Tag Archives: Festival de Cannes

CANNES FILM REVIEW BRIEF: ‘Vicky Cristina Barcelona’

Posted on May 18, 2008 by admin

By Ray Bennett CANNES – Woody Allen and cinematographer Javier Aguirresarobe (“The Sea Inside,” “The Others”) make the most of the scenery in the comedy “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”, which screened Out of Competition at the Festival de Cannes, but the … Continue reading →

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CANNES FILM REVIEW: Steve McQueen’s ‘Hunger’

Posted on May 17, 2008 by admin

By Ray Bennett CANNES – Turner Prize-winning artist Steve McQueen brings the key tenets required to win Britain’s top honor for modern art to directing his first film, “Hunger,” and so it is trite, grim and feebly provocative. It tells … Continue reading →

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Festival de Cannes preview: Here comes Indy!

Posted on May 7, 2008 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – No question about what film will get the most attention at this year’s Festival de Cannes. Steven Spielberg’s “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” came in atop a list of the summer’s … Continue reading →

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Malcolm McDowell’s Lindsay Anderson film at bfi

Posted on November 2, 2007 by admin

By Ray Bennett Mike Kaplan’s film of Malcolm McDowell’s splendid one-man show “Never Apologize: A Personal Visit with Lindsay Anderson” opens at bfi Southbank today and will run through Nov. 18. McDowell will be at bfi on Saturday Nov. 10 and … Continue reading →

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Cannes hit ‘El Violin’ deserves another bow

Posted on July 29, 2007 by admin

By Ray Bennett Francisco Vargas’s finely crafted story of peasant rebellion, “El Violin,” which screened in London Sunday as part of BAFTA Goes to Mexico, warrants a full U.K and U.S. release for its rich texture and powerful filmmaking. The film … Continue reading →

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CANNES FILM REVIEW: Malcolm McDowell in ‘Never Apologize’

Posted on May 30, 2007 by admin

By Ray Bennett CANNES – Malcolm McDowell offers a reminder of the tremendous charisma he has onscreen in this film of his one-man stage show, “Never Apologize,” about the late British filmmaker Lindsay Anderson (pictured). The film is almost entirely McDowell … Continue reading →

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‘4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days’ deserves its Palme d’Or

Posted on May 27, 2007 by admin

By Ray Bennett CANNES — Romanian director Cristian Mungiu’s “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days” won the Palme d’Or at the 60th Festival de Cannes tonight and for once the jury has made a terrific choice.

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CANNES: Malcolm McDowell on Lindsay Anderson

Posted on May 26, 2007 by admin

By Ray Bennett CANNES – Stephen Frears is a big-time movie director (“The Queen”) and this year’s jury president at the snazziest film festival in the world, but Malcolm McDowell recalls yelling at him to fetch the tea on the … Continue reading →

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CANNES FILM REVIEW: Alexander Sokurov’s ‘Alexandra’

Posted on May 25, 2007 by admin

By Ray Bennett CANNES – The value to a movie of a beautiful orchestral score is made clear in Russian director Alexander Sokurov’s “Alexandra,” an austere glimpse of life in war-torn Chechnya. Andre Sigle, who produced the In Competition film, … Continue reading →

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CANNES FILM REVIEW: Fatih Akin’s ‘The Edge of Heaven’

Posted on May 24, 2007 by admin

By Ray Bennett CANNES – Director Fatih Akin continues his insightful exploration of the things that divide and bridge different cultures and generations in his absorbing In Competition film “The Edge of Heaven.” Like his 2004 Berlin Golden Bear winner … Continue reading →

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