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Ken Loach wins lifetime achievement honour at European film awards

13 December 2009 3:13 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

Leading light of social-realist British cinema receives accolade from Eric Cantona who hails 'genius' director

Grit, not glamour, proved the order of the day at the 22nd annual European film awards, which took place inside a former power station in Germany's industrial heartland, and handed a lifetime achievement award to the director Ken Loach.

The leading light of social-realist British cinema seemed to relish his trip to the Ruhr region, a landscape dominated by smokestacks and coal-mines. "It reminds me that we used to have an industrial heartland in my country too," he enthused. "Until Margaret Thatcher stuck a dagger through it."

Loach, 73, was honoured for a body of work that includes Kes, Riff-Raff, Land and Freedom and The Wind That Shakes the Barley. He received the award from Eric Cantona, the star of his latest film, Looking For Eric. The former footballer hailed Loach as "a genius" and added: »

- Xan Brooks

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‘The White Ribbon’ tops European Film Awards, when will it arrive in the U.S.?

13 December 2009 1:11 PM, PST | ReelLoop.com | See recent Reel Loop news »

The 22nd Annual European Film Awards wrapped up Saturday night in the German town of Bochum with Michael Haneke’s creepy film The White Ribbon, coming away as the night’s biggest winner.

The White Ribbon was also the winner of this year’s Palme d’Or, the biggest prize given at the Cannes Film Festival.

The haunting tale of a small German town on the eve of World War I also gave Haneke a best director win. Along with its win as best picture, The White Ribbon also won for best screenwriter and will be the German entry at this year’s Academy Awards.

According to Variety, Sony Pictures Classics will release The White Ribbon on Christmas Day in the United States.

Tahar Rahim from A Prophet, the French entry, won European Actor 2009. The film also won for best sound.

Kate Winslet won best actress for The Reader, a »

- Reel Loop News Staff

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Cinema Epoch Had 'Hidden Love' for Huppert-Laurent Drama

12 December 2009 6:25 PM, PST | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »

The trades report that the Alessandro Capone directed drama which received its world premiere at Tiff all the way back in 07' has been picked up and will be set with a January release date next year. The pic would be released around the same time that Melanie Laurent in Q.T's Basterds receives its home vid release. - Cinema Epoch proves that it's never too late to show some love for some lost festival films - the trades report that the Alessandro Capone directed drama which received its world premiere at Tiff all the way back in 07' has been picked up and will be set with a January release date next year. The pic would be released around the same time that Melanie Laurent in Q.T's Basterds receives its home vid release. By the looks of the trailer below, L’Amour Cache (Hidden Love) look like »

- Ioncinema.com Staff

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Lorber Finds a 'Home' for Switzerland’s Foreign Oscar Entry

12 December 2009 6:25 PM, PST | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »

I ultimately thought that helmer Ursula Meier didn't know how to work beyond a paper-thin narrative and relied way too much on metaphor and symbolism. - The premise of a family in exile in their own home awkwardly located next to a highway was enough to get me to the far end of the Croisette (Cannes' Semaine de la Critique screenings are held at the inconveniently located Miramar space), but once settled in, I ultimately thought that helmer Ursula Meier didn't know how to work beyond a paper-thin narrative and relied way too much on metaphor and symbolism. Starring Isabelle Huppert, Home has found a home in the U.S. with Lorber Films, a timely pick up since it is among the many films vying for the Foreign Oscar nomination. The pic receives a theatrical release late next month. Amid a peaceful, deserted countryside, extends as far as the eye can see, »

- Ioncinema.com Staff

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3rd Time a Charm for Haneke and Huppert

12 December 2009 6:25 PM, PST | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »

Michael Haneke is returning to the "aging" project he had begun scripting before The White Ribbon. French sources say that he'll be re-teaming with Isabelle Huppert and has set Jean-Louis Trintignant in the lead role of a man dealing with the notion of a deteriorating, aging body but a youthful mind. - Michael Haneke is returning to the "aging" project he had begun scripting before The White Ribbon. French sources say that he'll be re-teaming with Isabelle Huppert and has set Jean-Louis Trintignant in the lead role of a man dealing with the notion of a deteriorating, aging body but a youthful mind. The untitled project is said to contain a strong musical element and will be produced by Haneke's long-time producer Veit Heiduschka. Filming is set for next year. Trintignant is best known for Z (1969), My Night at Maud's (1969), The Conformist (1970) and one of his last »

- Ioncinema.com Staff

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Huppert and Lanners Play 'Cock and Bull' for Jeanne Labrune

