I'm always shit at guessing these but I don't see it going to one of the Americans (or Canadian) this year
― Simon H., Thursday, 2 May 2019 13:12 (four years ago) link
I think most people are shit at guessing these, which is why it's fun.
In that vein, I'm guessing Ken Loach has it.
― zama roma ding dong (Eric H.), Thursday, 2 May 2019 13:20 (four years ago) link
god help me for rooting against the Trot but if he wins again I'm gonna stop paying attention altogether
― Simon H., Thursday, 2 May 2019 13:21 (four years ago) link
It's always impossible to guess what will win, though in this case we know that since Iñarittu is head of the jury, it will undoubtedly be shit.
― Frederik B, Thursday, 2 May 2019 13:53 (four years ago) link
that's not guaranteed, again let's recall Burton/Boonmee
― Simon H., Thursday, 2 May 2019 13:54 (four years ago) link
this is exceptionally cynical but I could see him trying to win cred by picking the Diop
― Simon H., Thursday, 2 May 2019 13:56 (four years ago) link
xp I'm convinced it was the fish coitus that sealed the deal on that one.
― zama roma ding dong (Eric H.), Thursday, 2 May 2019 13:56 (four years ago) link
Burton >>>>>>> Iñarittu. But who knows, perhaps there won't be any bad movies he can give it to?
Lol
― Frederik B, Thursday, 2 May 2019 14:05 (four years ago) link
No idea, but I’m happy to learn that there is a new Sachs on the way.
― Timothée Charalambides (cryptosicko), Thursday, 2 May 2019 14:27 (four years ago) link
I still don't actually believe the Jim Jarmusch zombie movie is for real. Too on the nose tbh.
― zama roma ding dong (Eric H.), Thursday, 2 May 2019 14:41 (four years ago) link
A HIDDEN LIFE
This is a shit title.
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Thursday, 2 May 2019 15:08 (four years ago) link
I liked Filho’s Aquarius, and Bacurau by Filho and Dornelles sounds really interesting
I wish Eggers’ The Lighthouse had made it into competition. I think it’s in Directors’ Fortnight
― Dan S, Thursday, 2 May 2019 15:20 (four years ago) link
Filho's Neighboring Sounds might be even better!
― Frederik B, Thursday, 2 May 2019 15:26 (four years ago) link
Also in Directors' Fortnight that I kinda wish was in the competition, Bertrand Bonello's Zombi Child. At Jarmusch's expense, even!
― zama roma ding dong (Eric H.), Thursday, 2 May 2019 15:34 (four years ago) link
Adding to films that should have been in main competition: From UCR: Albert Serra's 'Freedom', Oliver Laxe's 'A Sun That Never Sets' and Bruno Dumont's 'Jeanne'. From Quinzaine there's Lav Diaz' 'The Halt' of course, but also Shahrbanoo Sadat's 'The Orphanage' and J-P Valkeapää's 'Dogs Don't Wear Pants'. And I would of course have 'A White, White Day', Hlynur Palmason's follow-up to the Danish language 'Winter Brothers' promoted as well. Also, apparently there's a new Patricio Guzman doc out of competition, would love for that to get some more attention if it's as good as his last few films.
― Frederik B, Thursday, 2 May 2019 15:48 (four years ago) link
Can someone @Festival_Cannes explain how on the festival's Instagram they announce a new Pedro Costa film in Un Certain Regard (VITALINA VARELA), but it's missing from today's official announcement and the website? (Spotted by @c0mmunicants.) #Cannes2019 pic.twitter.com/YlDQp17uUF— Notebook (@NotebookMUBI) May 2, 2019
― zama roma ding dong (Eric H.), Thursday, 2 May 2019 16:13 (four years ago) link
PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE (Céline Sciamma; France)
Promising looking title
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 2 May 2019 16:16 (four years ago) link
https://pmcvariety.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/celine-sciamma.jpg
― zama roma ding dong (Eric H.), Thursday, 2 May 2019 16:18 (four years ago) link
unfortunately the plot synopsis sounds awful
― Simon H., Thursday, 2 May 2019 16:22 (four years ago) link
How many people vote in these polls early vs waiting to hear how the films have gone down? I guess I should poll this.
