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The True Blood Sisterhood: Watch The First Trailer For Laurent Cantent's 'Foxfire'

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • December 4, 2012 9:42 AM
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News
Though we thought "Foxfire," the latest from Laurent Cantet (the director of arthouse hit and Cannes winner "The Class") might have made a bigger splash when it premiered at TIFF in the fall, it arrived and left with a bit of a whisper. The film is still without North American distribution, a bit of an oddity considering it's based on Joyce Carol Oates' classic book, but it is rolling out overseas and hopefully that will give someone the push to take it on.
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More: Foxfire, Film Trailers

New Images From Laurent Cantet's 'Foxfire,' Francois Ozon's 'In The House,' Isabelle Huppert In 'Dormant Beauty' & More

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • July 31, 2012 6:10 PM
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  • 5 Comments
News
Though we got it once before as a 1992 Annette Haywood-Carter film starring a young Angelina Jolie and (eventual) Rilo Kiley frontwoman Jenny Lewis, there's certainly room for improvement. And when you have "The Class" director Laurent Cantent deciding to take on the classic Joyce Carol Oates novel "Foxfire: Confessions Of A Girl Gang," and bring it to the big screen, our interest is piqued.
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More: Foxfire, Dormant Beauty, In the House, Roman Polanski: Odd Man Out

First Look: The Gang In Laurent Cantet's Teen-Feminist Rebellion Tale 'Foxfire'

  • By Simon Dang
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  • April 4, 2012 9:00 AM
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After the success of working with unknown youths in his Palme d'Or-winning "The Class," Laurent Cantet decided to go down the same path for his latest effort behind the camera, the teen-feminist rebellion tale "Foxfire," adapted once before as a 1992 Annette Haywood-Carter film starring a young Angelina Jolie and Jenny Lewis.
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More: Foxfire, Laurent Cantet

Producers Say 'The Class' Director Laurent Cantet's 'Foxfire' Being Prepped For TIFF Premiere

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • January 31, 2012 5:36 PM
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News
Yeah, we know. We're as surprised as you are. The last we hard about French filmmaker Laurent Cantet's adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates' "Foxfire" was when it was announced over a year ago. We were excited by the prospect of the director behind the fantastic Palme d'Or-winning "The Class" as well as "Time Out" and "Human Resources taking on the tale that has most famously already hit the screen in a version starring Angelina Jolie and Jenny Lewis.
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More: Foxfire, TIFF

'The Class' Director Laurent Cantet To Adapt Joyce Carol Oates' Feminist Rebellion Tale 'Foxfire'

  • By Simon Dang
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  • November 7, 2010 1:54 AM
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English Language Debut For The 2008 Palme d'Or Winner"The Class" helmer Laurent Cantet will be making his English language debut with an adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates' 1993 novel "Foxfire: Confessions Of A Girl Gang."
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More: Films, Foreign Directors, Foxfire, Laurent Cantet

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