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"Even my death doesn't interest them!" Is any of this funny? Studiocanal has revealed an official trailer for a film titled Dear Paris, also called Paradis Paris (Paradise Paris), another Paris anthology film creation featuring an interconnected set of stories. Not related to 2006's Paris, I Love You anthology, but it reminds me of it anyway. A new film from the award-winning director Marjane Satrapi, witness a darkly hilarious love letter to the city of light - with a stunning ensemble cast including Monica Bellucci, Rossy de Palma, Alex Lutz, Martina García, Eduardo Noriega , and Ben Aldridge. A comedy with a dark sense of humor, where a flurry of charming characters confront death only to embrace life once again. This opens in France soon this month, but no international dates are set yet – expected later this year. This looks charming & amusing, with plenty of awkward humor. // Continue Reading ›...

Ben Aldridge (“Knock at the Cabin”) and Martina Garcia (“The Hidden Face”) have joined the cast of “Dear Paris,” Marjane Satrapi’s (“Persepolis”) ensemble drama which is one Studiocanal’s highlights at this week’s Unifrance Rendez-Vous showcase, along with Gilles Lellouche’s sprawling romance thriller “Beating Hearts.”

“Dear Paris” (“Paris Paradis”), produced by Vito Films, is a dark comedy set in the French capital where a flurry of charming characters confront death only to embrace life once again. The film also stars Monica Bellucci as a narcissistic Italian opera singer and Rossy De Palma as an eccentric elderly Colombian woman, as well as Eduardo Noriega, André Dussollier, Alex Lutz, Roschdy Zem and singer-turned-actor Gwendal Marimoutou (“Sam”).

The biggest title on Studiocanal’s roster is “Beating Hearts” (“L’amour ouf”), the highly anticipated epic love story starring François Civil, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Mallory Wanecque and Malik Frikah. The unconventional movie, now in post production,...

The Rome Film Festival (October 17-27) has unveiled its 2019 official selection, which includes Downton Abbey, Waves, Judy, The Aeronauts, Hustlers and Werner Herzog documentary Nomad[/link] about writer Bruce Chatwin.

A total of 33 films and documentaries will play in the official lineup (full list below). As previously announced, the fest will open with Edward Norton’s Motherless Brooklyn while Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman will have a centerpiece screening. Only two Italian movies are included in the main selection.

The festival also revealed a pre-opening October 16 world premiere for John Turturro’s anticipated The Big Lebowski spinoff, The Jesus Rolls, which follows Lebowski character Jesus Quintana.

The impressive lineup of onstage interviews includes Bill Murray and Viola Davis – both of whom will receive lifetime achievement awards – Fanny Ardant, Olivier Assayas, Ethan Coen, Benicio Del Toro, Bret Easton Ellis, Ron Howard, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Edward Norton, Bertrand Tavernier, John Travolta and Jia Zhangke.

Netflix's season two of Narcos has some new faces this season, one of them being actress Martina García who plays Maritza. We won't go too deep into her character to not spoil anything for you, but the 32-year-old star says her role is a meaningful one. Although she's was skeptical of shows and movies that depict the story of Escobar, because she grew up in Colombia during these violent times, she felt that Narcos was the exception. "It's an amazing show, a high-quality project with a lot of research behind it. I believe that out of all everything out there on this topic, this is the most responsible one with collecting and presenting the most accurate information,"...

Our resident VOD expert tells you what's new to rent and own this week on the various streaming services such as cable Movies On Demand, Amazon, iTunes, Vudu and, of course, Netflix. Cable Movies On Demand: Same-day-as-disc releases, older titles and pretheatrical exclusives for rent, priced from $3-$10, in 24- or 48-hour periods Chef (comedy; Jon Favreau, Sofia Vergara, Scarlett Johansson, John Leguizamo; rated R) The Fault in Our Stars (maudlin Ya drama; Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort; rated PG-13) Transformers: Age of Extinction (action; Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci; rated PG-13) Obvious Child (comedy; Jenny Slate, Gaby Hoffman; pre-dvd VOD release; rated R) ABCs of Death 2 (horror anthology; Martina García, Andy Nyman; pretheatrical release...

