Tag: Festival de Cannes

In 1979, a shockwave went across the movie world upon the release of Francis Ford Coppola’s war movie, Apocalypse Now. Though it won the top…

The AIDS crisis remains one of the most horrific times for the LGBTQ+ community, leaving an entire generation scarred with death and loss. Robin Campillo‘s…

When thinking of a movie about a timid dog groomer you might think of: a rom-com (in which he meets a lovely lady in his…

* SPOILER WARNING * Set in 1941 Los Angeles and chronicling the titular writer’s (John Turturro) discovery of the hell within Hollywood while staying at…

One of the many hidden gems within 1950’s Japanese cinema is 1958’s The Ballad of Narayama, which is a masterpiece with supreme depth and emotions….

I was certainly not a stranger to Céline Sciamma’s work after watching the captivating Girlhood (Bande des Filles). And as such her latest film Portrait of a…

Setting the scene. Building character. Applying the dialogue. Structuring the story. I mean, it’s a tireless cliché that the motion picture process begins with the…

Full stream ahead, as we venture forth to bring you the next batch in the Cinema Sevens series. We’re still on the Cannes vibe of…

The festival buzz was at its peak for Parasite, as the latest film from the accomplished director Bong Joon-ho (director of Memories of Murder), and…

Bonjour from Cannes. Or bonjour to you all wishing you were in Cannes. The true festive season was meant to be upon as we traveled…

Red Road won the Jury Award at Cannes in 2006. Directed by Andrea Arnold (Fish Tank, American Honey), this is a tense and paranoid psychological…

Queer Palm Award The Cannes Film Festival is, for lack of a better word, a little pretentious. Since 2010 the festival has awarded an award for…

Un Certain Regard FIPRESCI Award Four years after the release of Friss Levegö, Ágnes Koscis second film saw the light of day. Pál Adrienn premiered in the Un Certain Regard…

With the Cannes Film Festival postponed until whoever knows when, here at Filmotomy we are going ahead with Cannes coverage as planned between 12-23 May….