Apple has the trailer for Romanian director Corneliu Poromboiu’s drly comic and thoughtful Police, Adjective, a film that explores the grey area between what is right and what is law. Dragos Bucur plays a conscientious young policeman being pressured by his superiors to arrest a teenaged hash smoker when he’s convinced the arrest won’t lead [...]
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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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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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