The French pay-TV giant also announced a surprise film festival-focused channel.
French pay-tv powerhouse Canal Plus unveiled its autumn line-up in Paris this week and announced a new channel devoted to films from well-known directors selected at global festivals called Canal+ Cinema(s) that will launch on September 1 alongside Canal+ Box Office.
The latter will feature primarily blockbusters from the US majors in addition to crowd-pleasing local fare, capitalising on themedia chronology that allows Canal+ to air films six months after their theatrical release, a major leg up compared to fellow streamers inlcuding Netflix and Prime Video that have to wait 15-17 months.
French pay-tv powerhouse Canal Plus unveiled its autumn line-up in Paris this week and announced a new channel devoted to films from well-known directors selected at global festivals called Canal+ Cinema(s) that will launch on September 1 alongside Canal+ Box Office.
The latter will feature primarily blockbusters from the US majors in addition to crowd-pleasing local fare, capitalising on themedia chronology that allows Canal+ to air films six months after their theatrical release, a major leg up compared to fellow streamers inlcuding Netflix and Prime Video that have to wait 15-17 months.
- 6/29/2023
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
Anne Charrier (The Last Deadly Mission), Eriq Ebanouey (Fox Hunt), Laika Blanc Francard (My Night), Romain Levi (The Tunnel) and newcomer Louis Puech Scigliuzzi are set as series regulars opposite Norman Reedus, Clémence Poésy and Adam Nagaitis in The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, AMC’s spinoff from its flagship drama. Filming is currently underway in France, with premiere set for later this year on AMC and AMC+.
Set after the series conclusion of Twd, the Reedus-led offshoot finds the zombie apocalypse fan favorite transported across the Atlantic to France and a whole new level of a world gone mad.
In the spinoff, Daryl (Reedus) washes ashore in France and struggles to piece together how he got there and why. The series tracks his journey across a broken but resilient France as he hopes to find a way back home. As he makes the journey, though, the connections he forms along...
Set after the series conclusion of Twd, the Reedus-led offshoot finds the zombie apocalypse fan favorite transported across the Atlantic to France and a whole new level of a world gone mad.
In the spinoff, Daryl (Reedus) washes ashore in France and struggles to piece together how he got there and why. The series tracks his journey across a broken but resilient France as he hopes to find a way back home. As he makes the journey, though, the connections he forms along...
- 2/10/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
French sales agents were doing brisk business with Russian distributors at last week’s Rendez-Vous market.
The presence of Russian distributors at Unifrance’s Rendez-Vous in Paris was a potent source of conversation at last week’s gathering as many French sellers continue to do good business with Russian buyers despite an unofficial boycott of the country since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.
Russia remained the third biggest international territory for French cinema in 2022 with 2.6 million admissions, up 83.4 from 2021, though still down 14.2 from pre-pandemic and before the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine by Russia. The Russian market accounted for €8.7m in revenue for French cinema,...
The presence of Russian distributors at Unifrance’s Rendez-Vous in Paris was a potent source of conversation at last week’s gathering as many French sellers continue to do good business with Russian buyers despite an unofficial boycott of the country since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.
Russia remained the third biggest international territory for French cinema in 2022 with 2.6 million admissions, up 83.4 from 2021, though still down 14.2 from pre-pandemic and before the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine by Russia. The Russian market accounted for €8.7m in revenue for French cinema,...
- 1/16/2023
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
After claiming four César awards, including best picture, and a Cannes jury prize with 2019’s “Les Misérables,” and co-producing last year’s Venice winner “Happening,” rising producers Toufik Ayadi and Christophe Barral have set for themselves, and for their follow-up feature, an altogether different task: Paving a new path for Quebecois talent into the French mainstream.
Co-written and directed by Nadège Loiseau (“A Bun in the Oven”), produced by Ayadi and Barral through their Srab Films banner in partnership with France 2 Cinema and Canada’s Possibles Media, and with France’s Le Pacte handling international sales, the upcoming feature “Three Times Nothing” shares much in common with traditional Gallic fare as it plucks a popular comedic star into a socially-minded story about three homeless men and a winning lottery ticket.
