|
Post by piercebrosnanhot on Sept 14, 2012 12:02:29 GMT -5
THAT'S A VERY GOOD NEWS FOR BOTH PIERCE AND HIS FANS... ;DAWESOME DUDE !!
|
|
|
Post by Ace on Sept 14, 2012 23:00:26 GMT -5
moviecitynews.com/2012/09/tiff12-review-love-is-all-you-need/ MCN: TIFF12 Review: Love is All You NeedBy: Kim Voynar Susanne Bier’s latest film, Love is All You Need, takes an accessible, easy-to-digest premise – at their children’s wedding, a man who’s closed himself off to love meets a sympathetic woman whose marriage is falling apart – and makes of it a much better film than it sounds on paper, thanks in no small part to a smart screenplay by Anders Thomas Jensen, who’s just good enough at storytelling to pull it all off. I enjoyed this film quite a lot, although I went into it fully prepared for it to be overly saccharine, based on the catalog description. It’s not. Bier and Jensen have crafted an entertaining little slip of a story here, quite Danish in style and with bit of a humorous bent, and if it’s not taking itself too seriously, well, it is at least entertaining to sit with for a couple hours. The man in question, Phillip (Pierce Brosnan, whose presence also lends heft to keep things from being too fluffy), is a wealthy trader of fruits, and we learn early on that he’s an emotionally impotent, walled-off jerk who rejects any semblance of kindness or connection from others and treats his employees like chattel. Ida (Trine Dyrholm, previously seen in weightier works A Celebration, Troubled Water, and In a Better World) comes home from her final chemotherapy treatment to find her husband, Leif (Kim Bodnia) on their couch balling Tilde-from-accounting, a hot blond who’s keen to make Leif her own man. Everybody comes together at the wedding of Phillip’s son Patrick ( Sebastian Jessen) to Ida’s daughter Astrid (Molly Blixt Egelind). Also along for the ride is Paprika Steen as Benedikte, Phillip’s brash, brassy sister-in-law, who’s always had a thing for him, and hopes to use the auspicious occasion of the wedding to kindle a little flame of her own. Steen is a terrific actress, one of my favorites of any culture, but Benedikte is so over-the-top that she tends to play a bit more as caricature than character; then again, so is Leif a bit of a caricature, and so is Tilde-from-accounting, so perhaps it was an intentional choice on the part of Bier and Jensen to render the less appealing characters with broader strokes, all the better to contrast and define those that are more firmly on the “good” side – Ida and Phillip, of course, but also Patrick and, especially, Astrid. It all plays a bit like a soap opera, but it’s a mostly entertaining one, and the scenery, especially once everyone goes off to Italy, is stunningly lovely and will make you want to call your travel agent to start planning your next vacation. I could see this one doing well on the arthouse circuit, boosted by its rom-com-for-older-women sweet spot and the built-in appeal of the undeniably sexy – but also here sometimes bumbling and funny and sweet – Mr. Brosnan. It’s also exactly the kind of nice little film you could easily see some Hollywood studio think about buying remake rights for, after which they would take Jensen’s charming little script, butcher it mightily, cast some older actress (Meg Ryan, perhaps, or if they were sincerely aiming for “good,” maybe Meryl Streep (visions of Mama Mia?) or Toni Collette or Patricia Clarkson in the lead role, and turn it into some overly sentimental, sappy romantic comedy targeted squarely at middle-aged housewives in the Heartland who won’t watch films with subtitles. Here’s hoping that won’t happen; Bier has already done a perfectly fine job here with Jensen’s material, and it wouldn’t hurt some folks to stretch a little and learn to watch films with subtitles anyhow.
|
|
|
Post by Ace on Sept 15, 2012 11:13:54 GMT -5
TIME: Postcards from the Festivals: Seven Films at Toronto and Venice
What did you miss by skipping the September fests? This batch of movies, some worth catchingBy Richard and Mary Corliss | September 15, 2012 Love Is All You NeedGold dust sprinkles the opening credits of a film that its director describes as “warm, funny and life-affirming.” After winning the foreign-language Oscar last year for the dour drama In a Better World, Danish writer-director Susanne Bier goes buoyant and bubbly in this story of love among the middle-agers. Ida (Trine Dyrholm), a woman recovering from cancer, has just discovered her husband on the living-room couch with a younger woman. With a fender-bender in an airport garage, she literally bumps into Philip (Pierce Brosnan), a stuffy businessman and imminent in-law; she and he are both flying to an Italian wedding that will unite her daughter and his son. Ida and Philip freeze and thaw; they love and love some more. Evoking the rapprochement of an American businessman (Jack Lemmon) and a young Englishwoman (Juliet Mills) on the picturesque island of Ischia in Billy Wilder’s Avanti!, Bier presses the undeniable truth that a vacation in Italy can do wonders to turn repressions into exuberance, and rivals into lovers. Even those chilly souls who resist second-time-around romances may surrender to a feel-good movie that, through sheer sunniness, accomplishes its salutary goal. —M.C.
