Cannes Film Festival · 2018
32 films · 14 reviews
The long wordless opening of 2001 remains one of the most beautiful sequences on film.
(Country: UK, US; Year: 1968; Director: Stanley Kubrick; Writer: Stanley Kubrick. Based on the book by Arthur C Clarke; Stars: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Daniel Richter, Leonard Rossiter, Douglas Rain)
Wittily scripted and inventively directed.
(Country: US; Year: 1960; Director: Billy Wilder; Writer: Billy Wilder, IAL Diamond; Stars: Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, Ray Walston, Jack Kruschen, David Lewis, Edie Adams) , Official site
The look is as unforgettable as the power that drives your emotional response.
(Country: West Germany; Year: 1987; Director: Percy Adlon; Writer: Eleonore Adlon, Percy Adlon, Christopher Doherty, Percy Adlon; Stars: Marianne Sägebrecht, CCH Pounder, Jack Palance, Christine Kaufmann, Monica Calhoun, Darron Flagg, George Aguilar, G. Smokey Campbell, Hans Stadlbauer, Alan S. Craig, Apesanahkwat, Ronald Lee Jarvis, Mark Daneri, Ray Young, Gary Lee Davis)
(Country: France; Year: 1940; Director: Henri Decoin; Writer: Michel Duran, Max Kolpé, Hans Wilhelm; Stars: Danielle Darrieux, Claude Dauphin, André Luguet, Junie Astor, Charles Dechamps, Roger Blin, Sylvain Itkine, Pierre Feuillère, Jean Hébey, Julien Carette, Jean Tissier, Saturnin Fabre, Roland Armontel, Marguerite de Morlaye, Sophie Desmarets)
Green's richly detailed documentary is a portrait of a remarkable woman, a love letter to early cinema and a fascinating detective story all in one.
(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Pamela B Green; Writer: Pamela B Green, Joan Simon; Stars: Alice Guy, Evan Rachel Wood, Jodie Foster, Andy Samberg, Geena Davis, Ben Kingsley, Lake Bell, Janeane Garofalo, Cheryl Hines, Diablo Cody, Julie Delpy, Peter Billingsley, Ava DuVernay, Patty Jenkins, Elsie Fisher)
The film revolves around a simple plot, superbly executed.
(Country: Italy; Year: 1948; Director: Vittorio De Sica; Writer: Cesare Zavattini, Oreste Biancoli, Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Vittorio De Sica, Adolfo Franci, Gerardo Guerrieri, based on the novel by Luigi Bartolini; Stars: Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell, Gino Saltamerenda, Vittorio Antonucci, Giulio Chiari, Elena Altieri)
The Big Blue is pure cinéma du look.
(Country: France, US, Italy; Year: 1988; Director: Luc Besson; Writer: Luc Besson, Luc Besson, Robert Garland, Marilyn Goldin, Jacques Mayol, Marc Perrier; Stars: Rosanna Arquette, Jean-Marc Barr, Jean Reno, Paul Shenar, Sergio Castellitto, Jean Bouise, Marc Duret, Griffin Dunne, Andréas Voutsinas, Valentina Vargas, Kimberly Beck, Patrick Fontana, Alessandra Vazzoler, Geoffrey Carey, Bruce Guerre-Berthelot)
(Year: 1972; Director: Marin Karmitz; Stars: Simone Aubin, Jacqueline Auzellaud, Élodie Avenel, Anne-Marie Bacquié, Jean-Pierre Baronsky, Antoinette Barrois, Ginette Bellegueule, Jacques Bellegueule, Aïsha Benfatta, S. Béranger, Paul Bertault, Martine Berthelin, Patricia Berthon, Martine Blé, Marcel Boche)
Jean-Paul Rappeneau has taken the spirit of Edmond Rostand's play and filled it to overflowing with energy, rumbustiousness, eloquence and panache.
(Country: France; Year: 1990; Director: Jean-Paul Rappeneau; Writer: Jean-Claude Carriere, Jean-Paul Rappeneau, based on the play by Edmond Rostand; Stars: Gerard Depardieu, Anne Brochet, Vincent Perez, Jacques Weber, Roland Bertin, Philippe Morier-Genoud, Pierre Maguelon)
(Country: France, Egypt; Year: 1997; Director: Youssef Chahine; Writer: Youssef Chahine, Khaled Youssef; Stars: Nour El-Sherif, Hani Salama, Mahmood Hemaidah, Layla Olwi, Safia El Emari, Mohamed Mounir, Khaled Nabawy, Seif Abdelrahman, Abdalla Mahmoud, Rogeena, Ahmed Fouad Selim, Magdy Edris, Ahmed Moukhtar, Sherifa Maher, Rayek Azzab)
Nemec knows that, in the real world, most people's trains of thought don't move steadily from one place to another like a teleplay but instead flit about, throwing up a murmur of a memory here, the whisper of a fantasy there.