But the project stands apart in at a few major ways: Said star is Antoine Bertrand, one of the contemporary...
Co-written and directed by Nadège Loiseau (“A Bun in the Oven”), produced by Ayadi and Barral through their Srab Films banner in partnership with France 2 Cinema and Canada’s Possibles Media, and with France’s Le Pacte handling international sales, the upcoming feature “Three Times Nothing” shares much in common with traditional Gallic fare as it plucks a popular comedic star into a socially-minded story about three homeless men and a winning lottery ticket.
But the project stands apart in at a few major ways: Said star is Antoine Bertrand, one of the contemporary...
- 1/12/2022
- by Ben Croll
- Variety Film + TV
After a chaotic year marked by a five-month shutdown and Covid-related restrictions, the French box office bounced back during the last quarter of 2021, bolstered by “Spider-Man: No Way Home” and a flurry of big-budgeted U.S. and French releases.
After reopening on May 18, French theaters pulled 96 million admissions — not a bad result considering that it’s just 23.2% drop from 2019, when France’s box office broke a 50-year record. Compared with 2020, when cinemas were closed for several months, tickets were up by 47.2%, according to Comscore France. Based on an estimated average of €6.75 per ticket, the French B.O. reached €648 million ($731 million).
Hollywood tentpoles dominated the top 10 highest-grossing films of 2021, starting with Sony’s “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” which sold over 5 million tickets. Universal’s “No Time to Die” and Warner Bros.’s “Dune” followed. The other U.S. titles in the top 10 are Disney’s “Encanto,” Universal’s “F9,” Warner Bros.
After reopening on May 18, French theaters pulled 96 million admissions — not a bad result considering that it’s just 23.2% drop from 2019, when France’s box office broke a 50-year record. Compared with 2020, when cinemas were closed for several months, tickets were up by 47.2%, according to Comscore France. Based on an estimated average of €6.75 per ticket, the French B.O. reached €648 million ($731 million).
Hollywood tentpoles dominated the top 10 highest-grossing films of 2021, starting with Sony’s “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” which sold over 5 million tickets. Universal’s “No Time to Die” and Warner Bros.’s “Dune” followed. The other U.S. titles in the top 10 are Disney’s “Encanto,” Universal’s “F9,” Warner Bros.
- 1/3/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Gaumont’s international sales arm will launch four new upcoming titles at Pre-Cannes Screenings next week.
French sales, production and distribution giant Gaumont has unveiled four new projects to introduce to buyers at the Pre-Cannes Screenings.
Shooting has just begun on Ramzi Ben Sliman’s in-house production Neneh Superstar, a ballet school drama starring big-screen debutant Oumy Bruni Garrel, Maïwenn and Aïssa Maïga. Bruni Garrel, who is the daughter of Valeria Bruni Tedeschi and Louis Garrel, plays a 12-year-old girl who wins a place at the prestigious dance school of the Opéra de Paris. She outshines the other students but...
French sales, production and distribution giant Gaumont has unveiled four new projects to introduce to buyers at the Pre-Cannes Screenings.
Shooting has just begun on Ramzi Ben Sliman’s in-house production Neneh Superstar, a ballet school drama starring big-screen debutant Oumy Bruni Garrel, Maïwenn and Aïssa Maïga. Bruni Garrel, who is the daughter of Valeria Bruni Tedeschi and Louis Garrel, plays a 12-year-old girl who wins a place at the prestigious dance school of the Opéra de Paris. She outshines the other students but...
- 6/18/2021
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Admissions down by 3% in France this year.
France’s road to FIFA World Cup victory combined with a heatwave in June and July as well as violent ‘yellow vest’ protests in November and December have taken their toll on the French box office throughout 2018.
According to the National Centre for Cinema and the Moving Image (Cnc), admissions fell by 3% in the 12 months to the end of November to 203 million, against 210 million in the same period in 2017. The tally for the first 11 months of 2018 showed a 3.2% drop in entries to a preliminary figure of 180 million from 186 million for the period in...
