Deadline was on the ground to watch all the key films.
Sometimes its hard to keep up, and yet somehow it doesnt matter at all.
But its as a performance piece that it really gets under your skin.
The Palais des Festivals in CannesMichael Buckner
It does serve to remind us of how screwed up America can be.
But at the very least, it will help ensure their ordeal is not forgotten.
Is the director finally saying goodbye to his trademark film-within-a-film-shtick?
‘About Dry Grasses’Cannes Film Festival
Or perhaps that is desire for resolution, dressed up as criticism.
vElementalcould, in fact, simply have been calledSentimental.
It would have saved time.
IfFour Daughtersshould earn that honor, it would be a deserving winner.
We can also put Paul Verhoeven in the mix.
Lily-Rose Depp is quite rivetingly game with a highly sexualized performance that also is grounded and often vulnerable.
A sense of the spectacular infuses the whole film, even if too much happens.
Outrage is her weapon.
InLast Summer, every shot finds its target.
Most of all, though, it is a joyfully absurdist tale of everyday alienation writ large.
