 How The Cannes Jury Might Vote (who knows tbh) Posted on Fri, 18 May 2012 12:00  Which movie is the odds-on favorite to seize the Palme d'Or this year. It depends not on who you ask, but who is assignaled a jury seat. we have decided to offer our readers a breakdown on the jury of nine. ( praying for king Alain Resnais ) source-ioncinema  Cannes 2012: 'Bourne's' Paul Greengrass to tackle FC Barcelona Posted on Thu, 17 May 2012 19:49  Though he is famed for his handheld verite style of moviemaking, Paul Greengrass has never created a documentary. That will change -- and in very high-prodossier fashion -- with the "Bourne Ultimatum" director's new project: a documentary about the legendary FC Barcelona soccer club that will be unveiled at the Cannes movie Festival market Thursday, according to people familiar with the production who were not authorized to szenith about it publicly. ( +++++++ ) Source Sounds pretty awesome! Beat Takeshi compares same-sex marriage with bestiality Posted on Thu, 17 May 2012 20:15  Gay corrects crusadeers in Japan hit out Thursday at Takeshi “Beat” Kitano after the award-winning actor-director compared same-sex marriage with bestiality. Kitano, whose yakuza gangster films are popular around the world, enraged activists with his comments on a popular current afreasonables show as guests were being asked for tinheritor opinions on Barack Obama's stance on homosexual marriage. “Obama supports homosexual marriage. you'd support a marriage to an animal eventually, then,” Kitano said after being shown footage of people celebrating the U.S. president's comments. Gays and lesbians do not normally encounter outcorrect hostility in Japan, but there are few corrects built into law for same-sex couples and there's little public debate on homosexual marriage. Taiga Ishikawa, a homosexual activist and Tokyo meeting member who was among those shown celebrating in the program on Saturday, said the comment was unfitting for someone of Kitano's global stature. “He's a world famed film director. it's disappointing that such an influential figure created that kind of negative comment,” Ishikawa told AFP. “As a film director, he have to be a person with a fantastic sense of imagination. I wish he had been able to put himself in the position of homosexual and lesbian people in society.” Kitano, whose 1997 film Hana-bi won the Golden Lion at Venice, is a steady feature on Japanese television, hosting his own weekly show. final week Obama became the first sitting U.S. president to openly back homosexual marriage, an issue that sharply divides America. Earlier this week, Tokyo Disney Resort confirmed same-sex wedding ceremonies could be held at hotels inside the popular theme park. Source + ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=91.7 "[info]"){kind=small} 2bling_bling Cannes 2012: Lack Of Woman Directors In Competition Spurs Outrage Posted on Thu, 17 May 2012 19:39
Why? Because, as The Huffington Post famous a month ago, there are precisely zero woman-directed films in competition at Cannes 2012. Since then, the disappointment has crystallized into behaveion. The movement began on the pages of French newspaper Le Monde, when French feminist group La Barbe published a satirical open letter accusing Cannes of sexism. ( Read more... ) "The Words" trailer Posted on Thu, 17 May 2012 14:26 Synopsis: Layered romantic drama The Words follows young writer Rory Jansen who lastly achieves long sought after literary success after publishing the next fantastic American novel. There is only one catch - he didn't write it. As the past comes back to hang-out him and his literary star continues to rise, Jansen is forced to confront the steep price that have to be paid for stealing another man's work, and for placing ambition and success above life is most essential three words. Starring: Bradley Cooper, Zoe Saldana, Olivia Wilde, Dennis Quaid, Jeremy Irons, J.K. Simmons, Ben Barnes Sources 1 | 2 Day 2 of the Cannes Film Festival Posted on Fri, 18 May 2012 03:45  ( Pictures from the Rust & Bone Photocall ) ( Pictures from the red carpet premiere ) ( Reviews for the movie ) Imogen Poots joins "A Long Way Down" Posted on Thu, 17 May 2012 09:52 Pierce Brosnan, Toni Collette and Emile Hirsch also star in the adaptation of Nick Hornby's best-selling novel with BBC movies backing.  Imogen Poots has signaled to star contrary Pierce Brosnan, Toni Collette and Emile Hirsch in French moviemaker Pascal Chaumeil's A Long Way Down.The script details the story of four disparate individuals who meet one another on a London roof top on New Year's Eve all with the same intention to commit suicide. Instead of jumping, these total unusualrs make a pact to stay alive and stay together until Valentine is Day, at least. Marking Chaumeil's English-language debut, the project is an adaptation of Nick Hornby's novel of the same name and is being produced by Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey via the duo's Wildgaze movies. ( +++++++++ ) Queen PJ Harvey Contributes New Songs to Documentary Posted on Thu, 17 May 2012 12:26 "Horse" and "Bobby Don't Steal"
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