France’s road to FIFA World Cup victory combined with a heatwave in June and July as well as violent ‘yellow vest’ protests in November and December have taken their toll on the French box office throughout 2018.
According to the National Centre for Cinema and the Moving Image (Cnc), admissions fell by 3% in the 12 months to the end of November to 203 million, against 210 million in the same period in 2017. The tally for the first 11 months of 2018 showed a 3.2% drop in entries to a preliminary figure of 180 million from 186 million for the period in...
- 12/20/2018
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Preliminary figures show admissions were down 1.9% for first six months of 2018.
A heatwave and World Cup fever, as the French team secured its place in the semi-finals of the World Cup, taking place in Russia throughout June and July, have dented France’s box office for the first half of 2018.
Preliminary figures released by the Cnc on July 6 showed admissions were down 1.9% for first six months of the year, coming in at 103m entries against 105m in the same period for 2017. On a sliding year basis, admissions for the 12-month period to end-June stood at 207.4m against 211m for the period in the previous year,...
A heatwave and World Cup fever, as the French team secured its place in the semi-finals of the World Cup, taking place in Russia throughout June and July, have dented France’s box office for the first half of 2018.
Preliminary figures released by the Cnc on July 6 showed admissions were down 1.9% for first six months of the year, coming in at 103m entries against 105m in the same period for 2017. On a sliding year basis, admissions for the 12-month period to end-June stood at 207.4m against 211m for the period in the previous year,...
- 7/9/2018
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Sony’s Jumanji crosses $850m worldwide; Coco hits $700m worldwide.
Source: 20th Century Fox
‘Maze Runner: The Death Cure’
February 5 Update: Maze Runner: The Death Cure brought in a $35.5m to reach $143.2m, while Sony’s Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle crossed $850m worldwide, and Coco became Pixar’s seventh title to cross $700m worldwide.
Fox International
Updated: Maze Runner: The Death Cure opened in Mexico on $3.1m, Germany on $2.5m, and Italy on $1.4m, while China generated $4.9m for $37.2m after two weekends.
A further $1.8m in the UK boosted the tally for The Death Cure to $5.8m after two, while in other second sessions, $1.9m in Russia propelled the film to $7.5m, and $1.4m in Indonesia resulted in $4.9m.
The Greatest Showman added $16.2m for $153.1m. It debuted in China through Bona on $7.4m, and grossed $2.9m in the UK for $31.3m after six sessions. A number one Philippines debut delivered $848,000.
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri...
Source: 20th Century Fox
‘Maze Runner: The Death Cure’
February 5 Update: Maze Runner: The Death Cure brought in a $35.5m to reach $143.2m, while Sony’s Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle crossed $850m worldwide, and Coco became Pixar’s seventh title to cross $700m worldwide.
Fox International
Updated: Maze Runner: The Death Cure opened in Mexico on $3.1m, Germany on $2.5m, and Italy on $1.4m, while China generated $4.9m for $37.2m after two weekends.
A further $1.8m in the UK boosted the tally for The Death Cure to $5.8m after two, while in other second sessions, $1.9m in Russia propelled the film to $7.5m, and $1.4m in Indonesia resulted in $4.9m.
The Greatest Showman added $16.2m for $153.1m. It debuted in China through Bona on $7.4m, and grossed $2.9m in the UK for $31.3m after six sessions. A number one Philippines debut delivered $848,000.
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri...
- 2/4/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Sony’s Jumanji crosses $850m worldwide; Coco hits $700m worldwide.
Source: 20th Century Fox
‘Maze Runner: The Death Cure’
February 5 Update: Maze Runner: The Death Cure brought in a $35.2m to reach $142.9m, while Sony’s Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle crossed $850m worldwide, and Coco became Pixar’s seventh title to cross $700m worldwide.
Fox International
Maze Runner: The Death Cure opened in Mexico on $3.1m, Germany on $2.5m, and Italy on $1.4m, while China generated $4.8m for $37m after two weekends.
A further $1.9m in the UK boosted the tally for The Death Cure to $5.9m after two, while in other second sessions, $1.8m in Russia propelled the film to $7.4m, and $1.4m in Indonesia resulted in $4.9m.
