Cannes Review: ‘Gimme The Loot’ Is A Slight, But Entertaining Slice Of New York
To find something as simple as Gimme The Loot in amongst the grand-standing, self-consciously important films at Cannes is a… Read More
May 27, 2012
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Cannes Review: ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’ Is a Magical, Wonderful Treasure
Cannes’ secondary competition - Un Certain Regard - offers attendees the opportunity to see innovative or intriguing projects, deemed of… Read More
May 27, 2012
Cannes Review: Bernardo Bertolucci’s ‘Me and You’ Is A Slight Return From The Veteran Director
Bernardo Bertolucci’s latest, Me and You, is the director’s first Italian language film for 30 years, seeking to show that… Read More
May 27, 2012
Cannes Review: Great Performances Can’t Save Lee Daniels’ ‘The Paperboy’
For a long time heavy-weight director Pedro Almodovar attempted to bring an adaptation of Peter Dexter’s excellent novel “The Paperboy”… Read More
May 24, 2012
Cannes Review: ‘The Angels’ Share’ Scores Another Success For Ken Loach
Just when the festival’s perpetual rain threatened to soak right through the collected critics’ spirit, redemption came from the most… Read More
May 23, 2012
Cannes Review: ‘The Hunt’ Is Sublimely Affecting, Award-Worthy Drama
When a film’s pre-release marketing includes mention of false accusations of pedophilia, and the subsequently unraveling world of the accused… Read More
May 23, 2012
Cannes Review: Leos Carax’s ‘Holy Motors’ Is (The Good Kind of) Bat-Shit Crazy
Cannes films have a tendency to provoke reaction, with selections chosen for their impact more often than any conventionally commercial… Read More
May 23, 2012
Cannes Review: ‘The Sapphires’ Is An Aboriginal ‘Dreamgirls’
The simplest way to sell Wayne Blair’s film debut The Sapphires is to say it is like the point where… Read More
May 20, 2012
Cannes Review: Tits, Teeth, and Rutger Hauer in Dario Argento’s ‘Dracula 3D’
Sitting in a theater watching a fair few people walk out in protest at the poor quality of Dracula 3D,… Read More
May 20, 2012