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Our resident VOD expert tells you what's new to rent and own this week on the various streaming services such as cable Movies On Demand, Amazon, iTunes, Vudu and, of course, Netflix. Cable Movies On Demand: Same-day-as-disc releases, older titles and pretheatrical exclusives for rent, priced from $3-$10, in 24- or 48-hour periods Chef (comedy; Jon Favreau, Sofia Vergara, Scarlett Johansson, John Leguizamo; rated R) The Fault in Our Stars (maudlin Ya drama; Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort; rated PG-13) Transformers: Age of Extinction (action; Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci; rated PG-13) Obvious Child (comedy; Jenny Slate, Gaby Hoffman; pre-dvd VOD release; rated R) The ABCs of Death 2 (horror anthology; Martina García, Andy Nyman; pretheatrical release...

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Despite being somewhat of a cinematic cliché, rarely has a feature been so aptly deserving of its description as a film of two halves – since Andrés Baiz’s production The Hidden Face is a compelling tale of intersecting narratives, in a feature that could quite easily be released as two separate films.

The picture opens as wealthy, voguish orchestra conductor Adrián (Quim Gutiérrez) receives a video message from his partner Belén (Clara Lago), in which she breaks up with him. Her sudden disappearance leaves Adrián dejected, confused but keen to move on, as he swiftly becomes romantically involved with barmaid Fabiana (Martina García). The pair fall madly in love as Fabiana moves in with her new lover. However her opening few days at her new residence are tainted by a paranoia that she is being haunted, following a string of mystifying incidents taking place in the bathroom, as she is...

The Hidden Face (La Cara Oculta) Trailer, Photo, Poster. Andrés Baiz‘s The Hidden Face / La Cara Oculta (2011) movie trailer, movie photo, movie poster stars Martina García, Quim Gutiérrez, and Clara Lago. The Hidden Face‘s plot synopsis: “A Spanish orchestra conductor deals with the mysterious disappearance of his girlfriend.”

The Hidden Face (La Cara Oculta) movie photo:

Martina García, The Hidden Face (La Cara Oculta) Photo

The Hidden Face (La Cara Oculta) movie poster:

The Hidden Face (La Cara Oculta) Poster

More on The Hidden Face: ”Co-written with Baiz by Hatem Khraiche, translated to English by Stewart St. John.”

Looks good, like Panic Room and Absolute Power mixed together. Why did the girlfriend have to play mind games with her boyfriend and test him? Is their relationship a game? Weird.

Watch The Hidden Face (La Cara Oculta) movie trailer and leave your thoughts on it below in the comments section.

Reviewed by Khia Beauchesne

(April 2011)

Directed by: Alejandro Springall

Written by: Alejandro Springall and Luis Aura

Starring: Eugenio Derbez, Martina García, Alejandra Barros and Juan Ríos

“No eres tú, soy yo” opens with the protagonist Javier (Eugenio Derbez) scrubbing in to assist with a surgery. The shots of the hospital and Javier as he enters the operating room with his co-workers are well-composed and colorful and have just the perfect amount of contrast. Fortunately, the audience can expect these brilliant frames throughout most of the movie.

Viewers quickly gather that Javier is the type of character with no luck whatsoever. During the first five minutes, Javier begs the senior surgeon to let him perform the surgery, but seconds later, the power goes out. Later, his best friend/business partner Martin (Juan Ríos) calls him to help out with a DJ gig their company is hosting. At the party, once again...

Reviewed by Khia Beauchesne

(April 2011)

Directed by: Alejandro Springall

Written by: Alejandro Springall and Luis Aura

Starring: Eugenio Derbez, Martina García, Alejandra Barros and Juan Ríos

“No eres tú, soy yo” opens with the protagonist Javier (Eugenio Derbez) scrubbing in to assist with a surgery. The shots of the hospital and Javier as he enters the operating room with his co-workers are well-composed and colorful and have just the perfect amount of contrast. Fortunately, the audience can expect these brilliant frames throughout most of the movie.

Viewers quickly gather that Javier is the type of character with no luck whatsoever. During the first five minutes, Javier begs the senior surgeon to let him perform the surgery, but seconds later, the power goes out. Later, his best friend/business partner Martin (Juan Ríos) calls him to help out with a DJ gig their company is hosting. At the party, once again...

Reviewed by Bryan Buss

(January 2011)

Directed/Written by: Sebastián Cordero, based on the novel by Sergio Bizzio

Starring: Gustavo Sánchez Parra, Martina García, Concha Velasco, Xavier Elorriaga, Alex Brendemühl and Icíar Bollaín

A South American immigrant construction worker living in Spain, José María (Gustavo Sánchez Parra) has an anger problem. He’s not respected, he can’t get a leg up in the world, and he’s broke. The only good thing in his life is his sweet and beautiful Colombian girlfriend, Rosa (Martina García), who works as a maid for the wealthy Torreses (Xavier Elorriaga and the incomparable Concha Velasco). She’s out of his league, and he knows it, and everyone else knows it, which makes him insanely jealous and insecure.