12 December 2009 6:25 PM, PST | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »

Isabelle Huppert is teaming with the nutty Bouli Lanners (I last caught him in the little seen, bizarro comedy Louise-Michel) for an odd pairing between a prostitute and a shrink. Sans Queue Ni Tete (Cock and Bull) is being directed by Jeanne Labrune... - Isabelle Huppert is teaming with the nutty Bouli Lanners (I last caught him in the little seen, bizarro comedy Louise-Michel) for an odd pairing between a prostitute and a shrink. Sans Queue Ni Tete (Cock and Bull) is being directed by Jeanne Labrune with lensing beginning on Monday and roaming around into Belgium, Luxembourg and Paris. The cast replaces Michèle Laroque, François Berléand and Jean-Pierre Darroussin were originally on board. Co-written by Labrune and Richard Debuisne, this centres on Alice (Huppert), an independent prostitute who is tired of her job and plans to undergo psychoanalysis to find the strength to change her life. »

- Ioncinema.com Staff

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Michael Haneke Dominates The European Film Awards.

12 December 2009 1:29 PM, PST | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »

The hardware for the 2009 European Film Awards has been handed out and Michael Haneke is the clear winner, with his latest - The White Ribbon - taking film, director and screenwriter nods.  Here's the complete list of winners:

The 22nd European Film Awards

The Winners

European Film 2009

Das Weisse Band (The White Ribbon), Germany/Austria/France/Italy

written and directed by Michael Haneke

produced by Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka, Michael Katz, Margaret Menegoz

& Andrea Occhipinti

European Director 2009

Michael Haneke for Das Weisse Band (The White Ribbon)

European Actor 2009

Tahar Rahim in Un ProphEte (A Prophet)

European Actress 2009

Kate Winslet in The Reader (Der Vorleser)

European Screenwriter 2009

Michael Haneke for Das Weisse Band (The White Ribbon)

Carlo Di Palma European Cinematographer Award 2009

Anthony Dod Mantle for Antichrist & Slumdog Millionaire

European Film Academy Prix D'Excellence 2009

Brigitte Taillandier, Francis Wargnier, Jean-Paul Hurier & Marc Doisne for

the Sound Design, Un ProphEte (A Prophet »

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Micheal Haneke: Masterclasses in Fear

3 December 2009 10:03 AM, PST | t5m.com | See recent t5m.com news »

The first time I saw a Micheal Haneke film I was fourteen. Late at night I stumbled across a story, whose title I had missed, about a somewhat reclusive young boy obsessed with violent images, including his own home made video of a pig being killed on a relatives’ farm. A deconstruction of the media, it's violent draw and the moral reactions of those who rely on it's power unfolds as Benny plots and kills a friend on camera. The coldness of the picture unsettled me and I would remember it's images for years to come, never able to find the film again, or its name. I wouldn't see Benny's Video again until 12 years later, though, when I did, it's power had not diminished. I had remembered the murder and it's lead up, the more obviously off putting aspects of the film, but perhaps the most horrifying part was forgotten about. »

- Neil Innes

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Decade in Review: 2002 Top Ten

2 December 2009 7:58 PM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

As with 2000 and 2001, I'm reprinting my original top ten lists and commentary. If I've got something new to say, it'll be in red below.

Please note: This list was based on NYC release dates in the year 2002. Some movies are listed as different years at the IMDb based on when they were produced or released in their home country or in La or whatnot.

Undervalued: Morvern Callar, Roger Dodger, About a Boy, White Oleander, Panic Room and Kissing Jessica Stein Top 10 Runners Up: Chicago, Monsoon Wedding, Punch Drunk Love and Spirited Away I still am glad I championed most of these movies though I am sad that some of them aren't in the top ten... particularly Morvern, Monsoon and the Miyazaki. The MMMs. Though I'm not sure I'd know what to remove to make room for them.

10. 8 Women (François Ozon)

Ever since I a French teacher took my friends and »

- NATHANIEL R

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Oscar MythBusting: One Day They'll Be Nominated!

2 December 2009 9:00 AM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

Most fans of established actors believe that one day their favorite will be nominated for an Oscar. In 2009 campaigns hopes are particularly high for Sandra Bullock, Alfred Molina, Colin Firth and Christopher Plummer. Fans of James McAvoy and Sam Rockwell still hold out longshot hope. But guess what? The odds are, generally speaking, against them on February 2nd (two months hence!) when the lucky 20 are called.

