If your first instinct upon seeing the title “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society” is to say, “Well, that’s a mouthful,” rest assured that Mike Newell’s film has you covered, for a secondary character does the very same. Indeed, pretty much everyone in this crumbly oatmeal biscuit of a movie does and says exactly what you’d expect of them: based not on the logic of real life, of course, but the cozy conventions of umpteen twee heritage Britpics before it. For Sunday-afternoon comfort-viewing purposes, it’s no problem that “Guernsey” — which follows the post-wwii escapades of a winsome London writer (Lily James) on the eponymous isle — doesn’t stray from its inevitable course as a town-versus-country love triangle. That it offers no surprises as a nominal wartime mystery, however, is rather more bothersome, particularly as what should be a perky trifle trudges past the two-hour mark.
- 4/18/2018
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
In order to make accurate predictions about the potential Cannes Film Festival lineup, it’s first important to explore which films definitely won’t make the cut. The glamorous French gathering is notorious for waiting until the last minute before locking in every slot for its Official Selection. That includes competition titles, out of competition titles, a small midnight section and the Un Certain Regard sidebar. Cannes announces the bulk of its selections in Paris on April 13, but until then, there are plenty of ways to make educated guesses. Much of the reporting surrounding the upcoming festival selection is simply lists of films expected to come out this year. However, certain movies are definitely not going to the festival for various reasons.
That’s why our own list of potentials doesn’t include “Image Et Parole,” Jean-Luc Godard’s followup to “Goodbye to Language,” which sales agent Wild Bunch now anticipates as a 2018 title.
That’s why our own list of potentials doesn’t include “Image Et Parole,” Jean-Luc Godard’s followup to “Goodbye to Language,” which sales agent Wild Bunch now anticipates as a 2018 title.
- 3/31/2017
- by Chris O'Falt, Eric Kohn, Jude Dry, Kate Erbland, Steve Greene and Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Size Matters in the upcoming International Film Festival Rotterdam. One of its programming segments totally focuses on the difference that screen size can bring to the movie-watching experience.
To exemplify this difference three extremely large screens are being prepared on the outsides of the biggest office complexes in the center of Rotterdam. Each of these will be the venue for its own specially made movie, and the festival has just announced who the directors are:
-Nanouk Leopold
(director of “Iles Flottantes”, “Guernsey”, “Wolfsbergen")
-Carlos Reygadas
(director of “Japón”, “Battle in Heaven”, Cannes Jury prize winner for “Still Light")
-Guy Maddin
(director of “Brand upon the Brain”, “My Winnipeg")
That’s quite an impressive list!
Of course Guy Maddin is already a site favorite here at Twitch, but it gets even better: his movie will star Isabella Rossellini, who already worked with him on “The Saddest Music in...
To exemplify this difference three extremely large screens are being prepared on the outsides of the biggest office complexes in the center of Rotterdam. Each of these will be the venue for its own specially made movie, and the festival has just announced who the directors are:
-Nanouk Leopold
(director of “Iles Flottantes”, “Guernsey”, “Wolfsbergen")
-Carlos Reygadas
(director of “Japón”, “Battle in Heaven”, Cannes Jury prize winner for “Still Light")
-Guy Maddin
(director of “Brand upon the Brain”, “My Winnipeg")
That’s quite an impressive list!
Of course Guy Maddin is already a site favorite here at Twitch, but it gets even better: his movie will star Isabella Rossellini, who already worked with him on “The Saddest Music in...
- 12/22/2008
- by Ard Vijn
- Screen Anarchy
- What do these films have in common? They were past recipients of the award handed out by the Sundance Institute. This yearâ.s crop sees filmmakers from all over the world (a couple of worthy candidates that I've had the chance to see). The twelve finalists for the 2006 Sundance/Nhk International Filmmakers Awards are: Europe: Veit Helmer / Azerbaijan Dream (Germany)â. When a remote village loses its water supply, two young lovers find themselves caught in a battle of the sexes. Their hope to consummate their love is thwarted as the women of the town declare a â.no sex strikeâ. until their water supply returns. Born in Hanover in 1968, Veit Helmer began making award-winning short films as a teenager. After attending the Academy of Television & Film in Munich, he set up his production company in Berlin and made his first feature Tuvalu in 1998, which received the Fipresci prize
- 12/13/2005
- IONCINEMA.com
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