The Greatest Showman added $16.2m for $153m. It debuted in China through Bona on $7.4m, and grossed $2.9m in the UK for $31.3m after six sessions. A number one Philippines debut delivered $817,871.
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri grossed...
Source: 20th Century Fox
‘Maze Runner: The Death Cure’
February 5 Update: Maze Runner: The Death Cure brought in a $35.2m to reach $142.9m, while Sony’s Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle crossed $850m worldwide, and Coco became Pixar’s seventh title to cross $700m worldwide.
Fox International
Maze Runner: The Death Cure opened in Mexico on $3.1m, Germany on $2.5m, and Italy on $1.4m, while China generated $4.8m for $37m after two weekends.
A further $1.9m in the UK boosted the tally for The Death Cure to $5.9m after two, while in other second sessions, $1.8m in Russia propelled the film to $7.4m, and $1.4m in Indonesia resulted in $4.9m.
The Greatest Showman added $16.2m for $153m. It debuted in China through Bona on $7.4m, and grossed $2.9m in the UK for $31.3m after six sessions. A number one Philippines debut delivered $817,871.
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri grossed...
- 2/4/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
"When I think of 'Jaws' I think about courage and stupidity. And I think of both of those things existing underwater." That's a quote from Steven Spielberg on his time directing the 1975 horror classic, which turns 40 this Saturday. Proving that sometimes greatness can spring from unimaginable misery, the film was famously a nightmare to shoot, with numerous production problems including the frequent malfunctioning of "Bruce," the collective name given to the film's trio of animatronic sharks. But don't take my word for it. Below are ten hellish behind-the-scenes straight from the mouths of those involved that will make you wonder how they managed to finish the film at all. 1. This is what happens when you hire a stuntman with no diving experience When husband-and-wife shark experts Ron and Valerie Taylor were commissioned to get footage of actual Great Whites attacking a cage (for the famous Richard Dreyfuss underwater sequence), the...
- 6/19/2015
- by Chris Eggertsen
- Hitfix
Part I. Anger, Suez and Archie Rice
“There they are,” George Devine told John Osborne, surveying The Entertainer‘s opening night audience. “All waiting for you…Same old pack of c***s, fashionable assholes. Just more of them than usual.” The Royal Court had arrived: no longer outcasts, they were London’s main attraction.
Look Back in Anger vindicated Devine’s model of a writer’s-based theater. Osborne’s success attracted a host of dramatists to Sloane Square. There’s Shelagh Delaney, whose A Taste of Honey featured a working-class girl pregnant from an interracial dalliance; Harold Pinter’s The Room, a bizarre “comedy of menace”; and John Arden’s Serjeant Musgrave’s Dance, which aimed a Gatling gun at its audience. Devine encouraged them, however bold or experimental. “You always knew he was on the writer’s side,” Osborne said.
Peter O’Toole called the Royal Court actors “an...
“There they are,” George Devine told John Osborne, surveying The Entertainer‘s opening night audience. “All waiting for you…Same old pack of c***s, fashionable assholes. Just more of them than usual.” The Royal Court had arrived: no longer outcasts, they were London’s main attraction.
Look Back in Anger vindicated Devine’s model of a writer’s-based theater. Osborne’s success attracted a host of dramatists to Sloane Square. There’s Shelagh Delaney, whose A Taste of Honey featured a working-class girl pregnant from an interracial dalliance; Harold Pinter’s The Room, a bizarre “comedy of menace”; and John Arden’s Serjeant Musgrave’s Dance, which aimed a Gatling gun at its audience. Devine encouraged them, however bold or experimental. “You always knew he was on the writer’s side,” Osborne said.
Peter O’Toole called the Royal Court actors “an...
