For those who didn’t make it to the Cannes Film Festival this year, Cannes came to Paris for a weekend. Not much sun or heat, but most of the films in competition as well as a taste of ‘Un Certain Regard’, the alternate selection from little-known and less classic film
When a celebration turns sour, a new freedom is discovered as jilted lover Leyla (Goknur Danishik) is taken on a journey and finally discovers who she really is. Brought to you by Turkish director Tofiq Rzayev and Angry Student Films, In a Time for Sleep is a powerful short focusing on
I like the Merriam-Webster dictionary definition for hologram: “a special kind of picture that is produced by a laser and that looks three-dimensional”. Alas Hologram For a King remains resolutely two dimensional. It is though a special kind of picture with a surreal opening dream sequence featuring Talking Heads “Once
By Last Caress. Adonis and Aphrodite, from the gleefully disturbed mind of David Chaudoir, is a hand grenade in monologue, a cautionary Jackanory for anyone who ever wondered whether the humdrum stupor of their middle class, middle aged suburban stasis might be enlivened by having impulsive group sex with the neighbours.
As this year’s prestigious Cannes Film Festival kicks off, the film that earned its star the Best Actor award at last year’s festival gets a UK release. Far removed from the glitz and glamour of the French Riviera, writer-director Stéphane Brizé’s gloomy drama sees the aforementioned award-winner Vincent Lindon play Thierry
