Criticism

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  22 May 13

  Cannes 2013. A Pinoy Ballad: Anthony Chen's "Ilo Ilo"

  Marie-Pierre Duhamel

  Anthony Chen’s first feature is a heartfelt, lived-through vision of the 1997 Asian crisis in Singapore.

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  22 May 13

  Cannes 2013. Dialogues: Johnnie To's "Blind Detective"

  Notebook

  Adam Cook & Daniel Kasman discuss Johnnie To’s madcap new film, a crime-comedy-romance that (joyously) doesn’t know when to quit.

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  21 May 13

  Cannes 2013. Fragile History: Rithy Panh's "The Missing Picture"

  Daniel Kasman

  Rithy Panh’s autobiographical/historical recount stages memories and history under the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia with clay figurines.

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  21 May 13

  Cannes 2013. Gods and Men: A Conversation with Alain Guiraudie

  David Jenkins

  The filmmaker talks about one of the highlights of the Festival de Cannes, Stranger by the Lake in Un Certain Regard.

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  20 May 13

  Cannes 2013. Passing Shots: Satyajit Ray, Joel & Ethan Coen, Alex van Warmerdam

  Adam Cook

  Satyajit Ray’s pure cinema, the Coen Bros. half-hearted Llewyn Davis, and van Warmerdam’s oddball Borgman.

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  20 May 13

  Cannes 2013. Night Snack: Johnnie To's "Blind Detective"

  Marie-Pierre Duhamel

  Decisively on the “fun” side of To’s films, a wild blending of thriller, comedy, burlesque and fantasy starring Andy Lau and Sammy Cheng.

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  19 May 13

  Cannes 2013. Passing Shots: Farhadi, Kore-Eda, Kashyap, Jodorowsky

  Daniel Kasman

  Short takes on two major titles in Competitions, an Indian genre film in Directors’ Fortnight, and Alejandro Jodorowsky’s return to cinema.

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  18 May 13

  Cannes 2013. Double Bend: Flora Lau's "Bends"

  Marie-Pierre Duhamel

  The chauffeur-passenger story of the poor and the rich is given an extra dimension this debut: the border between Shenzen and Hong Kong.

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  17 May 13

  Cannes 2013. Ambush from Four Directions: Jia Zhangke's "A Touch of Sin"

  Daniel Kasman

  Jia layers fiction, documentation, cultural history & cinema history into a fluid and elegant series of four geography-spanning moral tales.

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  17 May 13

  Cannes 2013. Illusory Isolation: Alain Guiraudie's "Stranger by the Lake"

  Adam Cook

  Alain Guiraudie’s Stranger by the Lake creates a compelling drama through an ingenious use of space and growing tension.

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  17 May 13

  Cannes 2013. Consistency In a Filmmaker's World: Jia Zhangke's "A Touch of Sin"

  Marie-Pierre Duhamel

  A self described homage to King Hu and Chang Cheh reveals itself to be strongly rooted in the consistency and strength of Jia’s film world.

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  16 May 13

  Movie Poster of the Week: The Posters of the 2013 Cannes Competition

  Adrian Curry

  As the 2013 Cannes Film Festival gets underway: a poster round-up of the films in competition.

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