- 3/13/2015
- by Christopher Saunders
- SoundOnSight
Editor's Note: RogerEbert.com is proud to reprint Roger Ebert's 1978 entry from the Encyclopedia Britannica publication "The Great Ideas Today," part of "The Great Books of the Western World." Reprinted with permission from The Great Ideas Today ©1978 Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
It's a measure of how completely the Internet has transformed communication that I need to explain, for the benefit of some younger readers, what encyclopedias were: bound editions summing up all available knowledge, delivered to one's home in handsome bound editions. The "Great Books" series zeroed in on books about history, poetry, natural science, math and other fields of study; the "Great Ideas" series was meant to tie all the ideas together, and that was the mission given to Roger when he undertook this piece about film.
Given the venue he was writing for, it's probably wisest to look at Roger's long, wide-ranging piece as a snapshot of the...
It's a measure of how completely the Internet has transformed communication that I need to explain, for the benefit of some younger readers, what encyclopedias were: bound editions summing up all available knowledge, delivered to one's home in handsome bound editions. The "Great Books" series zeroed in on books about history, poetry, natural science, math and other fields of study; the "Great Ideas" series was meant to tie all the ideas together, and that was the mission given to Roger when he undertook this piece about film.
Given the venue he was writing for, it's probably wisest to look at Roger's long, wide-ranging piece as a snapshot of the...
- 2/12/2015
- by Roger Ebert
- blogs.suntimes.com/ebert
Upcoming features starring Michael Fassbender and Jude Law will be taken to market alongside a wave of titles that include first time filmmakers, documentaries and shorts.
Film4 is heading into Cannes with a slate that highlights its ongoing commitment to a range of UK talent, from first time directors to established auteurs.
Giving Screen a first look at the showreel it will be taking to the Cannes market next week, outgoing Film4 head Tessa Ross said the line-up “showcases a host of filmmakers, both new and established, with a unique vision and a breadth of brilliant storytelling”.
New titles in development include documentary Forgiveness, from Searching For Sugar Man producer Nicole Stott and executive producer John Battsek.
The feature debut of Elizabeth Stopford explores the ideals of a community put to the test in the wake of two inexplicable shooting sprees. The film weaves stylized dramatic reconstructions of the murders in the past with the ongoing journeys...
Film4 is heading into Cannes with a slate that highlights its ongoing commitment to a range of UK talent, from first time directors to established auteurs.
Giving Screen a first look at the showreel it will be taking to the Cannes market next week, outgoing Film4 head Tessa Ross said the line-up “showcases a host of filmmakers, both new and established, with a unique vision and a breadth of brilliant storytelling”.
New titles in development include documentary Forgiveness, from Searching For Sugar Man producer Nicole Stott and executive producer John Battsek.
The feature debut of Elizabeth Stopford explores the ideals of a community put to the test in the wake of two inexplicable shooting sprees. The film weaves stylized dramatic reconstructions of the murders in the past with the ongoing journeys...
- 5/9/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
The greatest fairy tale never told comes to life as never before in DreamWorks’ Shrek The Musical, the highly acclaimed Broadway production based on the smash-hit movie.
You can bring the magic of Broadway to your home and get the best seat in the house when the Deluxe Edition Blu-ray™ and DVD arrives Today – October 15th.
Called a “triumph of comic imagination” (Elysa Gardner, USA Today) that “never stints on spectacle or laughs” (David Rooney, Variety), Shrek The Musical received eight 2009 Tony Award® nominations including Best Musical, winning Best Costume Design of a Musical (Tim Hatley) and received a Grammy Award® nomination for Best Musical Show Album.
Featuring a fantasic score of 17 all-new songs, Shrek The Musical was filmed on stage to capture the magic of a Broadway performance and stars an amazing celebrated cast including Brian d’Arcy James (Shrek), Sutton Foster (Fiona), Daniel Breaker (Donkey), Christopher Sieber (Lord...
You can bring the magic of Broadway to your home and get the best seat in the house when the Deluxe Edition Blu-ray™ and DVD arrives Today – October 15th.
Called a “triumph of comic imagination” (Elysa Gardner, USA Today) that “never stints on spectacle or laughs” (David Rooney, Variety), Shrek The Musical received eight 2009 Tony Award® nominations including Best Musical, winning Best Costume Design of a Musical (Tim Hatley) and received a Grammy Award® nomination for Best Musical Show Album.