(Country: Czechoslovakia; Year: 1964; Director: Jan Němec; Writer: Jan Němec, based on the short story by Arnost Lustig; Stars: Ladislav Jánsky, Antonín Kumbera, Ilse Bischofova, Ivan Asic, Jan Riha, August Bischof, Josef Koggel, Oskar Müller, Anton Schich, Rudolf Stolle, Josef Koblizek, Josef Kubat, Rudolf Lukásek, Bohumil Moudry, Karel Navratil)
(Country: US; Year: 1989; Director: Bruce Beresford; Writer: Alfred Uhry, Alfred Uhry; Stars: Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy, Dan Aykroyd, Patti LuPone, Esther Rolle, Joann Havrilla, William Hall Jr., Alvin M. Sugarman, Clarice F. Geigerman, Muriel Moore, Sylvia Kaler, Carolyn Gold, Crystal R. Fox, Bob Hannah, Ray McKinnon)
(Country: Mexico; Year: 1946; Director: Emilio Fernández; Writer: Benito Alazraki, Emilio Fernández, Íñigo de Martino; Stars: María Félix, Pedro Armendáriz, Fernando Fernández, José Morcillo, Eduardo Arozamena, Miguel Inclán, Manuel Dondé, Eugenio Rossi, Norma Hill, Juan García, José Torvay, Pascual García Peña, Daniel Arroyo, Guillermo Calles, Rogelio Fernández)
Drink in the imposition of expressionism through ergonomics, gaze up, craning at shots considered anew.
(Year: 2018; Director: Mark Cousins)
(Country: Senegal; Year: 1979; Director: Safi Faye)
(Country: France, Philippines; Year: 1982; Director: Pierre Rissient; Writer: Lucie Albertini, Alain Archambault, Eugène Guillevic, Fernando Pessoa, Pierre Rissient; Stars: Féodor Atkine, Eiko Matsuda, Gloria Diaz, Bembol Roco, Phillip Salvador, Louie Pascua, Joel Lamangan, Robert 'Toffy' Padua, Maila Marcelo, Stella Ruiz, Jenny Decolongon, Maki Matsumoto, Menchu Menchaca, Tess Galang, Chat Silayan)
(Country: Soviet Union; Year: 1967; Director: Rolands Kalnins; Writer: Gunars Priede, Gunars Priede; Stars: Uldis Pucitis, Dina Kuple, Liga Liepina, Arnolds Linins, Paul Butkevich, Rostislav Goryayev, Ernest Karelis, Antonija Kleimane, Olgert Kroders, Irena Lagzdina, Armins Lejins, Edgar Liepins, Jazeps Pigoznis, Eduards Plataiskalns, Aris Rozentals)
The plot is thin... but the highly choreographed songs make up for it big-style.
