Our Day Will Come, from music video director Romain Gavras (‘No Church in the Wild’), is a strange road trip movie about two very messed-up guys, played by Vincent Cassel and Olivier Barthélémy, each with his own problems and a total inability to connect to pretty much anything. Cassel’s character is a charming but possibly demented psychologist, and Barthélémy’s […]...
- 10/25/2013
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
The French have a slur (“les roux ça puent”) that at its most basic says “redheads stink.” Some translations go so far as to say it means they stink like stinky vaginas. That’s a bit extreme (and strange), but whether due to Judas Iscariot, witches, or just a simple fear of the unusual, it’s an unfortunate fact that red-headed children are sometimes viewed as lesser versions of their “normal”-haired counterparts. Rémy (Olivier Barthelemy) is a young man who knows this truth all too well as he’s been the brunt of abuses both verbal and physical born in large part to his dark, red hair. His rage leads to a physical assault against his own mother that sends him fleeing into the night and into the passing car of a bored psychoanalyst named Patrick (Vincent Cassel). The good doctor has come to grips with his own auburn hair, but...
- 10/24/2013
- by Rob Hunter
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
In the darkly comic satire Our Day Will Come, the great Vincent Cassel plays a red-haired psychologist who takes under his wing a bullied teen of similar hair-hue, played by Olivier Barthélémy, to help him develop some backbone. What ensues is a picaresque and extremely bizarre tale of drinking, nudity, violence, carjacking, jacuzzi-despoiling, impetuous hair removal, and general insanity as our two protagonists embark on an incident-packed quest to reach the spiritual home of the red-haired: Ireland.
Our Day Will Come is the debut film from Romain Gavras — previously best known for directing the videos for Kanye West & Jay-z’s...
Our Day Will Come is the debut film from Romain Gavras — previously best known for directing the videos for Kanye West & Jay-z’s...
- 10/22/2013
- by Clark Collis
- EW - Inside Movies
In the darkly comic satire Our Day Will Come, the great Vincent Cassel plays a red-haired psychologist who takes under his wing a bullied teen of similar hair-hue, played by Olivier Barthélémy, to help him develop some backbone. What ensues is a picaresque and extremely bizarre tale of drinking, nudity, violence, carjacking, jacuzzi-despoiling, impetuous hair removal, and general insanity as our two protagonists embark on an incident-packed quest to reach the spiritual home of the red-haired: Ireland.
Our Day Will Come is the debut film from Romain Gavras — previously best known for directing the videos for Kanye West & Jay-z’s...
Our Day Will Come is the debut film from Romain Gavras — previously best known for directing the videos for Kanye West & Jay-z’s...
- 10/22/2013
- by Clark Collis
- EW - Inside Movies
Our Day Will Come starts out exactly like a comic-style evangelical tract from Chick Publications: A troubled kid is seduced into darkness by a sophisticated, Mephistophelian figure who signals his depravity by wearing an ascot. Rémy (Olivier Barthelemy), a sexually confused teenager bullied by classmates for the genetic disadvantage of red hair, meets Patrick (Vincent Cassel), a middle-aged, redheaded psychopath with a similar sense of pigmentation-based aggrievement. As a result, Patrick displays every documented antisocial tendency: He's racist, misogynistic, anti-Semitic, and homophobic. He tempts truant kids with the forbidden fruits society reserves for responsible adults: ripping donuts in a parking lot behind the wheel of a sweet Porsche and riding motorcy...
- 10/16/2013
- Village Voice
Today's must see indie trailer is for a film that has been playing at film festivals since 2010 a few years back. It's the feature directing debut of music video director Romain Gavras, a film called Our Day Will Come, and we first featured a trailer way back in 2011. Oscilliscope Labs is finally getting around to releasing the film officially in the Us this fall, and they've put out a mesmerizing new trailer for this film described as "a stylish, mind-twisting trip." Vincent Cassel and Olivier Barthélémy star as two red-heads who travel to Ireland and end up in some crazy shit. This trailer has a very eerie but mesmerizing vibe to it, check this out. Watch the official Us release trailer for Romain Gavras' Our Day Will Come, direct from YouTube: Synopsis for Our Day Will Come: In this hallucinatory thriller, two outcast redheads -- a psychologist (Vincent Cassel...
- 10/13/2013
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Image Entertainment has acquired all Us rights to the $30m Dean Koontz adaptation directed by Stephen Sommers and will release in first quarter 2014. Separately, Oscilloscope has picked up Us rights to Our Day Will Come.
Producers Odd Thomas John Baldecchi, Howard Kaplan and Sommers introduced the project at Afm 2011 through international sales agent Kathy Morgan.
Anton Yelchin, Willem Dafoe and Addison Timlin star in Sommers’ adaptation of the first in a seven-book series about a clairvoyant short-order cook who finds himself at the centre of a war between light and dark.
“Director Stephen Sommers’s spectacular style and extraordinary vision translates so well to the big screen for this material,” said Image chief acquisitions officer Bill Bromiley. “We are proud to distribute the film and introduce the magical world of Odd Thomas to a wider audience.”
