Un Certain Regard Articles
Cannes 2010 Awards: HAHAHA, OCTOBER – Un Certain Regard Winners
HaHaHa (top); October (middle); The Lips (bottom) Hong Sangsoo's HaHaHa, winner of the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival's Un Certain Regard sidebar, revolves around a conversation between a Korean movie director and his good friend, a movie critic, who had both spent a summer night among the same group people — without knowing they were there at the same time. The Un Certain [...]
Cannes 2010 Un Certain Regard: Manoel de Oliveira, 101, Xavier Dolan, 21
More from Cannes 2010. The Un Certain Regard sidebar promises to be about as interesting as — if not more interesting than — the main competition. What with Jean-Luc Godard's documentary Socialisme and Cristi Puiu's Aurora. Not to mention 101-year-old Manoel de Oliveira (Angelica) competing with 21-year-old Xavier Dolan (Heartbeats). PALME D'OR JURY Tim Burton, President Kate Beckinsale / Actress / United Kingdom Giovanna Mezzogiorno [...]
Cannes 2009 Aftermath at the LA WEEKLY
Philippe Garnier on Cannes 2009, in the LA Weekly: "By this time, news should be out everywhere that Cannes this year was a special vintage. Not only did most of the selected 'usual suspects' outdo themselves in big and unexpected ways — or, like Alain Resnais, find new resources and verve which, frankly, we didn’t know they had in them — but it is also [...]