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The Cannes Diaries – That’s A Wrap!
With 20 films in competition, the aim at Cannes is to try see as many as possible, and still leave room for those in Un Certain Regard and other...
The Cannes Diaries – Robert Redford Day
Wednesday was supposed to be Ryan Gosling Day. His new movie with Nicolas Winding Refn, the eagerly-awaited follow-up to Drive, was debuting and I was really looking forward to...
The Cannes Diaries – Of Douglas and Damon
Michael Douglas and Matt Damon star in the biopic about extravagant pianist and entertainer Liberace, Behind the Candelabra. It premiered at Cannes on Tuesday night, after being screened early...
The Cannes Diaries – The Halfway Mark
It’s the halfway point of the festival, and I’m actually not doing too badly, thanks to the novel idea of pacing myself. I did, however, end Day 6 on...
The Cannes Diaries – The Coen Brothers Come to Town
Thanks to Joel and Ethan Coen, I left the Palais des Festivals on Saturday night a lot happier than I entered it. The relentless rain had put a damper...
The Cannes Diaries – Laughing with Florence Welch
I really had a great time meeting Florence Welch, of Florence & the Machine. She contributed the glorious track Over the Love to The Great Gatsby soundtrack. The movie, as...
The Cannes Diaries – Love for Fruitvale and Waiting for Leo
Day 2 of the Cannes Film Festival definitely belonged to the cast of Fruitvale Station, which received a standing ovation after the film’s premiere here this evening. I was...
The Cannes Diaries – Of Rain, Spielberg and Gatsby
Rain, and more rain – welcome to Day 1 of the 66th Cannes Film Festival. Luckily, there were other highlights today, enough to draw attention away from the gloomy...
The 66th Cannes Film Festival – and my 7th.
In one of life’s little full circles, I just got to interview Mark Ruffalo in New Orleans about his latest movie, Now You See Me. Exactly 7 years ago,...
The Cannes Diaries – And That’s A Wrap!
The Palme d’Or has been awarded – to Michael Haneke’s Amour, as many had predicted it would. There was talk that possibly Jacques Audiard’s Rust and Bone could...