CANNES, France — I have an ear-to-ear smile plastered on my face as I just watched the trailer for "Coupez!" the next-day refresher after taking in the movie last night here in Cannes, where it opened the 75th edition of the festival. At the screening I laughed and I laughed and I laughed again. Because the film is brilliant and handled with maestria by Michel Hazanavicius (“The Artist”) and it's ... more >
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CANNES FESTIVAL: not beating around the bush, “Final Cut” (“Coupez!”) was insane and brilliant
A movie set bares all
Romain Duris, Bérénice Bejo and Grégory Gadebois
Directed by Michel Hazanavicius
Mood Indigo
L'écume des jours
Romain Duris et Audrey Tautou
Directed by Michel Gondry
This is the surreal and poetic story of a young idealistic and inventive man, Colin, who meets Chloe, a young woman who could be the incarnation of a blues piece by Duke Ellington. Their idyllic marriage turns to bitterness when Chloe falls ill due to a water lily that's growing in her lung. To pay for his care in a fantasyland Paris, Colin must work under increasingly absurd conditions while all ... more >
HEARTBREAKER
By ALI NADERZAD - July 2, 2010Personally, Action Comedy. And Vanessa Paradis. They are in vogue both of them. I especially love that brand-new genre that studios have espoused and are now churning out new material constantly. And the French are following. This time it’s Pascal Chaumeil’s “Heartbreaker,” an action-packed romantic comedy starring Romain Duris (“The beat that my heart skipped”, ... more >
Dans Paris
City of Light gets top billing in French film
Romain Duris, Louis Garrel and Alice Butaud
Directed by Christophe Honoré
Curiously, Dans Paris (Inside Paris), second feature-film from the young French director Christophe Honoré (Ma Mère) takes place in a suburb of the French capital. The City of Lights is never far from consciousness; and its proximity is constantly reaffirmed by the ubiquitous Eiffel Tower, visible out of most windows, and in numerous exterior shots. Jonathan (Louis Garrell) and Paul (Romain ... more >