― Alba, Thursday, 2 May 2019 17:50 (four years ago) link
I usually vote early to ensure maximum embarrassment
― Simon H., Thursday, 2 May 2019 17:54 (four years ago) link
I vote Ken Loach every time.
― zama roma ding dong (Eric H.), Thursday, 2 May 2019 17:55 (four years ago) link
I voted for the Tarantino for some reason. I have no idea how to predict this. Thought maybe the Malick, apparently a return to form, could win, but I bet it'll be one of these directors I've never heard of.
― flappy bird, Thursday, 2 May 2019 18:17 (four years ago) link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palme_d%27Or#Multiple_Nominations
The following directors have had three or more films in competition and thus, are considered to have been nominated for the Palme d'Or:
13 NominationsKen Loach
9 NominationsCarlos SauraLars von Trier
8 NominationsJoel CoenJean-Pierre & Luc DardenneJean-Luc Godard
7 NominationsRobert AltmanMarco BellocchioLuis BunuelPietro GermiMichael HanekeJim JarmuschNanni Moretti
6 NominationsPedro AlmodovarNuri Bilge CeylanVittorio De SicaArnaud DesplechinMiklos JancsoAlain ResnaisPaolo SorrentinoAndrzej Wajda
5 NominationsTheodoros AngelopoulosMichelangelo AntonioniClint EastwoodShohei ImamuraChen KaigeAbbas KiarostamiEmir KusturicaMike LeighAlf Sjoberg
4 NominationsLindsay AndersonJacques AudiardIngmar BergmanLuis Garcia BerlangaMatteo GarroneJames GrayAki KaurismakiJoseph LoseyDavid LynchDelbert MannNagisa OshimaFrancesco RosiSatyajit RayDino RisiVolker SchlondorffMartin ScorseseSteven SoderberghGus Van Sant
3 NominationsJane CampionHenri-Georges ClouzotEthan CoenFrancis Ford CoppolaCosta-GavrasXavier DolanAlfred HitchcockKon IchikawaTeinosuke KinugasaMasaki KobayashiDavid LeanTerrence MalickNikita MikhalkovCristian MungiuErmanno OlmiElio PetriRoman PolanskiMartin RittElia SuleimanQuentin TarantinoPaolo TavianiVittorio TavianiWilliam Wyler
― zama roma ding dong (Eric H.), Thursday, 2 May 2019 18:53 (four years ago) link
"Nominations" is a weird way to tag it, but yeah. The Loach affinity is radiant.
― zama roma ding dong (Eric H.), Thursday, 2 May 2019 18:56 (four years ago) link
Which, I admit I haven't seen either of his Palme winners, but I did watch The Angels' Share and Looking for Eric and they were both awful.
― zama roma ding dong (Eric H.), Thursday, 2 May 2019 18:58 (four years ago) link
Yeah, the inability to put minor Loach in UCR is boring. Also, 13 noms and non of them are Kes. That's just pathetic.
― Frederik B, Thursday, 2 May 2019 21:15 (four years ago) link
I,Daniel Blake is my favourite since Sweet Sixteen. His collaboration with Laverty is not particularly fruitful imo.
― findom haddie (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 2 May 2019 21:24 (four years ago) link
The wind that shakes the barley winning the palme is a bit of a travesty
― findom haddie (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 2 May 2019 21:25 (four years ago) link
Yeah, Colossal Youth got robbed!
― Frederik B, Thursday, 2 May 2019 21:37 (four years ago) link
Every last movie that was also up for a Palme that year probably got robbed
― zama roma ding dong (Eric H.), Friday, 3 May 2019 03:11 (four years ago) link
Ok, looked again, and that year was shit for competition. But Pedro Costa was robbed.
― zama roma ding dong (Eric H.), Friday, 3 May 2019 03:13 (four years ago) link
I only ever vote anonymously, ensuring maximum anonymity.
