Tag: The River
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Locarno Honoree Tsai Ming-Liang Talks About the Decline of Cinema: ‘Audiences Are Being Collectively Hypnotized’
Celebrated Malaysian-Taiwanese director Tsai Ming-liang sat down with Variety on the eve of receiving the Locarno Film Festival Career Award. The award is only the latest in a series of prizes from major European festivals the art-house maverick has received – from the 1994 Golden Lion from Venice for “Vive L’Amour” to the Silver Bear…
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Taiwanese Auteur Tsai Ming-liang to Be Honored With Locarno Film Festival Career Award
Taiwanese director Tsai Ming-liang, the arthouse darling known for works including Venice Golden Lion winner “Vive L’Amour” and “The River,” which scored the Berlin Silver Bear, will be celebrated by the Locarno Film Festival with its Honorary Leopard achievement award.The iconoclastic auteur, who is a key figure in Taiwan’s so-called Second New Wave, will receive…
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‘The River’ Review: Lebanon’s existential condition expressed through metaphor.
Lebanon’s leading avant-garde filmmaker Ghassan Salhab has always been unapologetically art house, scraping away at traditional forms of narrative to create elliptical works reliant on unfussy compositions and layered sound design. His films explore liminal emotional states connected with Lebanon’s troubled history, capturing a sense of disturbance that practically quivers with unexpressed tension. His latest,…
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REinvent Sells Nordic Noir Thriller ‘Outlier’ to HBO Nordic & More Buyers (Exclusive)
Rikke Ennis’s REinvent has sold “Outlier,” a female-led crime thriller, has to major TV services, including HBO Nordic.The series, which is set in Arctic wilderness amid the Sami community, has also been acquired by Vrt BelgiumSbs in Australia and Global Series Network in the U.K.HBO Nordic has just launched the series. REinvent is currently in…
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Toronto Film Festival Books Nicole Kidman, Elisabeth Moss Films for Platform Section
The Platform section of the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival will include adventurous films starring Nicole Kidman, Elisabeth Moss, Frank Grillo and Patricia Clarkson, Tiff organizers announced on Wednesday.Films in the section will include Alex Ross Perry’s “Her Smell,” with Moss and Amber Heard; Carol Morley’s Martin Amis adaptation “Out of Blue,” with Patricia Clarkson…