Tag: Cannes 2012
Top 20 Alternative Picks for Cannes 2012: Short Films from Tsai Ming-liang and Joao Pedro Rodrigues
Critics Week Closing Night: Walker - Tsai Ming-liang + Morning of Saint Anthony's Day - João Pedro Rodrigues
Buzz: Two of the most ambitious, singular,...
Top 20 Alternative Picks for Cannes 2012: Ulrich Seidl’s Paradise: Love
Paradise: Love - Ulrich Seidl
Buzz: While part of the elite class of filmmakers who’ve attained Main Competition status (now for a second time), I...
Top 20 Alternative Picks for Cannes 2012: Pablo Larrain’s No
No - Pablo Larrain
Buzz: Pablo Larrain needs little introduction - Tony Manero announced the arrival of a talent to watch out for and the...
Top 20 Alternative Picks for Cannes 2012: Pablo Stoll Ward’s 3
3 - Pablo Stoll Ward
Buzz: After attaining international acclaim with his break out pair of films (25 Watts and Whisky) alongside Juan Pablo Rebella,...
Top 20 Alternative Picks for Cannes 2012: Darezhan Omirbayev’s Student
Student - Darezhan Omirbayev
Buzz: Really, anytime there's a new Kazakh film it's reason to pay attention; the country doesn't produce that much, and when...
Inside Cannes 2012 T Minus one: Korine’s “Spring Breakers” and Tarantino’s “Django” Among Croisette Eye Candy
This year's pre film festival stroll beginning from the Palais portion of the Croisette and heading towards the posh hotels out east begins with...
Top 20 Alternative Picks for Cannes 2012: Ilian Metev’s Sofia’s Last Ambulance
Sofia’s Last Ambulance - Ilian Metev
Buzz: The only documentary in this year's Critics' Week section, and for that matter, only the second to compete...
Top 20 Alternative Picks for Cannes 2012: Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Mekong Hotel
Mekong Hotel - Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Buzz: Allegedly involving Tilda Swinton at some point and focusing on flooding and pig farming in the area surrounding the...
Top 20 Alternative Picks for Cannes 2012: Gyorgy Palfi’s Final Cut – Ladies & Gentlemen
Final Cut - Ladies & Gentlemen - György Pálfi
Buzz: Once upon a time, György Pálfi made a splash at the Toronto International Film Festival...
Top 20 Alternative Picks for Cannes 2012: Sang-ho Yeun’s The King of Pigs
The King of Pigs - Sang-ho Yeun
Buzz: The low-budget, animated feature debut from Sang-ho Yeun actually had its local premiere in November and the...
Top 20 Alternative Picks for Cannes 2012: Claudine Nougaret & Raymond Depardon’s Journal de France
Journal de France - Claudine Nougaret & Raymond Depardon
Buzz: In many ways, Depardon is to French cinema and cinéma vérité what Michel Brault is...
Top 20 Alternative Picks for Cannes 2012: Sébastien Lifshitz’s Les Invisibles
Les Invisibles - Sébastien Lifshitz
Buzz: Sébastien Lifshitz is a criminally under-recognized name in French cinema, likely because of his films' subjects being openly gay...
Top 20 Alternative Picks for Cannes 2012: Anurag Kashyap’s Gangs of Wasseypur
Gangs of Wasseypur - Anurag Kashyap
Buzz: Excluding the Main Comp, there'll be a dash of curry all along the Croisette this year as India's...
Top 20 Alternative Picks for Cannes 2012: Yulene Olaizola’s Fogo
Fogo - Yulene Olaizola
Buzz: Here's a look at an under-30 filmmaker quietly working her way up in the world. Yulene Olaizola was born in...
Top 20 Alternative Picks for Cannes 2012: Rufus Norris’ Broken
Broken - Rufus Norris
Buzz: Selected as the Critics' Week opening film - this debut from theatre director turned filmmaker Rufus Norris has the right...
Top 20 Alternative Picks for Cannes 2012: Brandon Cronenberg’s Antiviral
Antiviral - Brandon Cronenberg
Buzz: While it's easy to get a nepotistic whiff from this film's inclusion in the festival, all eyes (perhaps literally) will...
Top 20 Alternative Picks for Cannes 2012: Michel Franco’s After Lucia
After Lucia - Michel Franco
Buzz: I was intensely enthusiastic about the skill levels from this Mexican filmmaker way back in 2009 after having been...
Top 20 Alternative Picks for Cannes 2012: Massoud Bakhshi’s A Respectable Family
A Respectable Family - Massoud Bakhshi
Buzz: This is kind of a wild card pick, coming from a first-time filmmaker and all, but it's the...
Top 20 Alternative Picks for Cannes 2012: Joachim Lafosse’s A perdre la raison
Buzz: It what looks to be especially strong dramatic fare, Nue propriété (2006) and Élève libre (2008) helmer Joachim Lafosse stamped this picture with Cannes...