Bromiley, Mark Ward and Jess De Leo negotiated the deal on behalf of Image with Paul Hudson for the filmmakers.
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Producers Odd Thomas John Baldecchi, Howard Kaplan and Sommers introduced the project at Afm 2011 through international sales agent Kathy Morgan.
Anton Yelchin, Willem Dafoe and Addison Timlin star in Sommers’ adaptation of the first in a seven-book series about a clairvoyant short-order cook who finds himself at the centre of a war between light and dark.
“Director Stephen Sommers’s spectacular style and extraordinary vision translates so well to the big screen for this material,” said Image chief acquisitions officer Bill Bromiley. “We are proud to distribute the film and introduce the magical world of Odd Thomas to a wider audience.”
Bromiley, Mark Ward and Jess De Leo negotiated the deal on behalf of Image with Paul Hudson for the filmmakers.
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- 9/24/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Violence, action, fast cars, hordes of redheads, air horns, nudity, and that’s just the trailer. Vincent Cassel is one of my favorite working actors, and after watching this fresh trailer for French director Roman Gavras‘s Our Day Will Come, I don’t think that’s going to change any time soon.This movie looks intense.
American audiences will recognize Cassel from Black Swan. Gavras is best known stateside for directing the epic 9-minute music video for M.I.A.‘s “Born Free“, which got a lot of attention last year for its graphic depictions of violence and sex in a police state.
Our Day Will Come stars Cassel and Olivier Barthelemy, who previously worked together on the excellent Mesrine: Public Enemy #1 and the 2006 horror film, Sheitan. A synopsis and the trailer below [via First Showing]:
What do you do when you’re a red-haired teenage loser with no friends except for an older guy,...
American audiences will recognize Cassel from Black Swan. Gavras is best known stateside for directing the epic 9-minute music video for M.I.A.‘s “Born Free“, which got a lot of attention last year for its graphic depictions of violence and sex in a police state.
Our Day Will Come stars Cassel and Olivier Barthelemy, who previously worked together on the excellent Mesrine: Public Enemy #1 and the 2006 horror film, Sheitan. A synopsis and the trailer below [via First Showing]:
What do you do when you’re a red-haired teenage loser with no friends except for an older guy,...
- 8/25/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Two new worth watching trailers, the first is for a French film called Our Day Will Come, from director Romain Gavras, starring César winning actor Vincent Cassel, who you'll recognize from Black Swan or Eastern Promises or Ocean's Twelve. The drama, described as a "cynical outsider epic" is about two unlikely friends, Patrick (Cassel) and Rémy, played by Olivier Barthelemy, who go on somewhat of a crazy rampage "of hate, violence and self-destruction." This is one weird, intense, chaotic-looking film, but I have to admire the filmmaking and how eerie this trailer is. I'll be damned if that didn't catch my attention. Take a look! Watch the official international trailer for Romain Gavras' Our Day Will Come, via YouTube: What do you do when you're a red-haired teenage loser with no friends except for an older guy, your shrink? When all your peers make fun of you and kick you around?...
- 8/25/2011
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Our Day Will Come is released on Blu-ray from Monday 22nd August and we have three copies of the Blu-ray to give away to our readers. Read on to find out how;
The directorial debut of Romain Gavras, best known for his controversial Music videos for M.I.A (Born Free) and Justice (Stress), Our Day Will Come is a bold and savagely humorous outsider epic, telling the story of Patrick (Vincent Cassel) and Remy (Olivier Barthelemy) a pair of outcasts joined together by their dislike of society and their own red hair.
Patrick is a charismatic but cynical therapist, long bored with listening to the banalities of his clients’ problems, he is desperate for any situation he can manipulate for his own amusement. A defining opportunity comes in the form of Remy, an awkward, alienated teenager, bullied by his family and ostracized by his peers who use his red hair as prime ammunition for their taunts.
The directorial debut of Romain Gavras, best known for his controversial Music videos for M.I.A (Born Free) and Justice (Stress), Our Day Will Come is a bold and savagely humorous outsider epic, telling the story of Patrick (Vincent Cassel) and Remy (Olivier Barthelemy) a pair of outcasts joined together by their dislike of society and their own red hair.
Patrick is a charismatic but cynical therapist, long bored with listening to the banalities of his clients’ problems, he is desperate for any situation he can manipulate for his own amusement. A defining opportunity comes in the form of Remy, an awkward, alienated teenager, bullied by his family and ostracized by his peers who use his red hair as prime ammunition for their taunts.
- 8/16/2011
- by Matt Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
Captain America: The First Avenger (12)
(Joe Johnston, 2011, Us) Chris Evans, Tommy Lee Jones, Hayley Atwell, Hugo Weaving, Sebastian Stan. 124 mins
Unsurprisingly, this is the most patriotic of the summer's superhero movies, but there are few surprises all round. The story is largely what you'd imagine from the trailer: wimpy 1940s do-gooder undergoes a fast-track Charles Atlas course, then socks it to the evil über-Nazis. It's like Inglourious Basterds meets Indiana Jones, although the wholesome tone and white-bread heroism diminish the effects-driven spectacle, and the real second world war is reduced to mere set dressing.
