French producer Dimitri Rassam is enjoying a high-profile Cannes Film Festival as producer of Competition title Limonov: The Ballad and The Count Of Monte Cristo, which scored a rousing 12-minute ovation at its Out of Competition debut.
“It’s my first film in Competition, it has been a tremendous ride,” says Rassam, who is a producer on Limonov under his Paris-based Chapter 2 banner, alongside Italy’s Lorenzo Gangarossa and Mario Gianani as well as director Kirill Serebrennikov’s long-time collaborator Ilya Stewart.
Rassam is no stranger to the Cannes red carpet having regularly accompanied his actress mother Carole Bouquet in his early 20s, before mounting the festival’s famed steps in his own right as the producer of The Little Prince and co-producer of L’Immensità.
Cinema is also in his blood on his paternal side through late producer father Jean-Pierre Rassam, and uncle Paul Rassam, the long-time friend and collaborator...
“It’s my first film in Competition, it has been a tremendous ride,” says Rassam, who is a producer on Limonov under his Paris-based Chapter 2 banner, alongside Italy’s Lorenzo Gangarossa and Mario Gianani as well as director Kirill Serebrennikov’s long-time collaborator Ilya Stewart.
Rassam is no stranger to the Cannes red carpet having regularly accompanied his actress mother Carole Bouquet in his early 20s, before mounting the festival’s famed steps in his own right as the producer of The Little Prince and co-producer of L’Immensità.
Cinema is also in his blood on his paternal side through late producer father Jean-Pierre Rassam, and uncle Paul Rassam, the long-time friend and collaborator...
- 5/24/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Francis Ford Coppola took to Instagram today and posted the first teaser from his eagerly awaited film, Megalopolis.
Along with the teaser, he posted a tribute to his late wife in the captions.
“Megalopolis has always been a film dedicated to my dear wife Eleanor,” he wrote. “I really had hoped to celebrate her birthday together this May 4th. But sadly that was not to be, so let me share with everyone a gift on her behalf.”
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Adam Driver stars in Megalopolis as an idealistic architect attempting to rebuild New York as an American Utopia, with the ensemble cast also featuring Nathalie Emmanuel, Aubrey Plaza, Shia Labeouf, Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voigt, Giancarlo Esposito, Laurence Fishburne and Kathryn Hunter.
The film’s French deal with distributor Le Pacte and the involvement of longtime Coppola collaborator Paul Rassam were confirmed this week by Deadline.
Along with the teaser, he posted a tribute to his late wife in the captions.
“Megalopolis has always been a film dedicated to my dear wife Eleanor,” he wrote. “I really had hoped to celebrate her birthday together this May 4th. But sadly that was not to be, so let me share with everyone a gift on her behalf.”
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Adam Driver stars in Megalopolis as an idealistic architect attempting to rebuild New York as an American Utopia, with the ensemble cast also featuring Nathalie Emmanuel, Aubrey Plaza, Shia Labeouf, Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voigt, Giancarlo Esposito, Laurence Fishburne and Kathryn Hunter.
The film’s French deal with distributor Le Pacte and the involvement of longtime Coppola collaborator Paul Rassam were confirmed this week by Deadline.
- 5/4/2024
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
One of the year’s most anticipated films will be on sale for independent buyers at the upcoming Cannes market. We can bring you news that French sales company Goodfellas has boarded Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis ahead of the movie’s world premiere in Competition at the festival.
Also confirmed today is the film’s French deal with Le Pacte and the involvement of longtime Coppola collaborator Paul Rassam.
Speculation has been rife around rollout plans for the $120M self-financed epic ever since Coppola showed it for the first time to buyers at L.A.’s Universal CityWalk Imax Theater at the end of March, with the screening followed shortly after by news of its Cannes selection.
Adam Driver stars as an idealistic architect attempting to rebuild New York as an American Utopia, with the ensemble cast also featuring Nathalie Emmanuel, Aubrey Plaza, Shia Labeouf, Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voigt,...
Also confirmed today is the film’s French deal with Le Pacte and the involvement of longtime Coppola collaborator Paul Rassam.
Speculation has been rife around rollout plans for the $120M self-financed epic ever since Coppola showed it for the first time to buyers at L.A.’s Universal CityWalk Imax Theater at the end of March, with the screening followed shortly after by news of its Cannes selection.
Adam Driver stars as an idealistic architect attempting to rebuild New York as an American Utopia, with the ensemble cast also featuring Nathalie Emmanuel, Aubrey Plaza, Shia Labeouf, Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voigt,...
- 4/30/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow and Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
The Cannes Film Festival officially announced the selection of Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis in Competition at its press conference in Paris on Thursday, confirming Deadline’s scoop from Mike Fleming earlier this week.
Talking with journalists after the press conference, a visibly happy Frémaux expressed his content at having Megalopolis in the festival’s 77th edition.
“Francis Ford Coppola is part of the Cannes family, not only because he got two Palme d’Or, but also he was always quite close to us,” he said in a response to a question from Deadline.
Thierry Frémaux on 'Megalopolis' selection for the Cannes Film Festival: "Francis Ford Coppola is part of the Cannes family" pic.twitter.com/qOtaawHKDi
— Deadline Hollywood (@Deadline) April 11, 2024 Cannes head Thierry Frémaux talks Megalopolis selection
The Cannes delegate general said he had been gently checking in with Coppola over the past year on his progress with Megalopolis.
Talking with journalists after the press conference, a visibly happy Frémaux expressed his content at having Megalopolis in the festival’s 77th edition.
“Francis Ford Coppola is part of the Cannes family, not only because he got two Palme d’Or, but also he was always quite close to us,” he said in a response to a question from Deadline.
