AMC’s streaming service Acorn TV has bought “The Truth,” a crime thriller series co-written by Daphna Levin (“Euphoria”) and Aurit Zamir (“Babysitter”). Sold by About Premium Content, the series was picked up by Acorn TV for the U.S., the U.K. and Australia/New Zealand.
“The Truth” is set in Tel Aviv and opens on the day of the final verdict for the most controversial murder case in Israel, 10 years after the incident which took place in a high school gym. That same day, a new murder happens in identical circumstances. Juvenile inspector Rachel Zohar, a student at the high school at the time of the first murder, must revisit her trauma to solve the case. On top of co-writing, Levin also directed it. Besides the original Israeli version of “Euphoria,” Levin’s credits also include “BeTipul” (“In Treatment”) and “Miguel.”
“The Truth” is produced by Kim Younes-Charbit...
“The Truth” is set in Tel Aviv and opens on the day of the final verdict for the most controversial murder case in Israel, 10 years after the incident which took place in a high school gym. That same day, a new murder happens in identical circumstances. Juvenile inspector Rachel Zohar, a student at the high school at the time of the first murder, must revisit her trauma to solve the case. On top of co-writing, Levin also directed it. Besides the original Israeli version of “Euphoria,” Levin’s credits also include “BeTipul” (“In Treatment”) and “Miguel.”
“The Truth” is produced by Kim Younes-Charbit...
- 3/22/2024
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Salaar Makers Delete All The Box Office Posts From Twitter Creating Controversy? Prabhas Fans… (Picture Credit: HombaleFilms/Youtube)
Whenever there are two big films clashing at the box office, the fan-bashing is bound to happen because that’s how human nature works. In the case of Shah Rukh Khan’s Dunki & Prabhas’ Salaar, that’s what has been happening since day 1.
It all started with the screen distribution controversy and is still going on with the claims of Salaar makers Hombale Films removing all the box office-related posts from their X (earlier Twitter) account.
Before jumping into the debate of whether this is true or not, you’ll have to understand how it all started. It all began when there were talks on social media about how the makers of Prashanth Neel‘s directorial weren’t clear about the breakdown of the numbers.
Trending Salaar Box Office Collection Day 4 (Hindi...
Whenever there are two big films clashing at the box office, the fan-bashing is bound to happen because that’s how human nature works. In the case of Shah Rukh Khan’s Dunki & Prabhas’ Salaar, that’s what has been happening since day 1.
It all started with the screen distribution controversy and is still going on with the claims of Salaar makers Hombale Films removing all the box office-related posts from their X (earlier Twitter) account.
Before jumping into the debate of whether this is true or not, you’ll have to understand how it all started. It all began when there were talks on social media about how the makers of Prashanth Neel‘s directorial weren’t clear about the breakdown of the numbers.
Trending Salaar Box Office Collection Day 4 (Hindi...
- 12/26/2023
- by Koimoi.com Team
- KoiMoi
Brigitte Bardot suffered breathing issues Wednesday related to the heat at her home in France, bringing first responders who administered oxygen and stayed to observe the 88-year-old film icon, husband Bernard d’Ormale told Page Six.
“It was around 9 a.m. when Brigitte had trouble breathing,” he told local outlet Var-matin.
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“[Her breathing] was stronger than usual but she did not lose consciousness. Let’s call it a moment of respiratory distraction,” he added. “Like all people of a certain age, she can no longer bear the heat. … It happens at 88 years old. She must not make useless efforts.”
Bardot shot to fame in the 50’s and 60’s as an actress, starring in movies like “…And God Created Woman” (1956), “La Vérité” (1960), “Love on a Pillow” (1962) and “Contempt” (1963).
She quit acting in 1973 before she turned 40. Her biography “Being Bardot,” by James Clarke,...
“It was around 9 a.m. when Brigitte had trouble breathing,” he told local outlet Var-matin.
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“[Her breathing] was stronger than usual but she did not lose consciousness. Let’s call it a moment of respiratory distraction,” he added. “Like all people of a certain age, she can no longer bear the heat. … It happens at 88 years old. She must not make useless efforts.”
Bardot shot to fame in the 50’s and 60’s as an actress, starring in movies like “…And God Created Woman” (1956), “La Vérité” (1960), “Love on a Pillow” (1962) and “Contempt” (1963).
She quit acting in 1973 before she turned 40. Her biography “Being Bardot,” by James Clarke,...
- 7/19/2023
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
Emergency services were called to Brigitte Bardot’s Saint Tropez home on Wednesday after the iconic French actress and animal rights activist suffered breathing difficulties, according to French media reports.
News of her malaise sent French media outlets into overdrive amid fears for the well-being of the 88-year-old actress.
Her husband Bernard d’Ormale was later reported to have told local newspaper Var Martin that his wife’s breathing was back under control and she was feeling better.
“It was around 9 o’clock when Brigitte had trouble breathing. It was stronger that usual but she didn’t lose consciousness… the fireman came and gave her oxygen and then stayed to monitor her,” he said.
He suggested high temperatures in Saint Tropez as Southern Europe suffers a prolonged heatwave had been a contributing factor.
“Like all people of a certain age, she can no longer stand the heat,” he said.
Bardot remains...
News of her malaise sent French media outlets into overdrive amid fears for the well-being of the 88-year-old actress.
Her husband Bernard d’Ormale was later reported to have told local newspaper Var Martin that his wife’s breathing was back under control and she was feeling better.
“It was around 9 o’clock when Brigitte had trouble breathing. It was stronger that usual but she didn’t lose consciousness… the fireman came and gave her oxygen and then stayed to monitor her,” he said.
He suggested high temperatures in Saint Tropez as Southern Europe suffers a prolonged heatwave had been a contributing factor.
“Like all people of a certain age, she can no longer stand the heat,” he said.
Bardot remains...
- 7/19/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
"Bardot" is the new 6-episode, live-action, France-produced drama TV series, created, directed by Danièle Thompson and Christopher Thompson, starring Julia de Nunez, airing in 2023 on France 2:
"...the series follows the career of French cinema actress Brigitte Bardot, from her first casting as a teenager...
"...to the filming of Henri-Georges Clouzot's feature "La Vérité"..."
