The darling of Iranian cinema. Being not only the country’s highest earner at the box office but also the first-ever to win a Golden Globe, an Academy Award, and the Golden Bear at the 61st Berlinale. The colossal success of this drama made Asghar Farhadi a household name both domestically and overseas, granting him a seat in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. ‘A Separation’ is another fine example of Farhadi’s expertise in crafting stories that examine family conflict and turmoil.
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Legal documents fill out the opening shot, bringing with it an air of apathy, foreshadowing the combustible relationship between Nader (Payman Maadi) and his wife Simin (Leila Hatami). The camera then pans to a Pov of a magistrate in the crossfire of a verbal spat between the couple, each person one-upping the other in a tense he-says-she-says over their impending divorce.
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Legal documents fill out the opening shot, bringing with it an air of apathy, foreshadowing the combustible relationship between Nader (Payman Maadi) and his wife Simin (Leila Hatami). The camera then pans to a Pov of a magistrate in the crossfire of a verbal spat between the couple, each person one-upping the other in a tense he-says-she-says over their impending divorce.
- 6/27/2022
- by Leon Overee
- AsianMoviePulse
Jury headed by Cristian Mungiu selects winners.
Pedicab, directed by the Philippines’ Paolo Villaluna, won best film at the Shanghai International Film Festival’s Golden Goblet awards on Sunday night.
The film (pictured) follows a diverse group of people travelling by pedicab from Manila to the perceived paradise of their home province.
The Golden Goblets jury, headed by Cristian Mungiu, awarded the grand jury prize to Yellow, from Iranian filmmaker Mostafa Taghizad’h, which also picked up best actress for Sareh Bayat’s performance.
Best director went to Polish filmmaker Maciej Pieprzyca for I Am A Killer, while China’s Huang Bo won best actor for his role in Cai Shang-jun’s The Conformist. Russian director Ivan Bolotnikov’s Kharms was awarded best screenplay (Bolotnikov) and best DoP (Sandor Berkeshi).
Romania’s Fault Condition won the award for Outstanding Artistic Achievement, while best documentary went to Germany’s When Paul Came Over The Sea – Journal Of An Encounter...
Pedicab, directed by the Philippines’ Paolo Villaluna, won best film at the Shanghai International Film Festival’s Golden Goblet awards on Sunday night.
The film (pictured) follows a diverse group of people travelling by pedicab from Manila to the perceived paradise of their home province.
The Golden Goblets jury, headed by Cristian Mungiu, awarded the grand jury prize to Yellow, from Iranian filmmaker Mostafa Taghizad’h, which also picked up best actress for Sareh Bayat’s performance.
Best director went to Polish filmmaker Maciej Pieprzyca for I Am A Killer, while China’s Huang Bo won best actor for his role in Cai Shang-jun’s The Conformist. Russian director Ivan Bolotnikov’s Kharms was awarded best screenplay (Bolotnikov) and best DoP (Sandor Berkeshi).
Romania’s Fault Condition won the award for Outstanding Artistic Achievement, while best documentary went to Germany’s When Paul Came Over The Sea – Journal Of An Encounter...
- 6/26/2017
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Our countdown of the top 100 films of the 21st Century (so far) concludes here with the top 25.
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The first decade and a half of the 21st century has brought a lot of changes to the landscape of film. The advancement and sophistication of computers has made realistic computer generated effects a mainstay in both big-budget and small-budget films. The internet and streaming technologies have given big Hollywood new competition in films produced independently and by non-traditional means. We went from purchasing films on yards of tape to plastic disks, and now we can simply upload them to the cloud. Advertisements for films have reached a higher, more ruthless level where generating hype through trailers and teasers is crucial for a film’s commercial success. Movie attendance has fluctuated along with the economy, but that hasn...
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Click here for Part 2! (#75-51)
Click here for Part 3! (#50-26)
The first decade and a half of the 21st century has brought a lot of changes to the landscape of film. The advancement and sophistication of computers has made realistic computer generated effects a mainstay in both big-budget and small-budget films. The internet and streaming technologies have given big Hollywood new competition in films produced independently and by non-traditional means. We went from purchasing films on yards of tape to plastic disks, and now we can simply upload them to the cloud. Advertisements for films have reached a higher, more ruthless level where generating hype through trailers and teasers is crucial for a film’s commercial success. Movie attendance has fluctuated along with the economy, but that hasn...
- 1/27/2016
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (G.S. Perno)
- Cinelinx
The American Film Institute announced today the films that will screen in the World Cinema, Breakthrough, Midnight, Shorts and Cinema’s Legacy programs at AFI Fest 2015 presented by Audi.
AFI Fest will take place November 5 – 12, 2015, in the heart of Hollywood. Screenings, Galas and events will be held at the historic Tcl Chinese Theatre, the Tcl Chinese 6 Theatres, Dolby Theatre, the Lloyd E. Rigler Theatre at the Egyptian, the El Capitan Theatre and The Hollywood Roosevelt.
World Cinema showcases the most acclaimed international films of the year; Breakthrough highlights true discoveries of the programming process; Midnight selections will grip audiences with terror; and Cinema’s Legacy highlights classic movies and films about cinema. World Cinema and Breakthrough selections are among the films eligible for Audience Awards. Shorts selections are eligible for the Grand Jury Prize, which qualifies the winner for Academy Award®consideration. This year’s Shorts jury features filmmaker Janicza Bravo,...
AFI Fest will take place November 5 – 12, 2015, in the heart of Hollywood. Screenings, Galas and events will be held at the historic Tcl Chinese Theatre, the Tcl Chinese 6 Theatres, Dolby Theatre, the Lloyd E. Rigler Theatre at the Egyptian, the El Capitan Theatre and The Hollywood Roosevelt.
World Cinema showcases the most acclaimed international films of the year; Breakthrough highlights true discoveries of the programming process; Midnight selections will grip audiences with terror; and Cinema’s Legacy highlights classic movies and films about cinema. World Cinema and Breakthrough selections are among the films eligible for Audience Awards. Shorts selections are eligible for the Grand Jury Prize, which qualifies the winner for Academy Award®consideration. This year’s Shorts jury features filmmaker Janicza Bravo,...
- 10/22/2015
- by Melissa Thompson
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Other prizes awarded to Dalibor Matanic’s The High Sun, Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Journey to the Shore and Corneliu Porumboiu’s The Treasure.
Grimur Hákonarson’s Rams has picked up the Un Certain Regard prize at the 68th Cannes Film Festival.
Review: RamsINTERVIEW: Grimur Hákonarson
Following 2010’s Summerland, Icelandic director Hakonarson’s second feature centres on two estranged brothers who have to reunite to save their sheep during an outbreak of disease.
It proved a hot title for New Europe Film Sales, which sold the film around the world during the Cannes Marché, having sold French rights to Arp Selection before the festival.
As winner, Rams will be shown at the end of Cannes’ closing ceremony tomorrow (May 24).
Jury Prize
The Jury Prize went to The High Sun (Zvizdan), a Croatian drama from Dalibor Matanic.
Review: The High Sun
The Zagreb-born writer-director is best known for his 2002 feature Fine Dead Girls but has also had two shorts...
Grimur Hákonarson’s Rams has picked up the Un Certain Regard prize at the 68th Cannes Film Festival.
Review: RamsINTERVIEW: Grimur Hákonarson
Following 2010’s Summerland, Icelandic director Hakonarson’s second feature centres on two estranged brothers who have to reunite to save their sheep during an outbreak of disease.
It proved a hot title for New Europe Film Sales, which sold the film around the world during the Cannes Marché, having sold French rights to Arp Selection before the festival.
As winner, Rams will be shown at the end of Cannes’ closing ceremony tomorrow (May 24).
