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Jim Sturgess & Kirsten Dunst Cast in Sci-Fi Film Upside Down

16 October 2009 6:00 PM, PDT | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »

I love the sci-fi genre and usually seek out great sci-fi indies, including little seen films like Mr. Nobody. Upside Down is a new project from Argentinian filmmaker Juan Diego Solanas that is being described as "an alternate reality and groundbreaking" sci-fi film. According to Production Weekly, Solanas has cast Jim Sturgess and Kirsten Dunst, two great actors, to star in this project. The very, very basic plot is that "a man searches an alternate universe for a long-lost love from his youth." However, the concept is much more twisted and incredible beyond that, as you might expect for a sci-fi film with a title like Upside Down. Here's the best description of the concept from the European Film Market brochure (via SlashFilm): Look up towards the sky and rub your eyes because you won't believe what you see: cities, forests, and oceans with their own inverted gravity, only »

- Alex Billington

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Duncan Jones’ Moon Lands at Sitges and Nabs 3 Awards Before Heading Back to the Stars. Plus Other Winners

12 October 2009 2:49 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »

Did you happen to see Duncan Jones’ quiet little sci-fi picture “Moon” when it played in limited release over the summer?  Did you love it? Did you hope it won some awards when you walked out (little gold men even)?  Well, it still might.  However, it did receive handsome kudos from the Sitges Film Festival taking home the prizes for film, best actor for Sam Rockwell, and the screenplay award for Nathan Parker.   More of the “Moon” accomplishments after the jump, one of which is the conclusive evidence that there is no cheese on its surface.

Duncan Jones’ film tells the story of Sam Bell (Sam Rockwell), and American astronaut that is nearing the end of his contracted three-year stint on the moon as a miner of a gas called Helium-3, which has become Earth’s primary source of energy.  Bell maintains and operates each facility and machinery on the moon, »

- Adam Charles

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Zombieland and Martyrs among Sitges award winners

12 October 2009 11:28 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

The 42nd Sitges Film Festival, Europe’s largest genre-movie event, came to a close yesterday with the announcement of the winners of its assorted awards. Among the victors were Ruben Fleischer’s current box-office hit Zombieland, which took the Audience Award, and Pascal Laugier’s controversial Martyrs, honored with the Méliès d’Or for Best European Motion Picture.

The big winner was Duncan Jones’ science-fiction drama Moon, cited for Best Motion Picture, Best Actor (Sam Rockwell), Best Script (Nathan Parker, from Jones’ story) and Best Production Design (Tony Noble). Cinematic provocateur Gaspar Noé’s Enter The Void nabbed the Special Jury Award and Best Cinematography (Benoit Debie); Best Director went to Brillante Mendoza for Kinatay, which also got Best Original Soundtrack (Terresa Barrozo); Best Actress was shared by Hierro’s Elena Anaya and Thirst’s Kim Ok-vin; Splice’s C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures, Mac Guff and Buf won Best Special FX »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)

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New Splice Clip from Producer Guillermo Del Toro

7 October 2009 12:00 AM, PDT | toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news »

Check out a brand new clip from the upcoming film “Splice” from producer Guillermo Del Toro (The Hobbit, Hellboy) by director Vincenzo Natali (High Rise, Cypher) and starring Adrien Brody (Fantastic Mr. Fox) and Sarah Polley (Mr. Nobody). Synopsis: Clive and Elsa are young, brilliant and ambitious. The new animal species they engineered have made them rebel superstars of the scientific world. In secret, they introduce human DNA into the experiment. The result is something that is greater than the sum of its parts: a female animal-human hybrid that may be a step up on the evolutionary ladder. They think they may have created the perfect organisim, until she makes a [...] »

- Brian Corder

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Sitges '09: My Sitges Story - Part 3

6 October 2009 12:33 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

Monday, October 5

I begin my first full week at the Sitges film festival (see last entry here) with a leisurely stroll into town. Several vendors hawking horror T-shirts and posters have set up shop outside the fest’s Brigadoon theater (where non-competition and video screenings are free for the locals), serving as a sort of mini-convention.