Our Day Will Come (18)
(Romain Gavras, 2010, Fra) Vincent Cassel, Olivier Barthelemy, Justine Lerooy. 83 mins
Edgy provocateur alert! Expanding on the redhead persecution theme he developed in his Mia video, Gavras's debut follows ginger alienation to its conclusion, as Cassel and Barthelemy head out on the highway to oblivion, without a map or a ferry timetable.
Arrietty (U)
(Hiromasa Yonebayashi,...
(Joe Johnston, 2011, Us) Chris Evans, Tommy Lee Jones, Hayley Atwell, Hugo Weaving, Sebastian Stan. 124 mins
Unsurprisingly, this is the most patriotic of the summer's superhero movies, but there are few surprises all round. The story is largely what you'd imagine from the trailer: wimpy 1940s do-gooder undergoes a fast-track Charles Atlas course, then socks it to the evil über-Nazis. It's like Inglourious Basterds meets Indiana Jones, although the wholesome tone and white-bread heroism diminish the effects-driven spectacle, and the real second world war is reduced to mere set dressing.
Our Day Will Come (18)
(Romain Gavras, 2010, Fra) Vincent Cassel, Olivier Barthelemy, Justine Lerooy. 83 mins
Edgy provocateur alert! Expanding on the redhead persecution theme he developed in his Mia video, Gavras's debut follows ginger alienation to its conclusion, as Cassel and Barthelemy head out on the highway to oblivion, without a map or a ferry timetable.
Arrietty (U)
(Hiromasa Yonebayashi,...
- 7/29/2011
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
A parable about discrimination featuring Vincent Cassel as a redhead who fights back that – ultimately – runs out of steam
Shot in northern France locations that evoke the movies of Bruno Dumont, this technically assured debut by Romain Gavras (son of Costa-Gavras) features a kind of badass/hardcore posturing that soon becomes pretty tiresome. Vincent Cassel plays Patrick, a therapist-cum-counsellor; one of his clients is a troubled youth called Rémy (Olivier Barthelemy). They have one thing in common: they both have red hair and appear tacitly to decide they have a shared experience of discrimination on these grounds. So they go on the run together, with a crazy plan to travel to Ireland on the basis that redheads are well treated there. Cassel is arguably the poster boy for this kind of confrontational cinema, but it's a road movie that runs out of road – and out of ideas.
Rating: 2/5
Vincent CasselWorld cinemaThrillerDramaPeter Bradshaw
guardian.
Shot in northern France locations that evoke the movies of Bruno Dumont, this technically assured debut by Romain Gavras (son of Costa-Gavras) features a kind of badass/hardcore posturing that soon becomes pretty tiresome. Vincent Cassel plays Patrick, a therapist-cum-counsellor; one of his clients is a troubled youth called Rémy (Olivier Barthelemy). They have one thing in common: they both have red hair and appear tacitly to decide they have a shared experience of discrimination on these grounds. So they go on the run together, with a crazy plan to travel to Ireland on the basis that redheads are well treated there. Cassel is arguably the poster boy for this kind of confrontational cinema, but it's a road movie that runs out of road – and out of ideas.
Rating: 2/5
Vincent CasselWorld cinemaThrillerDramaPeter Bradshaw
guardian.
- 7/28/2011
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Filed under: Reviews, SXSW Film Festival, Cinematical, Festivals
When we first meet Remy (Olivier Barthelemy), he is both literally and figuratively bruised. He is ostracized from his soccer team, shunned by his family and even mocked online. Then again, he is a redhead, and in the world of Romain Gavras' 'Our Day Will Come,' he's one of many persecuted based on the color of his hair. Patrick (Vincent Cassel) knows his pain, and these two strangers partner up for a road trip to their idea of the promised land -- Ireland -- and cause much mayhem along the way.
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When we first meet Remy (Olivier Barthelemy), he is both literally and figuratively bruised. He is ostracized from his soccer team, shunned by his family and even mocked online. Then again, he is a redhead, and in the world of Romain Gavras' 'Our Day Will Come,' he's one of many persecuted based on the color of his hair. Patrick (Vincent Cassel) knows his pain, and these two strangers partner up for a road trip to their idea of the promised land -- Ireland -- and cause much mayhem along the way.
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- 3/22/2011
- by William Goss
- Cinematical
The South by Southwest Film Festival announced its feature film line-up Wednesday, piling heaps of cinematic goodness on an already stellar program that includes Jodie Foster’s The Beaver, Duncan Jones’ Source Code, Ti West’s The Innkeepers, Conan O’Brien’s tour documentary, and the latest Simon Pegg-Nick Frost comedy, Paul, with Seth Rogen.
Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight) returns to the festival with her latest film, Red Riding Hood starring Amanda Seyfried, after the writer-director spoke on a screenwriting panel in 2009.
