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Tiff 2009 Day 7: Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Micmacs
30 November 2009 1:32 AM, PST | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »
A welcomed "diversion" to my viewing slate, Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator wasn't the first picture that came to mind when watching Dany Boon's miming about in Jean-Pierre Jeunet's "anti-war" themed pic. - A welcomed "diversion" to my viewing slate, Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator wasn't the first picture that came to mind when watching Dany Boon's miming about in Jean-Pierre Jeunet's "anti-war" themed pic. I wasn't thinking of anti-war pics, and it was upon further reflection that I thought about the whole non-violence combating violence discourse of the film, but it was the collection of pics from the late 70's/early 80's films that I grew up on that I had in mind. In my estimation, Jeunet's Micmacs delivers that tingling feeling sensation that we find in spades in Amelie, the pic is a technically fun film to watch, and is inoffensive, quirky »
- Ioncinema.com Staff
New Seraphine UK Poster
20 October 2009 2:45 AM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
Here's one for all the art lovers out there: Séraphine, the multiple Cesar*-award winning story of French painter Séraphine Louis (sometimes know as Séraphine de Senlis), who went from cleaning lady to darling of the art world.It's the kind of story that you can't believe hasn't already been made into a film. In 1914, just prior to the outbreak of World War I a German art collector called William Uhde rented an apartment in Senlis, near Paris, and hired a cleaning lady called Séraphine. She was unrefined, suffers mental problems and was a laughing stock for many people around time, but Uhde learns that she has a huge talent for painting. He was forced to leave the country by the War, but on returning years later brought Séraphine to the world's attention.Séraphine stars Yolande Moreau (the landlady in Amelie) and Ulrich Tukur (The Lives Of Others) and is »
Preview: The Best of the 45th Chicago International Film Festival, Week One
8 October 2009 8:51 AM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – We’ve been working our way through the schedule for the upcoming 45th Annual Chicago International Film Festival, kicking off tonight with the premiere of “Motherhood,” starring Uma Thurman, Anthony Edwards, and Minnie Driver. We’ve watched dozens of films from some that stand among the best of the year to a few that stand among the worst. We’re here to focus on the former and point out a few highlights for your movie-going weekend.
The best films of the first week of the fest include a spectacular coming-of-age story, an intense drama, a fascinating documentary, and a Russian musical. The lineup at this year’s fest may be a little light on true gems that instantly jump out from the printed schedule, but it just means you’ll have to dig a little harder. There are great films on there. Here are a few.
The top tier »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
Jean-Pierre Jeunet versus Goliath
1 October 2009 5:02 AM, PDT | ifc.com | See recent IFC news »
"You know, each time I tell the same story. It's little guys against the monster, the ogre -- or David against Goliath," says Jean-Pierre Jeunet of his new film "Micmacs," a comedy about a video store clerk (Dany Boon) who seeks revenge on two major weapons manufacturers with help from a group of quirkily talented friends, including a human cannonball and a contortionist.
The "Amelie" director sat down with his star to tell us about his new film and what inspires him. "Micmacs" will be released by Sony Pictures Classics.
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- IFC
Audrey Tautou digs into the mystery of 'Chanel'
25 September 2009 3:35 PM, PDT | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
Today, as the film "Coco Before Chanel" is released, movie-goers will be treated to an inside, cinematic look at the person of Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel before she was the infamous French fashion designer, still worshipped even today. But even for the film's stars, the backstory of the woman who grew up in a broken home, poor, who latched herself to a rich man (Étienne Balsan, played by Benoît Poelvoorde) as a mistress -- the experience was truly eye-opening. French actress Audrey Tautou, who still enjoys fame in America for her roles in 2001's "Amelie" and 2006's "The Da Vinci Code,"... »
- Katie Hasty
Coco Before Chanel
25 September 2009 4:21 AM, PDT | The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news »
Directed by: Anne Fontaine
Cast: Audrey Tautou, Benoit Poelvoorde, Alessandro Nivola
Running Time: 1 hr 45 mins
Rating: PG-13
Release Date: September 25, 2009
Plot: The story of Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel (Tautou) and the love triangle (Poelvoorde and Nivola) that would support her in becoming an icon of the fashion world.
