Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #42. Amat Escalante’s Heli
Heli Director: Amat Escalante Writers: Escalante and Gabriel Reyes Producer(s): Mantarraya U.S. Distributor: Rights Available Cast: TBA Information is so scarce on the production, yet I’ve been keeping...
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#21. Amat Escalante’s Heli Gist: Less encompassing than the Un Certain Regard selected Miss Bala, shot in various locations outside the city of Guanajuato, where most citizens work for an automobile...
View ArticleEscalante, Bruni-Tedeschi, Warmerdam & New Zhangke Crack 2013 Cannes Main...
The Official Selection for the 66th Cannes Film Festival has been unveiled and noticeable absentees in the list of 19 Main Comp films and the Un Certain Regard section include Terrence Malick, Ari...
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Heli – Amat Escalante Section: Main Competition Buzz: Steadily guided by Cannes’ fest head honcho Thierry Fremieux, Amat Escalante receives a major big stage showing for his long-awaited third film...
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2013 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 2: Amat Escalante’s Heli
By the fest’s end in about nine days from now, we might pointing to the first film that showed during the ’13 edition as the “L’enfant terrible” selection of the fest. Amat Escalante’s Heli set the...
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Heli | Cannes Review
Fast, Cheap and Out of Control: Escalante’s Mexico Still Suffering Amat Escalante doesn’t fall far from his own tree with Heli, graphic violence once again contours what is necessarily difficult to...
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A Cannes Opener: 2016 Cannes Film Festival Predictions
A furious slew of titles in the works would seem to prophesize a robust main competition slate for Cannes 2016. Continue reading...
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Neon Bull: Carlos Reygadas to Mount “Donde nace la vida”
We can add one more iron to the Cannes fire…except this one will likely target the 2017 edition. Obviously nothing is official until the April announcement, but Jaime Romandia’s Mantarraya has Amat...
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Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2016: #36. Amat Escalante’s The...
The Untamed Director: Amat Escalante Writer: Amat Escalante and Gibran Portela Amat Escalante, protégé of Carlos Reygadas, snagged the Best Director award at Cannes 2013 for his unpleasant but striking...
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The Conversation: One Never Cannes Tell – The 2016 Edition
Tis the season for fevered wish lists and constantly fluctuating prognostications concerning the soon to be revealed 2016 program at the Cannes Film Festival. Continue reading...
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The Conversation: Cinema Italiano – 2016 Venice Film Festival Predictions
Looking towards the Lido, we’re just over three months away before the fourth quarter Fall Festival circuit kick off, and the final prestigious competition platform for 2016 in Venice. Continue...
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The Untamed | 2016 Toronto Int. Film Festival Review
The Pleasure Principle: Escalante Makes a Monster Mash with Distinctive Social Drama The shadow of Andrzej Zulawski’s infamous erotic creature feature/divorce melodrama Possession (1981) looms large...
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The Conversation: Jenkins’ Moonlight, Escalante’s The Untamed & the Totality...
As far as the matter of size goes, the Toronto International Film Festival continues to astound, with close to 300 plus titles amassed for its 2016 program. Continue reading...
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Interview: Amat Escalante (The Untamed)
After three features steeped in what would could describe as hyperrealism, Amat Escalante makes a slight deviation, introducing towards fantastical elements in his fourth feature film. Continue...
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Video Countdown: Nicholas Bell’s Top 20 Films of 2017
Although we have another facetiously titled Michael Haneke film to ring in the New Year with, it is a decidedly unhappy end considering the content of the best theatrical offerings of the year....
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The Conversation: Producer Jean Labadie
Jean Labadie is a name which perhaps remains a tad obscured despite his formidable influence on the French film industry. Continue reading...
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Through the Looking Glass: Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020 –...
New projects directed by auteurs from Mexico, Brazil, Ukraine, Thailand and Hungary make up slots 6 to 10 in our most anticipated foreign films of 2020. Continue reading...
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The Conversation: Through the Looking Glass – Top 10 Most Anticipated Foreign...
Looking past the dawn of the new decade, 2021 promises to unleash a host of projects from perennial auteurs and sleeping cinematic giants. Continue reading...
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Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2021: #2. Amat Escalante’s El...
El estado del imperio Produced by Nicolás Celis, Fernanda de la Peza. Directed by Amat Escalante Written by Amat Escalante, Martín Escalante, Paulina Mendoza Starring: To be announced. Continue...
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Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #2. Amat Escalante’s Estado...
El estado del imperio (Lost in the Night) Produced by Nicolás Celis, Fernanda de la Peza. Directed by Amat Escalante Written by Amat Escalante, Martín Escalante, Paulina Mendoza Starring: TBD...
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