Thierry Frémaux on 'Megalopolis' selection for the Cannes Film Festival: "Francis Ford Coppola is part of the Cannes family" pic.twitter.com/qOtaawHKDi
— Deadline Hollywood (@Deadline) April 11, 2024 Cannes head Thierry Frémaux talks Megalopolis selection
The Cannes delegate general said he had been gently checking in with Coppola over the past year on his progress with Megalopolis.
- 4/11/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Tinto Brass, director of cult classic Caligula screening 40 years on as part of Cannes Classics Photo: Film Italia One of the last sections to be revealed for the 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival - the Cannes Classics - will include appearances from Liv Ullmann, Jim Jarmusch, Carole Bouquet, and Helen Mirren as well as special focus on the late Jean-Luc Godard including a world premiere of his last work Phony Wars.
Ullmann talks about her career as an actor and director as well as her activism in a new documentary Liv Ullmann - A Road Less Travelled, director Dheeraj Akolkar who will also be present for the screening.
Jim Jarmusch and Carter Logan (both founder members of the group Sqürl) have composed the soundtrack to a restored version of Return to Reason, Man Ray’s experimental first film made in 1923.
A youthful Jean-Luc Godard Photo: © Philippe R. Doumic...
Ullmann talks about her career as an actor and director as well as her activism in a new documentary Liv Ullmann - A Road Less Travelled, director Dheeraj Akolkar who will also be present for the screening.
Jim Jarmusch and Carter Logan (both founder members of the group Sqürl) have composed the soundtrack to a restored version of Return to Reason, Man Ray’s experimental first film made in 1923.
A youthful Jean-Luc Godard Photo: © Philippe R. Doumic...
- 5/5/2023
- by Richard Mowe
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
We’re now in the month of Cannes Film Festival 2023 and they have a few more surprises up their sleeves thanks to the announcement of their Cannes Classics lineup. After being heavily rumored, it’s now confirmed a posthumous film from the legendary Jean-Luc Godard will premiere at the festival, billed as “Trailer of the film that will never exist: Phony Wars” and clocking at 20 minutes. Described as “the ultimate gesture of cinema,” Godard wrote this accompanying text: “No longer trusting the billions of diktats of the alphabet to give back their freedom to the incessant metamorphoses and metaphors of a true language by returning to the places of past shootings, while taking into account the present stories.”
Also amongst the lineup is Room 999 featuring interviews with James Gray, Rebecca Zlotowski, Claire Denis, Olivier Assayas, Nadav Lapid, Asghar Farhadi, and Alice Rohrwacher; a mini Ozo retro; Man Ray restorations scored...
Also amongst the lineup is Room 999 featuring interviews with James Gray, Rebecca Zlotowski, Claire Denis, Olivier Assayas, Nadav Lapid, Asghar Farhadi, and Alice Rohrwacher; a mini Ozo retro; Man Ray restorations scored...
- 5/5/2023
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
As of 3:36 p.m. Cannes Film Festival Time on Saturday–6:36 a.m. as time is reckoned here in Los Angeles– the online case records of the Los Angeles County Superior Court still showed no sign of a response by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to Roman Polanski’s demand for reinstatement as an Academy member.
To recap for festival-goers who are already hazy about things back in Hollywood, Polanski was thrown out of the film Academy by a vote of its governing board on May 1, 2018. Two days later, he received a letter informing him of the decision, citing, without detail, his claimed violation of standards of conduct that require “respect for human dignity” and oppose “any form of abuse or harassment.” Polanski, who was first asked to join in 1968, was invited to appeal; but his appeal was rejected on January 26, 2019, according to a filing by Polanski’s attorney Harland Braun,...
To recap for festival-goers who are already hazy about things back in Hollywood, Polanski was thrown out of the film Academy by a vote of its governing board on May 1, 2018. Two days later, he received a letter informing him of the decision, citing, without detail, his claimed violation of standards of conduct that require “respect for human dignity” and oppose “any form of abuse or harassment.” Polanski, who was first asked to join in 1968, was invited to appeal; but his appeal was rejected on January 26, 2019, according to a filing by Polanski’s attorney Harland Braun,...
- 5/18/2019
- by Michael Cieply
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Goalpost also inks France deal on Kevin Costner classic Dances With Wolves.
Goalpost Film has scored key pre-sales on the The Trip To Spain, the upcoming third instalment in Michael Winterbottom’s popular comedy franchise starring Steve Coogan (Philomena) and Rob Brydon (Cinderella).
Deals have concluded with IFC for the Us, Madman for Australia, eOne for Canada, NonStop for Scandinavia, Front Row for Middle East, Challan for South Korea and Cinesky for Airlines.
IFC, which distributed both prior instalments, took $3m at the Us box office from well received 2014 edition The Trip To Italy.
IFC president Jonathan Sehring said: “We’re very happy to be a key component in what is becoming the most wonderful independent franchise”.
Coogan and Brydon play semi-fictionalised versions of themselves in the improvised comedy which will shoot in late 2016, taking in restaurants, gentle bickering and impersonations in Cantabria, the Basque region, Aragon, Rioja, Castile-La Mancha and Andalusia.
Melissa Parmenter (9 Songs...
Goalpost Film has scored key pre-sales on the The Trip To Spain, the upcoming third instalment in Michael Winterbottom’s popular comedy franchise starring Steve Coogan (Philomena) and Rob Brydon (Cinderella).
Deals have concluded with IFC for the Us, Madman for Australia, eOne for Canada, NonStop for Scandinavia, Front Row for Middle East, Challan for South Korea and Cinesky for Airlines.
IFC, which distributed both prior instalments, took $3m at the Us box office from well received 2014 edition The Trip To Italy.
IFC president Jonathan Sehring said: “We’re very happy to be a key component in what is becoming the most wonderful independent franchise”.
Coogan and Brydon play semi-fictionalised versions of themselves in the improvised comedy which will shoot in late 2016, taking in restaurants, gentle bickering and impersonations in Cantabria, the Basque region, Aragon, Rioja, Castile-La Mancha and Andalusia.
