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Cannes 2014: Assayas’ ‘Clouds of Sils Maria’ paints performance as Bergmanian identity
Olivier Assayas, especially with his previous Irma Vep, has had a keen awareness for this entity and how the actions on-set can serve as a sort of chamber drama in itself. With Clouds of Sils Maria, his vision behind this project becomes realized in the channel of Bergman by way of TMZ, a smartly composed dive into the role of celebrity culture and how it influences the films they inhabit. More
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‘Clouds of Sils Maria’, the new film from Olivier Assayas, releases its first trailer
Over the course of a career spanning over 35 years, French filmmaker Olivier Assayas has garnered critical acclaim from the international film community for a number of features, including Summer Hours, Avril Brisé, and Irma Vep. With his last feature coming in 2012, fans of Assayas were glad to learn that he was at work […] More
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Carlos with Sean Colletti
Former Televerse cohost Sean Colletti and current cohost of The Midseason Replacements, Under the Hood, and This Is Our Design returns to the DVD Shelf to discuss Olivier Assayas’ 2010 SundanceTV miniseries, Carlos. [powerpress] More
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‘Demonlover’ – High-Tech Collectivities of Desire
“To describe the spectacle, its formation, its functions and the forces which tend to dissolve it, one must artificially distinguish certain inseparable elements. When analyzing the spectacle one speaks, to some extent, the language of the spectacular itself in the sense that one moves through the methodological terrain of the very society which expresses itself […] More
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The Alumni of Cahiers du Cinema
This new column for Sound on Sight will feature Cahiers du Cinema critics-turned-filmmakers. However, it will not cover the infamous New Wave directors, but four other filmmakers who wrote for the journal and subsequently became directors. What follows is a brief history of the journal and its association with the four filmmakers that will be […] More
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‘Something in the Air’ an evocative, keenly felt tale of youthful rebellion and romance
Such a quality is ever-present in Olivier Assaysas’ new film Something in the Air (titled Apres Mai in France), set in the early 1970s and centered around some college-age rebels who try to make a difference in the world, to assert their personal significance on a larger scale.
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TIFF 2012: Assayas’ ‘Après Mai’ is dubiously conceived déjà vu
Après Mai Written by Olivier Assayas Directed by Olivier Assayas France, 2012 After a series of riots and skirmishes with law enforcement in 1971 Paris, a team of anarchic teen protestors opts to lay low for the summer in effort to conceal their identities and avoid persecution. Fractured from the reinforcement of routine and presented […] More
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TIFF 2012: Ty’s Most Anticipated Films
Since this will be my first experience at TIFF, I have to say that I’m rather pleased with the films that I’ll be seeing. If I had prior knowledge of the festival schedule before its release, I would have chosen the second weekend instead of the first. Films that I’ll have missed out on include: To […] More
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‘Kill List’ and the most anticipated films of 2012
With 2012 underway and our collective imminent demise now closer than ever, it seemed as good a time as any to tackle Ben Wheatley’s apocalyptic, genre-defying Kill List, which we’ll talk about in both non-spoiler and spoiler flavors. In between, all four SOS regulars (Ricky D, Justine, Julian and Simon) are on hand for a […] More
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63rd Primetime Emmy Nominations Announced
The 63rd Primetime Emmy Nominations were announced bright and early today in Los Angeles by Joshua Jackson and Melissa McCarthy. Looking through the nominations, there was plenty of good and plenty of bad. Since I am a mostly positive person, let’s start with the positives. While not nabbing a nomination for Best Drama Series, Justified, […] More
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Sound On Sight Radio #248: ‘Carlos’ / ‘Four Lions’
On a weirdly eclectic hour of Sound on Sight, the subject is: international terrorism! First up is Olivier Assayas’ Carlos, a three-part, 330-minute epic starring Edgar Ramirez as infamous terrorist/assassin/mercenary Carlos “The Jackal” Ramirez. We’ve paired it up with Chris Morris’s slapstick satire of would-be Jihadists, Four Lions. Listen now Download the show in a […] More
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‘The Social Network’ Wins Big at Los Angeles Film Critics Awards
The Social Network won big today at the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards picking up Best Picture and Best Screenplay along with a tie for Best Director (David Fincher) and Best Music/Score. Olivier Assayas’ Carlos also won big getting the runner up for Best Picture, Best Actor (Edgar Ramierz), and tieing for Best Director. […] More
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