Featuring a fantasic score of 17 all-new songs, Shrek The Musical was filmed on stage to capture the magic of a Broadway performance and stars an amazing celebrated cast including Brian d’Arcy James (Shrek), Sutton Foster (Fiona), Daniel Breaker (Donkey), Christopher Sieber (Lord...
- 10/15/2013
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The greatest fairy tale never told comes to life as never before in DreamWorks’ Shrek The Musical, the highly acclaimed Broadway production based on the smash-hit movie. Called a “triumph of comic imagination” (Elysa Gardner, USA Today) that “never stints on spectacle or laughs” (David Rooney, Variety), Shrek The Musical received eight 2009 Tony Award® nominations including Best Musical, winning Best Costume Design of a Musical (Tim Hatley) and received a Grammy Award® nomination for Best Musical Show Album.
Featuring a fantasic score of 17 all-new songs, Shrek The Musical was filmed on stage to capture the magic of a Broadway performance and stars an amazing celebrated cast including Brian d’Arcy James (Shrek), Sutton Foster (Fiona), Daniel Breaker (Donkey), Christopher Sieber (Lord Farquaad), and John Tartaglia (Pinocchio). The film was shot live on Broadway with 10 cameras and directed by Michael Warren.
Wamg is offering you the chance to see it on...
Featuring a fantasic score of 17 all-new songs, Shrek The Musical was filmed on stage to capture the magic of a Broadway performance and stars an amazing celebrated cast including Brian d’Arcy James (Shrek), Sutton Foster (Fiona), Daniel Breaker (Donkey), Christopher Sieber (Lord Farquaad), and John Tartaglia (Pinocchio). The film was shot live on Broadway with 10 cameras and directed by Michael Warren.
Wamg is offering you the chance to see it on...
- 10/6/2013
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The greatest fairy tale never told comes to life as never before in DreamWorks’ Shrek The Musical, the highly acclaimed Broadway production based on the smash-hit movie. Called a “triumph of comic imagination” (Elysa Gardner, USA Today) that “never stints on spectacle or laughs” (David Rooney, Variety), Shrek The Musical received eight 2009 Tony Award® nominations including Best Musical, winning Best Costume Design of a Musical (Tim Hatley) and received a Grammy Award® nomination for Best Musical Show Album.
Featuring a fantasic score of 17 all-new songs, Shrek The Musical was filmed on stage to capture the magic of a Broadway performance and stars an amazing celebrated cast including Brian d’Arcy James (Shrek), Sutton Foster (Fiona), Daniel Breaker (Donkey), Christopher Sieber (Lord Farquaad), and John Tartaglia (Pinocchio). The film was shot live on Broadway with 10 cameras and directed by Michael Warren. Now you can bring the magic of Broadway to your...
Featuring a fantasic score of 17 all-new songs, Shrek The Musical was filmed on stage to capture the magic of a Broadway performance and stars an amazing celebrated cast including Brian d’Arcy James (Shrek), Sutton Foster (Fiona), Daniel Breaker (Donkey), Christopher Sieber (Lord Farquaad), and John Tartaglia (Pinocchio). The film was shot live on Broadway with 10 cameras and directed by Michael Warren. Now you can bring the magic of Broadway to your...
- 8/21/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Alfred Hitchcock’s name is synonymous with the words thriller, suspense, and intrigue. Films like Psycho, North by Northwest, Vertigo, and The Birds, are a few of the many famous titles that the director became world renowned for; even though he never won a single Academy Award during his lifetime for his direction. Yet, just as there are so many films that are talked about by the British director, there are just as many films that are almost considered hidden treasures by him. Rebecca is by no means a little known film by Hitch. In fact, it went on to win the an Academy Award for Best Picture. However, compared to the endless nods, jokes, and homages made over the years referencing Psycho, Strangers on a Train, and Rear Window, this 1940 film seems to be almost lost in comparison. It’s a film that I had always read about – since...