Melissa Parmenter (9 Songs...
- 6/7/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Goalpost also inks France deal on Kevin Costner classic Dances With Wolves.
Goalpost Film has scored key pre-sales on the The Trip To Spain, the upcoming third instalment in Michael Winterbottom’s popular comedy franchise starring Steve Coogan (Philomena) and Rob Brydon (Cinderella).
Deals have concluded with IFC for the Us, Madman for Australia, eOne for Canada, NonStop for Scandinavia, Front Row for Middle East, Challan for South Korea and Cinesky for Airlines.
IFC, which distributed both prior instalments, took $3m at the Us box office from well received 2014 edition The Trip To Italy.
IFC president Jonathan Sehring said: “We’re very happy to be a key component in what is becoming the most wonderful independent franchise”.
Coogan and Brydon play semi-fictionalised versions of themselves in the improvised comedy which will shoot in late 2016, taking in restaurants, gentle bickering and impersonations in Cantabria, the Basque region, Aragon, Rioja, Castile-La Mancha and Andalusia.
Melissa Parmenter (9 Songs...
Goalpost Film has scored key pre-sales on the The Trip To Spain, the upcoming third instalment in Michael Winterbottom’s popular comedy franchise starring Steve Coogan (Philomena) and Rob Brydon (Cinderella).
Deals have concluded with IFC for the Us, Madman for Australia, eOne for Canada, NonStop for Scandinavia, Front Row for Middle East, Challan for South Korea and Cinesky for Airlines.
IFC, which distributed both prior instalments, took $3m at the Us box office from well received 2014 edition The Trip To Italy.
IFC president Jonathan Sehring said: “We’re very happy to be a key component in what is becoming the most wonderful independent franchise”.
Coogan and Brydon play semi-fictionalised versions of themselves in the improvised comedy which will shoot in late 2016, taking in restaurants, gentle bickering and impersonations in Cantabria, the Basque region, Aragon, Rioja, Castile-La Mancha and Andalusia.
Melissa Parmenter (9 Songs...
- 6/7/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Holy chic. It’s here! Sofia Coppola’s fab fashion heist film The Bling Ring is in theaters now.
In the fame-obsessed world of Los Angeles, a group of teenagers take us on a thrilling and disturbing crime-spree in the Hollywood hills. Based on true events, the group, who were fixated on the glamorous life, tracked their celebrity targets online, and stole more than 3 million in luxury goods from their homes. Their victims included Paris Hilton, Orlando Bloom, and Rachel Bilson, and the gang became known in the media as “The Bling Ring.”
Here’s what you and your girls will need for a legit Friday night.
Check out our new giveaway
Bestsellers from the Smashbox ♥ The Bling Ring Kit
One winner will receive a kit that includes:
Mascara: $20
Lipstick: $22
Clutch Bag: $20
Total value: $62
Answer the following:
Name a famous makeup artist (past or present).
Official Rules:
1. You Must Be A Us Resident.
In the fame-obsessed world of Los Angeles, a group of teenagers take us on a thrilling and disturbing crime-spree in the Hollywood hills. Based on true events, the group, who were fixated on the glamorous life, tracked their celebrity targets online, and stole more than 3 million in luxury goods from their homes. Their victims included Paris Hilton, Orlando Bloom, and Rachel Bilson, and the gang became known in the media as “The Bling Ring.”
Here’s what you and your girls will need for a legit Friday night.
Check out our new giveaway
Bestsellers from the Smashbox ♥ The Bling Ring Kit
One winner will receive a kit that includes:
Mascara: $20
Lipstick: $22
Clutch Bag: $20
Total value: $62
Answer the following:
Name a famous makeup artist (past or present).
Official Rules:
1. You Must Be A Us Resident.
- 6/26/2013
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
In the fame-obsessed world of Los Angeles, a group of teenagers take us on a thrilling and disturbing crime-spree in the Hollywood hills. Based on true events, the group, who were fixated on the glamorous life, tracked their celebrity targets online, and stole more than 3 million in luxury goods from their homes. Their victims included Paris Hilton, Orlando Bloom, and Rachel Bilson, and the gang became known in the media as “The Bling Ring.”
In The Bling Ring, Oscar Winning filmmaker Sofia Coppola takes us inside the world of these teens, where their youthful naivete and excitement is amplified by today’s culture of celebrity and luxury brand obsession. The members of the Bling Ring introduce us to temptations that any teenager would find hard to resist. And what starts out as youthful fun spins out of control, revealing a sobering view of our modern culture.
The Bling Ring Opens...
In The Bling Ring, Oscar Winning filmmaker Sofia Coppola takes us inside the world of these teens, where their youthful naivete and excitement is amplified by today’s culture of celebrity and luxury brand obsession. The members of the Bling Ring introduce us to temptations that any teenager would find hard to resist. And what starts out as youthful fun spins out of control, revealing a sobering view of our modern culture.
The Bling Ring Opens...
- 6/10/2013
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
In The Bling Ring, Oscar Winning filmmaker Sofia Coppola takes us inside the world of these teens, where their youthful naivete and excitement is amplified by today’s culture of celebrity and luxury brand obsession. The members of the Bling Ring introduce us to temptations that any teenager would find hard to resist. And what starts out as youthful fun spins out of control, revealing a sobering view of our modern culture.
Opening on June 14th in limited release, watch the new trailer for The Bling Ring.
In the fame-obsessed world of Los Angeles, a group of teenagers take us on a thrilling and disturbing crime-spree in the Hollywood hills. Based on true events, the group, who were fixated on the glamorous life, tracked their celebrity targets online, and stole more than 3 million in luxury goods from their homes. Their victims included Paris Hilton, Orlando Bloom, and Rachel Bilson, and...
