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Best Bets Cannes 08: Director’s Fortnight section
Highlighted by the presence of Jim Jarmusch (who will be receiving a special award called the Carrosse d’Or), the 40th year of the Director's Fortnight doesn't look as strong on paper as the previous edition, but the quality of this year's fair will be better determined in ten days or so. Containing a good amount of French productions, the section offers many first time efforts from filmmakers who get to tell their children that they took part in an event that showcases auteur cinema from the greats.
Best Bets: Critic’s Week
Before we begin what should be a grueling, exhausting, yet painlessly pleasurable coverage of the 61st edition of the Cannes film festival (I've got north of 40 films/events that I ambitiously want to cover), I first wanted to begin IONCINEMA.com's coverage of the fest with an overview of the four sections of the festival and what I predict should be critically well-received pictures to look out for. We first begin with the Critic's Week (47th Semaine Int. de la Critique) sidebar which has a distinctive Euro-flavoring this year.
WIP & Picturehouse get the Axe
After swallowing up New Line, Warner Bros. has decided to do like all good conglomerates do: downsize, cut costs, save money, etc. Surprisingly, instead of merging Picturehouse and Warner Independent Pictures into one indie/specialty "power" house,
Review: Mister Lonely
"darker corners of the film fail to bring drama to the absurdest template and the lack of allegorical connotations means it greatly diminishes the likeliness of connecting with any of the players or images. Void of anything to say, this is a sufferable piece of schlep."
Mister Lonely | Review
Looney Tunes: Madonna, Michael and Marilyn get weirdo treatment via Korine.
