Cannes: "Un Conte de Noel," "Three Monkeys"

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Un Conte de Noel (Competition) "Now that is a movie!" I exclaimed to a friend on exiting this morning's screening of Arnaud Desplechin's Un Conte De Noel (A Christmas Story). The bourgeois-dysfunctional-family-comes-together-for-a-holiday setup is one of the hoariest in any... [link]

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Cannes. A Christmas Tale.
Published 5/16/2008 at GreenCine Daily
... Glenn Kenny: "The bourgeois-dysfunctional-family-comes-together-for-a-holiday setup is one of the hoariest in any medium, but if anybody can conjure something fresh out of it, it's Desplechin, and boy does he ever.... The creation of such a vivid, individualized group of characters and such a compelling roster of dilemmas is a staggering enough feat. But what makes this movie such a darkly exuberant feast is Desplechin's storytelling." ...

Today in Cannes Hell: Bush Billboards, Early Favorites and Sean Penn Being A Dick [Cannes Film Festival]
Published 5/16/2008 by STV at Defamer
... And why bother traveling thousands of miles and spending thousands of dollars just to hear Glenn Kenny call Sean Penn a dick in person? Look at it this way: Spout's Karina Longworth is doing some of her best writing from the airport, and her subject — Vogue's recent Sex and the City issue — addresses a movie not even screening at Cannes: ...

Cannes: Vendredi, 16 Mai
Published 5/17/2008 by Nick Plowman at Fataculture
... Glenn Kenny: “The bourgeois-dysfunctional-family-comes-together-for-a-holiday setup is one of the hoariest in any medium, but if anybody can conjure something fresh out of it, it’s Desplechin, and boy does he ever…. The creation of such a vivid, individualized group of characters and such a compelling roster of dilemmas is a staggering enough feat. But what makes this movie such a darkly exuberant feast is Desplechin’s storytelling.” ...

Cannes Nearly Wrapped
Published 5/24/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (NATHANIEL R) at Film Experience Blog
... [France] Arnaud Desplechin has taken on a difficult task: Make a fresh movie about a dysfunctional family during the holidays. What an overpopulated genre. Desplechin is amazing and at least some critics, like Glenn Kenny, are ga-ga for it. The consensus seems to be that it's too messy to win over everyone (or win over the jury) but I can't wait to see it. Desplechin directing Kings & Queen cast members Catherine Deneuve and Matthieu Amalric again? I'm there. ...

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