― A is for (Aimless), Friday, 3 May 2019 03:25 (four years ago) link
odds for Palme winner listed:
https://www.jigsawlounge.co.uk/film/reviews/cannes2019/
― Dan S, Friday, 10 May 2019 06:13 (four years ago) link
so i will be in cannes the day the qt movie premieres~
― johnny crunch, Friday, 10 May 2019 14:08 (four years ago) link
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/cannes-has-a-sex-trafficking-problem-metoo-era-1208261
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 10 May 2019 23:11 (four years ago) link
I liked this preview of some of the films at the festival, by Eric Kohn, Kate Erbland, Christian Blauvelt, David Ehrlich, Zack Sharf, Tambay Obenson (films in alphabetical order):
https://www.indiewire.com/2019/05/cannes-2019-film-festival-quentin-tarantino-terrence-malick-1202131965/
― Dan S, Friday, 10 May 2019 23:25 (four years ago) link
I always abstain cuz I give even less of a shit than I do bout the oscars
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 10 May 2019 23:41 (four years ago) link
right now I have no idea what won last year. was it Frederik's Elephant?
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 10 May 2019 23:45 (four years ago) link
Shoplifters
it was a great film!
― Dan S, Friday, 10 May 2019 23:50 (four years ago) link
I don't think I'm as immersed in the film world as you. to me this is a way of discovering new stuff
― Dan S, Friday, 10 May 2019 23:52 (four years ago) link
can't argue with Ken Loach being 5 nominations better than JLG or 6 better than Bunuel
― call me cismale (Noodle Vague), Friday, 10 May 2019 23:57 (four years ago) link
I've never seen a Carlos Saura film before, or a Marco Bellocchio or Pietro Germi film for that matter
― Dan S, Saturday, 11 May 2019 00:00 (four years ago) link
or one by Miklos Jancso, Alf Sjoberg, Joseph Losey, Delbert Mann, Nagisa Oshima, Francesco Rosi, Dino Risi or others
― Dan S, Saturday, 11 May 2019 00:09 (four years ago) link
I’m going to take any Malick pre-screening hype as PR these days...
― ... (Eazy), Saturday, 11 May 2019 00:16 (four years ago) link
this 'nominations' stuff is unheard of (cuz it's nonsense)
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 11 May 2019 00:17 (four years ago) link
You should watch a few Jancsos, Dan :) The early ones are really good.
― Frederik B, Saturday, 11 May 2019 00:26 (four years ago) link
if only I could
― Dan S, Saturday, 11 May 2019 01:09 (four years ago) link
All of Jancso's major films available from Second Run DVD:
http://www.secondrundvd.com/browse.html
― Ward Fowler, Saturday, 11 May 2019 02:17 (four years ago) link
I guess I will have to buy them to see them, I'm not opposed to that for films I really care about watching, but why can't there be a streaming or rental service available for all of these films
― Dan S, Saturday, 11 May 2019 02:49 (four years ago) link
the ratings on the Todas las Criticas grid (Apitchatpoll) place it in the middle of the competition pack
Cool. It has 0% on Rotten Tomatoes.
― zama roma ding dong (Eric H.), Saturday, 25 May 2019 02:08 (four years ago) link
yeah it's probably really bad, but even the bad reviews make it sound at least somewhat interesting (to me)
― Dan S, Saturday, 25 May 2019 02:11 (four years ago) link
It's produced some of the only inspired pans I've read in a while, at least.
― Simon H., Saturday, 25 May 2019 02:22 (four years ago) link
Those critics survived a longer ordeal than the Titanic victims, so.
― zama roma ding dong (Eric H.), Saturday, 25 May 2019 02:36 (four years ago) link
Sounds like it takes even longer for the characters to get off in this one, too.
― Simon H., Saturday, 25 May 2019 02:44 (four years ago) link
Portrait of a Lady on Fire won the Queer Palme
― Dan S, Saturday, 25 May 2019 06:17 (four years ago) link
Xavier may never recover.
― Simon H., Saturday, 25 May 2019 06:31 (four years ago) link
What time is the closing ceremony?
― zama roma ding dong (Eric H.), Saturday, 25 May 2019 13:04 (four years ago) link
Since 1955, the Cannes Film Festival has awarded the Palme d’Or to some of the greatest filmmakers of all time, from Frances Ford Coppola to Jane Campion.