|
|
|
Post by Ace on Sept 16, 2012 12:15:58 GMT -5
Top picks from the 2012 Toronto International Film FestivalThe Canadian Press Sep 16, 2012 TORONTO - The Toronto International Film Festival ended on the weekend after unspooling 289 feature films over 11 days of movie madness. The Canadian Press writers who covered the fest pick their favourite titles. Here they are (in alphabetical order): "Argo" — Textbook popcorn thriller, but it works. This crackerjack political drama definitively establishes Ben Affleck as one of Hollywood's top directors, while shedding light on a previously secret CIA mission to extract six U.S. citizens from Iran during the 1979 hostage crisis. It sets a relentless pace from the get-go, albeit with the help of some convenient dramatizations that ramp up suspense and CIA heroics while downplaying Canada's key involvement. (Opens Oct. 12) "Bad 25" — At first blush, movie-goers might first be puzzled as to why Spike Lee chose to focus his new documentary on Michael Jackson's erratic "Thriller" followup. But that's just the point. Lee's riveting film is jam-packed with mesmerizing archival material and insightful interviews explaining what drove the King of Pop as he tried to outdo his own history-making album. Prepare to be humming "Smooth Criminal" for days after viewing. (Airs on ABC on Nov. 22). "A Late Quartet" — Critical darlings Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener and Christopher Walken star in this exquisite tale of a New York City string quartet thrown into disarray after their leader becomes ill. The discipline of a classical music career is rendered in fascinating detail and Walken's restrained portrayal of a kindly cellist struggling with his mortality is already earning Oscar whispers. (Opens Nov. 23) "Looper" — Selecting the festival's opening film can't be easy and the final decision is usually a subject of much debate. But there's no question TIFF organizers nailed it this year. Industry insiders had good reason to show up for Day 1 of the festival, to catch the world premiere of this smart, sci-fi film starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis and Emily Blunt. It's got A-list star power, enough action to satisfy thrill seekers, and a compelling, twisty story that lends it the potential to become that all-too-rare commodity at the box office: a blockbuster with brains. (Opens Sept. 28) "Love is All You Need" — In different hands, this could have been a typically trite feel-good rom-com — a Danish "Mamma Mia!" without the musical outbursts. But Oscar-winning director Susanne Bier balances fizz with feeling in a film that remains breezy while acknowledging some harsh truths. Pierce Brosnan and Trine Dyrholm have crackling chemistry as single strangers brought together by their kids' wedding on a beautiful chunk of the Italian coast, and that combined with Bier's subtle style gives us something rare — a romantic comedy imbued with actual romance. (Opens in 2013)"Quartet" — Two-time Oscar-winning actor Dustin Hoffman deserves a big "Bravo" for directing this sharp and charming comedy, about a retirement home occupied by former opera artists. Scottish wag Billy Connolly offers a master class in comedic timing as the home's cheeky ladies' man while Maggie Smith is pitch-perfect as the icy diva who's averse to singing in the facility's annual gala. Tom Courtenay adds a sensitive touch as her jilted ex, Pauline Collins warms the heart as her best friend, and Michael Gambon steals the show as the gala's director. "Rust & Bone" — A makeup-less Marion Cotillard delivers a haunting portrait of a depressed and hopeless orca trainer who loses her legs in an accident at work. Brawny and gritty co-star Matthias Schoenaerts is equally raw as a struggling single father who bonds with Cotillard's character as he turns to underground fighting to make a fast buck. Director and co-writer Jacques Audiard keeps the drama grounded in this adaptation of Canadian Craig Davidson's short story collection, never shying away from the painful, awkward or arousing elements of the characters' unlikely union. (Opens Dec. 21) "Silver Linings Playbook" — The seriously messed-up romantic leads of this huge-hearted comedy, played by Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence, are brought together by their shared urge for honesty, even if it's the sort of tactless, blurted-out candidness that can bring a dinner party to a screeching halt. Well, the audience appreciates it anyway. Written and directed by David O. Russell from a novel by Matthew Quick, this film expertly mines laughs from its cast of engaging oddballs — including a surprising Robert De Niro playing against type — without making fun of them. (Opens Nov. 21) "Smashed" — Too often, films about addiction veer into heavy melodrama or turn into sensational shockfests. Here's a look at alcoholism that's grounded by a moving naturalism, even as its flawed heroine spirals through after-work benders that go from hilarious to sad to frightening. Mary Elizabeth Winstead delivers a career-making performance as a young schoolteacher who realizes she's lost control of her drinking. The stellar supporting cast includes "Breaking Bad"'s Aaron Paul as her enabling husband, "Parks and Recreation"'s Nick Offerman as her sympathetic co-worker and Oscar-winner Octavia Spencer as her AA sponsor. (Opens Nov. 2) "Yellow" — He's probably best known for spawning a billion tears by directing Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams in the mainstream romantic drama "The Notebook," so it's a bit surprising to see Nick Cassavetes helming this quirky mind-trip of a movie. The dark dramatic comedy stars Heather Wahlquist as a pill-popping substitute elementary school teacher struggling to keep her personal demons at bay and provide for her kids. A string of delightfully out-there dream sequences that punctuate her travails are a highlight, along with performances from a strong supporting cast led by Ray Liotta, Melanie Griffith and Sienna Miller. ___ By Canadian Press film festival reporters Victoria Ahearn, Andrea Baillie, Michael Oliveira, Nick Patch and Cassandra Szklarski.