Cast also includes Victor Belmondo as 'Roger Vadim', Jules Benchetrit as 'Sami Frey'...
...Géraldine Pailhas as 'Anne-Marie Mucel'...
...Hippolyte Girardot as 'Louis Bardot', Yvan Attal as 'Raoul Lévy'......
...... Anne Le Ny as 'Olga Horstig', Louis-Do de Lencquesaing as 'Henri-Georges Clouzot'...
...Laurent Stocker as 'Pierre Lazareff'...
...Oscar Lesage as 'Jacques Charrier', Noham Edje as 'Jean-Louis Trintignant'...
...Fabian Wolfrom as 'Sacha Distel' and Mikaël Mittelstadt as 'Gilbert Bécaud'.
Click the images to enlarge...
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"...the series follows the career of French cinema actress Brigitte Bardot, from her first casting as a teenager...
"...to the filming of Henri-Georges Clouzot's feature "La Vérité"..."
Cast also includes Victor Belmondo as 'Roger Vadim', Jules Benchetrit as 'Sami Frey'...
...Géraldine Pailhas as 'Anne-Marie Mucel'...
...Hippolyte Girardot as 'Louis Bardot', Yvan Attal as 'Raoul Lévy'......
...... Anne Le Ny as 'Olga Horstig', Louis-Do de Lencquesaing as 'Henri-Georges Clouzot'...
...Laurent Stocker as 'Pierre Lazareff'...
...Oscar Lesage as 'Jacques Charrier', Noham Edje as 'Jean-Louis Trintignant'...
...Fabian Wolfrom as 'Sacha Distel' and Mikaël Mittelstadt as 'Gilbert Bécaud'.
Click the images to enlarge...
</ifram...
- 7/16/2023
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Editor’s note: This review was originally published at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival. Well Go USA releases the film in theaters on Wednesday, November 22.
Scary as it sounds, “monster” can be such a strangely comforting word. Not only does classifying someone as inhuman absolve us from acknowledging the most difficult aspects of our shared humanity, it also reaffirms the smallness and simplicity of an infinitely complex universe that continues to expand no matter how much we might want to wrap our arms around it. “Monster” is a period at the end of a sentence; it’s the permission we give ourselves to demonize whatever we don’t understand.
And, for all of those reasons, it’s also a very unexpected title for a new feature by the great Hirokazu Kore-eda, whose achingly humanistic stories of families lost and found have never had any use for such a stiflingly judgmental term.
Scary as it sounds, “monster” can be such a strangely comforting word. Not only does classifying someone as inhuman absolve us from acknowledging the most difficult aspects of our shared humanity, it also reaffirms the smallness and simplicity of an infinitely complex universe that continues to expand no matter how much we might want to wrap our arms around it. “Monster” is a period at the end of a sentence; it’s the permission we give ourselves to demonize whatever we don’t understand.
And, for all of those reasons, it’s also a very unexpected title for a new feature by the great Hirokazu Kore-eda, whose achingly humanistic stories of families lost and found have never had any use for such a stiflingly judgmental term.
- 5/17/2023
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
"Bardot" is the new 6-episode, live-action, France-produced drama TV series, created, directed by Danièle Thompson and Christopher Thompson, starring Julia de Nunez, airing in 2023 on France 2:
"...the series follows the career of French cinema actress Brigitte Bardot, from her first casting as a teenager...
"...to the filming of Henri-Georges Clouzot's feature "La Vérité"..."
Cast also includes Victor Belmondo as 'Roger Vadim', Jules Benchetrit as 'Sami Frey'...
...Géraldine Pailhas as 'Anne-Marie Mucel'...
...Hippolyte Girardot as 'Louis Bardot', Yvan Attal as 'Raoul Lévy'......
...... Anne Le Ny as 'Olga Horstig', Louis-Do de Lencquesaing as 'Henri-Georges Clouzot'...
...Laurent Stocker as 'Pierre Lazareff'...
...Oscar Lesage as 'Jacques Charrier', Noham Edje as 'Jean-Louis Trintignant'...
...Fabian Wolfrom as 'Sacha Distel' and Mikaël Mittelstadt as 'Gilbert Bécaud'.
Click the images to enlarge...
"...the series follows the career of French cinema actress Brigitte Bardot, from her first casting as a teenager...
"...to the filming of Henri-Georges Clouzot's feature "La Vérité"..."
Cast also includes Victor Belmondo as 'Roger Vadim', Jules Benchetrit as 'Sami Frey'...
...Géraldine Pailhas as 'Anne-Marie Mucel'...
...Hippolyte Girardot as 'Louis Bardot', Yvan Attal as 'Raoul Lévy'......
...... Anne Le Ny as 'Olga Horstig', Louis-Do de Lencquesaing as 'Henri-Georges Clouzot'...
...Laurent Stocker as 'Pierre Lazareff'...
...Oscar Lesage as 'Jacques Charrier', Noham Edje as 'Jean-Louis Trintignant'...
...Fabian Wolfrom as 'Sacha Distel' and Mikaël Mittelstadt as 'Gilbert Bécaud'.
Click the images to enlarge...
- 5/8/2023
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda, coming off of his Palme d’Or winner Shoplifters, is back with The Truth aka La Vérité. The opening selection at this year’s Venice Film Festival, the meta family drama stars Juliette Binoche, Catherine Deneuve, and Ethan Hawke. Picked up by IFC Films for a U.S. release this spring, the first full-length trailer has now arrived.
C.J. Prince was mixed on the film at Tiff, saying in his review, “If we want to start with the problems of Hirokazu Kore-eda’s The Truth, we can look at the title. When it’s revealed at the beginning that the title comes from the name of a character’s autobiography, it’s a cheeky meta-reference that plays into the film’s own setting of the French film industry. But soon that gives way to revealing that the whole film wants to deal with the concept of truth,...
C.J. Prince was mixed on the film at Tiff, saying in his review, “If we want to start with the problems of Hirokazu Kore-eda’s The Truth, we can look at the title. When it’s revealed at the beginning that the title comes from the name of a character’s autobiography, it’s a cheeky meta-reference that plays into the film’s own setting of the French film industry. But soon that gives way to revealing that the whole film wants to deal with the concept of truth,...
