jürgen fauth's muckworld (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
As the 46th New York Film Festival slouches towards its final weekend — one more movie, one more party, and Catherine Deneuve in the flesh – it’s time for a little roundup. I’ve mainly posted capsules to Worldfilm, with the exception of Che, which is on track for my favorite of the year and required something [...]
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Film News: Boyle to be honored after 'Slumdog' screening -- AFI Fest 2008 has announced its full lineup, with honors going to actress Tilda Swinton and helmer Danny Boyle. Boyle will be feted after a screening of his latest film, "Slumdog Millionaire," while Swinton gets a career achievement honor.
VanRamblings (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
With 193 features to choose from, not to mention almost 100 non-fiction films, and 62 shorts, those in attendance at the 27th annual Vancouver International Film Festival are presented with such an overwhelming panoply of cinematic choices there is...
ReverseBlog (Free subscription) | 27/09/2008
To follow Jia Zhangke’s career closely is to witness a great, restless artist wriggle out of a number of our film culture’s pigeonholes. Despite his reputation as a master in the school of austerity—that art-house mode which has encouraged...
GreenCine Daily (Free subscription) | 27/09/2008
"At a time when the other leading figures of Chinese-language cinema, including Wong Kar-wai and Tsai Ming-liang, seem fully committed to (or, in a few cases, trapped by) the styles and themes that made them famous, with each new...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 12/08/2008
Film News: Aronofsky's 'Wrestler' to close event -- Clint Eastwood's "Changeling" will be the centerpiece of the 46th New York Film Festival, while Darren Aronofsky's "The Wrestler" will close the event.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 25/05/2008
Cannes, France - After a hectic 12-day round of glitz, glamour and gritty movie themes, the Cannes Film Festival reaches its climax Sunday with the world's leading movie fest unveiling its top honours for 2008. But while the countdown to the jury's a...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 24/05/2008
Film News: MK2 nabs distribution on docu-fiction movie -- CANNES -- Gallic major MK2 has closed distribution deals on major territories for Jia Zhangke's "24 City," playing off its Competition screening at the Cannes Film Festival.
My Films Blog (Free subscription) | 23/05/2008
One year ago, Angelina Jolie came to Cannes for the world premiere of A Mighty Heart, in which she plays a woman who deals with the trauma of a kidnapped husband. In 2008, she is back with Changeling. Like A...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 23/05/2008
The festival still awaits its first major US deal but the Brits are not letting the credit crunch get them down
GreenCine Daily (Free subscription) | 22/05/2008
"Watching a stolid horde of blue-clad factory workers trudge obediently up an institutional staircase in Jia Zhangke's 24 City as though to the next movie, the colleague beside me murmured: 'It's Cannes!'" A roundup from J Hoberman in the...
SpoutBlog (Free subscription) | 19/05/2008
Eavesdropping on the Indiana Jones premiere, and notes from the Marche.
GreenCine Daily (Free subscription) | 17/05/2008
"The latest chapter in Jia Zhangke's chronicles of modern Chinese history is certain to reinforce the director's status as an international arthouse icon," writes Dan Fainaru, reviewing 24 City for Screen Daily. "Consisting of five authentic interviews and four fictional...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 17/05/2008
Cannes, France - Chinese director Jia Zhangke's haunting and unsettling portrayals of life in modern China have never won him too friends among the authorities in Beijing. But growing international acclaim and a more lenient attitude on the part of t...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 17/05/2008
Film Reviews: Following "Still Life" and "Useless," documentary and fictional artifice are combined ever more egregiously by Mainland helmer Jia Zhangke in "24 City."
