Results tagged “venicefilmfestival”

You know it's the fall movie season because it's all about actors and their performances. In the noir-lite period film, prequel, and now he's trying his hand at horror targeted towards the myspace demographic. Should be chilling, but not really in a good way.

is the French-Russian director's first movie and it's not surprising it won both Best First Feature at the Venice Film Festival in 2005 and the Grand Jury Prize for World Cinema at this year's Sundance. Shot in black and white and in Cinemascope, the movie seems to be both an old time noir while also a very modern story about the immigrant experience in France. Bablauni wrote, directed and produced the movie on a very small budget, with lots of family and friends in the cast—his main character Sebastien is played excellently by Gela's younger brother Georges. But unlike some flashy Hollywood thriller, Bablauni lets the story unfold quietly but with intensity and as Sebastien realizes he's become embroiled in an underworld roulette game, you're literally on the edge of your seat. Without giving away the ending or any more of this fascinating plot, the final moments made us gasp out loud.

Born in New York, De Niro started his own film festival - the Tribeca Film Festival - in 2002 to help the economy of Lower Manhattan. Gothamist took a look at his list of movies, and he certainly does do quite a bit of films where he is "playing gangsters of Italian descent."