This short film from Joel and Ethan Coen was produced in 2007 as part of For Each His Own Cinema (Chacun son cinéma), a collection of 3 minute films from famous directors commissioned for the 60th Anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival. It stars Josh Brolin, actor-turned-producer-turned-director of Men Who Stare at Goats Grant Heslov, [...]
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Twitch also has a NSFW trailer for Dogtooth, the winner of the top prize in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes.
Dogtooth is a sort of comedy(?) that tells the story of three 20-somethings who’ve lived their whole lives in an entirely insular world of confinement staged by their parents. It didn’t get the attention [...]
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In between the last flurry of LiC coverage and the awarding of the Palme d’Or, there were a number of other interesting films to play Cannes that have slipped through the cracks. I’m putting one of the monkeys in charge of picking up some of the loose ends.
Twitch brings us something of a teaser for [...]
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Palme d’Or winner: Michael Haneke
Lifted wholesale from the fine folks at indieWIRE, here are the Cannes winners.
Palme d’Or: The White Ribbon (Das Weisse Band), d:Michael Haneke
Grand Prix (runner-up): A Prophet, d:Jacques Audiard
Prix Exceptional du Jury (Special Jury Prize): Alain Resnais, Wild Grass
Prix de la Mise en Scene (best director): Brillante Mendoza, Kinatay
Prix du Scenario (best [...]
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Michael Haneke’s The White Ribbon
Another day, another favorite for the Palme D’Or. This week, some eyes turned toward Michael (Cache, Funny Games) Haneke’s The White Ribbon as the one to beat for the Cannes Film Festival’s top prize. Sony Pictures Classics, which picked the film up before the start of the festival, also recently purchased [...]
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Most people have been buzzing about The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus as Heath Ledger’s last film. I’ve been more interested in finding out if it’s good Terry Gilliam (Brazil) or bad (Tideland). If these first reviews are any indication, it’s somewhere in between, but closer to the latter.
The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus. UK/Canada
Director: Terry Gilliam; [...]
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We ran the Spanish language trailer for Isabel Coixet’s latest a couple weeks ago, but now a subtitled version (minus the annoying Spanish dub) is making the rounds.
It’s still not safe for work…unless you’re lucky enough to have a job where simulated cunnilingus is considered safe.
Map of the Sounds of Tokyo stars Rinko Kikuchi (Babel, [...]
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Talk continues to swirl around Lars von Trier’s Antichrist and reviews continue to trickle in as Variety announces that the film has been picked up for US distribution by IFC along with Ken Loach’s Looking for Eric.
At SpoutBlog, I think Karina Longworth’s review benefits from coming after the initial wave of hype. There’s a sobriety [...]
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I don’t want to give the impression that Inglourious Basterds is getting killed by the critics, but in an effort to tamp down my own absurd expectations here is a sampling of some of the more negative reviews of the Quentin Tarantino WWII adventure which premiered in competition at Cannes at 8:30 this morning local [...]
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Are those the Cannes critics he’s humping her on top of?
O Cannes buzz. How I love to ride your currents, winding this way and wending that. A couple of observations before launching into yesterday’s films:
Originally I thought Jane Campion’s Bright Star was on people’s lips as the Palme D’Or favorite, but more and more I’m [...]
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