Monthly Archives: May, 2011

The Violent Kind has divided audiences, and by no means is it a genre-crossing masterpiece, but it's a solid (if convoluted) horror story featuring strong acting performances all around, not to mention enough blood and violence to satisfy the darkest of hearts.

After previously presenting Be with Me (2005) and My Magic (2008), for his third film on the Croisette, Eric Khoo brings an homage piece...

Layered and haunting, Landes' first non-documentary feature shows tons of promise. It surfaces at a time when fiction/documentary hybrids are making a lot of noise on the festival circuits (they seem especially popular in South America, such as Alamar and Paraguayan Hammock, to name a couple). Porifiro isn't necessarily a giant leap forward in the format, but it is a solid entry, and will be frequently revisited if/when Landes' next few films gain him some notoriety.

Despite not knowing how the festival will play out, Monday, May the 16th is when the highlight of the 2011 edition premiered and the...

Landes' Strong Second Feature Wheels Along the Fine Line Between Documentary and Fiction