2011 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 10 – Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive

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I remember when they announced the titles for this year’s Main Competition and being baffled/puzzled by the inclusion of Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive. Yesterday we found out why it was deserving selection alongside the 19 other competing titles. Starring a soft/angry Ryan Gosling, this is a genre mixer with references/homages to Bullit, Michael Mann’s nocturnal cityscapes and it embodies the viciousness of Cannes’ winner Oldboy. A film that will won’t work for some, but for others this is a game changer — three folks gave this a perfect score. This is a cult classic and TIFF will fight hard to get the North American premiere for this title. Here is the grid folks.

2011 Cannes Critics' Grid Hosted by IONCINEMA.com

Eric Lavallée
Eric Lavalléehttps://www.ericlavallee.com
Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022, he was a New Flesh Juror for Best First Feature at the Fantasia International Film Festival. His top films for 2023 include The Zone of Interest (Glazer), Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell (Pham Thien An), Totem (Lila Avilés), La Chimera (Alice Rohrwacher), All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt (Raven Jackson). He is a Golden Globes Voter.

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