His dedication to finding new ways of depicting arguments about real estate is kinda admirable.
― Frederik B, Thursday, 16 May 2019 13:43 (five years ago) link
Bacurau sounds like something I’d really like. Not sure what to make of Les Misérables, I’m skeptical about the concept of a traditional-but-updated Street Crime Unit Paris police drama, but I suppose it could be great. One of the most interesting-sounding films to me so far in the festival is Beanpole by Kantemir Balagov in UCR
can't wait to hear what The Lighthouse is like
― Dan S, Thursday, 16 May 2019 21:28 (five years ago) link
Atlantics also sounds really good from early takes
― Dan S, Thursday, 16 May 2019 21:36 (five years ago) link
wasn't expecting Atlantics (Atlantique) to be a ghost story
― Dan S, Thursday, 16 May 2019 21:43 (five years ago) link
Peter Bradshaw thinks Sorry We Missed You is better than I, Daniel Blake, but says “and here is where my qualm arises. Many people will see this film as a portrayal of real issues facing people – not silly old Brexit, which only worries people in the London bubble. Does the director himself feel like this? I don’t know. But I can only say that the European Union is the modern-day nursery of employment rights, and outside it is where working people will find more cynicism, more cruelty, more exploitation, more economic isolation and more poverty.”
― Dan S, Thursday, 16 May 2019 22:22 (five years ago) link
the #FBPEU is strong with this one
― findom haddie (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 16 May 2019 22:28 (five years ago) link
Also really curious about what Port Authority will be like
― Dan S, Thursday, 16 May 2019 22:49 (five years ago) link
Disappointed by Jessica Hausner’s Science-Gone-Too-Far plant-anxiety drama LITTLE JOE - visually blooming but dramatically a wilting marigold. #Cannes2019— Jonathan Romney (@JonathanRomney) May 17, 2019
:-(
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 17 May 2019 17:24 (five years ago) link
seems like an unusual number of genre- and genre-leaning films in competition this year
― Simon H., Friday, 17 May 2019 17:47 (five years ago) link
http://i64.tinypic.com/2i0rjq0.png
― Dan S, Saturday, 18 May 2019 02:28 (five years ago) link
Ramin Setoodeh's picture of Julianne Moore and Richard Madden watching Mariah Carey perform at Cannes
― Dan S, Saturday, 18 May 2019 02:30 (five years ago) link
reading the reviews I don't think I care about what the critics say about Little Joe
― Dan S, Saturday, 18 May 2019 03:09 (five years ago) link
the Almodovar sounds promising.
― Simon H., Saturday, 18 May 2019 03:12 (five years ago) link
I haven't loved his films since Volver, but this one does seem like it could be pretty great
― Dan S, Saturday, 18 May 2019 03:19 (five years ago) link
I really want to see the Dan Krauss/PaulHaggis documentary “5B” in special screenings at Cannes about the AIDS ward at SFGH in the early 80s
― Dan S, Saturday, 18 May 2019 03:51 (five years ago) link
Review made to infuriate our Dane:
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/may/16/sorry-we-missed-you-review-ken-loach
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 18 May 2019 11:47 (five years ago) link
Broken Embraces is secretly one of the very best Almodovar, and he works very well in melancholy mode, so I'm intrigued.
― Frederik B, Saturday, 18 May 2019 13:36 (five years ago) link
the early reviews of The Lighthouse are very positive:
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/may/19/the-lighthouse-review-robert-pattinson-shines-in-sublime-maritime-nightmare
https://theplaylist.net/lighthouse-cannes-review-20190519/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
― Dan S, Sunday, 19 May 2019 16:49 (five years ago) link
also
https://www.indiewire.com/2019/05/the-lighthouse-review-robert-pattinson-cannes-2019-1202142861/
― Dan S, Sunday, 19 May 2019 16:54 (five years ago) link
the Malick and Sciamma films are looking promising as well
― Dan S, Sunday, 19 May 2019 17:16 (five years ago) link
reading all of the ecstatic reviews for The Lighthouse makes me wonder how the Cannes organizers make their selections, and why something like this would be left out of the competition
― Dan S, Sunday, 19 May 2019 22:01 (five years ago) link
Wow, super excited to see that.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 19 May 2019 22:12 (five years ago) link
the filming location is apparently not Maine but Cape Forchu, an island off of Yarmouth Nova Scotia
― Dan S, Sunday, 19 May 2019 22:51 (five years ago) link
I like late Malick a lot but the reception to this one has been lukewarm. Pleased the Sciamma has gone down well.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 20 May 2019 09:14 (five years ago) link
Another out of competition film that seems to have been v.popular is And Then We Danced.
