Last week, Gerard Depardieu launched a public attack on compatriot Juliette Binoche. The vitriol spewing from the French actor, perhaps best known in the U.S. for his role in the romantic comedy Green Card, was unnerving.
In an interview with the Austrian magazine Profi, he said: “I would really like to know why she has been so esteemed for so many years. She has nothing. Absolutely nothing!”
A week later, Binoche, gracefully responded. “I don’t know him and I don’t know what I did to him,” she said in a video interview on the website of British film magazine Empire. Like Depardieu, Binoche is one of the hardest working, best known actors from France. She won an Academy Award for her performance in the English Patient and is currently promoting the new Abbas Kiarostami film Certified Copy for which she won the Best Actress award at Cannes.
We hope that this feud has been laid to rest — we love them both. Depardieu is prone to bad behavior. He has also announced his retirement from acting on more than one occasion in recent years, but continues to do excellent work in such films as Andre Techine’s Changing Times and Mesrine (currently in theaters).
Depardieu Attacks; Binoche is Bewildered originally appeared on About.com World / Independent Film on Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 at 11:53:45.
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Congratulations are in order to the Berlin International Film Festival for selecting Isabella Rossellini to head the jury this February.
Festival director Dieter Kosslick described Rossellini as “a multifaceted, creative film artist with extensive experience in European, American and international cinema.”
We’ve loved Isabella Rossellini for a long time. The beautiful and versatile actress has starred in such cult classics as Blue Velvet and The Saddest Music in the World. Her short film series Green Porno about the sexual lives of animals was both funny and brilliant.
Isabella Rossellini to Head Jury at Berlin originally appeared on About.com World / Independent Film on Monday, August 30th, 2010 at 09:51:50.
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Fatih Akin (Head-ON, The Edge of Heaven) has made a comedy. Hooray for him. Hooray for us. The German filmmaker is best known for his prize-winning, brooding dramas that grapple with the uneasy co-existence of Turks and Germans in an ever changing Europe. In Soul Kitchen, Akin turns playful, taking us inside a restaurant in Hamburg.
Soul Kitchen opens today. Read Marcy’s review.
Review: Soul Kitchen originally appeared on About.com World / Independent Film on Friday, August 20th, 2010 at 09:49:30.
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Goro Miyazaki, son of anime legend Hayao (Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle), adapted Ursula K. LeGuin’s Earthsea books for his directing debut. But could there be anything more thankless than taking over a project tailor-made for your genius father and attempt to match his best work?
Tales from Earthsea opens in the US today. Read Jürgen’s review.
Review: Tales from Earthsea originally appeared on About.com World / Independent Film on Friday, August 13th, 2010 at 13:28:04.
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Franka Potente (still best know for Run Lola Run) and Asia Argento (shocking as always in The Last Mistress) are always interesting. For who they are. For the movies they make. In Argento’s case, the films she has directed. Now they are branching out on new literary paths.
Argento recently published Victims They Know So Well, a collection of personal breakup letters addressed to her by lost loves in different cities. Potente published Zehn, a collection of stories set in Japan. Argento’s texts, in English and French, are beautifully annotated with drawings and photos — by Argento. Potente’s stories are — unfortunately for those who do not speak the language — in German.
Actresses Who Write: Asia Argento and Franke Potente originally appeared on About.com World / Independent Film on Tuesday, August 10th, 2010 at 11:35:51.
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Nicolo Donato’s Brotherhood is a well-made, earnest, film about two men — members of a neo-Nazi group in Denmark — who fall in love. Naturally, these are not the best circumstances for Lars (Thure Lindhardt), a former soldier, and Jimmy (David Dencik), a long time skinhead, to come out and come into their own.
Brotherhood is currently playing in limited release in New York. Read Marcy’s review
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Review: Brotherhood originally appeared on About.com World / Independent Film on Monday, August 9th, 2010 at 12:01:43.
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Nominated for Best Foreign Film, Jacques Audiard’s A Prophet is raw stuff, violent and unforgiving — a film that will stick with you long after viewing. Malik El Djebena is condemned to to six years in prison. Cornered by the leader of the Corsican gang, he is given a number of “missions” to carry out, toughening him up and gaining the gang leader’s confidence in the process.
The Prophet arrives on DVD today (compare prices). Read Jürgen’s review.
DVD Pick of the Week: A Prophet originally appeared on About.com World / Independent Film on Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010 at 11:20:02.
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The first half hour of The Extra Man is delicious. Like a Victorian tale, an old fashioned narrator gives voice into an otherwise contemporary landscape, providing trenchant observations and sly commentary to the story.
Unfortunately, Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini’s adaptation of Jonathan Ames’ novel falls victim to the frequent curse of the independent film: too much quirk. The fine cast — Kevin Kline, Paul Dano, Katie Holmes, and John C. Reilly — can’t save the overburdened story.
The Extra Man opened Friday. Read Marcy’s review.
Review: The Extra Man originally appeared on About.com World / Independent Film on Saturday, July 31st, 2010 at 13:48:21.
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Exciting films are screening at the 35th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival. The prestigious international film fest has announced their selections for this fall - from September 9 - 19th - including new films by Robert Redford, Michael Winterbottom, Julian Schnabel, Darren Aronofsky, Francois Ozon, and John Cameron Mitchell. Indiewire has the full scoop.
Toronto Film Festival Announces Stellar 2010 Lineup originally appeared on About.com World / Independent Film on Tuesday, July 27th, 2010 at 11:38:09.
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Tamra Davis’s documentary Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child begins with footage of an interview she filmed with her friend, the artist, more than twenty years ago, not long before his death. Only recently did she have the courage to watch it — and with their conversation, she frames her film documenting Basquiat’s life.
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child opens today. Read Marcy’s review.
Review: Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child originally appeared on About.com World / Independent Film on Friday, July 23rd, 2010 at 12:58:31.
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