Jury Prize
The Jury Prize went to The High Sun (Zvizdan), a Croatian drama from Dalibor Matanic.
Review: The High Sun
The Zagreb-born writer-director is best known for his 2002 feature Fine Dead Girls but has also had two shorts...
- 5/23/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Writer and director Asghar Farhadi had a couple award winning films to his name prior to 2011, but nothing of the notoriety that came with the release of his critically lauded examination of marital disintegration, A Separation. With his newest, he managed to rake in top prizes worldwide, from the Berlin Golden Bear to the Best Foreign Picture prize at this year’s Oscars. What makes the film so widely regarded is within this seemingly simple Iranian drama something like a facile murder mystery begins to unfold, and a surprisingly expansive moral complexity is slowly unveiled. Like a cinematic illusion, the key to Farhadi’s finely composed puzzle is in what he holds back from the audience, but to his credit, he doesn’t just rely on the payoff for narrative satisfaction.
Beginning with a confrontational office divorce, Simin (Leila Hatami) wants to leave the country on a soon to expire visa,...
Beginning with a confrontational office divorce, Simin (Leila Hatami) wants to leave the country on a soon to expire visa,...
- 8/29/2012
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: Aug. 21, 2012
Price: DVD $30.99, Blu-ray $35.99
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Complications arise when Leila Hatami and Peyman Moadi plan their divorce in A Separation.
The 2011 Iranian drama film A Separation racked up a whole lot of honors in 2012, including the Academy Award, Golden Globe and Independent Spirit Award for Best Foreign Language film.
Set in contemporary Iran, the movie is about the dissolution of a marriage: Simin (Leila Hatami) wants to leave Iran with her husband Nader (Peyman Moadi) and daughter Termeh (Sarina Farhadi) and sues for divorce when Nader refuses to leave behind his Alzheimer-suffering father (Ali-Asghar Shahbazi). Her request having failed, Simin returns to her parents’ home but, Termeh decides to stay with Nader. When Nader hires a young woman (Sareh Bayat) to assist with his father in his wife’s absence, he hopes that his life will return to a normal state. But serious complications soon ensue...
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Complications arise when Leila Hatami and Peyman Moadi plan their divorce in A Separation.
The 2011 Iranian drama film A Separation racked up a whole lot of honors in 2012, including the Academy Award, Golden Globe and Independent Spirit Award for Best Foreign Language film.
Set in contemporary Iran, the movie is about the dissolution of a marriage: Simin (Leila Hatami) wants to leave Iran with her husband Nader (Peyman Moadi) and daughter Termeh (Sarina Farhadi) and sues for divorce when Nader refuses to leave behind his Alzheimer-suffering father (Ali-Asghar Shahbazi). Her request having failed, Simin returns to her parents’ home but, Termeh decides to stay with Nader. When Nader hires a young woman (Sareh Bayat) to assist with his father in his wife’s absence, he hopes that his life will return to a normal state. But serious complications soon ensue...
- 7/5/2012
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Kelsey Osgood examines the religious and cultural significance of costume design in 2012 Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language Film, A Separation (directed by Asghar Farhadi).
Perhaps for many observers, particularly those who live in liberal Western cultures, the concept of Arab and Persian religious uniform is symbolised by the simplicity of the black burqa. The pious pare down their clothing to the least colourful and individualizing garments in order to humble themselves before their God.
As generally decreed by feminist scholars, women in religiously observant societies are those most affected by sartorial limits. But like most practices viewed as wholly restrictive, the rules of modest dress for religious women and the way these women operate within this system, often illuminate more than they hide. Instead of eradicating choice, these limits highlight it; the echoes of the smallest fashion decision reverberate in costume, even for the Chasidish or Muslim female.
Iranian...
Perhaps for many observers, particularly those who live in liberal Western cultures, the concept of Arab and Persian religious uniform is symbolised by the simplicity of the black burqa. The pious pare down their clothing to the least colourful and individualizing garments in order to humble themselves before their God.
As generally decreed by feminist scholars, women in religiously observant societies are those most affected by sartorial limits. But like most practices viewed as wholly restrictive, the rules of modest dress for religious women and the way these women operate within this system, often illuminate more than they hide. Instead of eradicating choice, these limits highlight it; the echoes of the smallest fashion decision reverberate in costume, even for the Chasidish or Muslim female.
Iranian...
- 6/1/2012
- by Contributor
- Clothes on Film
Iranians take to social media to praise Academy-award winning film condemned by Islamic Republic
A Separation has become the first movie ever to take an Academy Award to Iran after winning the best foreign language Oscar, prompting national celebration at a critical time in the country's history.
Millions of Iranians stayed up all night to watch the film's director, Asghar Farhadi, going up on the stage and delight his countrymen at a time when their lives are clouded with fear of war with Israel and crippling economic sanctions.
"At this time, many Iranians all over the world are watching us and I imagine them to be very happy," said Farhadi, while accepting the Oscar. "At the time when talk of war, intimidation, and aggression is exchanged between politicians, the name of their country, Iran, is spoken here through her glorious culture, a rich and ancient culture that has been hidden...
A Separation has become the first movie ever to take an Academy Award to Iran after winning the best foreign language Oscar, prompting national celebration at a critical time in the country's history.
Millions of Iranians stayed up all night to watch the film's director, Asghar Farhadi, going up on the stage and delight his countrymen at a time when their lives are clouded with fear of war with Israel and crippling economic sanctions.
"At this time, many Iranians all over the world are watching us and I imagine them to be very happy," said Farhadi, while accepting the Oscar. "At the time when talk of war, intimidation, and aggression is exchanged between politicians, the name of their country, Iran, is spoken here through her glorious culture, a rich and ancient culture that has been hidden...
- 2/27/2012
- by Saeed Kamali Dehghan
- The Guardian - Film News
Writer/director Asghar Farhadi dedicates the award to the people of Iran.
By Tami Katzoff
Asghar Farhadi accepts Best Foreign Language Film at the 2012 Oscars
Photo: Robyn Beck/ Afp/ Getty Images
"A Separation," Iran's entry in the Best Foreign Language Film category, won the Oscar on Sunday night (February 26) — the first film from that country to do so. The Academy Award is just the latest for "A Separation," which has already collected a Golden Globe, an Independent Spirit Award and many other statuettes during this awards season.
"At this time, many Iranians all over the world are watching us. And I imagine them to be very happy," writer/director Asghar Farhadi said as he accepted the award at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles. The film is also an Oscar nominee for Best Original Screenplay.
For those who have yet to see it, "Separation" is part family drama, part legal battle.
By Tami Katzoff
Asghar Farhadi accepts Best Foreign Language Film at the 2012 Oscars
Photo: Robyn Beck/ Afp/ Getty Images
"A Separation," Iran's entry in the Best Foreign Language Film category, won the Oscar on Sunday night (February 26) — the first film from that country to do so. The Academy Award is just the latest for "A Separation," which has already collected a Golden Globe, an Independent Spirit Award and many other statuettes during this awards season.
"At this time, many Iranians all over the world are watching us. And I imagine them to be very happy," writer/director Asghar Farhadi said as he accepted the award at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles. The film is also an Oscar nominee for Best Original Screenplay.
For those who have yet to see it, "Separation" is part family drama, part legal battle.
- 2/26/2012
- MTV Movie News
Writer/director Asghar Farhadi dedicates the award to the people of Iran.
By Tami Katzoff
Asghar Farhadi accepts Best Foreign Language Film at the 2012 Oscars
Photo: Robyn Beck/ Afp/ Getty Images
"A Separation," Iran's entry in the Best Foreign Language Film category, won the Oscar on Sunday night (February 26) — the first film from that country to do so. The Academy Award is just the latest for "A Separation," which has already collected a Golden Globe, an Independent Spirit Award and many other statuettes during this awards season.