Opening on June 14th in limited release, watch the new trailer for The Bling Ring.
In the fame-obsessed world of Los Angeles, a group of teenagers take us on a thrilling and disturbing crime-spree in the Hollywood hills. Based on true events, the group, who were fixated on the glamorous life, tracked their celebrity targets online, and stole more than 3 million in luxury goods from their homes. Their victims included Paris Hilton, Orlando Bloom, and Rachel Bilson, and...
- 4/27/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Kindle
Though she may have a limited number of films to her credit (only putting things out about every three years), Sofia Coppola is on the very short list of my favorite working directors. Not only is she responsible for one of my favorite films, but I even loved Somewhere, which threw people for a loop, and certainly didn’t resonate with audiences generally. Coming off the heels of that film and Marie Antoinette, which overall performed as bad with audiences and worse among critics, Coppola needs a boost to her status in the collective consciousness.
If a massive surge of hype surrounding a teaser counts for anything, she is apparently well on her way to getting that boost. Of course, the movie is going to have to actually do well, but this looks to have all the elements needed to at least outperform her last two efforts at the box office.
Though she may have a limited number of films to her credit (only putting things out about every three years), Sofia Coppola is on the very short list of my favorite working directors. Not only is she responsible for one of my favorite films, but I even loved Somewhere, which threw people for a loop, and certainly didn’t resonate with audiences generally. Coming off the heels of that film and Marie Antoinette, which overall performed as bad with audiences and worse among critics, Coppola needs a boost to her status in the collective consciousness.
If a massive surge of hype surrounding a teaser counts for anything, she is apparently well on her way to getting that boost. Of course, the movie is going to have to actually do well, but this looks to have all the elements needed to at least outperform her last two efforts at the box office.
- 3/14/2013
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
Ahead of the anticipated release of Sofia Coppola’s The Bling Ring from A24 on June 14th, the new teaser trailer has just landed. In the spirit of the film and “hot from the black market,” have a look at the official teaser. Based on true events, The Bling Ring follows a group of teenagers who take a thrilling and disturbing crime-spree in the Hollywood Hills.
In the fame-obsessed world of Los Angeles, a group of teenagers take us on a thrilling and disturbing crime-spree in the Hollywood hills. Based on true events, the group, who were fixated on the glamorous life, tracked their celebrity targets online, and stole more than 3 million in luxury goods from their homes. Their victims included Paris Hilton, Orlando Bloom, and Rachel Bilson, and the gang became known in the media as “The Bling Ring.”
In The Bling Ring, Oscar Winning filmmaker Sofia Coppola takes...
In the fame-obsessed world of Los Angeles, a group of teenagers take us on a thrilling and disturbing crime-spree in the Hollywood hills. Based on true events, the group, who were fixated on the glamorous life, tracked their celebrity targets online, and stole more than 3 million in luxury goods from their homes. Their victims included Paris Hilton, Orlando Bloom, and Rachel Bilson, and the gang became known in the media as “The Bling Ring.”
In The Bling Ring, Oscar Winning filmmaker Sofia Coppola takes...
- 3/8/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Watch the new teaser trailer for The Bling Ring, starring Emma Watson, Leslie Mann and Taissa Farmiga. Sofia Coppola directs and writes the A24 release, as well as producing with Roman Coppola and Youree Henley. Darlene Caamano Loquet, Fred Roos, Michael Zakin and Paul Rassam serve as executive producers with Emilio Diez Barroso. The Bling Ring opens on June 14th in limited areas. Also in the cast are Claire Julien, Israel Broussard, Katie Chang, Georgia Rock, and Gavin Rossdale. In the fame-obsessed world of Los Angeles, a group of teenagers take us on a thrilling and disturbing crime-spree in the Hollywood hills. Based on true events, the group, who were fixated on the glamorous life, tracked their celebrity targets online, and stole more than 3 million in luxury goods from their homes. Their victims included Paris Hilton, Orlando Bloom, and Rachel Bilson, and the gang became known in the media as “The Bling Ring.
- 3/8/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Watch the new teaser trailer for The Bling Ring, starring Emma Watson, Leslie Mann and Taissa Farmiga. Sofia Coppola directs and writes the A24 release, as well as producing with Roman Coppola and Youree Henley. Darlene Caamano Loquet, Fred Roos, Michael Zakin and Paul Rassam serve as executive producers with Emilio Diez Barroso. The Bling Ring opens on June 14th in limited areas. Also in the cast are Claire Julien, Israel Broussard, Katie Chang, Georgia Rock, and Gavin Rossdale. In the fame-obsessed world of Los Angeles, a group of teenagers take us on a thrilling and disturbing crime-spree in the Hollywood hills. Based on true events, the group, who were fixated on the glamorous life, tracked their celebrity targets online, and stole more than 3 million in luxury goods from their homes. Their victims included Paris Hilton, Orlando Bloom, and Rachel Bilson, and the gang became known in the media as “The Bling Ring.
- 3/8/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
News.
Sundance has wrapped up and the awards have all been handed out. Among the big winners is Ryan Coogler's Fruitvale (pictured above). By the way, check out Michael Nordine's festival report for Cinema Scope. Berlin has finally unveiled their jury, which in addition to Wong Kar-wai, the previously announced president, will include: Susanne Bier, Andreas Dresen, Ellen Kuras, Shirin Neshat, Tim Robbins and Athina Rachel Tsangari. It sounds like it won't be a long wait to see Paul Thomas Anderson re-team with Joaquin Phoenix; the actor will be taking the lead role for Anderson's next film, an adaptation of Thomas Pynchon's Inherent Vice, which Robert Downey Jr. was originally thought to be attached to.
Finds.
Jonathan Rosenbaum was interviewed by Brazilian newspaper Estado de Minas last summer about Charlie Chaplin and film criticism, and is now sharing the transcript on his blog.
