Countdown To Cannes: Jim Jarmusch

The eleventh snapshot of one of the twenty filmmakers in Competition for the Palme d’Or at the sixty-sixth Festival de Cannes.

Countdown To Cannes: Arnaud des Pallières

The tenth snapshot of one of the twenty filmmakers in Competition for the Palme d’Or at the sixty-sixth Festival de Cannes.

Countdown To Cannes: Steven Soderbergh

The ninth snapshot of one of the twenty filmmakers in Competition for the Palme d’Or at the sixty-sixth Festival de Cannes.

Countdown To Cannes: Asghar Farhadi

The eighth snapshot of one of the twenty filmmakers in Competition for the Palme d’Or at the sixty-sixth Festival de Cannes.

Countdown To Cannes: Paolo Sorrentino

The seventh snapshot of one of the twenty filmmakers in Competition for the Palme d’Or at the sixty-sixth Festival de Cannes.

Countdown to Cannes: Nicolas Winding Refn

The sixth snapshot of one of the twenty filmmakers in Competition for the Palme d’Or at the sixty-sixth Festival de Cannes.

Countdown To Cannes: Arnaud Desplechin

The third in a series of snapshots of the twenty filmmakers in Competition for the Palme d’Or at the sixty-sixth Festival de Cannes.

Countdown To Cannes: François Ozon

The second in a series of snapshots of the twenty filmmakers in Competition for the Palme d’Or at the sixty-sixth Festival de Cannes.

Countdown to Cannes: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

The first in a series of snapshots of the twenty filmmakers in Competition for the Palme d’Or at the sixty-sixth Festival de Cannes.

Cannes 2013: A Slate Analysis

This summer:

19 films.

19 men.

One Bruni-Tedeschi.

Divining Cannes 2013: The Aggregating

Despite the Cannes Film Festival being only a very short month away (and the festival’s Competition slate to be announced in less than a week), I’m filled with impatience to know the Official Selection. Over the past month or so, there have been articles across the web predicting and wishing—and yes, simply guessing—at which directors Thierry Frémaux will send a golden ticket to. I took a leaf out of Nate Silver’s book (without any of the genius, mind you), and thought to aggregate ten of the most prominent Cannes predictions, tallying them afterwards.

Cannes Competition Review: Mud

“Mud” is an endearing film about how children view committed romantic relationships. It’s also a bit of a disappointment: fans of Nichols’ earlier, more intense work may find “Mud”‘s story too naïve, too soft, and perhaps even too silly to properly enjoy it.

CANNES 65: A Wrap

The question was never “if” Michael Haneke was going to win something—the question was always “what.”

UN CERTAIN REGARD 2012 AWARDS

Un Certain Regard 2012 presented 20 films directed by 26 directors hailing from 17 different countries. Four of the works were first films. Presided over by Tim ROTH (actor, director), the Jury was comprised of Leïla BEKHTI (actress), Sylvie PRAS (head of cinema – Centre Pompidou Paris, artistic director – La Rochelle Festival), Tonie MARSHALL…

Cannes Competition review: Cosmopolis

Packer travels by stretch limousine, an inconvenient method of transportation in a busy metropolis like Manhattan, but it symbolizes power and importance in a way no other vehicle can. It’s a status thing. When his day is upended by riots in a city filled with economic unrest, the rest of his adventure becomes an odyssey that is better left seen than described.

FSLC Sneak-Peeks DP/30 With Wes Anderson And Beasts Of The Southern Wild

FSLC Sneak-Peeks DP/30 With Wes Anderson And Beasts Of The Southern Wild

Django Unchained on the Croisette

The 10-minute “Django Unchained” trailer that screened for select press in Cannes – obviously not a final cut – opened on a typical Western backdrop, with slaves walking across a dusty cliff. But hey, I will tell you what you want to know…

Cannes: After Lucia (Despues de Lucia)

I still can’t quite catch my breath. It is the ultimate nightmare of a parent – even of a 2 year old – to think they will be victims, victimizers, or perhaps worse, silent witnesses to the abuse of others when standing up for honor is only dangerous as a social abstraction.

“The Hunt” Hits The Bullseye At Cannes

Thomas Vinterberg made what is still my favorite of the Dogma 95 movies, The Celebration. The film combined 50s style kitchen sink drama with a modern tone of brutal, brutal honesty. The Hunt is not quite as shocking a film experience. In an odd way, the two films are connected at child abuse. In the…

Cannes Competition review: Reality

There are comparisons to be made between “Reality” and “Bellissima” – they both heavily involve Cinecitta Studios, for example – but it feels somewhat unfair to pigeonhole “Reality” as simply a recreation of Visconti.