Marguerite and Julien based on an unfilmed Truffaut project.
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 16 April 2015 16:26 (nine years ago) link
Pretty excited about this list of films
― abcfsk, Thursday, 16 April 2015 17:01 (nine years ago) link
bravo Cannes for excluding female directors once again
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 16 April 2015 17:36 (nine years ago) link
going with Jia. one of my 5 favorite directors of the moment.
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 16 April 2015 17:37 (nine years ago) link
― Van Horn Street, 16. april 2015 19:36 (13 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Two female directors in competition, a female directed opening film for the first time since 87. Tiny steps in the right direction. There also aren't any obvious directors in Un Certain Regard like Jessica Hausner or Claire Denis where you go 'How on earth can you claim you choose from quality when you chose fucking Roman Polanski over her????'
― Frederik B, Thursday, 16 April 2015 17:55 (nine years ago) link
it's still 4 female directors out of 30 in official selection + certain regard, that points to very little effort.
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 16 April 2015 17:58 (nine years ago) link
wait, i don't get your point? Polanski isn't in Un Certain Regard?
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 16 April 2015 18:01 (nine years ago) link
No, Polanski stunk up competition a few years back, kept better female directors out. I just don't know what female directors they missed this time, which is the first time in a couple years. Normally it's pretty clear.
Also, it's five out of thirty + the very high-profile opening slot. Better than usual. Babysteps.
― Frederik B, Thursday, 16 April 2015 18:09 (nine years ago) link
oh yea five! sorry! i guess i'm the glass half empty kind of person.
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 16 April 2015 18:19 (nine years ago) link
Technically glass five-sixths empty.
― Eric H., Thursday, 16 April 2015 18:20 (nine years ago) link
Ok, apparantly Maren Ade had a new film coming. Hopefully that will be added, otherwise, that does look bad. Other snubs include Sokurov, Desplechin, Miguel Gomes and Apichatbong Weerasethakul. But a couple more will be added, and a couple might not be done in time. And a couple might be crap. Who knows?
― Frederik B, Thursday, 16 April 2015 18:21 (nine years ago) link
Apichatbong
LOL
― Eric H., Thursday, 16 April 2015 18:25 (nine years ago) link
Big names always have a leg up, and except for being meh on Carnage i think Polanski's kept the quality up lately. Of course there should be more/some women.
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 16 April 2015 18:27 (nine years ago) link
Cannes' taste in women is also historically dodgy.
― Eric H., Thursday, 16 April 2015 18:32 (nine years ago) link
The "big names" defense doesn't entirely hold up, tho, when Cannes' cachet makes them a potential famemaker.
They could thrust notable female directors into the limelight, instead of repeatedly inviting Naomi Kawase.
― Eric H., Thursday, 16 April 2015 18:33 (nine years ago) link
Still the Water was pretty crap. Only one of hers I've seen.
― Frederik B, Thursday, 16 April 2015 18:34 (nine years ago) link
i'm not defending anybody, esp a festival i will never attend
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 16 April 2015 18:36 (nine years ago) link
Kawase has made some pretty good films before Still The Water.
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 16 April 2015 18:43 (nine years ago) link
Which one is the best? Also, if the festival insists on finding room for Kore-eda, then I don't think I have a problem with Kawase.
Hopefully Alice Rorhwacher will become a regular after The Wonders won Grand Prix. Saw it yesterday and it's goooood! 2 hours of wondruous natural lightning caught on celluloid. Best penultimate shot in a long time.
― Frederik B, Thursday, 16 April 2015 18:50 (nine years ago) link
Desplechin, Miguel Gomes and Philippe Garrel announced so far for Directors' Fortnight.
― fuck me, archipelago (Simon H.), Saturday, 18 April 2015 14:18 (nine years ago) link
Dolan on the jury, just give him the keys to the city already.
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 20:26 (nine years ago) link
Mourning Forest is my favorite Kawase, with Hanezu close behind.
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 20:28 (nine years ago) link
two more in competition:
Cronic (Michel Franco)The Valley of Love (Guillaume Nicloux)
― fuck me, archipelago (Simon H.), Thursday, 23 April 2015 15:34 (nine years ago) link
Apichatpong's Cemetery of Splendor headed to UCR.
― fuck me, archipelago (Simon H.), Thursday, 23 April 2015 15:36 (nine years ago) link
So weird. Perhaps it's a short like Mekong Hotel? Otherwise, what makes them demote a filmmaker after he won with his last feature film? Stupid Cannes!!
