CRITICISM – A billionaire looking to make history decides to produce a film. Penélope Cruz plays the director and Antonio Banderas a Hollywood star. A well-regarded and ferocious satire on cinema. These rich. They want everything. This billionaire who made his fortune in the pharmaceutical industry is in search of prestige. Appalled, he recaps the […]
REVIEW – Hlynur Palmason’s feature film is breathtakingly beautiful, Louis Garrel’s is a pleasant surprise. Godland: once upon a time At the end of the 19thand century, a Danish pastor is on a mission to spread the good word in neighboring Iceland. The journey turns out to be tougher than expected. The monk stands out […]
CRITICAL – IN COMPETITION – Director Claire Denis tells the story of a young American journalist who is a bit lost. A film with empty dialogues and junk exoticism. She has a funny way of expressing herself. “I wanted to find out the exact dimensions of hell.” Ah! Trish talks like in a Claire Denis […]
CRITICISM – Serge Bozon’s film disappoints while Ethan Cohen’s documentary is exciting. A Don Juan which does not really appeal Cannes Premiere. Will he say it? The Cannes press wants to know if the Don Juan by Serge Bozon can be described as “feminist”. The director of tip Top Chief’s nod. Would we dare to […]
DISAPPEARANCE – A particularly renowned film and theater personality in her country, the actress died in Algiers on May 22, at the age of 92. The Algerian actress Chafia Boudraa, figure of cinema and theater in Algeria who had notably played in the political thriller Outlaw presented in competition at the Cannes Film Festival in […]
CRITICAL – Director Thomas M. Wright was inspired by a real news item. Directors’ Fortnight. Pale Australia serves as an implacable setting for The Stranger, capital thriller from which we do not come out unscathed. We first meet Henry Teague (Sean Harris). Bearded, silent, always on the alert, with a ferret’s nose on the lookout, […]
MAINTENANCE – Back in his hometown of Roubaix, the director signs one of his most moving films: Brother and sister. With Brother and sister, Arnaud Desplechin is back in Roubaix, his hometown, and in the Vuillard family. Nor quite the same as that of Kings & Queen and D’A Christmas tale. Nor quite another. The […]
MAINTENANCE – In a spicy book of memories, the former director of Fouquet’s recounts his passion for the world of the seventh art. Bernard de Pressach is a wonderful storyteller. From the world of fine jewelry to the management of Fouquet’s, passing through all the high places of the planet, there are things to tell. […]
CRITICISM – The two feature films are the first favorites of the editorial staff. Flight: musical tale In the middle of a field of crosses, a man plays the accordion in front of his wife’s grave. A survivor of the First World War, Raphaël understands that he is not welcome in his village. A woman […]
CRITICAL – Between second degree, wink and offbeat, the author ofOSS 117 is in his element with his new zombie film, which opens the Cannes Film Festival. The actors are useless, the film execrable, the director at the end of his rope. It’s just a start. What’s the rhyme with this zombie story set in […]