- 12/20/2019
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
"I'm on the verge... of forgiving you." IFC Films has debuted the official Us trailer for the latest film from acclaimed / beloved Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda, who also won the Cannes Palme d'Or last year for Shoplifters. He premiered his latest film titled The Truth at the Venice Film Festival earlier this year, and it also played at the Toronto, Zurich, and Chicago Film Festivals. Made in France and also set in France, Kore-eda's The Truth is about a stormy reunion between a daughter and her actress mother, Catherine, against the backdrop of Catherine's latest role in a sci-fi picture as a mother who never grows old. Starring Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche, Ethan Hawke,Ludivine Sagnier, and Roger Van Hool. Worth a watch just for these legendary actors. Here's the official Us trailer (+ poster) for Hirokazu Koreeda's The Truth, direct from IFC's YouTube: You can still watch...
- 12/19/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Title: La Vérité (The Truth) Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche, Ethan Hawke, Clémentine Grenier, Manon Clavel, Alain Libolt, Christian Crahay, Roger Van Hool, Ludivine Sagnier, Laurent Capelluto, Jackie Berroyer. The Nippon director who won the Jury Prize at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival for Like Father, Like Son and the Palme d’Or […]
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- 8/30/2019
- by Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi
- ShockYa
Early in the morning, late in the summer, the first ferryboat docked outside the Casino Palace shortly before 8 am, ejecting a crowd of critics onto the Lido and out toward the first screening of the year. Capping off weeks of excitement for yet another auteur-studded lineup, as well as endless controversies over its chronic lack of female representation, the 76th Venice Film Festival kicked off on August 28. And the Lido—that long strip of land separating the Venice lagoon from the Adriatic—braced for the return of a platoon of cinephiles that will keep flocking to its shores until the feast’s end on September 7. Now at its eighth edition under the aegis of Artistic Director Alberto Barbera, the festival has long turned into a fertile ground for awards season hopefuls. To be sure, this is nothing new: the late summer/early fall slot makes Venice an ideal launchpad for Oscar contenders,...
- 8/29/2019
- MUBI
Greetings from the beautiful city of Italy! While New York Fashion Week may only be a couple of weeks away, many Hollywood stars and supermodels are heading to the 2019 Venice Film Festival for a few fabulous days of fashion, parties and new movies. One familiar face who is taking advantage of the sights and sounds of Italy is Sofia Richie. As seen on Instagram Stories, the model has been hanging out with Jasmine Sanders. And while the boat rides and afternoons in bikinis look pretty epic, there is work to be done. On Wednesday afternoon, the pair was spotted walking the red carpet ahead of the Opening Ceremony and the La Vérité (The Truth) screening. "Happiest girl in...
- 8/28/2019
- E! Online
"I'd prefer to have been a bad mother and a bad friend but a good actress," says Fabienne, the unapologetically narcissistic French screen legend portrayed with supreme aplomb and an ample dollop of self-irony by Catherine Deneuve in The Truth. That blunt declaration is typical of a sharp-edged, aloof woman who has always placed her work ahead of her personal relationships. The first film made by accomplished writer-director Hirokazu Kore-eda outside his native Japan is a thin but charming love letter to Deneuve, paired with a soulful Juliette Binoche as the screenwriter daughter whose childhood resentments are stirred ...
- 8/28/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Meryl Streep in Steven Soderberg's The Laundromat Photo: Courtesy of San Sebastian Film Festival San Sebastian Film Festival has announced an further 10 titles for its Pearls section. The additional films include the latest works by Casey Affleck, Robert Eggers, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Pablo Larraín, Céline Sciamma, Makoto Shinkai and Steven Soderbergh.
The festival has also announced that the section will close with Michael Angelo Covino's The Climb.
Hirokazu Kore-eda's The Truth (La Vérité), starring Catherine Deneuve and Juliette Binoche as a mother and daughter locked in a process of score-settlling, will arrive fresh from opening Venice Film Festival along with Soderbergh's Meryl Streep-starrer The Laundromat, which focuses on the Panama Papers and co-stars Gary Oldman and Antonio Banderas.
Also coming directly from the Venice competition, Chilean director Larraín returns to the festival with Ema about a couple faces the consequences of a failed adoption, and Ciro Guerra's Jm Coetzee adapatation Waiting For the Barbarians,...
The festival has also announced that the section will close with Michael Angelo Covino's The Climb.
Hirokazu Kore-eda's The Truth (La Vérité), starring Catherine Deneuve and Juliette Binoche as a mother and daughter locked in a process of score-settlling, will arrive fresh from opening Venice Film Festival along with Soderbergh's Meryl Streep-starrer The Laundromat, which focuses on the Panama Papers and co-stars Gary Oldman and Antonio Banderas.
Also coming directly from the Venice competition, Chilean director Larraín returns to the festival with Ema about a couple faces the consequences of a failed adoption, and Ciro Guerra's Jm Coetzee adapatation Waiting For the Barbarians,...
- 8/21/2019
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
"The house looks like a castle!" Gaga Films from Japan has unveiled the first official trailer for the new film from acclaimed / beloved Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda, who won the Palme d'Or last year for Shoplifters. He's already back again with The Truth, one the first films he has made that isn't set in Japan, starring an international cast. This is set to premiere as the opening night film at the Venice Film Festival kicking off later this month, then it will stop by the Toronto Film Festival next. Made in France and set in France, The Truth is about a stormy reunion between a daughter and her actress mother, Catherine, against the backdrop of Catherine's latest role in a sci-fi picture as a mother who never grows old. Starring Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche, Ethan Hawke,Ludivine Sagnier, and Roger Van Hool. This is one of those films with ...
- 8/19/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Palme d’Or-winning director Hirokazu Kore-eda’s hotly anticipated new film, “The Truth,” starring Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche and Ethan Hawke, will open the 76th edition of the Venice Film Festival.
“The Truth,” which marks the director’s first work set outside his native Japan, will screen on the Lido on Aug. 28 in competition. Kore-eda won the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 2018 with “Shoplifters.”
It’s the first time since 2012 that Venice artistic director Alberto Barbera has not chosen a Hollywood film as the festival’s opening film. The past three openers have been “First Man,” “Downsizing” and “La La Land.”
