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'Changeling' highlights N.Y. festival (Variety.com)

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:45:22 GMT

Other Cannes pics in the lineup include Matteo Garrone's "Gomorrah," Steve McQueen's "Hunger," Sergey Dvortsevoy's "Tulpan" and Un Certain Regard jury prize winner "Tokyo Sonata" by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. There's also Ari Forman's animated autobiography, "Waltz with Bashir," Jia Zhangke's "24 City" and Wong Kar-Wai's "Ashes of Time Redux."

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PREVIEW: Cannes movie marathon ends as top honours unveiled (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Sun, 25 May 2008 01:07:01 GMT

... Waltz with Bashir about the events surrounding the Sabra and Shatila massacre in Lebanon, China's Jia Zhangke's 24 City on his nation's rapid and convulsive change, as well as Turkey's Nuri Bilge Ceylan's brooding family drama Three Monkeys (Uc Maymum). After agreeing to go to prison to save his boss, an aspiring and unscrupulous politician, Eyup, the husband in Three Monkeys, returns...

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Jia's 'City' notches up Cannes sales (Variety.com)

Sat, 24 May 2008 09:03:36 GMT

Film News: MK2 nabs distribution on docu-fiction movie -- CANNES -- Gallic major MK2 has closed distribution deals on major territories for Jia Zhangke's "24 City," playing off its Competition screening at the Cannes Film Festival.

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Changeling (My Films Blog)

Fri, 23 May 2008 16:17:31 GMT

... Ari Folman ’s animated documentary Waltz With Bashir , the Dardenne Brothers’ Lorna’s Silence and Jia Zhangke’s 24 City . But the feeling on the Croisette is that Eastwood's film is maybe a little unadventurous and crowd pleasing to win the Palme D'Or. Produced by the Imagine team of Brian Grazer and Ron Howard ( A Beautiful Mind ), this highly accomplished, slightly middle-brow drama...

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UK film buyers busy in Cannes (The Guardian)

Fri, 23 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

... on the internet.New Wave has been enjoying quite the shopping spree here and previously picked up Jia Zhangke's 24 City. Coming into the festival New Wave had already acquired Nuri Bilge Ceylan's acclaimed Three Monkeys and the Dardenne Brothers' The Silence of Lorna, both strong Palme d'Or contenders.Network bought UK rights to four films here - Antonio Campos's Un Certain Regard...

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Cannes, 5/21. (GreenCine Daily)

Wed, 21 May 2008 23:02:38 GMT

"Watching a stolid horde of blue-clad factory workers trudge obediently up an institutional staircase in Jia Zhangke's 24 City as though to the next movie, the colleague beside me murmured: 'It's Cannes!'" A roundup from J Hoberman in the...

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Cannes Diary: Everything is Fine (SpoutBlog)

Mon, 19 May 2008 11:00:49 GMT

... Cristina Barcelona ––I showed up an hour before the scheduled start time, after walking out of Jia Zhangke’s interminable 24 City , and the screening was already full. I’ve been having much better luck getting into screenings in the market (more on the distinction between the Festival and the Marche in a post coming up later today), but this means I’ve missed out on a lot of the films...

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Cannes. 24 City. (GreenCine Daily)

Sat, 17 May 2008 20:13:04 GMT

"The latest chapter in Jia Zhangke's chronicles of modern Chinese history is certain to reinforce the director's status as an international arthouse icon," writes Dan Fainaru, reviewing 24 City for Screen Daily. "Consisting of five authentic interviews and four fictional...

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Jia Zhangke's 24 City charts China's dash into the future - Feature (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Sat, 17 May 2008 16:18:02 GMT

Cannes, France - Chinese director Jia Zhangke's haunting and unsettling portrayals of life in modern China have never won him too friends among the authorities in Beijing. But growing international acclaim and a more lenient attitude on the part of t...

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24 City (Ershisi Cheng Ji) (Variety.com)

Sat, 17 May 2008 15:36:54 GMT

Film Reviews: Following "Still Life" and "Useless," documentary and fictional artifice are combined ever more egregiously by Mainland helmer Jia Zhangke in "24 City."

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Chinese director leads tribute to earthquake victims (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Sat, 17 May 2008 12:37:03 GMT

Cannes, France - Leading Chinese film director Jia Zhangke lead a one-minute silence for the victims of China's earthquake at a press conference marking the premiere of his latest film at the Cannes Film Festival. Jia's film, 24 City, is set in the r...

