In a career that spans over half a century, the indefatigable Ken Loach has cemented his reputation as the foremost filmmaker of the British working class. At 87, he’s out of neither steam nor ideas even as he signals that his latest, The Old Oak, might be his final film.
The Old Oak makes for quite the cherry on top of a splendid body of work, most of which will be featured in a career-spanning retrospective in spring 2024 at New York City’s Film Forum. This sympathetic and socially attuned portrayal of the proletariat set in a dying village in northeast England is part three in an informal trilogy with 2016’s I, Daniel Blake and 2020’s Sorry We Missed You. While those films focused on post-austerity holes in the social safety net and the precariousness of the gig economy, respectively, the contemporary issue under Loach’s microscope in The Old Oak...
The Old Oak makes for quite the cherry on top of a splendid body of work, most of which will be featured in a career-spanning retrospective in spring 2024 at New York City’s Film Forum. This sympathetic and socially attuned portrayal of the proletariat set in a dying village in northeast England is part three in an informal trilogy with 2016’s I, Daniel Blake and 2020’s Sorry We Missed You. While those films focused on post-austerity holes in the social safety net and the precariousness of the gig economy, respectively, the contemporary issue under Loach’s microscope in The Old Oak...
- 4/10/2024
- by Marshall Shaffer
- Slant Magazine
A recovering drug addict in Dublin tries to save his 12-step mentor in this well-intentioned but implausible drama about assisted dying
This movie from screenwriter Ailbhe Keogan and director Claire Dix is well intentioned – but it’s broad, and for me it does not really do justice to the seriousness of its euthanasia theme. There’s an odd, strained naivety here which goes right up to the silliness (and illegality) of its sentimental climactic scene on a lake.
Barry Ward (from Ken Loach’s Jimmy’s Hall) does his hyperactive utmost with the role of Leon, a recovering smack addict in Dublin and would-be musician who is devoted to his 12-step mentor Iver, a tough-talking old guy who saved him from drugs; this is a fierce performance from veteran player Liam Carney. But Iver is seriously unwell and Leon is astonished one morning when calling round to his flat to find...
This movie from screenwriter Ailbhe Keogan and director Claire Dix is well intentioned – but it’s broad, and for me it does not really do justice to the seriousness of its euthanasia theme. There’s an odd, strained naivety here which goes right up to the silliness (and illegality) of its sentimental climactic scene on a lake.
Barry Ward (from Ken Loach’s Jimmy’s Hall) does his hyperactive utmost with the role of Leon, a recovering smack addict in Dublin and would-be musician who is devoted to his 12-step mentor Iver, a tough-talking old guy who saved him from drugs; this is a fierce performance from veteran player Liam Carney. But Iver is seriously unwell and Leon is astonished one morning when calling round to his flat to find...
- 6/12/2023
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Ken Loach has said that The Old Oak, his latest feature, will be his last. Probably.
Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter ahead of what will mark his 15th film premiering at the Cannes Film Festival, the veteran filmmaker, who turns 87 in June, acknowledged that “realistically, it would be hard to do a feature film again.
“Films take a couple of years and I’ll be nearly 90,” he said. “And your facilities do decline. Your short-term memory goes and my eyesight is pretty rubbish now, so it’s quite tricky.”
Loach said that while he had little issue on The Old Oak dealing with the physical demands of long working days required during production, it has become harder to sustain, “with good humor,” the “nervous emotional energy” he needs to set the tempo during a shoot and to keep that momentum going.
Loach, of course, has “retired” before. When he brought...
Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter ahead of what will mark his 15th film premiering at the Cannes Film Festival, the veteran filmmaker, who turns 87 in June, acknowledged that “realistically, it would be hard to do a feature film again.
“Films take a couple of years and I’ll be nearly 90,” he said. “And your facilities do decline. Your short-term memory goes and my eyesight is pretty rubbish now, so it’s quite tricky.”
Loach said that while he had little issue on The Old Oak dealing with the physical demands of long working days required during production, it has become harder to sustain, “with good humor,” the “nervous emotional energy” he needs to set the tempo during a shoot and to keep that momentum going.
Loach, of course, has “retired” before. When he brought...
- 4/24/2023
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Around the release of Jimmy’s Hall in 2014, Ken Loach announced his retirement, but thankfully it was short-lived as he returned with I, Daniel Blake, which went on to win the Palme d’Or, and Sorry We Missed You. Now, the British director, who turns 86 next month, has unveiled his next project which begins shooting soon.
Screen Daily reports the film is titled The Old Oak, scripted by Loach’s longtime collaborator Paul Laverty and led by Dave Turner (Sorry We Missed You) alongside newcomer Ebla Mari, with cinematographer Robbie Ryan on board. Check out the synopsis below via Wild Bunch International, who will be handling sales at Cannes:
The Old Oak is the story of a village in the Northeast of England, where the mine closed, and people feel deserted by the system. Many young ones have left and what was once a thriving, proud community struggles to keep old values alive.
Screen Daily reports the film is titled The Old Oak, scripted by Loach’s longtime collaborator Paul Laverty and led by Dave Turner (Sorry We Missed You) alongside newcomer Ebla Mari, with cinematographer Robbie Ryan on board. Check out the synopsis below via Wild Bunch International, who will be handling sales at Cannes:
The Old Oak is the story of a village in the Northeast of England, where the mine closed, and people feel deserted by the system. Many young ones have left and what was once a thriving, proud community struggles to keep old values alive.
- 5/2/2022
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Altitude handles international sales and will screen the film at Cannes virtual market.
David Freyne’s Irish comedy Dating Amber will premiere on Amazon Prime Video on June 4 in the UK & Ireland following a deal with Altitude.
Fionn O’Shea and Lola Petticrew play best friends in the mid-90s who stage a relationship in order to end speculation about their sexuality, only for the arrangement to fall apart. Sharon Horgan (Catastrophe), Barry Ward (Jimmy’s Hall) and Simone Kirby (Artemis Fowl) also star.
Screen Ireland and the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland funded Dating Amber, which was produced by Rachael O’Kane and John Keville.
David Freyne’s Irish comedy Dating Amber will premiere on Amazon Prime Video on June 4 in the UK & Ireland following a deal with Altitude.
Fionn O’Shea and Lola Petticrew play best friends in the mid-90s who stage a relationship in order to end speculation about their sexuality, only for the arrangement to fall apart. Sharon Horgan (Catastrophe), Barry Ward (Jimmy’s Hall) and Simone Kirby (Artemis Fowl) also star.
Screen Ireland and the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland funded Dating Amber, which was produced by Rachael O’Kane and John Keville.
- 5/15/2020
- by 14¦Screen staff¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
For 50-plus years, British filmmaker Ken Loach has been a crusading white knight for the working class. His heroes are laborers, carpenters, union organizers, social workers, immigrant house cleaners, pub-dwelling punters, football-fanatic postmen. Kids, whether it’s the falconry-obsessed lad of Kes (1969) or the drug-dealing teen of Sweet Sixteen (2002), are usually fighting the effects or suffering the after-effects of economic inequity. Even his historical dramas set during the Irish War for Independence (The Wind That Shakes the Barley, Jimmy’s Hall) and the Spanish Civil War (Land and Freedom) tend to...
- 3/4/2020
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
Exclusive: Wme has signed Irish-Italian actress Aisling Franciosi in all areas. Her credits include Game Of Thrones, BBC Two’s The Fall and Ken Loach's Jimmy's Hall. The rising actress had a key role in The Fall, opposite Jamie Dornan and Gillian Anderson, and won an Irish Film and Television prize for the part of babysitter/obsessive to Dornan’s serial killer. She also featured as Lyanna Stark in Got. Her features include Jimmy’s Hall, a 2014 Cannes Film Festival…...
- 10/5/2017
- Deadline
Exclusive: Wme has signed Irish-Italian actress Aisling Franciosi in all areas. Her credits include Game Of Thrones, BBC Two’s The Fall and Ken Loach's Jimmy's Hall. The rising actress had a key role in The Fall, opposite Jamie Dornan and Gillian Anderson, and won an Irish Film and Television prize for the part of babysitter/obsessive to Dornan’s serial killer. She also featured as Lyanna Stark in Got. Her features include Jimmy’s Hall, a 2014 Cannes Film Festival…...
- 10/5/2017
- Deadline TV
BBC Two has ordered revenge thriller Paula from playwright/filmmaker Conor McPherson. Denise Gough (Jimmy's Hall, Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories) will star with Victoria's Tom Hughes in the three-part drama. This is McPherson's first original TV series. He won an Olivier Award for The Weir and a New York Drama Critics Circle prize for best play with The Night Alive. His feature credits include penning the next film from Wadjda director Haifaa Al-Mansour, A Storm In The Stars…...
- 9/28/2016
- Deadline TV
★★★★☆ Following the disappointing period dalliance of Jimmy's Hall, Ken Loach's latest I, Daniel Blake is something of a return to form. It stands as a succinct and furious raging against the dying of the light, or more accurately the snuffing of the light by a privatised and punitive system more intent on lowering the figures than caring for those in need. Set in Newcastle, Paul Laverty's script tells the story of Dan (Dave Johns), a decent working class man who following a heart attack and a fall at work has been ordered to stay home.
