Cannes Film Festival · 2015
18 films · 9 reviews
Mixes observations on capitalism, society and storytelling.
(Country: Portugal, France, Germany, Switzerland; Year: 2015; Director: Miguel Gomes; Writer: Miguel Gomes, Mariana Ricardo, Telmo Churro; Stars: Crista Alfaiate, Dinarte Branco, Carloto Cotta, Adriano Luz, Rogério Samora, Maria Rueff, Cristina Carvalhal)
(Year: 2015; Director: Marcia Tambutti Allende; Writer: Bruni Burres, Paola Castillo)
The levels of twee are fairly high, and contrasted with the bizarre and often regressive gendered comedy it’s likely to divide audiences right down the middle.
(Country: Belgium, France, Luxembourg; Year: 2015; Director: Jaco van Dormael; Writer: Thomas Gunzig, Jaco Van Dormael; Stars: Benoît Poelvoorde, Yolande Moreau, Catherine Deneuve)
(Country: France; Year: 2015; Director: Thomas Bidegain; Writer: Noé Debré; Stars: John C. Reilly, Antonia Campbell-Hughes, François Damiens, Ellora Torchia)
The film has charm, due in most parts to Shameik Moore's performance
(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Rick Famuyiwa; Writer: Rick Famuyiwa; Stars: Shameik Moore, Tony Revolori, Kiersey Clemons, Zoë Kravitz, Kimberly Elise, A$AP Rocky )
Structurally illustrates how the indigenous people don't see time as being a chronological straight line but as multiple realities existing simultaneously.
(Country: Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina; Year: 2015; Director: Ciro Guerra; Writer: Ciro Guerra, Jacques Toulemonde Vidal; Stars: Nilbio Torres, Jan Bijvoet, Antonio Bolivar, Brionne Davis, Yauenkü Miguee, Nicolás Cancino, Luigi Sciamanna)
(Country: France; Year: 2015; Director: Philippe Faucon; Writer: Philippe Faucon; Stars: Zita Hanrot, Mehdi Senoussi, Yolanda Mpele, Franck Andrieux)
Less psychological and more formulaic than his previous feature, this is still relentlessly entertaining.
(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Jeremy Saulnier; Writer: Jeremy Saulnier; Stars: Imogen Poots, Alia Shawkat, Anton Yelchin, Patrick Stewart, Mark Webber, Joe Cole)
Repeated viewings also reveal the beautiful circularity of the film that begins at more than one end.
(Country: Czech Republic; Year: 2016; Director: Jan Saska; Writer: Jan Saska)
(Country: France, Poland, Sweden; Year: 2015; Director: Magnus von Horn; Writer: Magnus von Horn; Stars: Mats Blomgren, Ulrik Munther, Loa Ek)
(Country: France; Year: 2015; Director: Philippe Garrel; Writer: Jean-Claude Carrière, Caroline Deruas-Garrel; Stars: Clotilde Courau, Vimala Pons, Stanislas Merhar, Mounir Margoum)
(Country: Morocco, France; Year: 2015; Director: Nabil Ayouch; Stars: Loubna Abidar, Asmaa Lazrak, Hlima Karaouane Sara, Elmhamdi Elalaoui)
The director and her co-writer Alice Winocour side with their young protagonists, drawing on their boundless energy to tell their story in the spirit of a fable and in a way that makes it accessible to younger audiences.
(Country: Turkey, France, Qatar, Germany; Year: 2015; Director: Deniz Gamze Erguven; Writer: Deniz Gamze Ergüven, Alice Winocour; Stars: Günes Sensoy, Doga Zeynep Doguslu, Elit Iscan, Tugba Sunguroglu, Ilayda Akdogan, Nihal G. Koldas, Ayberk Pekcan, Bahar Kerimoglu, Burak Yigit, Erol Afsin, Suzanne Marrot, Serife Kara, Aynur Komecoglu, Serpil Reis, Rukiye Sariahmet)
Desplechin, like no other, startles with his enigmatic perceptions on the gender divide.
(Country: France; Year: 2015; Director: Arnaud Desplechin; Writer: Arnaud Desplechin, Julie Peyr; Stars: Mathieu Amalric, Lou Roy-Lecollinet, Quentin Dolmaire, Léonard Matton)
(Country: Lithuania, France; Year: 2015; Director: Sharunas Bartas; Writer: Sharunas Bartas; Stars: Sharunas Bartas, Lora Kmieliauskaite, Ina Marija Bartaité, Edvinas Goldsteinas, Giedrus Nakas)
(Country: Spain; Year: 2015; Director: Fernando León de Aranoa; Writer: Fernando León de Aranoa, based on the book by Paula Farias; Stars: Olga Kurylenko, Benicio Del Toro, Tim Robbins, Mélanie Thierry, Fedja Stukan)
Zhao is in no hurry, allowing the sense of life in Pine Ridge to seep in to the bones of the film.
(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Chloé Zhao; Writer: Chloé Zhao; Stars: Irene Bedard, Eleonore Hendricks, Taysha Fuller, Travis Lone Hill, Dakota Brown, John Reddy, Lauren Janis, Cat Clifford, Kevin Hunter, Keanna Rowland, Jorge Dullknife, Gabby Montileaux, Derrick Janis, Allen Reddy, Jashaun St. John)
(Country: Japan; Year: 2015; Director: Takashi Miike; Writer: Yoshitaka Yamaguchi; Stars: Hayato Ichihara, Yayan Ruhian, Rirî Furankî, Denden)
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