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