- 5/13/2016
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Read More: Cannes Review: 'Footloose' In Ireland? With 'Jimmy's Hall,' Ken Loach Matches History With Entertainment Ken Loach's latest and possibly final film "Jimmy's Hall" premiered at the Cannes Film Festival this year. The film is set in Ireland in the 1930s, the unsteady years after the War of Independence a decade earlier. The titular Jimmy (Barry Ward) is based on Jimmy Gralton, who departed his native Ireland for New York in the years leading up to the war. The film centers around his opening of the Pearse-Connolly Hall, a community center that encouraged education in dance, art and history that the church saw as an aggressive act. In this exclusive deleted scene, Jimmy grapples with the potential backlash from opening his hall. He knows his project is important, but that it will not be without consequence, as he risks being driven out of his home by the powerful church.
- 11/16/2015
- by Wil Barlow
- Indiewire
A couple of years back, legendary director Ken Loach's long-time producer Rebecca O'Brien announced that after "Jimmy's Hall," the filmmaker would be retiring from features. "This is probably the last narrative feature for Ken," she said. "There are a few documentary ideas kicking around, and that will probably be the way to go, but this is a serious period-drama with a lot of moving parts, so it's a big thing to put together. I think we should go out while we're on top." It would appear now that Loach did not agree. Read More: Review: Ken Loach's 'Jimmy's Hall' Is Paint-By-Numbers Political Filmmaking Cineuropa reveals that cameras are now rolling on Loach's next feature film "I, Daniel Blake," and the first image has arrived. Paul Laverty penned the script for a movie that stars Dave Johns and Hayley Squires and follows a 50-something carpenter and...
- 10/29/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
"With a new programming team and revitalized sense of purpose, the Los Angeles Film Festival launches its 21st edition Wednesday with a reinvigorated mission," begins Mark Olsen in the Los Angeles Times. The paper's a sponsor, so you'll find a lot of coverage there. Preview some of the titles lined up in the Buzz section for L.A. premieres: Marielle Heller's The Diary of a Teenage Girl, Maya Forbes's Infinitely Polar Bear, Ken Loach's Jimmy's Hall, Patrick Brice's The Overnight and Sebastian Schipper's Victoria, the one-shot wonder that's opening tomorrow in the city where it was filmed and then premiered, Berlin. » - David Hudson...
- 6/10/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
"With a new programming team and revitalized sense of purpose, the Los Angeles Film Festival launches its 21st edition Wednesday with a reinvigorated mission," begins Mark Olsen in the Los Angeles Times. The paper's a sponsor, so you'll find a lot of coverage there. Preview some of the titles lined up in the Buzz section for L.A. premieres: Marielle Heller's The Diary of a Teenage Girl, Maya Forbes's Infinitely Polar Bear, Ken Loach's Jimmy's Hall, Patrick Brice's The Overnight and Sebastian Schipper's Victoria, the one-shot wonder that's opening tomorrow in the city where it was filmed and then premiered, Berlin. » - David Hudson...
- 6/10/2015
- Keyframe
Want to keep up with all the great new content arriving on Netflix? Then you're in luck, as we'll be bringing you a round-up of the best TV shows, films, documentaries and stand-up arriving on Netflix UK every week.
Here are the latest additions to Netflix, as well as news and events worth keeping an eye on over the coming week:
The King's Speech
Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter star in Tom Hooper's engrossing historical drama film about the life of George VI and his struggle to overcome the stammer not fit for a king.
The King's Speech cleaned up at the BAFTAs and Academy Awards, including the Best Picture Oscar and Best Actor for Firth's pitch-perfect portrayal. Watch it from today (March 23).
Better Call Saul (Episode 8) - 'Rico'
We're nearing the end of season one, and Jimmy isn't the same washed-up lawyer we saw in episode one.
Here are the latest additions to Netflix, as well as news and events worth keeping an eye on over the coming week:
The King's Speech
Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter star in Tom Hooper's engrossing historical drama film about the life of George VI and his struggle to overcome the stammer not fit for a king.
The King's Speech cleaned up at the BAFTAs and Academy Awards, including the Best Picture Oscar and Best Actor for Firth's pitch-perfect portrayal. Watch it from today (March 23).
Better Call Saul (Episode 8) - 'Rico'
We're nearing the end of season one, and Jimmy isn't the same washed-up lawyer we saw in episode one.
- 3/23/2015
- Digital Spy
In a lousy session for new releases, Nightcrawler was the best of a bad lot in Australian cinemas last weekend.
Jake Gyllenhaal.s chilling turn as a sociopath in writer-director Dan Gilroy.s biting satire of media exploitation and corruption delivered $576,000 on 96 screens.
That's a reasonable start for the indie thriller co-starring Riz Ahmed, Rene Russo and Bill Paxton, which has earned $US28.7 million in its first month in the Us.
Nationwide takings plunged by 37% to $11.1 million, which was way below the corresponding week for the past two years, according to Rentrak.s estimates.
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 raked in nearly $5.8 million, despite selling around half as many tickets as in the opening weekend, but has amassed a lucrative $20.8 million.
Chris Nolan.s Interstellar banked $1.6 million in its fourth orbit, down 25%, advancing to $15.6 million.
Paul Fenech's Fat Pizza vs Housos opened with a mediocre $296,000 on 121 screens,...
Jake Gyllenhaal.s chilling turn as a sociopath in writer-director Dan Gilroy.s biting satire of media exploitation and corruption delivered $576,000 on 96 screens.
That's a reasonable start for the indie thriller co-starring Riz Ahmed, Rene Russo and Bill Paxton, which has earned $US28.7 million in its first month in the Us.
Nationwide takings plunged by 37% to $11.1 million, which was way below the corresponding week for the past two years, according to Rentrak.s estimates.
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 raked in nearly $5.8 million, despite selling around half as many tickets as in the opening weekend, but has amassed a lucrative $20.8 million.
Chris Nolan.s Interstellar banked $1.6 million in its fourth orbit, down 25%, advancing to $15.6 million.
Paul Fenech's Fat Pizza vs Housos opened with a mediocre $296,000 on 121 screens,...
- 12/1/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
★★★☆☆Nuance might be a feature of Ken Loach's work that has long since left the building, but that's not to say his latest work doesn't fail to charm. The story of James "Jimmy" Gralton, the only Irishman to be deported from his own country, has Loach on tempestuous, didactic form, parleyed by sensitive performances from its cast that give more depth than Paul Laverty's agitprop script seems to give. Jimmy's Hall (2014), like the second half of its closest Loach relative, The Wind that Shakes the Barley (2006), pits itself in the aftermath of the Irish war of independence and the awkward political situation of Ireland in the early 1920s, where the progressive branches of republicanism were just as buried as they were under the British.
- 10/8/2014
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
When Ken Loach's Jimmy's Hall (2014) premièred at this year's Cannes Film Festival, there were murmurings that after fifty years of executing his own Loachian brand of social realism, the director had opted for a softer approach. When we spoke to Loach and his longtime screenwriting partner Paul Laverty, their reaction suggests this may not have been the intention. Set in a small town in 1930s Ireland during the struggle for independence from Britain, Jimmy's Hall presents a conflict within a conflict as the protagonist, Jimmy (Barry Ward), fights to save his local community hall from closure by the Catholic Church. Loach's recent documentary The Spirit of '45 (2013), a film about the rise and fall of British Keynesian politics, was a direct look to the past for solutions to present day problems.
- 10/1/2014
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
★★★★☆Following the minor disappointment of Ken Loach's somewhat lethargic Jimmy's Hall (2014), left-leaning political activism returns to UK cinemas, but this time in the much livelier and fun-filled exuberance of Matthew Warchus' Queer Palm-winning agit-comedy Pride (2014). It's 1984, in the depths of the miners' strikes, and gay activist Mark Ashton (Ben Schnetzer) is inspired to start raising money for the miners, arguing that the two apparently disparate groups have common interests. Like the miners, the gay and lesbian community is harassed by the police and demonised by the media. Lgsm's persuasive argument - if the miners didn't fuel the power stations, "You couldn't listen to Banarama at three in the morning."...
- 9/14/2014
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Paul Thomas Anderson's Inherent Vice will be playing the New York Film Festival coming up at the end of this month and Warner Bros. has already got the film its MPAA rating and it's a hard "R" for the latest from PTA and R-ratings seemed to be the trend today. Sony Classics got a pair of their foreign language acquisitions rated and both Leviathan and Wild Tales come away with R ratings to no surprise, plus we get an R for the upcoming September release Pride. Then the latest from Studio Ghibli, The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, gets a PG-rating to round things out. I have included the complete bulletin, ratings and reasons directly below. Dying of the Light Rated R For violence and language. Inherent Vice Rated R For drug use throughout, sexual content, graphic nudity, language and some violence. Release Date: December 12, 2014 Jimmy's Hall Rated PG-...
