Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2015: "Chronic," "Masaan"
A report on two more Cannes films, "Chronic" and "Masaan".
Barbara Scharres is the former Director of Programming at the Gene Siskel Film Center, a public program of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
In this capacity she was the artistic director for one of the largest cultural exhibition programs of world cinema in North America. She has published articles and criticism in film magazines and journals including American Cinematographer, Film Comment, Chicago Reader, Variety, and the Chicago Sun-Times, and has contributed to books including Hong Kong Babylon, edited by Fred Dannen.
Scharres was named a "Chicagoan of the Year in the Arts" by the Chicago Tribune three times, in 1989, 1991, and 1999. In 2006, the French government awarded her one of its highest honors by designating her a Chevalier de L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres for her role in advancing French culture through cinema.
A report on two more Cannes films, "Chronic" and "Masaan".
A report on new films by Jacques Audiard, Gaspar Noe, and Guillaume Nicloux.
A report from Cannes 2015 on the latest films from Paolo Sorrentino, Shin Su-won and Hou Hsio-hsien.
A Cannes report on new films by Denis Villenueve and Zhang-ke Jia.
A report from Cannes 2015 on "The Measure of a Man," "Cemetery of Splendor" and "Marguerite & Julien."
A Cannes report on new films by Maiwenn and Joachim Trier.
A review of the Cannes premieres of the latest from Todd Haynes and Ida Panahandeh.
A review of Nanni Moretti's latest from Cannes.
Barbara Scharres reports from Cannes 2015 on a disastrous screening of Gus Van Sant's "The Sea of Trees."
A Cannes report on the latest from Yorgos Lanthimos and Woody Allen.