DISPATCHES FROM CANNES
The 72nd Cannes Film Festival has essentially reached its halfway mark with the Palme d’Or and other awards set to be handed out this weekend.
In its first week the critics have given big boosts to Pedro Almodovar's Pain and Glory, Bong Joon-ho's Parasite and Xavier Dolan's Matthias and Maxime among others. Early critical reaction has also very favorable for Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
Here’s the link to the largest online compilation of the critical response to the films from Cannes thus far.
MULTIPLE INTERVIEWS
Lots of interviews from people that either have films out or coming out that played TFF #45 or are involved with the current edition of Cannes:
WERNER HERZOG/FAMILY ROMANCE LLC
Scott Roxborough for The Hollywood Reporter talks to Werner Herzog whose film Family Romance LLC is playing as a part of the Cannes Fest as a special screening.
The interview is here.
LAURA DERN/TRIAL BY FIRE
Katie Kilkenny does an interview for The Hollywood Reporter with Oscar nominee Laura Dern talking about her new film that played at TFF #45. That's ed Zwick's Trial by Fire which also stars Jack O'Connell.
The interview with Dern is Linked here.
JOHN CHESTER/BIG LITTLE FARM
Joshua Encinias writing for The Film Stage talks with John Chester for of Big Little Farm. The documentary played at TFF #45 and made a big impression on everyone who I talked to who had seen it.
That interview is here.
More to come on Thursday.
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