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Cannes 2010: Interview with Writer/Director Alicia Duffy (All Good Children)
Meant to offer reprieve from the loss of their mother, a summer vacation in the French countryside speeds up the awkward childhood to teenage-hood morphing process for one crystal-eyed twelve year-old (Jack Gleeson), but everything that follows this boy's first kiss with a cute red-head (newbie Imogen Jones) is a clear indication that the forest isn't always the best of sanctuaries and that male-female rapport and attraction is transitory for some and made more complex for others.
Cannes Video: Lodge Kerrigan’s Rebecca H. (Return to the Dogs)
By offering three films in one, Lodge Kerrigan definitely challenges the biopic format - challenges it to the point that we won't be grouping alongside examples of Todd Haynes' inventiveness. In one instant, this deconstructs the docu-form, in an other gesture it comes off as celluloid scrapings from the cutting room floor and is interwoven with what I'm calling his Keane aesthetic.
Cannes Video: Alicia Duffy’s All Good Children
My guess is that All Good Children will have a long film festival circuit life - due to a combination of factors. There are the obvious aesthetic qualities of the picture -- if you've seen Duffy's short film work you'll get a glimpse into how the camera can emphasize subtle shifts in the emotional output of a character, and I think this is the film's selling point.
Cannes 2011: 20 Predictions for Next Year’s Festival
If the Main Competition suffered because of the lack of film output from last year (Venice and TIFF have already seen the benefits), next year's edition of the Cannes film festival is already shaping up to be a fantastic year with names like Pedro, Von Trier, Dardennes, Cronenberg, PTA and Salles in the possible line-up. For those who made a case about there not being much female representation -- they'll be pleased to see that the latest works from Andrea Arnold and Lynne Ramsay should be in the line-up --- and although I didn't add him to the list below, we could also see Steve McQueen's latest project in the fest. Here are a list of 20 projects I think will be in the fest next year.
Cannes 2010: Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Uncle Boonmee Claims Palme d’Or
In a weak competition year such as this one, Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Uncle Boonmee claiming the Palme d'Or isn't that much of a surprise as everyone might think it to be. Of the two screenings I saw with the jury as part of the audience, the first thing I did was take a look at Tim Burton's reaction.
