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132 articles available in total starting from 05/01/2009. Last article published on 25/05/2009.

Ken and the King score a goal

Remember the Humphrey Bogart who "appeared" to Woody Allen in Play It Again, Sam, offering him tips on what to do and what not to do to get the girl? Ken Loach takes the idea and runs with it in...  

18/05/2009 | Cannes 2009 | Competition/UK

Chaos reigns in Antichrist

There was an uproar of applause and whistles after the press screening of Antichrist, the new work by highly talented, bold and intransigent director Lars Von Trier, presented yesterday evening in...  

18/05/2009 | Cannes 2009 | Competition/Denmark

Farewell Gary: Working-class heroes

A far-western imaginary in a post-industrial French town where no heroes resembling Gary Cooper seem to be return to rescue the remaining locals: Nassim Amaouche's feature debut Farewell Gary,...  

18/05/2009 | Cannes 2009 | Critics’ Week

Father of My Children, a moving tribute to cinema

Discovered in Cannes two years ago with her feature debut All Is Forgiven, 27-year-old director and former Cahiers du Cinéma collaborator Mia Hansen-Löve presented her second film Father of My...  

17/05/2009 | Cannes 2009 | Un Certain Regard

Foreign martyrs die for France in The Army of Crime

Presented today out of competition in the Official Selection at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival, Robert Guédiguian’s The Army of Crime is an enlightening study of a little-known episode in the...  

17/05/2009 | Cannes 2009 | Out of Competition

Amenábar Antichrist(ian)

Just what would possess a European auteur filmmaker to take on a blockbuster, particularly that half-action, half-fantasy subgenre known as "Sword and Sandal" , which draws on either the Bible or...  

17/05/2009 | Cannes 2009 | Out of Competition | Spain

The Misfortunes: Welcome to the Strobbe family

Last year, a Belgian Francophone film, Eldorado, conquered audiences and swept up prizes in the Cannes sidebar Directors' Fortnight. This year, at least judging from the enthusiastic applause at...  

17/05/2009 | Cannes 2009 | Directors’ Fortnight/BE

Franco-Chinese alliance for Johnnie To’s Vengeance

A self-confessed admirer of Jean-Pierre Melville’s work, virtuoso Hong Kong director Johnnie To today presented his film Vengeance in competition at the Cannes Film Festival. Displaying To’s...  

17/05/2009 | Cannes 2009 | Competition | France

Pakalnina's Silence in official short film competition

Laila Pakalnina, Latvia’s most internationally renowned filmmaker, is back at Cannes after an eleven-year pause, with Silence (Klusums), selected as one of nine short films in official...  

17/05/2009 | Cannes 2009 | Latvia

Europa Distribution supports indies at Cannes

Europa Distribution is announcing a new recruitment drive aimed at signing up European independent distributors to join its growing network of current members and develop a stronger voice across...  

17/05/2009 | Cannes 2009 | Distribution

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