- 9/2/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Angelina Jolie's Maleficent has topped the UK box office on its first weekend on release.
The Disney blockbuster, a re-telling of the studio's classic animation Sleeping Beauty, earned more than £6 million to knock last week's chart topper X-Men: Days of Future Past into second place.
Maleficent has pulled in $100.6m across 47 territories, making it the biggest ever live-action movie opening for Jolie.
Bryan Singer's latest X-Men film falls to number two on its second weekend on release, while Tom Cruise's sci-fi thriller Edge of Tomorrow experienced a soft opening in third place with £1.8 million.
The Doug Liman-directed time-loop film falls short of the £4.9 million opening haul for Cruise's last outing Oblivion, as well as the £3.5 million earned by Jack Reacher.
Elsewhere, the chart saw new releases A Million Ways to Die in the West and Jimmy's Hall bow at numbers four and ten respectively.
The UK...
The Disney blockbuster, a re-telling of the studio's classic animation Sleeping Beauty, earned more than £6 million to knock last week's chart topper X-Men: Days of Future Past into second place.
Maleficent has pulled in $100.6m across 47 territories, making it the biggest ever live-action movie opening for Jolie.
Bryan Singer's latest X-Men film falls to number two on its second weekend on release, while Tom Cruise's sci-fi thriller Edge of Tomorrow experienced a soft opening in third place with £1.8 million.
The Doug Liman-directed time-loop film falls short of the £4.9 million opening haul for Cruise's last outing Oblivion, as well as the £3.5 million earned by Jack Reacher.
Elsewhere, the chart saw new releases A Million Ways to Die in the West and Jimmy's Hall bow at numbers four and ten respectively.
The UK...
- 6/3/2014
- Digital Spy
★★☆☆☆Veteran British director Ken Loach makes what could to be his narrative curtain call with Irish political period piece Jimmy's Hall (2014), which premièred at this year's 67th Cannes Film Festival. Operating within his comfort zone, Loach wants to educate and inspire the workers, but has ended up with something entirely workmanlike. It's the 1930s and Ireland has finally achieved some semblance of peace. Jimmy Gralton (Barry Ward) is a communist activist who returns from political exile in New York to County Leitrim, his old ma and peat-cutting with his pals. "A far cry from Broadway," one notes, but it isn't long before Jimmy is busying himself with reopening a local music and debate venue.
- 5/27/2014
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Wim Wenders and Juliano Ribeiro Salgado's "The Salt of the Earth," which won the Special Prize Award for the Un Certain Regard section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, has been picked up by Sony Pictures Classics for U.S. distribution. Sony Pictures also picked up Cannes entries "Saint Laurent," "Wild Tales," "Jimmy's Hall" and "Leviathan." Read More: The 2014 Indiewire Cannes Bible: Every Review, Interview and News Item Posted During Run of Festival"The Salt of the Earth" is a tribute to Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado, who is most known for traveling the world documenting international conflicts. Recently, Salgado has shifted his attention to a subject matter not so grave: photographing some of the beautiful landscapes on our planet. In this documentary, Sebastião's son Juliano, who accompanied his father on his trips, reveals some of the magic behind his photos. "Sony Pictures Classics has the legacy of releasing some of the.
- 5/27/2014
- by Eric Eidelstein
- Indiewire
Things That Are Not Cannes-Related
Vanity Fair Leonardo DiCaprio in space: the auction! I love it whenever Katey Rich's inner Titanic fangirl comes out.
Coming Soon Wet Hot American Summer to be a series on Netflix now. And, much better news: its now middle aged original cast members will all be playing high school versions of themselves. Love it. Can't wait to see Paul Rudd's sloppy french-kissing again. That movie is such a scream
Playbill oooh, here's a fun unexpected list. Ten artists that are a Tony Award short of the Egot from Kate Winslet through Julie Andrews and on to um... Martin Scorsese?
Comics Alliance on how Quicksilver, not a major fan favorite superhero, was suddenly a hot property with two major motion pictures in the space of a year
Star-Ledger interviews Dan Callahan on that Vanessa Redgrave book we told you about a couple of weeks ago...
Vanity Fair Leonardo DiCaprio in space: the auction! I love it whenever Katey Rich's inner Titanic fangirl comes out.
Coming Soon Wet Hot American Summer to be a series on Netflix now. And, much better news: its now middle aged original cast members will all be playing high school versions of themselves. Love it. Can't wait to see Paul Rudd's sloppy french-kissing again. That movie is such a scream
Playbill oooh, here's a fun unexpected list. Ten artists that are a Tony Award short of the Egot from Kate Winslet through Julie Andrews and on to um... Martin Scorsese?
Comics Alliance on how Quicksilver, not a major fan favorite superhero, was suddenly a hot property with two major motion pictures in the space of a year
Star-Ledger interviews Dan Callahan on that Vanessa Redgrave book we told you about a couple of weeks ago...
- 5/26/2014
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Director: Ken Loach; Screenwriter: Paul Laverty; Starring: Barry Ward, Simone Kirby, Andrew Scott, Jim Norton, Brían F O'Byrne; Running time: 109 mins; Certificate: 12A
Dancing is the purest expression of freedom in Jimmy's Hall, the true story of activist Jimmy Gralton as seen through the lens of Ken Loach. He initially claimed this would be his last feature film (although that appears not to be the case now), tying off a thread that runs through an impressive body of work, from Kes (1969) all the way through his canon on the Irish troubles, dealing in the quest for liberty and what it costs to the individual.
As usual, Paul Laverty provides the script, this time focussed on the internal divisions that afflict Ireland after the Anglo-Irish ceasefire in 1921, neatly visualised at a crossroads in rural County Leitrim. Barry Ward stands firm as Jimmy (vaguely reminiscent of Aiden Gillen, but a little more...
Dancing is the purest expression of freedom in Jimmy's Hall, the true story of activist Jimmy Gralton as seen through the lens of Ken Loach. He initially claimed this would be his last feature film (although that appears not to be the case now), tying off a thread that runs through an impressive body of work, from Kes (1969) all the way through his canon on the Irish troubles, dealing in the quest for liberty and what it costs to the individual.
As usual, Paul Laverty provides the script, this time focussed on the internal divisions that afflict Ireland after the Anglo-Irish ceasefire in 1921, neatly visualised at a crossroads in rural County Leitrim. Barry Ward stands firm as Jimmy (vaguely reminiscent of Aiden Gillen, but a little more...
- 5/26/2014
- Digital Spy
The top stories of the week from Toh! Box Office:Arthouse Audit: "The Immigrant" and "Chinese Puzzle" Lead Specialty Box OfficeTop Ten: "Godzilla" Destroys Box Office, but What About "Million Dollar Arm"?Cannes:toh!'s Cannes Film Festival BibleAt Cannes, Filmmakers Break Out of the Box at Their Peril: Ask Ryan GoslingCannes Oscar Watch: DreamWorks' "How to Train Your Dragon 2" Flies to Front of AnimationCannes Panel: Studios Fight Piracy While Indies Embrace Digital Future"Foxcatcher" Tells Riveting Murder Tale as Award Season BeckonsGerard Depardieu Is Well-Cast in Abel Ferrara's "Welcome to New York"Is Palme d'Or Contender "Mommy" Xavier Dolan's Dearest Yet?Marion Cotillard Delivers for the Dardennes in "Two Days, One Night"Review: Binoche, Stewart and Moretz Charge Up "Clouds of Sils Maria"Review: "Cartoonists, Foot Soldiers of Democray," a Winning Picture of Political Caricaturists Review: "Jimmy's Hall" a Fitting Swansong but Ken Loach Isn't Done YetSTD Horror Tale "It.
- 5/24/2014
- by TOH!
- Thompson on Hollywood
Every few days, we'll be rounding up some of the latest buzz and reviews coming from the Croisette—our favorite takes from trusted sources on the latest films to make their debut at the 67th Festival de Cannes.
Of course there is no bigger premiere than that of Jean-Luc Godard's 3D film in competition, Adieu au langage, which is garnering all sorts of emphatic praise. Our own Daniel Kasman has written an incredible piece on the film—but it has also inspired Peter Labuza, Keith Uhlich, and Manohla Dargis, among many others. Below: Godard in conversation (subtitled in English).
Another Cannes old hat, Ken Loach, premiered his new film Jimmy's Hall. The Hollywood Reporter's Neil Young is not too impressed:
"At this late-autumn stage in his career, of course, no one expects Loach -- who recently scuppered bow-out talk by confirming that he could yet make a "smaller scale,...
Of course there is no bigger premiere than that of Jean-Luc Godard's 3D film in competition, Adieu au langage, which is garnering all sorts of emphatic praise. Our own Daniel Kasman has written an incredible piece on the film—but it has also inspired Peter Labuza, Keith Uhlich, and Manohla Dargis, among many others. Below: Godard in conversation (subtitled in English).
