Cannes 2009: Humpday
Related Video
From the IFC News set to to the Red Carpet Premieres, IFC.com brings you inside the SXSW 2009 Film Festival.
More Photo Galleries
Indie Eye
Cannes 2009: "Kinatay."
There are two easy types of film provocation. You can prod an audience with boundary-pushing images -- say, Chloe Sevigny painting Vincent Gallo's tree -- or by testing their tolerance for style or narrative experimentation -- say, Vincent Gallo driving, driving, driving, driving. "Kinatay" (which translates to "Butchered") tries out...
The Daily
Shorts, 6/30.
A new issue of Cinema Scope has just gone up, featuring editor Mark Peranson's opener: "2009 was, far and away, the stupidest Cannes ever." He also interviews Corneliu Porumboiu ("Police, Adjective"), while Dennis Lim talks with João Pedro Rodrigues ("To Die Like a Man") and Scott Foundas with Marco Bellocchio...
The Daily
Fests and events, 6/8.
Michael Guillén talks with programmer James Quandt about "In the Realm of Oshima," currently at the Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley through July 18. And here's the second part of the interview. The New York Asian Film Festival (June 19 through July 5) rolls out its guest list and schedule....
Indie Eye
"Drag Me To Hell."
By the B-movie ethics of Sam Raimi's "Drag Me To Hell," the torments inflicted on poor Christine Brown are grossly (and grossly) unfair and yet, there's no denying it, also at least a little bit deserved. Christine (Alison Lohman) is the bank loan officer who makes the fateful final call...
Wrapping Cannes 09.
[Updated through 6/1] "This year's Cannes Film Festival was notable for its blood-splattered screens, digital projections and emergent and resurgent auteurs," writes Manohla Dargis in an overview for the New York Times blog, ArtsBeat. And she's got a nifty link, too, to a chart of rankings from French film critics...
Cannes 09. Awards and index.
And the Palme d'Or goes to Michael Haneke's "The White Ribbon." The Jury, presided over by Isabelle Huppert (other members: Asia Argento, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, James Gray, Hanif Kureishi, Lee Chang-dong, Shu Qi, Sharmila Tagore and Robin Wright Penn) have also presented the following awards: A Special Jury Prize to...
Cannes, 5/24.
With just hours to go before the winners of the Palme d'Or and other awards are announced, there's just time for one last daily roundup (though, of course, a "Wrapping Cannes" entry may well happen). First, a fun quick roundup from one who - like me, and most of you...
