Tag: Films
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…
Genre Blast: Man, Nature & Wonder in the Wild
Most of us take our survival – even our mere presence on the planet we share – for granted, rarely considering it. We have programmed…
Genre Blast: Oh, Mother! Or, the Mommy Genre
Since it’s Mother’s Day I thought I would search out some memorable film mothers. You know, the sort of characters that warm our hearts and…
Review: White God
Kornél Mundruczó’s 2014 Cannes-winner, White God, has an interesting plot: After being ditched on the road, Hagen the Dog rallies together other street dogs to…