Plus a few favorites from the Sundance Film Festival last month, like Tom McCarthy’s Win Win, Morgan Spurlock’s The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, and Max Winkler’s Ceremony.
I’m extremely excited, even if I’m already having flashbacks to intense sleep deprivation. Like the last two years, I’ll be on the ground covering as much of the festival as I can within the packed 9 days of screenings,...
Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight) returns to the festival with her latest film, Red Riding Hood starring Amanda Seyfried, after the writer-director spoke on a screenwriting panel in 2009.
Plus a few favorites from the Sundance Film Festival last month, like Tom McCarthy’s Win Win, Morgan Spurlock’s The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, and Max Winkler’s Ceremony.
I’m extremely excited, even if I’m already having flashbacks to intense sleep deprivation. Like the last two years, I’ll be on the ground covering as much of the festival as I can within the packed 9 days of screenings,...
- 2/3/2011
- by Jeff Leins
- newsinfilm.com
‘Tapping into the cultural zeitgeist,’ at SXSW 2011
Austin, Texas – The SXSW 2011 Feature Film Lineup was unveiled Wednesday afternoon. The festival lineup will consist of 130 features, in nine full days of programming, promising to deliver a film-going experience unlike previous years.
With a reputation for taking chances on relatively unknown filmmakers, the SXSW panel of judges carefully picked 130 films from 1,792 feature-length film submissions, (1,323 U.S. and 469 international). The program consists of 60 World Premieres, 12 North American Premieres and 16 U.S. Premieres.
The main competition categories return with eight Narrative Features, and eight Documentary Features, both competing for their respective Grand Jury Prize. New for films in competition this year, are awards for screenplay, editing, cinematography, music, and acting.
(The Midnighters and SXFantastic feature sections, along with the short film program, will be announced next week.)
Here are a few of the Features to be screened, among many others.
Narratives:
The Beaver (World Premiere)
Dir.
Austin, Texas – The SXSW 2011 Feature Film Lineup was unveiled Wednesday afternoon. The festival lineup will consist of 130 features, in nine full days of programming, promising to deliver a film-going experience unlike previous years.
With a reputation for taking chances on relatively unknown filmmakers, the SXSW panel of judges carefully picked 130 films from 1,792 feature-length film submissions, (1,323 U.S. and 469 international). The program consists of 60 World Premieres, 12 North American Premieres and 16 U.S. Premieres.
The main competition categories return with eight Narrative Features, and eight Documentary Features, both competing for their respective Grand Jury Prize. New for films in competition this year, are awards for screenplay, editing, cinematography, music, and acting.
(The Midnighters and SXFantastic feature sections, along with the short film program, will be announced next week.)
Here are a few of the Features to be screened, among many others.
Narratives:
The Beaver (World Premiere)
Dir.
- 2/3/2011
- by Albert Art
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Readers of Sound On Sight can be sure that we will indeed be covering the SXSW Film Festival once again. As previously reported, Duncan Jones’ latest film Source Code is opening the festival and there will also be premieres for the documentary Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop, Greg Mottola’s Paul, and Jodie Foster’s The Beaver. Now the full line-up has been announced it is incredible.
Hit the jump to check out the line-up, and be sure to visit our site during the event.
The 2011 SXSW Film Festival runs from March 11 – 19th in Austin, Texas.
SXSW Film Announces 2011 Features Lineup
Austin, Texas – February 2, 2011 – The South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival is thrilled to announce the features lineup for this year’s Festival, March 11 – 19, 2011 in Austin, Texas. The 2011 lineup continues the SXSW tradition of tapping into the cultural zeitgeist, highlighting emerging talent and breakthrough performances and supporting first-time filmmakers.
Hit the jump to check out the line-up, and be sure to visit our site during the event.
The 2011 SXSW Film Festival runs from March 11 – 19th in Austin, Texas.
SXSW Film Announces 2011 Features Lineup
Austin, Texas – February 2, 2011 – The South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival is thrilled to announce the features lineup for this year’s Festival, March 11 – 19, 2011 in Austin, Texas. The 2011 lineup continues the SXSW tradition of tapping into the cultural zeitgeist, highlighting emerging talent and breakthrough performances and supporting first-time filmmakers.
- 2/3/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
"Win Win," starring Paul Giamatti, left, and Alex Shaffer, will screen at SXSW
Aimée Lagos’ thriller “96 Minutes,” starring Brittany Snow; Chris Eyre’s “A Year in Mooring” and “American Animal” from writer-director Matt D’Elia are among the films that will screen in competition at next month’s South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas.
These films will be joined in the Headliners section by Paul Giamatti and Amy Ryan in Tom McCarthy’s “Win Win,” Takashi Miike’s “13 Assassins,” Rainn Wilson in “Super” and others previously announced including Jodie Foster’s “The Beaver,” Greg Mottola’s “Paul,” the documentary “Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop” from director Rodman Flender, and the opening-night world premiere of Duncan Jones’ “Source Code.”
