Tag Archives: Cannes

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives – Thai Palme d’Or winner: enchanting fable or baffling bore?

Posted on 17 November 2010 by Jason Best

Surprise winner of the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives is guaranteed to divide audiences. For some, Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s enigmatic film is dreamlike and sublime; for others, it’s … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday (again) Robert Pattinson!

Posted on 13 May 2010 by Adele Craciun

My goodness! Has it been a year already? Rob’s turning (just) 24 and is already so famous he can’t go anywhere without security. In fact, judging from last year’s visit to the Cannes film festival, he no longer walks alone either … Continue reading →

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Cannes Film Festival opens tonight!

Posted on 12 May 2010 by heidi

Ten days of Gallic glitz and glamour opens tonight on the French Riviera with Russell Crowe letting the side down a bit in the glamour stakes as a decidedly grungy Robin Hood. Ridley Scott’s new take on the old Sherwood … Continue reading →

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Out on DVD | Antichrist – Is Lars von Trier’s arty horror movie preposterous or profound?

Posted on 20 January 2010 by Jason Best

Lars von Trier‘s provocative arthouse horror film Antichrist is beautiful and repellent, bewildering and profound. Critics fainted at its first screenings in Cannes; others walked out in disgust. The festival’s jury then nominated it for the top award, the Palme … Continue reading →

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The Best view | Inglourious Basterds – Quentin Tarantino’s WW2 revenge fantasy: it’s not only the spelling that’s juvenile

Posted on 19 August 2009 by Jason Best

  “Once upon a time in Nazi-occupied France…” So begins Quentin Tarantino’s much-hyped World War Two action movie, an ultra-violent fairy tale in which a band of scalp-hunting Jewish-American soldiers go on the rampage behind enemy lines… and, in an … Continue reading →

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News Muse – Green Porno and Cannes glamour

Posted on 22 May 2009 by Adele Craciun

Did anyone catch the Graham Norton Show last night? I nearly choked on my dinner because I was laughing so hard during his interview with Isabella Rossellini. Turns out Bella is really in to the birds and the bees. But … Continue reading →

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The Best view | Salaam Bombay! – “The original Slumdog Millionaire”

Posted on 30 March 2009 by Jason Best

When Mira Nair’s moving tribute to the resilience of Bombay’s street children was first seen in 1988, it drew comparisons with François Truffaut’s The 400 Blows for its unflinching depiction of a deprived young boy’s struggle against the odds. Twenty-odd … Continue reading →

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At the Cinema | The Class

Posted on 27 February 2009 by Jason Best

  This truly inspirational documentary-style drama from France left me reeling with awe and admiration. I taught English for a couple of years in my early 20s while living in Italy and I’m all too aware how cushy was my … Continue reading →

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BFI 52nd London Film Festival – Opening night… and the pick of the rest

Posted on 15 October 2008 by Jason Best

The Times BFI London Film Festival opens tonight with the world premiere of Frost/Nixon, Ron Howard’s screen version of Peter Morgan’s hit play. Over the past few weeks I’ve been dashing hither and thither, from Leicester Square to, er, Leicester, … Continue reading →

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News Muse – Venice vs Toronto, round 2

Posted on 5 September 2008 by Adele Craciun

Toronto opened their cinema curtains (yesterday) before Venice has even closed theirs (tomorrow) in the film industry’s never-ending battle for media attention. Like I was saying last week, Venice has had a lot of grief from the critics about the … Continue reading →

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