- 4/4/2012
- by Michael Haffner
- Destroy the Brain
Alfred Hitchcock is today best known for his work in the 1950s and 1960s, thanks to Universal and Warner Bros. steady stream of restored re-releases on Blu-ray but recently, 20th Century Home Entertainment reminded us that the master director wasn’t exactly idle in the years before. A trio of his 1940s works – Notorious, Spellbound, and Rebecca – are now out on Blu-ray for the first time and it begs a fresh look at his black and white thrillers.
Hitchcock began his stormy relationship with MGM producer David O. Selznick with 1940’s Rebecca, a psychological drama which is noteworthy as the director’s first American film. Adapted from Daphne du Maurier’s bestseller, it featured Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, and Judith Anderson. Being a gothic tale of loss, while gently questioning whether or not Olivier killed his first wife, it was a good fit for Hitchcock, introducing him to the American...
Hitchcock began his stormy relationship with MGM producer David O. Selznick with 1940’s Rebecca, a psychological drama which is noteworthy as the director’s first American film. Adapted from Daphne du Maurier’s bestseller, it featured Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, and Judith Anderson. Being a gothic tale of loss, while gently questioning whether or not Olivier killed his first wife, it was a good fit for Hitchcock, introducing him to the American...
- 2/9/2012
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
Chicago – I’ve long said that one of the main reasons that Blu-ray didn’t take off as quickly as people thought it would is because too many of movie lover’s favorite movies weren’t available on the format. It took years to get “Alien,” “Star Wars,” and even “Back to the Future.” “Jaws” and “Raiders of the Lost Ark” still aren’t in HD. Well, a wave of catalog releases last week that included some of my personal favorite films ever made should help the format overall. With several Oscar winners and some of the most influential filmmaking of all time, this is an amazing catalog wave. Buy all six.
Blu-ray Rating: 4.5/5.0
Where to start? How about a competition as to which of these films is the most influential — “Rebecca,” “Annie Hall,” or “The Apartment”? All three amazing works of art just hit Blu-ray for the first time,...
Blu-ray Rating: 4.5/5.0
Where to start? How about a competition as to which of these films is the most influential — “Rebecca,” “Annie Hall,” or “The Apartment”? All three amazing works of art just hit Blu-ray for the first time,...
- 1/31/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Lifetime
Last week, Sheepdogs, this week, Earth, Wind & Fire on this week’s Project Runway. The seven remaining designers have to create something inspired by the 1970s. They have some rocking platform shoes as inspiration.
Specifically a sophisticated 70s, which just makes us chortle. And let us just say, buh-bye Olivier, you whiny, self-important fragile flower. May the rest of your life be filled only with mannequin-sized people.
Anya is doing 70s… in Jamaica. I’m confused. Laura is doing...
Last week, Sheepdogs, this week, Earth, Wind & Fire on this week’s Project Runway. The seven remaining designers have to create something inspired by the 1970s. They have some rocking platform shoes as inspiration.
Specifically a sophisticated 70s, which just makes us chortle. And let us just say, buh-bye Olivier, you whiny, self-important fragile flower. May the rest of your life be filled only with mannequin-sized people.
Anya is doing 70s… in Jamaica. I’m confused. Laura is doing...
- 9/30/2011
- by Dawn Fallik
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Pathe have Main Comp titles in Paolo Sorrentino's This Must Be the Place and Alain Cavalier's Pater on their product list, but the sale agent might find both titles a difficult sell until they are unveiled to the film critic mass. I'd bet that Phyllida Lloyd's The Iron Lady with Meryl Steep is the most desired item on their inventory list. The Iron Lady by Phyllida Lloyd - Completed This Must Be The Place by Paolo Sorrentino - Completed Monsieur Papa by Kad Merad - Completed My Worst Nightmare by Anne Fontaine - Post-Production Pater by Alain Cavalier - Completed Switch by Frederic Schoendoerffer - Completed The Tuche Family (Les Tuche) by Olivier Baroux - Completed The Well-digger's Daughter (La Fille Du Puisatier) by Daniel Auteuil - Completed Titeuf, The Film (Titeuf, Le Film) by Zep - Completed Zarafa by Jean-Christophe Lie - Post-Production Africa United by...
