How far will an overprotective mother go to prove the innocence of her son? That’s the simple conceit of the latest from Bong Joon-ho (The Host) who plumbs the dark depths of motherhood in this terrific psychological mystery thriller.
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The fine folks at Twitch have a clip of Bong Joon-ho’s Mother opening Friday. It’s a spoiler free bit showing “Mother” investigating the home of someone she believes to be the person behind a murder for which her son has been jailed. It’s only a small part of a longer scene (one of the better [...]
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Apple has the US trailer for Bong Joon-ho’s terrific Mother.
Last week when I ran the US poster I gave the release date as March 19, 2010, but it’s been moved up a week to March 12.
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The poster for Bong Joon-ho’s twisted and terrific thriller about the lengths one mother goes to prove the innocence of her son.
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The first selections for the 23rd AFI Fest in Los Angeles were announced today with a number of films that have been getting lots of buzz at recent festivals.
Cannes: Marco Bellochio’s Vincere, Ken Loach’s Looking for Eric, Corneliu Porumboiu’s Police, Adjective, Bong Joon-ho’s Mother.
Berlin: Claude Chabrol’s Bellamy
Sundance: Lee Daniels’ Precious: Based on the Novel Push [...]
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In advance of it’s North American premiere at the Toronton International Film Festival, Screen Daily is reporting that Bong Joon-Ho’s Mother (which we just trailered a couple of days ago and which is much anticipated here around the LiC head offices ) has been picked up for US distribution by Magnolia Pictures with a plan [...]
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Sorry to keep clobbering you with trailers, but things are kind of slow.
Slow or not, I’ve been looking forward to getting a feel for the latest film from Bong Joon-ho (The Host) for a while now and it’s good to finally see a trailer with English subtitles.
I have to say, I like what I’m seeing.
When [...]
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Below the radar DVD releases for the last two weeks including Two Lovers, Tokyo!, Waltz with Bashir and Phoebe in Wonderland
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Abbie Cornish in Jane Campion’s Bright Star
Moving right along with LiC’s survey of what’s going on in Cannes. Check out Day 1 and Day 2 here or read on for Day 3 and Day 4.
Friday, May 15
Bright Star. UK/Australia
Director: Jane Campion; starring Abbie Cornish, Ben Whishaw, Paul Schneider and Kerry Fox.
In Competition
With her first feature [...]
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AFI announced yesterday that two highly anticipated films, Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler and Steven Soderbergh’s Che will be making their West Coast premieres at the 2008 AFI Fest.
Winner of the Golden Lion at the Venice International Film Festival, The Wrestler starring Mickey Rourke will screen November 1 at Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood. Che starring Benicio Del Toro [...]
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