The following are highlights from the lineup announced Wednesday, with descriptions provided by the festival.
Narrative Feature Competition “96 Minutes”
Director, Writer: Aimée Lagos
Four young lives. One night. One terrifying event.
Aimée Lagos’ thriller “96 Minutes,” starring Brittany Snow; Chris Eyre’s “A Year in Mooring” and “American Animal” from writer-director Matt D’Elia are among the films that will screen in competition at next month’s South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas.
These films will be joined in the Headliners section by Paul Giamatti and Amy Ryan in Tom McCarthy’s “Win Win,” Takashi Miike’s “13 Assassins,” Rainn Wilson in “Super” and others previously announced including Jodie Foster’s “The Beaver,” Greg Mottola’s “Paul,” the documentary “Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop” from director Rodman Flender, and the opening-night world premiere of Duncan Jones’ “Source Code.”
The following are highlights from the lineup announced Wednesday, with descriptions provided by the festival.
Narrative Feature Competition “96 Minutes”
Director, Writer: Aimée Lagos
Four young lives. One night. One terrifying event.
- 2/3/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
"Win Win," starring Paul Giamatti, left, and Alex Shaffer, will screen at SXSW
Aimée Lagos’ thriller “96 Minutes,” starring Brittany Snow; Chris Eyre’s “A Year in Mooring” and “American Animal” from writer-director Matt D’Elia are among the films that will screen in competition at next month’s South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas.
These films will be joined in the Headliners section by Paul Giamatti and Amy Ryan in Tom McCarthy’s “Win Win,” Takashi Miike’s “13 Assassins,” Rainn Wilson in “Super” and others previously announced including Jodie Foster’s “The Beaver,” Greg Mottola’s “Paul,” the documentary “Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop” from director Rodman Flender, and the opening-night world premiere of Duncan Jones’ “Source Code.”
The following are highlights from the lineup announced Wednesday, with descriptions provided by the festival.
Narrative Feature Competition “96 Minutes”
Director, Writer: Aimée Lagos
Four young lives. One night. One terrifying event.
Aimée Lagos’ thriller “96 Minutes,” starring Brittany Snow; Chris Eyre’s “A Year in Mooring” and “American Animal” from writer-director Matt D’Elia are among the films that will screen in competition at next month’s South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas.
These films will be joined in the Headliners section by Paul Giamatti and Amy Ryan in Tom McCarthy’s “Win Win,” Takashi Miike’s “13 Assassins,” Rainn Wilson in “Super” and others previously announced including Jodie Foster’s “The Beaver,” Greg Mottola’s “Paul,” the documentary “Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop” from director Rodman Flender, and the opening-night world premiere of Duncan Jones’ “Source Code.”
The following are highlights from the lineup announced Wednesday, with descriptions provided by the festival.
Narrative Feature Competition “96 Minutes”
Director, Writer: Aimée Lagos
Four young lives. One night. One terrifying event.
- 2/3/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
The South By Southwest Film Conference and Festival announced this year's features lineup. The festival takes place March 11-19 in Austin, Texas.
There are a total of 130 features screening this year including 60 world premieres, 12 North American premieres and 16 U.S. premieres! This year the a total of 1,792 feature-length films were submitted, which is the most ever.
There are going to be some amazing films shown this yea. Opening night kicks off with Duncan Jones' Source Code (Moon). The fest rolls on with Jodie Foster‘s The Beaver, Greg Mottola‘s Paul, Sundance Grand Prize doc winner How to Die in Oregon, Errol Morris‘ Tabloid, Victoria Mahoney‘s Yelling to the Sky, Azazel Jacob‘s Terri. There will also be a special screening of Catherine Hardwicke‘s Red Riding Hood.
The Midnight and SXFantastic sections will be announced with the shorts program next week.
See the complete lineup below via...
There are a total of 130 features screening this year including 60 world premieres, 12 North American premieres and 16 U.S. premieres! This year the a total of 1,792 feature-length films were submitted, which is the most ever.
There are going to be some amazing films shown this yea. Opening night kicks off with Duncan Jones' Source Code (Moon). The fest rolls on with Jodie Foster‘s The Beaver, Greg Mottola‘s Paul, Sundance Grand Prize doc winner How to Die in Oregon, Errol Morris‘ Tabloid, Victoria Mahoney‘s Yelling to the Sky, Azazel Jacob‘s Terri. There will also be a special screening of Catherine Hardwicke‘s Red Riding Hood.
The Midnight and SXFantastic sections will be announced with the shorts program next week.
See the complete lineup below via...
- 2/2/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
The South by Southwest Film Festival (SXSW) just announced their entire 2011 feature film lineup, and there’s isn’t a lot of note, with regards to this blog’s focus.
Titles you should be aware of – all of which we’ve previously profiled on Shadow And Act – include, Victoria Mahoney’s feature film debut, Yelling To The Sky (which will actually make its world debut at the Berlin Film Festival later this month); plus Blacktino, the first feature film from writer/director Aaron Burns, a self-described “blacktino nerd from Austin, Texas,” who got his start at Robert Rodriguez’s Troublemaker Studios doing visual effects; Benda Bilili, a documentary about a band of homeless, disabled Congolese; and last, but not least, Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey, a documentary about the black man that happens to be the man behind the puppet (which also played at Sundance).