Who’S It For? A narrow audience – the same crowd that doesn’t mind subtitles and (willingly) saw something like Pride and Prejudice.
Expectations: I had heard murmurs of “Oscar” for Tautou’s performance, but I would’ve been just fine with an engaging biopic.
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Actors:
Audrey Tautou as “Coco” Chanel: Romantic roles can bring out a special radiance from Tautou (Amelie), but the stoic Coco, despite her “chick flick” cushioning, is a tad too Da Vinci Code for this performance to stand much above average. Indeed, “Coco” is a strong woman, but this turn is more similar »
- Nick Allen
Audrey Tautou Interview, Coco Before Chanel
23 September 2009 8:00 PM, PDT | MoviesOnline.ca | See recent MoviesOnline news »
MoviesOnline sat down recently with French actress Audrey Tautou (The Da Vinci Code, Amelie) to talk about her new movie, Coco Before Chanel. Coco Before Chanel is the story of Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, who began her life as a headstrong orphan, and through an extraordinary journey became the legendary couturier who embodied the modern woman and became a timeless symbol of success, freedom and style. The film portrays the formative years of Chanel's life, the years Chanel spent discovering and inventing herself. Coco Before Chanel is directed by Anne Fontaine (La Fille de Monaco/ The Girl Fr... »
Film & Fashion: Coco Before Chanel
23 September 2009 7:00 AM, PDT | TribecaFilm.com | See recent Tribeca Film news »
Note: Are you going to the 2009 Doha Tribeca Film Festival? Coco Before Chanel is... When we think of Coco Chanel, we envision a strong, powerful woman at the helm of a fashion empire. But what of her childhood - where did she come from? What was the foundation for her never-before-seen talent, ambition, and fortitude? Was she to the manor born? The answers, found in Anne Fontaine's new film Coco avant Chanel (aka Coco Before Chanel), may just surprise you. The film focuses on her early life: Coco (nee Gabrielle) Chanel and her sister were abandoned in an orphanage at a young age. By young adulthood, the scrappy pair learned to scrape by, at times on sheer will alone. Part-time cabaret performer, part-time seamstress, Coco (Audrey Tautou: Amelie, The Da Vinci Code, Dirty Pretty Things) wormed her way (at great personal cost - she was a courtesan) into an aristocratic lifestyle, »
Coco Before Chanel dir. Anne Fontaine (new film / trailer) (Mixed Media)
22 September 2009 10:00 AM, PDT | PopMatters | See recent PopMatters news »
Coco Before Chanel Director: Anne Fontaine Cast: Audrey Tautou, Benoît Poelvoorde, Alessandro Nivola Opening: 25 September 2009 Distributor: Warner Bros. (France) Sony Pictures Classics (U.S.) Audrey Tautou, star of the beloved indie classic Amelie, returns to the screen as Coco Chanel in the upcoming movie Coco Before Chanel. The film centers around Chanel during her youth, before her name became the iconic fashion label for the chic modern woman. Seen as a social mischief in her era, Coco allures a few prominent suitors, who vie for her heart and become intrigued by her eccentricity. Coco Before Chanel has already hit… »
- By Eleanore Catolico
Tautou Rules Out Hollywood Move
21 September 2009 9:06 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
French actress Audrey Tautou has ruled out a permanent move to Hollywood despite acknowledging it would help her career - because she fears living in Los Angeles would inflate her ego.
The star has risen to international fame with roles in award-winning film Amelie and The Da Vinci Code, opposite Tom Hanks.
However, Tautou, who still lives in Paris, prefers working close to home - because she is convinced stars who live in Hollywood are pursuing glory and fame rather than good roles.
She tells the New York Daily News, "I like to visit Hollywood, but I wouldn't like to settle there...