"At this time, many Iranians all over the world are watching us. And I imagine them to be very happy," writer/director Asghar Farhadi said as he accepted the award at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles. The film is also an Oscar nominee for Best Original Screenplay.
For those who have yet to see it, "Separation" is part family drama, part legal battle.
By Tami Katzoff
Asghar Farhadi accepts Best Foreign Language Film at the 2012 Oscars
Photo: Robyn Beck/ Afp/ Getty Images
"A Separation," Iran's entry in the Best Foreign Language Film category, won the Oscar on Sunday night (February 26) — the first film from that country to do so. The Academy Award is just the latest for "A Separation," which has already collected a Golden Globe, an Independent Spirit Award and many other statuettes during this awards season.
"At this time, many Iranians all over the world are watching us. And I imagine them to be very happy," writer/director Asghar Farhadi said as he accepted the award at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles. The film is also an Oscar nominee for Best Original Screenplay.
For those who have yet to see it, "Separation" is part family drama, part legal battle.
- 2/26/2012
- MTV Music News
Chicago – Divorce, aging parents, economics, religion and social standing can be applied to any circumstance in any modern culture. The culture in Iran may seem mysterious, but there is nothing uncommon regarding what their people go through in the Oscar nominated “A Separation.”
Rating: 4.0/5.0
Winner of the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film, and nominated for an Academy Award in the same category, “A Separation” is a universal example of how one problem can trip a wire to many problems. Viewed through the filter of the patriarchal society of Iran, those problems offer even more intensity, with the women becoming both the arbiters of the solutions and the victims of what future may result from those solutions.
Nader (Peyman Moadi) and Simin (Leila Hatami) are shown in the beginning as requesting a divorce in an Iranian court. There is no major conflict, it’s just that Nader refuses to...
Rating: 4.0/5.0
Winner of the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film, and nominated for an Academy Award in the same category, “A Separation” is a universal example of how one problem can trip a wire to many problems. Viewed through the filter of the patriarchal society of Iran, those problems offer even more intensity, with the women becoming both the arbiters of the solutions and the victims of what future may result from those solutions.
Nader (Peyman Moadi) and Simin (Leila Hatami) are shown in the beginning as requesting a divorce in an Iranian court. There is no major conflict, it’s just that Nader refuses to...
- 1/27/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Chicago – One of the great surprises of today’s Oscar nominations was the Best Original Screenplay nod to writer/director Asghar Farhadi’s “A Separation.” It has already won the 2011 Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film, and also has been nominated for the same distinction at the upcoming Academy Awards.
“A Separation” is a window into the Iranian culture, but with human emotions and reactions that are universal. The implications of a couple separating in a patriarchal society like Iran is told with a surprising verve and sensitivity, especially towards the male characters, who are also complete victims of the moral circumstance. Farhadi’s film takes on themes of class, gender relations and aging with a reality that almost makes it seem like a documentary.
Leila Hatami (Simin) and Peyman Moadi (Nader) in Asghar Farhaidi’s ‘A Separation’
Photo credit: Sony Pictures Classic
Asghar Farhadi was in Chicago the first week of the year,...
“A Separation” is a window into the Iranian culture, but with human emotions and reactions that are universal. The implications of a couple separating in a patriarchal society like Iran is told with a surprising verve and sensitivity, especially towards the male characters, who are also complete victims of the moral circumstance. Farhadi’s film takes on themes of class, gender relations and aging with a reality that almost makes it seem like a documentary.
Leila Hatami (Simin) and Peyman Moadi (Nader) in Asghar Farhaidi’s ‘A Separation’
Photo credit: Sony Pictures Classic
Asghar Farhadi was in Chicago the first week of the year,...
- 1/25/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
It's an annual event as well as a browse that could suck up an entire weekend: Senses of Cinema's worldwide poll of… well, they're not all critics, so let's just call them friends of cinema. You'll want to scroll up and down the whole thing, but take a look, too, at the best of 2011 according to Notebook editor Daniel Kasman and contributors Celluloid Liberation Front, Christoph Huber, Olaf Möller and Dan Sallitt as well as a major presence here in the Forum and elsewhere, David Ehrenstein.
London. This is the year we'll be seeing the results of Sight & Sound's poll of more friends of cinema regarding the greatest films of all time. It happens only once every ten years and in the magazine's pages, Graham Fuller argues a mighty case for the return of Jean Vigo's L'Atalante (1934) to the top ten. The film's opening today for an extended run at BFI Southbank,...
London. This is the year we'll be seeing the results of Sight & Sound's poll of more friends of cinema regarding the greatest films of all time. It happens only once every ten years and in the magazine's pages, Graham Fuller argues a mighty case for the return of Jean Vigo's L'Atalante (1934) to the top ten. The film's opening today for an extended run at BFI Southbank,...
- 1/20/2012
- MUBI
Silent film The Artist has swept the board as it won three prizes at the London Film Critics' Circle awards.
The black-and-white picture won Film of the Year, Director of the Year and Actor of the Year at the ceremony, following on from its success at the Golden Globes. The director was Michel Hazanavicius and Jean Dujardin took the actor prize.
The Actress of the Year award was tied between Anna Paquin for her performance in Kenneth Lonergan's drama Margaret and Meryl Streep for her portrayal of former prime minister Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady.
The latter film also saw Olivia Colman scooping The Moet & Chandon Award: British Actress of the Year for her performance, as well as for her performance in Tyrannosaurus.
Kenneth Branagh was awarded Supporting Actor of the Year award for his turn as Laurence Olivier in My Week With Marilyn, while Michael Fassbender collected...
The black-and-white picture won Film of the Year, Director of the Year and Actor of the Year at the ceremony, following on from its success at the Golden Globes. The director was Michel Hazanavicius and Jean Dujardin took the actor prize.
The Actress of the Year award was tied between Anna Paquin for her performance in Kenneth Lonergan's drama Margaret and Meryl Streep for her portrayal of former prime minister Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady.
The latter film also saw Olivia Colman scooping The Moet & Chandon Award: British Actress of the Year for her performance, as well as for her performance in Tyrannosaurus.
Kenneth Branagh was awarded Supporting Actor of the Year award for his turn as Laurence Olivier in My Week With Marilyn, while Michael Fassbender collected...
- 1/20/2012
- by PA
- Huffington Post
"The Artist" and "A Separation" were the big winners at the London Critics Circle Film Awards, with the former sweeping Best Film, Best Actor for Jean Dujardin and Best Director for Michel Hazanavicius while the latter walked off with Best Supporting Actress for Sareh Bayat (triumphing over Vanessa Redgrave for "Coriolanus" and Jessica Chastain for "The Help"), Foreign Language Film and Screenwriter of the Year for filmmaker Asghar Farhadi. Striding up on stage to collect his Best Actor award in the presence of fellow nominee Michael Fassbender, Dujardin started off his acceptance speech with, “I almost didn’t come,” before...
- 1/20/2012
- Thompson on Hollywood
We’re still halfway though award season and so here comes another awards ceremony; only this one we actually care about (unlike the Golden Globes). The winners for the 2012 London Film Critics Circle Awards have been announced and thanlfully these critics actually know what they’re doing.
Michel Hazanavicius’ silent film The Artist continues its near sweep of awards this season taking home the Best Film, Best Director, and Best Actor prize while the Iranian drama A Separation won Best Foreign Film and Lynne Ramsay’s We Need To Talk About Kevin (a film we have championed heavily here on Sound On Sight) took home The Attenborough Award. Here is the complete list of winner.
