CANNES REVIEW: Tree of Life Is All About Life; But Does Malick Care Much for People?
Every day, critics and journalists exiting the Palais must fight through throngs of onlookers holding up hopeful hand-drawn signs, begging for invitations to the…
Waiting for Terrence: Everyone Wants to Know -- Is Malick Here?
Despite what you may be thinking, the most elusive and sought-after figure on the Croisette hasn't been Johnny Depp. Here at Cannes, where film-geekery runs high…
CANNES REVIEW: Satiny Black-and-White Silent The Artist Emerges as a Palme d'Or Frontrunner
In a curious but pleasant development, a latecomer to the Cannes competition lineup, announced just a week before the festival began, has suddenly become a possible…
CANNES REVIEW: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides is Both Good-Natured and Exhausting
Rob Marshall's Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides is the most modest picture in the Pirates franchise since the 2003 Curse of the Black Pearl -- which doesn't…
CANNES REVIEW: The Dardenne Brothers Break From Formula with Le Gamin au Vélo
If you've seen even a modest number of European art-house films in your lifetime, you're familiar with the following formula: Act I, child with problems (emotional…
How to Not Quite Succeed in Cannes Business Despite Really Trying: An Illustrated Guide
A Cannes-style queue has a curious shape. It's not really a line at all, but more of a funnel -- you can stay at the end for ages, while unassumingly pushy types creep…
Friday Night in Cannes: Aesthetics Count, On-Screen and Off
A colleague and I spilled out of our last screening for the evening at 9:30, insanely hungry after eating nothing all day but what my friend calls "squirrel food" -…
CANNES REVIEW: Habemus Papam and the Perils of Popehood
In the '70s New York Magazine ran occasional contests, in one case asking readers to submit greeting cards for unlikely occasions. Nanni Moretti's Habemus Papam -- or We…
Cannes Bummers, and the Curious Case of Polisse
Though I've covered lots of film festivals before, today at Cannes I had a staggering, if obvious, revelation: Going about your regular daily duties as a critic back…
On Guard: Tales of Pickpockets and Thievery in Cannes
The Cannes Film Festival is an extremely glamorous place to be. So glamorous that thieves and pickpockets abound, and some of the stories I've heard in the past few days…
REVIEW: Kristen Wiig Deserves a Better Showcase Than Crass, Overlong Bridesmaids
Bridesmaids is the Bride of Frankenstein of contemporary comedies, a movie stitched together crudely, and only semi-successfully, from random chick flick and bromance…
CANNES REVIEW: Gus Van Sant Charmingly Takes on Young Love With Restless
Overheard in the mad crush to get into this morning's overcrowded screening of Gus Van Sant's Restless: Woman A says to Woman B, in French-accented English, "What is…
CANNES REVIEW: Tilda Swinton, Slow-Burn Horror Save We Need to Talk About Kevin
Yesterday I needed to visit the press office to request a copy of the press-screening schedule. I asked the friendly Cannes staffer at the Palais information desk where…
Cannes Opening Gala: The Real Glamor Isn't Where You Think
Opening ceremony red carpet events are cursed things, much better enjoyed -- I find -- via the wire photos that start popping up online mere hours after the fact. But I…
CANNES REVIEW: Woody Allen Returns to Form -- For Real This Time -- With Midnight in Paris
The Cannes Film Festival is the biggest and splashiest film festival in the world. It's also the most terrifying, particularly if it's your first time here, as it is…
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