Go you crazy cute mop-topped little kid genius you.
― Cronk's Not Cronk (Eric H.), Thursday, 17 April 2014 10:22 (ten years ago) link
(re: Godard, of course)
― Cronk's Not Cronk (Eric H.), Thursday, 17 April 2014 10:23 (ten years ago) link
This is Ceylan's to lose. After having seen loads of Cannes13 stuff these last few years, I'm kinda looking more forward to hearing about Un Certain Regard.
― Frederik B, Thursday, 17 April 2014 10:47 (ten years ago) link
UN CERTAIN REGARD"Amour fou" (Jessica Hausner)"Bird People" (Pascale Ferran)"The Blue Room" (Mathieu Amalric)"Charlie’s Country" (Rolf de Heer)"Dohee-ya" (July Jung)"Eleanor Rigby" (Ned Benson)"Fantasia" (Wang Chao)"Harcheck mi headro" (Keren Yedaya)"Hermosa juventud" (Jaime Rosales)"Incompresa" (Asia Argento)"Jauja" (Lisandro Alonso)"Lost River" (Ryan Gosling)"Party Girl" (Marie Amachoukeli-Barsacq, Claire Burger, Samuel Theis)"Run" (Philippe Lacote)"The Salt of the Earth" (Wim Wenders and Juliano Ribeiro Salgado)"Snow in Paradise" (Andrew Hulme)"Titli" (Kanu Behl)"Tourist" (Ruben Ostlund)"Xenia" (Panos Koutras)
― Cronk's Not Cronk (Eric H.), Thursday, 17 April 2014 11:06 (ten years ago) link
This is Ceylan's to lose.
Runtime: 196 min
― Cronk's Not Cronk (Eric H.), Thursday, 17 April 2014 11:15 (ten years ago) link
Wow, three Canadians. (Kinda expect all three of them to be bad, tbh.)
― Simon H., Thursday, 17 April 2014 12:23 (ten years ago) link
x-post: Excactly.
Looking forward to the new Östlund as well, his Play is a gem!
― Frederik B, Thursday, 17 April 2014 12:34 (ten years ago) link
I see the terrible four-hour Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby is now the still-gonna-be-terrible two-hour Eleanor Rigby.
― Simon H., Thursday, 17 April 2014 12:39 (ten years ago) link
Leigh, Loach, Dardenne, Cronenberg and Godard AGAIN?
Zzz...
Uncertain regard seems more interesting (and not for the first time)
Because Jane Campion is the head of Jury i'd say Naomi or Alice will win.
― nostormo, Thursday, 17 April 2014 13:02 (ten years ago) link
I bet Xavier still has a shot on that logic.
― Cronk's Not Cronk (Eric H.), Thursday, 17 April 2014 13:13 (ten years ago) link
Godard hasn't been there since 2001. Dardenne deserves to be there. Leigh, Loach and Cronenberg are also making me very tired. When was the last time they made something worthwhile?
How is Kawase or Rohrwacher? What should be seen by them? I saw Tom at the Farm yesterday, really not that good. Don't get his hype.
― Frederik B, Thursday, 17 April 2014 13:16 (ten years ago) link
"Godard hasn't been there since 2001"
and for good reasons
― nostormo, Thursday, 17 April 2014 13:19 (ten years ago) link
Dardenne deserves to be there.
I need Cannes to give me new betes noir plz.
― Cronk's Not Cronk (Eric H.), Thursday, 17 April 2014 13:20 (ten years ago) link
I'd probably rather watch 10 Loach movies in a row than see another Dardennes joint.
― Cronk's Not Cronk (Eric H.), Thursday, 17 April 2014 13:21 (ten years ago) link
at least Almodovar didn't make a new film..
― nostormo, Thursday, 17 April 2014 13:25 (ten years ago) link
At least Jane Campion didn't make a new film.
― Cronk's Not Cronk (Eric H.), Thursday, 17 April 2014 13:26 (ten years ago) link
Hey, I love late Godard! Saw 3x3D last sunday, and his segment was really fun! Unfortunately, the rest was kinda bullshit.