Film Of The Year
The Artist (Entertainment)
The Attenborough Award: British Film Of The Year
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Artificial Eye)
Foreign-language Film Of The Year
A Separation (Artificial Eye)
Documentary Of The...
Michel Hazanavicius’ silent film The Artist continues its near sweep of awards this season taking home the Best Film, Best Director, and Best Actor prize while the Iranian drama A Separation won Best Foreign Film and Lynne Ramsay’s We Need To Talk About Kevin (a film we have championed heavily here on Sound On Sight) took home The Attenborough Award. Here is the complete list of winner.
Film Of The Year
The Artist (Entertainment)
The Attenborough Award: British Film Of The Year
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Artificial Eye)
Foreign-language Film Of The Year
A Separation (Artificial Eye)
Documentary Of The...
- 1/20/2012
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Michel Hazanavicius’ "The Artist" walked away with three trophies at the London Film Critics’ Circle Awards last night, winning for film of the year, director and best actor (Jean Dujardin) says Variety.
Meryl Streep ("The Iron Lady") and Anna Paquin ("Margaret") tied for best actress while Michael Fassbender ("A Dangerous Method" & "Shame") scored best actor. Supporting nods went to Kenneth Branagh ("My Week with Marilyn") and Sareh Bayat ("A Separation"). Olivia Colman ("Tyrannosaur" & "The Iron Lady") and Craig Roberts ("Submarine") took home acting awards as well.
"We Need to Talk About Kevin" scored British film of the year and "Senna" best documentary. "A Separation" won best foreign film and screenplay while Andrew Haigh won breakthrough British filmmaker for "Weekend".
The news comes after the announcements of the nominees for the 2012 Orange British Academy Film & Television Awards (BAFTAs) on Tuesday.
"The Artist" scored 12 nominations, "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" scored eleven, and "Hugo" took nine.
Meryl Streep ("The Iron Lady") and Anna Paquin ("Margaret") tied for best actress while Michael Fassbender ("A Dangerous Method" & "Shame") scored best actor. Supporting nods went to Kenneth Branagh ("My Week with Marilyn") and Sareh Bayat ("A Separation"). Olivia Colman ("Tyrannosaur" & "The Iron Lady") and Craig Roberts ("Submarine") took home acting awards as well.
"We Need to Talk About Kevin" scored British film of the year and "Senna" best documentary. "A Separation" won best foreign film and screenplay while Andrew Haigh won breakthrough British filmmaker for "Weekend".
The news comes after the announcements of the nominees for the 2012 Orange British Academy Film & Television Awards (BAFTAs) on Tuesday.
"The Artist" scored 12 nominations, "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" scored eleven, and "Hugo" took nine.
- 1/19/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Jeremy Irvine Jeremy Irvine, the star of Steven Spielberg's World War I drama War Horse, arrives at the 2012 London Film Critics Awards. Irvine was a contender for Young British Performer of the Year, along with John Boyega for Attack the Block, Yasmin Paige for Submarine, Saoirse Ronan for Hanna, and the eventual winner, Craig Roberts for Submarine. [Full list of London Film Critics winners.] Michel Hazanavicius' The Artist was voted Film of the Year. The silent comedy-drama also earned Jean Dujardin the Actor of the Year Award, while Hazanavicius was the Director of the Year. Tying with The Artist's three wins was Asghar Farhadi's Iranian drama A Separation, which received top honors as Foreign Language Film of the Year, Screenwriter of the Year (Farhadi), and Supporting Actress of the Year for Sareh Bayat. Bayat was a surprise winner, beating the likes of Vanessa Redgrave (Coriolanus), Jacki Weaver (Animal Kingdom), and The Help's Jessica Chastain and Octavia Spencer.
- 1/19/2012
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
While Uggie the dog didn’t patter away with anything Michel Hazanavicius’s charming paean to the age of silent cinema took home three of the top awards at tonight’s ceremony.
Hazanavicius won for Best Director, his star Jean Dujardin was awarded the Best Actor prize and the London critics placed The Artist at the top of the Best Films of 2011 list.
There was a nicely timed triumph for Olvia Colman as she won the British Actress of the year for her work in The Iron Lady and, more imporantly (BAFTA – what were you thinking?) for her role in Paddy Considine’s mighty Tyrannosaur.
Asif Kapadia’s Senna was celebrated as the Best Documentary of the year and in a first for the Awards, a tie voe led to Anna Paquin and Meryl Streep sharing the Best Actresses of the year, no small triumph for #teammargaret
Here is the...
Hazanavicius won for Best Director, his star Jean Dujardin was awarded the Best Actor prize and the London critics placed The Artist at the top of the Best Films of 2011 list.
There was a nicely timed triumph for Olvia Colman as she won the British Actress of the year for her work in The Iron Lady and, more imporantly (BAFTA – what were you thinking?) for her role in Paddy Considine’s mighty Tyrannosaur.
Asif Kapadia’s Senna was celebrated as the Best Documentary of the year and in a first for the Awards, a tie voe led to Anna Paquin and Meryl Streep sharing the Best Actresses of the year, no small triumph for #teammargaret
Here is the...
- 1/19/2012
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The Oscar nominations won’t hit us until Tuesday morning, but, by this point, 2011′s awards season has provided the same few winners enough times over, to the point where we can make a good guess with our eyes closed. Just look at the list of victorious pictures for this year’s London Film Critics’ Circle and tell me it doesn’t all feel so familiar. (I can’t wait for everyone to forget The Artist by September, by the way.)
If there’s any truly unexpected choice to be found here, it’s in the Best Actress category, where Anna Paquin‘s work in Margaret ended up netting her a tie with the Oscar frontrunner, Meryl Streep. This doesn’t mean she’ll take a seat at the Kodak Theatre on February 26th, mind you, but it’s been remarkable to see this once-doomed movie rise from its own...
If there’s any truly unexpected choice to be found here, it’s in the Best Actress category, where Anna Paquin‘s work in Margaret ended up netting her a tie with the Oscar frontrunner, Meryl Streep. This doesn’t mean she’ll take a seat at the Kodak Theatre on February 26th, mind you, but it’s been remarkable to see this once-doomed movie rise from its own...
- 1/19/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Carey Mulligan, Michael Fassbender in Steve McQueen's Shame Meryl Streep-Anna Paquin tie, Jean Dujardin, The Artist, A Separation: London Film Critics Winners Film of the year * The Artist (Entertainment) Drive (Icon) A Separation (Artificial Eye) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (StudioCanal) The Tree of Life (Fox) The Attenborough award for British film of the year The Guard (StudioCanal) Kill List (StudioCanal) Shame (Momentum) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (StudioCanal) * We Need to Talk About Kevin (Artificial Eye) Foreign-language film of the year Mysteries of Lisbon (New Wave) Poetry (Arrow) Le Quattro Volte (New Wave) * A Separation (Artificial Eye) The Skin I Live In (Fox/Pathé) Documentary of the year Cave of Forgotten Dreams (Picturehouse) Dreams of a Life (Dogwoof) Pina (Artificial Eye) Project Nim (Icon) * Senna (Universal) directed by Asif Kapadia Director of the year Asghar Farhadi – A Separation (Artificial Eye) * Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist (Entertainment) Terrence Malick – The Tree of Life...
- 1/19/2012
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
Tonight saw the 32nd London Critics’ Circle Film Awards take place in London and, like the BAFTA nominations, The Artist was the big winner of the night – the film took home three big awards at the 32nd London Film Critics’ Circle Awards: Film of the Year, Director of the Year and Actor of the Year. Director Michel Hazanavicius and actor Jean Dujardin were both at the event at BFI Southbank to collect their awards. Asghar Farhadi’s Berlin winner A Seperation also took home three awards winning Foreign Language Film of the Year, Screenwriter of the Year for Asghar Farhadi and Supporting Actress of the Year for Sareh Bayat. All three awards were collected on behalf of the film by executive producer Negar Eskandarfar.
