Feb 19, 2011 Filed Under: Articles,Movies Comments (0)

Two films I would not have seen yet had I not attended the Cannes and Toronto International Film Festivals last year are Abbas Kiarostami’s Certified Copy starring  Juliette Binoche and William Shimell and Massy Tadjedin’s Last Night starring Keira Knightley, Sam Worthington, Eva Mendes and Guillaume Canet. Both are tremendous films and both will be coming to theaters later this year. Certified Copy already has a release date and will hit theaters on March 11 via IFC Films and Last Night is still without an official date, but Tribeca Film is picking up where Miramax left off and will give the feature a 2011 release.

First off the trailer for Certified Copy, a thought-provoking love story centered on a middle-aged English writer who meets a young French woman (Binoche) and jets off to San Gimignano with her. The trailer below is far simpler than the story it tells ever concedes to being. This is a film that will have you questioning every turn in the narrative and it’s one you’ll want to watch with someone else or risk being frustrated you have no one to discuss it with you.

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Feb 18, 2011 Filed Under: News Comments (4)

The revolving door that is David Cronenberg’s adaptation of the Don DeLillo novel Cosmopolis may once again be in motion. C7enma [via The Playlist] seems to think that both Oscar-winner Juliette Binoche (The English Patient) and Mathieu Amalric (Quantum of Solace) have joined a cast that currently features Robert Pattinson and Paul Giamatti. Although details on their prospective roles are non-existant at this time, the report does confirm that Cosmopolis is set to commence its nine-week shoot in Toronto on May 24th of this year.

For those just tuning in, Cosmopolis tells the story of a newlywed billionaire (Pattinson) who loses his entire fortune (not to mention his blushing new bride) over the course of one really bad day. Prior to Pattinson’s involvement, Colin Farrell was set to star alongside the now happily pregnant Marion Cotillard in the film. As it stands, the role of Pattinson’s wife has yet to be filled (given her age, I would be surprised to see Binoche here) although previous rumors have placed Keira Knightley in that spot. Of course, we’ll keep you up to date with the latest Cosmopolis news as it becomes available.

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Feb 17, 2011 Filed Under: Articles Comments (0)

AFTER a detour from the screen, Juliet Binoche tereturns in a new role, writes Andrew Fenton.

JULIETTE Binoche’s theatrical presence fills every inch of the room. With swept-back hair, a black velvet smoking jacket and a white, open-collar shirt, she looks a little bit like a female dandy.

The film star the French media likes to call “La Binoche” may now be 46, and the angles and lines of her face stronger and more defined, but she still retains a delicate and refined beauty.

She has lost none of her sense of humour, either. As we chat at the smart Hotel Louvre in Paris, she laughs often and is casually flirtatious. This isn’t a star just going through the motions. Just to make sure I’m paying attention, early on she fixes me with a piercing gaze and never lets go.
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Feb 15, 2011 Filed Under: Articles,Gallery,Movies Comments (0)

A film that stole the hearts of the Playlist team at Cannes (review here) and the New York Film Festival last year, Abbas Kiarostami‘s “Certified Copy� might be the director’s most accessible, rewarding film to date. And after a run of festivals last year, it’s set to hit theaters courtesy of IFC this spring.

We’re happy to exclusively reveal the poster for the forthcoming film starring Juliette Binoche and William Shimmel. The film—not unlike a hybrid of “Before Sunrise/Sunset� and “Scenes From A Marriage�—follows a couple through the Tuscan countryside as they discuss love, life and art amidst a relationship that has/is crumbling. Gorgeously lensed, the film is anchored by two solid turns by its leads (Binoche won Best Actress at Cannes for her performance) and though the exact nature of the relationship between the two characters is playfully never quite clear, the film is still much more moving than you might initially expect. It’s definitely one we encourage you track down.

“Certified Copy� hits theaters on March 11th and on-demand on March 23rd. Poster below.

Juliette Binoche won the Best Actress prize in Cannes for her performance in this playful and provocative romantic drama from legendary auteur Abbas Kiarostami (TASTE OF CHERRY, THE WIND WILL CARRY US), his first feature made outside of Iran. Binoche plays a gallery owner living in a Tuscan village who attends a lecture by a British author (opera star William Shimell) on authenticity and fakery in art. Afterwards she invites him on a tour of the countryside during which he is mistaken for her husband. They keep up the pretence and continue on their afternoon out, discussing love, life and art, and increasingly behaving like a long-married couple. But are they play-acting on a whim or is there more to their seemingly new relationship than meets the eye?

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Feb 14, 2011 Filed Under: Events,Gallery Comments (0)

Added first and new event for the 2011 category appereances. Juliette is beautiful as always.