― k3vin k., Saturday, 25 May 2019 14:43 (four years ago) link
FIPRESCI winners
Competition: It Must Be Heaven (Elia Suleiman)Un Certain Regard: Beanpole (Kantemir Balagov)Directors Fortnight/Critics Week: The Lighthouse (Robert Eggers)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ne...-prize-1213726
― Dan S, Saturday, 25 May 2019 15:18 (four years ago) link
Indiewire just reordered their Palme predictions, putting Sciamma first. Sight and Sound critics's predictions are split between Sciamma and Bong
― Dan S, Saturday, 25 May 2019 15:59 (four years ago) link
i was in cannes on wednesday, interesting scene for a normal person.. saw someone get a miracle free ticket to parasite, nice moment
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 25 May 2019 16:05 (four years ago) link
this looks like a working livestream if anyone is interested:
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5gv6be
― Dan S, Saturday, 25 May 2019 17:26 (four years ago) link
Thanks. Céline Sciamma hasn't won the Palme then - just got the screenplay prize.
― Alba, Saturday, 25 May 2019 17:46 (four years ago) link
yeah that's disappointing
― Dan S, Saturday, 25 May 2019 17:48 (four years ago) link
Dardennes get director prize, Bacurau and Les Miserables share jury prize.
― Alba, Saturday, 25 May 2019 17:57 (four years ago) link
Tarantino or Bong for the Palme?
― Alba, Saturday, 25 May 2019 18:14 (four years ago) link
BONG
― Alba, Saturday, 25 May 2019 18:18 (four years ago) link
Yesssss
― Simon H., Saturday, 25 May 2019 18:20 (four years ago) link
Diop got the Grand Prix so my vote wasn't totally off!
― Simon H., Saturday, 25 May 2019 18:21 (four years ago) link
Oh the whole, at least based on the critics, this seems like a really good set of winners overall?
― zama roma ding dong (Eric H.), Saturday, 25 May 2019 18:51 (four years ago) link
it does seem like it
― Dan S, Saturday, 25 May 2019 19:01 (four years ago) link
I liked the first "Mektoub..." quite a lot. Felt it worked fine as a self contained film. Think I'll be p(ass)ing on this one, though.
― Carly Jae Vespen (Capitaine Jay Vee), Saturday, 25 May 2019 21:32 (four years ago) link
lol
― Dan S, Saturday, 25 May 2019 21:48 (four years ago) link
It’s really been an amazing couple of decades for South Korean films
― Dan S, Saturday, 25 May 2019 23:26 (four years ago) link
Peppermint Candy (Lee, 1999), Chunhyang, (Im, 2000), Oasis (Lee, 2002), Painted Fire (Im, 2002), Oldboy (Park, 2003), The Bow (Kim, 2005), Tale of Cinema (Hong, 2005), Crying Fist (Ryoo, 2005), The Host (Bong, 2006), Woman on the Beach (Hong, 2006), Secret Sunshine (Lee, 2007), Breath (Kim, 2007), Night and Day (Hong, 2008), Mother (Bong, 2009), Thirst (Park, 2009), Poetry (Lee, 2010), Hahaha (Hong, 2010), The Day He Arrives (Hong, 2011), Arirang (Kim, 2011), Snowpiercer (Bong, 2013), Right Now, Wrong Then (Hong, 2015) The Handmaiden (Park, 2016), On the Beach at Night Alone (Hong, 2017), Okja (Bong, 2017), The Day After (Hong, 2017), Claire’s Camera (Hong, 2018), Burning (Lee, 2018), Parasite (Bong, 2019)
― Dan S, Saturday, 25 May 2019 23:41 (four years ago) link
haven't seen all of them, my favorites are Burning, Poetry, Secret Sunshine, Right Now Wrong Then, On the Beach at Night Alone, Claire's Camera. Oldboy and The Handmaiden had some amazing scenes
― Dan S, Saturday, 25 May 2019 23:52 (four years ago) link
really glad to read that Netflix acquired Diop's Atlantique
― Dan S, Sunday, 26 May 2019 00:02 (four years ago) link
Haven’t seen the first part of Mektoub yet, it hasn’t ever been available in the US as far as I know
― Dan S, Sunday, 26 May 2019 00:54 (four years ago) link
Nope, but I hear Brazzers is picking up the North American distro on Intermezzo
― Simon H., Sunday, 26 May 2019 00:59 (four years ago) link
Is it possible that as the intermezzo in a trilogy of films from a director who is interested in exploring depictions of sexual expression the second part is meant to represent a kind of musical sustain
― Dan S, Sunday, 26 May 2019 01:03 (four years ago) link
hypnosis and overload
― Dan S, Sunday, 26 May 2019 01:08 (four years ago) link
I do wish that a director like this would turn his gaze on male sexuality
― Dan S, Sunday, 26 May 2019 01:11 (four years ago) link
I liked what Eric Kohn had to say as a wrap-up: "the narrative of this year’s Cannes goes back to the beginning. Jim Jarmusch’s “The Dead Don’t Die” opened the festival to lukewarm reviews, but the master of deadpan’s dark zombie comedy is nothing if not a pointed critique of an exploitative system. The undead in Jarmusch’s kooky ensemble are drawn to products that they obsessed over in their lives — wifi, Xanax, coffee, you name it — and it doesn’t take much to see just how much contempt Jarmusch has for the way we’ve all become materialistic slaves.