The 32nd London Critics’ Circle Film Awards winners in full:
Film Of The Year
The Artist (Entertainment)
Critics’ Circle Top 10 Films of 2011
1. The Artist
2. A Separation...
The 32nd London Critics’ Circle Film Awards winners in full:
Film Of The Year
The Artist (Entertainment)
Critics’ Circle Top 10 Films of 2011
1. The Artist
2. A Separation...
- 1/19/2012
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Kramer vs. Kramer goes Iranian with Asghar Farhadi's A Separation, a late 2011 entry that's been deservedly racking up almost every "Best Foreign Language" film award that has been dished out this season.
But A Separation is much than a tale of a man and woman in love whose marital path has come to a fork in the road; it is a dissection of modern morality, both religious and secular, and how impossible it is to live a totally principled life if you're stuck interacting with other Homo sapiens. Or, to get a little Socratic, "A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true."
The picture begins in court with divorce proceedings. Simin (Leila Hatami) wants to leave Iran to afford her daughter Termeh (Sarina Farhadi) a more preferable future than her patriarchal homeland can provide.
But A Separation is much than a tale of a man and woman in love whose marital path has come to a fork in the road; it is a dissection of modern morality, both religious and secular, and how impossible it is to live a totally principled life if you're stuck interacting with other Homo sapiens. Or, to get a little Socratic, "A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true."
The picture begins in court with divorce proceedings. Simin (Leila Hatami) wants to leave Iran to afford her daughter Termeh (Sarina Farhadi) a more preferable future than her patriarchal homeland can provide.
- 1/11/2012
- by Brandon Judell
- www.culturecatch.com
A Separation
Written and directed by Asghar Farhadi
Iran, 2011
A Separation is one of those multi-purpose titles that suggests many different conditions under examination in this richly textured film. The most obvious separation is the dissolution of the marriage between two main characters, Simin (Leila Hatami) and Nader (Peyman Moadi). Simin has a visa about to expire in forty days. Having failed to convince her husband to leave the country with her, she files for divorce and petitions the Iranian court to grant her custody of their daughter Termeh (Sarina Farhadi), believing she can find a better life and more opportunities for the two of them outside of Iran. Simin gets the divorce but not custody of Termeh, so she moves in with her family as she prepares her departure from Iran and seeks further legal recourse to bring her daughter with her.
Termeh continues to live with Nader for the time being,...
Written and directed by Asghar Farhadi
Iran, 2011
A Separation is one of those multi-purpose titles that suggests many different conditions under examination in this richly textured film. The most obvious separation is the dissolution of the marriage between two main characters, Simin (Leila Hatami) and Nader (Peyman Moadi). Simin has a visa about to expire in forty days. Having failed to convince her husband to leave the country with her, she files for divorce and petitions the Iranian court to grant her custody of their daughter Termeh (Sarina Farhadi), believing she can find a better life and more opportunities for the two of them outside of Iran. Simin gets the divorce but not custody of Termeh, so she moves in with her family as she prepares her departure from Iran and seeks further legal recourse to bring her daughter with her.
Termeh continues to live with Nader for the time being,...
- 1/4/2012
- by Kenneth
- SoundOnSight
One of the best films of 2011, currently playing in New York and Los Angeles, begins rolling out across the Us over next two months. Check the site for cities and dates.
"A Separation literally makes the viewer judge its protagonists," notes Vadim Rizov at GreenCine Daily: "in the opening scene, wife Simin (Leila Hatami) pleads for a divorce from husband Nader (Peyman Maadi). The Pov is the judge's, who skeptically asks why an Iranian woman would possibly want her daughter to grow up anywhere else. The offscreen interrogator/filmmaker is a familiar figure in Iranian cinema, with Abbas Kiarostami and Jafar Panahi often breaking the fourth walls in their films, often directly appearing (and/or heard off-camera) asking their characters questions. Kiarostami's seemingly given up on making films in Iran at all, while Panahi's imprisoned; for many, Iranian cinema's currently more associated right now with its absentees than actual films.
"A Separation literally makes the viewer judge its protagonists," notes Vadim Rizov at GreenCine Daily: "in the opening scene, wife Simin (Leila Hatami) pleads for a divorce from husband Nader (Peyman Maadi). The Pov is the judge's, who skeptically asks why an Iranian woman would possibly want her daughter to grow up anywhere else. The offscreen interrogator/filmmaker is a familiar figure in Iranian cinema, with Abbas Kiarostami and Jafar Panahi often breaking the fourth walls in their films, often directly appearing (and/or heard off-camera) asking their characters questions. Kiarostami's seemingly given up on making films in Iran at all, while Panahi's imprisoned; for many, Iranian cinema's currently more associated right now with its absentees than actual films.
- 1/2/2012
- MUBI
Despite its being a foreign film with no stars familiar to a North American audience, you may have already heard of "A Separation." The reason? A slew of critics have named it among their top picks of the year. Roger Ebert went so far as to name it the film of the year.
The Iranian film industry knows what it has on its hands. Iran named the scorcher as its official candidate for the Best Foreign Language Film at the upcoming Academy Awards, and chances are "A Separation" will make the nominee cut. The film hits select theaters December 30, and we urge you to venture out and see what all the hype is about. It's warranted.
In the drama, masterfully written and directed by Asghar Farhadi, Leila Hatami and Peyman Moaadi star as a married couple with an 11-year-old daughter, on the verge of separating. Hatami's character, Simin, wants to...
The Iranian film industry knows what it has on its hands. Iran named the scorcher as its official candidate for the Best Foreign Language Film at the upcoming Academy Awards, and chances are "A Separation" will make the nominee cut. The film hits select theaters December 30, and we urge you to venture out and see what all the hype is about. It's warranted.
In the drama, masterfully written and directed by Asghar Farhadi, Leila Hatami and Peyman Moaadi star as a married couple with an 11-year-old daughter, on the verge of separating. Hatami's character, Simin, wants to...
- 12/30/2011
- by Nigel Smith
- NextMovie
As the end of the year is drawing near, one movie that's popped up on a bunch of top ten lists - but to which American audiences have not yet been privy - is Iranian director Asghar Farhadi's latest feature, A Separation. The movie also has professional credentials, having won the Golden Bear at this year's Berlin International Film Festival, as well as awards for the ensemble cast, including Peyman Maadi, Leila Hatami, and Sareh Bayat. When Farhadi's previous film About Elly won the Best Narrative Feature award at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival, audiences were moved by the poignant, universal story of family, loss, love, and suspicion. A Separation mines the same territory: in some family situations, nobody is necessarily at fault, but emotions and frustrations come to a head, and devastation ensues. When watching a film from a culture we don't quite comprehend, it's easy to read deeper...
- 12/26/2011
- TribecaFilm.com
Kenneth Branagh, My Week with Marilyn So, does A Separation's Sareh Bayat have a chance at a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination? If only a nomination for the London Film Critics' Circle Awards had that sort of influence. Were that so, Nicolas Winding Refn's thriller Drive and Tomas Alfredson's spy drama Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, each nominated for six London Critics awards, would surely be shortlisted for the Best Picture Academy Award. [Full list of London Film Critics' 2011 Nominations.] Gary Oldman would also then be a front-runner for the Best Actor Oscar. "I am proud of my work in this film, and so very proud of the film," Oldman said after learning of his London Critics' nod. "The London Critics' Circle has reaffirmed that we have made a film that remains genuine, first rate 'cinema.' Indeed, it is gratifying to be among the representatives of the best of British, and it always will be.
