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Deauville Festival of American Cinema · 2013

Deauville Festival of American Cinema 2013

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9 films · 6 reviews

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Behind The Candelabra

Review preview for Behind The Candelabra

It is quite something to witness Douglas and Damon embrace the characters quite so authentically.

Richard Mowe · 4 out of 5
The story of legendarily flamboyant entertainer Liberace and the man who loved him.

(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Steven Soderbergh; Writer: Richard LaGravenese, Alex Thorleifson, Scott Thorson; Stars: Matt Damon, Michael Douglas, Rob Lowe, Dan Aykroyd, Scott Bakula, Caroline Jaden Stussi, Debbie Reynolds, Max Napolitano, Boyd Holbrook, Paul Reiser, Nicky Katt, Cheyenne Jackson, Eddie Jemison, Kiff VandenHeuvel, Tom Papa)

Full review See: Article about Michael Douglas attending the Deauville Festival of American Cinema , Matt Damon, Michael Douglas and Steven Soderbergh on Behind The Candelabra

Blue Jasmine

Review preview for Blue Jasmine

Blue Jasmine has all the wit and insight of classics from Allen's autumnal period.

Jeff Robson · 4 out of 5
A troubled woman travels to San Francisco to spend time with the sister she hardly knows.

(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Woody Allen; Writer: Woody Allen; Stars: Cate Blanchett, Alec Baldwin, Sally Hawkins, Andrew Dice Clay)

Full review See: The New York Film Festival and Sony Pictures Classics honour Cate Blanchett , Interview with Cate Blachett about Blue Jasmine and working with Woody Allen

Joe

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Cage takes commanding ownership of the somewhat familiar material and milieu.

Richard Mowe · 3 out of 5
When an ex-con meets a teenager who looks to him for inspiration, he has to decide, once and for all, what to do with his life.

(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: David Gordon Green; Writer: Gary Hawkins, based on the book by Larry Brown.; Stars: Nicolas Cage, Tye Sheridan, Sue Rock, Heather Kafka) , Trailer

Full review See: Nicolas Cage talks about Joe at Deauville Film Festival

Killing Season

Review preview for Killing Season

The nagging thought during the 90 minutes is how far two these one-time Hollywood’s A-listers have fallen.

Richard Mowe · 1 out of 5
American and Serb soldiers who fought on opposite sides in the Bosnia War clash once again in a tense, action-packed game of cat and mouse set in the gorgeous yet inaccessible Appalachian Mountains.

(Country: Belgium, US; Year: 2013; Director: Mark Steven Johnson; Writer: Evan Daugherty; Stars: Robert De Niro, John Travolta, Milo Ventimiglia, Elizabeth Olin)

Full review See: Interview with John Travolta , Article about the Karlovy Vary 2013 festival

Planes

A crop-dusting plane who is afraid of heights dreams of competing in a big race.

(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Klay Hall; Writer: Jeffrey M. Howard; Stars: Val Kilmer, Teri Hatcher, Julia Louis-Dreyfus)

Rush

Review preview for Rush

Undoubtedly a classy mainstream product.

Jeff Robson · 3.5 out of 5
The rivalry between Formula One drivers James Hunt and Niki Lauda comes to a fateful head at the 1976 German Grand Prix.

(Country: US, Germany, UK; Year: 2013; Director: Ron Howard; Writer: Peter Morgan; Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Daniel Bruhl, Olivia Wilde, Alexandra Maria Lara)

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Very Good Girls

In the long, half-naked days of a New York summer, two girls on the brink of becoming women fall for the same guy and find that life isn't as simple or safe as they had thought.

(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Naomi Foner; Writer: Naomi Foner; Stars: Dakota Fanning, Elizabeth Olsen, Boyd Holbrook, Demi Moore, Richard Dreyfuss, Ellen Barkin)

Wrong Cops

Imagine a Los Angeles where crime is so low that a bored cop sells drugs and harasses a teenager to pass the time. Shot in standalone chapters, as it is being financed, screened and released, watch the 45 minutes of crazy.

(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Quentin Dupieux; Stars: Mark Burnham, Marilyn Manson, Steve Little, Eric Wareheim)

White House Down

Review preview for White House Down

Once the explosions begin to kick in the film concentrates on Tatum and Foxx on the run - an easy-going and watchable pairing that displays real chemistry.

Richard Mowe · 2 out of 5
An off-duty police officer touring the White House with his daughter is the only man who can save the President when terrorists attack.

(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Roland Emmerich; Writer: James Vanderbilt; Stars: Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Joey King)

Full review See: Interview with Roland Emmerich, Jamie Foxx and Channing Tatum about White House Down.