Tag: Annette
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Oscars Academy Postpones All In-Person Events and Screenings Until 2022
Covid is still disrupting the Oscar season. On Friday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science canceled all in-person events and screenings for the remainder of 2021. However, the Academy Museum in Los Angeles is still scheduled to open on Sept. 30, with the museum operating at 50% capacity during business hours and with…
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The Best Movies Streaming Right Now: Annette, Collateral, Bob Ross, Candyman, Unsane
(Welcome to Now Stream This, a weekly column dedicated to the best movies streaming on Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, and every other streaming service out there.)Time again for me to highlight five movies you can stream right now, or this weekend, or whenever the mood strikes you (unless they get removed from their respective streaming services).…
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Marion Cotillard on Singing While Smoking, Swimming, and During Sex in ‘Annette’
Leos Carax’s tragic romance “Annette” is a movie musical like no other. The songs, written by Sparks brothers Ron and Russell Mael, are detached and ironic, and the characters are for the most part deeply unhappy amid the trappings of contemporary fame. As the glamorous soprano Ann Desfranoux, Cotillard reminds audiences of her already lovely…
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Sparks’ Ron and Russell Mael on the Creation of ‘Annette’ and ‘Overcoming All the Expectations of a Movie Musical’
Irony is a word that pops up a lot in discussing the group Sparks — in their content, and in their career. And here’s an irony for you: When brothers Ron and Russell Mael created a project called “The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman” many years back, it was with the intent of it being a…
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The ‘Annette’ Puppet Is the Film’s Wildest Invention — Here’s How They Pulled It Off
Leos Carax had a problem: he wanted to incorporate a small child with preternatural singing prowess into his deranged Sparks brothers movie musical “Annette,” but the director didn’t want to use a series of actual small humans, or digital technology. The solution? A puppet, which turned out to be perhaps the most polarizing element in…
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Daily Podcast: A Conversation with Sparks About Their New Musical, ‘Annette’
On the August 20, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson presents an interview with Sparks about their first movie musical, Annette. Opening Banter: In The News: Sparks on the Evolution of ‘Annette’, Ceding Control, Their Next Project(s), and More [Interview] Also mentioned: ‘Annette’ Ending Explained: A Closer Look at That […]The…
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Marion Cotillard on the “Dark Side” of Her ‘Annette’ Character and More [Interview]
Marion Cotillard won an Oscar for playing singer Édith Piaf, but she did not actually sing in 2007’s La Vie en Rose. But she has a background in music, and she does get to use her actual singing voice in Annette, the odd new musical from French filmmaker Leos Carax (Holy Motors) that sees Cotillard…
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‘Holy Motors’ Star Denis Lavant Boards French-Georgian Gangster Thriller ‘Blood Burn’ (Exclusive)
Legendary French actor Denis Lavant, best known for his collaborations with “Annette” director Leos Carax, has found the latest role he will disappear into.Lavant is set to star in “Blood Burn,” a French-Georgian gangster thriller which is currently being presented in the Locarno Film Festival’s Alliance 4 Development program.The film hails from first-time feature director…
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‘Final Annette Trailer’: Adam Driver & Marion Cotillard Star In A Surreal Musical For Leos Carax Featuring Sparks Music
Since it opened the Cannes Film Festival in July, presumably by now you’ve heard all about “Annette,” the avante garde rock opera musical by the great Leos Carax (“Holy Motors“) featuring the music of the avante-pop band Sparks (featured in Edgar Wright‘s recent documentary “The Sparks Brothers“) and featuring Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard.Read More:…
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Cannes: All the Movies from the 2021 Festival That Will Make Some Noise This Year
A few weeks ago, it was hard to believe that the Cannes Film Festival would actually happen. Now, as the 74th edition winds down, it’s still hard to believe what transpired over the past two weeks: a whole lot of movies, many of which will continue to make some noise in the year ahead. In…