- 12/21/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy From Gary Oldman, Kirsten Dunst to Sareh Bayat, The Artist: London Film Critics' Non-Hollywood Flavor Film of the year The Artist (Entertainment) Drive (Icon) A Separation (Artificial Eye) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (StudioCanal) The Tree of Life (Fox) The Attenborough award for British film of the year The Guard (StudioCanal) Kill List (StudioCanal) Shame (Momentum) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (StudioCanal) We Need to Talk About Kevin (Artificial Eye) Foreign-language film of the year Mysteries of Lisbon (New Wave) Poetry (Arrow) Le Quattro Volte (New Wave) A Separation (Artificial Eye) The Skin I Live In (Fox/Pathé) Documentary of the year Cave of Forgotten Dreams (Picturehouse) Dreams of a Life (Dogwoof) Pina (Artificial Eye) Project Nim (Icon) Senna (Universal) Director of the year Asghar Farhadi – A Separation (Artificial Eye) Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist (Entertainment) Terrence Malick – The Tree of Life (Fox) Lynne Ramsay – We Need to Talk About Kevin...
- 12/21/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" is finally getting its awards season due.
Of course, leave it to the London Film Critics' Circle to show some love to the British spy thriller. The film scored six nominations, including Film of the Year and Actor of the Year for Gary Oldman.
"Drive" was also a strong contender, matching "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" with six nominations overall as well as nods for Film of the Year and Actor of the Year for Ryan Gosling, while "A Separation" and "We Need to Talk About Kevin" earned five nominations each.
Founded in 1926, the London Film Critics' Circle has been presenting awards annually since 1980. In addition to recognizing cinematic excellence in general, the London Film Critics' Circle also gives out awards for the best in British film as well; this helps explain the nomination totals of films like "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy," which earned British Film of...
Of course, leave it to the London Film Critics' Circle to show some love to the British spy thriller. The film scored six nominations, including Film of the Year and Actor of the Year for Gary Oldman.
"Drive" was also a strong contender, matching "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" with six nominations overall as well as nods for Film of the Year and Actor of the Year for Ryan Gosling, while "A Separation" and "We Need to Talk About Kevin" earned five nominations each.
Founded in 1926, the London Film Critics' Circle has been presenting awards annually since 1980. In addition to recognizing cinematic excellence in general, the London Film Critics' Circle also gives out awards for the best in British film as well; this helps explain the nomination totals of films like "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy," which earned British Film of...
- 12/20/2011
- by Scott Harris
- NextMovie
Drive and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy both earned six nominations from the London Film Critics’ Circle, including nods for Film of the Year and Actor of the Year. “I am proud of the breadth, intelligence and style of the choices the London critics have made, honouring the richness of world cinema and the fresh, cool takes on classic movie genres seen in films such as Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Drive, and The Artist,” said Circle chair Jason Solomons. “This is surely the classiest set of nominations around this year, with truly superb work reflected in the directing and foreign language categories.
- 12/20/2011
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
Not too long ago we featured the winners from the British Independent Film Awards. Well today the London Critics Circle Film Award nominations were announced and two of our favourite films of the year (Drive and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) lead the pack with six nominations each. It was a great year for British cinema, among other noteworthy mentions are Attack The Block, We Need To Talk About Kevin, Wuthering Heights and Weekend.
Hit the jump for the full list of nominees.
Winners will be announced on January 19th.
Film Of The Year
The Artist (Entertainment)
Drive (Icon)
A Separation (Artificial Eye)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (StudioCanal)
The Tree of Life (Fox)
The Attenborough Award:
British Film Of The Year
The Guard (StudioCanal)
Kill List (StudioCanal)
Shame (Momentum)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (StudioCanal)
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Artificial Eye)
Foreign-language Film Of The Year
Mysteries of Lisbon (New...
Hit the jump for the full list of nominees.
Winners will be announced on January 19th.
Film Of The Year
The Artist (Entertainment)
Drive (Icon)
A Separation (Artificial Eye)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (StudioCanal)
The Tree of Life (Fox)
The Attenborough Award:
British Film Of The Year
The Guard (StudioCanal)
Kill List (StudioCanal)
Shame (Momentum)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (StudioCanal)
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Artificial Eye)
Foreign-language Film Of The Year
Mysteries of Lisbon (New...
- 12/20/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
The London Film Critics will not name their winners, as far as I can tell, until a ceremony on January 19th. I wonder if that's correct? Do they really have enough clout to get celebrities to show without winning in advance? (That's how most critics organizations get celebrities at their events. They come specifically to receive awards they've already won). But here are their nominees. It's good news for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and Drive which led the nominations with six each including Best Film. A Separation also did really well as it continues to build momentum. It's just so sad that it didn't get an earlier and harder push. It should've been in the Best Picture discussion and lord knows it's about time we had an instant foreign language classic in the Best Picture discussion again. Remember when that was happening regularly for a few years about ten yeras back.
- 12/20/2011
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Nicolas Winding Refn's thriller and Tomas Alfredson's Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy have been nominated for six awards apiece
Tomas Alfredson's Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive are leading the charge for the London Film Critics' Circle awards with six nominations apiece.
Alfredson's cold war espionage drama picked up nods for film of the year, British film of the year, actor of the year, British actor of the year, screenwriter of the year and technical achievement, while Winding Refn's Oscar-tipped noir thriller will fight it out for film of the year, director of the year, actor of the year, supporting actor of the year, British actress of the year and technical achievement.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy star Gary Oldman has been largely ignored by awards bodies so far, with the honourable exception of the San Francisco Film Critics' Circle (named best actor) and the...
Tomas Alfredson's Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive are leading the charge for the London Film Critics' Circle awards with six nominations apiece.
Alfredson's cold war espionage drama picked up nods for film of the year, British film of the year, actor of the year, British actor of the year, screenwriter of the year and technical achievement, while Winding Refn's Oscar-tipped noir thriller will fight it out for film of the year, director of the year, actor of the year, supporting actor of the year, British actress of the year and technical achievement.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy star Gary Oldman has been largely ignored by awards bodies so far, with the honourable exception of the San Francisco Film Critics' Circle (named best actor) and the...
- 12/20/2011
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
This year’s London Critics’ Circle nomination list is a tale of two Scandis with Tomas Alfredson’s Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and Drive, directed by Nicolas Winding Refn leading the charge with six shots at glory apiece. This year’s nominations also put Jessica Chastain and Octavia Spencer from The Help head-to-head in the supporting actress of the year category, both up against Sareh Bayat (A Separation), Vanessa Redgrave (Coriolanus) and Jacki Weaver (Animal Kingdom) in the battle to win the trophy. Alfredson and Refn, both Scandinavian, find their films vying for the London Critics’ Circle’s top accolade,
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- 12/20/2011
- by Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A Separation Trailer, Jodaeiye Nader az Simin Trailer. Asghar Farhadi‘s A Separation / Jodaeiye Nader az Simin (2011) movie trailer stars Peyman Moaadi, Leila Hatami, Sareh Bayat, Shahab Hosseini, and Babak Karimi. A Separation / Jodaeiye Nader az Simin‘s plot synopsis: “Nader (Peyman Moaadi)and Simin (Leila Hatami) argue about living abroad. Simin prefers to live abroad to provide better opportunities for their only daughter, Termeh. However, Nader refuses to go because he thinks he must stay in Iran and take care of his father (Ali-Asghar Shahbazi), who suffers from Alzheimers. However, Simin is determined to get a divorce and leave the country with her daughter.”
This looks good. Many of of the key moments are kept in shadow, off screen. The father is between a rock and a hard place. How does pushing someone out the door result in them dying?
Watch A Separation / Jodaeiye Nader az Simin movie trailer...
This looks good. Many of of the key moments are kept in shadow, off screen. The father is between a rock and a hard place. How does pushing someone out the door result in them dying?
