Laurent Cantet, who died today of illness at the age of 63, was an intelligent, high-minded progressive filmmaker whose literate, emotionally committed, well-acted movies addressed (and criticized) French society at all levels. French filmmaker Laurent Cantet won the 2008 Palme d’Or His most famous film was The Class (“Entre les murs”), which won the Palme […]
French Cinema: Laurent Cantet, Brilliant Filmmaker (“Time Out,” “The Class”) Dies at 63
April 25, 2024 by
Oscar Directors: Scorsese–Influenced by Hitchcock (“Dial M for Murder,” “Rear Window,” “Vertigo”)
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Actors: M. Emmet Walsh, Character Actor of “Blood Simple” and “Blade Runner,” Dies at 88
March 20, 2024 by
Directors: Walter Hill (“The Warriors,” “48 Hrs”), Honoree, Writers Guild Lifetime Achievement Award
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Cannes Film Fest: Directors–Alice Rohrwacher, Italian
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Alice Rohrwacher (born December 29, 1981) is an Italian filmmaker, editor and writer, who made her directorial debut with Heavenly Body (2011). She has directed several notable films, such as The Wonders (2014), Happy as Lazzaro (2018), which received the Cannes Film Fest Best Screenplay, and La chimera (2023). Her short “Le pupille” (2022) was nominated for Best […]
