Stephanie Zacharek at Cannes Film Festival
Dispatches, commentary and reviews from the Cannes Film Festival from Stephanie Zacharek, principal film critic for the Village Voice. Reviews of Steven Soderbergh's Behind the Candelabra, Only God Forgives, starring Ryan Gosling, the Coen brothers' Inside Llewyn Davis, Anraud Desplechin's Jimmy P., The Selfish Giant, Emma Watson in Sofia Coppola's The Bling Ring, Heli, Young & Beautiful and more from the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.
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This Year's Big Cannes Winner: People Who Want Great Screen SexArticleIn Blue is the Warmest Color, the love scenes between Lea Seydoux and Adele Exarchopoulos are beautifully staged, perhaps among the loveliest ever put on film.By: Stephanie Zacharek -Published: May 28, 2013
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Marion Cotillard Shines in James Gray's The ImmigrantReviewJames Gray's The Immigrant, which screened for the press on Friday, May 24, is one of the strongest films in the festival competition.By: Stephanie Zacharek -Published: May 24, 2013
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Steven Soderbergh's Behind the Candelabra is a Delightful Little CurioReviewBehind the Candelabra is great fun, and even though the production and costume design are heavy on mirrors, gilt furniture, and sequins, it stops short of being kitschy.By: Stephanie Zacharek -Published: May 23, 2013
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Only God Forgives Isn't in the Same League as DriveReviewOnly God Forgives is so un-exhilarating that it's practically a narcotic. The violence may cause a bit of squishy discomfort as you're watching it, but the memory of it doesn't linger much past the last frame.By: Stephanie Zacharek -Published: May 23, 2013
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The Coen Brothers' Inside Llewyn DavisReviewSet in early 1960s New York, Oscar Isaac plays Llewyn Davis, the remaining half of a semi-successful folk-singing duo who's trying to make it on his own.By: Stephanie Zacharek -Published: May 22, 2013
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In Jimmy P. (Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian), Benicio Del Toro Acts Again!ReviewIn Arnaud Desplechin's English-language Jimmy P. (Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian), Benicio Del Toro is James Picard, a Blackfoot Indian who has lost his way in post-World War II America.By: Stephanie Zacharek -Published: May 22, 2013
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The Selfish Giant is Great Boys-to-Men DramaReview"But I found myself strangely drawn toward The Selfish Giant, adapted from a story by Oscar Wilde."By: Stephanie Zacharek -Published: May 20, 2013
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Not Even the Gifted Emma Watson Raise The Bling RingReviewThe biggest puzzlement of these early days of the festival comes from Sofia Coppola.By: Stephanie Zacharek -Published: May 17, 2013
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Heli is Family Drama Set Against Mexico's Drug WarsReviewOne of the most exciting things about attending the Cannes Film Festival is being among the first people to see the films the world will be talking about. That's one of the terrible things, too.By: Stephanie Zacharek -Published: May 17, 2013
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Young & Beautiful is a Portrait of a 17-Year-Old French Call GirlReviewA family in crisis: Isabelle is a student who still lives at home with her mother, stepfather, and kid brother; no one, least of all mom, is too happy when her secret profession comes to light.By: Stephanie Zacharek -Published: May 17, 2013
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Cannes Diary: What Are the Women in Their Dresses Hoping For?Cannes DiaryLook that are nakedly aspirational and all the more touching for it.By: Stephanie Zacharek -Published: May 17, 2013
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