It’s a blunt metaphor, explained in bitter terms in Tom Waits’ apocalyptic voiceover, but in retrospect it set the stage for the festival’s many depictions of global outrage against capitalist persecution. Wealth attracts and it takes away; in the process, it catalyzes dramatic narratives that must be told. Even bad movies can be portals to the fears, anxieties, and frustrations of the times in which they’re made; the 2019 Cannes Film Festival brought us some great ones."
― Dan S, Sunday, 26 May 2019 02:40 (four years ago) link
On Korean film: It seems the story is pretty straight forward: The military only lost power in the early nineties, and censorship was only abolished in 1994, and there'd just been a lot of talent that was unleashed all of a sudden. Lee Chang-dong was a writer who only turned to film in his fourties, once it became a more free medium.
That said, this youtube-channel is pretty great for watching the treasures of early Korean cinema. I'd recommend The Aimless Bullet, The Empty Dream, Mandala and Sopyonje.http://www.youtube.com/user/KoreanFilm
― Frederik B, Monday, 27 May 2019 08:54 (four years ago) link
I'm surprised I see no year-end chatter about Little Joe generally and Emily Beecham in particular.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 4 January 2020 20:05 (four years ago) link
Have it premiered anywhere? I really hope to see it later this month.
― Frederik B, Saturday, 4 January 2020 20:55 (four years ago) link
I've only seen five of these so far, sigh. Dead Don't Die just came on VOD here.
― Frederik B, Saturday, 4 January 2020 20:57 (four years ago) link
Atlantique/Atlantics is on Netflix.
― Good taste, bit Victorian but who isn't? (jed_), Saturday, 4 January 2020 21:30 (four years ago) link
The only chatter I've heard about the Hausner is about ti being not v good
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Saturday, 4 January 2020 22:45 (four years ago) link
I don't know! https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/6374-jessica-hausner-s-little-joe
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 4 January 2020 22:55 (four years ago) link
Ben Whishaw makes everything that he is in bad, imo.
― Good taste, bit Victorian but who isn't? (jed_), Saturday, 4 January 2020 23:25 (four years ago) link
I like him fine. He helps this film's drollness.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 4 January 2020 23:26 (four years ago) link
he swivels his eyes from side to side like an eagle-eyes action man which is apparently how he has decided to do emotion/anxiety but he does it all the time.
― Good taste, bit Victorian but who isn't? (jed_), Saturday, 4 January 2020 23:29 (four years ago) link
Watched "Atlantique" last night on Netflix; my pops has a ridiculous-sized HD TV so I've been taking advantage and binging on good stuff. For a first timer Diop hit this one waaay out the ballpark. A great film.
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Friday, 7 February 2020 23:31 (four years ago) link
Yeah, it's my favourite from competition so far.
― Frederik B, Saturday, 8 February 2020 09:29 (four years ago) link
The Traitor is unexpectedly rigorous and tough.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 17 February 2020 23:21 (four years ago) link
Anyone watch Young Ahmed? It's on Amazon Prime (for a fee).
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 21 May 2020 13:34 (three years ago) link