Tag: Film
Cannes Compétition Prospectus – Radiance
Radiance Naomi Kawase Japan, France CRITICAL RESPONSE “Kawase’s work demonstrates an interest in the metaphysical, whether it involves speculation on the afterlife or the meaning…
Cannes Compétition Prospectus – The Day After
The Day After Hong Sang-soo South Korea CRITICAL RESPONSE “The Day After has its share of wry musings and twitchy banter between characters to counter…
Cannes Compétition Prospectus – Happy End
Happy End Michael Haneke France, Germany, Austria CRITICAL RESPONSE “Haneke’s magisterial control of tone, actor and shot is not to be underestimated: there are scenes…
Cannes Compétition Prospectus – The Killing of a Sacred Deer
The Killing of a Sacred Deer Yorgos Lanthimos Ireland, United Kingdom, United States CRITICAL RESPONSE “As in all his best work, Lanthimos is brilliant at…
Genre Blast: The Complications of Friendship – the Buddy Film
Let’s start this installment with a question: who is more forgiving than a spouse, knows you more intimately than a sibling, is more protective than…
Cannes Compétition Prospectus – Redoubtable
Redoubtable Michel Hazanavicius France CRITICAL RESPONSE “First and foremost, Le Redoutable is a marvelous comedy very reminiscent of Woody Allen’s classics (it has a few…
Cannes Compétition Prospectus – The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) Noah Baumbach United States CRITICAL RESPONSE “As a student of classic comedies, Baumbach uses strategies that work, freshening them…
Cannes Compétition Prospectus – The Square
The Square Ruben Östlund Sweden, Denmark, United States, France CRITICAL RESPONSE “[Ruben] Östlund skillfully ties his many ideas together and makes his statement in the…
Cannes Compétition Prospectus – BPM (Beats per Minute)
BPM (Beats per Minute) Robin Campillo France CRITICAL RESPONSE “Bearing a closer resemblance to the social-realism of Campillo’s screenwriting with collaborator Laurent Cantet, which includes…
Cannes Compétition Prospectus – Jupiter's Moon
Jupiter’s Moon Kornél Mundruczó Hungary CRITICAL RESPONSE “Almost imperceptibly the story shifts into a zanier mode that will include a major car chase, shootouts and…
Cannes Compétition Prospectus – Okja
Okja Bong Joon-ho South Korea, United States CRITICAL RESPONSE “Okja is fun, if sometimes over-egged, as an adventure romp, but flounders in overstatement when it…
Cannes Compétition Prospectus – Loveless
Loveless Andrey Zvyagintsev Russia CRITICAL RESPONSE “This is a film which confronts us with the most unthinkable of crises and perhaps also challenges the eternal…
Cannes Compétition Prospectus – Wonderstruck
Wonderstruck Todd Haynes United States CRITICAL RESPONSE “It’s a skillfully told, impeccably styled and scored film that above all else beats with an uncalloused heart….
Two Days, One Night At The Cannes Film Festival
So thanks to my adorable wife I’ll be In #Cannes Saturday and Sunday for the sheer hell of it – let’s meet up / take…
