Monthly Archives: May, 2011

Late last week, I had the even greater pleasure of interviewing the team behind the Un Certain Regard selected Tuesday, After Christmas with director Radu Muntean and actors (in addition to husband and wife) Mirela Oprisor and Mimi Branescu.

Habit Forming: Muntean Doesn't Cheat His Audience

It was shut out by the jury members at this year's festival, but Pedro Almodovar's The Skin I Live In topped call films in...

In give or take 364 days from now, the 65th edition of the Cannes film festival will be upon us. I know it's absurd, but there are some bonafide films in the works from some Cannes vets and according to these prognostications I supply below, we'll have one more heavyweight event with the possible participation from the likes of Abbas Kiarostami, Olivier Assayas, Paul Thomas Anderson and Hou Hsiao Hsien being joined by recent Palme d'Or winners (2008 and 2009) Laurent Cantet and Michael Haneke.

Thierry Frémaux finally got his wish (to show The Tree of Life) and now, he can return the gift to Malick with the Palme...