In “The Truth” (French title “La vérité”), Deneuve plays movie star Fabienne, who “reigns amongst men who love and admire her.” When she publishes her memoirs, her daughter Lumir (Juliette Binoche) returns from New York to Paris with her husband (Ethan Hawke) and their young child. “The reunion...
“The Truth,” which marks the director’s first work set outside his native Japan, will screen on the Lido on Aug. 28 in competition. Kore-eda won the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 2018 with “Shoplifters.”
It’s the first time since 2012 that Venice artistic director Alberto Barbera has not chosen a Hollywood film as the festival’s opening film. The past three openers have been “First Man,” “Downsizing” and “La La Land.”
In “The Truth” (French title “La vérité”), Deneuve plays movie star Fabienne, who “reigns amongst men who love and admire her.” When she publishes her memoirs, her daughter Lumir (Juliette Binoche) returns from New York to Paris with her husband (Ethan Hawke) and their young child. “The reunion...
- 7/18/2019
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
The Venice Film Festival has set Hirokazu Kore-eda’s The Truth (La Verite) as its opening night screening. This is the first film the Palme d’Or-winning Shoplifters director has made abroad and boasts a powerhouse cast led by Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche and Ethan Hawke.
The Truth will screen in competition and world premiere on August 28. The story centers on Fabienne (Deneuve), a star of French cinema who reigns amongst men who love and admire her. When she publishes her memoirs, her daughter Lumir (Binoche) returns from New York to Paris with her husband (Hawke) and young child. The reunion between mother and daughter will quickly turn to confrontation: truths will be told, accounts settled, loves and resentments confessed.
Festival Director Alberto Barbera says, “The encounter between the universe of Japan’s most important filmmaker today and two beloved actresses like Catherine Deneuve and Juliette Binoche, brought to life...
The Truth will screen in competition and world premiere on August 28. The story centers on Fabienne (Deneuve), a star of French cinema who reigns amongst men who love and admire her. When she publishes her memoirs, her daughter Lumir (Binoche) returns from New York to Paris with her husband (Hawke) and young child. The reunion between mother and daughter will quickly turn to confrontation: truths will be told, accounts settled, loves and resentments confessed.
Festival Director Alberto Barbera says, “The encounter between the universe of Japan’s most important filmmaker today and two beloved actresses like Catherine Deneuve and Juliette Binoche, brought to life...
- 7/18/2019
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Film stars Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche and Ethan Hawke.
Hirokazu Kore-eda’s upcoming French-language debut The Truth (La vérité) will open this year’s Venice International Film Festival (August 28-September 7).
The film, which will play in competition, stars Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche and Ethan Hawke.
The Truth will have its world premiere screening on Wednesday, August 28, in the Sala Grande of the Palazzo del Cinema at the Venice Lido.
Deneuve stars as Fabienne, a French cinema star. When she publishes her memoirs, her daughter (Binoche) returns from New York with her husband, played by Ethan Hawke, for the launch. The...
Hirokazu Kore-eda’s upcoming French-language debut The Truth (La vérité) will open this year’s Venice International Film Festival (August 28-September 7).
The film, which will play in competition, stars Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche and Ethan Hawke.
The Truth will have its world premiere screening on Wednesday, August 28, in the Sala Grande of the Palazzo del Cinema at the Venice Lido.
Deneuve stars as Fabienne, a French cinema star. When she publishes her memoirs, her daughter (Binoche) returns from New York with her husband, played by Ethan Hawke, for the launch. The...
- 7/18/2019
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
La Vérité (The Truth), directed by Japanese master Hirokazu Kore-eda (Shoplifters; Like Father, Like Son) will open the 76th edition of the Venice International Film Festival.
The new drama stars Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche and Ethan Hawke and will screen in competition at the upcoming event, which is set to run Aug. 28-Sept. 7. The fest is led by Alberto Barbera and organized by the Biennale di Venezia, chaired by Paolo Baratta.
“It is with great joy that I have learned that my new film, La Vérité, has been selected to open the official competition of the Venice ...
The new drama stars Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche and Ethan Hawke and will screen in competition at the upcoming event, which is set to run Aug. 28-Sept. 7. The fest is led by Alberto Barbera and organized by the Biennale di Venezia, chaired by Paolo Baratta.
“It is with great joy that I have learned that my new film, La Vérité, has been selected to open the official competition of the Venice ...
- 7/18/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
La Vérité (The Truth), directed by Japanese master Hirokazu Kore-eda (Shoplifters; The Like Father, Like Son) will open this year's Venice International Film Festival.
It stars Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche and Ethan Hawke and will screen in the competition of the 76th Venice festival, which runs Aug. 28-Sept. 7. The fest is led by Alberto Barbera and organized by the Biennale di Venezia, chaired by Paolo Baratta.
“It is with great joy that I have learned that my new film, La Vérité, has been selected to open the official competition of the Venice Film Festival," said ...
It stars Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche and Ethan Hawke and will screen in the competition of the 76th Venice festival, which runs Aug. 28-Sept. 7. The fest is led by Alberto Barbera and organized by the Biennale di Venezia, chaired by Paolo Baratta.
“It is with great joy that I have learned that my new film, La Vérité, has been selected to open the official competition of the Venice Film Festival," said ...
- 7/18/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Stars: Brigitte Bardot, Sami Frey, Paul Meaurisse, Charles Vanel, Marie-José Nat | Written by Henri-Georges Clouzot, Véra Clouzot, Simone Drieu, Jérôme Géronimi, Michèle Perrein, Christiane Rochefort | Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot
A mighty success at the time, Henri-Georges Clouzot’s 1960 thriller La Vérité was the film to make a serious actor of Brigitte Bardot. A big part of the hype may have been Bardot’s fling with co-star Sami Frey, which led to her attempted suicide just before the film’s release. Clouzot’s heart attack during filming, and the death of his wife not long after, only adds to the film’s grisly impact.
It’s 1959, and a court in Paris convenes to decide the fate of Dominique Marceau (Bardot). She admits to shooting her lover, Gilbert (Frey); but her defence, led by the wearied Guérin (Charles Vanel), are arguing that she was driven to madness by her victim. They’re up against a fearsome prosecutor,...
