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Here’s a series of posts I put together for The Criterion Collection website to celebrate 70 years of the Cannes Film Festival back in May. The Wages of Fear (1953) Blow-up (1967) The Tin Drum (1979) Kagemusha (1980) Taste of Cherry (1997) The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006) Dheepan (2015)  

A veritable feast of films on show over the last two days with some real stand-out contenders for the coveted Palme d’Or ! First up is Michael Haneke’s Happy End – perhaps, for me, the film I have been looking to hear about the most as he is one of my favourite directors. Returning to … Continue reading →

D’accord mes amis, here’s a quick round-up of the last couple of days at the festival they call Cannes, mainly because that is where it takes place. One of the competition films I forgot to mention that was screened on Day 2 was Jupiter’s Moon, made by Hungarian director Kornél Mundruczó (who directed the excellent White … Continue reading →

Yesterday saw the first full day of screenings at the festival, with Todd Haynes (Carol) Wonderstruck being perhaps the most anticipated, and the first of the day. The film stars Julianne Moore and Michelle Williams (pictured above from the red carpet premiere), is based on Brian Selznick’s novel (he wrote Hugo that Scorsese filmed a few … Continue reading →

Bonjour mes amis, and welcome to a satirical and light-hearted daily round up of all the hot gossip, daily controversies and what’s hot and what’s not from the sun-drenched Croisette of the hottest festival on the film calendar! Well, not quite, I am not actually at the festival but will be posting daily reports by … Continue reading →

Whilst at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival this year I conducted an interview with the US screenwriter, Charlie Kaufman, for The Criterion Collection. It can be read here: https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/4177-from-pen-to-screen-an-interview-with-charlie-kaufman