“It is finished so soon?” asked the chipper French festival volunteer manning the theater doors as I slunk out of Hong Sangsoo’s “Hahaha” just before 11pm. No, I explained — it had a good hour left to go. “Is it that boring?” he asked. No, I explained — it wasn’t that boring. Modestly boring. Sweetly […]
CANNES: ‘Life, Above All,’ ‘Tender Son,’ ‘Cameraman’
Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:03 pm · May 21st, 2010
CANNES PREVIEW: Sizing up the Competition, part two
Posted by Guy Lodge · 2:21 pm · May 7th, 2010
Continuing the breakdown of the 18 titles in contention for the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, which begins Wednesday. (Catch up with yesterday’s preview here.) Among them is the film I’ve put a sneaky wager on to take the gold — though given the foolhardiness of predicting festival awards, I don’t encourage you […]
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