Above: the trailer for Matt...
Sundance has wrapped up and the awards have all been handed out. Among the big winners is Ryan Coogler's Fruitvale (pictured above). By the way, check out Michael Nordine's festival report for Cinema Scope. Berlin has finally unveiled their jury, which in addition to Wong Kar-wai, the previously announced president, will include: Susanne Bier, Andreas Dresen, Ellen Kuras, Shirin Neshat, Tim Robbins and Athina Rachel Tsangari. It sounds like it won't be a long wait to see Paul Thomas Anderson re-team with Joaquin Phoenix; the actor will be taking the lead role for Anderson's next film, an adaptation of Thomas Pynchon's Inherent Vice, which Robert Downey Jr. was originally thought to be attached to.
Finds.
Jonathan Rosenbaum was interviewed by Brazilian newspaper Estado de Minas last summer about Charlie Chaplin and film criticism, and is now sharing the transcript on his blog.
Above: the trailer for Matt...
- 1/30/2013
- by Adam Cook
- MUBI
Here are my reviews of "The Green Hornet" starring Seth Rogen, Jay Chou, Cameron Diaz, and Christoph Waltz, and Sofia Coppola's "Somewhere" which is getting a wider release this weekend.
(For my fun one-on-one interviews with "Somewhere's" Sofia Coppola, Stephen Dorff, and Elle Fanning, click here)
Here's more info on "The Green Hornet"
Genres: Action/Adventure, Crime/Gangster and Adaptation
In Theaters: January 14th, 2011
MPAA: PG-13 for sequences of violent action, language, sensuality and drug content.
Rich playboy Britt Reid joins forces with the talented Kato to fight crime as masked heroes.
Cast & Crew
Starring:
Seth Rogen ........................................................................................ Britt Reid/The Green Hornet
Jay Chou ........................................................................................ Kato
Cameron Diaz ........................................................................................ Lenore Case
Christoph Waltz ........................................................................................ Chudnofsky
Edward James Olmos ........................................................................................ Michael Axford
David Harbour ........................................................................................ Scanlon
Tom Wilkinson ........................................................................................ James Reid
Directed By: Michel Gondry
Here's more info on "Somewhere"
Elle was a delight in real life as much as she was on-screen in .Somewhere!
(For my fun one-on-one interviews with "Somewhere's" Sofia Coppola, Stephen Dorff, and Elle Fanning, click here)
Here's more info on "The Green Hornet"
Genres: Action/Adventure, Crime/Gangster and Adaptation
In Theaters: January 14th, 2011
MPAA: PG-13 for sequences of violent action, language, sensuality and drug content.
Rich playboy Britt Reid joins forces with the talented Kato to fight crime as masked heroes.
Cast & Crew
Starring:
Seth Rogen ........................................................................................ Britt Reid/The Green Hornet
Jay Chou ........................................................................................ Kato
Cameron Diaz ........................................................................................ Lenore Case
Christoph Waltz ........................................................................................ Chudnofsky
Edward James Olmos ........................................................................................ Michael Axford
David Harbour ........................................................................................ Scanlon
Tom Wilkinson ........................................................................................ James Reid
Directed By: Michel Gondry
Here's more info on "Somewhere"
Elle was a delight in real life as much as she was on-screen in .Somewhere!
- 1/14/2011
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Sofia Coppola takes us back inside hotel rooms in her new film .Somewhere.. This time, the Chateau Marmont in Hollywood plays a character in this study of boredom, purpose, and self-discovery.
Stephen Dorff stars as Johnny Marco, a famous movie star in search of his soul. His daughter, Cleo, played wonderfully by Elle Fanning, is the key to his redemption.
Much like .Lost in Translation,. the characters in .Somewhere. spend most of their time inside a hotel room thereby making us claustrophobically focus on the situations and the dynamics.
Sofia Coppola Interview
In this interview with Sofia Coppola, we talked about:
*** .Somewhere. is packed with shades of Italian neorealism. Was she subconsciously paying homage to the neorealism greats such as Antonioni?
*** What inspired her to make .Somewhere?.
*** Why did she put us back into hotel rooms again?
*** What made her decide to cast Dorff and Fanning for the father and daughter roles?...
Stephen Dorff stars as Johnny Marco, a famous movie star in search of his soul. His daughter, Cleo, played wonderfully by Elle Fanning, is the key to his redemption.
Much like .Lost in Translation,. the characters in .Somewhere. spend most of their time inside a hotel room thereby making us claustrophobically focus on the situations and the dynamics.
Sofia Coppola Interview
In this interview with Sofia Coppola, we talked about:
*** .Somewhere. is packed with shades of Italian neorealism. Was she subconsciously paying homage to the neorealism greats such as Antonioni?
*** What inspired her to make .Somewhere?.
*** Why did she put us back into hotel rooms again?
*** What made her decide to cast Dorff and Fanning for the father and daughter roles?...
- 12/22/2010
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Jackass star Chris Pontius will get the chance to prove he can do more than just get hit in the nuts, as he’s landed a supporting role in Sophia Coppola’s next film, Somewhere - a dramedy set at the iconic Chateau Marmont in Hollywood. Stephen Dorff and Elle Fanning (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) are starring in the film, which centers on a bad-boy actor stumbling through a life of excess at the Chateau Marmont. With an unexpected visit from his 11-year-old daughter, he is forced to reexamine his life. Pontius will play Sammy, best friend of the Dorff character. Coppola, who said she has been looking to make “an intimate story set in contemporary Los Angeles,” received permission to shoot at the hotel, which has become notorious in recent years as a popular address for tabloid-friendly celebs. Coppola is producing with brother Roman Coppola (The Darjeeling Limited...
- 5/20/2009
- by James Cook
- TheMovingPicture.net
Chris Pontius has booked a room in Sofia Coppola's "Somewhere."
