Tag: Climax
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Climax review – bad trip at the danse macabre
A troupe of young dancers is sucked into an LSD-induced hell in Gaspar Noé’s latest grand guignol vision“It’s a nightmare!” Gaspar Noé’s latest is a typically confrontational cocktail of music and horror; a trance-like stew of contorting, krumping, waacking weirdness that drops on its audience like the bucket of blood from Carrie. It’s purportedly based…
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‘Climax’, ‘Custody’ and ‘The Four Sisters’ among French Oscar submission candidates
Claire Denis, Thierry Frémaux are on the committee that will decide which French film will head to the Academy Awards.Gaspar Noé’s Climax, Xavier Legrand’s Custody and the late Claude Lanzmann’s last film The Four Sisters are among the films on the short list to be France’s Foreign Language submission will be announced tomorrow (September 21).A…
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‘Climax’ Review: Gaspar Noé’s Latest Dances Deliriously Toward Death [Tiff]
Whenever any cinematic movement occurs with a noticeable sense of purpose on screen, critics commonly employ the trope of reaching into the language of dance. It’s not just walking, it’s a filmic ballet. It’s not just blocking, it’s choreography. Maybe it says something more about the scattershot cinematography of a screen-saturated culture where images are…
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The 2018 IndieWire Cannes Bible: Every Review, Interview, and News Item Posted During the Festival
Lineup2018 Cannes Film Festival Lineup: Spike Lee, Jean-Luc Godard, and More to Compete for Palme d’Or‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Set for Special Premiere Screening at CannesOrson Welles Is Coming to Cannes 2018 After All, but Not With NetflixCannes: Nicolas Cage’s ‘Mandy’ and Gaspar Noe’s ‘Climax’ Lead 2018 Directors’ Fortnight LineupPaul Dano’s ‘Wildlife,’ Starring Jake…
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Cannes: Nicolas Cage’s ‘Mandy’ and Gaspar Noe’s ‘Climax’ Lead 2018 Directors’ Fortnight Lineup
Nicolas Cage is heading to Cannes. The festival’s parallel sidebar Directors’ Fortnight has announced the 17 features that will screen this year, and the group includes world premieres from international favorites like Gaspar Noe’ and Ciro Guerra, plus acclaimed titles like “Mandy” and “Leave No Trace” that first wowed audiences at Sundance earlier this year.2018…
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Cannes: Directors’ Fortnight unveils 2018 line-up
Noé, Faucon and Rosales feature in 50th anniversary edition marked by strong Hispanic, French presence.Gaspar Noé’s Climax, Ciro Guerra and Cristina Gallego’s Birds of Passage, and Mamoru Hosoda’s feature animation Mirai are among the features that will premiere in the 50th anniversary edition of Directors’ Fortnight this year.Artistic director Edouard Waintrop unveiled his final selection,…