Monthly Archives: May, 2011

In the hands of a budding Spanish filmmaker, we'd have a chilly, atmospheric mood piece, but in the hands of a Bulgarian, well the...

So how did a film about the silent film era, with no dialogue, that made into the Main Competition by a last minute switch over do exactly among our critics' panel? Apparently...very well. Michael Hazanavicius, the filmmaker who had to make the OSS comedies before even having a chance to make his passion project is undoubtably all smiles -- apart from couple of very low scores, the public and acclaim critical didn't topple the top film currently on our charts in the Dardenne Bros.' latest exercise, but film lovers are surely going to come out in droves in France and it'll be interesting to see how the rest of the world respond to a film with title cards and sans subtitles.

It was the world premiere night in the Directors' Fortnight section for Liza Johnson and her debut feature film, Return. Starring Michel Shannon in...

If the story of Joan of Arc needed to be told again, is it too much to ask that it function on some level of entertainment, or perhaps some extreme deconstruction of previous efforts? This newest entry in the arsenal of Arc tales leaves no mark on those films, nor the viewer, and is entirely superfluous.

Who knew that a simple premise with all the usual Dardennes Bros. trimmings and trinkets could receive such a favourable critical response? The Cannes V.I.P jacket wearing Belgium duo grab fellow countrymen Cécile de France and elite club member in the Dardenne camp in Jérémie Renier to portray the duel nature of society and our responsibility towards children/those less fortunate with The Kid With a Bike.