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Festival de Cannes 2008 (O B L I Q U I T Y)

Tue, 13 May 2008 18:22:36 GMT

... Garrel) “GOMORRA (Gomorrah)” (Matteo Garrone) “TWO LOVERS” (James Gray) “ER SHI SI CHENG JI (24 City)” (Jia Zhangke) “SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK” (Charlie Kaufman) “MY MAGIC” (Eric Khoo) “LA MUJER SIN CABEZA (The Headless Woman)” (Lucrecia Martel) “SERBIS” (Brillante Mendoza) “DELTA” (Kornel Mundruczo) “LINHA DE PASSE” (Daniela Thomas, Walter Salles) “CHE” (Steven Soderbergh) “IL DIVO”...

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China's new screen master: Jia Zhangke - Feature (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Tue, 06 May 2008 05:04:04 GMT

Cannes - Chinese director Jia Zhangke's haunting and unsettling portrayals of life in modern China would not appear to be the type of movies that the Beijing authorities like to see representing their country at the world's leading film festivals. Bu...

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Cinema Roundup :: That's Beijing blog (Chinalyst - China blogs in English)

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:24:00 GMT

Jia Zhangke???s new movie 24 Cheng Ji (The Story of 24 City) is ready for production. Co-written with Chengdu-based poet Zhai Yongming, it follows the life stories of three women working in a state-owned factory in Chengdu, reflecting the changes of the city in the past 40 years. Joan Chen, L'? Liping (Blue Kite) and Zhao Tao (The Platform) will play the three leading roles. Meanwhile,...

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Films in competition for the Palme d'Or (International Herald Tribune)

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:09:04 GMT

Films in competition for the Palme d'OrReutersPublished: April 24, 2008 Text SizeFollowing is a list of films in the main competition for the coveted Palme d'Or award this year. Hundreds of other films will also be showing out of competition.* Uc Maymun (Three Monkeys) -- Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Turkey)* Le Silence de Lorna (The Silence of Lorna) -- Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (Belgium)* Un conte de Noel...

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Reel news (The Irish Times)

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 03:55:41 GMT

... Shooting ), Arnaud Descheplin ( A Christmas Tale ), Nuri Bilge Ceylan ( Three Monkeys ) and Jia Zhangke ( 24 City ).Among the official selection showing out of competition are Steven Spielberg's Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull , animated DreamWorks comedy Kung Fu Panda , Marco Tullio Giordana's Sangue Pazzo , Terence Davies's Of Time and City , Emir Kusturica's...

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[Cinemanila] SERBIS BY BRILLIANTE MENDOZA IN COMPETITION AT CANNES!!! (The White Pinoy)

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:20:00 GMT

... category of the Cannes was in 1984, when Brocka's opus "Orapronobis" was accepted. Now, 24 years later, Mendoza's film "Serbis" has been included for competition at the Cannes. "Serbis" chronicles the struggles of a rural family that decides to run a prostitute service based in a fake theater. The film stars veteran, multi-awarded actress Gina Pareño and talented newcomer Coco Martin. Prestige...

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Cannes you feel it? (In the Company of Glenn)

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:08:34 GMT

... between Scarlett Johannsen and Penelope Cruz. This gave me paws. New films from the Dardennes and Jia Zhangke and Phillippe Garrel are all well and good—hell, who am I kidding, they're BETTER than all well and good, they're what I live for—but I believe there is also some expectation that I bring home a little Hollywood glitz. And the lineup McCarthy posited wasn't gonna quite cut it in...

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Indiana Jones to premiere at Cannes as British films fail to make lineup (The Telegraph)

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:00:00 GMT

... Eastwood (United States) "Adoration" by Atom Egoyan (Canada) "Gomorra" by Matteo Garrone (Italy) "24 City" by Jia Zhangke (China)

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Amanda Lepore the Face of the Cannes Film Festival? (Towleroad)

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:53:09 GMT

... (via Variety ) CANNES FILM FESTIVAL photo MOTORINA IN COMPETITION Competition list revealed "24 City," China, Jia Zhangke "Adoration," Canada, Atom Egoyan "Changeling," U.S., Clint Eastwood "Che," Spain, Steven Soderbergh "Un Conte de noel," France, Arnaud Desplechin "Daydreams," Turkey, Nuri Bilge Ceylan "Delta," Hungary, Kornel Mundruczo "Il Divo," Paolo Sorrentino, Italy "Gomorra,"...

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