All he wants is a simple life with Rosa, but his rage threatens to deny him even that because his jealousy and defensiveness often get out of...

Reviewed by Bryan Buss

(January 2011)

Directed/Written by: Sebastián Cordero, based on the novel by Sergio Bizzio

Starring: Gustavo Sánchez Parra, Martina García, Concha Velasco, Xavier Elorriaga, Alex Brendemühl and Icíar Bollaín

A South American immigrant construction worker living in Spain, José María (Gustavo Sánchez Parra) has an anger problem. He’s not respected, he can’t get a leg up in the world, and he’s broke. The only good thing in his life is his sweet and beautiful Colombian girlfriend, Rosa (Martina García), who works as a maid for the wealthy Torreses (Xavier Elorriaga and the incomparable Concha Velasco). She’s out of his league, and he knows it, and everyone else knows it, which makes him insanely jealous and insecure.

All he wants is a simple life with Rosa, but his rage threatens to deny him even that because his jealousy and defensiveness often get out of...

Review by Mike Gregory

Sebastián Cordero’s 2009 film, Rage reminded me of two films, Steve McQueen’s 2008

film “Hunger,” and George Sluzier’s 1988 thriller, “The Vanishing.” Considering how much I

despised both of those films, bearing similarity to each of them is not a good sign. Rage is just

as pretentious as “Hunger,” and just as boring as “The Vanishing.”

Films that take themselves seriously are not automatically bad films (unless the situation calls for

it not to, but never mind). Some great films have been serious dramas. But a film of any kind

has to give us something that makes us not hate ourselves for watching it. “Rage” doesn’t do

that. In every area, this Mexican film is a failure. It’s neither romantic nor suspenseful. Worst

of all, it’s a film so boring that I could barely get myself to hate it.

Jose Maria (Gustavo Sánchez Parra...

We’ve already talked about Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s Biutiful and we finally have a chance to show you the first poster and two photos from this movie which stars Javier Bardem.

Javier Bardem In Biutiful

As we know, Biutiful will be shown at this year’s Cannes Film Festival In Competition. With star power of Javier Bardem in the leading role, the public probably have more eyes on this one than on the other In Competition rivals, from the start. Biutiful is already described as Spanish-language “urban thriller.”

Javier Bardem In Biutiful

Here’s Biutiful synopsis: A man involved in illegal dealing is confronted by his childhood friend, who is now a policeman. At the heart of Biutiful is the intimate, powerful story of Uxbal, a man who finds himself desperately alone, trying to maintain his balance between survival in a marginal neighborhood and safeguarding the future of his...

Ok, we all love Javier Bardem, right, especially after No Country For Old Men and Vicky Cristina Barcelona.

That’s why, although, at first moment, we had no detailed information about Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s upcoming movie titled Biutiful, we already have a feeling that it would be awesome.

And we’ll finally have a chance to enjoy Bardem on big screen at Cannes Film Festival 2010 because this movie is in this year competition!

So, as we said, Javier Bardem is the leading star in Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s Biutiful, which is actually the first project of Gonzalez after his much-publicized bust-up with former screenwriting partner Guillermo Arriaga.

If you don’t remember these names, let us remind you that Arriaga and Gonzalez Inarritu were Mexico’s most successful filmmaking duo, starting with their breakout hit Amores Perros in 2000 and the subsequent leap into Hollywood with English-language pics 21 Grams and Babel that formed a trilogy.

Sebastián Cordero's third film Rabia is a romantic thriller about José María (Gustavo Sánchez Parra), a construction worker on the run for killing his foreman who hides in the mansion where his girlfriend Rosa (Martina García) works as a housekeeper. Rabia had its World Premiere in the Contemporary World Cinema program at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival, where Diana Sanchez wrote in her program capsule: "Rabia is an incisive commentary on the frustration of Latin Americans living in Spain. Victims of racism and paternalism, they must endure humiliation in order to keep their jobs, send money home and attain a better future. Often robbed of dignity, many are forced to live like José María--hidden, the unwanted other in Spanish daily life." Rabia now boasts its Us premiere at the 2010 Palm Springs International Film Festival.

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