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2011 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 5 – Michael Hazanavicius’ The Artist
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.
Inside the 2011 Cannes Film Festival Day 4: Liza Johnson’s Return
It was the world premiere night in the Directors' Fortnight section for Liza Johnson and her debut feature film, Return. Starring Michel Shannon in...
2011 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 5 – Dardenne Bros.’ The Kid With a Bike
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.
Cannes Video Day 4: Liza Johnson’s Return
It was the world premiere night in the Directors' Fortnight section for Liza Johnson and her debut feature film, Return. Starring Michel Shannon in a minor supporting role and focusing on Linda Cardellini in what could be her ticket to a more interesting array of indie parts, this isn't a major mood-swinging piece and comparatively its a tame when compared to the dozen others and is obviously the point -- Johnson spins this without any cliches, something that appeared co-joined to the hip in this dramatic sub-genre.
2011 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 4 – Markus Schleinzer’s Michael
About half of our critics managed to see the unique screening for Michael earlier today -- it was given less screenings perhaps because it is the other film in this year's Main Competition from a newbie filmmaker. While Julia Leigh comes from a book author background, this import from Austria comes from a veteran casting director. Info was mum on the film beforehand, and there was a reason for it.
