The world’s most prestigious film festival kicks off tomorrow and we couldn’t be more excited. Cannes is more important and influential than any other festival throughout the year – so you don’t want to be stuck grappling for answers when it comes up in conversation with your over-earnest film-buff friend. That’s why we’ve put together…
From the seductive to the shocking – these films are for adults only. Every Saturday at 9.30pm World Movies pushes the boundaries and takes you into the darkest corners of cinema. Enter The Void (Canada, France, Italy, Germany, 2009) – Saturday 4 August 9.30pm Gaspar Noe’s follow up to the controversial Irreversible premiered at Cannes…
Polisse is the gripping French drama depicting the daily grind for the officers of the Parisian Juvenile Protection Unit, and was the Jury Prize winner at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Directed by and starring Maïwenn, Polisse premiered in Australia at this year’s Sydney Film Festival to rave reviews. It tells the police unit’s story…
During the week of the Cannes Film Festival we’ll give you exclusive access to the red carpet, as well as all the latest news and gossip, with our eight-part Cannes series that is fast tracked from France. Tune in each night at 8pm from 23 May to catch the action.
Get set for a flurry of foreign film buzz and red carpet overload – tonight is the Opening Night of the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. The world’s most prestigious film festival opens in the decadence of Southern France, with the highly anticipated new Wes Anderson film Moonrise Kingdom (which is also set to premiere at…
In this World Movies interview, French director Mia Hansen-Løve chats about her latest film, Goodbye, First Love, screened as part of the French Film Festival 2012. The talented film-maker chats about French film, and winning the Special Jury Prize at Cannes 2009. Plus if you’re into French film, don’t miss thriller District B13: Ultimatum coming…
Krzysztof Kieślowski’s classic Three Colours Trilogy unfolds Saturdays at 7.50pm. Three Colours: Blue (France, 1993)- Saturday 10 December 7.50pm Visually ravishing, mysterious and oblique, the first in Kieslowski’s Three Colours trilogy. Juliette Binoche is hypnotic as a broken spirit struggling with a life-altering tragedy. Won Venice’s Golden Lion. Three Colours: White (France, 1994) – Saturday…
How far is a man willing to go to be with the woman he wants? Erika (Isabelle Huppert) is a veteran piano instructor at a famous music conservatory in Vienna. Erika seems to get her stern and unforgiving nature from her mother (Annie Girardot), with whom she still lives, and without a husband or a…
Award winning actor, director and French heartthrob, Mathieu Amalric has returned to France fresh from another success at the Venice Film Festival. His latest film Chicken With Plums was nominated for a Golden Lion, and although it didn’t take out the winners prize, critics and audience alike were delighted with beautiful imagery and a heartfelt…