The "Jackass" trouper will play Sammy, best friend of the character played by Stephen Dorff, a decadent, bad-boy actor living at the Chateau Marmont in West Hollywood who begins to re-examine his life after a surprise visit from his 11-year-old daughter (Elle Fanning).
Coppola, who wrote, directed and produced "Marie Antoinette" and "Lost in Translation," is doing the same for "Somewhere." Francis Ford Coppola, Fred Roos and Paul Rassam are executive producers on the American Zoetrope/Focus Features production.
Pontius, repped by Gersh and Untitled Entertainment, had roles in "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle" and "What We Do Is Secret."...
The "Jackass" trouper will play Sammy, best friend of the character played by Stephen Dorff, a decadent, bad-boy actor living at the Chateau Marmont in West Hollywood who begins to re-examine his life after a surprise visit from his 11-year-old daughter (Elle Fanning).
Coppola, who wrote, directed and produced "Marie Antoinette" and "Lost in Translation," is doing the same for "Somewhere." Francis Ford Coppola, Fred Roos and Paul Rassam are executive producers on the American Zoetrope/Focus Features production.
Pontius, repped by Gersh and Untitled Entertainment, had roles in "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle" and "What We Do Is Secret."...
- 5/19/2009
- by By Jay A. Fernandez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Focus Features joined Sofia Coppola to make Lost in Translation, and now they’ll do it again with Somewhere. But she’s decided on Stephen Dorff instead of someone like Bill Murray … I just don’t see it.
Here’s the press release.
New York, April 16, 2009 – Reuniting with the film company with which she made the Academy Award-winning hit Lost in Translation, writer/director Sofia Coppola will make her next movie, Somewhere, with Focus Features. Somewhere will star Stephen Dorff (soon to be seen in Public Enemies) and Elle Fanning (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button). Focus CEO James Schamus made the announcement today.
Ms. Coppola is also reteamed with Pathé, which will have rights to the film in France, Benelux, and Switzerland; and Tohokushinsa, which will hold rights to the film in Japan and select Asian territories. Medusa Film will have rights to Somewhere in Italy, where a portion...
Here’s the press release.
New York, April 16, 2009 – Reuniting with the film company with which she made the Academy Award-winning hit Lost in Translation, writer/director Sofia Coppola will make her next movie, Somewhere, with Focus Features. Somewhere will star Stephen Dorff (soon to be seen in Public Enemies) and Elle Fanning (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button). Focus CEO James Schamus made the announcement today.
Ms. Coppola is also reteamed with Pathé, which will have rights to the film in France, Benelux, and Switzerland; and Tohokushinsa, which will hold rights to the film in Japan and select Asian territories. Medusa Film will have rights to Somewhere in Italy, where a portion...
- 4/17/2009
- by Jeff Bayer
- The Scorecard Review
- I'm not sure if motherhood entered the picture, but it has been a long time since we saw Sofia Coppola behind the camera. Having locked up distribution deals in several territories, she and Focus Features appear to be fully immersed in the pre-production stages of her fourth feature film. She has already found her cast in Elle Fanning and career comeback kid Stephen Dorff, they have the shooting dates in place and she definitely has her sights on a specific sight. If you look at her last two pictures, I think it's safe to say that Coppola is all about location, location location. I'm not sure how much revenue Hollywood's Chateau Marmont would lose to a film shoot, but its safe to say that they will get some great publicity from the event. Somewhere centers on a bad-boy actor stumbling through a life of excess at the celebrity locale,
- 4/17/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
Director Sophia Coppola is onto her next project "Somewhere" at Focus Features. Stephen Dorff and Elle Fanning will star in the project written by the "Lost in Translation" filmmaker.
The story will feature a bad boy actor stumbling through a life of excess at the Hollywood hotel Chateau Marmont. An unexpected visit from his 11-year-old daughter causes him to reexamine his life.
As per Variety, Coppola is producing alongside her brother, Roman Coppola, and G. Mac Brown through American Zoetrope. Her father Francis Ford Coppola, Fred Roos and Paul Rassam will executive produce.
Production will kick off in June in Los Angeles and July in Italy.
The story will feature a bad boy actor stumbling through a life of excess at the Hollywood hotel Chateau Marmont. An unexpected visit from his 11-year-old daughter causes him to reexamine his life.
As per Variety, Coppola is producing alongside her brother, Roman Coppola, and G. Mac Brown through American Zoetrope. Her father Francis Ford Coppola, Fred Roos and Paul Rassam will executive produce.
Production will kick off in June in Los Angeles and July in Italy.
- 4/17/2009
- icelebz.com
Sofia Coppola is gearing up for her fourth feature directorial outing. The young filmmaker, whose credits include The Virgin Suicides and Lost in Translation, will direct Somewhere, a dramedy set at the iconic Chateau Marmont in Hollywood that she also wrote. The story centers on a bad-boy actor stumbling through a life of excess at the Chateau Marmont. With an unexpected visit from his 11-year-old daughter, he is forced to reexamine his life. Stephen Dorff and Elle Fanning have signed on to star. The filmmaker, who said she has been looking to make "an intimate story set in contemporary Los Angeles," received permission to shoot at the hotel, which has become notorious in recent years as a popular address for tabloid-friendly celebs. Coppola is producing with brother Roman Coppola (The Darjeeling Limited) and G. Mac Brown (Australia) through American Zoetrope. Father Francis Ford Coppola, Fred Roos and Paul Rassam are executive producing.
