AwardsWatch - 71st cannes

Wrapping Up: Cannes Isn’t Back, It Never Left

Erik Anderson May 20, 2018

[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The 71st edition of the Cannes Film Festival has ended and with it came the fight with Netflix, causing them to... Read More

2018 Cannes Awards: Kore-eda’s ‘Shoplifters’ Wins Palme d’Or; Spike Lee Takes Grand Prix for ‘BlacKkKlansman’

Erik Anderson May 19, 2018

Japan’s Hirokazu Kore-eda has won the highest honor from the Cannes Film Festival, the Palme d’Or for Shoplifters. He previously won the Jury Prize for... Read More

Cannes Review: Kore-eda’s unforgettable ‘Shoplifters’ is his best film to date

Mina Takla May 15, 2018

SHOPLIFTERS is Hirokazu Kore-eda’s best film to date, and one of the most pleasant surprises of the Cannes Film Festival. A deceptively simple but utterly... Read More

Cannes Review: ‘BlacKkKlansman’ is Spike Lee’s best film in over a decade

Erik Anderson May 14, 2018

[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Spike Lee, I doubt anyone would argue, has paved the way for the likes of John Singleton, Ava DuVernay, Dee Rees... Read More

Cannes Review: Alice Rohrwacher’s ‘Lazzaro Felice’ is one of the fest’s best

Erik Anderson May 14, 2018

[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The first hour of Alice Rohrwacher’s third feature Lazzaro Felice (Happy as Lazzaro) are as languidly paced as a film could be.... Read More

Cannes Review: ‘Girl,’ the deeply humane debut from Lukas Dhont

Erik Anderson May 13, 2018

[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Lara is 15 going on 16 trans girl with dreams of being a professional ballerina in Lukas Dhont’s touching and humane... Read More

Cannes Review: Zhao Tao is a Best Actress Contender in ‘Ash is Purest White’ from Jia Zhang-ke

Mina Takla May 13, 2018

One of the most commercial and straightforward films of his career, Jia Zhang-ke’s ASH IS PUREST WHITE is accessible but not superficial, entertaining but never... Read More

Cannes Review: ‘Border,’ Ali Abbasi’s thrilling supernatural gothic romance

Erik Anderson May 12, 2018

[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Ali Abbasi creates the grimmest of faerie tales as two outcasts find love in a hopeless place in this wild, wonderful,... Read More

Cannes Review: Mads Mikkelsen burns up the screen in icy ‘Arctic’

Mina Takla May 12, 2018

Survival films can go either way: they can be engaging viewing experiences that expand their scope beyond their basic premise or can be slogs that... Read More

Cannes Review: Pawel Pawlikowski’s bleak and beautiful ‘Cold War’

Mina Takla May 11, 2018

Pawel Pawlikowski’s COLD WAR is one of those films that you can respect but not outright love. Beautifully made but far more slight and bleaker... Read More