"I don't think about my work in terms of a 'career'. I have the ambition to try to do very good movies and try to work with great directors and I try to do my best. My intention is much more for doing something worthwhile than about the glory. I feel myself as being more of an artisan than as an actress." »
Tautou's Photo Hobby
20 September 2009 6:31 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
French actress Audrey Tautou has an unusual collection - she keeps a photograph of every person who has interviewed her.
The Amelie star regularly takes pictures of journalists she speaks with so she doesn't forget them, and hopes one day to incorporate the snaps into a project.
She tells the New York Daily News, "I haven't done anything with the photos yet. I just keep them. But it's just because I have met so many people for very short moments and all these moments for me disappear into the air. I find it a bit unreal. So I wanted to keep something concrete to make sure I was not wasting my time." »
Tiff Auteur Round-up: Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Todd Solondz, Werner Herzog
18 September 2009 3:48 PM, PDT | Vanity Fair | See recent Vanity Fair news »
A still from Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Micmacs. Jean-Pierre Jeunet Micmacs Many auteurs allow themselves an occasional lapse into nostalgia—Fellini’s Amarcord, for example, or Woody Allen’s Radio Days. Jean-Pierre Jeunet, meanwhile, has let nostalgia seep into his entire oeuvre (with the exception of Alien: Resurrection, his only English-language movie). It’s in the sepia-drenched streetscapes, the wistful music, the mid-century slang. Jeunet avoids excessive sentimentality, however, thanks to his virtuosic direction, his dark sense of humor, and his Rube Goldberg approach to storytelling. Remember that ridiculous scene in Benjamin Button where a narrator came out of nowhere to explain the series of coincidences that led to Cate Blanchett’s car accident? That was stolen from the Jeunet playbook. The true mark of an auteur is when people rip you off. Jeunet’s latest film Micmacs, which played in Toronto this week, revisits the golden Paris of Amelie. Dany Boon, »
Review | Jeunet Continues His Magical Realism With “Micmacs”
17 September 2009 6:22 AM, PDT | IndieWIRE | See recent indieWIRE news »
Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s signature films, including “Amelie” and “City of Lost Children,” have functioned as gateway drugs, getting the previously uninitiated hooked on the habit of foreign film. Romantic enough to please what we now think of as the “Twilight” set, and so highly visual that little is lost in translation, they’ve infiltrated hard-to-reach demographics and awakened appetites for adventurous cinema in viewers who didn’t know they had them. Whether you love … »
Review | Jeunet Continues To Patent His Magical Realism With “Micmacs”
17 September 2009 6:22 AM, PDT | IndieWIRE | See recent indieWIRE news »
Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s signature films, including “Amelie” and “City of Lost Children,” have functioned as gateway drugs, getting the previously uninitiated hooked on the habit of foreign film. Romantic enough to please what we now think of as the “Twilight” set, and so highly visual that little is lost in translation, they’ve infiltrated hard-to-reach demographics and awakened appetites for adventurous cinema in viewers who didn’t know they had them. Whether you love … »
Review | Another Fairy Tale: Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s “Micmacs”
17 September 2009 6:22 AM, PDT | IndieWIRE | See recent indieWIRE news »
Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s signature films, including “Amelie” and “City of Lost Children,” have functioned as gateway drugs, getting the previously uninitiated hooked on the habit of foreign film. Romantic enough to please what we now think of as the “Twilight” set, and so highly visual that little is lost in translation, they’ve infiltrated hard-to-reach demographics and awakened appetites for adventurous cinema in viewers who didn’t know they had them. Whether you love … »
Moverman's Directorial Debut Wins Top Prize At Deauville
14 September 2009 8:57 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Screenwriter Oren Moverman's directorial debut has wowed critics at the Deauville American Film Festival in France - his movie The Messenger was named winner of the Grand Prize on Sunday.
The film, which stars Ben Foster as a soldier who returns from a tour of duty in Iraq, was handed the event's top accolade by the festival jury, led by Amelie filmmaker Jean-Pierre Jeunet.