There might be...
Titles you should be aware of – all of which we’ve previously profiled on Shadow And Act – include, Victoria Mahoney’s feature film debut, Yelling To The Sky (which will actually make its world debut at the Berlin Film Festival later this month); plus Blacktino, the first feature film from writer/director Aaron Burns, a self-described “blacktino nerd from Austin, Texas,” who got his start at Robert Rodriguez’s Troublemaker Studios doing visual effects; Benda Bilili, a documentary about a band of homeless, disabled Congolese; and last, but not least, Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey, a documentary about the black man that happens to be the man behind the puppet (which also played at Sundance).
There might be...
- 2/2/2011
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
The South by Southwest Film Festival has announced their features lineup for the 2011’s Festival, which will take place March 11th to the 19th in Austin Texas. Read the full press release after the jump. SXSW Film Announces 2011 Features Lineup Austin, Texas – February 2, 2011 – The South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival is thrilled to announce the features lineup for this year’s Festival, March 11 – 19, 2011 in Austin, Texas. The 2011 lineup continues the SXSW tradition of tapping into the cultural zeitgeist, highlighting emerging talent and breakthrough performances and supporting first-time filmmakers. The Midnighters and SXFantastic feature sections, along with the short film program, will be announced next week. “This is the most exciting moment for us. After a fantastic festival of discovery in 2010, we can finally unveil the line up for this year’s event,” says Film Conference and Festival Producer Janet Pierson. “SXSW prides itself on taking chances, sifting for...
- 2/2/2011
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
Sneak Peek the new poster supporting the upcoming comic book adaptation, "Largo Winch II", a France-produced feature directed by Jerome Salle, starring Tomer Sisley as 'Largo Winch', Olivier Barthelemy as 'Simon Ovronnaz', Mamee Napakpapha Nakprasitte as 'Maluna', and Sharon Stone as 'Diane Francken' :
"...Propelled to the head of 'Group W' after the death of his adoptive father, 'Largo Winch' decides to everyone's surprise, to put the company up for sale to create an ambitious humanitarian foundation.
"But on the day of signing, Winch finds himself accused of crimes against humanity by a mysterious witness. To prove his innocence, Largo will return to his past life, in the heart of the Burmese jungle..."
"Largo Winch" the Belgian comic book series was created by Philippe Francq and Jean Van Hamme, published by Dupuis. The principal character is 'Largo Winch' (aka 'Largo Winczlav'). Other important characters...
"...Propelled to the head of 'Group W' after the death of his adoptive father, 'Largo Winch' decides to everyone's surprise, to put the company up for sale to create an ambitious humanitarian foundation.
"But on the day of signing, Winch finds himself accused of crimes against humanity by a mysterious witness. To prove his innocence, Largo will return to his past life, in the heart of the Burmese jungle..."
"Largo Winch" the Belgian comic book series was created by Philippe Francq and Jean Van Hamme, published by Dupuis. The principal character is 'Largo Winch' (aka 'Largo Winczlav'). Other important characters...
- 1/30/2011
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
French actor Vincent Cassel comes to the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) with two films to promote. In the French drama “Our Day Will Come,” directed by up-and-comer Romain Gravas, Cassel plays a school guidance counselor who mentors a teenage boy (Olivier Barthelemy) ridiculed for being a redhead. “Black Swan,” from director Darren Aronofsky, pushes the 43-year-old Frenchman into the festival spotlight. Cassel stars as the artistic director of a major New York ballet company who gives the shy but determined Nina (Natalie Portman) the chance of a lifetime by casting her as the lead in a production of “Swan Lake.” Behind both these films lies the most important work of Cassel’s career, director Jean-Francois Richet’s two-film drama “Mesrine: Killer Instinct” and “Mesrine: Public Enemy 1” based on the real-life criminal Jacques Mesrine, currently playing in U.S. art cinemas.
- 9/21/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
One of the more divisive films to screen at the Toronto International Film Festival - where I was very much on the positive side - was Romain Gavras' Our Day Will Come. Starring Vincent Cassel and Olivier Barthelemy as a pair of social misfits on a wildly anti-social cross country odyssey, this is as brash and in your face a debut as you're ever likely to come across.
We've posted a previous teaser and trailer for this one but now we've got an extended clip as well, this coming from the point of the film where Barthelemy's Remy character decides that he must become some sort of redhead messiah. It's certainly not one of the crazy moments of the film but it is the one that sets up a whole lot of them. Check it below.
We've posted a previous teaser and trailer for this one but now we've got an extended clip as well, this coming from the point of the film where Barthelemy's Remy character decides that he must become some sort of redhead messiah. It's certainly not one of the crazy moments of the film but it is the one that sets up a whole lot of them. Check it below.