― Frederik B, Thursday, 17 April 2014 13:33 (ten years ago) link
I'd kinda hafta read up on the individual movies to make an educated guess. I now only have time to read heavily on films after I've seen them.
Mommy? Boy that'll run forever in the gay ghettos. (Also, I'm fucking sick of having to see a filmmaker has a new one when his LAST one hasn't opened in the enlightened USA.)
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 17 April 2014 14:28 (ten years ago) link
booooo
― Simon H., Thursday, 17 April 2014 15:08 (ten years ago) link
Looking forward to Carrell:
http://cdn.mos.totalfilm.com/images/s/steve-carell-is-unrecognisable-in-first-image-from-foxcatcher-143170-a-1377071676-470-75.jpg
― That's So (Eazy), Thursday, 17 April 2014 15:09 (ten years ago) link
If Chris Evans makes good on his threat to follow Gosling into directing, they can be in Un Shirtless Regard.
Good that a Leigh period piece is closer to Topsy-Turvy than Vera Drake.
I would not have guessed that one of these is a remake of a Fred Zinnemann film.
http://www.fandor.com/keyframe/daily-cannes-2014-lineup
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 17 April 2014 15:12 (ten years ago) link
http://www.screendaily.com/news/cannes-adds-six-to-official-selection/5071149.article
― Cronk's Not Cronk (Eric H.), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 13:31 (ten years ago) link
Looking forward to the Godard, Assayas, Dardennes and Celan (tho' he will have to go some way to top Once Upon A Time...). Enjoyed Loach and Leigh's previous movies. Hated Cronenberg's previous two movies, and agree he hasn't made a really satisfying movie since... Existenz?
― Ward Fowler, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 13:57 (ten years ago) link
Cosmopolis was the first one I've liked in about a decade.
― Cronk's Not Cronk (Eric H.), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 14:03 (ten years ago) link
last two have been splendid
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 15:51 (ten years ago) link
Has anyone seen any Sissako? His Bamako sounds pretty interesting.
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 15:59 (ten years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Tuesday, 13 May 2014 00:01 (nine years ago) link
Oddsmakers say Ceylan:
http://www.paddypower.com/bet/novelty-betting/hollywood/cannes-film-festivalhttp://www.jigsawlounge.co.uk/film/reviews/cannes2014bet/
Indiewire plays devils advocate on behalf of The Wonders:
http://www.indiewire.com/article/countdown-to-cannes-is-alice-rohrwachers-the-wonders-is-already-a-frontrunner-for-the-palme-dor
― Cronk's Not Cronk (Eric H.), Tuesday, 13 May 2014 00:35 (nine years ago) link
re: the latter, HitFlix is skeptical:
http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/cannes-check-2014-alice-rohrwachers-the-wonders
― Cronk's Not Cronk (Eric H.), Tuesday, 13 May 2014 00:37 (nine years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Wednesday, 14 May 2014 00:01 (nine years ago) link
Well, let's hope we're right.
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 14 May 2014 00:20 (nine years ago) link
Almost as many votes as there will be fest jurors.
― Cronk's Not Cronk (Eric H.), Wednesday, 14 May 2014 03:34 (nine years ago) link
preview roundup
http://www.fandor.com/keyframe/daily-previewing-cannes-2014
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 14 May 2014 19:15 (nine years ago) link
Mr. Turner sounds incredible
― Number None, Thursday, 15 May 2014 11:49 (nine years ago) link
BFI on "Mr Turner", which I eagerly anticipate watching : http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/comment/festivals/cannes-2014-savouring-mr-turner
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Thursday, 15 May 2014 13:05 (nine years ago) link
so it probably won't be Winter Sleep after all
― nostormo, Saturday, 17 May 2014 15:01 (nine years ago) link
Reviews for Egoyan's are way worse tho.
― Cronk's Not Cronk (Eric H.), Saturday, 17 May 2014 17:37 (nine years ago) link
Are the reviews for Winter Sleep really more mixed than could have been expected with a 196 min Turkish talk-drama?
