REST IN PEACE JOHN IT WAS AN HONOR TO WORK WITH YOU
It was also amazing to be able to walk your daugther in Cannes on your footsteps, honoring your career.
Check the video of that amazing day!
I am also very proud of my contribution to the international success of the film starting with a blast in cannes, and a marketing campaign designed with our french touch (eventually exported for the other Sony territories) ! It is the only time in my career in film where I have been abl...
Happy to have Stallone revive my memory lane! I had so much fun organising the premiere of Cliffhanger in Cannes for the Amfar Charity event at Hotel du Cap in 1993 (with Liz Taylor as chairwoman).
My team had organized among other crazy things 5 climbers coming down from the roof of the Palais with ropes, Eye of Tiger music on the red carpet ...and as a nice conclusion to the evening: Sly telling my "Best day in my Life" stills echoes in my head.
He will be back o...
Alain Delon gave a teary-eyed acceptance speech for his Honorary Palme d' Or at a ceremony at the Grand Salle on May 20. He was accompanied by his daughter Anouchka Delon who introduced him before he came up to the podium. Delon relied on her support and she in turn helped him through what appeared to be for him a difficult and humbling experience.
In his acceptance speech the 83 year old veteran French actor said he would be leaving his fans amidst protests from the audience who ...
A whole 37 years after the release of Rambo - First Blood in 1987, Sylvester Stallone himself returned back to the Croisette on friday to promote his new film Rambo V - Last Blood, which will be releasing this coming Fall.
The last time Stallone was featured on the Red Carpet in Cannes, it was for the premiere of his hit film Cliffhanger. The action flick star was honored last night with special screening of Ted Kotcheff’s Rambo - First Blood in the Grand Thé...
(Parasite Press Conference, Bong Joonho, Song Kangho and cast, © Lindsay Bellinger 2019)
By LINDSAY R. BELLINGER
Parasite, the new exceptional film from Korean auteur Bong Joonho, is a strong contender for the coveted Palme d'Or at this year's Cannes Film Festival. Audiences were brought to laughter, silence, shock, contemplation and back around again by this remarkable piece of cinema. The cast clearly enjoyed the time they spent with Bong ...
(Lina Wertmüller, Cannes Classics, © Lindsay Bellinger 2019)
By LINDSAY R. BELLINGER
Italian filmmaker Lina Wertmüller made movie history in 1977 when she became the first woman nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director for her 1975 film Pasqualino Settebellezze (Seven Beauties). It starts off making you laugh and then progresses through an array of emotions before finally hitting you so hard that if the tears aren'...
Sly was in Cannes some decades ago for Cliffhanger, I was handling his film for Sony: this is what he told me on the red carpet BEST DAY IN MY LIFE. More...
Sly: ...another one for you, welcome back for Rambo 5.
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The winners for the Critics week (Semaine de le critique) have already been announced – and Nespresso who generously bestows complimentary coffee on tired and weary critics each year in the Palais has given the top prize for the best of 7 features to J'AI PERDU MON CORPS (I LOST MY BODY) by Jérémy Clapin, an animated feature about Naoufel , a young man from North Africa who grows up in Paris. He who loses his hand and tries to complete himself , scripted by t...
(Robert Rodriguez and the cast of Red 11, © Lindsay Bellinger 2019)
By LINDSAY R. BELLINGER
Athough I waited in line for three hours to try to get into one of the two press screenings for Quentin Tarantino's much-anticipated Once Upon a Time...In Hollywood and didn't make it in either screening the day definitely wasn't a total bust. Instead, I rushed over to Director's Fortnight to join the Masterclass that Mr. Robert Rodr...
(Nicolas Bedos and his cast, © Lindsay Bellinger 2019)
By LINDSAY R. BELLINGER
La Belle époque from French writer/director/actor Nicolas Bedos screened out of competition and the press conference was full of laughs. The director and his lively actors including the exquisite Fanny Ardant, Guillame Canet, Daniel Auteuil, and Doria Tillier really showed their love for one another throughout the conference.
(Daniel Auteuil, Fanny Ardant, Nicolas...
Jury and Award Winners of the Cinéfondation 2019 © Deborah Neris / FDC
The Short Films and Cinéfondation Jury headed by Claire Denis and including Stacy Martin, Eran Kolirin, Panos H. Koutras and Cătălin Mitulescu, has awarded the 2019 Cinéfondation Prizes during a ceremony held in the Buñuel Theatre, followed by the screening of the winning films.
The Cinéfondation Selection consisted of 17 student films, chosen out of 2 000 e...
Aloha Cannes Forever it's over the 72nd closing of Cannes on the terrace of the photocall, it was the 23rd Festival for Patrick and my 40th Cannes International Film Festival.