|
|
|
Post by rosafermu on Sept 17, 2012 5:36:49 GMT -5
|
|
|
Post by Ace on Sept 17, 2012 6:42:26 GMT -5
From Twitter: Nordisk Film Denmark @ NordiskFilmDK The bald hairdresser has now sold 254,487 tickets and had larger ticket sales in the second weekend which is very unusual!
|
|
|
Post by rosafermu on Sept 17, 2012 13:50:15 GMT -5
It is wonderful. Congratulations !
|
|
|
Post by rosafermu on Sept 17, 2012 14:09:13 GMT -5
;D Attachments:
|
|
|
Post by eaz35173 on Sept 19, 2012 11:41:02 GMT -5
OSCAR-UDMELDING 21. SEPTEMBER
13TH SEPTEMBER 2012 | BY LARS FIIL-JENSEN The Danish participant in the race for an Oscar nomination appointment of Friday 21 September after time. 12.30. The date has been moved from 18 September. Three films have been shortlisted: Marie Krøyer The bald barber A royal affair www.dfi.dk/Nyheder/FILMupdate/2012/September/Oscar-udmelding-den-21,-d-,-september.aspx
|
|
|
Post by rosafermu on Sept 19, 2012 13:11:11 GMT -5
Great new !!! Thanks
|
|
|
Post by Ace on Sept 19, 2012 15:49:41 GMT -5
My guess, the postponment means it's being heavily debated. I agree with Scott Feinberg's reasoning in his Hollywood Reporter Oscar Foreign Film report that it will probably be A Royal Affair. www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/oscars-foreign-language-film-submissions-370335Denmark The Danes have formally narrowed their field to three finalists in advance of their meeting on Friday at noon, local time: (1) Love Is All You Need, a rom-com set in the present day that was directed by Susanne Bier, who was nominated for the best foreign language Oscar six years ago for After the Wedding and won it two years ago for In a Better World; (2) Marie Krøyer, also known as The Passion of Marie, a historical biopic about a famous 19th-century Danish painter and his wife, which was directed by Billie August, who won the best foreign language Oscar 25 years ago for Pelle the Conqueror, but didn't direct another Danish-language film again until this one; and (3) A Royal Affair, another based-on-real-events period piece drama about an 18th-century royal love triangle, this one directed by Nikolaj Arcel, who is best known for adapting The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo books for the recent Swedish film trilogy.
Bier is certainly the filmmaker with the highest profile of the three, but her film, which premiered at Venice and then came to Toronto, could be at a disadvantage for several reasons: its subject matter is lighter than and lacks the gravitas of its competitors; it largely revolves around a foreign star (Hollywood A-lister Pierce Brosnan); and Bier was last dispatched to the Oscars -- and had her moment in the sun -- so recently that some may want to highlight another talented Danish filmmaker. That desire could also play against August and his film, even if his trip to the Oscars came a quarter-century ago. Arcel, meanwhile, is a young up-and-comer -- he turned 40 just last month -- who has never before been recognized.