A mighty success at the time, Henri-Georges Clouzot’s 1960 thriller La Vérité was the film to make a serious actor of Brigitte Bardot. A big part of the hype may have been Bardot’s fling with co-star Sami Frey, which led to her attempted suicide just before the film’s release. Clouzot’s heart attack during filming, and the death of his wife not long after, only adds to the film’s grisly impact.
It’s 1959, and a court in Paris convenes to decide the fate of Dominique Marceau (Bardot). She admits to shooting her lover, Gilbert (Frey); but her defence, led by the wearied Guérin (Charles Vanel), are arguing that she was driven to madness by her victim. They’re up against a fearsome prosecutor,...
- 3/18/2019
- by Rupert Harvey
- Nerdly
Brigitte Bardot proved her mettle as a dramatic actress in H.G. Clouzot’s strikingly pro-feminist courtroom epic, that puts the modern age of ‘immoral’ permissiveness on trial. Is Bardot’s selfish, sensation-seeking young lover an oppressed victim? Clouzot makes her the author of her own problems yet doesn’t let her patriarchal inquisitors off the hook.
La vérité
Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection 960
1960 / B&W / 1:66 widescreen / 128 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date February 12, 2019 / 39.95
Starring: Brigitte Bardot, Paul Meurisse, Charles Vanel, Sami Frey, Marie-JoséNat, Jean-Loup Reynold, André Oumansky, Claude Berri, Jacques Perrin, Jacques Marin. Fernand Ledoux.
Cinematography: Armand Thirard
Film Editor: Albert Jurgenson
Written by Henri-Georges Clouzot, Simone Drieu, Michèle Perrein, Jérôme Géronimi, Christiane Rochefort, Véra Clouzot
Produced by Raoul Lévy
Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot
H.G. Clouzot mesmerized audiences with the political outrage of The Wages of Fear and the riveting horror-suspense of Diabolique, but his intellectual,...
La vérité
Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection 960
1960 / B&W / 1:66 widescreen / 128 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date February 12, 2019 / 39.95
Starring: Brigitte Bardot, Paul Meurisse, Charles Vanel, Sami Frey, Marie-JoséNat, Jean-Loup Reynold, André Oumansky, Claude Berri, Jacques Perrin, Jacques Marin. Fernand Ledoux.
Cinematography: Armand Thirard
Film Editor: Albert Jurgenson
Written by Henri-Georges Clouzot, Simone Drieu, Michèle Perrein, Jérôme Géronimi, Christiane Rochefort, Véra Clouzot
Produced by Raoul Lévy
Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot
H.G. Clouzot mesmerized audiences with the political outrage of The Wages of Fear and the riveting horror-suspense of Diabolique, but his intellectual,...
- 2/12/2019
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Coming off his Palme d’Or win for Shoplifters (our review), Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda is embarking on his French-language debut, featuring two of France’s greatest stars. Earlier this year it was confirmed that Juliette Binoche and Catherine Deneuve would be leading his new feature, and now another actor has joined the project, which is now titled La Verite (aka The Truth).
Ethan Hawke, currently in the midst of a stellar year with First Reformed and Blaze, will join the film, also starring Ludivine Sagnier. A meta story involving a star of French cinema (Deneuve) and the relationship with her daughter, played by Binoche, Hawke will play the role of Binoche’s husband. Shot by cinematographer Eric Gautier, who most recently worked on Jia Zhangke’s stellar Cannes premiere Ash Is Purest White, production begins this October and November in France.
Producer Vincent Maraval told Screen Daily, “It’s...
Ethan Hawke, currently in the midst of a stellar year with First Reformed and Blaze, will join the film, also starring Ludivine Sagnier. A meta story involving a star of French cinema (Deneuve) and the relationship with her daughter, played by Binoche, Hawke will play the role of Binoche’s husband. Shot by cinematographer Eric Gautier, who most recently worked on Jia Zhangke’s stellar Cannes premiere Ash Is Purest White, production begins this October and November in France.
Producer Vincent Maraval told Screen Daily, “It’s...
- 7/16/2018
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Ethan Hawke, Juliette Binoche and Catherine Deneuve will star in Palme d'Or-winner Hirokazu Kore-eda's next film, to be shot in France.
Kore-eda, who won the top prize at this year's Cannes film festival for Shoplifters (Manbiki Kazoku), is currently in France preparing for La Verite (The Truth), which is due to start shooting in October.
The film will tell the story of a French actress (Deneuve) and her daughter (Binoche), a screenwriter, and son-in-law (Hawke) moving back from the United States. As with many of his films, the script will be written by Kore-eda. It is based on ...
Kore-eda, who won the top prize at this year's Cannes film festival for Shoplifters (Manbiki Kazoku), is currently in France preparing for La Verite (The Truth), which is due to start shooting in October.
The film will tell the story of a French actress (Deneuve) and her daughter (Binoche), a screenwriter, and son-in-law (Hawke) moving back from the United States. As with many of his films, the script will be written by Kore-eda. It is based on ...
- 7/16/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Ethan Hawke, Juliette Binoche and Catherine Deneuve will star in Palme d'Or-winner Hirokazu Kore-eda's next film, to be shot in France.
Kore-eda, who won the top prize at this year's Cannes film festival for Shoplifters (Manbiki Kazoku), is currently in France preparing for La Verite (The Truth), which is due to start shooting in October.
The film will tell the story of a French actress (Deneuve) and her daughter (Binoche), a screenwriter, and son-in-law (Hawke) moving back from the United States. As with many of his films, the script will be written by Kore-eda. It is based on ...
Kore-eda, who won the top prize at this year's Cannes film festival for Shoplifters (Manbiki Kazoku), is currently in France preparing for La Verite (The Truth), which is due to start shooting in October.
The film will tell the story of a French actress (Deneuve) and her daughter (Binoche), a screenwriter, and son-in-law (Hawke) moving back from the United States. As with many of his films, the script will be written by Kore-eda. It is based on ...
- 7/16/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Cm Punk should Never fight again ... according to Mike Jackson, who says if not for the mercy he showed, Punk could've been badly hurt Saturday night. TMZ Sports talked to Jackson about his Ufc 225 fight against Punk ... and, while Mj says Punk is a tough Mf'er ... he also says real-life fighting ain't for him. Fyi -- Cm went the distance in the fight ... but was thoroughly dominated. "It's not even a knock on the man and his skills.