― Frederik B, Saturday, 17 May 2014 18:03 (nine years ago) link
lol
― schlump, Saturday, 17 May 2014 20:15 (nine years ago) link
I've got a good feeling about Leviathan.
― nostormo, Saturday, 17 May 2014 21:27 (nine years ago) link
I'd like a Russian winner, but I didn't really like The Return. Also, sea-monsters is the weirdest trend in world cinema 2014...
― Frederik B, Saturday, 17 May 2014 21:44 (nine years ago) link
Pretty comprehensive chart of int'l critics' ratings:
http://www.todaslascriticas.com.ar/cannes
Jauja is absolutely slaying in this year's "shoulda been in the competition" derby.
― Cronk's Not Cronk (Eric H.), Tuesday, 20 May 2014 12:41 (nine years ago) link
I'd be more intrigued if I hadn't disliked Liverpool so strongly.
― Cronk's Not Cronk (Eric H.), Tuesday, 20 May 2014 12:42 (nine years ago) link
Jauja is filmed in Copenhagen, and includes legendary actress Ghita Nørby. Which means that an Alonso-film might actually get released here!
Also, Winter Sleep still the one with the highest score (except for Adieu au Langauge, lol). Keeping my fingers crossed.
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 20 May 2014 13:16 (nine years ago) link
I don't trust those Foxcatcher reviews further than I can close the tab on them.
― Cronk's Not Cronk (Eric H.), Tuesday, 20 May 2014 13:30 (nine years ago) link
The Search is on it's way to beat Grace of Monaco! And Adieu au Language now has a score of 9.5. Excited!
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 21 May 2014 19:17 (nine years ago) link
why u ppl innarested in a fest none of us are at?
these are all filed under Things We Will See Later
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 19:27 (nine years ago) link
i'm surprised an avid cinemagoer such as yrself doc m isn't fatally aware that things are better experienced at a distance
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 19:33 (nine years ago) link
For someone in Denmark, whether or not I'll get to see it depends quite a lot on how well it plays in Cannes.
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 21 May 2014 19:35 (nine years ago) link
Probably. Jumpcut spent a recent volume focusing on it, and on Spielberg's Lincoln. Was really interesting, but boy, did they get it wrong. Don't think they get American history any more wrong than Wes Anderson does European ditto, though ;)
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 21 May 2014 21:22 (nine years ago) link
yeah, i'll give him a pass. the assholes who were editing cahiers du cinema post-68, not so much.
― display name changed. (amateurist), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 21:24 (nine years ago) link
the cahiers article on young mr lincoln is a deliberate mishmash of American history, a kind of fantasia of American history.
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 21:42 (nine years ago) link
like that spaghetti western where Garfield gets killed in Dallas after quoting Robert Kennedy?
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 21:50 (nine years ago) link
the cahiers article on young mr lincoln is a deliberate mishmash of American history, a kind of fantasia of American history.― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Wednesday, May 21, 2014 4:42 PM (28 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Wednesday, May 21, 2014 4:42 PM (28 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
ha! unfortunately, it's dead serious.
morbs, i dunno that one (unless you're kidding), but spaghetti westerns are great for LOL versions of American history. Django is one of the more bizarre.
― display name changed. (amateurist), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 22:12 (nine years ago) link
being both exceedingly pedantic and totally wrong like that cahiers article is a special kind of awful.
― display name changed. (amateurist), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 22:13 (nine years ago) link
I was not kidding
http://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/The_Price_of_Power_Review
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 22:18 (nine years ago) link
― display name changed. (amateurist), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 22:19 (nine years ago) link
Craig Keller from MoC wrote:ADIEU AU LANGAGE by Godard. Now is not the time for hyperbole. It is simply a landmark in the history of cinema, on the order of Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon or, for that matter, Breathless. A complete and total reinvention of form and what cinema even is.
but did he like it?
― display name changed. (amateurist), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 23:05 (nine years ago) link
so tired of Godard.
