Zombieland: Double Tap
The vast majority of sequels are unnecessary, but Zombieland: Double Tap feels particularly so, especially coming out a decade after the original.
Artifice and Real Life: Cannes Report, May 16, 2013
Barbara Scharres has a few choice words for François Ozon's "Young & Beautiful" and Sofia Coppola's "The Bling Ring," but finds a gem in Ryan Coogler's "Fruitvale Station."
Breaking and Entering: Cannes Day Two
Michał Oleszczyk catches up with two takes on troubled youth: François Ozon's "Young & Beautiful" and Sofia Coppola's "The Bling Ring."
Cannes review: Ari Folman turns to sci-fi with "The Congress"
Ben Kenigsberg reviews the new sci-fi reverie from the director of "Waltz with Bashir."
To "Heli" with "Gatsby": Cannes Day One
Michał Oleszczyk contrasts the opulent excess of opening night film "The Great Gatsy" with the grimmer realities of Amat Escalante's "Heli."
Opening Night: Cannes Report, May 15, 2013
Power is rarely discussed at Cannes, and it’s ostensibly all about art, although careers can hang on critics’ approval, and whether films are sold here, and to how many regions of the world. The annual jury press conference on the opening day is the first and foremost love-fest in which the concept of competition is downplayed and jurors find novel ways to sidestep the question of comparing one film to another in order to award the Palme d’Or in ten days.
Rival tendencies: As Steven Spielberg gets ready to chair this year's Cannes jury, we prepare for an alterna-Cannes.
Ben Kenigsberg looks forward to the parallel programs at this year's Cannes Film Festival.
Cannes 2010: A video essay
As Cannes 2013 gets underway, blogger and filmmaker Scout Tafoya offers another in his series of video essays on pivotal years at the Cannes International Film Festival. This video looks at 2010, a recent vintage but already recognized as a distinctive year for the festival. You'll also want to check out Scout's video essays on Cannes 1960 and Cannes 1968. Fifty years after "L'Avventura"'s disastrous debut screening at Cannes,
Cannes 1968: A video essay
For the second in his ongoing series, filmmaker and blogger Scout Tafoya looks at the remarkable Cannes Film Festival of 1968, when the festival came to a screeching halt in the face of real-world upheaval. (Check out his amazing look at Cannes 1960 here.)The complete transcripts:Part 1
Cannes 1960: A video essay
As the 66th Cannes International Film Festival gets underway, blogger and filmmaker Scout Tafoya looks back at some especially notable years at the festival with a series of video essays.
Pre-Cannes
May contain spoilers
Barbara Scharres sets the stage the 66th annual Cannes Film Festival.
