Tag: cannes
Friday One Sheet: CREATURA
The 'polaroid' style one-sheet is a particular favourite of mine. As you can see below for Elena Martín's Cannes fêted Creatura, it allows room for pull quotes at the top, a well-kerned title below the image, and an ample credit block that...
Cannes 2023 Review: THE DELINQUENTS, Sensationally Entertaining Bank-Heist Dramedy
Daniel Elías and Esteban Bigliardi star as bank colleagues who rob their employer in Rodrigo Moreno's Argentinian comedy drama.
Cannes 2023 Review: THE OLD OAK, Exploitative Racism Melodrama Is An Embarrassment
British director Ken Loach unveiled the final film of his decades-long career at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.
Cannes 2023 Review: KIDNAPPED, Vatican Scandal Grippingly Dramatized
Director Marco Bellocchio tells a historical drama about a boy forcibly taken from his Jewish family and raised as a Catholic.
Cannes 2023 Review: ANATOMY OF A FALL, Underwhelming Palme d'Or Winner
Sandra Hüller stars in a courtroom drama, directed by French filmmaker Justine Triet.
Cannes 2023 Review: IN OUR DAY, Luminous Korean Miniature
Prolific Korean auteur Hong Sangsoo premieres his 30th film in the Director's Fortnight section at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.
Cannes 2023 Review: INSIDE THE YELLOW COCOON SHELL, Extraordinary Debut Feature
First-time Vietnamese filmmaker Pham Thien An unspooled his stunning feature in the Director's Fortnight section at the Cannes Film Festival.
Cannes 2023 Review: ABOUT DRY GRASSES, Turkish Drama Is Too Profound By Half
Nuri Bilge Ceylan returns with his seventh consecutive Cannes Competition entry, another sprawling three-hour plus drama about the human condition.
Friday One Sheet: ASTEROID CITY
Earlier, a trio of character posters was released for Wes Anderson's latest, Asteroid City. They are all very similar, with the Pantone-teal sky and rocket-man in the background. I will focus on the one that has Scarlett Johansson kitted out...
Cannes 2023 Dispatch: Quentin Tarantino Presents ROLLING THUNDER in 35mm, Talks About Paul Schrader and John Ford
Quentin Tarantino arrived at the Cannes International Film Festival to participate in the activities of the Quinzaine des Cinéastes. For those responsible for this parallel section of the festival, the presence of the Hollywood director meant historical rectification, because more...
Cannes 2023 Review: CLUB ZERO, Dieting Satire Hits Close to Home
Mia Wasikowska stars as a sinister nutrition coach in Jessica Hausner's new film.
Cannes 2023 Review: PERFECT DAYS, Magic Moments
Wim Wenders' new film.
Cannes 2023 Review: PROJECT SILENCE, Satisfying South Korean Action Thriller
Project Silence, part of the Midnight section at the Cannes International Film Festival, is genre cinema in its purest form. It caused a good number of people to leave the Agnès Varda movie hall, something that would never have happened,...
Cannes 2023: New Podcast Stark Raving Cinema Announced
More news from the Fantastic Pavilion at the Marché du Film in Cannes: a new film and pop culture podcast called Stark Raving Cinema will be launched in June. It was created by Paul McEvoy, co-founder of London’s FrightFest. Here’s...
Cannes 2023 Roundtable Interview: Amat Escalante Talks LOST IN THE NIGHT
Amat Escalante returned to the Croisette, exactly 10 years after the premiere of Heli, for which he won the Best Director award at this prestigious festival. With Lost in the Night (aka Perdidos en la noche), Escalante continues to address...
Cannes 2023 Review: YOUTH (SPRING), Chronicle of China's Working Class Youth
Chinese director Wang Bing makes his Cannes Competition debut with a stunning, expansive work about China's youth working in the country's garment industry.
Cannes 2023 Review: BLACK FLIES, Intense Portrait of Paramedics' Reality
Tye Sheridan and Sean Penn star in a dramatic thriller directed by Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire, co-starring Katherine Waterston, Michael Pitt and Mike Tyson.
Cannes 2023 Review: OCCUPIED CITY, Tales From WWII-Era Amsterdam
Steve McQueen directs a 4.5 hour Holocaust documentary.
Cannes 2023: European Genre Forum Reveals Project Selection at the Fantastic Pavilion
The pretty impressive Fantastic Pavilion has been the place of encounter for the genre film community at the Marché du Film in Cannes. Straight out of the Pavilion, now we share a press release by the European Genre Forum, revealing...
Cannes 2023 Review: THE ZONE OF INTEREST, Jonathan Glazer's Oblique Holocaust Drama
Sandra Hüller and Christian Friedel star in a German-language film, directed by Jonathan Glazer.
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