Hello, everyone! I hope you have your wallets ready because we have a huge day of horror and sci-fi home media releases this week, and there are a ton of different titles fans are definitely going to want to add to their collections. Blue Underground has given the criminally undercelebrated Dead & Buried the 4K treatment for their 3-Disc Limited Edition release of the film, and if you’re a big fan of sci-fi/action movies, you’ll definitely want to pick up the latest Vestron Video release, The Wraith, which Lionsgate is putting out on Blu this Tuesday as well.
As far as recent genre fare goes, Spiral: From the Book of Saw, Jakob’s Wife, Initiation and 32 Malasana Street are all headed home on various formats, and if you happen to be a big fan of the Saw series, you can also nab brand new Blu-rays for the first eight Saw films this week,...
As far as recent genre fare goes, Spiral: From the Book of Saw, Jakob’s Wife, Initiation and 32 Malasana Street are all headed home on various formats, and if you happen to be a big fan of the Saw series, you can also nab brand new Blu-rays for the first eight Saw films this week,...
- 7/19/2021
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Foreplays is a column that explores under-known short films by renowned directors. Philippe Garrel's Rue Fontaine (1984) is free to watch below.As is often the case with the films by Philippe Garrel, Rue Fontaine—made as an episode for an omnibus feature, Paris vu par... vingt ans après (1984)—can be approached from an autobiographical angle. The real-life event at the heart of this film is the death of Jean Seberg in 1979. Garrel had met Seberg some years before, and made one of his most haunting films, Les hautes solitudes (1974), with her. There's a brief but moving account by Garrel himself, "I Made a Film with Jean Seberg," where he talks about the encounter with the actress and the events that followed. It’s surprising to see how closely Rue Fontaine sticks to this account, how many striking details (including some that might seem minor) have found their way into the resulting film.
- 6/16/2019
- MUBI
Mubi will be showing the retrospective Philippe Garrel: Fight for Eternity from May 1 - July 5, 2017 in most countries around the world.Les enfants désaccordésQuestion: I must ask you here about one concept you discuss in your book, one that also might be thought of, next to the structural work, as another way to break from the story in the film. The concept is muzan, and I find it quite difficult to think of a proper translation of it into English. How do you employ this concept into your films, and does it, in fact, have anything to do with the way you wish to break away from the story?
Yoshishige Yoshida: I understand the word in itself, as you would understand the literal meaning of the kanji: something which expresses the impossibility of attaining stability or change for the better. Yes, I believe this is the meaning of the concept that I use.
Yoshishige Yoshida: I understand the word in itself, as you would understand the literal meaning of the kanji: something which expresses the impossibility of attaining stability or change for the better. Yes, I believe this is the meaning of the concept that I use.
- 5/30/2017
- MUBI
The Film Society of Lincoln Center has announced an expanded Rendez-Vous with French Cinema program featuring the inclusion of over a dozen contemporary documentaries and classic films. "For years, we have dreamed of evolving Rendez-Vous with French Film into a broader kind of program that would include documentaries, revivals and other kind of film and media work beyond feature films,” says Film Society of Lincoln Center Program Director Richard Pena. “This year, with the opening of the new Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center, we finally have the opportunity for this kind of expansion, which we're calling 'Rendez-Vous +.'" Full Rendez-vous + Line-up and Schedule: Exterior Night (Extérieur, nuit) Jacques Bral, 1980, France, 112m A jazz musician (Gérard Lanvin) and a struggling writer (André Dussollier) fall under the spell of a mysterious female taxi driver (Christine Boisson) in director Bral’s moody, boozy,...
- 2/13/2012
- Indiewire
Chicago – “Framing a shot?” asks Ida (Christine Boisson), the latest photogenic lover of Italian filmmaker Niccolò (Tomas Milian), in Michelangelo Antonioni’s hypnotic 1982 effort, “Identification of a Woman.” Like Guidio, the hero of Federico Fellini’s 1963 masterpiece, “8 1/2,” Niccolò has the desire to create but has no story to tell, just “an idea of the female form” that perpetually haunts his imagination.
