Cannes Film Festival

Lars Von Trier’s Nymphomanic gets first image

The first image has been released of Lars Von Trier’s explicit sex film, Nymphomaniac and it looks bleak.

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Sundance Film Festival 2013 – win for gender equality!

The Sundance Film Festival as become the first festival to champion gender equality, with an equal number of films in competition to be made by women.

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Amour

Winner of the Palme d’Or for 2012, Amour is a film that truly lives up to its name. Casting aside the fiery passion that most of the rest of cinema is obsessed with, it takes an uncompromising look at a love so deep and enduring that it becomes a prison. Never contrived or manipulative, Amour will wrench something deep inside you and not let go. Bring tissues and bring a lot. You’re going to need every last ply.

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Melancholia wins top prize at EFAs

Not so melancholy now, eh Lars? Eh? Oh, apparently he still is.

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