(Country: US; Year: 1978; Director: Randal Kleiser; Writer: Bronte Woodard and Allan Carr, based on the musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey; Stars: John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing, Jeff Conaway, Michael Tucci, Didi Conn, Kelly Ward, Barry Pearl, Frankie Avalon, Sid Caesar, Jamie Donnelly, Dinah Manoff, Eve Arden)
(Country: Argentina; Year: 1968; Director: Octavio Getino, Fernando E Solanas; Writer: Octavio Getino, Fernando E Solanas; Stars: María de la Paz, Fernando E. Solanas, Edgardo Suárez, Fidel Castro, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara, Zedong Mao, Eva Perón, Juan Domingo Perón, María de la Paz, Fernando E. Solanas, Edgardo Suárez, Fidel Castro, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara, Zedong Mao, Eva Perón)
(Country: Senegal, Switzerland, France; Year: 1992; Director: Djibril Diop Mambéty; Writer: Djibril Diop Mambéty, Friedrich Dürrenmatt; Stars: Ami Diakhate, Djibril Diop Mambéty, Mansour Diouf, Calgou Fall, Faly Gueye, Mamadou Mahourédia Gueye, Issa Ramagelissa Samb, Ami Diakhate, Djibril Diop Mambéty, Mansour Diouf, Calgou Fall, Faly Gueye, Mamadou Mahourédia Gueye, Issa Ramagelissa Samb)
(Country: Portugal, Japan; Year: 1982; Director: Paulo Rocha; Writer: Wenceslau De Moraes, Sumiko Haneda, Jorge L. Neto, Paulo Rocha; Stars: Luís Miguel Cintra, Clara Joana, Zita Duarte, Jorge Silva Melo, Paulo Rocha, Yoshiko Mita, Atsuko Murakumo, Jun Toyokawa, Erl Tenni, Lai Wang, Luís Miguel Cintra, Clara Joana, Zita Duarte, Jorge Silva Melo, Paulo Rocha)
(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Susan Lacy)
(Country: Brazil, Netherlands; Year: 1972; Director: George Sluizer; Writer: George Sluizer, based on the novel by Odylo Costa Filho; Stars: Joffre Soares, Ana Maria Miranda, Joao-Augusto Azevedo, Douglas Santos, João Batista, Áurea Campos, Joffre Soares, Ana Maria Miranda, Joao-Augusto Azevedo, Douglas Santos, João Batista, Áurea Campos)
(Year: 1963; Director: Paulin Soumanou Vieyra)
(Country: France; Year: 1966; Director: Jacques Rivette; Writer: Jean Gruault, Jacques Rivette, based on the book by Denis Diderot; Stars: Anna Karina, Liselotte Pulver, Micheline Presle, Francine Bergé, Francisco Rabal, Christiane Lénier, Yori Bertin, Catherine Diamant, Gilette Barbier, Annik Morice, Danielle Palmero, Françoise Godde, Jean Martin, Marc Eyraud, Charles Millot)
(Country: Venezuela, France, Belgium; Year: 1977; Director: Agnès Varda; Writer: Agnès Varda; Stars: Thérèse Liotard, Valérie Mairesse, Robert Dadiès)
Like Bergman's work, it might initially seem dry, but it's as rich in wit as it is in insight.
(Country: Germany, France; Year: 2018; Director: Margarethe von Trotta)
Playing a game for your life is a beautiful metaphor. Of course, it wouldn't have been the same in a squash court.
(Country: Sweden; Year: 1957; Director: Ingmar Bergman; Writer: Ingmar Bergman; Stars: Max von Sydow, Gunnar Bjornstrand, Bengt Ekorot, Nils Poppe, Bibi Andersson)
(Country: Italy, France, West Germany; Year: 1969; Director: Sergio Corbucci; Writer: Sergio Corbucci, Sabatino Ciuffini; Stars: Johnny Hallyday, Gastone Moschin, Françoise Fabian, Sylvie Fennec, Angela Luce, Serge Marquand, Gino Pernice, Mario Castellani, Remo De Angelis, Stefano Cattarossi, Renato Pinciroli, Lucio Rosato, Andrés José Cruz Soublette, Riccardo Domenici, Gabriella Tavernese)
It's a heartbreaking film. I look at Tokyo Story, and I see moments of my own life, or potential future life reflected.
(Country: Japan; Year: 1953; Director: Yasujiro Ozu; Writer: Kôgo Noda, Yasujiro Ozu; Stars: Chishu Ryu, Chieko Higashiyama, Setsuko Hara, Haruko Sugimura, Sô Yamamura, Kuniko Miyake, Kyôko Kagawa, Eijirô Tono, Nobuo Nakamura, Shirô Osaka, Hisao Toake)
My pick for the greatest film ever made.
(Country: US; Year: 1958; Director: Alfred Hitchcock; Writer: Alec Coppel, Samuel A Taylor; Stars: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore, Henry Jones, Raymond Bailey, Ellen Corby, Konstantin Shayne, Lee Patrick, Isabel Analla) , Trailer
(Country: Soviet Union; Year: 1967; Director: Sergei Bondarchuk; Writer: Sergei Bondarchuk, Vasili Solovyov, Leo Tolstoy; Stars: Sergei Bondarchuk, Lyudmila Savelyeva, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Boris Zakhava, Anatoli Ktorov, Anastasiya Vertinskaya, Antonina Shuranova, Oleg Tabakov, Viktor Stanitsyn, Irina Skobtseva)
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