Another Cannes old hat, Ken Loach, premiered his new film Jimmy's Hall. The Hollywood Reporter's Neil Young is not too impressed:
"At this late-autumn stage in his career, of course, no one expects Loach -- who recently scuppered bow-out talk by confirming that he could yet make a "smaller scale,...
- 5/23/2014
- by Adam Cook
- MUBI
Lucky for Ken Loach and his Jimmy's Hall that the most deluxe of festivals treats all films as equals which is apt because the competition entries are proving hard to separate this year
It is early evening at the Cannes film festival, and the umpteenth suited-and-booted world premiere is already under way. From the terrace at the back of the Palais, I see the people carriers line up and the dignitaries emerge: the men in dickie-bows, the women in designer finery. One golden, tottering beauty has opened her handbag and let her iPhone fall out. The woman hasn't noticed, she walks on oblivious. But then, crisis averted. A handsome young prince has now spotted her phone. He scoops it up and chases her down as she reaches the car. The pair then embrace. We could be watching the climactic scene from Cinderella: The Eurotrash Remake. All that's missing is the orchestral score.
It is early evening at the Cannes film festival, and the umpteenth suited-and-booted world premiere is already under way. From the terrace at the back of the Palais, I see the people carriers line up and the dignitaries emerge: the men in dickie-bows, the women in designer finery. One golden, tottering beauty has opened her handbag and let her iPhone fall out. The woman hasn't noticed, she walks on oblivious. But then, crisis averted. A handsome young prince has now spotted her phone. He scoops it up and chases her down as she reaches the car. The pair then embrace. We could be watching the climactic scene from Cinderella: The Eurotrash Remake. All that's missing is the orchestral score.
- 5/23/2014
- by Xan Brooks
- The Guardian - Film News
Two Cannes favourites mosey into town as the film festival crawls to a stop. Ken Loach is here to tuck a 12th Palme d'Or nomination under his belt with Ireland-set social drama Jimmy's Hall, while 83-year-old Jean-Luc Godard presents Goodbye to Language, an experimental piece seen through the eyes of his dog. Xan Brooks, Peter Bradshaw and Catherine Shoard give their verdict Continue reading...
- 5/23/2014
- by Peter Bradshaw, Xan Brooks, Catherine Shoard, Henry Barnes, Tom Silverstone
- The Guardian - Film News
If "Jimmy's Hall" was to be Ken Loach's final narrative feature, as he suggested a few months ago, the activist-minded British filmmaker could go out with his head held high. But at this morning's Cannes press conference, Loach admitted he'd declared his retirement prematurely, "at a moment of maximum pressure" during the making of "Jimmy's Hall," and that he feels differently now he's come out the other end. "It's a hard job to give up," Loach said with a wry smile. As long as this quiet revolutionary continues making films, there will always be a place for him in Cannes. This festival adores him, and for good reason. He first came here in 1969 with "Kes," and won the Palme D'Or eight years ago for his Irish revolutionary drama "The Wind That Shakes The Barley." "Jimmy's Hall" is set in a similar milieu and thematic terrain to "Barley" but it...
- 5/22/2014
- by Matt Mueller
- Thompson on Hollywood
At 77, British filmmaker and Palme d'Or winner Ken Loach didn't disappoint with his latest film, "Jimmy's Hall," offering up what Indiewire's Eric Kohn described as his "most enjoyable effort in years" at the Cannes Film Festival today. He also didn't show any signs of waning during the press conference following the screening, during which Loach -- a director as candid as they come -- addressed why he feels cinema only adds to "the public discourse a very small amount," and why that's actually a good thing. "If films were to have a big influence, it would be probably be very negative," Loach said, "because they would probably endorse great wealth. They would endorse America as the home of peace and democracy, and defender of the freedom." Loach said that he hopes that films don't have a huge effect on society for those very reasons. Unlike the types of films Loach referenced in his statement,...
- 5/22/2014
- by Nigel M Smith
- Indiewire
Church and community clash in Ken Loach’s period drama Jimmy's Hall. Set in '20s and '30s Ireland, it stars a charismatic Barry Ward as real-life Irish communist leader Jimmy Gralton. We first meet Jimmy as the returning local hero, back from a decade’s exile in the States and enjoying modest celebrity status in his small town, what with his newly sophisticated ways and his possession of a record player. It transpires that Jimmy was forced on the run after angering the religious powers that be. His sin? Building a village hall that encouraged dancing, art and other things considered dangerously communist.Reluctantly agreeing to rebuild the hall, Jimmy finds himself clashing with the bible-bashing Father Sheridan (Jim Norton), who is prone to preaching against the sins of dancing and the inevitable fornication that follows in a pulpit scene that feels awfully familiar... Yep, Footloose. (Now there...
- 5/22/2014
- EmpireOnline
Two days before its Cannes premiere, "Jimmy's Hall," Ken Loach's latest film, has been picked up for distribution by Sony Pictures Classics, according to Variety. Read More: The 2014 Indiewire Cannes Bible: Every Review, Interview and News Item Posted During Run of FestivalThe film is the true story of Irish political activist Jimmy Gralton, who was deported from his home country in the 1930s and lived in the U.S. for 10 years. Upon returning to Ireland, right after its civil war had come to a close, Gralton worked to reopen the "Hall," a community center-like place for young people. "Jimmy's Hall" stars Barry Ward, Simone Kirby and Jim Norton. At Cannes, Sony Pictures Classics also acquired the distribution rights for "Saint Laurent" and "Wild Tales."...
- 5/21/2014
- by Eric Eidelstein
- Indiewire
Sony Pictures Classics has scooped up North American rights to Ken Loach's period drama "Jimmy's Hall" -- two days before it bows in the Main Competition at Cannes. Wild Bunch handled the sale. Whenever Ken Loach has a new film in the works, you can bet your bottom dollar it will premiere at Cannes. The Brit director and master of kitchen sink realism has been a Cannes Competition mainstay since "Black Jack" won the fest's coveted Fipresci Prize in 1979. "Jimmy's Hall," his latest, will make its way to the Croisette this week. But will it be his last? (Trailer below.) In 2012, his admirable if saccharine crime comedy "The Angels' Share" snapped up the Jury Prize, and in 2006 he won the Palme d'Or for the Irish historical drama "The Wind That Shakes the Barley," starring Cillian Murphy. Penned by longtime collaborator Paul Laverty, "Jimmy's Hall" will of course be competing for the Palme,...
- 5/20/2014
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
Welcome back to Cannes Check, In Contention's annual preview of the films in Competition at this year's Cannes Film Festival, which kicks off on May 14. Taking on different selections every day, we'll be examining what they're about, who's involved and what their chances are of snagging an award from Jane Campion's jury. Next up, the lineup's second Palme d'Or-winning British stalwart: Ken Loach's "Jimmy's Hall." The director: Ken Loach (British, 77 years old). Often labelled the father of British social realism on film, Ken Loach is as famed for the no-nonsense naturalism of his aesthetic as for his defiantly socialist politics -- evident to varying degrees in 26 cinematic features (narrative and documentary) over 47 years. A lower-middle-class grammar school student turned Oxford law graduate, Loach began his career in television, directing a series of socially conscious BBC teleplays -- most famously the homelessness study "Cathy Come Home" -- before making his first feature film,...
- 5/12/2014
- by Guy Lodge
- Hitfix
Welcome back to Cannes Check, In Contention's annual preview of the films in Competition at this year's Cannes Film Festival, which kicks off on May 14. Taking on different selections every day, we'll be examining what they're about, who's involved and what their chances are of snagging an award from Jane Campion's jury. Next up, the first of two British veterans in the lineup: Mike Leigh's "Mr. Turner." The director: Mike Leigh (British, 71 years old). Few filmmakers have essayed the mundane woes (and occasional joys) of Britain's working-to-middle classes with the vivid specificity of Mike Leigh, though given his distinctive vernacular and customarily heightened sense of the everyday, it's not quite accurate to classify him as a kitchen-sink realist. Either way, as both a playwright and filmmaker, he's as significant and influential a figure on the UK cultural lanscape as John Osborne or Alan Bennett. A Rada acting student turned art school graduate,...
- 5/11/2014
- by Guy Lodge
- Hitfix
Along with fellow British veteran Ken Loach's Jimmy's Hall, Mike Leigh's Mr. Turner (2014) will be in the running for the coveted Palme d'Or in the next fortnight. A biopic of Victorian painter J.M.W. Turner, the film stars Timothy Spall as the famed painter alongside Dorothy Atkinson, Marion Bailey and Paul Jesson. Leigh's previous foray into period drama produced the fascinating Topsy-Turvy (1999), a warts and all look at those other doyens of Victorianism, Gilbert and Sullivan. Leigh has had his share of triumphs at Cannes, picking up the Jury Prize for Naked in 1993 and winning the Palme d'Or three years after with Secrets and Lies (1996). It hasn't all been plain sailing, however, as Vera Drake was passed over by Cannes in 2004, only to pick up the prestigious Golden Lion at rival fest Venice.
- 5/3/2014
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Ken Loach has revealed that reports of his retirement are not entirely accurate.