The Messenger also picked up the International Critics' Prize.
The Deauville American Film Festival aims to boost the popularity of independent U.S. movies. »
50 Essential Foreign Films 2000-2008 (Part 1) - Spotlight on French Cinema
2 September 2009 4:17 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
Films on the cutting edge. That's how I would describe the 50 movies on this list. While some moviegoers may find it an 'alien' experience to refer to sub-titles in understanding what's happening on the big screen, a good number of audiences are totally enjoying the different and often surprising take by many foreign filmmakers, nothwithstanding the language barrier.
Content-wise, the 50 movies feature stories about war and peace, love and romance, family affairs, coming-of-age tales, cultural and religious diversity, social issues (including prostitution and abortion) and personal - celebrating life or facing death with dignity. Coverage-wise, tMF list down many of the best foreign films from 2000 until last year from the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and about 15 other countries in Europe, North and Latin America and Asia-Pacific.
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André Téchiné, Catherine Breillat, Julian Schnabel, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Christophe Barratier, Jacques Audiard, Cedric Clapisch, Francois Ozon... they are, »
50 Essential Foreign Films 2000-2008 (Part 1) - Spotlight on French Cinema
2 September 2009 4:17 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
Films on the cutting edge. That's how I would describe the 50 movies on this list. While some moviegoers may find it an 'alien' experience to refer to sub-titles in understanding what's happening on the big screen, a good number of audiences are totally enjoying the different and often surprising take by many foreign filmmakers, nothwithstanding the language barrier.
Content-wise, the 50 movies feature stories about war and peace, love and romance, family affairs, coming-of-age tales, cultural and religious diversity, social issues (including prostitution and abortion) and personal - celebrating life or facing death with dignity. Coverage-wise, tMF list down many of the best foreign films from 2000 until last year from the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and about 15 other countries in Europe, North and Latin America and Asia-Pacific.
André Téchiné, Catherine Breillat, Julian Schnabel, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Christophe Barratier, Jacques Audiard, Cedric Clapisch, Francois Ozon... they are, »
50 Essential Foreign Films 2000-2008 (Part 1) - Spotlight on French Cinema
2 September 2009 4:17 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
Films on the cutting edge. That's how I would describe the 50 movies on this list. While some moviegoers may find it an 'alien' experience to refer to sub-titles in understanding what's happening on the big screen, a good number of audiences are totally enjoying the different and often surprising take by many foreign filmmakers, nothwithstanding the language barrier.
Content-wise, the 50 movies feature stories about war and peace, love and romance, family affairs, coming-of-age tales, cultural and religious diversity, social issues (including prostitution and abortion) and personal - celebrating life or facing death with dignity. Coverage-wise, tMF list down many of the best foreign films from 2000 until last year from the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and about 15 other countries in Europe, North and Latin America and Asia-Pacific.
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André Téchiné, Catherine Breillat, Julian Schnabel, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Christophe Barratier, Jacques Audiard, Cedric Clapisch, Francois Ozon... they are, »
Sony gets 'Micmacs'
1 September 2009 10:00 PM, PDT | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »
Jean Pierre-Jeunet has found a new landing pad for his dreamy concoctions. His latest, Micmacs, has been acquired for U.S. and Latin American distribution by Sony Pictures Classics, according to Variety.
The whimsical-looking French comedy, from the filmmaking team behind the international hit Amelie, was expected to be released by Warner Brothers, especially since it was a co-production with Warner Bros. France. In addition, Warner Independent Pictures released Jeunet’s last film A Very Long Engagement. However, with the Warner Independent label recently shuttering, no distributor was firmly in place.
Hopefully, Jeunet reuniting with Sony, the distributor of many of his earlier films including The City of Lost Children, means Micmacs will see at least a limited release in the U.S. this year. The film was written by Jeunet and Guillaume Laurant, whose Amelie proved popular on this side of the pond.
Micmacs, which Sony reportedly picked up for slightly over $1 million, »
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