'Rio, I Love You' Trailers: A Huge Cast Falls In Love In (And With) Rio De Janeiro
In two Rio I Love You trailers, a huge cast and ten directors tell stories of being in love in Rio de Janeiro, and in some cases of being in love with Rio.
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'360' Trailer - 'Constant Gardener' Director Fernando Meirelles And Star Rachel Weisz Reunite For Erotic Drama
After receiving worldwide acclaim for City of God and The Constant Gardener, director Fernando Meirelles took a stumble with his most recent film, Blindness. Now he's angling to get back on top with 360, an erotic drama inspired by the Arthur Schnitzler's play Reigen. (Another of Schnitzler's works once served as the source material for Stanely…
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New Images: Rachel Weisz, Jude Law, Ben Foster And Anthony Hopkins In '360'
One of the more appealing TIFF premieres is 360, from director Fernando Meirelles (City of God). We've covered the film a bit in the past year and change as it cast Rachel Weisz, Jude Law, Anthony Hopkins, Ben Foster and more, but things have been a bit quiet since then. The film is written by…
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First Toronto Festival Announcements Include New Work From George Clooney, David Cronenberg And Francis Ford Coppola
If you're more interested in the typical fall slate of festival entrees than summer's glut of tentpole action fare, this is a great week. The Toronto International Film Festival announced the first wave of films that will play the fest in September. This is a batch of about 50 titles, which makes up only a…
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This Week In Trailers: Circo, The Great White Silence, Norwegian Wood, All That Remains, Waste Land, The Bleeding
Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: I celebrate all levels of trailers and hopefully this column will satisfactorily give you a baseline of what beta wave I’m…
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Anthony Hopkins Joins Rachel Weisz In Fernando Meirelles' '360;' Frances McDormand And Eminem In Talks
We missed a big piece of casting news about a week ago, which was that Rachel Weisz had signed on for Fernando Meirelles' film 360. The picture is scripted by the ubiquitous-of-late Peter Morgan, based on a play by Arthur Schnitzler. (The gent who wrote Traumnovelle, which was last adapted to film as Eyes Wide…
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Fernando Meirelles To Direct 360, Written By Peter Morgan
I've been waiting for Fernando Meirelles to make a new film I can really love in the same way I loved City of God. The Constant Gardener had its high points, but Blindness was a serious disappointment in a lot of ways. So, especialy since the news comes in the midle of a dispirited summer…
Read MoreBlindness International Movie Trailer
Alliance Films has released the international trailer for Fernando Meirelles’ Cannes hit Blindness. Adapted from Nobel Laureate Jose Saramago’s masterwork, BLINDNESS is a harrowing tale about the fragility of mankind. Directed by the Academy Award® nominated (City Of God) Fernando Meirelles, from a screenplay by the Tony Award® winning (The Drowsy Chaperone) Don McKellar, BLINDNESS…
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