Last year, the 77-year-old filmmaker was reported to be moving into making just documentaries following the release of his latest film Jimmy's Hall.
"This is probably the last narrative feature for Ken," said producer Rebecca O'Brien at the time. "There are a few documentary ideas kicking around, and that will probably be the way to go, but this is a serious period drama with a lot of moving parts so it's a big thing to put together. I think we should go out while we're on top."
However, Loach has now revealed that he has changed his mind in regards to his retirement from drama.
"I kind of thought I wouldn't get through another one just as we were beginning Jimmy's Hall because it's a moment of maximum pressure when you haven't shot a thing but you're knackered from all the prep,...
Last year, the 77-year-old filmmaker was reported to be moving into making just documentaries following the release of his latest film Jimmy's Hall.
"This is probably the last narrative feature for Ken," said producer Rebecca O'Brien at the time. "There are a few documentary ideas kicking around, and that will probably be the way to go, but this is a serious period drama with a lot of moving parts so it's a big thing to put together. I think we should go out while we're on top."
However, Loach has now revealed that he has changed his mind in regards to his retirement from drama.
"I kind of thought I wouldn't get through another one just as we were beginning Jimmy's Hall because it's a moment of maximum pressure when you haven't shot a thing but you're knackered from all the prep,...
- 5/2/2014
- Digital Spy
Veteran film-maker says he is now thinking about a 'little film of some sort' after tough production period on Jimmy's Hall
Ken Loach and Mike Leigh to go head-to-head at Cannes film festival
Reports of Ken Loach's retirement as a director of fiction appear to have been greatly exaggerated. The veteran British film-maker and champion of the left has told the Hollywood Reporter he is not, after all, eschewing drama film-making in favour of documentaries ahead of an appearance at the Cannes film festival.
Loach's producer Rebecca O'Brien said in August that Jimmy's Hall was likely to be the last feature film from the veteran director. "This is probably the last narrative feature for Ken," said O'Brien, who has collaborated with the 77-year-old Loach since 1990. "There are a few documentary ideas kicking around, and that will probably be the way to go, but this is a serious period-drama with...
Ken Loach and Mike Leigh to go head-to-head at Cannes film festival
Reports of Ken Loach's retirement as a director of fiction appear to have been greatly exaggerated. The veteran British film-maker and champion of the left has told the Hollywood Reporter he is not, after all, eschewing drama film-making in favour of documentaries ahead of an appearance at the Cannes film festival.
Loach's producer Rebecca O'Brien said in August that Jimmy's Hall was likely to be the last feature film from the veteran director. "This is probably the last narrative feature for Ken," said O'Brien, who has collaborated with the 77-year-old Loach since 1990. "There are a few documentary ideas kicking around, and that will probably be the way to go, but this is a serious period-drama with...
- 5/2/2014
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
May 2, 2014
Blue Ruin
Director: Jeremy Saulnier
Starring: Macon Blair, Devin Ratray, Amy Hargreaves
Running time: 90 mins
Certificate: 15
Brick Mansions
Director: Camille DeLamarre
Starring: Paul Walker, David Belle, Rza
Running time: 91 mins
Certificate: 15
Tarzan 3D
Director: Reinhard Klooss
Starring: Kellan Lutz, Spencer Locke, Robert Capron
Running time: 99 mins
Certificate: PG
May 9
Bad Neighbours
Director: Nicholas Stoller
Starring: Seth Rogen, Zac Efron, Dave Franco
Running time: 97 mins
Certificate: 15
Sabotage
Director: David Ayer
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sam Worthington
Running time: 109 mins
Certificate: 15
The Canyons
Director: Paul Schrader
Starring: Lindsay Lohan, James Deen
Running time: 96
Certificate: 18
Frank
Director: Lenny Abrahamson
Starring: Michael Fassbender, Domhnall Gleeson
Running time: 95 mins
Certificate: 15
The Wind Rises
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, John Krasinski, Emily Blunt
Running time: 127 mins
Certificate: PG
May 16
Godzilla
Director: Gareth Edwards
Starring: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Bryan Cranston
Running time: 123 mins
Certificate: 12A
In Secret
Director: Charlie Stratton
Starring: Elizabeth Olsen, Oscar Isaac, Tom Felton...
Blue Ruin
Director: Jeremy Saulnier
Starring: Macon Blair, Devin Ratray, Amy Hargreaves
Running time: 90 mins
Certificate: 15
Brick Mansions
Director: Camille DeLamarre
Starring: Paul Walker, David Belle, Rza
Running time: 91 mins
Certificate: 15
Tarzan 3D
Director: Reinhard Klooss
Starring: Kellan Lutz, Spencer Locke, Robert Capron
Running time: 99 mins
Certificate: PG
May 9
Bad Neighbours
Director: Nicholas Stoller
Starring: Seth Rogen, Zac Efron, Dave Franco
Running time: 97 mins
Certificate: 15
Sabotage
Director: David Ayer
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sam Worthington
Running time: 109 mins
Certificate: 15
The Canyons
Director: Paul Schrader
Starring: Lindsay Lohan, James Deen
Running time: 96
Certificate: 18
Frank
Director: Lenny Abrahamson
Starring: Michael Fassbender, Domhnall Gleeson
Running time: 95 mins
Certificate: 15
The Wind Rises
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, John Krasinski, Emily Blunt
Running time: 127 mins
Certificate: PG
May 16
Godzilla
Director: Gareth Edwards
Starring: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Bryan Cranston
Running time: 123 mins
Certificate: 12A
In Secret
Director: Charlie Stratton
Starring: Elizabeth Olsen, Oscar Isaac, Tom Felton...
- 5/1/2014
- Digital Spy
Whether or not it turns out to be Ken Loach's final narrative film, Jimmy's Hall (2014) looks like being a favourite when it lands on the Croisette in competition at this year's 67th Cannes Film Festival. Cannes has commonly been a home from home for British director Loach where - despite the glam, the frocks and the yachts - this master of social realist and politically committed cinema has consistently scored successes. He's taken the Jury Prize on three different occasions with Hidden Agenda in 1990, Raining Stones in 1993 and The Angels' Share in 2012. In 2006, Loach even took the prestigious Palme d'Or for his brilliantly stirring portrayal of early twentieth century Irish history in The Wind that Shakes the Barley. With Jimmy's Hall, the director returns to similar territory - here's the film's official synopsis.
- 4/30/2014
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
The Cannes Film Festival's lineup of films include the Competition titles of several legendary auteurs such as Jean-Luc Godard, David Cronenberg, The Dardenne Brothers, Atom Egoyan, Mike Leigh, and Ken Loach. In the Un Certain Regard section, the highly anticipated film by actor-turned-director Ryan Gosling. Those in the business will be happy to find Alison Thompson in her new company, Sunray Films, selling Mike Leigh's Mr. Turner. Two films out of 18 in Competition are by women, but across all sections there are 15 women directors. Further in Competition, three films are from Canada; two are from U.S. one film is from Latin America (Argentina); one is from Japan; one from Turkey; one from Russia and the rest are European.
Opening Night Film :
Grace of Monaco (Producer: Stone Angels/ U.S. The Weinstein Company) from France by Olivier Dahan
In Competition
Clouds of Sils Maria (Isa: MK2/ U.S. Distribution: IFC Films) from France/ Gremany/ Switzerland by Olivier Assayas
Saint Laurent (Isa: EuropaCorp) from France by Bertrand Bonello
Winter's Sleep aka Kis uykusu (Producer: Zeynofilm ) from Turkey by Nuri Bilge Ceylan who has a great website.
Maps to the Stars (Isa: Entertainment One) from Canada by David Cronenberg
Two Days, One Night (Isa: Wild Bunch/ U.S. Distribution: IFC Films) from Belgium and France by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
Mommy (Isa: Seville International) from Canada by Xavier Dolan
The Captive (Isa: Entertainment One) from Canada by Atom Egoyan. You can watch the trailer here.
Goodbye to Language aka Adieu au Langage (Isa: Wild Bunch) from France by Jean-Luc Godard
The Search (Isa: Wild Bunch/ U.S. Distribution: Worldview Entertainment) from France by Michel Hazanavivius
The Homesman (Isa: Europacorp) from U.S. by Tommy Lee Jones
Still the Water (Isa: MK2) from Japan and France by Naomi Kawase ♀
Mr. Turner (Isa: Sunray Films/ U.S. Distribution: Sony Pictures Classics) from U.K. by Mike Leigh. Sunray Films is Alison Thompson's new company and she brought the film over from her former employer Focus Features International when they left the international sales business.
