Tag Archives: Palme d’Or

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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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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At the Cinema | The White Ribbon – Michael Haneke’s film gets under the viewer’s skin

Posted on 12 November 2009 by Jason Best

Austrian director Michael Haneke has a knack of getting under the viewer’s skin – as anyone still in therapy after a viewing of Funny Games or Hidden will attest. His new movie, a period drama filmed in austere black and … Continue reading →

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BFI 53rd London Film Festival – Opening night… and the pick of the rest

Posted on 14 October 2009 by Jason Best

The Times BFI London Film Festival opens tonight with the world premiere of Fantastic Mr Fox, Wes Anderson’s screen version of Roald Dahl’s much-loved children’s story. Hollywood royalty will be turning out in force at the gala screening in Leicester … Continue reading →

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Cannes Lifts Off – but the world’s most glamorous film festival tones down the glitz

Posted on 13 May 2009 by heidi

The 62nd Cannes Film Festival lifts off today with the world premiere of Pixar’s Up, but as the red carpets are rolled out, reports are circulating that the Festival’s trademark glitz has been toned down from blinding to merely squint-worthy thanks to the … Continue reading →

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News Hound | 6 March 2009

Posted on 4 March 2009 by Adele Craciun

Movie Talk sniffs around the back alleys of the internet to bring you the juiciest showbiz news – so you don’t have to get your paws dirty… Barbara Broccoli has asked Danny Boyle to direct the next Bond film. According … 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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