Two movies are on the agenda today. First up at the plush Auditori Melia is the Belgian/Canadian/French/German co-production Mr. Nobody, an excellent fantasy/quasi-sci-fi film that pretty much defies easy classification and synopsis. Urban Legend’s Jared Leto (never better) stars as a 117-year-old man (in totally convincing old age makeup), who, we are told, is the last mortal man alive on the Earth of 2092, where people now live forever. Gradually, the complexities of his back story are revealed as we experience multiple storylines of at least three different histories the character may have lived. »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (Tony Timpone)

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The blogs of my blog

5 October 2009 4:10 AM, PDT | blogs.suntimes.com/ebert | See recent Roger Ebert's Blog news »

One of my favorite pastimes, especially when I should be doing something else, is moseying around the blogs of my readers. You may have noticed that when the name of a poster is displayed in blue, that means it's a link -- usually to the author's blog, although you might be surprised. Assembled here is a distinctive readership of interesting people, not least because I am vigilant about never posting idiotic or perfunctory comments. A certain civil tone is (usually) maintained, avoiding the plague of flame wars.

More than a year ago, when the blog was somewhat new to me, I wrote: "Your comments have provided me with the best idea of my readers that I have ever had, and you are the readers I have dreamed of. I was writing to you before I was sure you were there. You are thoughtful, engaged, fair, and often the authors of eloquent prose. »

- Roger Ebert

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Fangoria to be celebrated at Spain’s Sitges film fest

24 September 2009 9:52 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

The 30th anniversary of Fangoria magazine will be honored at a special panel to be held at the 42nd edition of Spain’s prestigious Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia,  to be held October 1-12. Longtime Fango editor Tony Timpone will be attending, joined by British correspondents Alan Jones, Calum Waddell and Axelle Carolyn, as well as Italian correspondent Roberto D’Onofrio. The Fango salute will take place on Sunday, Oct. 4 at 5 p.m. in the Tramuntana Room at the Meliá Hotel.

“For the last 30 years, Fangoria has been the cornerstone of the Sitges program’s diet,” says festival director Angel Sala, “the number-one source of information to feed the bowels of the beast. Fango has been the written witness of the horror scene around the world for over three decades. Sitges can only bow and pay due respect with a celebration for the fans.”

“The panel will be »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (Fangoria.com)

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Tiff: The Finale

19 September 2009 8:57 PM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

Lev Lewis signing off from the Toronto International Film Festival

For ten days a year my little big city is overtaken by the masses of the film industry. Celebrities of all kinds are spotted walking casually through Yonge St.; semi-recognizable journalists with their green laniards hurry from screening to screening. A little piece of Hollywood just one streetcar ride away from me. So, it's odd to see how a city can overnight seem the centre of the world and then, just like that, retreat back to its former, seemingly dull self.

Not that I'm complaining. As exciting as the last ten days have been, a respite from line-ups and writing and, yes, even films, will be most welcome. 18 films in ten days isn't an exorbitant amount but it's more than enough for me. I'll leave you with a write-up on the best films I saw at the festival.

Now for the movies! »

- Lev Lewis

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Sitges 2009 Complete Lineup

19 September 2009 12:48 AM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »

The Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia announces its complete program. There are still a few surprises to be confirmed, like the closing gala, but they have already put together the final list of films that will be screened at Sitges 09. Below you’ll find the titles of each film and their sections as well as links for the films that we have already reviewed here on Sound On Sight. Opening Film [Rec]2. Paco Plaza and Jaume Balagueró. 2009. Official FANTÀSTIC In Competition Section Accident. Soi Cheang. 2009. Accidents Happen. Andrew Lancaster. 2009. The Children. Tom Shankland. 2008. [1] Cold Souls. Sophie Bartes. 2009. The Countess. Julie Delpy. 2009. Les Derniers Jours Du Monde. Jean-Marie and Arnaud Larrieu. 2009. Dogtooth (Kynodontas). Yorgos Lanthimos. 2009. Dorian Gray. Oliver Parker. 2009. Enter The Void. Gaspar Noé. 2009. Grace. Paul Solet. 2009. [2] Heartless. Philip Ridley. 2009. Hierro. Gabe Ibáñez. 2009. La Horde. Yannick Dahan and Benjamin Rocher. 2009. Ingrid. Eduard Cortés. 2009. Kinatay. Brillante Mendoza. 2009. Metropia. Tarik Saleh. 2009. Moon. »

- Ricky

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Blogging Live from Toronto '09: Part 2 - Making Decisions

16 September 2009 1:51 AM, PDT | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »

My apologies for the lack of coverage from the Toronto Film Festival in the past few days, as it has been pretty damn crazy up here. I always talk about my whereabouts and thoughts on films I've seen on Twitter, so head over there if you want to stay on top of everything from Tiff. One film I saw a few days ago was Mr. Nobody, a sci-fi drama starring Jared Leto. The film was about making decisions and it explained that in life, you have to make so many big decisions that you can't change, that sometimes it's best to not make a decision (it explores that idea in a fascinating way). And decisions are the biggest issue for me up here. By decisions, what I mean is: deciding which film to see instead of another or even deciding whether to see it at all, deciding whether to stay »

