Cannes Archive for May, 2013
Routing Cannes 66: A Wrap
In an unprecedented move, the Steven Spielberg-led jury awarded the Palme d’Or to one film and three individuals: Blue is the Warmest Color, by director Abdellatif Kechiche with actresses Adèle Exarchopoulos and Lea Seydoux.
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Blue is the Warmest Color is a staggering motion picture, so big and so important and so full of life. It represents a milestone in on-screen sexuality, putting another nail in the coffin of old-world ignorance and prudishness, but it’s also a cinematic achievement in acting. In short, it’s a true opus.
Read the full article » 2 Comments »Cannes Out-Of-Competition Review: All Is Lost
All is Lost is less concerned with what this story is “about” and more with how it all goes down (to be sure, the picture could be summarized in a single sentence). Rather, the actions and subsequent emotions are the narrative here; the expressions on Redford’s face speaking volumes despite the film’s outright lack of dialogue.
Read the full article »Cannes Competition Review: Only God Forgives
Only God Forgives is essentially the nastiest highlights of Shakespeare’s “Titus Andronicus” and Sophocles’ “Oedipus Rex” wrapped around a revenge dance tête-à-tête, an equation that could have been more than the gratuitous, hyper-violent indulgence on show.
Read the full article » 2 Comments »Cannes Competition Review: Behind The Candelabra
Resembling the face of Liberace himself, Steven Soderbergh’s Behind the Candelabra is a dazzling albeit saggy film, made competently and with sincere respect to its topic despite losing steam in its second hour.
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The frosted, muted backdrops are captured by cinematographer Bruno Delbonnel (“Amélie,” “Dark Shadows”), who steeps the film in faded bloom. It’s a gorgeous, misty visualization sure to instill nostalgia for those too young to have haunted locales like the Caffe Reggio or the Gaslight Café. As for Oscar Isaac’s performance, it’s hard not to simply babble superlatives.
Read the full article » 3 Comments »Cannes’ Gilles Jacob On Negotiating With Scorsese’s Agent
Cannes’ Gilles Jacob On Negotiating With Scorsese’s Agent
Read the full article »Cannes Competition Review: Jimmy P.: Psychotherapy Of A Plains Indian
Desplechin wants us to care about Picard’s general well-being and mental health, but nevertheless found it necessary to include the dullest of banal subplots that have nothing to do with the title character’s arc, coming off as excess and general shoe leather.
Read the full article » 2 Comments »What’s New And What’s Old About Jia Zhangke’s Cannes Entrant A Touch Of Sin
What’s New And What’s Old About Jia Zhangke’s Cannes Entrant A Touch Of Sin
Read the full article »Starter Pistol Fired Twice During Cannes Christoph Waltz-Daniel Auteuil Interview
Starter Pistol Fired Twice During Cannes Christoph Waltz-Daniel Auteuil Interview
Read the full article »Zia And Farhadi In Cannes And At Home
Zia And Farhadi In Cannes And At Home
Read the full article »Cannes Competition Review: Jeune Et Jolie
Vacth’s breakout performance demands we see more of her, and Isabelle’s unstoppable flirtation with danger is the source of continued inspiration for France’s former enfant terrible.
Read the full article »“all of my choices – right, wrong or indifferent; all the eyeball-rolling and easy swipes – which by the way I’m used to … well, he also suffered from that. Fitzgerald was, in quotation marks, a clown, just like I am.””
“All of my choices–right, wrong or indifferent; all the eyeball-rolling and easy swipes–which by the way I’m used to … well, he also suffered from that. Fitzgerald was, in quotation marks, a clown, just like I am.”
Read the full article »Dargis First-Days Cannes
Dargis First-Days Cannes
Read the full article »WeinsteinCo To Sequelize Crouching Tiger
WeinsteinCo To Sequelize Crouching Tiger
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Wesley Morris Offers Cannes Day 1 Weather Report
Read the full article »Cannes Competition Review: Heli
Escalante turns the camera on his hometown of Guadajuato to grapple with two of Mexico’s biggest problems: cartel and drug-related violence. Taken together, the result is a rattling experience, but still a fine film.
Read the full article »“The first rule of making the most out of attending the Cannes Film Festival: Learn how to tie a bowtie — or buy a damned clip-on.”
“The first rule of making the most out of attending the Cannes Film Festival: Learn how to tie a bowtie—or buy a damned clip-on.”
Read the full article »Stephen Frears On The Secrets Of His Cannes Jury
Stephen Frears On The Secrets Of His Cannes Jury
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