Pan’s Labyrinth has won the FIBRESCI Award for Best Foreign Language Film of the Year at the 2007 Palm Springs International Film Festival. The film, directed by Guillermo Del Toro, has been hailed by critics as one of the best films of the year. Pan’s Labyrinth combines fantasy and reality in a film that has pleased audiences worldwide. El Labirinto Del Fauno, as the film is known outside the U.S., has been subject to endless praise. The fantasy film masterfully tells the story of a girl obsesses with fantasy stories that one day becomes trapped in her own world. The…
Author: Luz Aguado
Director George Lucas recently announced that filming for the highly-anticipated “Indiana Jones” movie will begin next year and he promised it will be “the best one yet.” Lucas said he and director Steven Spielberg recently finalized the script. The movie stars Harrison Ford, who appeared in the three earlier flicks. The fourth chapter of “Indiana Jones” has been in development for over ten years with several screenwriters taking attempting a script, but it only recently gained strength and popularity. While Lucas kept quiet about the plot, he promised the latest action flick will be a “character piece” that will include…
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has announced that the Bangkok International Film Festival 2007, which was supposed to take place January 26-February 5, 2007, has been postponed to July 2007. This festival has been postponed because a probable cinema venue decided to end talks with the TAT because of financial reasons. This decision came as a surprise to the TAT and has forced them to make extensive changes to the festival’s plans, which had been going well until the recent change by the operator of the venue. Because of this situation, the TAT has decided that it is best…
The Venice Film Festival’s long and highly publicized wait for an updated venue will be over in 2010, Italy’s Ministry of Culture announced Wednesday. Festival organizers have been reiterating the idea that the event could become less important over time because of it’s aging main venue – the Palazzo del Cinema – and pushed for its renovation. “Without better facilities, the Venice Film Festival will begin to fade away,” artistic director Marco Muller said during September’s 63rd edition of the festival. At the time, Muller and Venice Biennale President Davide Croff revealed plans for a $133 million facelift, saying that…
The critics of the Windy City have spoken and Martin Scorsese’s “The Departed” has earned the awards of best picture, best director and best adapted screenplay from the Chicago Film Critics Association Thursday. Helen Mirren (“The Queen”) and Forest Whitaker (“The Last King of Scotland”) won awards as well in lead acting categories. Best supporting performance awards were given to Rinko Kikuchi for “Babel” and Jackie Earle Haley for “Little Children.” Sacha Baron Cohen won the most promising performer award for his roles in “Borat” and “Talladega Nights.” Rian Johnson won most promising director honors for “Brick.” Clint Eastwood’s “Letters…