Cannes ‘07 Reviews
Yannick Vély reviews Béla Tarr’s The Man from London at Film de Culte:
"Béla Tarr’s The Man from London was a sensation. From its sumptuous initial sequence, the Hungarian director attempts to put the viewer under hypnosis."
Justin Chang reviews Julian Schnabel’s Le Scaphandre et le papillon / The Diving Bell and the Butterfly in Variety:
"The almost unbearably poignant memoir of Jean-Dominique Bauby, who found himself immobilized by ‘locked-in syndrome’ after a stroke, becomes a ready-made canvas for the painterly indulgences of Julian Schnabel in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly."
Dave Calhoun reviews Michael Moore’s Sicko in Time Out:
"Sicko offers more focus than Fahrenheit 9/11 and is a damning attack on the relationship between private health insurance and medical care in the United States. If that doesn’t sound like an entertaining prospect for a movie then Moore does everything in his power over two hours, from gags to stunts to hysteria, to convince you otherwise. It’s a powerful film and one that’s also unexpectedly moving."
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