Watch A Separation / Jodaeiye Nader az Simin movie trailer...
- 12/7/2011
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
From what I've been hearing, Iran's Oscar contending Foreign Language submission A Separation from director Asghar Farhadi and starring Leila Hatami, Peyman Moaadi, Shahab Hosseini and Sareh Bayat may be the film to beat in this year's race. I actually just received a screener copy yesterday and intend to watch it in the coming days along with In Darkness, Miss Bala and Le Havre as my foreign language plate this year is strangely empty. The synopsis for A Separation reads like this: Set in contemporary Iran, A Separation is a compelling drama about the dissolution of a marriage. Simin wants to leave Iran with her husband Nader and daughter Termeh. Simin sues for divorce when Nader refuses to leave behind his Alzheimer-suffering father. Her request having failed, Simin returns to her parents' home, but Termeh decides to stay with Nader. When Nader hires a young woman to assist with his father in his wife's absence,...
- 12/6/2011
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Despite the UK Film Council's golden age, 2011 was very much a mixed bag of events
In some ways, 2011 was the strangest year in living memory for British cinema. The UK Film Council was officially wound up at the end of March, a showy act from this coalition government, annulling a Labour creation on the grounds of high salaries and cronyism, but transferring much of its budget and responsibilities to the British Film Institute. And this at a time when the Film Council was having a golden age: a bag of Oscars for The King's Speech and a feeling that it had fostered real talent. Something was going very right for British cinema. Lynne Ramsey's We Need to Talk About Kevin premiered at Cannes; Steve McQueen's Shame and Andrea Arnold's Wuthering Heights made waves at Venice.
Two film-makers from Iran showed that cinema was able to address...
In some ways, 2011 was the strangest year in living memory for British cinema. The UK Film Council was officially wound up at the end of March, a showy act from this coalition government, annulling a Labour creation on the grounds of high salaries and cronyism, but transferring much of its budget and responsibilities to the British Film Institute. And this at a time when the Film Council was having a golden age: a bag of Oscars for The King's Speech and a feeling that it had fostered real talent. Something was going very right for British cinema. Lynne Ramsey's We Need to Talk About Kevin premiered at Cannes; Steve McQueen's Shame and Andrea Arnold's Wuthering Heights made waves at Venice.
Two film-makers from Iran showed that cinema was able to address...
- 12/5/2011
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Every now and then a film comes along which wraps you up so successfully in its atmosphere – one in which you would not normally find yourself exposed – that returning to the normal ‘everyday’ world you inhibit takes some re-adjusting.
Films like Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver, which suffocates you in the grim reality of 70s New York and the even grimmer psychosis of Travis Bickle; or Yasujiro Ozu’s Tokyo Story – a film which slowly draws you into the stifling societal structures of a Japanese culture and era which seems alien to modern audiences; or, more recently, We Need To Talk About Kevin – in which the creeping horror and unrelieved tension makes you more than glad to return to normality. Asqhar Farhadi’s A Separation is another one to add to the list.
We begin with a couple, Simir (Leila Hatami) and Nader (Peyman Moaadi), asking a judge for a divorce.
Films like Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver, which suffocates you in the grim reality of 70s New York and the even grimmer psychosis of Travis Bickle; or Yasujiro Ozu’s Tokyo Story – a film which slowly draws you into the stifling societal structures of a Japanese culture and era which seems alien to modern audiences; or, more recently, We Need To Talk About Kevin – in which the creeping horror and unrelieved tension makes you more than glad to return to normality. Asqhar Farhadi’s A Separation is another one to add to the list.
We begin with a couple, Simir (Leila Hatami) and Nader (Peyman Moaadi), asking a judge for a divorce.
- 11/25/2011
- by Robert Munro
- Obsessed with Film
Jean-Marc Vallée's Café du Flore Chantal Akerman, Joseph Cedar, Béla Tarr, Nuri Bilge Ceylan: AFI Fest 2011 World Cinema Selections Arirang: Traumatized by a near-fatal accident during filming, director Kim Ki-duk offers a visionary self-portrait of a troubled artist reeling from an emotional breakdown. Dir Kim Ki-duk. South Korea. U.S. Premiere. CAFÉ Du Flore: In his follow-up to C.R.A.Z.Y., Jean Marc Vallée tells two parallel stories connected by music about a Montreal D.J. and a mother devoted to her special-needs son. Dir/Scr Jean-Marc Vallée. Cast Vanessa Paradis, Kevin Parent, Hélène Florent, Evelyne Brochu, Marin Gerrier. Canada. U.S. Premiere. Extraterrestrial: Timecrimes director Nacho Vigalondo’s surprising second feature finds an alien invasion providing the backdrop for one of the most delightful romantic comedies in years. Dir/Scr Nacho Vigalondo. Cast Julian Villagran, Michelle Jenner, Raul Cimas, Carlos Areces, Miguel Noguera. Spain. Faust: Russian Ark director...
- 10/23/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
A Separation
Written and directed by Asghar Farhadi
Iran, 2011
A Separation is one of those multi-purpose titles that suggests many different conditions under examination in this richly textured film. The most obvious separation is the dissolution of the marriage between two main characters, Simin (Leila Hatami) and Nader (Peyman Moadi). Simin has a visa about to expire in forty days. Having failed to convince her husband to leave the country with her, she files for divorce and petitions the Iranian court to grant her custody of their daughter Termeh (Sarina Farhadi), believing she can find a better life and more opportunities for the two of them outside of Iran. Simin gets the divorce but not custody of Termeh, so she moves in with her family as she prepares her departure from Iran and seeks further legal recourse to bring her daughter with her.
Termeh continues to live with Nader for the time being,...
Written and directed by Asghar Farhadi
Iran, 2011
A Separation is one of those multi-purpose titles that suggests many different conditions under examination in this richly textured film. The most obvious separation is the dissolution of the marriage between two main characters, Simin (Leila Hatami) and Nader (Peyman Moadi). Simin has a visa about to expire in forty days. Having failed to convince her husband to leave the country with her, she files for divorce and petitions the Iranian court to grant her custody of their daughter Termeh (Sarina Farhadi), believing she can find a better life and more opportunities for the two of them outside of Iran. Simin gets the divorce but not custody of Termeh, so she moves in with her family as she prepares her departure from Iran and seeks further legal recourse to bring her daughter with her.
Termeh continues to live with Nader for the time being,...
- 10/5/2011
- by Kenneth
- SoundOnSight
In an effort to not fall behind on Nyff coverage, here's a double feature from Argentina (possible Oscar submission) and Iran (Oscar submission!) .
The Student
Have you ever longed to learn every detail of the chaotic, multi-partied, backroom deal heavy politics of Argentina through the metaphorical microcosm of elections at a Buenos Aires university? If you answered "yes" than Santiago Mitre's The Student is the movie for you! If you answered "huh, what?" than I should quickly add that I'm not entirely sure that that's what The Student is on about. The movie's continual barrage of name-and acronym heavy information, both in dialogue and in dry omniscient narration, and its crowded character map of continually changing alliances and sudden betrayals suggests to me that politically aware Argentinians would understand and revel in its deeper implications more clearly than I possibly could.
As it is I was, like the titular...
The Student
Have you ever longed to learn every detail of the chaotic, multi-partied, backroom deal heavy politics of Argentina through the metaphorical microcosm of elections at a Buenos Aires university? If you answered "yes" than Santiago Mitre's The Student is the movie for you! If you answered "huh, what?" than I should quickly add that I'm not entirely sure that that's what The Student is on about. The movie's continual barrage of name-and acronym heavy information, both in dialogue and in dry omniscient narration, and its crowded character map of continually changing alliances and sudden betrayals suggests to me that politically aware Argentinians would understand and revel in its deeper implications more clearly than I possibly could.
