On a Magical Night (CHAMBRE 212) (2019)

Film at Lincoln Center Announced Lineup for Spring 2020 Virtual Cinema

Someone, Somewhere / Deux moi by Cédric Klapisch

Film at Lincoln Center (FLC) announced the upcoming FLC Virtual Cinema lineup for the 2020 spring season. FLC’s new releases include Albert Serra’s provocative period piece Liberté, a NYFF57 selection; a new 2K restoration of Italian master Nanni Moretti’s beloved semi-autobiographical Caro Diario, winner of the Best Director award at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival; Hlynur Pálmason’s superb Nordic psychological thriller A White, White Day; and three standouts from this year’s Rendez-Vous with French Cinema festival: Quentin Dupieux’s Deerskin, a rollicking, absurdist, and lightly surrealist take on the midlife crisis movie starring Oscar-winner Jean Dujardin (The Artist) and Adèle Haenel (Portrait of a Lady on Fire), Christophe Honoré’s On a Magical Night, which earned Chiara Mastroianni Best Actress award in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section for her fierce performance, and Cédric Klapisch’s almost-romance Someone, Somewhere.

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San Francisco International Film Festival Reveals What Would’ve Been 2020 Lineup

I Carry You with Me directed by Heidi Ewing

SFFILM has announced the complete lineup for the 2020 San Francisco International Film Festival (originally scheduled for April 8–21), though the event itself was canceled due to growing safety concerns amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Film at Lincoln Center Announces 25th Rendez-Vous with French Cinema Lineup, Opens with THE TRUTH

La vérité (The Truth), directed by Kore-eda Hirokazu and starring Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche, Ethan Hawke

UniFrance and Film at Lincoln Center announce the complete lineup for the 25th edition of Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, the celebrated annual festival that exemplifies the variety and vitality of contemporary French filmmaking, March 5–15.

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ALICE AND THE MAYOR Headlines 2019 AFI European Union Film Showcase Lineup

ALICE AND THE MAYOR [ALICE ET LE MAIRE]

Now in its 32nd year, the 2019 AFI European Union Film Showcase, taking place December 4 to 22 at the American Film Institute’s historic theatre in Silver Spring, MD, highlights 46 films representing all 28 EU member states. Films include award winners, regional box-office hits, debut works by up-and-coming talents and new works by leading auteurs, plus 11 of the top contenders for this year’s Academy Award^® for Best International Feature Film and 10 U.S. and North American premieres.

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Cannes Film Festival 2019 Awards – PARASITE Wins Palme d’Or

GISAENGCHUNG (Parasite) directed by BONG Joon-Ho

The South Korean film Parasite directed by Bong Joon-Ho won the Palme d’Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. The film is described as “A family tragicomedy depicting the inevitable collision that ensues when Ki-woo, the eldest son in a family of four unemployed adults, is introduced to the wealthy Park family for a well-paid tutoring job.” Bong Joon-Ho who is best known for his earlier films Okja and Snowpiercer is the first Korean director to win the top award at Cannes Film Festival.

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2019 Cannes Film Festival Unveils Official Selection, with Films by Pedro Almodóvar, Xavier Dolan, Terrence Malic

A HIDDEN LIFE, Terrence Malick

The Official Selection of the 72nd Cannes Film Festival was unveiled this morning at the annual press conference. In addition to opening night film – Jim Jamusch’s The Dead Don’t Die, the competition lineup includes new releases from Pedro Almodóvar, Xavier Dolan, Ken Loach, and Terrence Malick. Films premiering out of competition include Nicolas Winding Refn’s Too Old to Die Young – North of Hollywood, West of Hell.

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