by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent While Kim Ki-duk has been building an international presence for years with films that are often crushing in their ability to communicate the human condition, PIETA, his 18th film may very well mark his breakout in the American market.    For PIETA, which screened at AFI's Film Fest on Nov. 2, Kim surfs the zeitgeist of global unrest in a tumultuous economic climate with an exploration of an unusual 'mother-son' dyn...

Visages du cinéma contemporain : Les incorruptibles Sean Penn, le rebelle (15 mars) Acteur caméléon, réalisateur intransigeant, Penn ne se satisfait pas de la «marche du monde tel qu’il est». Ses personnages sont tous des êtres de refus: le frère turbulent puis criminel d’Indian Runner qui dynamite les règles du jeu social, le père qui n’accepte pas de faire le deuil de sa fille dans Crossing Guard, le flic à la retraite qui s’obstine à continuer l’enquête sur le ...

On the fourth day of this 60th Festival, South Korean cineaste Kim Ki-duk returns to Cannes to present Breath in the Competition selection. His film The Bow was one of the highlights of the 2005 Un Certain Regard section. This time, Ki-duk tells the story of a prisoner condemned to death. He is visited by a woman who feels neglected by her husband, and she falls in love with him. With this drama revolving around jealousy, unhappiness, and the lack of love, Kim Ki-duk is  "referring indir...