Fin de cinéma

#6. Abuse of Weakness ( Abus de faiblesse ). Catherine Breillat. France/Germany/Belgium. Perhaps still best known for their brilli...

One of French cinema's finest directors, Patrice Chéreau, died yesterday at the age of 68. Famous as a writer and director of both t...

German filmmaker Werner Schroeter, one of the significant queer cinéastes from Germany in the 1970s, died yesterday, just a week after turni...

In addition to my own proceedings, I participated on two other sites' '00s round-up, both of which were posted today. Firstly, over ...

Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon [ Das weiße Band ] claimed three major prizes at the European Film Awards yesterday, taking home priz...

I had heard a while back that Lorber Films were looking to, or had already, acquired Ursula Meier's Home , which stars Isabelle Huppert ...

Isabelle Huppert and Michael Haneke will join forces yet again for the director's latest project, which begins filming next year. It wi...

Three new IFC/MPI titles and a slew of films from Asia are on the bill for this DVD round-up. - Silence, ça tue! , 2008, d. Christophe Lamon...

Les Films du paradoxe are releasing two films directed by Eduardo de Gregorio, frequent co-screenwriter for Jacques Rivette, on 18 June: Sér...

I trekked through the closing ceremony yesterday morning streaming via the Cannes Official website , which really is not conducive for the f...

The jury, headed by Isabelle Huppert, handed out their awards this afternoon, with a few surprises, both good and bad. Jane Campion's Br...

Heavy competition at this year's Cannes Film Festival , which was announced earlier today in France. As stated earlier, the new Pixar 3D...

La pianiste [ The Piano Teacher ] - dir. Michael Haneke Rattle-your-ass-to-the-fucking-ground performances don't happen often, and when...

This is the first part of a series of posts which will look at what films we can expect to see make their premiere during 2009. You can chec...