villagevoice.com - 5/23/2008
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CANNES, FranceThe competition for the Palme d'Or is ongoing as I write, but the story of the 61st Cannes Film Festival is Steven Soderbergh's two-part four-and-a-half-hour Chean epic non-biopic that might well have been approved by Roberto Rossellini, envied by Francis Coppola, and even appreciated by its subject. (And the greatest disappointment? Charlie Kaufman's Synecdoche, New Yorka ...
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Cannes, 5/23.
GreenCine Daily —
"[O]n behalf of my own one-man jury, with scant compensation for the winners and in scandalous unfairness to those few movies yet to screen, I bestow the following awards," announces J Hoberman in the Voice. First up: "Le Gran Surprise du Festival to ...
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The House Next Door —
... secret. Border guards in Iran, who have been speaking Farsi all along, pull Mamo aside and whisper in Kurdish, "I'm Kurdish, Mamo ..." Mamo is a hero to them. His return to Kurdistan is a huge deal, a political event. The Kurds don't belong anywhere, but their sense of identity and nationhood is actually stronger than many who belong to actual recognized nations. Isn't that always the way. Nothing like a little oppression to solidify a people's identity." ] *** [image] 5. "Some Alternate Cannes Awards" : Were J. Hoberman a one-man jury, this is what he'd pick... (Hattip: ...
Cannes: Your Guess is as Good as Mine
Fataculture —
... Reception has been less than stellar, but the auteur is said to have made a film almost on par with her “The Holy Girl.” J. Hoberman, calls it “the Best Film in Competition Least Likely to Win a Prize,” and I agree with him in the fact that the film, however good it may be, will probably walk away empty handed. ...
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Asia shows off money in Cannes —
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