The Postman’s White Nights Written by Elena Kiseleva and Andrey Konchalovskiy Directed by Andrey Konchalovskiy Russia, 2014 Set on the beautiful, densely wooded shores of Lake Kenozero in northern Russia, Andrey Konchalovskiy’s The Postman’s White Nights, winner of the Silver Lion at last year’s Venice International Film Festival, is an offbeat exploration of small town …
With this weekend’s Total Recall cashing in on a trend we could conceivably never see the end of (at least in this lifetime), the question I’m posing refers to what we have to look forward to, but not from bombastic, shallow-minded “anti-auteurs;” we look instead to the distinguished festival elite. Putting aside the innumerable trademarks …
George Clooney‘s newest directorial effort, Ides Of March, was just announced to open the Venice Film Festival. The film is loosely based on Beau Williams‘ play Farragut North on the 2004 Democratic primary and one of its candidates Howard Dean. Clooney looks to have another big year, directing and starring in this picture along with …