Directors Notes (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
For most successful filmmakers putting out a film that well received by an audience and your peers is the pinnacle of success on a project, but if your film then goes on to inspire others to jump into the fray and give proof to the mantra of ‘just get out there and shoot,’ then you [...]
Directors Notes (Free subscription) | 14/08/2008
This week I’m joined by director Daniel Bloomberg to discuss his Jacques Lacan inspired, chocolate sauce massacre short The Greatest Gift. The Greatest Gift Materials Treatment Shotlist Storyboards Showlinks Daniel Bloomberg Videology Interview Slavoj Žižek Jacques Lacan Related Posts The Greatest Gift - Daniel Bloomberg Miss D 2007 Top Ten DN LFF07: Water Lilies - Celine Sciamma DN EP 098: Seeking...
SF Diplomat (Free subscription) | 03/08/2008
My review of Celine Sciamma's excellent Water Lilies (or Naissance des Pieuvres) has just gone up at Videovista. I first saw this film at the 22nd London Gay and Lesbian film festival and while I adored the aesthetics of the...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 25/07/2008
Movie review: "Water Lilies," Céline Sciamma's drama about three adolescent girls linked by synchronized swimming, is insightful but frustratingly constrained in scope.
Seattle Weekly (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
The camaraderie of the undesired: Invisible to everyone else, pinched, late-blooming Marie (Pauline Acquart) pairs with Anne (Louise Blachère), a heavy girl with a pasty food-court complexion. Cruelly cloddish on dry land, Anne provides their only link to the larger social world through he...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE)Water Lilies: Drama. Starring Pauline Acquart, Louise Blachere and Adele Haenel. Directed by Celine Sciamma. (Not rated. 85 minutes. In French with English titles. At Bay Area theaters. For complete movie listings and show times, and...
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 27/06/2008
A sensitive study of budding adolescent desires, a pervert's delight, plus synchronized swimming. Yes, "Water Lilies" will be many things to many people.
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 13/06/2008
Directed by Celine Sciamma. With Pauline Acquart, Louise Blachere, Adele Haenel and Warren Jacquin. Distributed by Koch Lorber Films. 1 hour, 25 mins. No MPAA rating (brief nudity, sexuality). Playing at: Ritz at the Bourse
Fin de Cinema (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008
I had previously announced that Koch Lorber will be releasing Céline Sciamma's Water Lilies [ Naissance des pieuvres ] on 2 September, but they will also be releasing Rodolphe Marconi's documentary Lagerfeld Confidential on the same day. Additionally, Lionsgate has announced a Special Edition of Jeunet et Caro's Delicatessen for 26 August, though the shift of rights from Miramax to them is not something...
DVD Times (Free subscription) | 23/05/2008
News: Contender Home Entertainment have announced the UK Region 2 DVD release of Water Lilies on 7th July 2008 priced at £15.99. This directorial debut from twenty-seven year-old Céline Sciamma stars newcomers Pauline Acquart, Louise Blachère, Adèle Haenel...
SF Diplomat (Free subscription) | 02/05/2008
My review of The DL Chronicles has gone live over at Videovista. I was hoping for a slightly different take on many of the 'genre conventions' of gay cinema or at least an interesting look at a lifestyle that you...
Irish Blogs (Free subscription) | 23/04/2008
Water Lilies(Céline Sciamma):Adele Haenel, Pauline Acquart, Louise Blachere, Warren Jacquin.Running time: 85 minutes American filmmakers tend to approach teenage sexuality with alarm bells. First-time director, French woman Céline Sciamma opts instead for a more sympathetic approach. Her story is set in a Parisian suburb and is about three 15-year-old girls whose lives revolve around the world of synchronised...
Fin de Cinema (Free subscription) | 21/04/2008
Savage Grace – dir. Tom Kalin – 2007 – USA/Spain God bless Julianne Moore were the first words that left my mouth after Savage Grace , Tom Kalin’s nearly fifteen-year follow up to Swoon . How many American actresses can hiss so wonderfully the line, “Yeah, that’s right, I called you a cunt,” as the lovely Ms. Moore can? In Savage Grace , Moore plays Barbara Baekeland, the victim in one of the most...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 18/04/2008
IN THE frenzy of film festivals, as reviewers seek out new talent to write home about, it often happens that movies are given more credit than they are due. Such was the case last year when Water Lilies screened in a sidebar section at Cannes and its 27-year-old debutante writer- director, Céline Sciamma, was garlanded with critical laurels.