- 9/19/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Coming on the heels of his Born Free the M.I.A video, Romain Gavras continues his whaling on the gingers, or as he refers to them: the "inferior" race. Notre jour viendra premiered at Tiff one week ago, and it's a difficult pic to sum up. The narrative is messed up and works with it's own set of rules. Last sunday was the world preem -- among the giddy audience there were some actors spilling over from Little White Lies and M.I.A and Midnight Madness curator Colin Geddes was there to present Gavras, Olivier Barthelemy and Vincent Cassel - who from the responses from the after screening Q&A not only sounds like a pro, but you get a sense that he supports these type of unclassifiable films. Can't wait to commence my review of the film -- certainly nowhere close to being a favorite, but a film that managed that...
- 9/18/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
Son of famed political French filmmaker Costa-Gavras Romain Gavras’ debut Our Day Will Come has been screened at the Toronto Film Festival to mostly positive reviews, with one critic suggesting that Gavras has “created something in the realm of a French Fight Club”.
The film stars Vincent Cassel and Olivier Barthelemy as two redheads who embark on a road trip from France to Ireland to escape all the ginger-related prejudice they’ve faced throughout their lives.
Gavras is a well known provocateur and this film sounds similar in theme to the promo he made for M.I.A earlier this year, a twisted “ginger genocide” narrative which managed to get banned from YouTube. His video for the Justice track Stress is equally controversial, but it’s also incredibly raw and powerful, suggesting Gavras might be following in his Dad’s footsteps.
Gavras, Cassel and Mathieu Kassovitz (who directed the actor...
The film stars Vincent Cassel and Olivier Barthelemy as two redheads who embark on a road trip from France to Ireland to escape all the ginger-related prejudice they’ve faced throughout their lives.
Gavras is a well known provocateur and this film sounds similar in theme to the promo he made for M.I.A earlier this year, a twisted “ginger genocide” narrative which managed to get banned from YouTube. His video for the Justice track Stress is equally controversial, but it’s also incredibly raw and powerful, suggesting Gavras might be following in his Dad’s footsteps.
Gavras, Cassel and Mathieu Kassovitz (who directed the actor...
- 9/16/2010
- by Adam Lowes
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Lev, checking back in. Early mornings and late nights have prevented me from fulfilling my Film Experience duties, so capsule reviews will serve the purposes best. Starting with . . .
The Illusionist which is an achievement in many ways. What makes it so remarkable is its focus on every day sadness. Whereas most animation relies on comedy to engage, Chomet transmits his ideas through small gestures and simple, delicate drama, foregoing laughs for emotion. Every character, plot point, musical cue and lush painting is working in favour of this sadness without ever forcing it or revelling in it; It's a simple story evoked with impassioned feeling . A-
Dustin Lance Black's What's Wrong With Virginia? attempts numerous forays into the group psyche of town and religion but fails. Inconsistency is the word here; Characters come and go, narration is shoved in from different perspectives for no apparent reason. Jennifer Connelly is stuck...
The Illusionist which is an achievement in many ways. What makes it so remarkable is its focus on every day sadness. Whereas most animation relies on comedy to engage, Chomet transmits his ideas through small gestures and simple, delicate drama, foregoing laughs for emotion. Every character, plot point, musical cue and lush painting is working in favour of this sadness without ever forcing it or revelling in it; It's a simple story evoked with impassioned feeling . A-
Dustin Lance Black's What's Wrong With Virginia? attempts numerous forays into the group psyche of town and religion but fails. Inconsistency is the word here; Characters come and go, narration is shoved in from different perspectives for no apparent reason. Jennifer Connelly is stuck...
- 9/15/2010
- by Lev Lewis
- FilmExperience
I'm calling it now. Vanguard is the best program of the Toronto International Film festival 2010. Featuring titles from Romain Gavras, Adam Wingard, Sion Sono, Tatsuya Nakashima and more, this is exactly the sort of programming I was hoping for when the program was first created a few years back. Absolutely fantastic. Here are the announcements for both Visions and Vanguard.
Visions Programme
The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu Andrei Ujica, Romania North American Premiere
Culled from one thousand hours of archival footage and four years in the making, this spellbinding epic montage unfolds as if from the memory of former Romanian ruler Nicolae Ceausescu, after his reign was brought to an abrupt and
tumultuous end in December 1989.
Brownian Movement Nanouk Leopold, The Netherlands/Germany/Belgium World Premiere
Acclaimed Dutch filmmaker Nanouk Leopold explores a young mother's desires and needs in this langorous and atmospheric film.
The Ditch Wang Bing, France/Belgium...
Visions Programme
The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu Andrei Ujica, Romania North American Premiere
Culled from one thousand hours of archival footage and four years in the making, this spellbinding epic montage unfolds as if from the memory of former Romanian ruler Nicolae Ceausescu, after his reign was brought to an abrupt and
tumultuous end in December 1989.
Brownian Movement Nanouk Leopold, The Netherlands/Germany/Belgium World Premiere
Acclaimed Dutch filmmaker Nanouk Leopold explores a young mother's desires and needs in this langorous and atmospheric film.
