Cannes Film Fest 2008–“Four Nights with Anna” is an intimate film. It deals with an intimate, off-center subject: a man sneaking into a woman‚Äôs room at night while she‚Äôs asleep. The stylistic approach‚Äîattention to detail, focus on the simple aspects of everyday existence‚Äîis intimate as well. Basic, honest, nuanced and spare. My intent was to render full credibility to a seemingly outlandish story. To explore the rational in what on the surface would appear irrational and psychotic–Skolimowski

Cannes Film Fest 2008–Bouli Lanners' EDLDORADO centers on Yvan, a fortysomething quick-tempered dealer in vintage cars, who catches young Elie burgling him. Instead of beating him up, he becomes strangely attached to him and agrees to drive him home to his parents in his old Chevrolet. So begins the bizarre journey of two misfits through a region that is as spectacular as it is crazy.

In directing Elegy, Spanish director Isabel Coixet (“My Life With Me,” “The Secret Life of Words”) becomes the first female filmmaker to take on the celebrated and controversial work of Philip Roth, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in fiction.

The Joker is the more flamboyant villain, so he commands attention. But in some ways Harvey Dent/Two Face is the more compelling character because he has such an amazing arc. Our Joker has no arc, per se; he‚Äôs just hell-bent throughout. The Joker and Harvey Dent are two of the most fascinating characters from the Batman comic books. They have an almost mythic quality and it was exciting to view them through the prism of the world we created–Christopher Nolan

I have the mind of a criminal.?¢¬Ä That was the first thing Philippe Petit told me when I met him. He then went on to show me how he could kill a man with a copy of People magazine and, before we parted, he picked my pocket. Here was an extraordinary individual who viewed the world in a unique way. Not least, from heights and views that no other man has ever seen–Director James Marsh
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