The Playlist  News

‘Vincere’ Director Marco Bellocchio & Isabelle Huppert Have Teamed On The Right-To-Die Drama ‘Sleeping Beauty’

After making his directorial debut four decades ago with “Fists in the Pocket,” Italian filmmaker Marco Bellocchio has tackled many genres and styles, but one consistent characteristic has been his savage socio-political themes and undertones. His 2010 film, “Vincere,” proved...

The Playlist  News

In Theaters: See What The 'Outrage' Is All About As 'Shame' & 'Sleeping Beauty' Seduce Theatres

Indiewire  News

Watch: Haunting, Hypnotic Trailer for Cannes Shocker "Sleeping Beauty"

Australian novelist Julia Leigh's feature directorial debut "Sleeping Beauty" didn't win over all the critics in Cannes where it world premiered, but the premise and Leigh's cold and calculated execution sure got people talking. The trailer for the IFC release premiered today and like the film, it's...

Indiewire  News

Joshua Marston's Oscar-Snubbed Film and Julia Leigh's "Sleeping Beauty" Make NY Debuts in BAM Series

IFC and their IFC Midnight and Sundance Selects labels are hosting a series featuring some their most anticipated new titles the weekend of October 21-23. The mini-festival will include the NY premiere of Julia Leigh's controversial "Sleeping Beauty," Bertrand Bonello's "House of Tolerance," Justin...

Indiewire  News

Sundance Selects In Bed with Cannes' "Sleeping Beauty"

Sundance Selects has picked up U.S. rights to Julia Leigh's controversial Cannes competition film, "Sleeping Beauty."

Indiewire  Reviews

Indiewire's Greatest Hits: The Top 10 Reviews From 2011

In an age when being first threatens to preclude being best, film criticism struggles like everything else to serve a purpose without pandering to the need to grab eyeballs. The heap of reviews I've written over the last 12 months, often under the extreme deadline pressures of film festivals, aren't...

Women and Hollywood  Reviews

Sleeping Beauty - written and directed by Julia Leigh

Sleeping Beauty is a film that is very divisive.  After I saw it in Toronto I spoke with several different people, and some absolutely hated it and others thought it was brilliant.  Personally, I still really don't know what exactly to make of it.  I like that it is different.&nbs...

The Playlist  Reviews

Review: 'Sleeping Beauty' Starring Emily Browning Seduces With The Pervading Power Of A Dream

Greeted with diffident, muted applause at Cannes -- where it was instantly vaulted into must-see territory the second it arrived in competition despite being the debut effort of a first-time director -- "Sleeping Beauty" is a film that seduces and repels, that flickers between a come-hithe...