Cannes2017

Art Satire The Square is Surprise Palme d’Or Winner

28th May 201718th May 2018Jason Korsner

Palme d’Or winner The Square satirises the art world The Cannes jury, led by the Spanish auteur Pedro Almodóvar, has handed the prestigious [click for more...]

Cannes 2017 – The Second Saturday

27th May 201711th November 2017Jason Korsner

For the last time this Cannes, I was up early to get to the 8.30am screening. This was Roman Polanski’s late addition to the festival, out of competition, Based on a True Story – which was based on a novel, which wasn’t itself a true story. [click for more...]

Cannes 2017 – The Second Friday

26th May 201728th August 2017Jason Korsner

After another late night, I’d decided to give myself another late morning, but after someone drew my attention to an early screening of Patti Cakes, a Sundance success that was playing in the Directors’ Fortnight strand, I decided to give it a go. [click for more...]

Cannes 2017 – The Second Thursday

25th May 201721st November 2017Jason Korsner

With every film in the two official strands at Cannes being a world premiere, rarely has much been written about the selected films [click for more...]

Cannes 2017 – The Second Wednesday

24th May 201716th July 2017Jason Korsner

It was another early start for one of the most hotly anticipated competition titles of the year; Sofia Coppola’s remake – or re-imagining – of Clint Eastwood’s 1971 US civil war era drama, The Beguiled. I was particular keen to see it in the light of some early suggestions that the film was so poor, people were laughing at it. [click for more...]

Cannes 2017 – The Only Tuesday

23rd May 201726th May 2018Jason Korsner

This morning, I granted myself a well-earned lie in, eschewing the Japanese Palme d’Or competition entry screening at 8.30am and instead, ensuring that I made it to the Palais in time to see Jeune Femme, a low budget drama from first time French director Léonor Serraille, screening as part of the Un Certain Regard strand. [click for more...]