Jimmy's Hall (Isa: Wild Bunch) from Ireland and U.K. by Ken Loach
Foxcatcher (Isa: Panorama Media/ U.S. Distribution: Sony Pictures Classics) from U.S. by Bennett Miller
Le Meraviglie (Isa: The Match Factory) from Italy, Switzerland and Germany by Alice Rohrwacher ♀
Timbuktu (Isa: Le Pacte) from France by Abderrahmane Sissako
Wild Tales (Isa: Film Factory Entertainment/ U.S. Distribution: Palmera International) from Argentina by Damian Szifron
Leviathan (Isa: Pyramide International) from Russia by Andrey Zvyagintsev
Un Certain Regard
Party Girl (Isa: Pyramide International) from France by Marie Amachoukeli ♀ , Claire Burger ♀ , Samuel Theis
Jauja (Isa: Ndm) from Argentina by Lisandro Alonso
The Blue Room (Isa: Alfama Films) from France by Mathieu Amalric
Misunderstood aka Incompresa aka L'Incomprise (Production: Paradis Films) from Italy by Asia Argento ♀
Titli (Isa: Westend Films) from India by Kanu Behl
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby (Isa: Myriad Pictures/ U.S. Distribution: The Weinstein Company) from U.S. by Ned Benson
Bird People (Isa: Films Distribution) from France by Pascale Ferran ♀
Lost River (Isa: Sierra/Affinity) from U.S. by Ryan Gosling
Amour Fou (Isa: Coproduction Office Paris) from Austria by Jessica Hausner ♀
Charlie's Country (Isa: Visit Films) from Australia by Rolf de Heer
Snow in Paradise (Isa: The Match Factory) from U.K. by Andrew Hulme
A Girl at My Door (Isa: Cj Entertainment) from So. Korea by July Jung ♀
Xenia (Isa: Pyramide International) from Greece by Panos Koutras
Run (Isa: Bac) from France by Philippe Lacote
Turist from Sweden and Norway by Ruben Ostlund
Beautiful Youth aka Hermosa Juventud (Producer: Fresdeval Films) by Jaime Rosales
Fantasia by Wang Chao
The Salt of the Earth (Isa: Le Pacte) from Germany and Brazil by Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
Away From His Absence (Isa: Bizibi) from Israel by Karen Yedaya ♀
Out of Competition
How to Train Your Dragon 2 (Dreamworks Animation) from the U.S. by Dean Deblois
Coming Home aka Gui Lai (Isa: Wild Bunch) from China by Zhang Yimou
Special Screenings
Bridges of Sarajevo (Les Ponts de Sarajevo) from Bosnia-Herzegovina, Portugal, Germany, and France
Red Army from the U.S. and Russia by Gabe Polsky
Maidan (Isa: Atoms & Void Bv) from Belarus by Segei Loznitsa
Silvered Water, Syria Self-Portrait from Syria by Ossama Mohammed
Cartoonists - Foot Soldiers Of Democracy from France by Stephanie Valloatto
Directors' Fortnight
Opening Film: Girlhood aka Bande De Files (Isa: Films Distribution) from France by Céline Sciamma
Closing Film: Pride (Isa:Pathe International) from the U.K. by Matthew Warchus
Features
Alleluia (Isa:snd- Groupe M6) from Belgium and France by Fabrice Du Welz
Catch Me Daddy (Isa: Altitude Film Sales) from the U.K. by Daniel Wolfe
Next To Her aka At Li La Yla (Isa: Films Boutique) from Israel by Asaf Korman
Cold In July (Isa: Memento Films International) from the U.S. by Jim Mickle
Fighters aka Les Combattants (ISa: Bac Films) from France by Thomas Cailley
Gett — The Trial Of Viviane Amsalem (Isa: Films Distribution) from France, Germany, Israel by Ronit & Shlomi Elkabetz
The Tale of Princess Kaguya aka Kaguya-Hime No Monogatari (Isa: Wild Bunch) from Japan by Isao Takahata
Eat Your Bones aka Mange Tes Morts (Isa:Capricci Films) from France by Jean-Charles Hue
A Hard Day aka Kkeut-Kka-Ji-Kan-Da (Isa: Showbox/Mediaples, Inc.) from South Korea by Seong-Hun Kim
National Gallery (Isa: Doc & Film International) from France by Frederick Wiseman
Queen And Country (Isa: Le Pacte) from the U.K. and Ireland by John Boorman
Sheltered aka Refugiado (Isa: Backup Media Films) from Argentina, France, Poland, and Colombia by Diego Lerman
These Final Hours (Isa: Celluloid Dreams/Nightmares) from Australia by Zach Hilditch
Tu Dors Nicole (Isa: Seville International) from Canada by Stéphane Lafleur
Whiplash (Isa:Sierra /Affinity) from the U.S. by Damien Chazelle
Special Screening
P'tit Quinquin by Bruno Dumont
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre by Tobe Hooper (4K restoration)
Acid Program
Brooklyn (Produced by Les Enfants de la Dalle) from France by Pascal Tessaud
The Way Out aka Cesta Ven (Produced by Cinema de Facto) from France and the Czech Republic by Petr Vaclav
Challat of Tunis aka Le Challat the Tunis (Produced by Cinetelefilms ) from Tunisia and France by Kaouther Ben Hania
The Girls and the River aka La Fille et le Fleuve (Produced by 31 Juin Films) from France by Aurélia Georges
Mercuriales (Produced by Kazak Productions) from France by Virgil Vernier
New Territories (Produced by Paraiso Production Difussion) from France by Fabianny Deschamps
Insecure aka Qui Vive (Isa: Udi- Urban Distribution International ) from France by Marianne Tardieu
The Rules of the Game aka Les Regles du Jeu (Isa: Doc & Film International) from France by Claudine Bories and Patrice Chagnard
Spartacus & Cassandra (Produced by Morgane Productions) from France by Ioanis Nuguet
Critics' Week
Opening Night: Faire: L'Amour (Fla) from France by Djinn Carrénard
Closing Nigh: Hippocrates aka Hippocrate (Isa: Le Pacte) from France by Thomas Lilti
Features
Darker Than Midnight aka Piu' Buio di Mezzanotte (Isa: Rai Trade) from Italy by Sebastiano Riso
Gente de Bien (Isa: Versatile) from Colombia and France by Franco Lolli
Hope (Isa: Pyramide International) from France by Boris Lojkine
It Follows (Isa: Visit Films) from the U.S. by David Robert Mitchell
Self Made aka Boreg (Isa: Westend Films) from Israel by Shira Geffen
The Tribe aka Plemya (Isa: Alpha Violet) from Ukraine by Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy
When Animals Dream aka Nar Dyrene Drommer (Produced by Gaumont) from Denmark by Jonas Alexander Arnby
Critics' Week: Special Screenings
Breathe aka Respire (Produced by Gaumont) from France by Mélanie Laurent
The Kindergarten Teacher aka Haganenet Teacher aka (Isa: Le Pacte) from Israel by Nadav Lapid...
Opening Night Film :
Grace of Monaco (Producer: Stone Angels/ U.S. The Weinstein Company) from France by Olivier Dahan
In Competition
Clouds of Sils Maria (Isa: MK2/ U.S. Distribution: IFC Films) from France/ Gremany/ Switzerland by Olivier Assayas
Saint Laurent (Isa: EuropaCorp) from France by Bertrand Bonello
Winter's Sleep aka Kis uykusu (Producer: Zeynofilm ) from Turkey by Nuri Bilge Ceylan who has a great website.
Maps to the Stars (Isa: Entertainment One) from Canada by David Cronenberg
Two Days, One Night (Isa: Wild Bunch/ U.S. Distribution: IFC Films) from Belgium and France by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
Mommy (Isa: Seville International) from Canada by Xavier Dolan
The Captive (Isa: Entertainment One) from Canada by Atom Egoyan. You can watch the trailer here.
Goodbye to Language aka Adieu au Langage (Isa: Wild Bunch) from France by Jean-Luc Godard
The Search (Isa: Wild Bunch/ U.S. Distribution: Worldview Entertainment) from France by Michel Hazanavivius
The Homesman (Isa: Europacorp) from U.S. by Tommy Lee Jones
Still the Water (Isa: MK2) from Japan and France by Naomi Kawase ♀
Mr. Turner (Isa: Sunray Films/ U.S. Distribution: Sony Pictures Classics) from U.K. by Mike Leigh. Sunray Films is Alison Thompson's new company and she brought the film over from her former employer Focus Features International when they left the international sales business.
