UncategorizedBrad Pitt, Johnny Depp and the late Heath Ledger to light up CannesAng Lee, Almodóvar, and Campion figure in a heavyweight line-up of masters
UncategorizedNight vision technology vs. the eye-patch — harrrrrrrrr!This year Toronto’s festival-goers have developed a curious ritual. At the beginning of every film, before the string of...
UncategorizedCannes EncoreFor two weeks each May, a quaint town on the French Riviera becomes a Hollywood fantasy in the flesh. Throughout the 2008 Cannes...
UncategorizedFilm Reviews: ’Kung Fu Panda’, ’Mongol’The weekend’s big movie for fully grown children is You Don’t Mess With the Zohan , the new Judd Apatow-branded comedy starring...
CultureHe’s no AngelinaWhich of these social-justice films will catch fire? A) 4 1/2 subtitled hours on Che Guevara or B) a Jolie melodrama.
UncategorizedAnd now, the final credits. . .So in the end, how was Cannes? As I’m writing this, at 36,000 ft. somewhere above Greenland, I realize I’ll need a response...
UncategorizedLa fin du mondeIt’s 2 am, and too late to be typing. It was a full evening, beginning with the awards and ending with a windblown party at the...
UncategorizedAtom Egoyan "overwhelmed"Skipped a French movie to see Atom Egoyan accept the Ecumenical Jury Prize. Looks like my earlier announcement of it broke an...
UncategorizedBeing Charlie KaufmanAt the press conference after the Cannes premiere of Synecdoche , New York , Charlie Kaufman’s feature directing debut, the...
UncategorizedEgoyan’s ’Adoration’ wins a prizeThis just in. Atom Egoyan has won the Ecumenical jury’s prize in Cannes for Adoration . It’s awarded by a different jury than the...