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POSTCARDS FROM CANNES 2013
Our man on the Croisette, Nick Roddick, files his unique and exclusive daily reports; check here every day for Roddick’s take on the 66th Festival de Cannes
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RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST, THE – FEATURED PREVIEW
In the wake of 9/11, smart young Pakistani, Changez (Riz Ahmed), chases corporate success on Wall Street, working for Jim Cross (Kiefer Sutherland) in a prestigious financial consultancy. Living in the suspicious, terrorism-altered Western world, he is often singled out by authorities simply because he looks like a Muslim. He falls in love with Erica (Kate Hudson) but ultimately finds himself embroiled in a conflict between his American Dream, a hostage crisis in Pakistan, and the enduring call of his family's homeland. He tries to tell his complicated story to columnist Bobby Lincoln (Liev Schreiber), but perceptions and mistrust overwhelm them both.
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CANNES 2013 - DIRECTOR'S FORTNIGHT
Do you remember Sante Sangre? Not unless you’ve seen it, perhaps, in which case you cannot forget it, Alejandro Jodorowsky’s bloody and bizarre cinematic 1989 foot-stamp if a film; well, Alejandro is back with his first film since then, La danza de la realidad, and it has its world premiere in Directors Fortnight, starring Alejandro and much of his family, which is apt since it’s the story of his childhood in Chile. He also stars (as himself) in the Fortnight’s Alejandro’s Dune, a documentary by Franck Pavich.
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CANNES 2013 - PREVIEW
In Competition, Steven Soderbergh’s Beyond the Candelabra, starring Michael Douglas as Liberace (!) and Matt Damon, is probably the one film that could equal the public interest generated by Baz Luhrmann’s Opening Film, The Great Gatsby. But there are several others that will feed discussion, disagreement and maybe cinematic joy. Andrew L. Urban previews Cannes 2013.
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AWARDS THAT SHOULDN’T HAVE BEEN GIVEN
Cannes is the altar of cinema; but the commercial awards are a different ballpark and sometimes the ball lands out of court …. says Oscar Hexler.
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SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL 2013 – PREVIEW
With the feel of a Western and fusing that genre with police procedural, Ivan Sen’s murder mystery, Mystery Road will open this year’s Sydney Film Festival, taking the rise of Indigenous filmmaking another step forward, while the 12 Competition films (for the $60,000 Sydney Film Prize) include Berlinale Golden Bear winner, Child's Pose and Cannes Competition contenders Borgman and Grigris – and Wadjda, the first feature shot entirely in Saudi Arabia, and by that country's first woman filmmaker. It’s a truly enticing window to cinema of the world, says Andrew L. Urban/
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WORLD’S END, THE – AND THE END OF THE WORLD
The pub crawl is a familiar concept to Australians, but even Aussies rarely attempt one that takes them to The World’s End – in this case, a fabled pub. Actually, it’s also possibly the world’s end ... and the title of the Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman, Eddie Marsan & Rosamund Pike comedy from director Edgar Wright, coming to a screen near you, says Andrew L. Urban.
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A PLACE FOR ME - FEATURED PREVIEW
A PLACE FOR ME is a clever and touching tale of family, love (lost and found), and how endings can make new beginnings. There are no rewrites in life, only second chances.
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GREAT GATSBY, THE - WHOSE GATSBY IS IT?
Australia’s Baz Luhrmann has made a film adaptation of The Great Gatsby, screening as the Opening Night film at Cannes 2013. Almost two generations ago in 1974, it was an Englishman, Jack Clayton, filming F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, set in 1922 on Long Island, New York. But who can claim either film as theirs – or indeed either of two other adaptations? By Andrew L. Urban.
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STORYWORLD – THE MULTIPLATFORM, INTERACTIVE FUTURE
It begins this month, the first Storyworld Studio in Australia, where participants will learn about creating multiplatform, interactive worlds within which to tell their stories, taking screen content into the near future. So what is Storyworld?
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TWO THÉRÈSE DESQUEYROUXS
For aging cinephiles, Claude Miller’s adaptation of Thérèse Desqueyroux (released 11/4/2013 - in Australia as THÉRÈSE D ) inevitably recalls George Franju’s 1962 version of the same story. Franju’s was the first of his feature films to be screened here in Australia, though his shorts were known and, in the case of Le Sang des Betes, had a fearsome reputation, writes Geoff Gardner*.
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GERMAN FILM FESTIVAL 2013 – PREVIEW
The 12th annual Audi Festival of German Films will showcase 45 award-winning films and documentaries from thrillers to comedies and critically acclaimed dramas across eight cities throughout the first two weeks of May, and, for the first time, will include Newcastle and Byron Bay.
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PREMUM NON NOCERE: FIRST DO NO HARM
Australian filmmaker and founder of Asia Geographic #, James Reynolds, outlines the background to his disturbing documentary about the dangers of blood transfusion, which are being ignored by the ‘consensus’ of medical practitioners – against clear evidence – an attitude that isn’t unique. (Pic. Aryeh Shander)
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MAKING OF: THE SUM OF US (1993)
Broken City is Russell Crowe’s latest film, releasing next week (March 7, 2013). It’s 20 years since Crowe’s last Australian movie – The Sum of Us - before his Hollywood debut; he co-stars with the great Jack Thompson in a film that was to make an indelible mark on Australian cinema. Andrew L. Urban went on set for this report.
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MARGARET LOUISE KELLER - THE SINGER
She was 16 when Margaret Louise auditioned for TV talent quest
Showcase (the 60s version of Idol) as a singer. As a result she was
invited to join Channel 6 as hostess/vocalist on their Children’s
Programme, while still at school. She went on to appear on
Showcase, where she received the highest popular audience vote in
the show’s history, before reaching the Grand Final.
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URBAN CINEFILE - NEWSLETTERS 2012
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URBAN CINEFILE - NEWSLETTERS 2013
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