Regardless of his efforts to move on, Niccolò’s past threatens to consume him. The alarm systems left by his paranoid ex-wife are still present in his apartment, forcing him to dodge cameras and sirens while entering his own residence. This sequence takes place at the top of the picture, and is rather amusing but also terribly sad. The same could be said about much of what follows in this voyeuristic meditation on sexual and artistic obsession.
Blu-ray Rating: 3.5/5.0
Moviegoers frustrated with Antonioni’s enigmatic explorations of ennui among...
Regardless of his efforts to move on, Niccolò’s past threatens to consume him. The alarm systems left by his paranoid ex-wife are still present in his apartment, forcing him to dodge cameras and sirens while entering his own residence. This sequence takes place at the top of the picture, and is rather amusing but also terribly sad. The same could be said about much of what follows in this voyeuristic meditation on sexual and artistic obsession.
Blu-ray Rating: 3.5/5.0
Moviegoers frustrated with Antonioni’s enigmatic explorations of ennui among...
- 11/8/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Hitting movie theaters this weekend:
Anonymous - Rhys Ifans, Vanessa Redgrave, David Thewlis
In Time - Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried, Cillian Murphy
Puss in Boots - Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Zach Galifianakis
The Rum Diary - Johnny Depp, Giovanni Ribisi, Aaron Eckhart
Movie of the Week
The Rum Diary
The Stars: Johnny Depp, Giovanni Ribisi, Aaron Eckhart
The Plot: American journalist Paul Kemp (Depp) takes on a freelance job in Puerto Rico for a local newspaper during the 1950s and struggles to find a balance between island culture and the ex-patriots who live there.
The Buzz: Where to begin? Have you seen the trailer? There’s a lot to digest in there.
In all honesty, I’d be a lot more excited than I am, (presently my excito-meter is at about a 6/10) if I’d never caught wind of the many negative rumblings about this film (I have a close...
Anonymous - Rhys Ifans, Vanessa Redgrave, David Thewlis
In Time - Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried, Cillian Murphy
Puss in Boots - Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Zach Galifianakis
The Rum Diary - Johnny Depp, Giovanni Ribisi, Aaron Eckhart
Movie of the Week
The Rum Diary
The Stars: Johnny Depp, Giovanni Ribisi, Aaron Eckhart
The Plot: American journalist Paul Kemp (Depp) takes on a freelance job in Puerto Rico for a local newspaper during the 1950s and struggles to find a balance between island culture and the ex-patriots who live there.
The Buzz: Where to begin? Have you seen the trailer? There’s a lot to digest in there.
In all honesty, I’d be a lot more excited than I am, (presently my excito-meter is at about a 6/10) if I’d never caught wind of the many negative rumblings about this film (I have a close...
- 10/26/2011
- by Aaron Ruffcorn
- The Scorecard Review
Release Date: Oct. 25, 2011
Price: DVD $19.95, Blu-ray $29.95
Studio: Criterion
Christine Boisson reflects in Identification of a Woman.
Written and directed by the great Michelangelo Antonioni (I Vinti), Identification of a Woman takes a soul-baring voyage into one man’s artistic and erotic consciousness.
After his wife leaves him, a film director (Tomas Milian) finds himself drawn into affairs with two enigmatic women (Daniela Silverio and Christine Boisson), while at the same time searching for the right subject and actress for his next film.
A kind of “anti-romance” erotic drama, the 1982 movie was a late-career coup for the legendary Italian filmmaker, and it’s still renowned for its sexual explicitness and an extended scene on a fog-enshrouded highway that stands with the director’s greatest set pieces.
Unlike most Criterion releases, which are known for being packed with bonus features, the DVD and Blu-ray for Identification of a Woman have only a...
