South Korean director Bon Joon-ho is a regular presence at the Cannes Film Fest. This year, his film Parasite, which is in the prestigious Main Competition, received an extremely favorable critics response. Early on, the director had suggested that the film was “hyper-local” and possibly difficult for foreign audiences to understand. Whether that was a […]
Cannes Film Fest 2019: I Lost My Body Wins Critics Week Top Prize
May 22, 2019 by
Jeremy Clapin’s animated tale I Lost My Body earned the top award in Cannes’ Critics’ Week sidebar, the Nespresso Grand prize.
Cannes Film Fest 2019: Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood–Tarantino and Cast Meet the Press
May 22, 2019 by
We studied people from Ralph Meeker to Eddie Byrne, all these actors whose work Tarantino really appreciates from an artistic perspective, who contributed in his mind to cinematic and television achievements–DiCaprio
Cannes Film Fest 2019: Once Upon a Time…..in Hollywood–Tarantino’s Triumphant Love Letter to Hollywood of Yesteryear
May 20, 2019 by
Tarantino’s ninth feature, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood, is a brazenly entertaining, supremely acted, playfully self-reflexive, deeply personal movie. As such, it serves as the director’s love letter to the film industry–and to Los Angeles itself–at a crucial time, when major changes were about to take place in and out tinsel town.
Cannes Film Fest 2019: Operation Mincemeat, WWII Drama, Starring Colin Firth
May 20, 2019 by
Operation Mincemeat, World War II drama, starring Oscar winner Colin Firth (The King’s Speech), has sold out international territories at this year’s Cannes Film Fest.