- 6/11/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Production of MTV’s show Catfish has been suspended due to sexual harassment allegations against the show’s host Nev Schulman. Last week, Ayissha Morgan, a former participant of the show made a YouTube video claiming she was harassed. Morgan posted two videos titled” The Truth about the show” stating, “Jack,” the pseudonym she gave the show’s […]
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- 5/18/2018
- by ElizabethRamanand
- Uinterview
The blackest of black comedies confronts us with an urban worst case scenario — Jules Feiffer’s ‘social horror’ movie is like a sitcom in Hell, with citizens numbed and trembling over the unending meaningless violence. What was nasty satire in 1971 now plays like the 6 o’clock news. Too radical for its time, Feiffer and director Alan Arkin’s picture is more painfully funny, and frightening, than ever.
Little Murders
Region B Blu-ray
Powerhouse Indicator (UK)
1971 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 110 min. / Street Date April 30, 2017 / Available from Amazon UK £22.99
Starring: Elliott Gould, Marcia Rodd, Vincent Gardenia, Elizabeth Wilson, Jon Korkes, John Randolph, Doris Roberts, Lou Jacobi, Donald Sutherland, Alan Arkin, Martin Kove.
Cinematography: Gordon Willis
Film Editor: Howard Kuperman
Production Design: Gene Rudolf
Original Music: Fred Kaz
Written by Jules Feiffer from his play
Produced by Jack Brodsky (and Elliott Gould)
Directed by Alan Arkin
Little Murders was one of the first new...
Little Murders
Region B Blu-ray
Powerhouse Indicator (UK)
1971 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 110 min. / Street Date April 30, 2017 / Available from Amazon UK £22.99
Starring: Elliott Gould, Marcia Rodd, Vincent Gardenia, Elizabeth Wilson, Jon Korkes, John Randolph, Doris Roberts, Lou Jacobi, Donald Sutherland, Alan Arkin, Martin Kove.
Cinematography: Gordon Willis
Film Editor: Howard Kuperman
Production Design: Gene Rudolf
Original Music: Fred Kaz
Written by Jules Feiffer from his play
Produced by Jack Brodsky (and Elliott Gould)
Directed by Alan Arkin
Little Murders was one of the first new...
- 4/24/2018
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Cannes — Michelle Dockery, who found fame around the globe as “Downton Abbey’s” Lady Mary Crawley, was honored with the first Variety Icon Award for Canneseries at Saturday’s official opening ceremony for the inaugural Cannes TV fest.
Described by Variety’s Stewart Clarke as “an actor at the top of their game during this golden age of scripted television,” Dockery, striking in a one-strap full-length red evening gown, told a packed Palais des Festivals crowd that in the last decade, “pretty well as long as I’ve been doing TV,” television had “transformed enormously.” “I feel extremely fortunate to be part of the international surge in its landscape,” she added.
She had another, more personal, reason for being happy for the Variety Icon Award.
As a teenager Dockery was “obsessed” with television, she confessed on stage in her acceptance speech: “I would sit with my mum and dad, we would watch ‘Prime Suspect,...
Described by Variety’s Stewart Clarke as “an actor at the top of their game during this golden age of scripted television,” Dockery, striking in a one-strap full-length red evening gown, told a packed Palais des Festivals crowd that in the last decade, “pretty well as long as I’ve been doing TV,” television had “transformed enormously.” “I feel extremely fortunate to be part of the international surge in its landscape,” she added.
She had another, more personal, reason for being happy for the Variety Icon Award.
As a teenager Dockery was “obsessed” with television, she confessed on stage in her acceptance speech: “I would sit with my mum and dad, we would watch ‘Prime Suspect,...
- 4/8/2018
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Cannes — Jean-Jacques Annaud’s “The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair,” the Patrick Dempsey drama which will be showcased via a sneak peek of select scenes tonight at Canneseries, was inspired in part by advice given to a young Annaud by Alfred Hitchcock.
The French director’s first feature, the Africa-set “Black and White in Color,” won him a foreign-language Oscar, and bought him a ticket to Hollywood. Once there, he was asked if he’d like to meet Hitchcock at his chalet on the Warner Bros. lot.
“Most of all, don’t do like me; the same thing all the time. That’s very boring,” Hitchcock told him. “Crime stories bore me out of my brains.”
At a Canneseries masterclass on Friday, which was rich is such anecdote, Annaud reviewed a career which includes some of the great movies of the post Nouvelle Vague, led by “Quest for Fire...
The French director’s first feature, the Africa-set “Black and White in Color,” won him a foreign-language Oscar, and bought him a ticket to Hollywood. Once there, he was asked if he’d like to meet Hitchcock at his chalet on the Warner Bros. lot.
“Most of all, don’t do like me; the same thing all the time. That’s very boring,” Hitchcock told him. “Crime stories bore me out of my brains.”
At a Canneseries masterclass on Friday, which was rich is such anecdote, Annaud reviewed a career which includes some of the great movies of the post Nouvelle Vague, led by “Quest for Fire...
- 4/7/2018
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Of all the times that, as an “X-Files” fan, I’ve had to say goodbye to the show, the first time was probably the best.
When Fox officially canceled the show in 2002, creator Chris Carter crafted a finale that played as a pretty solid series finale, given the show’s legacy. Two-parter “The Truth” brought back David Duchovny (after his season-long absence), attempted to explain the show’s entire mythology through a courtroom trial format, brought back long-deceased guest stars in the form of visions, and let Mulder and Scully make out at least once. Plus, it ended with a scene that served as a beautiful callback to the very first episode of the series: Mulder and Scully talking quietly together about the past and the future in a motel room.
In the pilot, that conversation was all about how Mulder’s quest had driven him into a life of loneliness and isolation,...
When Fox officially canceled the show in 2002, creator Chris Carter crafted a finale that played as a pretty solid series finale, given the show’s legacy. Two-parter “The Truth” brought back David Duchovny (after his season-long absence), attempted to explain the show’s entire mythology through a courtroom trial format, brought back long-deceased guest stars in the form of visions, and let Mulder and Scully make out at least once. Plus, it ended with a scene that served as a beautiful callback to the very first episode of the series: Mulder and Scully talking quietly together about the past and the future in a motel room.
