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“Haunting” is the word that comes to mind when watching Ray Lawrence’s third feature film Jindabyne. It took two decades to make, but the final product is a potent vision derived from Raymond Carver’s short story “So much Water, So Close to Home.”

Better known to horror fans for his work in front of the camera in films like the Scream Trilogy and “Masters of Horror” creator’s Stephen King’s Riding the Bullet, David Arquette makes his debut as feature film director with The Tripper, a slasher film set at an outdoor music festival where a bunch of hippies have gathered to camp out and get high. The party has an uninvited guest – a hippie-hating killer decked out in a very realistic looking Ronald Reagan costume.

New Kid on the Block

2007 is the year that the Cannes film festival turns 60 and to celebrate the occasion they asked 35 world-ranking directors to mark the b-day bash with a three-minute short. For many Chacun son cinema shall bring out the pearly whites among he few cinephiles lucky enough to see the film. Sixty is also nifty because of the onslaught of other projects that will most likely make it at this year’s fest. Both a culmination of what I’ve read in Variety and cineuropa.org and my own two cents worth, this is a taste of some of the stuff we can expect to see at this year’s 60th.

In many respects it was the last great loss of a generation. June 6, 1968, the Ambassador Hotel, one lone gunman, one country pushed over the edge. Five years had seen the loss of John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr., entry into an unpopular war, and finally the loss of the last hope the American people had. Emilio Estevez was barely 6 years old that night, but the impact held him through his life. Bobby is the actor’s greatest step in the world of directing, and offers a riveting and brilliant glimpse into the last day of Robert Kennedy’s life. The all-star ensemble cast could never have been gathered by anyone of fewer calibers. His and his family’s experiences and knowledge of the world of Hollywood helped bring the story to life with warmth, excitement and believable portrayals. Like all historical dramas though, facts can get lost in plot. Bobby is no exception.