As it is I was, like the titular...
- 10/1/2011
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
The Iranian drama A Separation will make its NY premiere tomorrow evening as part of the 49th New York Film Festival (buy tickets here) (read my rave review here.) This daring and intensely captivating drama has already won accolades in a number of festivals, most notably Silver Bear honors for its leads and the prestigious Golden Bear prize from the Berlin International Film Festival. This thrilling feature’s internationally acclaimed writer/director Asghar Farhadi (pictured above accepting the honors with his daughter Sarina who co-stars in the film) has called A Separation, “a detective story” in which, “the detectives are the audience,” expounding, “The audience is the one in charge of solving the puzzles; there will be as many answers as a audiences.” After a press screening hosted by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, Farhadi told critics, “The answers [themselves] are not important. What is important is that you are thinking.
- 9/30/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Title: A Separation Directed By: Asghar Farhadi Written By: Asghar Farhadi Cast: Leila Hatami, Peyman Moadi, Shahab Hosseini, Sareh Bayat, Sarina Farhadi, Babak Karimi, Ali-Asghar Shahbazi, Shirin Yazdanbakhsh, Kimia Hosseini, Merila Zarei Screened at: Review 2, NYC, 9/27/11 Opens: December 30, 2011 This Iranian film may be as talky as anything by the French, but instead of dealing like them with romantic love and lust and the jealousies created thereby, writer-director Asghar Farhadi goes deeply into the broad questions of loyalty, justice, social class, religion, and nuances of behavior that make us root first for one citizen, then for the other, finally leaving us to make our own decisions as...
- 9/28/2011
- by Brian Corder
- ShockYa
2 new clips from Sony Pictures Classics A Separation, directed by Asghar Farhadi. Stars Peyman Moaadi an Leila Hatami. Winner of the 2011 Berlin International Film Festival's Golden Bear Award for Best Film, the Persian drama helmed by Asghar Farhadi opens on December 30th in New York and Los Angeles. Also in the cast of A Separation are Sareh Bayat, Shahab Hosseini, Sarina Farhadi and Merila Zare'i. We have 2 clips in standard and high definition from film set in in contemporary Iran which is a compelling drama is about the dissolution of a marriage. Simin wants to leave Iran with her husband Nader and daughter Termeh. Simin sues for divorce when Nader refuses to leave behind his Alzheimer-suffering father. Her request having failed, Simin returns to her parents’ home, but Termeh decides to stay with Nader.
- 9/13/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
2 new clips from Sony Pictures Classics A Separation, directed by Asghar Farhadi. Stars Peyman Moaadi an Leila Hatami. Winner of the 2011 Berlin International Film Festival's Golden Bear Award for Best Film, the Persian drama helmed by Asghar Farhadi opens on December 30th in New York and Los Angeles. Also in the cast of A Separation are Sareh Bayat, Shahab Hosseini, Sarina Farhadi and Merila Zare'i. We have 2 clips in standard and high definition from film set in in contemporary Iran which is a compelling drama is about the dissolution of a marriage. Simin wants to leave Iran with her husband Nader and daughter Termeh. Simin sues for divorce when Nader refuses to leave behind his Alzheimer-suffering father. Her request having failed, Simin returns to her parents’ home, but Termeh decides to stay with Nader.
- 9/13/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
The 49th New York Film Festival has announced their main slate which takes place September 30th thru October 16th at Lincoln Center. The closing night selection is Alexander Payne’s The Descendants which joins the gala screenings of opening night’s Roman Polanski’s Carnage, David Cronenberg’s A Dangerous Method, and the Almodóvar/Banderas reunion The Skin I Live In. Check out the lineup below along with a synopsis of each film:
Opening Night Gala Selection
Carnage
Director: Roman Polanski
Country: France/Germany/Poland
Centerpiece Gala Selection
My Week With Marilyn
Director: Simon Curtis
Country: UK
Special Gala Presentations
A Dangerous Method
Director: David Cronenberg
Country: UK/Canada/Germany
The Skin I Live In
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Country: Spain
Closing Night Gala Selection
The Descendants
Director: Alexander Payne
Country: USA
Main Slate Selection
4:44: Last Day On Earth
Director: Abel Ferrara
Country: USA
The Artist
Director: Michel Hazanavicius...
Opening Night Gala Selection
Carnage
Director: Roman Polanski
Country: France/Germany/Poland
Centerpiece Gala Selection
My Week With Marilyn
Director: Simon Curtis
Country: UK
Special Gala Presentations
A Dangerous Method
Director: David Cronenberg
Country: UK/Canada/Germany
The Skin I Live In
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Country: Spain
Closing Night Gala Selection
The Descendants
Director: Alexander Payne
Country: USA
Main Slate Selection
4:44: Last Day On Earth
Director: Abel Ferrara
Country: USA
The Artist
Director: Michel Hazanavicius...
- 8/19/2011
- by Christopher Clemente
- SoundOnSight
Press Release:
New York, August 17, 2011 -The Film Society of Lincoln Center announced today that Alexander Payne.s The Descendants will be the Closing Night Gala selection for the 49th New York Film Festival (September 30-October 16). Nyff.s main slate of 27 feature films was also announced as well as a return to the festival stage of audience favorite, On Cinema (previously titled The Cinema Inside Me), featuring an in-depth, illustrated conversation with Alexander Payne.
The 2011 edition of Nyff will also feature a unique blend of programming to complement the main-slate of films, including: the Masterworks programs, additional titles added to the previously announced Ben-hur, Nicholas Ray.s We Can.T Go Home Again and Velvet Bullets and Steel Kisses: Celebrating the Nikkatsu Centennial, as well as Views from the Avant-Garde, and several special event screenings, all of which will be announced in more detail shortly.
.In many of the films in this year.s Festival,...
New York, August 17, 2011 -The Film Society of Lincoln Center announced today that Alexander Payne.s The Descendants will be the Closing Night Gala selection for the 49th New York Film Festival (September 30-October 16). Nyff.s main slate of 27 feature films was also announced as well as a return to the festival stage of audience favorite, On Cinema (previously titled The Cinema Inside Me), featuring an in-depth, illustrated conversation with Alexander Payne.
The 2011 edition of Nyff will also feature a unique blend of programming to complement the main-slate of films, including: the Masterworks programs, additional titles added to the previously announced Ben-hur, Nicholas Ray.s We Can.T Go Home Again and Velvet Bullets and Steel Kisses: Celebrating the Nikkatsu Centennial, as well as Views from the Avant-Garde, and several special event screenings, all of which will be announced in more detail shortly.
.In many of the films in this year.s Festival,...
- 8/17/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The New York Film Festival have officially announced their main slate, including the closing night film. The latter will be Alexander Payne‘s The Descendants starring George Clooney, which will also bow at Toronto. Their line-up includes a lot of Cannes holdovers including new films from the Dardenne brothers, Lars von Trier, Wim Wenders, Jafar Panahi and Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, Joseph Cedar, as well as buzzed-about hits like The Artist, Le Havre, Once Upon a Time in Antatolia and Miss Bala. Out of the new films, we’ll be getting Martin Scorsese‘s George Harrison doc, Steve McQueen‘s Hunger follow-up Shame, as well as Abel Ferrara and Béla Tarr and Agnes Hranitzky films. I was also glad to see Sean Durkin‘s utterly excellent Martha Marcy May Marlene as part of the slate. Check out the full line-up below.
4:44: Last Day On Earth
Abel Ferrara, 2011, USA, 82min
How...
4:44: Last Day On Earth
Abel Ferrara, 2011, USA, 82min
How...
- 8/17/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
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