Sorry that looks ugly as hell. But so were most of our predictions.
― zama roma ding dong (Eric H.), Friday, 24 May 2019 18:46 (four years ago) link
I feel good about the board's prediction this year.
― Simon H., Friday, 24 May 2019 18:47 (four years ago) link
Un Certain Regard winners...
« UN CERTAIN REGARD » PRIZEA VIDA INVISÍVEL DE EURÍDICE GUSMÃO(LA VIE INVISIBLE D’EURÍDICE GUSMÃO/THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF EURÍDICE GUSMÃO)BY KARIM AÏNOUZ
JURY PRIZEO QUE ARDE(VIENDRA LE FEU/FIRE WILL COME)BY OLIVER LAXE
PRIZE FOR BEST PERFORMANCECHIARA MASTROIANNIFOR CHAMBRE 212 (ON A MAGICAL NIGHT) BY CHRISTOPHE HONORÉ
PRIZE FOR BEST DIRECTORKANTEMIR BALAGOVFOR BEANPOLE (UNE GRANDE FILLE)
SPECIAL JURY PRIZELIBERTÉBY ALBERT SERRA
JURY’S « COUP DE CŒUR » (Ex-aequo)LA FEMME DE MON FRÈRE (A BROTHER’S LOVE)BY MONIA CHOKRITHE CLIMBBY MICHAEL ANGELO COVINO
JURY SPECIAL MENTIONJEANNE (JOAN OF ARC)BY BRUNO DUMONT
― zama roma ding dong (Eric H.), Friday, 24 May 2019 19:20 (four years ago) link
That looks really good, though I'm not the world's biggest fan of Aïnouz. But Serra and Laxe ftw!
― Frederik B, Friday, 24 May 2019 21:26 (four years ago) link
https://film.avclub.com/guessing-the-winners-and-picking-our-own-at-the-end-o-1835011696/amp
― zama roma ding dong (Eric H.), Friday, 24 May 2019 23:00 (four years ago) link
would love to see the Sciamma win.
Indiewire is predicting Pain and Glory:
https://www.indiewire.com/2019/05/cannes-2019-palme-dor-contenders-winners-prediction-1202141512/
all of the diverging reviews of Mektoub make me curious about it. I really liked Blue Is the Warmest Color
― Dan S, Saturday, 25 May 2019 01:40 (four years ago) link
Diverging? Most everyone seems clear it's a piece of shit.
― zama roma ding dong (Eric H.), Saturday, 25 May 2019 01:44 (four years ago) link
Again, if anyone spots a rave, please share it here.
― Simon H., Saturday, 25 May 2019 01:54 (four years ago) link
I haven’t seen any raves, but the ratings on the Todas las Criticas grid (Apitchatpoll) place it in the middle of the competition pack, and the discussion of it on the awards watch forum is somewhat interesting (if you can stand the horrible interface)
I like this paragraph from Cineuropa (badly translated), which comes after a description of the plot: “The tireless partying and fun, reproduced without filter and with overflowing duration by the filmmaker up until a particularly crude climactic scene (but one dominated by a woman), are dotted with micro-events, brief looks or exchanges at the bar, in a continuous flood of sound, an exponential consumption of alcohol, and a loosening of cultural mores which “doesn’t do things by halves”. In this boiling aquarium, Abdellatif Kechiche details all the “good and bad sides” of a stupendous and highly energetic moment with fabulous virtuosity in his mise en scène. But his commitment to a radically elongated runtime — oscillating from hypnosis to overload — and to the deliberate, repetitive onslaught of sexualised dances he orchestrates, will require great tolerance and a firmly open mind for the viewer to truly appreciate the real value of the film as a whole.”
― Dan S, Saturday, 25 May 2019 02:05 (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