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New York Post (Free subscription) | 20/07/2008
Though all but unknown in America, with his two actor brothers, actress mother and director father Demian Bichir's family is so ubiquitous in theatre and film back in their native Mexico that they're collectively referred to as simply "Los Bichir."...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 16/07/2008
Film News: Cannes Palme D'Or winner to open event -- The 46th New York Film Festival will kick off its opening night with Cannes Palme d’Or winner Laurent Cantet’s “The Class.”
Screenhead (Free subscription) | 12/07/2008
Why did you name your baby Sunday? Just arrived Sunday Rose Kidman Urban, the beautiful baby girl who was born July 7 to parents Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban, is named after early 20th-Century artist’s muse Sunday Reed. Kidman’s father is quoted as saying he read quite a bit about Sunday Reed and her husband John. [...]
Vulture (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
Benicio Del Toro in Che Courtesy of Cannes Since its cacophonously received premiere at Cannes in May, Steven Soderbergh's four-hour epic Che has been mostly off the radar as, presumably, behind-the-scenes moneymen are trying to find a buyer and distributor for the film. Spout's Karina Longworth goes digging to try and learn what's next for the film, and hears some rumors about a deal at HBO, contingent...
FLiXER: Entertainment Industry News (Free subscription) | 09/07/2008
What’s going on with Steven Soderbergh’s Che ? Heard anything recently? I haven’t seen any hard news published in any half-way reputable outlet since Cannes (aside from this report from IndianTelevision.com that Che will soon premiere on––wait for it––Indian television, but the film’s international release has never been in doubt). But that hasn’t put an end to the speculation. On June 14, Jeff Wells...
SpoutBlog (Free subscription) | 09/07/2008
There's been no confirmed news regarding the fate of Steven Soderbergh's CHE since its divisive premiere at Cannes, but assorted evidence suggests it may pop up in New York in two months.
FilmoFilia (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
Benicio Del Toro has revealed that he discussed playing Che Guevara in an upcoming biopic with Fidel Castro. Del Toro, who won the best actor prize at Cannes Film Festival 2008 for his role in Steven Soderbergh’s ”Che,” met the former president of Cuba briefly to talk about his friendship with revolutionary Che Guevara. “I met Fidel [...]
Leftnews.org (Free subscription) | 06/07/2008
With the 40th anniversary of Che Guevara’s death last year and the screening of Stephen Soderbergh’s Guerilla (2008) and The Argentine (2008) at Cannes Film Festival this spring, you can be sure of a renewed attack from the political left and right on Guevara’s legacy. Alan Woods, places the events in Cuba in the [...]
Babalu Blog (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
Digital Spy: Benicio Del Toro has revealed that he discussed playing che guevara in an upcoming biopic with Fidel Castro,. Del Toro, who won the best actor prize at Cannes for his role in Steven Soderbergh's Che, met the...
FirstShowing.net (Free subscription) | 26/06/2008
Although Steven Soderbergh has yet to unleash his Che' Guevara biopic to the American moviegoers, he's already hard at work on his next film. Titled The Informant, the comedic thriller is an adaptation of Kurt Eichenwald's book "The Informant: A True Story" about a bizarre financial scandal. Matt Damon stars as Mark Whitacre, a top [...]
/Film (Free subscription) | 25/06/2008
It’s time to play everyone’s favorite game, “Rejected Sears model, Amber Alert suspect or Matt Damon in character.” A celeb site ickily called Splash received a batch of open-shirted, pale Damon photos from the set of Steven Soderbergh’s The Informant. We haven’t talked much about the flick on /Film: Damon plays Mark Whitacre, “the highest [...]
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 22/06/2008
By Hoberman, J Che Wins Cannes! Or at least the only Cannes award that really matters: ours CANNES, France- The competition for the Palme d'Or is ongoing as I write, yet the red carpet has been rolled up as you read.
uprisingradio.org (Free subscription) | 12/06/2008
Listen to the entire program Support KPFK - Make a pledge at 818-985-5735, or online at www.kpfk.orgThis Saturday, June 14th, marks what would have been the 80th birthday of Ernesto “Che” Guevara, had he lived. Instead the legendary Argentine-born revolutionary was gunned down in Bolivia more than forty years ago. Che, who [...]
JoBlo (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008
While rewatching the 70s thriller CAPRICORN ONE a while back, I marveled that it hadn't been turned into a remake yet. I guess it just required a bit of real-world relevance. Thanks, NASA's Phoenix mission! The 1978 conspiracy flick involved a team of astronauts complicit in a fake Mars landing, and their subsequent attempts to evade government forces before the truth can be exposed. The movie, directed...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008
Aleida Guevara has denounced commercialisation of father's image as an affront to his socialist ideals
