Filmmaker Naomi Kawase has been a soft spoken staple at the Cannes film festival ever since being the youngest recipient to win the Camera d'Or for her debu...
One of my favorite films at Sundance Film Festival this year was Jeff Nichols' Take Shelter. The Austin-based director re-teamed with his Shotgun Stories ac...
Although he directed the stunning Pusher films, Bronson, and Valhalla Rising, Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn is finally getting his share of spotlight...
Cannes has drawn its final curtain on this year’s festivities, but the stories from the world-renowned festival are still making it across the Atlantic. Tod...
Nuri Bilge Ceylan has become a name synonymous with the more traditional type of auteur that the Cannes film festival reveres. In his sixth film and also his ...
Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life has picked up the coveted prize of Palme d’Or at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. The past ten winners were The Pianist, El...
In Paolo Sorrentino's This Must Be the Place, Sean Penn plays a spoof of The Cure's Robert Smith named Cheyenne. Dressed in all black with disheveled hair and...
Takashi Miike is one of the most interesting and prolific filmmakers to come out of Japan, making over 80 films in nearly every genre imaginable since his d...
Tired of hearing about a famous, controversial director who made some wacky, off-color and right-wing remarks? Well, Lars Von Trier has been banned from Can...
Deadpan comedies are a trademark of Finnish filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki. He specializes in creating atmospheres devoid of overtly acted emotions, opting instea...