Price: DVD $19.95, Blu-ray $29.95
Studio: Criterion
Christine Boisson reflects in Identification of a Woman.
Written and directed by the great Michelangelo Antonioni (I Vinti), Identification of a Woman takes a soul-baring voyage into one man’s artistic and erotic consciousness.
After his wife leaves him, a film director (Tomas Milian) finds himself drawn into affairs with two enigmatic women (Daniela Silverio and Christine Boisson), while at the same time searching for the right subject and actress for his next film.
A kind of “anti-romance” erotic drama, the 1982 movie was a late-career coup for the legendary Italian filmmaker, and it’s still renowned for its sexual explicitness and an extended scene on a fog-enshrouded highway that stands with the director’s greatest set pieces.
Unlike most Criterion releases, which are known for being packed with bonus features, the DVD and Blu-ray for Identification of a Woman have only a...
- 8/9/2011
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Released in France on November 25th 2009, "Une Affaire d'Etat" is a suspenseful, action-packed thriller in which three characters cross paths: a corrupt politician (André Dussolier), his henchman (Thierry Frémont), and a hard-boiled female cop (Rachida Brakni). Before you read the lead actress' interview, we'll start with the director, Eric Valette, maker of three other feature films. His first, "Maléfique", was a French production awarded by William Friedkin himself at the Gerardmer Fantastic Film Festival. The two others films were made in Hollywood: a remake of Takashi Miike's "One-Missed Call", released in the Us (unfortunately not the director's cut version) and "Hybrid" which involves a devilish car and another action queen (Shannon Beckner); there is still no release date scheduled for this film. In this exclusive interview, we focus on "Une Affaire d'Etat", Eric Valette's most personal work so far...
Frédéric Ambroisine: How did you discover the book...
Frédéric Ambroisine: How did you discover the book...
- 2/15/2010
- Screen Anarchy
The Truth About Charlie
Jonathan Demme's "The Truth About Charlie" is one of those movies where you have to believe everyone had a ball making the film. It's a playful, cinematic riff on Stanley Donen's 1963 "Charade", the French New Wave and the joys of making movies in Paris. The ghosts of movies past turn up at every corner, from the fashionable 16th Arrondissement to the flea market and Gare du Nord.
The movie may mystify younger moviegoers with characters and scenes that play with one's memory of characters and scenes from old movies. But Mark Wahlberg and Thandie Newton make likable romantic leads, the action and mystery mix as well as they did in the original and Demme has assembled a superb cast and crew that gets caught up in the spirit of the production. Yes, Universal does face something of a marketing challenge with this one. But whatever its theatrical success, "Charlie" should be a solid performer in ancillary markets as this is a film many will want to revisit.
"Charade", you may recall, has Cary Grant coming to the rescue of Audrey Hepburn, whose husband has abruptly died. A trio of sinister men, former associates of her late husband, are menacing her in the belief that she knows where her hubby, Charlie, hid a fortune they insist belongs to them. All this Hitchcock-influenced suspense takes place in a highly glamorous City of Lights, where a lilting Henry Mancini score adds to the romance.
Demme, who penned the new script with its original writer Peter Stone (writing as Peter Joshua) along with Steve Schmidt and Jessica Bendinger, wonders how that 1963 film might play were a director to employ the techniques of the New Wave, which was at its zenith in that year. Demme also has considerably reduced the age difference between the two leads and shifted the emphasis on certain elements within the structure of Stone's original well-crafted screenplay. In other words, this is a rethink as much as a remake; it's a film that pays homage to a "classic" yet wants to find new ways to entertain with the same story.
For the most part, it brilliantly succeeds. Occasionally, a change adds little, and the ending does feel off-kilter, as if Demme and company simply ran out of ideas. But the director's elliptical, tongue-in-cheek approach with fantasy sequences and witty asides allows him to explore the medium with such unmistakable relish that you can't help laughing out loud.
