UncategorizedThings we’ve never seen beforeOne of the reasons critics get addicted to Cannes is the rush of seeing something thing they’ve never seen before, an experience...
GeneralPenélope & Woody at court in CannesThe Cannes press conference is a unique ritual, a modern version of the French court. Observe Woody Allen, Penélope Cruz and...
UncategorizedWhy Woody isn’t up for a ménage-a-troisAt the Cannes press conference for Woody’s Allen’s new comedy, Vicky Cristina Barcelona —which features a ménage-a-trois...
UncategorizedMike Tyson, movie star with heavyweight hubrisIn Tyson , James Toback’s shockingly candid documentary, one of sport’s most fascinating figures makes an unlikely comeback, and a...
UncategorizedEurope, real and fake: Woody does BarcelonaLegend has it that Europeans enjoy bolder, looser, more free-spirited lives than North Americans—lives like over-filled wine...
UncategorizedFear of the red carpetDon Mckellar at the party for Blindness , the opening night gala in Cannes:
UncategorizedCaged heat and two pregnant Angelina JoliesIf the first two days are any indication, the Cannes programmers may be laying down some thematic head trips this year. Three of...
UncategorizedHow opinion forms in CannesWent to the Blindness party, which got going just before midnight at the Carlton Beach after the Cannes opening gala. Walked...
UncategorizedGetting in Sean Penn’s faceSean Penn was visibly writhing as he stared down hundreds of his least favorite species—photographers and journalists—at the...
UncategorizedKung Fu PanderingThe Cannes Film Festival got underway at 10 a.m. this with its split personality on full frontal display. At one end of the...