All posts tagged "Foreign Films"
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Reviews
The Search | 2014 Cannes Review
May 24, 2014Good Intentions Cobbled: Hazanavicius Chokes on War Story Update It’s clear to see that there were...
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Film Festivals
2014 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 9: Assayas Doubles Down with “Sils Maria” & Zvyagintsev Drinks to Sweet Tragic Notes with “Leviathan”
May 23, 2014Cannes – May 23rd Sunny Day 9 And just like that, the Cannes Film Festival is...
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Film Festivals
2014 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 8: Loach Breaks out in Dance for “Jimmy’s Hall” & Dolan’s “Mommy” Receives Excellent Ratio Among Critics
May 22, 2014May 22nd – Rainy Thursday in Cannes. It appears that both the oldest, and the youngest...
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Film Festivals
2014 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 5: Miller’s Foxcatcher is Gold Medal Greek Tragedy & Cronenberg’s Maps to the Stars Charts Familiar/Familial Grounds
May 19, 2014Cannes Monday 19th – Despite its rather grim subject matter and ultimate denounement, the reception was...
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Film Festivals
2014 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 4 | “Homesman” is Strong Marriage Material & Rohrwacher Farms a Solid Sophomore Pic with “The Wonders”
May 18, 2014Due to some unfortunate circumstances (laptop’s hard drive went kaput), I wasn’t able to update our...
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Film Festivals
2014 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 2: No Sweet Hereafter Found in Egoyan’s “The Captive” & Ceylan Shines with Gender Role Malaise in “Winter Sleep”
May 16, 2014Cannes – Friday May 16th The first title out of the gate at this morning’s 8:30...
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Film Festivals
2014 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 1: Leigh Paints Strong Canvas with “Mr. Turner” & Sissako’s Mixes Humor & Sorrow in “Timbuktu”
May 16, 2014According to our Cannes Critics’ Panel, it may not top Topsy Turvy, but Mike Leigh’s 2 plus...
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Reviews
Grace of Monaco | 2014 Cannes Review
May 14, 2014Coup de Grace: Embellishment Can’t Save Dahan’s Fairy Tale Try as it might, Grace of Monaco...
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Disc Reviews
Stranger By the Lake | Blu-Ray Review
May 13, 2014Taking home the Queer Palm and the Un Certain Regard Directing Award after its 2013 Cannes...
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Reviews
Ship of Theseus | Review
May 12, 2014Ghost Ship: Gandhi’s Debut an Enjoyably Philosophical Triptych Finally seeing a release after its 2012 premiere,...