- Alex Billington

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Eighteen Toronto Reviews (and Counting…)

15 September 2009 11:02 AM, PDT | IndieWIRE | See recent indieWIRE news »

Catch up with indieWIRE‘s first batch of reviews from the Toronto International Film Festival: Werner Herzog’s “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans” Atom Egoyan’s “Chloe” Michael Moore’s “Capitalism: A Love Story” Atom Egoyan’s “Chloe” Jon Amiel’s “Creation” Mia Hansen-Love’s “The Father of My Children” Bruno Dumont’s “Hadewijch” Xavier Dolan’s “I Killed My Mother” Steven Soderbergh’s “The Informant!” Grant Heslov’s “The Men Who Stare At Goats” Jaco van Dormael’s “Mr. Nobody” … »

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Review | Mindlessness Over Matter: Jaco van Dormael’s “Mr. Nobody”

14 September 2009 4:26 PM, PDT | IndieWIRE | See recent indieWIRE news »

Quick, what do string theory, the butterfly effect, 21st-century dystopia, the possibility of quasi-immortality, the unquantifiablity of time, the impermanence of memory, death, love, second sight, the heartache of divorce, missions to Mars, and Jared Leto’s baby blues have in common? After seeing “Mr. Nobody” I’m still not sure, though I am confident that writer-director Jaco van Dormael seems to think they’re all part of the same thematic continuum. Almost moving … »

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Sixteen Toronto Reviews (and Counting…)

14 September 2009 4:22 PM, PDT | IndieWIRE | See recent indieWIRE news »

Catch up with indieWIRE‘s first batch of reviews from the Toronto International Film Festival: Werner Herzog’s “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans” Atom Egoyan’s “Chloe” Michael Moore’s “Capitalism: A Love Story” Atom Egoyan’s “Chloe” Jon Amiel’s “Creation” Mia Hansen-Love’s “The Father of My Children” Bruno Dumont’s “Hadewijch” Steven Soderbergh’s “The Informant!” Grant Heslov’s “The Men Who Stare At Goats” Jaco van Dormael’s “Mr. Nobody” Francois Ozon’s “Refuge” John Hillcoat’s “The … »

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Venice Film Festival 2009 Winners

14 September 2009 1:12 PM, PDT | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »

Venice Film Festival’s jury announced the movie “Lebanon” was the winner of the Golden Lion on the last day of the 11-day screening of films from around the world.

“Lebanon,” tells the story of Israeli paratroopers searching a hostile town. The movie is a look at war from inside a military tank by Israeli helmer Samuel Maoz, based on his personal experience as a young soldier during his country’s 1982 invasion of Lebanon.

“I dedicate this award to all those thousands of people all over the world who came back from the war, like me, safe and sound. Apparently they are fine. They walk, get married, have children. But inside them, the memories will remain stuck in their souls,” said Maoz at the award ceremony.

The Silver Lion for best director went to New York-based Iranian visual artist Shirin Neshat for her first feature “Women Without Men,” an Iranian film about women and repression. »

- Fiona

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Fourteen Toronto Reviews (and Counting…)

14 September 2009 7:22 AM, PDT | IndieWIRE | See recent indieWIRE news »

Catch up with indieWIRE‘s first batch of reviews from the Toronto International Film Festival: Michael Moore’s “Capitalism: A Love Story” Atom Egoyan’s “Chloe” Jon Amiel’s “Creation” Mia Hansen-Love’s “The Father of My Children” Bruno Dumont’s “Hadewijch” Steven Soderbergh’s “The Informant!” Grant Heslov’s “The Men Who Stare At Goats” Jaco van Dormael’s “Mr. Nobody” Francois Ozon’s “Refuge” John Hillcoat’s “The Road” Joel and Ethan Coen’s “A Serious Man” Fatih Akin’s “Soul Kitchen” … »

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Tiff 09: Review of the "schizophrenically delightful" Mr. Nobody

13 September 2009 7:28 PM, PDT | QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news »

Year: 2009

Directors: Jaco van Dormael

Writers: Jaco van Dormael

IMDb: link

Trailer: link

Review by: Rick McGrath

Rating: 7 out of 10

Mr Nobody is a confusingly complex piece of visually gorgeous family fun and angst that is schizophrenically delightful and dismal and takes 118 minutes to finally explain itself. Get the picture? Part sci-fi, part fantasy, all melodrama, Mr Nobody is the imaginative result of what a nine-year old boy would do if that kid believed you could stop time by never making choices.