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 22 May 2014 03:06 (nine years ago) link
haha, he's only been around the scene for 55 years.
― display name changed. (amateurist), Thursday, 22 May 2014 03:13 (nine years ago) link
(i happen to think he's made some of his best movies recently)
― display name changed. (amateurist), Thursday, 22 May 2014 03:14 (nine years ago) link
I've tried 2-3 films of most his different period and never found a single film of his to be enjoyable, I didn't bother with Film Socialisme but this one new I might try. There is something about him that rubs me the wrong way. Yet, I love Maker and Resnais.
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 22 May 2014 03:31 (nine years ago) link
And his ridiculous letter and this kind of thing that exemplify what I dislike about him, although it's an even a worse look on the festival itself.
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 22 May 2014 03:32 (nine years ago) link
The Immigrant still hasn't come out yet here...
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 22 May 2014 03:33 (nine years ago) link
Also, I heard pretty mixed echoes from Kawase, which bums me, as she is easily one of my favorite directors.
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 22 May 2014 03:36 (nine years ago) link
I've tried 2-3 films of most his different period and never found a single film of his to be enjoyable, I didn't bother with Film Socialisme but this one new I might try. There is something about him that rubs me the wrong way. Yet, I love Maker and Resnais.― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, May 21, 2014 10:31 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, May 21, 2014 10:31 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
ha we probably shouldn't meet in person.
― display name changed. (amateurist), Thursday, 22 May 2014 05:05 (nine years ago) link
It looks like one of the worst years of the competition.
― nostormo, Thursday, 22 May 2014 10:24 (nine years ago) link
Every new Godard triggers wild, undoubtedly unreliable hosannas at Cannes. This one appears to be no different.
― Cronk's Not Cronk (Eric H.), Thursday, 22 May 2014 11:42 (nine years ago) link
But wasn't the raves for Film Socialisme sorta evened out by some very negative pans? That's sorta what I don't see this time, and that's what intrigues me. Because this looked divise before the festival, to say the least.
― Frederik B, Thursday, 22 May 2014 12:50 (nine years ago) link
There's just really no trusting reviews of Godard, period.
― Cronk's Not Cronk (Eric H.), Thursday, 22 May 2014 13:39 (nine years ago) link
― Frederik B, Thursday, 22 May 2014 14:15 (nine years ago) link
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 22 May 2014 14:18 (nine years ago) link
He is not a 'consensus' artist and hasn't been since maaaaybe '70-72 at the latest. I find what I've seen from circa '77-95ish (w/ some exceptions) to be pretty arid. Better since late '90s.
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 22 May 2014 14:40 (nine years ago) link
Mommy is gathering major buzz.
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 22 May 2014 15:42 (nine years ago) link
And that to, pisses me off. The notion of auteurs made sense from 1959 until recently, it was the necessary step for critics to assess cinema as a serious artform, but nowadays it just seems that it's bunch of old white dudes making the same naturalistic movies about unfortunate people, and no, making your film in 1:1 won't make it more special. La Vie d'Adèle (which I'll say is a very good film) was basically the last of this kind I wanted to see. Heck, at least Godard, which I dislike for other reasons, is trying to do something new. I miss the 2008/2009 edition or maybe the summer just started and all I want to see is comedies.
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 22 May 2014 15:55 (nine years ago) link
lengthy roundtable discussion
http://www.filmcomment.com/entry/cannes-2014-homesman-mr-turner-foxcatcher-maps-to-the-stars-saint-laurent
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 22 May 2014 18:17 (nine years ago) link
it's weird that some folks (including todd mccarthy, who should know better) are all "oh godard, so tired of that old man, he's always doing the same thing" when from nearly all accounts "adieu au langage" is mind-bendingly weird.
― display name changed. (amateurist), Thursday, 22 May 2014 20:40 (nine years ago) link
i do tend to think that his films pose challenges to the usual saw-it-two-hours-ago-now-writing-700-word-review routine. in some ways twitter is almost a better medium for the time being.
