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2013 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 9: Kechiche’s Blue is the Warmest Colour
Ang Lee won the Golden Lion at 2007′s Venice Film Festival for Lust, Caution, beating out Abdellatif Kechiche’s far more critically appreciated The Secret of the Grain (which would win best emerging actress and
Read MoreBehind the Candelabra | Review
Sex, Lies, & Biopic: Soderbergh Bids Adieu With Sincere, Compelling Flair In what will reportedly be director Steven Soderbergh’s last directorial effort in the film realm, Behind the Candelabra stands as a superb high
Read MoreShield of Straw | Cannes Review
Burnt Offerings: Miike’s Latest Can’t Quite Reach Satisfying Blaze That audacious auteur of excess, Takashi Miike, unveils his latest offering, Shield of Straw to be a surprisingly straight laced police narrative that’s notably unfettered
Read More2013 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 7: Sorrentino’s La Grande Bellezza
One week into the fest and the double bill appears to be a strong one – we find Steven Soderbergh’s last feature film (I’m betting we won’t wait as long as Alejandro Jodorowsky to
Read More2013 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 5: Coen Bros.’ Inside Llewyn Davis
Almost fitting that it was raining “cats” and dogs during the queuing up portion to yesterday’s early-lead press screening at the Debussy for the Coen Bros.’ latest, perhaps riskiest film in recent memory includes
Read More2013 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 4: Arnaud Desplechin’s Jimmy P. (Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian)
Benicio Del Toro plays a post-traumatic, migraine not-too-happy patient, while Mathieu Amalric takes on the role of the sympathetic, non-traditional psychotherapist in Arnaud Desplechin’s first foray into English-language territory. An oddly subdued, oddly titled
Read MoreLike Father, Like Son | Review
Blood Ties: An Elegant, Yet Familiar New Film from Koreeda Children switched at birth and discovered years after the error is the well-worn melodramatic scenario that master filmmaker Hirokazu Koreeda manages to make potentially
Read MoreThe Past | Cannes Review
Heavy, Heavy Hangs: Farhadi’s Latest a (mostly) Worthwhile Endeavor For his first film made outside his native country, Iranian director Asghar Farhadi unveils his latest exercise in domestic unrest with the French language The
Read More2013 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 2: Amat Escalante’s Heli
By the fest’s end in about nine days from now, we might pointing to the first film that showed during the ’13 edition as the “L’enfant terrible” selection of the fest. Amat Escalante’s Heli
Read More2013 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 2: Francois Ozon’s Young & Beautiful (Jeune & Jolie)
For a third consecutive year, we bring back our twice daily, five-star system, critical snapshot of the Main Competition selected films (16 films in all) as rated by our group of 16 film critics.
Read MoreJeune et Jolie | Cannes Review
Airy & banal, Ozon’s Latest is as Indistinct as its Title Moving right along the trajectory we’re all well familiar with by now, François Ozon makes yet another sexed-up François Ozon film with this
Read MoreThe Fruit Hunters | Review
Finding The Forbidden: Chang Indulges In Produce It seems that for some, the appetite for rare and exotic fruits extends far beyond mere curious fascination and well on into the realm of impassioned obsession.
Read MoreTop 20 Alternative Picks for Cannes 2013: Clio Barnard’s The Selfish Giant
The Selfish Giant – Clio Barnard Section: Directors’ Fortnight Buzz: Coming to the Croisette with one of the most anticipated sophomore films, Barnard’s multiple festival award-winning debut, experimental, bio-documentary The Arbor (2010) put her
Read MoreTop 20 Alternative Picks for Cannes 2013: Lynne Ramsay’s Swimmer
Swimmer – Lynne Ramsay Section: Directors’ Fortnight Buzz: Seeing that the wait time between films can be a lengthy one, We Need to Talk About Kevin director would be in the middle of lensing
Read MoreTop 20 Alternative Picks for Cannes 2013: Chloé Robichaud’s Sarah préfère la course
Sarah préfère la course – Chloé Robichaud Section: Un Certain Regard Buzz: The Quebecois wunderkind appears to have made quite the impression on the Cannes family, gaining entry into a coveted Un Certain Regard
Read MoreTop 20 Alternative Picks for Cannes 2013: Amat Escalante’s Heli
Heli – Amat Escalante Section: Main Competition Buzz: Steadily guided by Cannes’ fest head honcho Thierry Fremieux, Amat Escalante receives a major big stage showing for his long-awaited third film (worth noting it was
Read MoreTop 20 Alternative Picks for Cannes 2013: Katell Quillévéré’s Suzanne
Suzanne – Katell Quillévéré Section: Critics’ Week Buzz: I know her debut feature, Love Like Poison, left a lot to be desired for many, but based solely on the strength of her short film
Read MoreTop 20 Alternative Picks for Cannes 2013: Lav Diaz’s Norte, the End of History
Norte, the End of History – Lav Diaz Section: Un Certain Regard Buzz: Buzz: Lav Diaz can get ghetto-ized as that Filipino director who makes obscenely long films (which, his films really are often
Read MoreTop 20 Alternative Picks for Cannes 2013: Sébastien Pilote’s The Dismantling
The Dismantling – Sébastien Pilote Section: Critics’ Week Buzz: Wholly unassuming, as most Québécois films tend to be outside of Quebec, Sébastien Pilote made perhaps the best Canadian film of 2011 with his strong
Read MoreTop 20 Alternative Picks for Cannes 2013: Alain Guiraudie’s Stranger by the Lake
Stranger by the Lake – Alain Guiraudie Section: Un Certain Regard Buzz: Alain Guiraudie is one of the most interesting French filmmakers almost no one in North America has heard of, winning the praises
Read MoreTop 20 Alternative Picks for Cannes 2013: Claude Lanzmann’s The Last of the Unjust
The Last of the Unjust – Claude Lanzmann Section: Out of Competition Buzz: The guy who made Shoah made this. Period. The Gist: 1975. In Rome, Claude Lanzmann filmed a series of interviews with
Read MoreTop 20 Alternative Picks for Cannes 2013: Kaveh Bakhtiari’s L’escale
L’escale – Kaveh Bakhtiari Section: Directors’ Fortnight Buzz: The first feature film from Swiss-Iranian director, Kaveh Bakhtiari, documents the plight of illegal immigrants from Iran living in Greece, where they are in transit until
Read MoreTop 20 Alternative Picks for Cannes 2013: Fabio Grassadonia & Antonio Piazza’s Salvo
Salvo – Fabio Grassadonia & Antonio Piazza Section: Critics’ Week Buzz: A first feature film from Sicilian directors, Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza, selected for Critics’ Week, it is a crime noir with a
Read MoreTop 20 Alternative Picks for Cannes 2013: Katrin Gebbe’s Tore Tanzt
Tore Tanzt- Katrin Gebbe Section: Un Certain Regard Buzz: This first feature film from German filmmaker, Katrin Gebbe, is an exploration of a young man’s increasingly dangerous liaison with a religious Christian punk group,
Read MoreTop 20 Alternative Picks for Cannes 2013: Anurag Kashyap’s Ugly
Ugly – Anurag Kashyap Section: Directors’ Fortnight Buzz: Not a stranger to prolific film festivals, Anurag Kashyap’s films have debuted in Venice (Dev D), Toronto (That Girl in Yellow Boots) and most recently last
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