Cannes Review: KILLING OF A SACRED DEER

Humanity is exactly what’s on the chopping block in a Yorgos Lanthimos film.

Cannes Reviews: REDOUBTABLE, 120 BPM

Beyond outlining just how much of an asshole Hazanavicius’ Godard is—including a stupid running joke that seems to suggest the man derives his snobbish power from his sunglasses, which he repeatedly breaks throughout the film—Redoubtable is little more than a series of regrettable decisions that began the moment Hazanavicius started his adaptation.

Cannes Review: THE SQUARE

The Square is an equilateral triangle—a film with three sharp, pointed edges and a very long ending that’s too rigid for it to turn a corner and assume its final shape. But as the follow-up to a film about the social contract, as well and the bystander effect, Östlund has made something hilarious, frustrating and very clever.

Cannes Reviews: Okja, Jupiter’s Moon

The yelling started as soon as Okja’s Netflix presentation card appeared, muddying the matter more. This attitude fuels the ongoing debate on the Croisette: Can Netflix films win Palmes d’Or? Should they? The argument being Cannes is a festival where cinema is sacred—that films should be seen on big screens, not on small ones

Cannes: The Daily Buzz – The Festival Runners Roundtable

The Daily Buzz is presented in Cannes with the support of Sunrider.com.

Cannes: The Daily Buzz – The Critics Roundtable

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Cannes: The Daily Buzz – The Asian Roundtable

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Cannes: The Daily Buzz – IMDb’s Col Needham

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“Do I feel bad? Yeah, I do. I wish [Cannes] liked the film better. Am I gonna kill myself? No. That’s one less tuxedo I have to rent. One more red carpet I don’t have to walk down. They got 35 films they like and mine they didn’t. Fine.”

“Do I feel bad? Yeah, I do. I wish [Cannes] liked the film better. Am I gonna kill myself? No. That’s one less tuxedo I have to rent. One more red carpet I don’t have to walk down. They got 35 films they like and mine they didn’t. Fine.”

Cannes: Palme d’or Goes Ceylan’s Winter Sleep; Acting Nods To Timothy Spall, Julianne Moore; Jury Prized By Oldest And Youngest Directors In Competition, Godard And Dolan

Cannes: Palme d’or Goes Ceylan’s Winter Sleep; Acting Nods To Timothy Spall, Julianne Moore; Jury Prizes Oldest And Youngest Directors In Competition, Godard And Dolan

Cannes 67 Wrap-Up

Cannes 67 – c’est fini.
After dozens of screenings, predictions, and an endless series of queue debates, we have a Palme d’Or.

On Jean-Luc Godard / ADIEU AU LANGAGE / GOODBYE TO LANGUAGE 3D

AH DIEUX // AH GOD(ARD)S

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Cannes Review: Clouds of Sils Maria

I kinda love Clouds of Sils Maria. At its best, it is a female version of My Dinner With Andre. At its weakest, it is still interesting. The premise is pretty basic.

Cannes Competition Review: Leviathan

There’s never a scene where Kolya doesn’t have a myriad of issues weighing on his mind, and these are visible in Serebryakov’s pained, tired facial expressions and believable portrayal of alcoholism (to be sure, Leviathan is boozier than two or three Hong Sang-soo films combined).

Cannes: The Daily Buzz – Hot Topics

Hot Topics Roundtable at Cannes Film Festival with Eric Kohn, Anne Thompson, Marian Masone, Alison Willmore, and Jordan Hoffman.

Cannes Topper Gilles Jacob On His Slow Fade

Cannes Topper Gilles Jacob On His Slow Fade

Nuri Bilge Ceylan On Journalism Vs. Art

Nuri Bilge Ceylan On Journalism Vs. Art

“Godard’s camera lens seems like the lens of a futuristically powerful telescope. He sees everything from a very great distance and vast detachment, on a planet of his own, and his communications are garbled and frazzled from being transmitted intergalactic distances.”

“Godard’s camera lens seems like the lens of a futuristically powerful telescope. He sees everything from a very great distance and vast detachment, on a planet of his own, and his communications are garbled and frazzled from being transmitted intergalactic distances.” And –  “It was truly moving to experience first-hand the hearty reception afforded “Goodbye to…

Cannes Un Certain Regard Review: Lost River

If Lost River is the film Ryan Gosling wanted to debut as his first film—and you only get one first film—then I’ll be the first to admit that I had him pegged (as an artist, anyway) as someone entirely different.

Cannes Review: The Salvation

Yeah, this film rocks.