Another fabulous role for Anthony Hopkins as Freud in London during WW2 locking horns with C.S. Lewis (Matthew Goode).
Freud’s Last Session: Matt (“The Man Who Knew Infinity”) Brown’s Drama, Starring Oscar Winner Anthony Hopkins as Freud and Matthew Goode as Author C.S. Lewis
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Cannes Film Fest: Blue Is the Warmest Color (2013), Controversial Winners (Spielberg, Jury Prexy)
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The day after its festival win, the author of the graphic novel on which the film is based denounced the adaptation as “porn.”
Cannes Film Fest: Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004), Controversial Winners
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Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) Despite the fact that Michael Moore’s inflammatory anti-Bush screed earned a 20-minute standing ovation at its Cannes premiere (one of the longest in the festival’s history), Quentin Tarantino and his jury’s decision to award the doc the Palme d’Or was seen by some as a […]
Cannes Film Fest: Crash, Controversial Winners
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Crash (1996) David Cronenberg’s aggressively unpleasant drama about car fetishists found itself swept to the podium in an unlikely way: Though nominated for Cannes biggest award, the Palme d’Or, it instead won a Special Jury Prize. The waves of shock on the Croisette were palpable, especially from traumatized viewers who […]
Cannes Film Fest: Pulp Fiction, Controversial Winners
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Pulp Fiction (1994) The first midnight screening was a sensation, but by the time Tarantino had claimed the fest’s highest prize, a critical backlash was already in force. The director accepted his award to jeers, possibly launched by those who felt that Krzysztof Kieślowski’s Three Colors: Red—the culmination of his trilogy—should […]
