Cannes. Adoration.

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Links for the Day (May 23rd, 2008)
Published 5/23/2008 by Keith Uhlich (noreply@blogger.com) at The House Next Door
[image] 1. From Cannes: Karina Longworth looks at Philippe Garrel's latest . A.O. Scott's latest Times report , touching on Che and Synecdoche, New York , among others. And GreenCine gathers reviews for Atom Egoyan's Adoration . [ "The French title of Philippe Garrel’s film in competition here is La Frontière de l’aube; the English translation in the Cannes guide is Frontier of Dawn, but the subtitle at the beginning of the film read, The Dawn of the Shore. Neither title gives any indication of what this film is: a story of ...

Cannes Update: Tarantino, Soderbergh's Che, Kaufman's Synecdoche, New York, Egoyan's Adoration, Hamer's O'Horten, Sorrentino's Il Divo
Published 5/24/2008 by Variety.com * at Thompson On Hollywood
... They had approached SPC before the fest and showed them the latest opus from brainy Canadian helmer Atom Egoyan, whose work ranges from the high of Sweet Hereafter to the low of the muddled Armenian history lesson Ararat. SPC snapped up this smart, thoughtful, intense drama about a teenager trying to make sense of the death of his parents through provocative fictional theater pieces and chats on the Internet. This way Adoration came to Cannes with an experienced distributor behind it and no anxiety about having to sell. ...

Cannes 2008: The final word
Published 5/26/2008 by Peter Bradshaw at Film: Film blog | guardian.co.uk
... and Adoration . But back to the Palme D'Or winner, Cantet's Entre Les Murs. The simplicity and clarity of his direction, and the honesty and charm of his non-professional cast was like a refreshing glass of ice-cold water. I can compare it, not to the supercharged, syrupy Hollywood pictures like Dead Poets Society but to Nicolas Philibert's ...