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Cannes, Like France, Is Differentnew
Tarantino, Antichrist , and a well-lit genitalia show add up to a film festival like no other.
Boston Phoenix |
Lisa Nesselson |
05-29-2009 |
Movies
Tags: Cannes Film Festival
Dreaming in Film: At Cannes and Its Renegade Festivalsnew
A look at the scene in Cannes, where the best movies aren't necessarily the ones in the competition.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
05-22-2009 |
Movies
Tags: Cannes Film Festival
Controversy at Cannes: 'The Headless Woman'new

At Cannes, one can reliably emerge from seeing a near masterpiece only to discover that everyone -- or at least the influential industry trade newspapers -- has declared the very same movie une catastrophe! Such is the case with The Headless Woman.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
05-30-2008 |
Movies
Death in Cannes: Decay and Corruption Go Down Smoothlynew
When you're watching this many movies in rapid succession, the urge to divine a trend is almost irresistible, whether or not such a trend exists, so here's mine: A considerable proportion of the films I've seen have been concerned in some way or another with decay.
NOW Magazine |
Norman Wilner |
05-27-2008 |
Movies
Tags: Cannes Film Festival
Cannes Comebacks: Our Midfestival Reportnew
Call Mike Tyson, Jerzy Skolimowski and Terence Davies the comeback kids.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
05-27-2008 |
Movies
New Values: Corruption and Death in Cannes
The big movies at Cannes this year treated the subject of corruption, from betrayal of personal ethics for cash to systematic governmental abuse, with cinematic inoculations of hope for an equalizing justice for humanity.
The 61st Cannes Film Festival Awards its Favorites
CANNES, France May 25. At this year's Cannes Film Festival, the jury, presided over by Sean Penn, awarded the Palme d'Or to Laurent Cantet for his heavily work-shopped film about a French junior high school teacher in a tough neighborhood, whose teaching style is challenged by his difficult students.
Cannes So Far: Sean Penn's Festival of Response

Cannes is much more than an all-you-can-watch buffet of world cinema (more than 2,300 films are shown during its 10 days), it's a bellwether of cinematic, economic, and global social values. But to weigh these new values, we have to wait until the climactic awards ceremony on May 25th.
The AmeriCannes Waynew
The Coen brothers, Gus Van Sant, Michael Moore, and Leonardo DiCaprio colonized screens at the French film fest.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Rob Nelson |
05-31-2007 |
Movies
Tags: 2007, Cannes Film Festival