Jimmy's Hall (Isa: Wild Bunch) from Ireland and U.K. by Ken Loach
Foxcatcher (Isa: Panorama Media/ U.S. Distribution: Sony Pictures Classics) from U.S. by Bennett Miller
Le Meraviglie (Isa: The Match Factory) from Italy, Switzerland and Germany by Alice Rohrwacher ♀
Timbuktu (Isa: Le Pacte) from France by Abderrahmane Sissako
Wild Tales (Isa: Film Factory Entertainment/ U.S. Distribution: Palmera International) from Argentina by Damian Szifron
Leviathan (Isa: Pyramide International) from Russia by Andrey Zvyagintsev
Un Certain Regard
Party Girl (Isa: Pyramide International) from France by Marie Amachoukeli ♀ , Claire Burger ♀ , Samuel Theis
Jauja (Isa: Ndm) from Argentina by Lisandro Alonso
The Blue Room (Isa: Alfama Films) from France by Mathieu Amalric
Misunderstood aka Incompresa aka L'Incomprise (Production: Paradis Films) from Italy by Asia Argento ♀
Titli (Isa: Westend Films) from India by Kanu Behl
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby (Isa: Myriad Pictures/ U.S. Distribution: The Weinstein Company) from U.S. by Ned Benson
Bird People (Isa: Films Distribution) from France by Pascale Ferran ♀
Lost River (Isa: Sierra/Affinity) from U.S. by Ryan Gosling
Amour Fou (Isa: Coproduction Office Paris) from Austria by Jessica Hausner ♀
Charlie's Country (Isa: Visit Films) from Australia by Rolf de Heer
Snow in Paradise (Isa: The Match Factory) from U.K. by Andrew Hulme
A Girl at My Door (Isa: Cj Entertainment) from So. Korea by July Jung ♀
Xenia (Isa: Pyramide International) from Greece by Panos Koutras
Run (Isa: Bac) from France by Philippe Lacote
Turist from Sweden and Norway by Ruben Ostlund
Beautiful Youth aka Hermosa Juventud (Producer: Fresdeval Films) by Jaime Rosales
Fantasia by Wang Chao
The Salt of the Earth (Isa: Le Pacte) from Germany and Brazil by Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
Away From His Absence (Isa: Bizibi) from Israel by Karen Yedaya ♀
Out of Competition
How to Train Your Dragon 2 (Dreamworks Animation) from the U.S. by Dean Deblois
Coming Home aka Gui Lai (Isa: Wild Bunch) from China by Zhang Yimou
Special Screenings
Bridges of Sarajevo (Les Ponts de Sarajevo) from Bosnia-Herzegovina, Portugal, Germany, and France
Red Army from the U.S. and Russia by Gabe Polsky
Maidan (Isa: Atoms & Void Bv) from Belarus by Segei Loznitsa
Silvered Water, Syria Self-Portrait from Syria by Ossama Mohammed
Cartoonists - Foot Soldiers Of Democracy from France by Stephanie Valloatto
Directors' Fortnight
Opening Film: Girlhood aka Bande De Files (Isa: Films Distribution) from France by Céline Sciamma
Closing Film: Pride (Isa:Pathe International) from the U.K. by Matthew Warchus
Features
Alleluia (Isa:snd- Groupe M6) from Belgium and France by Fabrice Du Welz
Catch Me Daddy (Isa: Altitude Film Sales) from the U.K. by Daniel Wolfe
Next To Her aka At Li La Yla (Isa: Films Boutique) from Israel by Asaf Korman
Cold In July (Isa: Memento Films International) from the U.S. by Jim Mickle
Fighters aka Les Combattants (ISa: Bac Films) from France by Thomas Cailley
Gett — The Trial Of Viviane Amsalem (Isa: Films Distribution) from France, Germany, Israel by Ronit & Shlomi Elkabetz
The Tale of Princess Kaguya aka Kaguya-Hime No Monogatari (Isa: Wild Bunch) from Japan by Isao Takahata
Eat Your Bones aka Mange Tes Morts (Isa:Capricci Films) from France by Jean-Charles Hue
A Hard Day aka Kkeut-Kka-Ji-Kan-Da (Isa: Showbox/Mediaples, Inc.) from South Korea by Seong-Hun Kim
National Gallery (Isa: Doc & Film International) from France by Frederick Wiseman
Queen And Country (Isa: Le Pacte) from the U.K. and Ireland by John Boorman
Sheltered aka Refugiado (Isa: Backup Media Films) from Argentina, France, Poland, and Colombia by Diego Lerman
These Final Hours (Isa: Celluloid Dreams/Nightmares) from Australia by Zach Hilditch
Tu Dors Nicole (Isa: Seville International) from Canada by Stéphane Lafleur
Whiplash (Isa:Sierra /Affinity) from the U.S. by Damien Chazelle
Special Screening
P'tit Quinquin by Bruno Dumont
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre by Tobe Hooper (4K restoration)
Acid Program
Brooklyn (Produced by Les Enfants de la Dalle) from France by Pascal Tessaud
The Way Out aka Cesta Ven (Produced by Cinema de Facto) from France and the Czech Republic by Petr Vaclav
Challat of Tunis aka Le Challat the Tunis (Produced by Cinetelefilms ) from Tunisia and France by Kaouther Ben Hania
The Girls and the River aka La Fille et le Fleuve (Produced by 31 Juin Films) from France by Aurélia Georges
Mercuriales (Produced by Kazak Productions) from France by Virgil Vernier
New Territories (Produced by Paraiso Production Difussion) from France by Fabianny Deschamps
Insecure aka Qui Vive (Isa: Udi- Urban Distribution International ) from France by Marianne Tardieu
The Rules of the Game aka Les Regles du Jeu (Isa: Doc & Film International) from France by Claudine Bories and Patrice Chagnard
Spartacus & Cassandra (Produced by Morgane Productions) from France by Ioanis Nuguet
Critics' Week
Opening Night: Faire: L'Amour (Fla) from France by Djinn Carrénard
Closing Nigh: Hippocrates aka Hippocrate (Isa: Le Pacte) from France by Thomas Lilti
Features
Darker Than Midnight aka Piu' Buio di Mezzanotte (Isa: Rai Trade) from Italy by Sebastiano Riso
Gente de Bien (Isa: Versatile) from Colombia and France by Franco Lolli
Hope (Isa: Pyramide International) from France by Boris Lojkine
It Follows (Isa: Visit Films) from the U.S. by David Robert Mitchell
Self Made aka Boreg (Isa: Westend Films) from Israel by Shira Geffen
The Tribe aka Plemya (Isa: Alpha Violet) from Ukraine by Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy
When Animals Dream aka Nar Dyrene Drommer (Produced by Gaumont) from Denmark by Jonas Alexander Arnby
Critics' Week: Special Screenings
Breathe aka Respire (Produced by Gaumont) from France by Mélanie Laurent
The Kindergarten Teacher aka Haganenet Teacher aka (Isa: Le Pacte) from Israel by Nadav Lapid...
- 4/29/2014
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Jane Campion was already announced as the President of this year's Cannes Film Festival jury and this morning the fest announced those that would be joining her to decide which films would take home the awards, most notably the Palme d'Or. Joining Campion will be Sofia Coppola (The Bling Ring), Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive, Only God Forgives), Gael Garcia Bernal (No), Willem Dafoe (The Grand Budapest Hotel), Carole Bouquet (For Your Eyes Only), Leila Hatami (A Separation), Do-Yeon Jeon (The Housemaid) and Jia Zhangke (Still Life). Films competing in competition are listed below and the full list of films at the fest can be found here. The 2014 Cannes Film Festival runs from May 14-25. Captives Canada (dir. Atom Egoyan) Foxcatcher U.S.A. (dir. Bennett Miller) Goodbye To Language France (dir. Jean-Luc Godard) The Homesman U.S.A./France (dir. Tommy Lee Jones) Jimmy's Hall U.K (dir. Ken Loach) Leviathan Russia (dir.
- 4/28/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
If there was one Cannes Competition entry you could absolutely set in stone before the announcement last week, it was Ken Loach's "Jimmy's Hall." The 77-year-old king of British social realism has been in Competition 11 times before, making him the most-tapped filmmaker in the festival's history. So there was no way Thierry Fremaux and his team weren't going to make it an even dozen with the film that Loach has stated will be his final narrative feature. Written by Loach's regular collaborator Paul Laverty, "Jimmy's Hall" returns Loach to the period terrain that won him the Palme d'Or in 2006 with "The Wind That Shakes the Barley." Based on a true story, it stars character actor Barry Ward as Irish communist activist James Gralton -- the only Irishman ever deported from Ireland, after he built a dancehall on a rural crossroads that also served as a venue for political discussion.