― Frederik B, Thursday, 23 April 2015 15:39 (nine years ago) link
Pretty sure it's a feature. The plot description here matches the one on Joe's site.
― fuck me, archipelago (Simon H.), Thursday, 23 April 2015 15:47 (nine years ago) link
isn't there usually a bunch of politics involved in just like ... The Nature Of Competition. everybody was outraged by the last Denis being in UCR rather than the main slate but it was (apparently) because she'd preferred it that way. I'm hyped for a bunch of stuff vying for the Palme but it isn't crazy that he's hanging with the art kids instead of going head to head with Michael Caine flicks.
― tender is the late-night daypart (schlump), Thursday, 23 April 2015 18:12 (nine years ago) link
NSFW poster for Gaspar Noe's LOVE
― ... (Eazy), Thursday, 14 May 2015 05:15 (nine years ago) link
Turns out Woody Allen has a new movie premiering at Cannes, Irrational Man.
http://deadline.com/2015/05/woody-allen-cannes-interview-irrational-man-1201427066/
― ... (Eazy), Friday, 15 May 2015 00:17 (nine years ago) link
saw the trailer in front of Ex Machina, looked even more rote than usual.
― fuck me, archipelago (Simon H.), Friday, 15 May 2015 03:57 (nine years ago) link
on Lanthimos... "A classically styled, science fiction-inspired oddity that recalls both François Truffaut‘s Fahrenheit 451 and the ’60s British TV show The Prisoner in its sobre magical realist tone and acute observations concerning the human condition.” (Adam Woodward)
https://www.fandor.com/keyframe/daily-cannes-2015-yorgos-lanthimoss-the-lobster
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Friday, 15 May 2015 14:40 (nine years ago) link
The slate's frontloaded with the weird this year.
― Norse Jung (Eric H.), Friday, 15 May 2015 14:53 (nine years ago) link
Def a little more excited for Lobster than Tale of Tales tho.
― Norse Jung (Eric H.), Friday, 15 May 2015 14:54 (nine years ago) link
And could not be less excited for Gaspar Noe's latest.
enjoyed Manohla Dargis' passing ref to X Dolan today as "Canadian brat-auteur"
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Friday, 15 May 2015 18:54 (nine years ago) link
should be brateur, no?
― Norse Jung (Eric H.), Friday, 15 May 2015 19:15 (nine years ago) link
i think you would serve that with poutine.
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Friday, 15 May 2015 19:33 (nine years ago) link
are you a Donaliste Morbs?
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 15 May 2015 19:46 (nine years ago) link
Can't stand his films, or the person himself for that matter. But hey i'm a young montreal filmmaker so I guess it's jealousy.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 15 May 2015 19:47 (nine years ago) link
apparently there has been some booing at Gus van Sant's press projection. i don't know what drives a person to boo a film this way but whatever, the Cannes tradition must live.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 15 May 2015 19:50 (nine years ago) link
a Dolaniste? no, i think a couple of his films are OK but these last two were slappable.
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Friday, 15 May 2015 19:54 (nine years ago) link
Dolan = brauteur, Noe = broteur
the new Lanthimos sounds p ideal to me
― fuck me, archipelago (Simon H.), Saturday, 16 May 2015 16:59 (nine years ago) link
Yes.
― Norse Jung (Eric H.), Saturday, 16 May 2015 18:39 (nine years ago) link
So apparently jumping on Naomi Kawase is def a Cannes meme now.
http://www.indiewire.com/article/why-does-the-cannes-film-festival-keep-programming-naomi-kawases-movies-20150517
― Norse Jung (Eric H.), Monday, 18 May 2015 18:18 (nine years ago) link
Still the Water was bad, but I don't get what makes her significantly worse than recent Kore-eda, and Kiyoshi Kurosawa has another in competition as well despite Real being one of the craziest awful films I've ever seen.
― Frederik B, Monday, 18 May 2015 19:07 (nine years ago) link
In non-award Cannes news, Tom Ford's second movie is getting set up:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cannes-tom-fords-nocturnal-animals-795650
― ... (Eazy), Monday, 18 May 2015 21:32 (nine years ago) link
So this poll is closing after the awards are announced afaict. Bookies in London say Lobster is the frontrunner atm, but they have Gus Van Sant in something other than last place so.