It may be the ultimate “what if” yarn.

Written and directed by Jaco van Dormael, and shot for just under $50 million, Mr Nobody is a chancy, risky, and sight-gagged monstrosity of a parallel story, bravely mixing cosmology, string theory, time travel, surrealism, fantasy and a huge dollop of teenage love and married heartbreak into one giant maelstrom of a plot, the point of which you can guess at, »

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Venice: Two Trophies for A Single Man

13 September 2009 1:38 PM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

By now you've heard the news that Colin Firth received the papal blessing in Venice.

What?!?

The only church I believe in is the church of cinema and Ang Lee is a holy man. Don't tell me otherwise, blasphemer!

If you have to receive a blessing from an auteur, a vote of confidence if you will, what better man than Ang Lee? He has exceptional taste. Colin Firth might be floating up towards heaven even as we speak since Ang Lee and his Venice International Film Festival jury named Colin Firth Best Actor. The honor came for his work as a grieving gay academic in Tom Ford's A Single Man (see: related posts).

I'd like to intone "The Oscar race has begun" in sotto voce right about now, but has it? A Single Man's distribution is still up in the air. Though the movie, based on the Christopher Isherwood novel, »

- NATHANIEL R

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Red Carpet: Venice, Toronto and Tilda x 7

12 September 2009 12:00 PM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

Which stars have been out and about this past week? Whole galaxies of them. I've collected a few randomly for this edition of the red carpet lineup. It's but a tiny fraction of the luminaries since we're now in the thick of festival season. Telluride is behind us, Venice wraps today, and Toronto just kicked off. And that's just the big ones.

Nicholas Hoult and Julianne Moore hit Venice for the premiere of A Single Man (see previous post). An Education's Carey Mulligan, quickly emerging as the one to beat for Best Actress, is going to be fought over fiercely when it comes to dressing for the Oscars, just watch. She wore this Prada 09 Fall/Winter collection piece for her film's Toronto premiere. Oscar winner Jennifer Connelly and her perpetually Oscar snubbed husband Paul Bettany were also in Toronto promoting the Charles Darwin biography / marital drama Creation.

Finally, Venice »

- NATHANIEL R

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Sitges 09: And the full lineup includes...

12 September 2009 1:14 AM, PDT | QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news »

The full lineup has been announced, and among the load of genre fare that's been running the fest circuit are the world premiers of:

Vincenzo Natali's latest, Splice, which we're all excited about.

Simon Fellows twisted adaptation Malice in Wonderland (trailer)

Along some of our personal favorites:

Black Dynamite (friggin awesome)

Swiss scifi flick Cargo (trailer)

Pater Sparrow's incredible Stanislaw Lem adaptation 1 (review)

The Mo Brothers Indonesian slasher Macabre (review)

Atm (get it?) horror-comedy The Human Centipede (review)

Full list after the break.

Opening Film

[Rec]2. Paco Plaza and Jaume Balagueró. 2009.

Official FANTÀSTIC In Competition Section

Accident. Soi Cheang. 2009.

Accidents Happen. Andrew Lancaster. 2009.

The Children. Tom Shankland. 2008.

Cold Souls. Sophie Bartes. 2009.

The Countess. Julie Delpy. 2009.

Les Derniers Jours Du Monde. Jean-Marie and Arnaud Larrieu. 2009.

Dogtooth (Kynodontas). Yorgos Lanthimos. 2009.

Dorian Gray. Oliver Parker. 2009.

Enter The Void. Gaspar Noé. 2009.

Grace. Paul Solet. 2009.

Heartless. Philip Ridley. 2009.

Hierro. Gabe Ibáñez. 2009.

La Horde. Yannick Dahan and Benjamin Rocher. »

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Diane and Jared Are Two Somebodies in Venice

11 September 2009 12:30 PM, PDT | Popsugar.com | See recent Popsugar news »

The glamour continued at the Venice Film Festival earlier today with Diane Kruger and a very handsome-looking Jared Leto stepping out for a photo call to support their film Mr. Nobody. The were decked out later in the afternoon as well for a premiere alongside costars Sarah Polley and Linh Dan Pham. A few of the cinema event's big names, like George Clooney and Matt Damon, have already moved on to promote their films back in North America, but Diane's still keeping the star factor high in Italy. View 30 Photos › To see more of Diane and Jared, just read more. View 30 Photos › »

- PopSugar

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