- 4/23/2014
- by Guy Lodge
- Hitfix
Here are all the feature films being shown at the 67th Cannes film festival, in May
Competition
Adieu au Langage (Goodbye to Language) dir: Jean-Luc Godard
The Captive dir: Atom Egoyan
Clouds of Sils Maria dir: Olivier Assayas
Deux Jours, One Night (Two Days, One Night) dir: Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
Foxcatcher dir: Bennett Miller
Futatsume no Mado dir: Naomi Kawase
The Homesman dir: Tommy Lee Jones
Jimmy's Hall dir: Ken Loach
K Uykusu (Winter Sleep) dir: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Le Meraviglie (The Wonders) dir: Alice Rohrwacher
Leviafan dir: Andrey Zvyagintsev
Maps to the Stars dir: David Cronenberg
Mommy dir: Xavier Dolan
Mr Turner dir: Mike Leigh
Relatos Salvajes (Wild Stories) dir: Damian Szifron
Saint Laurent dir: Bertrand Bonello
The Search dir: Michel Hazanavicius
Timbuktu dir: Abderrahmane Sissako
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Competition
Adieu au Langage (Goodbye to Language) dir: Jean-Luc Godard
The Captive dir: Atom Egoyan
Clouds of Sils Maria dir: Olivier Assayas
Deux Jours, One Night (Two Days, One Night) dir: Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
Foxcatcher dir: Bennett Miller
Futatsume no Mado dir: Naomi Kawase
The Homesman dir: Tommy Lee Jones
Jimmy's Hall dir: Ken Loach
K Uykusu (Winter Sleep) dir: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Le Meraviglie (The Wonders) dir: Alice Rohrwacher
Leviafan dir: Andrey Zvyagintsev
Maps to the Stars dir: David Cronenberg
Mommy dir: Xavier Dolan
Mr Turner dir: Mike Leigh
Relatos Salvajes (Wild Stories) dir: Damian Szifron
Saint Laurent dir: Bertrand Bonello
The Search dir: Michel Hazanavicius
Timbuktu dir: Abderrahmane Sissako
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- 4/22/2014
- by Guardian film
- The Guardian - Film News
Jimmy's Hall, released in May, is likely to be the swansong from the acclaimed British director of 29 films including classics such as Kes and Cathy Come Home. Here's your chance to quiz him on a 50-year career that started on Z-Cars
The film world gave a collective whimper of sadness last autumn, when it was reported that Ken Loach was at work on his last ever feature. The 77-year-old director seemed to confirm as much when he picked up a lifetime achievement award at the Berlin film festival in February, saying: "There comes a point when the spirit is willing but the flesh is maybe not so capable"
Though Loach is still expected to work on documentaries, next month's Jimmy's Hall, a drama set in 1920s Ireland, recently selected to be in competition at Cannes, will be a swansong of sorts. To mark the occasion we've invited him to take...
The film world gave a collective whimper of sadness last autumn, when it was reported that Ken Loach was at work on his last ever feature. The 77-year-old director seemed to confirm as much when he picked up a lifetime achievement award at the Berlin film festival in February, saying: "There comes a point when the spirit is willing but the flesh is maybe not so capable"
Though Loach is still expected to work on documentaries, next month's Jimmy's Hall, a drama set in 1920s Ireland, recently selected to be in competition at Cannes, will be a swansong of sorts. To mark the occasion we've invited him to take...
- 4/19/2014
- by The Observer
- The Guardian - Film News
Tim here. It's Christmas morning, everybody: the Cannes Film Festival announced its line-up today for this year's edition, running from May 14-25.
Opening Night
Grace of Monaco (dir. Olivier Dahan; starring Nicole Kidman)
Official Selection
Sils Maria (Olivier Assayas)
Saint Laurent (Bertrand Bonelo)
Winter's Sleep (Nuri Bilge Ceylan)
Maps to the Stars (David Cronenberg) Yes No Maybe So
Two Days, One Night (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne)
Mommy (Xavier Dolan)
The Captive (Atom Egoyan)
Goodbye to Language (Jean-Luc Godard)
The Search (Michel Hazanavicius)
The Homesman (Tommy Lee Jones) Yes No Maybe So
Still the Water (Naomi Kawase)
Mr. Turner (Mike Leigh)
Jimmy's Hall (Ken Loach)
Foxcatcher (Bennett Miller) We Can't Wait
Le Meraviglie (Alice Rohrwacher)
Timbuktu (Abderrahmane Sissako)
Wild Tales (Damian Szifron)
Leviathan (Andrey Zvyagintsev)
Channing Tatum & Mark Ruffalo as brothers in "Foxcatcher"
Un Certain Regard
Opener - Party Girl (Marie Amachoukeli, Claire Burger, Samuel Theis)
Jauja (Lisando Alonso)
The Blue Room...
Opening Night
Grace of Monaco (dir. Olivier Dahan; starring Nicole Kidman)
Official Selection
Sils Maria (Olivier Assayas)
Saint Laurent (Bertrand Bonelo)
Winter's Sleep (Nuri Bilge Ceylan)
Maps to the Stars (David Cronenberg) Yes No Maybe So
Two Days, One Night (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne)
Mommy (Xavier Dolan)
The Captive (Atom Egoyan)
Goodbye to Language (Jean-Luc Godard)
The Search (Michel Hazanavicius)
The Homesman (Tommy Lee Jones) Yes No Maybe So
Still the Water (Naomi Kawase)
Mr. Turner (Mike Leigh)
Jimmy's Hall (Ken Loach)
Foxcatcher (Bennett Miller) We Can't Wait
Le Meraviglie (Alice Rohrwacher)
Timbuktu (Abderrahmane Sissako)
Wild Tales (Damian Szifron)
Leviathan (Andrey Zvyagintsev)
Channing Tatum & Mark Ruffalo as brothers in "Foxcatcher"
Un Certain Regard
Opener - Party Girl (Marie Amachoukeli, Claire Burger, Samuel Theis)
Jauja (Lisando Alonso)
The Blue Room...
- 4/18/2014
- by Tim Brayton
- FilmExperience
Jimmy's Hall, directed by Loach, and Leigh's Mr Turner among the 18 films selected to compete at prestigious event this year
Two of the greats of British cinema, Ken Loach and Mike Leigh, are to go head to head at this year's Cannes film festival, more than two decades since they first sparred for one of the most prestigious prizes in the film world.
The pair first competed at the premier European film festival in 1993, when Loach won the jury's prize for Raining Stones and Leigh walked away with the best director accolade for Naked.
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Two of the greats of British cinema, Ken Loach and Mike Leigh, are to go head to head at this year's Cannes film festival, more than two decades since they first sparred for one of the most prestigious prizes in the film world.
The pair first competed at the premier European film festival in 1993, when Loach won the jury's prize for Raining Stones and Leigh walked away with the best director accolade for Naked.
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- 4/17/2014
- by Hannah Ellis-Petersen
- The Guardian - Film News
The official selections for the 67th Cannes Film Festival have been announced with a more mainstream than expected selection this year featuring quite a few films you've probably heard of.
New films are on over from such esteemed directors as David Cronenberg, Jean-Luc Godard, Bennett Miller, Olivier Dahan, David Michod, Zhang Yimou, Atom Egoyan, Xavier Dolan, Ken Loach, Olivier Assayas, Rolf de Heer, Michel Hazanavicius, Mike Leigh, second-timer Tommy Lee Jones and first-timer Ryan Gosling.
Opening Film (Out of Competition):
"Grace of Monaco" – Olivier Dahan
Competition:
"The Captive" – Atom Egoyan
"Clouds of Sils Maria" – Olivier Assayas
"Two Days, One Night" – Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardennes
"Foxcatcher" – Bennett Miller
"Goodbye to Language" – Jean-Luc Godard
"The Homesman" – Tommy Lee Jones
"Jimmy's Hall" – Ken Loach
"Leviathan" – Andrey Zvyagintsev
"Le Meraviglie" – Alice Rohrwacher
"Maps to the Stars" – David Cronenberg
"Mommy" – Xavier Dolan
"Mr. Turner" – Mike Leigh
"Saint Laurent" – Bertrand Bonello
"The Search" – Michel Hazanavicius...
New films are on over from such esteemed directors as David Cronenberg, Jean-Luc Godard, Bennett Miller, Olivier Dahan, David Michod, Zhang Yimou, Atom Egoyan, Xavier Dolan, Ken Loach, Olivier Assayas, Rolf de Heer, Michel Hazanavicius, Mike Leigh, second-timer Tommy Lee Jones and first-timer Ryan Gosling.
Opening Film (Out of Competition):
"Grace of Monaco" – Olivier Dahan
Competition:
"The Captive" – Atom Egoyan
"Clouds of Sils Maria" – Olivier Assayas
"Two Days, One Night" – Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardennes
"Foxcatcher" – Bennett Miller
"Goodbye to Language" – Jean-Luc Godard
"The Homesman" – Tommy Lee Jones
"Jimmy's Hall" – Ken Loach
"Leviathan" – Andrey Zvyagintsev
"Le Meraviglie" – Alice Rohrwacher
"Maps to the Stars" – David Cronenberg
"Mommy" – Xavier Dolan
"Mr. Turner" – Mike Leigh
"Saint Laurent" – Bertrand Bonello
"The Search" – Michel Hazanavicius...
- 4/17/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
The line-up for the Cannes Film Festival 2014 has been announced, and it's a selection that includes some Festival regulars as well as some less familiar faces. So don your beret, strike up a Gauloise and peruse the full list of films in competition, screening out of competition and in the Un Certain Regard categories below.It's a strong selection, albeit mainly from directors who have appeared at the Festival multiple times before. Ken Loach (Jimmy's Hall), Mike Leigh (Mr Turner, pictured), Jean-Luc Godard (Goodbye To Language), the Dardennes brothers (Two Days, One Night), David Cronenberg (Maps To The Stars) and Atom Egoyan (The Captive) are all regulars. In fact, Damian Szifron and Bennett Miller are the only directors in the competition who are at the Festival for the first time.Screening out of competition is How To Train Your Dragon 2, occupying the traditional big-animated-film-screening-at-Cannes spot. The Un Certain Regard...
- 4/17/2014
- EmpireOnline
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