Category Archives: Festival de Cannes

Beautiful images and music in ‘My Blueberry Nights’

Posted on May 16, 2007 by admin

By Ray Bennett CANNES — Singer Norah Jones (pictured) stars in Wong Kar Wai’s ruminative road picture “My Blueberry Nights,” which opens the Festival de Cannes today, and she makes a fine impression in her acting debut although she doesn’t sing. … Continue reading →

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No British films in competition at Festival de Cannes

Posted on April 20, 2007 by admin

By Ray Bennett The U.K. Film Council has put on a brave face in reaction to the news that not one British movie will be shown In Competition or in the Un Certain Regard sidebar at the Festival de Cannes … Continue reading →

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FILM REVIEW: Rowan Atkinson’s ‘Mr. Bean’s Holiday’

Posted on March 27, 2007 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON — Calling his new film “Mr. Bean’s Holiday” sets the bar awfully high for the latest adventures of Rowan Atkinson’s bumbling comic creation. It inevitably invites comparison with Jacques Tati’s priceless 1953 farce “Mr. Hulot’s Holiday.” … Continue reading →

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Loach’s ‘Wind That Shakes the Barley’ takes New York

Posted on March 16, 2007 by admin

By Ray Bennett Fancy that, Ken Loach’s Palme d’Or-winning “The Wind That Shakes the Barley,” a drama about the Irish troubles set in the 1920s, opens in New York just in time for St. Patrick’s Day. The New York Times … Continue reading →

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CANNES FILM REVIEW: Francisco Vargas’s ‘El Violin’

Posted on May 25, 2006 by admin

By Ray Bennett CANNES — Brutal military repression looks the same everywhere and Francisco Vargas’ striking and poetic film “The Violin” in Un Certain Regard offers a plaintive cry on behalf of the oppressed.

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CANNES FILM REVIEW: Matt Dillon in ‘Factotum’

Posted on May 14, 2005 by admin

By Ray Bennett CANNES – To get the famously sozzled street poet Charles Bukowski right on screen takes an appreciation of the man’s taste for friends in low places and a keen avoidance of over-indulgence in his fondness for blowhard wino … Continue reading →

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CANNES FILM REVIEW: Abbas Kiarostami’s ‘Five’

Posted on May 17, 2004 by admin

By Ray Bennett CANNES – Iranian director Abbas Kiaraostami’s documentary ‘Five’ is like a bad day at the seaside in winter. The 74-minute film comprises four segments with a fixed camera focused on a patch of seafront and one by … Continue reading →

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CANNES FILM REVIEW: ‘The Edukators’

Posted on May 17, 2004 by admin

By Ray Bennett CANNES – “The Edukators” is that rare beast, a terrific movie that boasts intelligent wit, expert storytelling, delightful characters, and grown-up dialogue plus suspense and a wicked surprise ending.

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