Cannes 2012. Days 8-9, Essential Reads
Adam CookLéos Carax’s long-awaited return to Cannes is a loud one, and Carlos Reygadas’ Post Tenabras Lux sounds like a divisive highlight.
Léos Carax’s long-awaited return to Cannes is a loud one, and Carlos Reygadas’ Post Tenabras Lux sounds like a divisive highlight.
Abbas Kiarostami shoots a movie in Japan and the result is the strangest, most mysterious film playing in Cannes.
Kiarostami, Hong Sang-soo, Resnais: some of the biggest names of the festival unveil their latest works
On the opening day of the 2012 Cannes Film Festival: a poster round-up of the films in competition.
A first look at Kiarostami’s first film set in Japan.
Also: Adam Curtis on Dead of Night, life, the universe and everything. And more.
Also: Universal @ 100. James Toback’s “totally unusual, inventive” movie and more.
Also: Bill Simmons on Eddie Murphy and an overview of several projects in the works.
Also: Michael Lewis will adapt Liar’s Poker himself. Steven J Ross on J Hoberman’s Army of Phantoms.
Updated through 5/23. "Bill Hunter, the archetypal working class Australian of a multitude of movies including the quirky trio Muriel's Wedding, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert and
"The most famous line in Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre is 'Reader, I married him,'" Jessica Winter reminds us in Slate, where Dana Stevens reviews the latest adaptation. "Depending on the reader
The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that you’ve got it made. —Jean Giraudoux 1. It is profoundly difficult to articulate the precise manner in which Abbas Kiarostami and his two lead