The Ditch Wang Bing, France/Belgium...
- 8/24/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Redheads Movie PosterDirector Romain Gavras' first film was once titled Notre Jour Viendra (Our Day Will Come) and now, simply Redheads (Twitch). Gavras is the same director who shot the video for Mia's "Born Free," which also had a strange, similar red-headed theme. The trailer below for Redheads shows a lost young man with his older mentor and part-time psychologist on a journey of violence. The film describes itself as "a search for an ideal, gradually escalates into a rampage of hate, violence and self-destruction" (Bloody). Have a watch of the surreal, but immerse yourself first with the film's synopsis to make sense of the film's French narration.
The synopsis for Redheads here:
"What do you do when you're a red-haired teenage loser with no friends except for an older guy, your shrink? When everyone hates you, especially your family? When all your peers make fun of you and kick you around?...
The synopsis for Redheads here:
"What do you do when you're a red-haired teenage loser with no friends except for an older guy, your shrink? When everyone hates you, especially your family? When all your peers make fun of you and kick you around?...
- 7/27/2010
- by 28DaysLaterAnalysis@gmail.com (Michael Ross Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
After directing the brilliant long form music video for M.I.A.’s superb new track, Born Free, Romain Gavras proved that he was far more than just the son of a brilliant filmmaker.
The director not only seems deeply inspired by his father, but is seeming to follow directly in the steps of his highly intellectual pops, Costa-Gavras (Z, Missing). Well, now he’s making his feature film debut, with the upcoming film Notre Jour Viendra, or Our Day Will Come.
The film was originally known as Redheads, and stars Vincent Cassel (La Haine) and Olivier Barthelemy. It follows a teen who leaves for Ireland after being victim of abuse from the people around him. This is our first look at the film, and I must say, while it gives us little to nothing to chew on when it comes to narrative, it looks absolutely stunning. It looks low on contrast,...
The director not only seems deeply inspired by his father, but is seeming to follow directly in the steps of his highly intellectual pops, Costa-Gavras (Z, Missing). Well, now he’s making his feature film debut, with the upcoming film Notre Jour Viendra, or Our Day Will Come.
The film was originally known as Redheads, and stars Vincent Cassel (La Haine) and Olivier Barthelemy. It follows a teen who leaves for Ireland after being victim of abuse from the people around him. This is our first look at the film, and I must say, while it gives us little to nothing to chew on when it comes to narrative, it looks absolutely stunning. It looks low on contrast,...
- 5/26/2010
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
We reported on this flick back in November when it was called Redheads, but since then it's gone through a name change, the French one being Notre Jour Vienda. I love the poster and teaser has a consistent and explosive feeling to it. This looks like a winner. It stars Vincent Cassell and Olivier Barthelemy and is the first feature film from
Romain Gavras.
What do you do when you're a red-haired teenage loser with no friends except for an older guy, your shrink? When everyone hates you, especially your family? When all your peers make fun of you and kick you around? The answer: you and your loser buddy blow all the cash you can get your hands on to buy a sportscar, you dress smart and you head for the land of redheads, Ireland. But what starts off as a search for an ideal, gradually escalates into a rampage of hate,...
Romain Gavras.
What do you do when you're a red-haired teenage loser with no friends except for an older guy, your shrink? When everyone hates you, especially your family? When all your peers make fun of you and kick you around? The answer: you and your loser buddy blow all the cash you can get your hands on to buy a sportscar, you dress smart and you head for the land of redheads, Ireland. But what starts off as a search for an ideal, gradually escalates into a rampage of hate,...
- 5/21/2010
- QuietEarth.us
Romain Gavras is cutting his teeth in the director's chair and reuniting with two fellow Sheitan actors - in this case, Vincent Cassel and Olivier Bartélémy - for Redheads , a violent French thriller now in production. This one sounds wild. Cassel and Bartélémy played vendetta-fueled red-heads (who have shaved their locks - as seen on the poster backed by an army of red-heads) looking for an ideal life in Ireland. But, as Showtime Folks say, their trip turns into "a rampage of hate, violence and self-destruction." If this is just as wild as Sheitan ... Sign us up! The film reportedly hits France in September.
- 4/12/2010
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Having examined the American fright features populating the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival’s Midnight collection, it’s high time to look at a pair of European genre movies playing the event. One of them is actually part of the Spotlight section instead, as Lunacy's Czech writer/director Jan Svankmajer, at age 71, now qualifies as a Grand Old Man of oddball cinema as opposed to the young turks populating the Midnight realm. And despite its title, Lunacy may be the least “mad” of Svankmajer’s features, committing (pardon the pun) to a straightforward story interspersed with the filmmaker’s traditional surreal stop-motion animation. In an onscreen introduction, the filmmaker describes his latest work as “a horror film, with all the degeneracy of the genre,” and is interrupted by a fleshy animated tongue skittering past his feet. That’s a sign of things to come, as the stop-motion isn’t nearly as...
- 4/21/2009
- Fangoria
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