― Norse Jung (Eric H.), Tuesday, 19 May 2015 14:15 (nine years ago) link
Noe's getting pretty tepid reviews.
Good.
― Norse Jung (Eric H.), Thursday, 21 May 2015 12:54 (nine years ago) link
Yeah. And The Assassin is getting raves. Hou for the win.
― Frederik B, Thursday, 21 May 2015 13:24 (nine years ago) link
Didn't realize he's never won. Yes, him for the win.
― Norse Jung (Eric H.), Thursday, 21 May 2015 13:30 (nine years ago) link
(Seven at-bats!)
― Norse Jung (Eric H.), Thursday, 21 May 2015 13:32 (nine years ago) link
He has won the lion, so he's not completely without wins, but his film seems awesome and also the one that needs palm-boost the most.
― Frederik B, Thursday, 21 May 2015 13:34 (nine years ago) link
so far it would seem to be btwn Hou, Lanthimos and Haynes.
― fuck me, archipelago (Simon H.), Thursday, 21 May 2015 14:00 (nine years ago) link
there was a lot of love for the Nemes too tho so idk
― fuck me, archipelago (Simon H.), Thursday, 21 May 2015 14:01 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, one of those four, I think. Nemes seems really cool as well, but he already has Danish distribution, so selfishly, I want something else to win...
But hey, watch the Coen's hand the palm to Villeneuve, or something silly like that.
― Frederik B, Thursday, 21 May 2015 14:04 (nine years ago) link
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/love-cannes-review-797320
Indeed, by Noe's standards, especially compared to his last Enter the Void, Love is pretty innocuous, hardly shocking at all. This may seem like a surprising thing to say about a movie that features a tight close-up of a penis ejaculating into 3-D space at its audience.
― ... (Eazy), Thursday, 21 May 2015 19:01 (nine years ago) link
can't wait to see this film with my mother
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 21 May 2015 20:04 (nine years ago) link
Son of Saul looks incredible. I'll choose that as the winner. Favourable comparisons with Klimov's Come and See which is possibly my favourite film of all time.
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/may/15/son-of-saul-review-an-outstanding-excoriating-look-at-evil-in-auchwitz
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Friday, 22 May 2015 22:08 (nine years ago) link
Miguel Gomes' new one sounds like absolutely amazing. 6 hours, collection of vignettes, both fictional and documentary, in 35mm and 16mm, filmed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul's cinematographer. Can't wait to see it.
http://www.indiewire.com/article/the-most-ambitious-movie-at-this-years-cannes-film-festival-is-arabian-nights-20150522
― Frederik B, Saturday, 23 May 2015 00:03 (nine years ago) link
yeah, that's the one (aside from the hou) that i am most curious about.
― he quipped with heat (amateurist), Saturday, 23 May 2015 03:57 (nine years ago) link
I'd never make it thru.
― Norse Jung (Eric H.), Saturday, 23 May 2015 06:05 (nine years ago) link
Get 1x break after 3 hours or so.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 23 May 2015 08:50 (nine years ago) link
The first awards are in. I really don't understand what is going on in Director's Forthnight or Critic's Week (is the Nespresso prize more prestigious than the Canal+ prize?) but here's what won in Un Certain Regard:
Un Certain Regard Award – Rams by Grímur HákonarsonUn Certain Regard Jury Prize – The High Sun by Dalibor MatanićUn Certain Regard Award for Best Director – Kiyoshi Kurosawa for Journey to the ShorePrix Un Certain Talent – The Treasure by Corneliu PorumboiuUn Certain Regard Special Prize for Promising Future: Nahid by Ida Panahandeh Masaan by Neeraj Ghaywan
Iceland for the win, there. A bit of Danish money involved, so the media here is acting like we won it. Iceland is kinda winning a lot at the moment, Benedikt Erlingson's very good Of Horses and Men won the Nordic Film Prize last year, and Dagur Kari's Virgin Mountain won three prizes in Tribeca last month.
― Frederik B, Saturday, 23 May 2015 22:01 (nine years ago) link
Nothing for Joe.
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Saturday, 23 May 2015 22:30 (nine years ago) link
Well, he won UCR in 2002, and has won Jury Prize and Golden Palm in competition. I can understand if jury wanted to award someone new. Except that Kiyoshi Kurosawa has also won a lot of prizes, and his latest films have been pretty horribly looking, so especially a directing award seems odd. An interesting sign.