The film is New Wave American Style. Tak Fujimoto's restless camera is nearly always handheld, often shooting through windows or car windshields. The streets and buildings are alive with all sorts of suspicious people. Carol Littleton's editing captures the jumpy mood of French movies of that era. Demme even borrows subliminal moments pioneered in Tom Tykwer's "Run Lola Run" that give flashes of what is going on inside people's heads.
Then there are the movie's wonderful ghosts: Such New Wave icons as Charles Aznavour, Anna Karina, Agnes Varda and Magali Noel turn up in special appearances. The hotel where much of the action occurs is named the Hotel Langlois after Henri Langlois, founder of the Cinematheque Francaise. There is even a shot of Francois Truffaut's grave at the end credit roll.
Two other ghosts haunt the picture -- Hepburn and Grant. Demme's casting of Newton, whom he directed in "Beloved", is brilliant. With her long neck, lithe body, buckets of charm and strong/fragile beauty, Newton is a new-generation Hepburn. Demme even lets her deliver Hepburn's immortal line to the impossibly handsome, silver-haired Grant: "You know what's wrong with you? Absolutely nothing." Only she says this to Wahlberg, whom Demme calls the "anti-Cary Grant." Wahlberg does take the character in a different direction -- rugged, street-smart, resilient -- but like Grant, he grows quite fond of his role as knight in shining armor, especially when Newton is the lovely lady in distress.
The baddies are as wonderfully oddball as the originals. Ted Levine plays one as a hypochondriac nut. Joong-Hook Park, a popular film star and comic in South Korea, makes his character the strong but mostly silent type. Lisa Gay Hamilton is a tough girl from the projects. Tim Robbins smoothly slides into the Walter Matthau role as the seemingly helpful U.S. bureaucrat who gains Newton's trust. Christine Boisson is the no-nonsense, extremely bright police commandant.
The production has an absolute sheen. This is a different Paris than "Charade"'s yet every bit as romantic, dangerous and fun to visit.
THE TRUTH ABOUT CHARLIE
Universal Pictures
Universal presents in association with Mediastream Film a Clinica Estetico production
Credits:
Director: Jonathan Demme
Screenwriters: Jonathan Demme, Steve Schmidt, Peter Joshua, Jessica Bendinger
Based on the film "Charade", written by: Peter Stone
Producers: Jonathan Demme, Peter Saraf, Edward Saxon
Executive producer: Ilona Herzberg
Director of photography: Tak Fujimoto
Production designer: Hugo Luczyc-Wyhowski
Music: Rachel Portman
Co-producers: Neda Armian, Mishka Cheyko
Costume designer: Catherine Leterrier
Editor: Carol Littleton
Cast:
Joshua Peters: Mark Wahlberg
Regina Lambert: Thandie Newton
Mr. Bartholomew: Tim Robbins
Il-Sang Lee: Joong Hoon Park
Emil Zatapec: Ted Levine
Lola Jansco: Lisa Gay Hamilton
Commandant Dominique: Christine Boisson
Charles Lambert: Stephen Dillane
Running time -- 104 minutes
MPAA rating: PG-13...
The movie may mystify younger moviegoers with characters and scenes that play with one's memory of characters and scenes from old movies. But Mark Wahlberg and Thandie Newton make likable romantic leads, the action and mystery mix as well as they did in the original and Demme has assembled a superb cast and crew that gets caught up in the spirit of the production. Yes, Universal does face something of a marketing challenge with this one. But whatever its theatrical success, "Charlie" should be a solid performer in ancillary markets as this is a film many will want to revisit.
"Charade", you may recall, has Cary Grant coming to the rescue of Audrey Hepburn, whose husband has abruptly died. A trio of sinister men, former associates of her late husband, are menacing her in the belief that she knows where her hubby, Charlie, hid a fortune they insist belongs to them. All this Hitchcock-influenced suspense takes place in a highly glamorous City of Lights, where a lilting Henry Mancini score adds to the romance.
