Tag: jane campion
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Film Society of Lincoln Center: Jane Campion Talks Cannes, ‘Top of the Lake: China Girl’
During the 70-year history of the Cannes Film Festival, writer-director Jane Campion is the only woman to win the Palme d’Or. She received the top prize all the way back in 1993 for “The Piano” starring Holly Hunter and Harvey Keitel. (Sofia Coppola became the first woman in 56 years to win Best Director this…
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Movie Review: Beautiful Creatures is Gothic, Supernatural and Twilight-ish (Lisa de Vincent)
Is “Beautiful Creatures” the next “Twilight”? There are certainly similarities, like a doomed teenage relationship, moody music, and lots of Gothic ingredients.