In chronological order:
James Toback’s Tyson
Indiana Jones premiere, and Everything is Fine
In the market: Uwe Boll goes to Vietnam
How to throw a renegade karaoke party in Cannes
In the market: Sex and Breakfast
Raymond Depardon’s La Vie Moderne
James Gray’s Two Lovers
Che distribution speculation, and the French Forrest Gump
Pre-Che jitters
Post-Che fallout
Olivier Assayas’ Summer Hours and Terrence Davies’ Of Time [...]
I’m watching the red carpet arrivals for the Che premiere right now via the Festivals closed circuit TV station. “Steven Soderbergh looks somewhat worried,” says the English translator. No shit. The director, wife Jules Asner and Che star Benicio Del Toro not only looked like they were walking into a hanging, but they couldn’t contain [...]
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!
April 30, 2008 – 10:58 am
The Argentine and Guerilla have been labeled, together, “Lawrence of Latin America”
“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 [...]
Che, Changling and Vicky Cristina Barcelona among the surprise inclusions.
April 18, 2008 – 10:00 am
Plus: Madonna’s movie is coming to a theater near you! Sort of!