Two nominations for the prize of the photographers entitled by the Jury "Kiss of Cinema" picture of Nicolas Winding Refn and Miles Teller, and "Touched by the Grace" photo of Roschdy Zem.
Chiara Mastroianni award for female performance at Un Certain Regard tells to the cam...
The winners for the Critics week (Semaine de la critique) have already been announced – and Nespresso who generously bestows complimentary coffee on tired and weary critics each year in the Palais has given the top prize for the best of 7 features - Nespresso Grand Prize to J'AI PERDU MON CORPS (I LOST MY BODY) by Jérémy Clapin, an animated feature about Naoufel , a young man from North Africa who grows up in Paris. The enchanting story is about a m...
It is exciting to note that Céline Sciamma, one of the founders of the French 50/50 by 2020 and her new film Portrait De La Jeune Fille En Feu ("Portrait Of A Lady On Fire") is one of the top contenders for the Palme d’Or, as she climbs the steps in Cannes after Water Lilies (2007) in Un Certain Regard. Sciamma is one of two women part of the official selection this year of 20 films. Her film is a period piece from 1770 about young artist Marianne ...
Look at the cap Justice is wearing, the same as her dad in Cannes 28 years ago at The Boyz n the Hood screening!.
We ended up organising this trip in less than a week discussing with Thierry Fremaux on top of th ered carpet and with help of Gerald Duchaussoy and Frédérique Ballion which i thank here warmly for all the great support. Justice flew from LA the very day of the memorial she had organized for her dad.
This is how Justice considered taking a trip to Can...
Panel at the American Pavilion May 23 panel at 5:00 sharp, photocall at 4:45.
Cannes Classics presentation of the restaured print of Boyz 'n The Hood, 9.30 pm may 23 with stage presentation of Justice Singleton.
Justice Singleton in conversation at the American Pavilion with Bruno Chatelin.
John' eldest daughter flew from Los Angeles where she lives and works as a producer, a writer and a poet.
Justice Singleton wanted to be in Cannes on the footsteps of her father the minute...
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PANELS AND ROUND TABLES AT THE CNC BEACH
May 23
ROUND TABLES ON POSITIVE CINEMA
Cinema at the service of social justice
Meetings open to the public
Gray d'Albion Beach
Boulevard de la Croisette, Cannes
+ 10h00 - 10h30: INTRODUCTION
Word of welcome
Discussion on Positive Cinema: ...
The inaugural French Riviera Film Festival (FRFF) https://youtu.be/V0IjgNE4pF4, celebrating short film and short-form content, is pleased to announce its 2019 winners.
FRFF, produced by Cloud21 International (www.cloud21.com) and Kultura PR International (www.kulturapr.com), was held on May 18 and 19, 2019 in Cannes, France at Eden Hôtel & Spa (www.eden-hotel-cannes.com).
Winners were announced at on May 19 at a gala awards ceremony that featured a sp...
(Chicuarotes World Premiere, Gael García Bernal and cast, © Lindsay Bellinger 2019)
By LINDSAY R. BELLINGER
Cannes 2019 Jury President Alejandro González Iñárritu joined a packed house to cheer on Gael García Bernal at the world premiere of his film Chicuarotes. Bernal and his team were thrilled to introduce their film to the world at the Salle du Soixantième on Monday evening. Bernal was in very high spirits befor...
(Chicuarotes World Premiere, Fatih Akin © Lindsay Bellinger 2019)
By LINDSAY R. BELLINGER
I had the pleasure of chatting with Fatih Akin for a moment after the glorious world premiere of Gael García Bernal's film Chicuarotes, which screened in the Un Certain Regard section.
Although I wasn't fortunate enough to snag an interview with Akin at Berlinale 2019 to discuss his film Der Goldenen Handschuhe (The Golden Glove)...
Leonardo DiCaprio, left, Quentin Tarantino, Daniela Pick, David Heyman, Shannon McIntosh, Margot Robbie and Brad Pitt
Not everyone got lucky, those who did gave the film a 7 minutes standing ovation.
Reminder: QT received the Palme d'Or once already for Pulp Fiction...
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Photos by Nicholas Leffel
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(Midi Z, cast and crew before the world premiere of Nina Wu, © Lindsay Bellinger 2019)
By LINDSAY R. BELLINGER
Nina Wu is an interesting film that hits a hard punch, and it's clear that Midi Z has enjoyed his share of Quentin Tarantino films in addition to other filmmaking greats. It made its world premiere in the Un Certain Regard section today. It's no surprise to this film journalist that QT showed up for this screening. This is the kind of film that o...