― Alba, Monday, 20 May 2019 13:42 (five years ago) link
https://d1nslcd7m2225b.cloudfront.net/Pictures/780xany/0/8/0/1303080_jurygridday6ppp_279596.jpg
― zama roma ding dong (Eric H.), Monday, 20 May 2019 17:42 (five years ago) link
was really interested to read that the score for Atlantique was composed by Fatima al Qadiri! also the "music direction" in Port Authority was by Matthew Herbert.
from everything I've read about Portrait of a Lady on Fire it sounds fantastic
― Dan S, Tuesday, 21 May 2019 00:32 (five years ago) link
going to wait til the end, but right now I think I'm going to vote for that in this poll
― Dan S, Tuesday, 21 May 2019 00:45 (five years ago) link
One thing I noticed following it all on podcasts and Twitter (my Cannes list is here in case you want it) is that it hasn't reflected the critics' scoreboard where Pain and Glory is way out in front. That's got more of a 7/10 kind of thumbs up and it's Bacurau and Portrait of a Lady on Fire that have really got people going. Maybe a younger generation.
― Alba, Tuesday, 21 May 2019 06:40 (five years ago) link
Or maybe it's just the UK bias of my Twitter list and podcast listening.
― Alba, Tuesday, 21 May 2019 06:51 (five years ago) link
Great...
I think the Palme dog race is over. #cannes2019— erickohn (@erickohn) May 21, 2019
― zama roma ding dong (Eric H.), Tuesday, 21 May 2019 17:51 (five years ago) link
(Hint: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood just let out in the last year or so.)
― zama roma ding dong (Eric H.), Tuesday, 21 May 2019 17:57 (five years ago) link
it just *seemed* like a year amirite
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 21 May 2019 18:13 (five years ago) link
https://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/reviews-recommendations/portrait-lady-fire-celine-sciamma-adele-haenel-period-romance-female-liberated-portrait
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 21 May 2019 18:54 (five years ago) link
xp well I'll be, a true legit Freudian slip
― zama roma ding dong (Eric H.), Tuesday, 21 May 2019 20:15 (five years ago) link
https://cdn1.thr.com/sites/default/files/2019/05/the_lighthouse_still_1.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 21 May 2019 20:17 (five years ago) link
the word seems to be very good for bong's parasite
― devvvine, Tuesday, 21 May 2019 22:44 (five years ago) link
that image has got to be one of the best movie stills in recent memory
was disappointed by Snowpiercer (and didn't see Okja) but Parasite sounds like something I will like
― Dan S, Wednesday, 22 May 2019 00:27 (five years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 23 May 2019 00:01 (five years ago) link
https://d1nslcd7m2225b.cloudfront.net/Pictures/780xany/4/7/9/1303479_jurygridcopy_53988.jpg
― Alba, Thursday, 23 May 2019 12:19 (five years ago) link
lol Dolan
― Simon H., Thursday, 23 May 2019 12:23 (five years ago) link
Alternative critic panel tables:https://www.ekkofilm.dk/stjernebarometer/cannes-filmfestival-2019/https://www.ioncinema.com/news/film-festivals/2019-cannes-critics-panel-day-quentin-tarantino-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywoodhttps://icsfilm.org/features/cannes-2019-ics-critics-industry-panel/Parasite now leads them all. I still voted for Portrait of a Lady on Fire though.
― Alba, Thursday, 23 May 2019 12:24 (five years ago) link
:( Sachs
― zama roma ding dong (Eric H.), Thursday, 23 May 2019 12:47 (five years ago) link
Lol, Ekko. I'm blocked from their twitter and facebook :)
― Frederik B, Thursday, 23 May 2019 13:06 (five years ago) link
Oh, Frederickpaws.
― Alba, Thursday, 23 May 2019 13:13 (five years ago) link
All signs point to everyone predicting Portrait of a Lady on Fire, wanting it to go to Parasite, thinking it's actually Pedro Almodovar's time, and Inarritu and company awarding Tarantino.
― zama roma ding dong (Eric H.), Thursday, 23 May 2019 13:13 (five years ago) link
Sorry, Frederikpaws. xp
― Alba, Thursday, 23 May 2019 13:14 (five years ago) link
I really want to see the new Herzog nowhttps://mubi.com/notebook/posts/cannes-correspondences-7-the-wonder-of-werner-herzog-and-terrence-malick
― Alba, Thursday, 23 May 2019 13:31 (five years ago) link
I'm fully expecting Inarritu to go for the Kechiche
― Frederik B, Thursday, 23 May 2019 13:53 (five years ago) link