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2013 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 11: Jarmusch’s Only Lovers Left Alive
Those who’ll have stayed until the end of the fest (most in the industry skip town a good 48 hours prior to Sunday) will have reaped the rewards of what a good number critics
Read MoreBefore Midnight | Review
Bewitching Hour: Linklater Scores Greatest Hour Yet with Trilogy Cap Nearly another decade has passed, and Richard Linklater has finally treated us to what seems to be the final chapter of Jesse and Celine,
Read More2013 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 10: Gray’s The Immigrant
Handsome looking via the the talented Darius Khondji, high-end production value that some are mentioning as The Godfather Part II like, starring muse Joaquin Phoenix, Jeremy Renner and a Marion Cotillard who had to
Read MoreStranger By the Lake | Cannes Review
Wet Hot French Summer: Guiraudie’s Bold, Scintillating New Film Idiosyncratic filmmaker Alain Guiraudie is set to take the art house by storm with his bold, unsettling, and provocative new film, Stranger By the Lake.
Read MoreInterview: Alex Gibney (We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks)
Just a month before Bradley Manning finally appeared before a military judge to confess that he did indeed leak thousands of sensitive military documents, Alex Gibney’s latest docu investigation which chronicles Manning’s involvement with
Read MoreWe Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks | Review
Gibney Ciphers Assange’s Brain Child Back up a few years and you probably never had heard the name Julian Assange or his tiny little whistle-blowing website, WikiLeaks, but by 2010 both the name an
Read More2013 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
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