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The women of ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ blaze a new path
5 years, 1 month ago

The women of ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ blaze a new path

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — What’s inside the frame and what’s outside of it are electrifyingly synonymous in French filmmaker Céline Sciamma’s “Portrait of a Lady on Fire.” It’s a sumptuous period romance set in 18th-century France about women making art free, for a moment, of traditional male frameworks. When “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” was playing earlier this fall at …

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Review: Blazingly intelligent ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ is one of 2019’s great love stories
5 years, 1 month ago

Review: Blazingly intelligent ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ is one of 2019’s great love stories

LA Times  

An exquisitely realized story about forbidden love, forgotten art and the implicit power of a woman’s gaze, Céline Sciamma’s “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” shares its title with a painting by an 18th century Parisian named Marianne. Some in the audience may watch Héloïse and be reminded of the ghostly Carlotta Valdes in Alfred Hitchcock’s “Vertigo”; later, as she …

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One thing the Cannes Film Festival jury got right: Bong Joon-ho’s ‘Parasite’ victory
5 years, 7 months ago

One thing the Cannes Film Festival jury got right: Bong Joon-ho’s ‘Parasite’ victory

LA Times  

South Korean director Bong Joon-ho poses on stage with Mexican director and president of the Cannes Film Festival jury Alejandro G. Iñárritu after Bong was awarded the Palme d’Or for his film “Parasite.” Film Critic Times critic Justin Chang is filing dispatches from the 72nd Cannes Film Festival, which ran May 14-25 in France. Bong Joon-ho’s “Parasite” is the best …

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Cannes 2019: All the winners and losers at this year’s festival
5 years, 7 months ago

Cannes 2019: All the winners and losers at this year’s festival

CNN  

CNN — Bong Joon-ho of South Korea won the Palme d’Or, the Cannes Film Festival’s top prize, on Saturday for his seventh feature film, “Parasite.” It’s the first time the director has won what is considered by many the highest honor in world cinema. Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images 'Les Miserables' — Amber Heard wears a sequined dress, accessorized with a …

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Céline Sciamma takes the Cannes Film Festival by storm with ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’
5 years, 7 months ago

Céline Sciamma takes the Cannes Film Festival by storm with ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’

LA Times  

Film Critic Céline Sciamma has been on the red carpet at Cannes before. She won the festival’s screenplay prize Saturday night for her glowingly received fourth feature, “Portrait of a Lady on Fire,” which follows an 18th century French painter named Marianne, who falls in love with her latest subject, Héloïse. Within a few days, the film will leave the …

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Sciamma’s ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ sends Cannes swooning
5 years, 7 months ago

Sciamma’s ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ sends Cannes swooning

Associated Press  

CANNES, France — Since her shimmering, shattering period romance “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” premiered to rapturous acclaim at the Cannes Film Festival, its director Céline Sciamma has had some time to consider the passionate response. “It’s a reservoir of emotions, new buttons that will be pushed.” Sciamma is a founder of the collective 50/50x2020, the French sister group …

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Cannes Film Festival inches forward on gender parity, but Netflix remains shut out
5 years, 8 months ago

Cannes Film Festival inches forward on gender parity, but Netflix remains shut out

LA Times  

Film Critic To hear it from the most vocal critics in attendance, last year’s Festival de Cannes was an event of unforgivable scarcity. The contretemps wound up costing Cannes the world premiere of, among other titles, Alfonso Cuarón’s “Roma,” which went on to win the top prize at the Venice International Film Festival and three Academy Awards. As the world’s …

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