Film Festivals - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/film_festivals/?source=rss&aim=film_festivals en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:09:00 PDT Angelina, Mickey Rourke and disco madness Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/09/25/nyff_preview/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/09/25/nyff_preview/index.html?source=rss From Clint's "Changeling" to Soderbergh's "Che" and beyond, the New York Film Festival sets the table for the fall's Oscar hopefuls, art-house maybes and wild-eyed cinematic rebels. Japanese film's not-so-new new wave Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/07/02/japan_cuts/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/07/02/japan_cuts/index.html?source=rss Asia's greatest cinema power never really lost its mojo. But 10 years after Kurosawa's death, Japanese movies are hotter (and weirder) than ever. Post-Cannes update: Sony claims "Bashir" and "Tyson" Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/05/29/update/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/05/29/update/index.html?source=rss What art-house recession? Sony Classics buys Israeli animation, boxing doc, Belgian crime drama. IFC grabs "Gomorrah," but no word on "Che," "Synecdoche." "My kids think I work in a trailer" Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/05/29/moore/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/05/29/moore/index.html?source=rss In this interview and podcast, Julianne Moore talks about being a normal mom and her distinctly abnormal role in the incest-murder drama "Savage Grace." At Cannes, a big win for old Europe Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/05/26/cannes_wrap/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/05/26/cannes_wrap/index.html?source=rss Laurent Cantet's joyful, tragic "The Class" is the first French Palme d'Or winner in 21 years; Benicio del Toro named best actor for "Che." Why the Cannes boo-birds are wrong (as usual) Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/05/25/martel/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/05/25/martel/index.html?source=rss Argentine director Lucrecia Martel talks about her intriguing class-war drama "The Headless Woman" and its hostile reception at Cannes. Soderbergh's spectacular "Che"-volution Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/05/22/che/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/05/22/che/index.html?source=rss Messy, unfinished and utterly mesmerizing, Steven Soderbergh's two-part, four-hour Che Guevara opus, starring Benicio del Toro, sets Cannes buzzing. Torn between "Two Lovers" Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/05/21/cannes_gray/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/05/21/cannes_gray/index.html?source=rss In this podcast from Cannes, director James Gray talks about his intriguing romantic drama starring Joaquin Phoenix, Gwyneth Paltrow and Isabella Rossellini. Clint, Angelina and the movie with no name Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/05/20/eastwood/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/05/20/eastwood/index.html?source=rss Eastwood and his pregnant star bring their moody 1920s L.A. thriller to Cannes. But what's it called? Blood on the beach Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/05/19/cannes_5/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/05/19/cannes_5/index.html?source=rss From a dizzying reinvention of the Mafia film to Tony Manero as serial killer to the death of Bobby Sands, it's a violent spring at Cannes. Indy and the Martian Inca mummies -- vs. the French! Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/05/18/cannes_indy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/05/18/cannes_indy/index.html?source=rss "Indy 4" premieres, Harrison Ford charms the Euro-throngs and Cannes surrenders to celebutainment silliness. Woody Allen and Mike Tyson, together at last Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/05/17/cannes_3/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/05/17/cannes_3/index.html?source=rss A marriage made in Cannes: Two notorious tabloid-fodder Yanks are showered with love on the Riviera. Grief, cancer, Nietzsche and Santa Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/05/16/cannes_2/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/05/16/cannes_2/index.html?source=rss Arnaud Desplechin's wrenching "Christmas Tale" might just be a dysfunctional-family masterpiece. Cannes opens with a dud -- but delights follow Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/05/15/cannes_1/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/05/15/cannes_1/index.html?source=rss "Blindness" is an apocalyptic horror flick, rendered dull and pretentious. But an astonishing animated war film and a gripping prison drama provide the fireworks. Yes we Cannes! Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/05/14/cannes_intro/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/05/14/cannes_intro/index.html?source=rss Indiana Jones meets art cinema as the world's leading festival offers its most exciting lineup in years. In-flight reading Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/2008/05/13/en_route/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/2008/05/13/en_route/index.html?source=rss I'm en route to Cannes, to watch movies, drink wine and blog like crazy. Poor me! 10 to watch from Tribeca Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/05/05/tribeca_10/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/05/05/tribeca_10/index.html?source=rss A hot Swedish girlfriend (who's undead), a Spanish math thriller, getting high with Ben Kingsley and the rest of the best from NYC's spring fest. No "Sex" on the beach at Cannes Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/04/29/blindness/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/04/29/blindness/index.html?source=rss Fernando Meirelles' "Blindness," starring Julianne Moore, to open Cannes fest, with Barry Levinson's "What Just Happened?" as the closer. He conquered the World Trade Center Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/04/28/tribeca1/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/04/28/tribeca1/index.html?source=rss "Man on Wire" and its daredevil star thrill Tribeca, but Mamet's "Redbelt" is a jiu-jitsu pratfall. Plus: Is Brecht still relevant? What's hot (and not) at Tribeca Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/04/24/tribeca/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/04/24/tribeca/index.html?source=rss "Speed Racer" zooms, David Mamet knows kung fu, a Fellini rediscovery and much more at New York's downsized (but still glitzy) spring fest. Indy, Clint and Che hit the Côte d'Azur Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/04/23/cannes/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/04/23/cannes/index.html?source=rss Eastwood's "Changeling" and Soderbergh's four-hour "Che" top an impressive Eurocentric lineup at 61st Cannes festival. From the Riviera to Abu Ghraib Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/04/22/this_week/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/04/22/this_week/index.html?source=rss This week: Cannes announces its selections (almost), Tribeca kicks off, and Errol Morris plumbs the dark secrets behind those torture photos. Cannes rumors: No Coens, but "Indy 4" and "Sex" likely Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/03/20/cannes_rumors/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/03/20/cannes_rumors/index.html?source=rss Now "Burn After Reading" probably won't premiere in France. Will Spielberg or Sarah Jessica claim opening night? Still has a mouth, and still must scream By Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/03/13/ellison/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/03/13/ellison/index.html?source=rss Science-fiction legend Harlan Ellison on the new movie starring himself as a "funny, weird old guy" -- and how the WGA wound up as Hollywood's "bitches." Has success ruined America's friendliest filmfest? Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/03/08/sxsw_intro/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/03/08/sxsw_intro/index.html?source=rss No! Bring on the Tex-Mex, tequila and oddball movies -- Bigfoot! Bong jokes! Even a few big stars! -- that make South by Southwest so fun.