Topic: Brillante Mendoza

Cannes-winning director goes for emotion in 'Lola'

AP News - 695 days ago
Cannes-winning Philippine director turns from crime thriller to emotions in new film 'Lola'Philippine director Brillante Mendoza says he hopes his new movie about two grandmothers will resonate with a broader audience than his dark Cannes-winning crime thriller "Kinatay."His best director ...

CINEPHILIA: Port of Call Busan

The Brooklyn Rail - 794 days ago
Founded in 1996 by three film scholars-Lee Yong-kwan, Kim Ji-seok, and Jay Jeon-the Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF) has come a long way from its origins in Nampo-dong, in downtown Busan, a port city on South Korea's east coast. With festival ...

Tom Ford's 'A Single Man' rounds off Venice competition

AFP Global Edition - 885 days ago
Fashion designer Tom Ford made his directorial debut at the Venice film festival Friday, joining the fray for the coveted Golden Lion with his much anticipated " "Co-stars Colin Firth and Julianne Moore were on hand for Friday's red carpet appearance with ...

Cannes-honoured Philippine film gets censors' nod

AFP Global Edition - 927 days ago
Censors here have belatedly approved a Philippine film honoured at the Cannes festival that graphically depicts the rape, murder and dismemberment of a prostitute, officials said Friday. "Kinatay", which won a Cannes best director award in May for Brillante Mendoza, was given ...

Cannes-winning Philippine director shuns mainstream

AFP Global Edition - 971 days ago
Philippine director Brillante Mendoza may have won international honours, including the best director award at the recent Cannes film festival, but in his own country his movies go largely unseen.But Mendoza, 48, doesn't mind. I am not comfortable in mainstream ...

Shock treatment rules at Cannes '09, even without Gaspar Noe's rampaging Enter the Void

Nashville Scene - 992 days ago
Memorable for its in-your-face sensationalism, the 62nd Cannes Film Festival opened with the 3-D computer animation Up, saving the " Yours" for the final minutes of the competition's penultimate movie, Gaspar Noe's "psychedelic melodrama" Enter the Void.. But if the most ...

Asia's dark flicks honoured with Cannes close

AFP Asian Edition - 995 days ago
Asia's dark and disturbing movies scooped Cannes kudos on Sunday, with awards for cult directors from China and Korea, as well as controversial Filipino auteur Brillante Mendoza.At Cannes with a blood-and-gore tale about vampire love titled " Thirst", South Korea's ...

Philippines' Brillante Mendoza scoops Best Director at Cannes

AFP Global Edition - 995 days ago
Brillante Mendoza of the Philippines on Sunday picked up the best director prize at the Cannes film festival for his dark movie " Kinatay". "Kinatay" (meaning "massacre") notably features corrupt cops hacking a prostitute to pieces with blunt kitchen knives.Mendoza, at Cannes ...

Cannes Film Festival prize winners

AP News - 995 days ago
List of winners at the 62nd Cannes Film FestivalAwards presented Sunday at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival, chosen by a jury headed by French Actress Isabelle Huppert: "A Prophet," by Jacques Audiard (France)_Jury Prize: "Fish Tank," by Andrea Arnold (Britain) and ...

Asia's dark pics make a splash at Cannes

AFP Global Edition - 1002 days ago
Asia made a splash at Cannes with films from Korea, Hong Kong and the Phillipines this weekend, almost all throwing dark violent blood-spattered visions of the world onto festival screens.Hong Kong's Johnnie To offered " A gangster movie shot like a ...