- 4/17/2009
- by James Cook
- TheMovingPicture.net
Molly Shannon has signed on for court intrigue opposite Kirsten Dunst in Sofia Coppola's Marie-Antoinette. Shannon will play a lady of the court, Anne Victoire, who also is Marie-Antoinette's aunt, with Dunst in the title role. The film is to begin shooting next month in Paris. Jason Schwartzman and Rip Torn already have signed on to join a mostly French cast. Coppola wrote the screenplay and is producing with Ross Katz via American Zeotrope. Fred Roos, Francis Ford Coppola and Paul Rassam are exec producing. Columbia Pictures is distributing. Shannon, whose feature credits include Serendipity and Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas, most recently appeared in Kenneth Lonergan's True to You at the Tribeca Theater Festival. She also has a development deal with 20th Century Fox Television. Shannon is repped by ICM and manager Steven Levy at Framework Entertainment.
"Alexander" charts the astonishing military career of the Macedonian King (Colin Farrell), whose conquests in the fourth century B.C. earned him the epithet "Alexander the Great". Oliver Stone views his larger-than-life protagonist as if he were a rock star grown addicted to glory as he pushes himself and his band on a road tour that threatens to never end. So too does Stone push his film toward cinematic glory -- ever onward to more battles, more melodrama and greater and greater visual dazzle for three wearying hours.
The film, which loses its compass very early, wallows in excess: Long, weighty speeches flow from actors, images get repeated frequently, and Vangelis' music hammers away seemingly without pause. But the film never bores. Alexander's resounding defeat of the Persian army in billowing yellow dust at the Battle of Gaugamela is exciting filmmaking. Babylon with its legendary Hanging Gardens lives up to its reputation as one of the wonders of the ancient world. The melodrama is often juicy -- and often for the wrong reasons.
Ultimately, the film may perform well internationally, but this "Alexander" isn't likely to conquer the North American market. The audience skews heavily male, both gay and straight, and production values are awesome. Yet the storytelling is so ham-fisted as to induce titters. A plethora of absurd accents from a cast spouting stiff dialogue further alienates the viewer.
At his death before age 33, Alexander (356-323 B.C.) had traveled 22,000 miles and put together through military victories -- he never lost a battle -- an empire well over 2 million square miles that stretched from today's Greece and Turkey to Egypt and parts of India. Clearly, any movie has to hopscotch through time even to scratch the surface of such a life. Stone chooses to dwell on scenes that emphasize the making of a conqueror, his intense relationship with his boyhood friend Hephaistion, the exoticism of the lands conquered and his unalterable belief that his road to glory parallels that of his idol, the legendary Greek warrior Achilles.
Stone, who wrote the script with Christopher Kyle and Laeta Kalogridis, tells the story through the aging eyes of Alexander confident Ptolemy (a grizzled Anthony Hopkins in flowing white tunic), who dictates his memoirs in the airy Mediterranean comforts of the Alexandria Library. Opening scenes establish our hero: In her bed, surrounded by her ubiquitous snakes, Alex's mom Olympias (Angelina Jolie) teaches her son to grasp a snake without hesitation. This tender scene gets interrupted by an attempted rape of Olympias by the boy's drunken and uncouth father, King Philip of Macedonia (a burly and unkempt Val Kilmer), the vulgarian who sired a well-mannered son.
Wrestling matches among young boys introduce Alexander's soulmate, Hephaistion. A lesson from Aristotle (Christopher Plummer) lets the learned man outline the route Alexander will take to conquer his empire and to teach him the virtues of manly love.
Dad offers tidbits of wisdom: "Women are more dangerous than men" and "A king must know he has to hurt those he loves." Mom fills him with malicious gossip about Dad. Alex and Hephaistion grasp one another in loving friendship. Then finally they are grown men in the persons of Farrell and Jared Leto. Stone outfits Farrell with Brad Pitt blond hair along with costumes and makeup that so feminize the warrior he becomes Alexander the Dandy. Meanwhile, Leto must lurk around every corner as if he were Alexander's shadow.
Now the film rushes forward in earnest, galloping from speeches or battle scene to more speeches. There is only one, very odd, lapse in chronology. Stone bypasses Philip's death and Alexander's seizure of the crown so that he may flash back to the sequence late in the film, where he evidently feels it will have greater impact. It doesn't.
In struggling to make sense of Alexander's years spent in Asia, when he should have been consolidating and governing his empire, Stone postulates that Alexander is running away from Mommy as much as he is searching for young boys. And Mommy, draped in snakes, dictates Dear Son letters from her palace bed chambers, offering advice he never heeds.
The love of Alexander Life's is Hephaistion, but he does dally with male dancers who dress as women. His puzzling marriage of Roxane (the dazzling Rosario Dawson), a dance girl encountered on the frontier (present-day Afghanistan), is seen as a ploy to unify the empire as much as it is to beget a male heir.
This includes one of the strangest wedding nights in movie history, where foreplay consists of a rape attempt by Alexander, mutual pummeling and a knife to Alexander's throat. Scenes such as this constantly go over the top yet never shed any revelatory light. Similarly, battles are spectacular, but a viewer gets lost in the carnage.
Then there is the dialogue. One can shrug off anachronistic British-isms such as "stiff old sod." But howlers predominate, the worst coming from Olympias after she has poisoned her son's mind, manipulated his life and quite possibly murdered his father. "What have I done to make you hate me so?" she laments.
Technically, this production has exciting battles, eye-catching sets and brilliant colorful costumes. But the elements fight each other for attention rather than coming together in a unified whole. Since the movie lacks a vision of what Alexander was really about as a man and a figure in history, it falls back all too frequently on movie spectacle.