Demme, who penned the new script with its original writer Peter Stone (writing as Peter Joshua) along with Steve Schmidt and Jessica Bendinger, wonders how that 1963 film might play were a director to employ the techniques of the New Wave, which was at its zenith in that year. Demme also has considerably reduced the age difference between the two leads and shifted the emphasis on certain elements within the structure of Stone's original well-crafted screenplay. In other words, this is a rethink as much as a remake; it's a film that pays homage to a "classic" yet wants to find new ways to entertain with the same story.
For the most part, it brilliantly succeeds. Occasionally, a change adds little, and the ending does feel off-kilter, as if Demme and company simply ran out of ideas. But the director's elliptical, tongue-in-cheek approach with fantasy sequences and witty asides allows him to explore the medium with such unmistakable relish that you can't help laughing out loud.
The film is New Wave American Style. Tak Fujimoto's restless camera is nearly always handheld, often shooting through windows or car windshields. The streets and buildings are alive with all sorts of suspicious people. Carol Littleton's editing captures the jumpy mood of French movies of that era. Demme even borrows subliminal moments pioneered in Tom Tykwer's "Run Lola Run" that give flashes of what is going on inside people's heads.
Then there are the movie's wonderful ghosts: Such New Wave icons as Charles Aznavour, Anna Karina, Agnes Varda and Magali Noel turn up in special appearances. The hotel where much of the action occurs is named the Hotel Langlois after Henri Langlois, founder of the Cinematheque Francaise. There is even a shot of Francois Truffaut's grave at the end credit roll.
Two other ghosts haunt the picture -- Hepburn and Grant. Demme's casting of Newton, whom he directed in "Beloved", is brilliant. With her long neck, lithe body, buckets of charm and strong/fragile beauty, Newton is a new-generation Hepburn. Demme even lets her deliver Hepburn's immortal line to the impossibly handsome, silver-haired Grant: "You know what's wrong with you? Absolutely nothing." Only she says this to Wahlberg, whom Demme calls the "anti-Cary Grant." Wahlberg does take the character in a different direction -- rugged, street-smart, resilient -- but like Grant, he grows quite fond of his role as knight in shining armor, especially when Newton is the lovely lady in distress.
The baddies are as wonderfully oddball as the originals. Ted Levine plays one as a hypochondriac nut. Joong-Hook Park, a popular film star and comic in South Korea, makes his character the strong but mostly silent type. Lisa Gay Hamilton is a tough girl from the projects. Tim Robbins smoothly slides into the Walter Matthau role as the seemingly helpful U.S. bureaucrat who gains Newton's trust. Christine Boisson is the no-nonsense, extremely bright police commandant.
The production has an absolute sheen. This is a different Paris than "Charade"'s yet every bit as romantic, dangerous and fun to visit.
THE TRUTH ABOUT CHARLIE
Universal Pictures
Universal presents in association with Mediastream Film a Clinica Estetico production
Credits:
Director: Jonathan Demme
Screenwriters: Jonathan Demme, Steve Schmidt, Peter Joshua, Jessica Bendinger
Based on the film "Charade", written by: Peter Stone
Producers: Jonathan Demme, Peter Saraf, Edward Saxon
Executive producer: Ilona Herzberg
Director of photography: Tak Fujimoto
Production designer: Hugo Luczyc-Wyhowski
Music: Rachel Portman
Co-producers: Neda Armian, Mishka Cheyko
Costume designer: Catherine Leterrier
Editor: Carol Littleton
Cast:
Joshua Peters: Mark Wahlberg
Regina Lambert: Thandie Newton
Mr. Bartholomew: Tim Robbins
Il-Sang Lee: Joong Hoon Park
Emil Zatapec: Ted Levine
Lola Jansco: Lisa Gay Hamilton
Commandant Dominique: Christine Boisson
Charles Lambert: Stephen Dillane
Running time -- 104 minutes
MPAA rating: PG-13...
- 10/22/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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