In the pilot, that conversation was all about how Mulder’s quest had driven him into a life of loneliness and isolation,...
- 3/26/2018
- by Liz Shannon Miller
- Indiewire
The Performer | Janet McTeer
The Show | Marvel’s Jessica Jones
The Episode | “Aka I Want Your Cray Cray” (March 8, 2018)
The Performance | For all intents and purposes, Alisa Jones is a villain. She’s not quite as sinister as Season 1 baddie Kilgrave, nor does she want to have the super-strength and short temper that drive her to do bad things. But when all is said and done, she is capable of killing people, and has done so in some awfully gruesome ways.
It’s a testament to McTeer’s performance, then, that we somehow end up rooting for Alisa. Episode 7 in...
The Show | Marvel’s Jessica Jones
The Episode | “Aka I Want Your Cray Cray” (March 8, 2018)
The Performance | For all intents and purposes, Alisa Jones is a villain. She’s not quite as sinister as Season 1 baddie Kilgrave, nor does she want to have the super-strength and short temper that drive her to do bad things. But when all is said and done, she is capable of killing people, and has done so in some awfully gruesome ways.
It’s a testament to McTeer’s performance, then, that we somehow end up rooting for Alisa. Episode 7 in...
- 3/17/2018
- TVLine.com
X-Files Recap is a weekly column by Keith Uhlich covering Chris Carter's 10-episode continuation of the X-Files television series.The past never leaves us. It flickers in our subconscious—hazy, nagging memories—until something (a sight, a smell, some other trigger) stokes it. All of an instant, where we are becomes where we were, a cognitive dissonance that FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) surely perceive at the beginning of “Kitten” (the sixth episode of The X-Files’ eleventh season, written by Gabe Rotter and directed by Carol Banker) when they walk into the office of Deputy Director Alvin Kersh (James Pickens, Jr.). “I’m gonna ask you once and only once,” he says in his stock surly tone. “Where is he?” We’ll get to who “he” is in a moment. First it behooves us to consider if the Kersh Mulder and Scully...
- 2/20/2018
- MUBI
Daniel Kurland Feb 8, 2018
The X-Files focuses on Walter Skinner's past in an episode that does great work for both his character and the show.
This review contains spoilers.
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11.6 Kitten
“Have you ever wondered why, after thirty-five years in the Bureau, Walter Skinner isn’t sitting on this side of the desk?”
During the height of The X-Files’ popularity, a number of spin-off ideas were put into consideration. When the series began to wind down, a new vehicle that focused on fan-favourite characters the Lone Gunmen went into—and then quickly out of—production. The Lone Gunmen have a tonne of quirky appeal, but there’s a fundamental character from The X-Files that has been in the picture for as long as Mulder and Scully have, yet he continually gets short shrift.
The X-Files focuses on Walter Skinner's past in an episode that does great work for both his character and the show.
This review contains spoilers.
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11.6 Kitten
“Have you ever wondered why, after thirty-five years in the Bureau, Walter Skinner isn’t sitting on this side of the desk?”
During the height of The X-Files’ popularity, a number of spin-off ideas were put into consideration. When the series began to wind down, a new vehicle that focused on fan-favourite characters the Lone Gunmen went into—and then quickly out of—production. The Lone Gunmen have a tonne of quirky appeal, but there’s a fundamental character from The X-Files that has been in the picture for as long as Mulder and Scully have, yet he continually gets short shrift.
- 2/8/2018
- Den of Geek
Chris Longo Jan 4, 2018
Did The X-Files satisfy the big cliffhanger? Find out in our spoiler-filled season 11 opener review...
This review contains spoilers.
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11.1 My Struggle III
It was all a dream! Well, it’s more complicated than that. Actually, it’s all rather confusing and I had to watch The X-Files Season 11 premiere, My Struggle III, 2.5 times to feel confident that I had the plot straight and how it relates back to the long, winding history of the show’s myth arc. I’m still undecided if the premiere clears up the outstanding issues created by season 10, or even makes some of them worse, but a few overarching elements of series creator Chris Carter’s narrative (the complete four-part arc titled My Struggle) did set up some semblance of a compelling intro to the season.
On my initial viewing, much...
Did The X-Files satisfy the big cliffhanger? Find out in our spoiler-filled season 11 opener review...
This review contains spoilers.
See related Fargo season 3 episode 1 review: The Law Of Vacant Places
11.1 My Struggle III
It was all a dream! Well, it’s more complicated than that. Actually, it’s all rather confusing and I had to watch The X-Files Season 11 premiere, My Struggle III, 2.5 times to feel confident that I had the plot straight and how it relates back to the long, winding history of the show’s myth arc. I’m still undecided if the premiere clears up the outstanding issues created by season 10, or even makes some of them worse, but a few overarching elements of series creator Chris Carter’s narrative (the complete four-part arc titled My Struggle) did set up some semblance of a compelling intro to the season.
On my initial viewing, much...
- 1/4/2018
- Den of Geek
When it comes to batting averages, I think we can all agree that Blumhouse is rocking a pretty damn impressive one. In general, their movies are incredibly entertaining and well made, although the number of scares is debatable. With their latest film, Truth or Dare, it looks like they’re going to have another hit on their […]
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- 1/3/2018
- by Jonathan Barkan
- DreadCentral.com
Patrick Dempsey, Ben Schnetzer, Damon Wayans Jr, and Virginia Madsen star in 10-part series based on Joël Dicker’s novel.
MGM Television, Eagle Pictures and Barbary Films have begun production in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on a 10-part TV series event for Epix network based on the bestselling European novel by Joël Dicker, The Truth About The Harry Quebert Affair.
The series is produced by MGM Television and Eagle Pictures with MGM serving as the lead studio.
The Truth About The Harry Quebert Affair takes place in coastal Maine and centres on Marcus Goldman, who is visiting Harry Quebert’s home to find a cure for his writer’s block as his publisher’s deadline looms. Marcus’ plans are suddenly upended when Harry is implicated in the cold-case murder of Nola Kellergan, a 15-year-old girl who has been missing for many years.
Jean-Jacques Annaud, director of Black And White In Color, will make his...
MGM Television, Eagle Pictures and Barbary Films have begun production in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on a 10-part TV series event for Epix network based on the bestselling European novel by Joël Dicker, The Truth About The Harry Quebert Affair.
