Four songs and four seasons provide the pace of “Young and beautiful” (title in French: "Jeune et Jolie"), the absorbing new film by France's Francois Ozon (“The swimming pool”) which comes out this week. But the film's neat organization serves another purpose: to make the whiplash effect that's felt later on even cruder.

As he's done in previous films Ozon frames family carefully: he plies us with all its clichés

Ever heard of the canuxploitation genre? The social media planet just did and it's been lighting up with howls of "Wolfcop" ever since the trailer for it came out yesterday. "Wolfcop," part-chainsaw massacre part-incredible hulk and part-robocop is silly and demented and has "double-bill" written all over it. It's made in Canada (Saskatchewan, to be precise) and has characters named as "tough henchman" and "trashy woman." So put

A lonesome wanderer’s life is shattered by terrible news. He starts a long trek back to his childhood home to carry out a revenge kill.

The narrative device is simple: to provoke a reaction out of this vulnerable—pitiful, even—character named Dwight (excellently played by a Macon Blair who uses his puppy-dog look to cunning effect, gradually morphing into a cold executioner) ) and confront him to the unbearable fact that the man

YSL is mega-hot. This year not one but two different [...]

This year's selection in Cannes, while not being particularly exceptional in terms of big-name wattage, could lead to some interesting results. For example, this marks Xavier Dolan's first year bringing a film to the competition series (he's been at Cannes before, but was never in line to compete for the Palme D'Or). A win for Dolan would validate years of efforts and progress. This year also marks Jean-Luc Godard's return, so to speak.

Screen Comment has an official poster for Cannes (and we [...]

Here is one of the best (and most discomfiting) scenes from "Annie Hall" (1977) in which the funny conversation isn't the one taking place between the two protagonists Alvy Singer and Annie Hall but rather the one that's overheard between some holier-than-thou faux-cinephile who spends the whole scene shooting down Fellini and his companion. Alvy and Annie are standing in line to go watch "The Sorrow and the Pity" at the New Yorker