Cannes 2013. Fragile History: Rithy Panh's "The Missing Picture"
Daniel KasmanRithy Panh’s autobiographical/historical recount stages memories and history under the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia with clay figurines.
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Cannes 2013. Gods and Men: A Conversation with Alain Guiraudie
David JenkinsThe filmmaker talks about one of the highlights of the Festival de Cannes, Stranger by the Lake in Un Certain Regard.
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Cannes 2013. Passing Shots: Satyajit Ray, Joel & Ethan Coen, Alex van Warmerdam
Adam CookSatyajit Ray’s pure cinema, the Coen Bros. half-hearted Llewyn Davis, and van Warmerdam’s oddball Borgman.
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Cannes 2013. Night Snack: Johnnie To's "Blind Detective"
Marie-Pierre DuhamelDecisively 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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Cannes 2013. Passing Shots: Farhadi, Kore-Eda, Kashyap, Jodorowsky
Daniel KasmanShort 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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Cannes 2013. Double Bend: Flora Lau's "Bends"
Marie-Pierre DuhamelThe 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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Cannes 2013. Ambush from Four Directions: Jia Zhangke's "A Touch of Sin"
Daniel KasmanJia layers fiction, documentation, cultural history & cinema history into a fluid and elegant series of four geography-spanning moral tales.
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Cannes 2013. Illusory Isolation: Alain Guiraudie's "Stranger by the Lake"
Adam CookAlain Guiraudie’s Stranger by the Lake creates a compelling drama through an ingenious use of space and growing tension.
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Cannes 2013. Consistency In a Filmmaker's World: Jia Zhangke's "A Touch of Sin"
Marie-Pierre DuhamelA 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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Movie Poster of the Week: The Posters of the 2013 Cannes Competition
Adrian CurryAs the 2013 Cannes Film Festival gets underway: a poster round-up of the films in competition.
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Cannes 2013. Dialogues: Sofia Coppola's "The Bling Ring"
NotebookThe first of a series of “dialogue” dispatches from Cannes between Adam Cook & Daniel Kasman.
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The Noteworthy: Bertolucci Heads Venice, Serge Daney Explores Mannerism, Miyazaki Interviews Kurosawa
NotebookLocarno awards Herzog, 2001 is explained by a menu, two amazing trailers drop, and more…