May 2007 - Posts

In the works: Boden, Fleck and Bertolucci.
Thursday, May 31, 2007 5:42 PM

Cannes rundown: By our count, these are the big acquisitions from the competition, Un Certain Regard and Directors' Fortnight: IFC...

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Cannes remnant: "Terror's Advocate."
Thursday, May 31, 2007 2:55 PM

We swore we get these last few up this week or not at all, by gum. Jacques Vergès, a famous,...

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Speaking out.
Wednesday, May 30, 2007 5:28 PM

The biggest fight being picked today is a whose threequel is bigger one between Sony and Disney over the super,...

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Trailers: French genre films, arty horror and an angry doc.
Wednesday, May 30, 2007 2:03 PM

A rather nicely done trailer here for Tell No One, a French adaptation of Harlan Coben's potboiler of the same...

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IFC News: Cannes wrap-up, Friedkin, more.
Tuesday, May 29, 2007 2:03 PM

This week at IFC News (tomorrow, back to your regularly scheduled film news blog content): Dennis Lim looks over the...

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Cannes: The winners.
Sunday, May 27, 2007 1:22 PM

And the Palme d'Or goes (Surprise! Well, maybe not.) to Romanian director Cristian Mungiu's abortion drama 4 Months, 3 Weeks...

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Cannes: Boo.
Saturday, May 26, 2007 1:54 PM

Once again, Dennis Lim with a Cannes dispatch, here:Secret Sunshine is a near unanimous favorite among the critics. James Gray's...

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Cannes: "Chop Shop"'s Ramin Bahrani.
Friday, May 25, 2007 2:16 PM

IFC News host Matt Singer talks Chop Shop with director Ramin Bahrani (of Man Push Cart) and his young star...

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Cannes: Miserablist.
Thursday, May 24, 2007 2:34 PM

Dennis Lim's fourth Cannes dispatch for IFC News is up here:One of the most intriguing sub-themes of Cannes '07 has...

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Cannes: "Boarding Gate."
Wednesday, May 23, 2007 11:42 AM

Cannes seems to have a strong idea as to what a midnight movie is, and it appears to be almost,...

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Cannes: The Americans.
Tuesday, May 22, 2007 9:35 AM

Dennis Lim's third Cannes dispatch is up here:My favorite film by an American director so far — although it was...

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U2, too.
Monday, May 21, 2007 6:50 PM

By popular request, there's a video of the U2 performance on the Palais stairs in honor of the U2 3D...

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IFC News: "I'd like to hear it, HAL. Sing it for me."
Monday, May 21, 2007 6:26 PM

This week at IFC News: The podcast is fending off some technical issues and will be up tomorrow. Aaron Hillis...

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Cannes too.
Monday, May 21, 2007 12:55 PM

Going to Cannes for only a few days was a terrible tease, though we're hardly complaining. Orange France, which provided...

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Cannes: Relocating auteurs.
Monday, May 21, 2007 8:48 AM

Dennis Lim's second festival dispatch, on Olivier Assayas' Boarding Gate and Hou Hsiao-hsien's Flight of the Red Balloon, is up...

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