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The obvious answer is "no," Cannes is not nearly as awful at the Academy Awards -- after all, I don't think Crash was ever in ...

In a not-so-surprise move, this year's Palme d'Or did not go to Volver or Babel, but instead to Ken Loach's period drama, The Wi...

Manderlay - dir. Lars von Trier - 2005 - Denmark Just announced for an August 8th DVD release by IFC Films, Lars von Trier's follow-up ...

In case you're not following the happenings at Cannes, I thought I'd inform you that Sofia Coppola's latest offering, Marie Anto...

8 Mile - dir. Curtis Hanson - 2002 - USA It's sort of a chore to bring myself to a film like 8 Mile . In fact, I haven't actually ...

According to the Internet Movie Database's press wire, Pedro Almodóvar's Volver , starring Carmen Maura and Penélope Cruz, and Aleja...

The Seventh Continent ( Der Siebemte Kontinent ) - dir. Michael Haneke - 1989 - Austria There's something terribly unsettling about Mic...

Transamerica - dir. Duncan Tucker - 2005 - USA I wouldn't say applause is always in order for a film that deals with a controversial su...

9 Songs - dir. Michael Winterbottom - 2004 - UK Sex and cinema. So I have this fascination with the combination, hence why I've been w...

Nathalie... - dir. Anne Fontaine - 2003 - France/Spain There's something terribly calculated about Nathalie... , a French star vehicle ...

The Brown Bunny - dir. Vincent Gallo - 2003 - France/USA/Japan This blog is dedicated to Eric. [I don't think I'd suggest reading t...

The Guardian, in the U.K., has named the top 10 most controversial films of all time (thank you GreenCine Daily ), citing Pier Paolo Pasolin...

Romance - dir. Catherine Breillat - 1999 - France If you were keeping tabs on the history of the recent European (and American, if you coun...