Most actors aren't ever nominated for the big prize. People seemed surprise to read in an old Oscar Mythbusting column I wrote years ago that the majority of nominated actors (approximately 67%) never receive a second nomination. But I did the research and it's true. Even less likely than a second nomination: a first one. Consider this...

The following (living) legends have still never been nominated despite rich bodies of work and several classic films or exuberantly praised performances: Mia Farrow, Isabelle Huppert, Christopher Plummer and Donald Sutherland. »

- NATHANIEL R

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Tiff 2009 Day 5: Claire Denis' White Material

30 November 2009 1:32 AM, PST | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »

Claire Denis returns to a scene that is familiar to her and yet the Africa that she presents this time out is a black eye snapshot. - Claire Denis returns to a scene that is familiar to her and yet the Africa that she presents this time out is a black eye snapshot. Without pinpointing a region specific part on Africa's map, White Material addresses civil war unrest and unfathomable reality of children soldiers with a camerawork and pacing that never lets up – we get an intimate view of the brut violence and an Isabelle Huppert in a deviance and obliviousness mode. It's almost an event when African issues receives a fair cinematic representation and not surprisingly Denis's offers a portrait void of heroes or heroic actions. Full review coming soon. »

- Ioncinema.com Staff

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Movie Poster of the Week: "Home"

27 November 2009 9:26 AM, PST | The Auteurs | See recent The Auteurs news »

What better title for Thanksgiving weekend? And what better film for the annual urban exodus than this superb debut feature by French-Swiss director Ursula Meier: a film which deals with both domesticity and travel (and monstrous traffic jams). Home, which opens today at Cinema Village in New York, is a brilliant piece of deadpan surrealism about a family who live right next to the deserted highway that they have incorporated into their existence as their own endless back yard. But when the highway reopens, thundering with trucks, their playground becomes more of a prison.

Starring Isabelle Huppert and Dardennes-favorite Olivier Gourmet, Home is pellucidly shot by the great Agnès Godard (who worked on it right before Claire Denis’ 35 rhums). Meier, a former assistant director to Alain Tanner, stages the film as a unique combination of Tatiesque distance and Pialatian engagement, but she has also mentioned as an influence the photographer Jeff Wall, »

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Anne Billson | Why aren't there more roles like Séraphine for British women?

26 November 2009 1:45 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

Frenchwomen in films are just like you and me, except they go a bit further in their failure to grasp reality and masochistic self-loathing, says Anne Billson

In Séraphine, Yolande Moreau gives one of those great female performances more often to be found in French films than in British or American ones. This is not an anorexic Barbie doll with a no-nudity clause in her contract, whose facial expressiveness has been Botoxed out of existence. This is the real deal, a stonking, physical tour de force which makes even De Niro or Keitel's greatest hits look mannered and actorly.

Martin Provost's film was inspired by the life of the "primitive modernist" painter Séraphine de Senlis, whose story carries echoes of the Susan Boyle phenomenon, though let us hope Boyle doesn't end up like Séraphine, who from the outset is clearly a few sandwiches short, but ends up misplacing her entire picnic. »

- Anne Billson

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Isabelle Huppert in Focus

24 November 2009 3:09 AM, PST | IndieWIRE | See recent indieWIRE news »

In New York recently, actress Isabelle Huppert (right) had a quite a bit going on in the city. Not only was she starring in “Home,” directed by Ursula Meier (left), which debuted at Cannes ‘08, she was also appearing in “Quartett” at Bam in Brooklyn. The theatrical adaptation of “Dangerous Liaisons,” directed by Robert Wilson, was staged a few years ago in Paris. “Home,” Switzerland’s submission for Oscar foreign language consideration, … »

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Ninjas, Princesses and Old Dogs

23 November 2009 7:30 AM, PST | ifc.com | See recent IFC news »

Families arriving at the multiplex for a little pre/post-turkey entertainment have two choices -- separate off into your respective age/gender demographics and indulge yourselves, or stick together in a tragic statement of family unity and purchase seven tickets for "Old Dogs." The choice, it is yours.

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"Home"

A selection at Cannes 2008 and this year's Swiss Oscar hopeful, the sophomore feature from Ursula Meier centers on a middle class couple (Isabelle Huppert, Olivier Gourmet) that enjoys bringing up their children away from urban life in the French countryside. However, the construction of a highway near their home leads to a divide between the two on what's best for their family as the pollution from the cars and the incessant noise begins to drive them a little mad.

