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NewsFirst look at Venice title ‘Broken Rage’, Takeshi Kitano’s Amazon MGM Studios feature
The unorthodox feature is half gritty action feature, half comedy parody.
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ReviewsAchilles And The Tortoise
Dir: Takeshi Kitano. Japan. 2008. 119mins.Takeshi Kitano’s trilogy looking at his own career, his relations to the industry and cinema itself takes yet another turn in its final part which at first appears to be less self-obsessed than his two previous efforts but soon follows the ...
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FeaturesVenice 2024 preview: Screen’s guide to the Out of Competition titles
Includes new films from Errol Morris, Tim Burton, Kevin Macdonald, Petra Costa, Asif Kapadia and Harmony Korine.
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Kitano unveils new project Achilles And The Tortoise
Award-winning Japanese writer-director-actor Takeshi Kitano has unveiled details of his latest feature film, entitled Achilles And The Tortoise. Details of the production were announced at the Nikkatsu Studios in Chofu City, with the press invited on the soundstages.Kitano, also known for his paintings, found inspiration in past canvas embarrassments for ...
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Takeshi Kitano to be honoured atThessaloniki
Takeshi Kitano will receive a life time achievement award at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival.The acclaimed Japanese director and actorwill make his first trip to Greece to receive the festival's Honorary Golden Alexander and to present his last film Achilles And The Tortoise (Achilles To Kame). Click here to see ...
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Venice Film Festival reviews
Click to see full reviewCompetitionAchilles And The Tortoise (Takeshi Kitano)L'Autre (Patrick Mario Bernard, Pierre Trividic)Birdwatchers(Marco Bechis)The Burning Plain (Guillermo Arriaga) Giovanni's Father (Pupi Avati)The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow)Il Seme Della Discordia (Pappi Corsicato) Inju, The Beast In The Shadow (Barbet Scroeder)Inland (Tariq Teguia)Jerichow (Christian Petzold)A Perfect Day (Ferzan Ozpetek)Milk (Semih ...
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Venice competition includes Aronofsky, Arriaga, Kitano, Ozpetek
The 65th Venice Film Festival has unveiled its programme this morning.CompetitionThe Wrestler, dir. Darren Aronofsky (US)The Burning Plain, dir. Guillermo Arriaga (US)Il papa di Giovanna, dir. Pupi Avati (Italy)BirdWatchers, dir. Marco Bechis (Italy)L'Autre, dirs. Patrick Mario Bernard & Pierre Trividic (France)The Hurt Locker, dir. Kathryn Bigelow (US)Il seme della discordia, ...
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Toronto reviews
Gala PresentationsBurn After Reading (Joel and Ethan Coen)Dean Spanley (Toa Fraser)The Duchess (Saul Dibb)Fifty Dead Men Walking (Kari Skogland)La Fille De Monaco (Anne Fontaine)The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond (Jodie Markell)Nothing But The Truth (Rod Lurie)One Week (Michael McGowan)The Other Man (Richard Eyre)Passchendaele (Paul Gross)Pride And Glory (Gavin O'Connor)Rachel Getting ...
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For My Father takes Grand Prix in Sofia
The 13th Sofia International Film Festival concluded March 14 with the Grand Prix in the international competition going to For My Father, directed by Dror Zahavi. An Israeli-German co-production, For My Father portrays an accidental meeting of three people in Tel Aviv. The international jury, led by Hungarian director Janos ...
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Stockholm International Film Festival dedicated to Sydney Pollack
The 19th edition of the Stockholm International Film Festival has unveiled its 2008 programme, screening more than 170 films from 40 countries.'And we are keeping up the momentum,' explained festival director Git Scheynius at today's (Oct 22) press conference in Stockholm; 'no less than a third of the entries are ...
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