http://dir.salon.com/topics/film_festivals/?source=rss&aim=film_festivals en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:02:00 PST By Stephanie Zacharek Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2009/02/09/berlin_dispatch/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2009/02/09/berlin_dispatch/index.html?source=rss At the 59th Berlin International Film Festival, a disdain for Hollywood movies bumps up against a hunt for celebrities -- and wild boars. By Andrew O'Hehir Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/08/13/spread/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/08/13/spread/index.html?source=rss The wisecracking TV host and trophy husband proves he can act in "Spread," a deceptively dark SoCal sex satire By Andrew O'Hehir Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/06/25/asian_film/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/06/25/asian_film/index.html?source=rss Nine years after the "Crouching Tiger" breakthrough, Asian cinema has virtually disappeared from American screens By Andrew O'Hehir Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/05/18/cannes_roundup/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/05/18/cannes_roundup/index.html?source=rss Danish bad boy's gruesome horror venture outrages some, thrills others. In other news from 1995, "Piano" director debuts a poetic period piece, Francis Coppola goes indie and more. By Andrew O'Hehir Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/05/05/tribeca_wrap/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/05/05/tribeca_wrap/index.html?source=rss An Irish horror-romance-farce, an Iranian take on "L'Avventura," a gritty lesbian thriller, a black-and-white jazz musical -- and go-kart racing. By Andrew O'Hehir Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/05/03/rachel/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/05/03/rachel/index.html?source=rss An Israeli film explores the ambiguous death of Rachel Corrie, peacenik angel to some and "terrorist-loving swine" to others. By Andrew O'Hehir Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/04/29/tribeca/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/04/29/tribeca/index.html?source=rss Foulmouthed Geena Davis can't save a suburban yarn made by aliens (or Australians); a mythic fable of desert greed; a neo-retro horror delight. By Andrew O'Hehir Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/04/24/tribeca_preview/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/04/24/tribeca_preview/index.html?source=rss Newly downsized and shorn of Hollywood glitz, Robert De Niro's Tribeca Film Festival remains a vigorous venue for cinematic discoveries. By Andrew O'Hehir Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/01/26/sundance_wrap/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/01/26/sundance_wrap/index.html?source=rss Park City's hottest films, from a glittering early-'60s girlhood to a pulse-pounding Mexican gang thriller, Jim Carrey as a gay con man, the Wounded Knee occupation and more. By Andrew O'Hehir Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/01/22/dolphins_sundance/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/01/22/dolphins_sundance/index.html?source=rss The filmmakers behind "The Cove" discuss the shocking Sundance documentary that may forever change how we feel about dolphins in captivity. By Andrew O'Hehir Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/01/21/informers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/01/21/informers/index.html?source=rss After Obama, it was back to the '80s at Sundance, from the hideous Bret Easton Ellis nightmare "The Informers" to Greg Mottola's delightful rom-com "Adventureland." By Andrew O'Hehir Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/01/21/duplass_leonard/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/01/21/duplass_leonard/index.html?source=rss Actors Mark Duplass and Joshua Leonard talk about their challenging task in the button-pushing Sundance hit "Humpday." By Andrew O'Hehir Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/01/19/sundance_3/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/01/19/sundance_3/index.html?source=rss At Sundance, a star-studded, utterly deranged gay love story caps the opening weekend. But a dazzling tale of girlhood in '60s London steals the show. By Andrew O'Hehir Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/01/18/sundance_2/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/01/18/sundance_2/index.html?source=rss Ashton Kutcher sells body but not soul in dark, sexy "Spread"; Ethan Hawke, Richard Gere and Don Cheadle play good-cop, bad-cop; Anna Wintour, human being! By Andrew O'Hehir Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/01/17/sundance_1/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/01/17/sundance_1/index.html?source=rss Sundance opens: Straight buds dare each other to go all the way in "Humpday"; claymation "Mary and Max" paints a pen-pal friendship in loving shades of bird poop. By Andrew O'Hehir Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/01/15/sundance_preview/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/01/15/sundance_preview/index.html?source=rss I'm off to the mysteriously non-cold Utah slopes to see Jim Carrey go gay, Ashton Kutcher play a gigolo and Paul Giamatti sell his soul. Did somebody say recession? By Andrew O'Hehir Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:02:00 PST 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. By Andrew O'Hehir Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:02:00 PST 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. By Andrew O'Hehir Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:02:00 PST 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." By Andrew O'Hehir Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:02:00 PST 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." By Andrew O'Hehir Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:02:00 PST 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." By Andrew O'Hehir Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:02:00 PST 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. Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:02:00 PST 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. By Andrew O'Hehir Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:02:00 PST 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. By Andrew O'Hehir Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:02:00 PST 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?