― display name changed. (amateurist), Thursday, 22 May 2014 20:41 (nine years ago) link
wesley morris on godard/dolan (i've really enjoyed reading his cannes reports this year):
http://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/cannes-diary-day-8-jean-luc-godard/
― display name changed. (amateurist), Thursday, 22 May 2014 20:53 (nine years ago) link
so the Palme is in the bag for Leviathan, allegedly
i liked his Elena more than most Palme winners I've seen
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Friday, 23 May 2014 18:07 (nine years ago) link
Disappointed Carell didn't win it but oh well.
― Van Horn Street, Saturday, 24 May 2014 17:17 (nine years ago) link
Jury Prize for both Dolan and Godard, haha.
― Van Horn Street, Saturday, 24 May 2014 17:31 (nine years ago) link
Winter Sleep wins the Palme d'Or.
― Van Horn Street, Saturday, 24 May 2014 17:49 (nine years ago) link
Good job, poll voters.
― Cronk's Not Cronk (Eric H.), Saturday, 24 May 2014 17:55 (nine years ago) link
The rest of the choices getting votes managed one award between them. But yeah for Nuri. Now there's hope of it getting Danish distribution.
― Frederik B, Saturday, 24 May 2014 17:59 (nine years ago) link
Xavier Dolan refused the Queer Palm for Laurence Anyways, a year ago, saying (i'm translating) that such a prize is disgusting, contributes to the fragmentation of the world and that its ostracizing.
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 22:03 (nine years ago) link
I understand Mommy is pretty disgusting.
― a guy named Christian White who represents the typical white Christian (Eric H.), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 23:06 (nine years ago) link
Everything I've heard about it from people I actually know and trust makes it sound like a howler.
― Simon H., Wednesday, 10 September 2014 00:13 (nine years ago) link
Glenn Kenny wrote that Dolan puts the "terrible" into "enfant terrible." WTF at the praise...
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 01:46 (nine years ago) link
It's really awful. Possibly his worst yet.
― Simon H., Tuesday, 27 January 2015 02:06 (nine years ago) link
I don't know who Xavier Dolan is but I saw Mommy for some reason. Let's just say I'm never going to see one of his film's again... lol.
― Hungry4Ass, Friday, 6 February 2015 03:11 (nine years ago) link
I thought it was gonna be like a hardcore art movie, I don't know why, but it's really broad and stupid... And not in a sick Road House kind of way. I wanted to walk out really bad... I knew that would be the case like 5 minutes in when it became clear that it was just gonna be the same scene repeated for 2 hours and 30 minutes. But I'm such a tightwad that I'll never walk out on any movie. Anyway this Stinker gets two thumb's down.
as Kenny points out, Dolasn def has the 'chops' to make high-paying Hollywood crap. And his next movie stars Susan Sarandon.
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Friday, 6 February 2015 03:50 (nine years ago) link
I actually thought a bunch of times during it that Dolan & Damien Chazelle should just make X-Men movies. I'm sure they think they're too good for it, but I've got news for them... they're not!!! Also I thought of the film I Am Sam which this has about as much integrity as
― Hungry4Ass, Friday, 6 February 2015 04:16 (nine years ago) link
Actually Dolan has directed a couple of fine female performances, the leads in Laurence Anyways and I Killed My Mother (same actress as Mommy; still his best film too).
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Friday, 6 February 2015 04:23 (nine years ago) link
(Anne Dorval even does her best with this crap)
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Friday, 6 February 2015 04:24 (nine years ago) link
Yeah the lead lady in Mommy was really good. Maybe I lied about never seeing one of his movies again... maybe one day I'll check out the transgendered one starring the leather fannypack guy from A Summer Tale
― Hungry4Ass, Friday, 6 February 2015 04:32 (nine years ago) link
I looooove him, but the performance was wobbly.
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Friday, 6 February 2015 04:36 (nine years ago) link
I actually liked about half of Laurence Anyways.
― Simon H., Friday, 6 February 2015 05:17 (nine years ago) link