Cannes 2012 Review: Ulrich Seidl's PARADISE: LOVE Doesn't Flinch, But You Might

Another year at Cannes, another polarizing film that splits audiences. Ulrich Seidl's Paradise: Love, the first in his trilogy of "paradise" films (next up is Faith followed by Hope), is a confrontational, often ugly depiction of different forms of desperation... More »

By Brian Clark

Cannes 2012 Review: Garrone's REALITY is a Fascinating Place

In his 2008 Cannes Grand Prix winning Gomorrah, Matteo Garrone took us deep into a crime ridden community to give an initmate taste of modern Italian society. In his follow up four years on, Garrone again plays tour guide to... More »

By Ryland Aldrich

Cannes 2012 Review: Lou Ye's MYSTERY Should be Retitled MELODRAMA

Lou Ye's Mystery begins with a forceful jolt: While making out and driving at the same time (during a torrential downpour, no less), some rich kids smash into a mysterious girl as she stumbles around in the middle of the... More »

By Brian Clark

Cannes 2012 Review: MOONRISE KINGDOM Eclipses High Expectations

There are only a few directors in the history of cinema that have manged to craft, even from their earliest works, a consistent, signature style. Most fimmakers adjust in major ways project to project. Others seem content (some may claim... More »

By Jason Gorber

Tribeca 2012 Review: POLISSE Makes for an Atypical & Harrowing Procedural

It's been over eight hours since I left the theater; eight hours after taking in the third film from filmmaker/actress Maïwenn, largely my first experience with her work. Polisse (a clever, simple, kid-inspired misspelling) is an in-depth and very intense... More »

By Ben Umstead

LIFF 2011: MARIANNE review

Filip Tegstedt's Marianne stretches the definition of a horror movie by quite some way; there's only one recurring supernatural element and it's left very much open to interpretation as to whether the main character is imagining the whole thing, to... More »

By Matthew Lee

LIFF 2011: BREATHING review

A young man desperately in need of a purpose ends up taking a job dealing with the recently deceased, collecting the dead and making them look the best they can for their final journey - in the course of which... More »

By Matthew Lee

ETRANGE 2011: DRIVE review

Drive is a confusing film: bear with me on this. The story's easy enough to follow - the taciturn anti-hero Driver (Ryan Gosling) breaks his vow of laissez-faire to help the mother and child who happen to be the first... More »

By Matthew Lee

Cannes 2011: VOLCANO REVIEW

Back in 1974 the volcano on the small island of Vestmaneyjar of the coast of Iceland suddenly erupted in the middle of the night, devastating the community and laying to waste a large section of the area. After evacuating the island... More »

By Swarez

Cannes 2011: GUILTY OF ROMANCE Review

Once again Japan's Sion Sono tackles a true crime story with Guilty Of Romance - last year's Cold Fish also had roots in real events - and once again the results are a devastating look into the dark heart of... More »

By Todd Brown

Cannes 2011: THE ARTIST Review

When director Michel Hazanavicius turned heads with his 2006 sophomore feature OSS 117: Cairo Nest Of Spies, who would have guessed that just five years later he'd be debuting his fourth feature in competition in Cannes? But Hazanavicius had two... More »

By Todd Brown

Cannes 2011: MELANCHOLIA Review

Congratulations to everyone who has ever accused director Lars Von Trier of self absorption and hollow pretentiousness. You win this round. Von Trier's Melancholia is a glossy but hollow exercise with shockingly little to say and - seemingly - surprisingly... More »

By Todd Brown

Cannes 2011: CODE BLUE Review

The film that cautioned audiences it may hurt their feelings did exactly that, the visceral finale of Urszula Antoniak's Code Blue sending members of the debut audience scurrying for the exits in droves as the final burst of violence and... More »

By Todd Brown

Cannes 2011: WU XIA Review

Say what you will about The Weinstein Company re-titling the latest from director Peter Chan Dragon for the English speaking market - and we say it's horrible - but they may actually have something of a point in moving the... More »

By Todd Brown

Cannes 2011: THE PRODIGIES Review

An enormous wasted opportunity. That is the best way to sum up Antoine Charreyron's The Prodigies, an animated feature with an intriguing premise but a horrible, horrible script that doesn't know what sort of movies it wants to be for... More »

By Todd Brown

Cannes 2011: WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN Review

Hampered by a script too prone to drastic black and whites and a particularly weak child actor, Lynne Ramsay's We Need To Talk About Kevin is nevertheless notable for its unique take on very controversial subject matter and a stellar... More »

By Todd Brown

Cannes 2011: THE OTHER SIDE OF SLEEP Review

A hazy sort of fever dream, Rebecca Daly's The Other Side Of Sleep drifts through tragedy at a languid pace that matches the mood of its sleep deprived protagonist. Though the core of the story is a small town murder... More »

By Todd Brown

HOFF 2011: THE PACK (LA MEUTE) Review

Eschewing the Raimi-inspired, bloody splatter approach originally promised when the film was announced, Franck Richard's The Pack has instead opted for a much darker and moodier path. Instead of being a movie about shock and adrenaline - though it features... More »

By Todd Brown

KABOOM review

Until now, I was a Gregg Araki virgin. That is, in sexual terms (appropriate since those are the terms Araki communicates through in this film), a way of saying I'd never, until this one, seen a film by the edgy... More »

By Jim Tudor

UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL HIS PAST LIVES Review

A ghost, a monkey spirit with glowing red eyes and a talking catfish all inhabit Apichatpong Weerasethakul's latest film, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives. This disjointed and time transcending narrative follows Boonmee at his farm in... More »

By Dustin Chang

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FEAR & LOATHING AT CANNES, PART 3: EVERYTHING IS WONDERFUL AND I'M TRIPPING BALLS

CHAPTER 6: THERE'S NOTHING MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN A PURPLE BEACH SMOTHERED IN MELTING TROMMETTES DURING A CRIMSON TINGED SUNSET ON THE FRENCH RIVERIA, HOLY SHIT I'M TRIPPING MY FUCKING FACE OFF.It's night. When the fuck did it become night? I'm naked. Where the fuck did my clothes go? I'm on... More »

Destroy All Monsters: I Think We've Been This Way Before, Mr. Spock

They can remember it for you wholesale, and they do. At some point, we licensed our pop cultural nostalgia to a handful of multinational conglomerates (well, to be fair, they always owned the licenses) and now they're selling them back to us - though, I guess, not at wholesale, but... More »

Interview: Twitch Talks to HANGOVER III's Ken Jeong

Ken Jeong may often play a lunatic on both big and small screen, but in person it's quite disarming to see just how calm and considerate he comes across. While he got his big screen start in Judd Apatow's Knocked Up, Jeong's real breakthrough was taking a small-on-paper role... More »

Hollywood Beat: Notes On Cutting The Cord And NBC's Genre Programs

I cut the cable cord last year, but I'm not always happy about it. I had to wait a year before seeing Season 2 of Game of Thrones, for example, and will have to wait to see Season 3 until next year. I only have to wait to see Mad... More »

Twitchvision: Talking STAR TREK: INTO DARKNESS, MUD and THE ICEMAN

Another Twitchvision chat with Scott Laurie, this time me gushing about J.J.'s latest Star Trek film, which I unabashedly loved.Also talked about he fabbo Mud, and the less fabbo The Iceman, both with Michael Shannon doing his thing.Video embedded below.Update: Was asked to come in today and pick a few... More »