Cannes 2009 Day 3 Offerings: Campion, Porumboiu, Chan-Wook, Costa, Gondry

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Today is an exciting day for fans of Jane Campion who looks like she as returned to form. If there was a film that I wanted to see badly (had to miss it yesterday because I wanted to see Coppola open talk about Tetro) is Andrea Arnold’s Fish Tank which from yesterday’s buzz means that I might be looking forward to a great follow up to her debut film Red Road. Finally, I’ll catch an early screening for Taking Woodstock from Ang Lee.

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IONCINEMA.com Schedule: Bright Star, Fish Tank, Taking Woodstock

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Main Comp: Jane Campion is on the comeback trail with Bright Star, Park Chan-Wook brings a vampire movie to the section. Other non-comp: Special Screening by Michel Gondry who brings doc L’Epine Dans le Coeur.

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Un Certain Regard: One of my top ten films not to be missed in Politist, Adjective from Corneliu Porumboiu (I’ll be seeing this tomorrow – loved his last film 12:08 East of Bucharest) and Lee Daniels brings his Sundance hit known as Precious.

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Director’s Fortnight: Lynn Shelton‘s brings mumblecore Humpday to the French, Yuki and Nina from pairing Nobuhiro Suwa and Hippolyte Giradot makes an entrance and Portuguese master Pedro Costa brings Ne Change Rien.

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Critic’s Week: Only one offering today in a first time film in Vladimir Perisic‘s Ordinary People (not a remake of the 80’s film).

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). He is a Golden Globes Voter, member of the ICS (International Cinephile Society), FIPRESCI and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

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