Focus Features Seeks Distribution Rights to ‘Seeking A Friend For The End of the World’

NEW YORK, May 9, 2011 – Focus Features has acquired U.S. distribution rights to “Seeking a Friend for the End of the World”, written and to be directed by Lorene Scafaria. Indian Paintbrush and Mandate Pictures are co-financing the movie. The contemporary comedic romance stars Golden Globe Award winner Steve Carell and Academy Award nominee […]

Julie and Julia: A Kitchen of Their Own

The kitchen, that physical space which also represented the imaginary boundary where women were relegated in the past, is the center of the latest film by director Nora Ephron. Julie and Julia: A kitchen of their own. The film “Julie and Julia” contrasts the life of cook Julia Child in Paris in the 1950’s with […]

A Serious Man: An Ethical Life

 For those of us looking for answers in cinema, “A Serious Man” may seem like a cruel joke. On the other hand, the Coen Brother’s film might offer the only real comfort one can get from great art: the certainty that we are not alone, that others share our existential malaise A SERIOUS MAN: An […]

Biutiful o El Calvario de Uxbal

Biutiful, como el desgarrador filme sobre la adolescente obesa, Precious, es todo lo contrario de lo que sugiere su título: es horrible, o mejor dicho, esperpéntica.  Y es por eso que la cinta de Alejandro González Iñarritu está geográfica y artísticamente a años luz de las barriadas neoyorkinas de Precious, cuyas referencias comienzan y terminan […]