I believe that the committee will ultimately select A Royal Affair. The film premiered at Berlin (where it was awarded the prizes for best screenplay, for Arcel, and best actor, for star Mikkel Boe Folsgaard) and then went to Telluride and Toronto -- the precise course that was followed by last year's eventual winner of the best foreign language film Oscar, Iran's A Separation. Affair has been warmly received everywhere. Indeed, after its North American premiere screening in Toronto's majestic Roy Thomson Hall, it generated one of only a handful of standing ovations that were issued at this year's fest. (The others went to Silver Linings Playbook, Argo, Cloud Atlas, The Sessions, The Sapphires and The Impossible.)
|
|
|
Post by eaz35173 on Sept 21, 2012 1:51:40 GMT -5
Q&A at the TIFF Screening .....
|
|
|
Post by eaz35173 on Sept 21, 2012 10:26:43 GMT -5
You called it, Ace.... From Variety ... www.variety.com/article/VR1118059622?refcatid=13Posted: Fri., Sep. 21, 2012, 5:52am PT Denmark sends 'Royal Affair' to Oscars Costumer won two prizes at Berlin fest By LEO BARRACLOUGH LONDON -- Denmark has selected Nikolaj Arcel's historical drama "A Royal Affair" as its entry in the foreign-language Oscar contest. The Euros 6 million ($7.8 million) budgeted pic world preemed at the Berlin Film Festival, where Mikkel Boe Folsgaard won the prize for actor and Rasmus Heisterberg and Arcel won for their script. It grossed more than $6 millions on home turf, and has been sold to 78 countries. Magnolia Pictures releases the film in the U.S. on Nov. 9. The film, which is set in 18th-century Denmark, centers on the affair between the country's queen, played by Alicia Vikander, and the king's physician, limned by Mads Mikkelsen. Folsgaard plays the king. Arcel made his feature debut in 2004 with the political thriller "King's Game," and had his international breakthrough as co-writer on Niels Arden Oplev's "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo." "A Royal Affair" is produced by Louise Vesth, Sisse Graum Jorgensen and Meta Louise Foldager for Zentropa, and received coin from the Danish Film Institute. It was chosen by the Danish Oscar Submitting Committee, whose members include reps of various sections of the local film biz. The panel included Henrik Bo Nielsen, CEO of the Danish Film Institute, producer Tivi Magnusson, Kim Pedersen, prexy of the Danish Cinema Association, and helmer Mette-Ann Schepelern. The other films on the shortlist were Susanne Bier's "Love Is All You Need" and Bille August's "Marie Kroyer."The Academy announces its noms on Jan. 10. Contact Leo Barraclough at leo.barraclough@variety.com
|
|
|
Post by Ace on Sept 25, 2012 22:35:25 GMT -5
Will run in the "Narrative Competition" at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival (Oct 10-22) and will screen the 15th, 16th and 17th
|
|
|
Post by Ace on Oct 1, 2012 20:06:19 GMT -5
Vancouver Sun: Two films to see at VIFFLove is All You NeedAcademy award-winning director Susanne Bier certainly knows how to craft poignant drama, but this marks the Danish auteur’s first foray into romantic comedy. Based on a book called the Bald Hairdresser, this charming and beautifully performed movie for grown-ups features Pierce Brosnan and Trine Dyrholm as parents gathering in Italy for the marriage of their offspring. Brosnan is a type A achiever who keeps his heart in the deep freeze following the death of his wife. Dyrholm is a breast cancer survivor struggling with the physical and emotional scars of illness, as well as a two-timing tool of a husband. Together, these two veterans with endless sex appeal kindle all kinds of fiery chemistry while their kids burn rubber going around in dishonest circles. If the sweet and sympathetic characters don’t win you over, the breathtaking coast of Southern Italy will. - Katherine Monk, Postmedia News
|
|
|
Post by Ace on Oct 2, 2012 21:46:14 GMT -5
The film was #1 for the 4th week in a row in Denmark www.ekkofilm.dk/?allowbreak=false&id=1792The year's most-watched film at 30 September 2012 1) Hvidsten Group: 764,516 tickets 2) The Dark Knight Rises: 562,555 3) A royal affair: 527,263 4) The bald hairdresser: 477,477 5) Ice Age 4: On shaky ground: 355,185 6) My sister's children home alone: 310,556 7) The Avengers: 305,004 8 ) The Hunger Games: 251,650 9) Puss: 243,643 10) Iron Lady: 204,738
|
|
|
Post by rosafermu on Oct 3, 2012 12:07:00 GMT -5
|
|
|
Post by rosafermu on Oct 4, 2012 11:44:26 GMT -5
Pierce and S ???usanne Bier in Venice Attachments:
|
|
|
Post by Ace on Oct 6, 2012 18:36:43 GMT -5
Poster from Austria (not crazy about the photo shopping)
|
|
|
Post by rosafermu on Oct 8, 2012 7:17:22 GMT -5
|
|