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Cannes ’13: What Is This Thing Called Love?

By David Poland - Thursday, May 23rd, 2013
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One of the other great decisions—which I wondered about while watching the film—was that it doesn’t linger on the unaccepting voices in Adèle’s life. Nor are they dismissed. The character, it turns out, doesn’t sweat the small stuff. But when things matter to her, they matter quite deeply… no commitment-phobe she.

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Cannes Competition Review: Only God Forgives

By Jake Howell - Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013
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Only God Forgives is essentially the nastiest highlights of Shakespeare’s “Titus Andronicus” and Sophocles’ “Oedipus Rex” wrapped around a revenge dance tête-à-tête, an equation that could have been more than the gratuitous, hyper-violent indulgence on show.

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Cannes Competition Review: Behind The Candelabra

By Jake Howell - Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
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Resembling the face of Liberace himself, Steven Soderbergh’s Behind the Candelabra is a dazzling albeit saggy film, made competently and with sincere respect to its topic despite losing steam in its second hour.

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The DVD Wrapup

By Gary Dretzka - Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
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The Weekend Report

By Leonard Klady - Sunday, May 19th, 2013
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Wilmington on Movies: The Iceman

By Mike Wilmington - Sunday, May 19th, 2013
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Cannes Competition Review: Inside Llewyn Davis

By Jake Howell - Sunday, May 19th, 2013
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NY Times

““Men look at women,” the art critic John Berger observed in 1972. “Women watch themselves being looked at.” Plus ça change…”
Dargis Handicaps Palme D’or

guardian

In Cannes, Jodorowsky Still Has Spunk

telegraph.co.uk

Yearning For The 1970s

Gosztola Has Some Differences With We Steal Secrets

“The Braver, Better Movie That Star Trek Into Darkness Could Have Been”

David Lynch Publishes “Paris Photo”

NY Times

 ”Arrested Development”: Times Enjoys Giving Some More Acreage To Netflix

guardian

At 87, Jerry Lewis Still Cracks Up A Crowd At Cannes; Still Thinks Women Aren’t As Funny As His Googly-Moogly

On “Biopic Mania”

indie wire

Cinq cents pouces pour Roger sur la Croisette

Talking To Linklater About Necessary Time And “Bull—-” Between Each Before

variety

“‘Phil Spector’ and ‘Behind the Candelabra’ each touch upon a theme that should possess special resonance around Hollywood – namely, an aging man who can’t trust hangers-on to love him for himself, as opposed to his money and power.“

“Chinese cyber crime: More crooks than patriots” 

guardian

Scotland’s Oldest Theatre Saved

hollywoodreporter.com

“He won’t stop talking about it.”
Zach Braff Sez He Explained Kickstarter To Woody Allen, Who Doesn’t Require It For His Annual Film

“Filmmaking in America is quite expensive, at times much more expensive than I think it should be. And yes, we did settle on a budget less than it would have been if it had been in color, but it was still at a rate with which I could feel comfortable.”
Alexander Payne On A Black-And-White Nebraska

variety

After Earth Falls On Night

NY Times

China, Home Of The Happy Hack

hollywoodreporter.com

“My Life As A Screenwriter You’ve Never Heard Of”

guardian

“Certain things have got lost. Beneath all the propaganda is a big grey area, another America that doesn’t get any attention; I decided to make that the subject of my films.” 
Redford In Cannes

Brody Demurs After Before Midnight; Compares Linklater To A Whole Bunch Of Other Filmmakers

How Apple Created A Holding Company That Is Not Liable, No How, For Taxes In Any Part Of The World

NY Times

Gillette Ties In The Beard Of Steel

Nigel Andrews Sees Families In Crisis At Cannes

On Gwyneth And Other Gurus Of Goop

NY Times

Dargis On Refn And Miike From Cannes super-duper spoilers

ny post

Lumenick Aligns “Behind The Candelabra” With Liberace’s Own Sincerely Yours

LA Times

Ryan Gosling Relaxed, Open, Sez Saoirse Ronan

Brad Pitt Recognizes His Prosopagnosia
And – A Second Excerpt From Junod’s Esquire Cover Profile

LA Times

Cannes’ Kickstarter Kidz

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“The true punk film of the festival.”
~ Romain Blondeau On Claire Denis’ Les Saluds in Les Inrocks

“It’s also defined commercially by the difference between a colorful, Hawaii-set comedy starring George Clooney and a black-and-white, prairie-based old-age odyssey featuring a straggly and unkempt Bruce Dern. All the same, Paramount Vantage should be able to ride accolades for this very fine Cannes competition entry to respectable specialized returns in fall release.”
~ McCarthy On Nebraska