This year’s official jury has been announced for the 69th edition of Cannes Film Festival, which will take place from May 11th through 22nd. Festival president and Australian director, George Miller, will be joined by Arnaud Desplechin, Kirsten Dunst, Valeria Golino, László Nemes, Vanessa Paradis, Katayoon Shahabi, Mads Mikkelsen and Donald Sutherland. The nine members will…
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“JURASSIC WORLD” THE SPIELBERGIAN PARALLELS BETWEEN “JURASSIC PARK” & “JAWS”
Assuming you have seen the one-minute Jurassic World trailer that ran during the Super Bowl – and, let’s be honest, who hasn’t? – you know it opens on a clip featuring a five-ton Mosasaurus swallowing a great white shark as if it were a minnow. There is a message here, an overt signal that Universal…
BEING JADE BRYAN “THE SHATTERED MIND”
Ann Marie “Jade” Bryan is a filmmaker, fashion enthusiast, and founder of Jade Films and Entertainment. She also happens to be deaf. As I stood outside of NYU’s Cantor Film Center to watch the screening of her latest film, The Shattered Mind, I was examining the gathering crowd with great interest; there were lots of…
66TH FESTIVAL DE CANNES WINNERS
66th FESTIVAL DE CANNES 2013 - MAY 15 - 26 The Jury of the 66th Festival de Cannes awarded the following films during the Closing Ceremony on May 26th: Feature films Palme d'Or LA VIE D'ADÈLE - CHAPITRE 1 & 2 (ADELE: CHAPTERS 1 & 2 (BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOUR)) directed by Abdellatif KECHICHE…
FASHION AT THE 66TH CANNES FILM FESTIVAL
The 66th Cannes Film Festival, which took place May 15-26, awarded directors and actors who have worked under the shared goal of recognizing contributions towards the development of cinema as well as "highlighting the diversity of cinematic creation." Dior couture was featured on many leading actresses including Marion Cotillard, Julianne Moore, Nicole Kidman and Carey…
LINCOLN – OPENING NOVEMBER 16
Directed by Steven Spielberg, Lincoln is a smart, political drama on the personal, political, and humanistic aspects of Abraham Lincoln’s life. Amidst a civil war, Lincoln pushes the 13th Amendment through the House of Representatives in a legal challenge against slavery and the war amongst the states. This puts political fractions against one another in…