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Category Archives: cannes 2008

The 15 Films That Buyers Want At Cannes

Two films that came together under the shadow of Heath Ledger’s death are expected to be big with buyers. Also: details about Terrence Malick’s TREE OF LIFE! Sort of!

Donnie Darko 2 In Cannes

Screen Daily reports that the sequel to Donnie Darko, which begins shooting on May 18, will be looking for international buyers in the Cannes Market. Wait, back up––there’s a sequel to Donnie Darko? Yeah, and Richard Kelly, who is quietly working on a mainstream horror film in the aftermath of Southland Tales, has nothing to [...]

Indiana Jones 4 is For Old People

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull reviews are inching their way through, with some saying it’s dreadful and others saying the kids won’t like it.

Tokyo! Trailer

Twitch has a trailer for Tokyo!, the omnibus film with contributions from Michel Gondry, Leos Carax and Bong Joon Ho which will premiere next week at Cannes (ed. note: ahhh! I’m going to the South of France next week!). As far as trailers go, it’s not much of anything––it’s basically just footage of the [...]

I Am A Fugitive in Cannes: Trade Roughage 05/08/08

The Cannes Film Festival will show a classic Warner Brothers film every night of the fest, including I am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang and Dirty Harry, as part of a tribute to the studio’s 85th anniversary. Also on tap: film critic Richard Schickel’s doc, You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story.
John Waters [...]

Soderbergh’s Che Films Likened to Lawrence of Arabia

The Argentine and Guerilla have been labeled, together, “Lawrence of Latin America”

Tribecafication! SpoutBlog Week in Review

Tribeca is upon us: Karina’s preview; and Midnight preview; andThe Wackness review; and Standard Operating Procedure review — follow our continued coverage here
Already anticipating the next fest: Cannes lineup announced; and yes, of course Che is part of it
Porn sales are down because flaccid penises are up (or in?)
Burger King and Iron Man, Robert Downey [...]

Che at Cannes: Anatomy of a Meme

“Why did everyone have Che wrong?” reads the headline at Variety’s festival blog The Circuit. “The headline all over last week’s Cannes prognostications were about how Soderbergh’s Che epic wasn’t going to make the Croisette,” Mike Jones writes. “Today, all the Cannes headlines lead with Soderbergh. Surprise, surprise: Che will storm the south [...]

Cannes Lineup!

Che, Changling and Vicky Cristina Barcelona among the surprise inclusions.