Luc Besson

Your Republican Friends Are Going to Love Lockout

Jason Bailey | Posted 04.13.2012

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Jason Bailey

What's striking, when watching Lockout (aside from what a terrible, lunk-headed movie it is), is how frequently and explicitly it flaunts its anti-Democrat -- and anti-Obama -- point of view.

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Movie Review: The Lady

Marshall Fine | Posted 04.12.2012

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Marshall Fine

Thanks to a marvelously full-bodied performance by Michelle Yeoh and a complementary one by David Thewlis, The Lady overcomes its own obstacles -- principally ones of pacing -- to present a moving portrait of courage, resilience and conviction.

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Movie Review: Lockout

Marshall Fine | Posted 04.11.2012

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Marshall Fine

In Lockout, we have a prison-escape film that features an actor in search of literal escape -- from this film.

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Movie Gets Big Praise From Clinton

AP | MATTHEW PENNINGTON | Posted 04.10.2012

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WASHINGTON -- French director Luc Besson's biopic of Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has won an unusual endorsement. Hillary Rodham Clinton...

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The Lady She's a Goddess: A Talk With Luc Besson and Michelle Yeoh

E. Nina Rothe | Posted 04.09.2012

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E. Nina Rothe

This month, an exceptional film about Suu Kyi and her struggles, directed by Luc Besson and titled The Lady comes to U.S. screens. It is a film that reminded me why I love cinema.

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WATCH: Guy Pearce Get Punched In 'Lockout' First Five Minutes

Huffington Post | Chris C. Anderson | Posted 04.09.2012

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The first five minutes of "Lockout," the upcoming sci fi action adventure flick starring Guy Pearce and Maggie Grace hit the web over the weekend. ...

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JPG And Me

Glen Helfand | Posted 03.30.2012

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Glen Helfand

Jean Paul Gaultier. Ad campaign for the Fin de siècle collection Women's prêt-à-porter spring/summer 1995 Art direction and photography: Jean Pau...

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The Cinema of Liberty: The Top 10 Pro-Freedom Films of 2011

Govindini Murty | Posted 03.01.2012

Read More: The Artist, Hugo Martin Scorsese, Zhao Liang, The Way Back, Peter Weir, The Lady, Aung San Suu Kyi, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, The Help, Midnight in Paris, Jafar-Panahi-This-Is-Not-a-Film, The Red Chapel, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, 5 Days of War, Luc Besson, Jafar Panahi, Battle: Los Angeles, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Werner Herzog, Woody Allen, Lee Tamahori, The Devil's Double, Michael Bay, Jonathan-Liebesman, Michelle Yeoh, Mads Brugger, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Tate Taylor, Shia LaBeouf, Colin Farrell, Ed Harris, Best Films of 2011, Culture News
Govindini Murty

It is greatly worthwhile to celebrate the notable movies of 2011 that took the risk of advocating for democratic freedom, the political principle that makes so much film artistry possible.

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Women in Power: The Iron Lady and The Lady

Regina Weinreich | Posted 02.14.2012

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Regina Weinreich

Just as this year's Nobel Peace Prize winners -- three women -- were announced, this film season features two films that focus on women rulers: one, Margaret Thatcher, a hawk; the other, Aung San Suu Kyi, a dove who is a Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

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Yeoh Reacts To Deportation From Myanmar

AP | MIN LEE | Posted 08.30.2011

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HONG KONG — Former Bond girl Michelle Yeoh, who plays Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in an upcoming biopic, says she is "saddened...

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Actress Plays Dissident, Gets Deported From Myanmar

AP | Posted 08.29.2011

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YANGON, Myanmar -- The military-backed government of Myanmar has deported Hollywood actress Michelle Yeoh, who stars as pro-democracy leader Aung San ...

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HuffPost Review: Unknown

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marshall Fine

There must be a factory that churns out action-thrillers the same way a factory produces furniture. No muss, no fuss, and a rotating list of actors who have fallen out of the 'A' list.

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WATCH: Loving 'Home:' Director Yann Arthus-Bertrand's Ode To Earth

Michael Kurcfeld | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Kurcfeld

20 years ago, Yann Arthus-Bertrand managed an animal reserve in France and decided to take his wife to see the lions at Kenya's Masai Mara Reserve. ...

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Jeff Bridges Double Feature: True Grit and Tron: Legacy

Gregory Weinkauf | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gregory Weinkauf

2010-12-28-20101218TRUEGRITJeffKid.jpgBoth of these films offer the opportunity to catch Bridges at the peak of his craft, and, genres be damned, there's true grit in Tron: Legacy, too.

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HuffPost Review: District 13 - Ultimatum

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marshall Fine

I suppose that, if you haven't seen District B13, this sequel will amuse and excite. But your time is better spent tracking down a DVD of the original, which was a highlight of a rapidly deteriorating genre.

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Movie review: From Paris With Love

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marshall Fine

Luc Besson is a movie-making maniac, an action auteur whose signature is all over the films he produces and writes.

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An Eco Night in L.A. for the Star-Studded Stella McCartney Screening of Home

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marissa Bronfman

Home is a visual masterpiece, a compilation of incredible aerial shots that dramatize the staggering statistics of environmental degradation and peril that many of us are already fairly familiar with.

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Home: A Truly Global Event Celebrating Planet Earth

Cameron Sinclair | Posted 05.25.2011

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Cameron Sinclair

Shot in 54 countries, Home takes us on an journey all around the planet, to contemplate and understand how humanity has upset the balance of the planet, established by nearly four billion years of evolution.

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