Opens in New York; opens in Los Angeles on December 18th. »

- Neil Pedley

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Film review: The Sea Wall

19 November 2009 2:50 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

This glossy, soapy tale will inevitably trigger fond memories of the once controversial 1992 film The Lover, says Peter Bradshaw

This glossy, soapy tale will inevitably trigger fond memories of the once controversial 1992 film The Lover, starring Jane March and Tony Leung: a teenage girl has an affair with a worldly older man in 1920s French Indo-China. That was based on a Marguerite Duras novel - this is based on a different yet equally autobiographical book by Duras about the same period in the author's life, but with a new emphasis on Duras's mother, played with typically fierce impassivity by Isabelle Huppert. She has made an unwise investment in Cambodian farmland, which is continually flooded because of breaches in the overwhelmingly symbolic sea wall. A wealthy Chinese older man is infatuated with her young daughter Suzanne (Astrid Bergès-Frisbey), and a marriage would save their financial bacon, yet Suzanne's mother and brother (a smouldering, »

- Peter Bradshaw

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A serious actor, Mystic critics, Unhappy Haneke | Trailer Trash

14 November 2009 4:07 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

>>A serious actor Michael Stuhlbarg is being talked of for Oscar nominations following his impressive performance as Larry Gopnik in the Coen brothers' latest comedy A Serious Man. Stuhlbarg is a little-known actor, despite a 20-year career on and off Broadway. He met Joel Coen after performing with the film-maker's wife, Frances McDormand, in a community theatre project. "It was the 52nd Street Project in which kids wrote the plays and professional actors would come in to perform their work," the actor tells me. "It was quite a thrill and I became good friends with Frances." She took her husband to see Stuhlbarg in a David Mamet adaptation of The Voysey Inheritance. Joel called Stuhlbarg in initially to play the Yiddish husband in A Serious Man's Yiddish prologue but was so impressed that he eventually gave him the lead. "I'm still reeling from it, and it's certainly the biggest break of my film career, »

- Jason Solomons

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'Slumdog Millionaire' Grabs Five Nods at 2009 European Film Awards

9 November 2009 12:27 AM, PST | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »

Mumbai-based film "Slumdog Millionaire" will have the chance to get its glory in Europe. The Danny Boyle-directed movie is honored with four nominations at 2009 European Film Awards for European Film, European Director, European Screenwriter and European Cinematographer categories. Additionally, the lead actor, Dev Patel, is nominated to receive European Actor prize.

Competing with "Slumdog Millionaire" in the same five categories is Jacques Audiard's "A Prophet", which leads the pack with six nominations. The French prison tale additionally is nominated to take home Carlo di Palma European Cinematographer award. Joining the Mumbai-based film and the Tahar Rahim-starred movie as the possible big winners at the award ceremony is "The White Ribbon", which grabs four nods.

At the same event, Penelope Cruz is nominated as European Actress for her role in "Broken Embraces". She is going up against Kate Winslet in "The Reader", Charlotte Gainsbourg in "Antichrist", Yolande Moreau »

- AceShowbiz.com

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65 Countries Fight for Best Foreign Language Oscar Nomination

7 November 2009 10:26 AM, PST | Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news »

From Albania to Vietnam, 65 countries are hoping that their film entries will get picked to fill one of the five slots for Best Foreign Language Film for the 82nd annual Academy Awards.

Five slots, 65 countries, the competition is fierce! Our friends from Variety gave us this list, is your country of choice one of the 65 hopefuls?

I'm happy that my home country, the Philippines, has a fighting chance with the dramedy "Ded na si Lolo" ("Grandpa is Dead"). Take a look at the complete list.

Albania

Alive!

(Artan Minarolli)

Synopsis: A carefree Albanian student gets drawn into an ancient blood feud when he returns home for a funeral, only to find himself a wanted man.

Awards: Belgrade Film Festival B2B development grant

Sales: Wildart Film

Argentina

El secreto de sus ojos

(Juan Jose Campanella)

Synopsis: An ambitious, complex work that combines two generation-spanning love stories, a noirish thriller, some »

- Manny

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German Comic Anke Engelke To Host The European Film Awards

4 November 2009 2:55 AM, PST | icelebz.com | See recent iCelebz news »

German comedienne Anke Engelke has been tapped to host the 22nd European Film Awards Ceremony. She will be welcoming the 1,400 guests of the event at Bochum's Century Hall on December 12.

Engelke, known for hosting the opening of the Berlin International Film Festival for several years, will be joined by Bauhouse, pioneers of audiovisual composition, on stage.

British director Ken Loach will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the event, while French actress Isabelle Huppert is set to be honored with the European Film Academy Achievement in World Cinema 2009.

The 22nd European Film Awards is presented by the European Film Academy and Efa Productions.

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