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Lumière Festival: Celluloid Angels to Give Anna Karina Directorial Debut...
LYON — Hundreds of cinema restoration professionals meet in Lyon each year, as well as filmmakers, actors, and superfans, to admire and discuss cinematic gems, which might otherwise become victims of...
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Lumière’s International Classic Film Market Focuses on Heritage Films in...
Lyon’s International Classic Film Market brought into focus the opportunities and challenges of heritage film in Greece, Hungary and Latvia on Wednesday, presenting stark differences in the three...
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Lumière Festival: Henri-Georges Clouzot, an Appreciation
Nobody is innocent. Nobody is guileless. Nobody is good. Welcome to the seamy, sardonic cinema of French director Henri-Georges Clouzot, whose retrospective at the Lumière 2017 Grand Lyon Film Festival...
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William Friedkin on the Power of Film, Capital Punishment and his...
LYON — Director William Friedkin, maker of “The French Connection” and “The Exorcist,” in Lyon for a showcase of his work, proved his storytelling prowess at a master class on Thursday as he...
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Tony Zierra to Follow up ‘Filmworker’ with New Stanley Kubrick Doc about...
LYON — Tony Zierra, the director of this year’s critically acclaimed Cannes screener “Filmworker” – about Leon Vitali, who served for decades as Stanley Kubrick’s right-hand man – is working on a...
View ArticleLyon’s Lumière Festival Fetes Peter Bogdanovich
The 10th Lumière Festival this year will honor filmmaker, film historian and heritage film enthusiast Peter Bogdanovich, director of such classics as “The Last Picture Show” and “Paper Moon,” with a...
View ArticleSalute to Classics Pays Tribute to Film Luminaries
Celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, the Lumière Film Festival in Lyon, France, has cemented its position as a favorite event for generations of leading international filmmakers with its...
View ArticleLumiere Market Honors Poland, Eyes Africa, Looks to International
LYON, France — The Lumière Festival’s International Classic Film Market (MIFC) kicks off on Tuesday, offering current assessments of the industry, technological developments and an examination of the...
View Article10th Lumière Festival Opens With Javier Bardem, Monica Bellucci, Guillermo...
LYON, France — The Lumière Film Festival opened in Lyon, France, on Saturday with a grand ceremony celebrating the event’s 10th anniversary. Institut Lumière Director Thierry Frémaux welcomed a host...
View ArticleHFPA to Partner With Lumière Festival on Lumière Brothers’ Films Restoration
LYON, France — The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) is partnering with the Lumière Film Festival in Lyon to help restore 300 short films by brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière. In...
View ArticleJane Fonda: One of Hollywood’s Strongest Leading Ladies
It might sound contradictory, but perhaps the greatest testament to Jane Fonda’s six-decade career is how many people are unfamiliar with every facet of it. Not everyone who grew up with Fonda as the...
View ArticleNew Lumière Festival Section to Celebrate Newly Restored Films
The Lumière Festival in Lyon, France, is launching a new section devoted to “the most outstanding restored films of the year” as it celebrates its 10th anniversary this fall. Lumière Classics will...
View ArticleDonald Sutherland Reflects on a Life and Career Marked by Cinema
In a loose and free-flowing on-stage interview held at the Lumière Festival this past Sunday, Donald Sutherland reflected on his decade-spanning career with a tone that mixed personal irreverence...
View ArticleLumière Festival’s MIFC Broadens International Spotlight With Focus on Germany
The 7th Lumière Film Festival’s International Classic Film Market (MIFC) is expanding its international scope this year with more foreign companies than ever before taking part in the event,...
View ArticleFrances McDormand on the Legacy of ‘Fargo,’ the Power of Cinema
LYON, France — Multi-award-winning actress Frances McDormand captivated a packed theater during her master class at the Lumière Festival in Lyon, France, on Monday, serving up anecdotes of her long...
View ArticleItaly’s L’Immagine Ritrovata Expected to Take Over France’s Eclair Cinema
LYON, France — Leading Italian restoration company L’Immagine Ritrovata’s acquisition of renowned film lab Eclair Cinéma, announced last month, is expected to be approved by the French Commercial...
View ArticleCriterion Collection President Peter Becker on Storytelling, Bergman vs....
LYON, France — The Lumière Festival’s Intl. Classic Film Market (MIFC) kicked off on Tuesday in Lyon, France, with a keynote address by Criterion Collection President Peter Becker. The exec discussed...
View ArticleLumière Festival Honors Hungary, Screens Classics ‘Women,’ ‘The Fifth Seal’
For the fifth year running, Lyon’s Lumière Festival will honor Hungarian cinema and invite guests of the Hungarian National Film Fund to present two classic Hungarian films from important national...
View ArticleLina Wertmuller’s Exceptional Career Revisited
In the still American-led realm of the Academy Awards, it’s unusual for the helmer of a film not in the English language to score a Best Director nomination. It’s far rarer still, meanwhile, for a...
View ArticleTalking Pictures TV: Bringing the Past Back to Life in the U.K.
LYON, France – Since its launch in 2015, Talking Pictures TV has become the fastest-growing independent channel in the U.K. with a growing library of British film and TV titles that span five decades,...
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