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Gondry’s Mood Indigo Opens, while Wheatley, Edmands, Heinzerling Pack Karlovy Vary’s 48th Edition
Michel Gondry’s Mood Indigo (L’écume des jours) was a surprise no-show in Cannes this year (his film debuted theatrically in France the previous month) but the stage is set for an opening gala opening
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Wakolda | Cannes Review
A Nazi At My Table: Puenzo’s Latest an Eerie Reimagining Argentinian director Lucia Puenzo once again adapts one of her own novels for her latest offering, an intriguing period piece, Wakolda. Whereas her 2009
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Recap: Our Cannes Critics’ Panel think Latest Kechiche, Coens and Farhadi Were a Cut Above
Around the midway point of the fest, all indications told us that Asghar Farhadi’s The Past and the Coen bros. Inside Llewyn Davis would be a part of what is traditionally a two to
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2013 Cannes Award Winners in Pictures: Triple Love for Kechiche, Exarchopoulos and Seydoux
It was to be expected the moment that the Best Actress prize was given to Bérénice Béjo (The Past), that the chances for Palme D’Or winner for Abdellatif Kechiche could materialize — but even
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Our Panel Predicts Palme d’Or Win for Kechiche’s Blue is the Warmest Colour
We had an server hiccup exactly at the wrong time here in Cannes, but it’s worth saying that (check out our fancy graph below) out of 15 critics who supplied us with their predictions,
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2013 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Kechiche’s “Blue is the Warmest Colour” in a Class Apart
According to the sixteen critics on our panel, Abdellatif Kechiche’s Blue is the Warmest Colour (which is already being considered to be the filmmaker’s masterwork) was an instant, almost across the board unanimous top
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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
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2013 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
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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
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2013 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
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2013 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
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2013 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
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2013 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
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2013 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.
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Top 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
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Top 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
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Top 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
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Top 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
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Top 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
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Top 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
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Top 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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Top 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
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Top 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
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Top 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
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Top 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
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