Cannes Daily Buzz: Jia Zhang-ke Takes on Violence in “A Touch of Sin”
Jia Zhang-ke discusses the universality of his latest film A Touch of Sin and the depiction of violence in cinema as a political and ideological exercise in our latest podcast from the Cannes Film Festival.
NYAFF Announces Closing Night and First Batch of Films
The New York Asian Film Festival, a co-presentation of Film Society and Subway Cinema, will close with the North American premiere of Jay Chou’s martial arts/romance/musical The Rooftop. Twenty-two additional titles have also been announced.
Cannes Daily Buzz: Hot Topics Roundtable #3
In our third Hot Topics roundtable from Cannes, Brian Brooks (Deadline/FilmLinc Daily), Eric Kohn (Indiewire), Jada Yuan (New York Magazine), and Nigel Smith (Indiewire) share their impressions of the festival so far.
Cannes Daily Buzz: Money & Movies Mix at World’s Biggest Market for Film
Alec Baldwin and James Toback discuss their Cannes-shot movie biz doc Seduced and Abandoned and Tom Bernard of Sony Pictures Classics weighs in on the Cannes marketplace in this double dose of Daily Buzz.
Alexander Payne Goes Post-Bling with Cannes Entry “Nebraska”
Nearly a decade after Sideways, a feature that remains an enduring apex in Alexander Payne's career, two men hit the road again in his latest film Nebraska, but that is about where the comparison ends.
Cannes Daily Buzz: Hot Topics Roundtable #2
Critics Kenny Turan of the Los Angeles Times, Kyle Buchanan of Vulture, Jonathan Marlow of Fandor, and Stephanie Zacharek of Village Voice sat down with the Daily Buzz to discuss their most loved and most loathed films at Cannes so far.
Discover: Jeremy Saulnier Hits the Target with “Blue Ruin”
Jeremy Saulnier won over his Cannes audience with the Directors Fortnight debut of Blue Ruin, about a vagrant who seeks vengeance for his parents' murder amid the backwoods of Virginia. The story of suspense has a healthy dose of dark humor that struck a chord here.
Cannes Daily Buzz: Meet Oscar Isaac
Remember the name Oscar Isaac. As the star of the Coen brothers' latest, Inside Llewyn Davis, you'll be hearing a lot about him.
Interview: Luke Poling and Tom Bean, “Plimpton!”
Filmmakers Tom Bean and Luke Poling chat about their first feature-length documentary Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself and the New York icon who inspired it.
Cannes Daily Buzz: Erotic Romp Meets Existential Thriller in Guiraudie’s “Lake”
A light-hearted story of gay cruising that morphs into a much darker tale is a surprise hit in Cannes this week. Alain Guiraudie's Stranger by the Lake screened in the Un Certain Regard section to audience and critical praise.
