When Nicholas Stoller and Jason Segel introduced Forgetting Sarah Marshall in 2008, it represented the low point for the Apatow factory, during the phase when it produced any old comedy premise that could fit on the back of a bank receipt. The filmmakers probably didn’t go in thinking, “We’re going to make a stalker fantasy laughfest,” but that’s what came out the other side. That’s why it’s so encouraging to see the same group produce The
Who will decide the fate of this year's crop of movies in Cannes, under the intelligent and amicable supervision of Nanni Moretti? Some French actresses, a British filmmaker woman, an American director and, (a first) a fashion-designer--Jean-Paul Gaultier. Hiam Abbas (Palestinian director and actress, you might have seen her in "Lemon Tree," available for streaming online), Andrea Arnold (British director and scriptwriter, perhaps Eng-