinson. Robert Pattinson ‘Cosmopolis’ movie: Highly unlikely further expansion Sept. 4 update: Starring Robert Pattinson, David Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis had a solid debut at three U.S. theaters…
Robert Pattinson: Cosmopolis movie July 11 update: Robert Pattinson Cosmopolis movie trailer HD. This US Cosmopolis trailer doesn’t start with Robert Pattinson saying “I wanna a haircut.” (Please scroll down.)…
Limousine rider Juliette Binoche. Cosmopolis reviews Starring Robert Pattinson, David Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis is missing a scene found in Don DeLillo’s 2003 novel: a 300-person orgy at a Manhattan intersection. But…
Harvey Weinstein “entourage” apparently includes the current French president. The Legion d’Honneur Chevalier was nominated by none other than Nicolas Sarkozy, whose behind-the-scenes support for the powerhouse Hollywood producer and…
The Sweet Hereafter with Ian Holm and Sarah Polley. Some films are well crafted but lifeless. Others err by believing they can too readily make an audience care for a character…
Canada Quebec differences: Polytechnique (above, with Maxim Gaudette) vs. Xavier Dolan’s I Killed My Mother. Denis Villeneuve’s Polytechnique, about a lone gunman’s 1989 massacre of 14 women at Montreal’s École…
Moon movie mystery with Sam Rockwell. This year’s British Independent Film Awards Best Picture winner, Duncan Jones’ Moon has elements in common with, among other sci-fi/mystery thrillers, Stanley Kubrick’s 2001:…
Passchendaele. Genie Awards: World War I drama ‘Passchendaele’ wins Best Picture In a bizarre twist, the Canadian Academy of Film & Television (website) chose Passchendaele, Paul Gross’ flag-waving World War…
Lake Tahoe directed by Fernando Eimbcke. Fernando Eimbcke’s minimalist comedy Lake Tahoe presents a series of vignettes showing a small-town teenager (Diego Cataño) trying to cope with the death of…
B film noir Detour with Tom Neal and Ann Savage, looking more like your usual femme fatale. In the U.K., the Monthly Film Bulletin reviewer thoroughly dismissed Detour – but…
Young People Fucking. Directed by Martin Gero and written by Gero and Aaron Abrams, Young People Fucking is a film about, you guessed it, young adults engaging in sexual intercourse,…
In 1992, Winnipeg’s Guy Maddin and crew assembled for their third feature film – Careful, co-written by George Toles (and Maddin) and starring Kyle McCulloch, Gosia Dobrowolska, Sarah Neville, Paul…
The Genie Awards 2008 ceremony, held last night in Toronto, was dominated by Sarah Polley’s remarkably accomplished directorial debut, Away from Her, which won a total of 7 awards. The…
Eastern Promises with Viggo Mortensen. David Cronenberg made a name for himself by directing (and sometimes writing) dark, disturbing dramas (The Brood, Scanners, Videodrome, The Fly) in which violence/gross-out stuff…
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