- 5/13/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
There won't be any big costly parties in Cannes this year for the folks at Pathe – it seems to be a Berlin, skip Cannes and go to Venice type of year. The Illusionist preemed in Berlin and makes an appearance in the Market screenings, and the much anticipated Miral from Julian Schnabel skipped a non-comp, non-confidence vote and is instead poised to double dip in Venice and Tiff. - There won't be any big costly parties in Cannes this year for the folks at Pathe – it seems to be a Berlin, skip Cannes and go to Venice type of year. The Illusionist preemed in Berlin and makes an appearance in the Market screenings, and the much anticipated Miral from Julian Schnabel skipped a non-comp, non-confidence vote and is instead poised to double dip in Venice and Tiff. All That Glitters (Tout Ce Qui Brille) by Gé...
- 5/12/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
There won't be any big costly parties in Cannes this year for the folks at Pathe – it seems to be a Berlin, skip Cannes and go to Venice type of year. The Illusionist preemed in Berlin and makes an appearance in the Market screenings, and the much anticipated Miral from Julian Schnabel skipped a non-comp, non-confidence vote and is instead poised to double dip in Venice and Tiff. All That Glitters (Tout Ce Qui Brille) by Géraldine Nakache - Completed Centurion by Neil Marshall - Completed The Illusionnist (L'illusioniste) by Sylvain Chomet - Completed Benvenuti Al Sud by Luca Miniero - Completed Camping 2 by Fabien Onteniente - Completed L'italien by Olivier Baroux - Completed Oceans by Jacques Perrin - Completed Africa United by Debs Gardner Paterson - Production Farewell by Christian Carion - Completed Loup (Wolf) by Nicolas Vanier - Completed Miral by Julian Schnabel - Post-Production Rien A...
- 5/11/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
Chicago – Tony Curtis, who rolled into town to introduce his classic “Some Like it Hot” – December 5th and 6th at the Hollywood Palms in Naperville, Il – has a sharp and voracious intelligence, plus the adventurous life story to share.
In his new book, “The Making of Some Like it Hot,” Curtis relates the incredible Hollywood tale about how two big stars, he and Jack Lemmon, dressed up as women and collided with the incomparable Marilyn Monroe and director Billy Wilder to create a true American cinema masterpiece.
HollywoodChicago’s Patrick McDonald and photog Joe Arce encountered Tony Curtis in the lobby of the new Trump Hotel. While under the Christmas tree, Curtis regaled us with the account of his first ever trip to Chicago, appearing in a play at the Yiddish Theater on Ogden and Kedzie.
Known as Bernie Schwartz in those days, Curtis told us that he had to...
In his new book, “The Making of Some Like it Hot,” Curtis relates the incredible Hollywood tale about how two big stars, he and Jack Lemmon, dressed up as women and collided with the incomparable Marilyn Monroe and director Billy Wilder to create a true American cinema masterpiece.
HollywoodChicago’s Patrick McDonald and photog Joe Arce encountered Tony Curtis in the lobby of the new Trump Hotel. While under the Christmas tree, Curtis regaled us with the account of his first ever trip to Chicago, appearing in a play at the Yiddish Theater on Ogden and Kedzie.
Known as Bernie Schwartz in those days, Curtis told us that he had to...
- 12/5/2009
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
- When the official announcement was made for the line-up – I was disappointed that Sylvain Chomet's The Illusionist did not appear in the lineup. It was wishful thinking on my part that international sales rep Pathe Pictures International would have the animated film here – when I know all to well that a post production “label” for an animated film means: it will take a bit longer. Nonetheless, Pathe brought Jane Campion's Bright Star to the main competition and buyers will have the opportunity to get in on early on Julian Schnabel's Miral (this should be competing in Cannes in 2010) and what should be a packed Market screening showing for Neil Marshall's latest, Centurion. Bright Star by Jane Campion - Completed Centurion by Neil Marshall - Production Cheri by Stephen Frears - Completed Cineman by Yann Moix - Post-Production Eden Is West (Eden Est A L'ouest) by
- 5/13/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
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