The new trailer for Oliver Assayas’ film Personal Shopper sees Kristen Stewart driving, motorcycling and running through French landscapes in pursuit of, or perhaps escaping from, her dead brother. Stewart plays the titular personal shopper, a young woman who earns a…
Cannes Report #5 (American Honey, Personal Shopper, Hell or High Water)
One thing about the Cannes film festival is that you watch so many noteworthy films that you are bound to lost track of some. Case in point David Mackenzie’s Hell or High Water (8/10) which screened as part of the…
Cannes Report #4 (Personal Affairs, Sweet Dreams, Mean Dreams, From The Land To The Moon)
There’s a whole list of dos and don’ts at Cannes that are common knowledge, but not common sense. Booing after a screening isn’t just acceptable, but a tradition. If you tip at restaurants, they’ll take your money, but it’s not…
Cannes Report #1: Café Society + Sieranevada
In the middle of term papers and final exams, I clung to one calming thought: in a few weeks I was going to be at Cannes. I closed my eyes and imagined the sweeping red carpets and the glimmering French…
Cannes 2016: Lineup Announcement
On the morning of April 14, the Cannes Film Festival unveiled the films competing for the Palme d’Or, screening in the Un Certain Regard section and playing out of competition. Some of these films will go onto win Oscars, others…