Tag: Cannes
Parasite – How a South Korean Film Changed the Landscape
Sometimes, a film is just a film. Then, films like Parasite happen. Parasite premiered at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival to huge acclaim. It won…
Festival de Cannes: What Are We Waiting For in 2020?
“We want to be present in the autumn in order to play our part in the huge construction effort of rebuilding cinema.” says the Cannes…
73rd Cannes International Film Festival Will Not Be Held in May
Following the world wide turbulence caused by the Coronavirus outbreak, it is the time of the 73rd Festival de Cannes organisers to step forward and…
Film Review: Little Joe
This reviewer is a particular fan of Lourdes, possibly the Austrian filmmaker Jessica Hausner’s finest work in a steadily prospering career. Her English language debut…
Filmotomy Podcast 75: Film Festival Survival Guide
Filmotomy Podcast 75 might as well be a milestone. This is a crackingly insightful episode as a trio of femme fatales share their film festival…
Filmotomy Podcast 73: The Trouble With Quentin Tarantino
So Quentin Tarantino yet again has eager tongues wagging all over the film stratosphere. And the new podcast catches the iron while it is hot….
Parasite Walks Away With the Palme d’Or: Cannes 2019
The 72nd edition of the festival wrapped up tonight with Bong-Joon Hu’s Parasite winning the Palme d’Or. Bong becomes the first Korean director to win…
Festival de Cannes Official Competition Prospectus – Sibyl
SIBYL Justine TRIET — FRANCE, BELGIUM — 100 minutes IN A NUTSHELL Sibyl (Virginie Efira), a psychotherapist, returns to her first passion: writing. Her latest patient…
Festival de Cannes Official Competition Prospectus – It Must Be Heaven
IT MUST BE HEAVEN Elia SULEIMAN — FRANCE — 97 minutes IN A NUTSHELL Elia Suleiman escapes from Palestine in the search of an alternative…
Festival de Cannes Official Competition Prospectus – Il Traditore / The Traitor
IL TRADITORE / THE TRAITOR Marco BELLOCCHIO — ITALY, FRANCE, GERMANY, BRAZIL — 145 minutes IN A NUTSHELL Marco Bellocchio’s Il Traditor follows Tommaso Buscetta the so called…
Festival de Cannes Official Competition Prospectus – Mektoub, My Love: Intermezzo
MEKTOUB, MY LOVE: INTERMEZZO Abdellatif Kechiche — France — 240 minutes IN A NUTSHELL Sequel to Mektoub My Love: Canto Uno, sees a bunch of…
Festival de Cannes Official Competition Prospectus – Roubaix, une lumière / Oh Mercy!
ROUBAIX, UNE LUMIÈRE / OH MERCY! Arnaud DESPLECHIN — FRANCE — 119 minutes IN A NUTSHELL Based on a true story and the 2008 TV…
Festival de Cannes Official Competition Prospectus – Matthias et Maxime
MATTHIAS ET MAXIME Xavier DOLAN — CANADA — 119 minutes IN A NUTSHELL Matthias (Gabriel D’Almeida Freitas) and Maxime (played by the young director himself,…
Cannes 2019: Un Certain Regard Prizes Announced
Cannes 2019 is almost over and the Un Certain Regard jury has revealed the festival’s first prizes. Led by president Nadine Labaki, the jury awarded…
