Atlan’s black-and-white Mortem has been billed as a “metaphysical thriller” inspired by David Lynch and Ingmar Bergman.
The Artist seems likely to not only get nominated, but also win.
Going up against the queen—who’s dressed by Lisy Christl—will surely be Hugo’s Sandy Powell.
The poster knows its movie’s milieu, its genre, and its character’s superficial appetite for, well, everything.
See below for a list of the films that just missed making it onto our list of the best films of 2011, followed by our contributors’ individual ballots.
The film lacks the fire and emotional depth of Almodóvar’s best work.
Vancouver International Film Festival 2011: Tyrannosaur, The Skin I Live In, The Day He Arrives, & More
Emphasis, as always, will be on the “Dragons and Tigers” program of over 40 features (plus compilations, mid-length films and shorts) from Asia.
It’s silly to complain about anything when spending time in the company of Pedro Almodóvar, Jerzy Skolimowski, and Wim Wenders.
With his latest, Nuri Bilge Ceylan is purely interested in slowly unveiling a thematic can of worms that will tear people apart one long take at a time.
Across his latest, Almodóvar melds his consistent themes with an unsettling combination of warm compositions and sinister desires.