Topic: Laurent Cantet

Bomb Girl's star having a blast

The Province, Canada - 22 days ago
Actor Ali Liebert calls from Vancouver's airport, which seems appropriate after a year that has had her working all over North America.. . "I don't...

San Sebastian Creates New Directors Section

Hollywood Reporter - 25 days ago
The San Sebastian International Film Festival will spin off as the independent New Directors Section, organizers announced Wednesday.. . The...

The best foreign films of 2009

Helium - 474 days ago
The year 2009 has gotten off to an undistinguished start as far as offerings on the big screen are concerned. This film by Laurent Cantet has already been awarded the Palm d'Or at Cannes. This movie from Germany lives up to ...

I Hate Mathematics and Racists

The Brooklyn Rail - 1079 days ago
A devoted and reasonably aggressive teacher, Mr. Marin grasps at every possible chance to teach his students the proper use of the French language. At the end of a long and frustrating day, a girl complains to Mr. Marin: In his role ...

Important lesson in The Class

ThisIsLondon.co.uk - 1088 days ago
Those wary of spending two hours in front of a teacher should also beware missing one of the best European films of the year. It was, admittedly, a surprise when Sean Penn and his jury gave Laurent Cantet's The Class the ...

Oscar nominee takes vision of multiracial France to world audiences

AFP Global Edition - 1121 days ago
Is France really that racially mixed? That was the question director Laurent Cantet was repeatedly asked as he toured the world with "The Class", the film that scooped the top prize at Cannes and has now been nominated for an Oscar.The ...

France on the crest of a new New Wave

guardian.co.uk - 1188 days ago
When director Laurent Cantet accepted the Palme d'Or at Cannes last May, he took to the stage surrounded by a large cast of children. Cantet's film is not typical of traditional French cinema, but does its success at Cannes mean ...

New York film fest highlighted by `Che,' Eastwood

AP News - 1240 days ago
New York Film Festival bows Friday, highlighting Soderbergh's `Che,' Eastwood's `Changeling'The New York Film Festival defines itself as an annual chance to take account of the state of film as art.Last year's story line was obvious enough ...

46th New York Film Festival

Time Out New York - 1241 days ago
Changeling Clint Eastwood's anticipated latest (starring Angelina Jolie) re-creates 1920s Los Angeles, alternately seedy and glamorous, in a true-crime murder mystery.. The Windmill Movie A film student pays tribute to his deceased professor, Richard P. "Dick" Rogers, in this affectionate doc-which ...

Cannes winner 'The Class' finally opens in French cinemas

AFP Global Edition - 1242 days ago
"The Class," a film shot in a rough Paris school that won the top prize at Cannes this year and which is France's entry for the 2009 foreign film Oscar, opened in French cinemas Wednesday.Based on a best-selling novel by ...