― Frederik B, Saturday, 23 May 2015 23:01 (nine years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Sunday, 24 May 2015 00:01 (nine years ago) link
Oh I'm not saying joe should have won anything. I've not seen the films, after all. I'm just noting the fact.
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Sunday, 24 May 2015 04:40 (nine years ago) link
With regard to Carol my problemIs that I feel like I've already seen the film, will know exactly how it will pan out before I've even seen it. I mean I know this is daft but I say this as a huge Todd Haynes fan.
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Sunday, 24 May 2015 04:46 (nine years ago) link
i just read the book, and he has to pull some surprises
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 24 May 2015 07:50 (nine years ago) link
I haven't followed much this year, which are the big contenders?
― Van Horn Street, Sunday, 24 May 2015 17:21 (nine years ago) link
Carol - Todd HaynesSon of Saul - László NemesThe Assassin - Hou Hsiao-HsienThe Lobster - Yorgos Lanthimos
in roughly that order
― Number None, Sunday, 24 May 2015 17:44 (nine years ago) link
oh I see La Tierra y la Sombre has won the Camera D'Or, which suggests Son of Saul is getting the big one
― Number None, Sunday, 24 May 2015 17:52 (nine years ago) link
Grand Prix: Son of Saul - László Nemes
Best Director: Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Best Screenplay: "Chronic," Written by Michel Franco
Camera d'Or (Best First Feature): "La Tierra y la Sombre," Directed by Cesar Acevedo
Jury Prize: "The Lobster," Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos
Best Actress: Rooney Mara for "Carol" and Emmanuelle Bercot for "Mon Roi" (Shared Prize)
Best Actor: Vincent Lindon for "The Measure of a Man"
Palme d'Or (Short Film): "Waves '98," Directed by Ely Dagher
― Number None, Sunday, 24 May 2015 18:02 (nine years ago) link
Carol for the Palme then
nuh uhit won best actress
― tender is the late-night daypart (schlump), Sunday, 24 May 2015 18:03 (nine years ago) link
it'll be son of saul at this point afaict
but it just won second prize
― Number None, Sunday, 24 May 2015 18:05 (nine years ago) link
ha ha, okay
― tender is the late-night daypart (schlump), Sunday, 24 May 2015 18:05 (nine years ago) link
dheepan? isn't that literally the only remaining contender?
― tender is the late-night daypart (schlump), Sunday, 24 May 2015 18:06 (nine years ago) link
there you go
weird
― Number None, Sunday, 24 May 2015 18:07 (nine years ago) link
nepofrancophilia
― tender is the late-night daypart (schlump), Sunday, 24 May 2015 18:08 (nine years ago) link
no one cheat in the poll now
― Number None, Sunday, 24 May 2015 18:10 (nine years ago) link
Sea of Trees (Gus Van Sant) 1 vote
― tender is the late-night daypart (schlump), Sunday, 24 May 2015 18:12 (nine years ago) link
Zhang-ke, one day, oh one day you will win it.
― Van Horn Street, Sunday, 24 May 2015 18:29 (nine years ago) link
this shoulda won
― droit au butt (Euler), Sunday, 24 May 2015 19:04 (nine years ago) link
lulzy jury
― abcfsk, Sunday, 24 May 2015 19:06 (nine years ago) link
Both Hou and Jia has a Lion, but yeah. They're more than deserving of a Palm as well.
― Frederik B, Sunday, 24 May 2015 20:14 (nine years ago) link
Strange choice.
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Sunday, 24 May 2015 21:57 (nine years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Monday, 25 May 2015 00:01 (nine years ago) link
I gave Nemes my vote, fwiw.
― fuck me, archipelago (Simon H.), Monday, 25 May 2015 00:04 (nine years ago) link
Me too
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Monday, 25 May 2015 00:09 (nine years ago) link
i can only imagine that shithead Jeffrey Wells blowing a gasket on this one
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Monday, 25 May 2015 02:07 (nine years ago) link
― Frederik B, Sunday, May 24, 2015 4:14 PM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Especially since a lot of people are going for the 'lifetime achievement' angle considering apparently it's far from Audiard's best.
― Van Horn Street, Monday, 25 May 2015 02:22 (nine years ago) link
seems cool that nic jaar did the score
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 27 May 2015 13:02 (nine years ago) link