Friday, 15 April 2011

In Full: Cannes Film Festival 2011 lineup

The lineup for the 2011 Cannes Film Festival has been unveiled today. New films from Woody Allen, Gus Van Sant and Terrence Malick will premiere at the event, while blockbuster Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides will debut in an out-of-competition slot.

Below is a full list of films screening at the 64th Cannes Film Festival, which runs from May 11 to May 22.

Opening Film (out of competition)
Midnight in Paris (Woody Allen)

In Competition
L'Apollonide - Souvenirs de la Maison Close (Bertrand Bonello)
Drive (Nicolas Winding Refn)
Footnote (Joseph Cedar)
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (Takashi Miike)
Hanezu No Tsuki (Naomi Kawase)
Le Havre (Aki Kaurismäki)
The Kid with the Bike (Dardenne Brothers)
Melancholia (Lars von Trier)
Michael (Markus Schleinzer)
Once Upon A Time in Anatolia (Nuri Bilge Ceylan)
Pater (Alain Cavalier)
Polisse (Maiwenn)
The Skin that I Inhabit (Pedro Almodóvar)
Sleeping Beauty (Julia Leigh)
La source des femmes (Radu Mihaileanu)
The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick)
This Must Be The Place (Paolo Sorrentino)
We Have a Pope (Nanni Moretti)
We Need To Talk About Kevin (Lynne Ramsay)

Out of Competition
The Artist (Michel Hazanavicius)
The Beaver (Jodie Foster)
La conquête (Xavier Durringer)
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (Rob Marshall)

Un Certain Regard
Arirang (Kim Ki-Duk)
Bonsai (Christian Jimenez)
The Day He Arrives (Hong Sang-Soo)
Et maintenant, on va où? (Nadine Labaki)
Halt auf freier Strecke (Andreas Dresen)
Hors Satan (Bruno Dumont)
The Hunter (Bakur Bakuradze)
L'exercice de l'Etat (Pierre Schoeller)
Loverboy (Catalin Mitulescu)
Martha Marcy May Marlene (Sean Durkin)
Miss Bala (Gerardo Naranjo)
Les neiges du Kilimandjaro (Robert Guédiguian)
Oslo, August 31st (Joachim Trier)
Restless (Gus Van Sant)
Skoonheid (Oliver Hermanus)
Tatsumi (Eric Khoo)
Toomelah (Ivan Sen)
Travailler fatigue (Juliana Rojas, Marco Dutra)
Yellow Sea (Na Hong-jin)

Midnight Screenings
Days of Grace (Everardo Gout)
Wu Xia (Chen Peter Ho-Sun)

Special Screenings
Labrador (Frederikke Aspöck)
Le maître des forges de l'enfer (Rithy Panh)
Un documentaire sur Michel Petrucciani (Michael Radford)
Tous au Larzac (Christian Rouaud)

Thursday, 14 April 2011

Kirstie Alley 'glad for Travolta Gotti role'



Kirstie Alley has expressed her excitement over the announcement that John Travolta has signed to play alleged mob boss John Gotti in an upcoming biopic.

The actress, who has remained friends with Travolta since they starred together in the 1989 film Look Who's Talking, confessed that she "can't wait" to see him take on the role in Gotti: Three Generations.

"I think that's the most brilliant thing. He asked me should he do it. And it was a no-brainer," she told Extra.

"I'm ecstatic. I can't wait to see him."

Travolta previously offered his support to Alley as she embarked upon a stint on Dancing with the Stars.

He has described the legacy of the Gotti family as "the most interesting untold story in this country".

Wednesday, 13 April 2011

Helen Mirren 'was scared of Russell Brand'

Dame Helen Mirren has revealed that she was nervous about starring alongside Russell Brand in The Tempest.

The actress had already starred in Arthur with the comedian but insisted that she hadn't spent much time with him.

She told Stylist: "I kind of jumped, but with terrible trepidation. Mostly because it was Russell! We had worked on The Tempest together but never really spent time together until this. Russell is quite an intimidating person."

However, the 65-year-old admitted that she "fell in love" with Brand when she got to know him better.

Mirren explained: "He's so brilliant and rock and roll and I feel so boring and ordinary next to him. So it was quite scary. And I'm not very good at edgy, modern comedy. But in the film meeting I saw this incredibly bright and interesting person making this thing happen - and I fell in love."

Brand previously confessed that he was worried about working with the Oscar-winning star.

He said: "I was frightened before I met her, it made me talk a bit different - like my breathing changed."

Anna Paquin: 'Scream 4 felt like easy choice'



Anna Paquin has revealed that the trick to screaming in Scream 4 is to remember that "none of it's real".

The True Blood star was cast in the new instalment of the horror franchise, where she joined regulars Neve Campbell, David Arquette and Courteney Cox.

She told The Hollywood Reporter: "[Scream 4] feels like an easy choice because you already know everyone loves it."

When asked about her scream, the actress added: "The bottom line is, it's all acting."

Other newcomers to join the seires include Hayden Panettiere and Emma Roberts.

Arquette and Cox recently told a press conference that returning to the film was like being part of a family again, particularly as Cox's character has a child in the film.

However, veteran slasher director Wes Craven admitted recently that the film did not feel like one of his own since Scream 3 writer Ehren Kruger was brought in to redraft the script.

Scream 4 is released in US and UK cinemas on Friday.

Tuesday, 12 April 2011

Eddie Murphy 'won't do more Shrek films'

Eddie Murphy has claimed that he has no interest in reprising his role as Donkey for a further Shrek sequel.

The actor voiced the wise-cracking sidekick for the original Dreamworks animated film more than a decade ago, and has since returned for three big-screen sequels, including last year's Shrek Forever After, and a series of televised holiday specials.

Speaking to TMZ, the former Saturday Night Live star dismissed the suggestion that a fifth feature film will be produced.

"No more Shrek," Murphy said. "I'm Shrek'd out."

He added: "We did five of them if you count the Halloween ones and the Christmas ones. [So that's] quite a bit of it."

Murphy went on to say that one of the reasons that the movies have been so successful is that the humour appeals to both children and adults.

While the comic may not be willing to return to the Donkey character, the Shrek series is to continue with the spin-off Puss In Boots, which is to be based around the popular character voiced by Spanish actor Antonio Banderas.

Puss In Boots is scheduled to be released on November 4 in US cinemas and on December 9 in the UK.