Movies: Cannes Film Festival: Critique Week starts May 12 at MUBI

MUBI (June5,2k11)

50-free Cannes 2k11 Retrospective

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Cannes 2011. Critics' Week @ 50. Free Retrospective

by David Hudson

Critics' Week has already begun celebrating its 50th anniversary by posting 50 video interviews with directors and actors who've seen their work debut in this section at Cannes. We're celebrating, too. In association with the 4+1 Film Festival, MUBI is presenting a retrospective of some of the greatest films first seen in Critics' Week over the past half-century. And even though the first 1000 views of each of the films will be free to you, the viewer, the rights holders will carry on receiving their duly earned revenue.

The retrospective encompasses over 100 titles in all, but please do keep in mind that rights issues can get complicated and not every film can be available in every country. That said, here's a quick overview of just some of the highlights:

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Movies: Cannes Film Festival: Terrence Malick wins Palme for 'The Tree of Life'

BBC News - Entertainment and Arts (May22,2k011)

Malick's drama 

The Tree of Life 

triumphs in Cannes

US director Terrence Malick's drama The Tree of Life has won the Palme d'Or prize for best picture at the Cannes film festival. 

The film, starring Brad Pitt and Sean Penn, is about a family in Texas in the 1950s, but is also a meditation on the meaning of life.

The film had divided critics at the prestigious festival, the BBC's arts correspondent Vincent Dowd says.

He says some consider it pretentious and others profound.

Best actor gong went to French performer Jean Dujardin for the silent film The Artist.

Best actress was won by US actress Kirsten Dunst for her role in Melancholia.

The last-named movie is directed by Lars von Trier who was expelled from the festival for making statements sympathetic to Hitler at a press conference there, while at the same time his latest movie was allowed to continue in the competition.  (see previous post today).

-- Movieman

Movies: Cannes Film Festival: Von Trier expelled, but the show goes on, including VT's 'Melancholia'

Aish.com  (May22,2k11)











          The tragedy is they still don't get it.

The Cannes Film Festival had to make a decision. Danish director Lars von Trier, winner of the coveted Palme D’Or award for best picture in 2000 with "Dancer in the Dark" and a favorite this year to again take the prize with his latest film "Melancholia," caused quite a furor when he publicly made clear his positive feelings about Hitler.

At a press conference, Von Trier joked that he was a Nazi and that he sympathized with Adolf Hitler. "I think I understand the man. He's not what you would call a good guy but I understand much about him and I sympathize with him."

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