Monthly Archives: May, 2011
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2011 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 9 – Pedro Almodovar’s The Skin I Live In
You have the Dardennes delivering classic Dardenne. You have Kaurismaki delivering typical Kaurismaki. Today, we have Pedro giving us more colourful layers of Pedro. Starring the physically perfect Elena Anaya and an Antonio Banderas in Best Male lead performance form, Almodovar's The Skin I Live In is currently tied for first on our critics' poll and as we for further votes, this could be in the poll position by the end of the day, that is depending on what the other critics thought.
2011 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 8 – Lars Von Trier’s Melancholia
The film about the end of the world paralleled with the emancipation from one's own depression as portrayed from the film's central character (Kirsten Dunst in a Best Actress for the festival worthy performance) is actually pretty tame by von Trier standards.
Inside the 2011 Cannes Film Festival Day 7: Joachim Trier’s Oslo, August 31st
August 31st took place on May 18th. After soaking it up on the international circuit with 2006's Reprise, Joachim Trier moves from what you...
Inside the 2011 Cannes Film Festival Day 7: Catalin Mitulescu’s Loverboy
And the movement known as Romanian New Wave which begin with 2005's The Death of Mr. Lăzărescu is slowly tapering out. With less films...
2011 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 7 – Aki Kaurismaki’s Le Havre
Insert a dog, a shoeshiner by trade Bohemian who takes a stand against the system/local police force to help an illegal refugee in the shape of a child (Cannes major theme this year is about protecting them) and add the trademark Kaurismaki humor and according to the warmest applause reserved for a film yet in the Main Competition and we have ourselves a true contender and audience favourite in Le Havre.