ALEXANDER
Warner Bros. Pictures
Warner Bros. and Intermedia Films present
a Moritz Borman production
Credits:
Director: Oliver Stone
Screenwriters: Oliver Stone, Christopher Kyle, Laeta Kalogridis
Producers: Thomas Schuhly, Jon Kilik, Iain Smith, Moritz Borman
Executive producers: Paul Rassam, Matthias Deyle
Director of photography: Rodrigo Prieto
Production designer: Jan Roelfs
Music: Vangelis
Costumes: Jenny Beavan
Editors: Tom Nordberg, Yann Herve, Alex Marquez
Cast:
Alexander: Colin Farrell
Hephaistion: Jared Leto
Olympias: Angelina Jolie
Philip: Val Kilmer
Ptolemy: Anthony Hopkins
Roxane: Rosario Dawson
Aristotle: Christopher Plummer
Cleitus: Gary Stretch
MPAA rating: R
Running time -- 175 minutes...
The film, which loses its compass very early, wallows in excess: Long, weighty speeches flow from actors, images get repeated frequently, and Vangelis' music hammers away seemingly without pause. But the film never bores. Alexander's resounding defeat of the Persian army in billowing yellow dust at the Battle of Gaugamela is exciting filmmaking. Babylon with its legendary Hanging Gardens lives up to its reputation as one of the wonders of the ancient world. The melodrama is often juicy -- and often for the wrong reasons.
Ultimately, the film may perform well internationally, but this "Alexander" isn't likely to conquer the North American market. The audience skews heavily male, both gay and straight, and production values are awesome. Yet the storytelling is so ham-fisted as to induce titters. A plethora of absurd accents from a cast spouting stiff dialogue further alienates the viewer.
At his death before age 33, Alexander (356-323 B.C.) had traveled 22,000 miles and put together through military victories -- he never lost a battle -- an empire well over 2 million square miles that stretched from today's Greece and Turkey to Egypt and parts of India. Clearly, any movie has to hopscotch through time even to scratch the surface of such a life. Stone chooses to dwell on scenes that emphasize the making of a conqueror, his intense relationship with his boyhood friend Hephaistion, the exoticism of the lands conquered and his unalterable belief that his road to glory parallels that of his idol, the legendary Greek warrior Achilles.
Stone, who wrote the script with Christopher Kyle and Laeta Kalogridis, tells the story through the aging eyes of Alexander confident Ptolemy (a grizzled Anthony Hopkins in flowing white tunic), who dictates his memoirs in the airy Mediterranean comforts of the Alexandria Library. Opening scenes establish our hero: In her bed, surrounded by her ubiquitous snakes, Alex's mom Olympias (Angelina Jolie) teaches her son to grasp a snake without hesitation. This tender scene gets interrupted by an attempted rape of Olympias by the boy's drunken and uncouth father, King Philip of Macedonia (a burly and unkempt Val Kilmer), the vulgarian who sired a well-mannered son.
Wrestling matches among young boys introduce Alexander's soulmate, Hephaistion. A lesson from Aristotle (Christopher Plummer) lets the learned man outline the route Alexander will take to conquer his empire and to teach him the virtues of manly love.
Dad offers tidbits of wisdom: "Women are more dangerous than men" and "A king must know he has to hurt those he loves." Mom fills him with malicious gossip about Dad. Alex and Hephaistion grasp one another in loving friendship. Then finally they are grown men in the persons of Farrell and Jared Leto. Stone outfits Farrell with Brad Pitt blond hair along with costumes and makeup that so feminize the warrior he becomes Alexander the Dandy. Meanwhile, Leto must lurk around every corner as if he were Alexander's shadow.
Now the film rushes forward in earnest, galloping from speeches or battle scene to more speeches. There is only one, very odd, lapse in chronology. Stone bypasses Philip's death and Alexander's seizure of the crown so that he may flash back to the sequence late in the film, where he evidently feels it will have greater impact. It doesn't.
In struggling to make sense of Alexander's years spent in Asia, when he should have been consolidating and governing his empire, Stone postulates that Alexander is running away from Mommy as much as he is searching for young boys. And Mommy, draped in snakes, dictates Dear Son letters from her palace bed chambers, offering advice he never heeds.
The love of Alexander Life's is Hephaistion, but he does dally with male dancers who dress as women. His puzzling marriage of Roxane (the dazzling Rosario Dawson), a dance girl encountered on the frontier (present-day Afghanistan), is seen as a ploy to unify the empire as much as it is to beget a male heir.
This includes one of the strangest wedding nights in movie history, where foreplay consists of a rape attempt by Alexander, mutual pummeling and a knife to Alexander's throat. Scenes such as this constantly go over the top yet never shed any revelatory light. Similarly, battles are spectacular, but a viewer gets lost in the carnage.
Then there is the dialogue. One can shrug off anachronistic British-isms such as "stiff old sod." But howlers predominate, the worst coming from Olympias after she has poisoned her son's mind, manipulated his life and quite possibly murdered his father. "What have I done to make you hate me so?" she laments.
Technically, this production has exciting battles, eye-catching sets and brilliant colorful costumes. But the elements fight each other for attention rather than coming together in a unified whole. Since the movie lacks a vision of what Alexander was really about as a man and a figure in history, it falls back all too frequently on movie spectacle.
ALEXANDER
Warner Bros. Pictures
Warner Bros. and Intermedia Films present
a Moritz Borman production
Credits:
Director: Oliver Stone
Screenwriters: Oliver Stone, Christopher Kyle, Laeta Kalogridis
Producers: Thomas Schuhly, Jon Kilik, Iain Smith, Moritz Borman
Executive producers: Paul Rassam, Matthias Deyle
Director of photography: Rodrigo Prieto
Production designer: Jan Roelfs
Music: Vangelis
Costumes: Jenny Beavan
Editors: Tom Nordberg, Yann Herve, Alex Marquez
Cast:
Alexander: Colin Farrell
Hephaistion: Jared Leto
Olympias: Angelina Jolie
Philip: Val Kilmer
Ptolemy: Anthony Hopkins
Roxane: Rosario Dawson
Aristotle: Christopher Plummer
Cleitus: Gary Stretch
MPAA rating: R
Running time -- 175 minutes...
- 12/10/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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