The series is produced by MGM Television and Eagle Pictures with MGM serving as the lead studio.
The Truth About The Harry Quebert Affair takes place in coastal Maine and centres on Marcus Goldman, who is visiting Harry Quebert’s home to find a cure for his writer’s block as his publisher’s deadline looms. Marcus’ plans are suddenly upended when Harry is implicated in the cold-case murder of Nola Kellergan, a 15-year-old girl who has been missing for many years.
Jean-Jacques Annaud, director of Black And White In Color, will make his...
- 8/15/2017
- ScreenDaily
Odd List Aliya Whiteley Feb 19, 2013
Covering 85 years of cinema, Aliya provides her pick of 25 stylish, must-see French movies...
I’m going to kick this off in best New-Wave style by pointing out that we should be praising each great director’s body of work rather than showcasing favourite movies in a list format; after all, France came up with the concept of the auteur filmmaker, stamping their personality on a film, using the camera to portray their version of the world.
Yeah, well, personality is everything. So here’s a highly personal choice, arranged in chronological order, of 25 of the most individualistic French films. They may be long or short, old or new, but they all have one thing in common – they’ve got directorial style. And by that I don’t mean their shoes match their handbags.
The Passion Of Joan Of Arc (1928)
There are no stirring battle scenes,...
Covering 85 years of cinema, Aliya provides her pick of 25 stylish, must-see French movies...
I’m going to kick this off in best New-Wave style by pointing out that we should be praising each great director’s body of work rather than showcasing favourite movies in a list format; after all, France came up with the concept of the auteur filmmaker, stamping their personality on a film, using the camera to portray their version of the world.
Yeah, well, personality is everything. So here’s a highly personal choice, arranged in chronological order, of 25 of the most individualistic French films. They may be long or short, old or new, but they all have one thing in common – they’ve got directorial style. And by that I don’t mean their shoes match their handbags.
The Passion Of Joan Of Arc (1928)
There are no stirring battle scenes,...
- 2/18/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
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Brigitte Bardot in The Truth (1960, dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot)
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Check out this incredible Drive poster by Mike Horowitz
Here is the first poster for Sound Of My Voice
Brigitte Bardot in The Truth (1960, dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot)
Taxi Driver poster by bcapazo
This might be the best poster I’ve seen for #Inception by ShakingHandsMedia
Another great poster for Shame by Thomas Hoffman...
- 2/24/2012
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Clouzot and Romy Schneider on the set of L'Enfer
"Watching a film by the French master Henri-Georges Clouzot, you often feel as if the walls were closing in on you — even when there are no walls," writes Terrence Rafferty in the New York Times. "The Wages of Fear (1953), the movie that opens the Museum of Modern Art's Clouzot retrospective [today], takes place almost entirely out of doors, yet it's as claustrophobic as a stretch in solitary confinement…. It is perhaps fortunate, for the sanity of his viewers, that he managed to complete only 11 features between 1942, when his deceptively light-hearted L'Assassin Habite au 21 (The Murderer Lives at No. 21) was released, and 1968, when his last movie, La Prisonnière, came out.... All 11 will be screened before the series ends on Dec 24, along with odds and ends like a couple of early-40s pictures for which he supplied screenplays and a 2010 documentary, Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno,...
"Watching a film by the French master Henri-Georges Clouzot, you often feel as if the walls were closing in on you — even when there are no walls," writes Terrence Rafferty in the New York Times. "The Wages of Fear (1953), the movie that opens the Museum of Modern Art's Clouzot retrospective [today], takes place almost entirely out of doors, yet it's as claustrophobic as a stretch in solitary confinement…. It is perhaps fortunate, for the sanity of his viewers, that he managed to complete only 11 features between 1942, when his deceptively light-hearted L'Assassin Habite au 21 (The Murderer Lives at No. 21) was released, and 1968, when his last movie, La Prisonnière, came out.... All 11 will be screened before the series ends on Dec 24, along with odds and ends like a couple of early-40s pictures for which he supplied screenplays and a 2010 documentary, Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno,...
- 12/10/2011
- MUBI
Filmmakers -- especially French ones, and especially those working before the 50s -- are often overly romanticized amongst cinephiles. We love a great film, but we really love the underlying legends and myths of the artist and the creative process, struggling and screaming and clawing to get each film made, centralized on a whirligig of backstabbing, betrayal, and romance. Failed projects, lusty affairs, bouts with depression, creative absences, controversial ideologies, and tragic deaths: it's the stuff that makes the singular genius of the director all the more untouchable; all the more storied. Enter, then, Henri-Georges Clouzot, the 'French Hitchcock' - perhaps the most improbable canonized auteur of them all. The Tiff Bell Lightbox in Toronto won't be spotlighting him with an 'art' exhibition ala Fellini's photo show last summer, but they will be giving his modestly sized filmography a run-through from mid-October to November 29. Unpretentiously titled The Wages of Fear...
- 10/20/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
Chicago – What truly defines a master of suspense? Is it the skill of keeping an audience’s attention rapt with slick pacing, elaborately designed set-pieces, and a whopper of a twist ending? Or is it simply the ability to viscerally convey the psychological trap of a character until the audience feels confined within it, and every onscreen gasp, scream and shiver becomes the viewer’s own?
Henri-Georges Clouzot is one of the few filmmakers in cinema history who not only warrants comparison to the legendary Master of Suspense himself, Alfred Hitchcock, but deserves to be considered his equal (both men were greatly fond of storyboards). Though he only made a quarter as many pictures during his career, which spanned nearly four decades, he made some of the most influential and spellbinding thrillers ever made, including two renowned masterpieces, 1953’s “The Wages of Fear” and 1955’s “Diabolique.” The latter film certainly...
Henri-Georges Clouzot is one of the few filmmakers in cinema history who not only warrants comparison to the legendary Master of Suspense himself, Alfred Hitchcock, but deserves to be considered his equal (both men were greatly fond of storyboards). Though he only made a quarter as many pictures during his career, which spanned nearly four decades, he made some of the most influential and spellbinding thrillers ever made, including two renowned masterpieces, 1953’s “The Wages of Fear” and 1955’s “Diabolique.” The latter film certainly...
- 9/14/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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