Tag: 2023 Cannes Critic Panel

2023 Cannes Critics’ Panel: The Zone of Interest, Fallen Leaves, La Chimera & Anatomy of a Fall Top Grid

It was hovering around the 4.0 average and would settle for a final 3.9 grade and never let go of the top spot in...

Ken Loach’s The Old Oak – 2023 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 10

Will Ken Loach three-peat with what could be his last-ever feature? This is the question that Thierry Frémaux put forth and perhaps the best...

Alice Rohrwacher’s La Chimera – 2023 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 10

A Cannes mainstay since her humble beginnings in the Directors’ Fortnight section with Corpo celeste, Alice Rohrwacher quickly ascended to comp-worthy status with the...

Catherine Breillat’s L’Été dernier (Last Summer) – 2023 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 9

Almost a full decade away from the camera since, Catherine Breillat returns to the competition with L'Été dernier (Last Summer). This is her second...

Wim Wenders’ Perfect Days – 2023 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 9

A notable year for the New German Cinema filmmaker with two (or three if you include Chambre 999) films in Cannes with docu item...

Nanni Moretti’s Il sol dell’avvenire – 2023 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 8

Palme d’Or winner (The Son’s Room in 2001) Nanni Moretti makes another trip to the competition with an ode to cinema (and Martin Scorsese's...

Tran Anh Hung’s The Pot au Feu – 2023 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 8

Winner of the Camera d'Or (and the Award of the Youth French Film) for The Scent of Green Papaya back in 1993, while he...

Marco Bellocchio’s Kidnapped – 2023 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 7

If we don't count the pandemic year, it will be four consecutive showings in Cannes for the maestro. The Traitor was in competition in...

Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City – 2023 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 7

Technically speaking the great American filmmaker Wes Anderson has now appeared in the Cannes competition with three titles - opening the '12 edition with...

Jessica Hausner’s Club Zero – 2023 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 6

She officially graduated to the main competition section in Cannes with Little Joe in 2019 she now cements her status there with her latest...

Aki Kaurismäki’s Fallen Leaves – 2023 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 6

Following Drifting Clouds (1996), The Man Without a Past (2002), Lights in the Dusk (2006), and 2011's Le Havre, Finland's favorite auteur Aki Kaurismäki...

Karim Aïnouz’s Firebrand – 2023 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 5

A mainstay in the Un Certain Regard section (with a whopping four films as director/writer) and has sprinkled his films in Venice and Berlinale...

Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall – 2023 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 5

French filmmaker Justine Triet was born in Cannes and will likely re-engage with the fest well beyond 2023. After Age of Panic (2013) -...

Ramata-Toulaye Sy’s Banel & Adama – 2023 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 4

It's extremely rare for a first-time filmmaker to crack the competition and this is case it is African cinema that is being feted for...

Todd Haynes’ May December – 2023 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 4

After a quick trip to Paris for a retrospective of his career at the Centre Pompidou, Todd Haynes comes back to Cannes for his...

Kaouther Ben Hania’s Four Daughters – 2023 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 3

Another first-timer in the comp, Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania came to Cannes in 2017 for the Un Certain Regard section selected Beauty and...

Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest – 2023 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 3

The short films, music videos, commercials and sometimes feature films filmmaker when he finds the time, it feels like we waited an eternity since...

Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s About Dry Grasses – 2023 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 3

A lengthy shoot, a lengthy post-production process and a lengthy runtime mean it's business as usual for our favorite Turkish auteur. A mainstay on...

Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire’s Black Flies – 2023 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 2

One of the last two film items added to the competition this year, Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire's Black Flies makes it three for three on the...

Wang Bing’s Youth (Spring) – 2023 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 2

One of the two documentaries selected for the competition (this is more of a traditional docu whereas the other is considered a hybrid), Wang...

Catherine Corsini’s Le retour (Homecoming) – 2023 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 1

The second film in the comp and first French film item and one of seven feature debuts from female filmmakers comes with an interesting...

Kore-eda Hirokazu’s Monster – 2023 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 1

We begin the competition with one of many Palme d'Or winners who are looking to possibly add a second or in the case of...

Live from Cannes: 2023 Cannes Critics’ Panel – Meet the Jury!

Last year Ruben Östlund took home the big daddy of film prizes winning his second Palme d'Or and this year he gets to be...

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