Few filmmakers have the power to tease, torment, and shock like Gaspar Noé. The Argentinian provocateur behind ultra-violent, ultra-depraved, ultra-lurid features Irreversible (opens in new tab), Enter the Void (opens in new tab) and atypically tepid 3D sex movie Love (opens in new tab) has always known how to push …
Read More »Cannes 2018: Mads Mikkelsen goes full Revenant in snowbound survival movie Arctic
From Cast Away (opens in new tab) to All is Lost, the lone-survivor subgenre has been well served by cinema. Cutting straight to the heart of humanity, Arctic is a snow-pure example of a familiar story, in which a man comes face to face with nature’s utter indifference towards our …
Read More »Only God Forgives reaction: Cannes 2013 – Ryan Gosling and Nicolas Winding Refn reunite
“The second enemy of creativity, after having ‘good taste’, is being safe.” So says Nicolas Winding Refn in his Director’s Note. Well, one thing that can certainly be said for Only God Forgives is that it’s not safe. At a point in his career, post – Drive , where he …
Read More »The Great Gatsby interviews: Cannes 2013
“Every time I arrive here it feels like the opening scene in La Dolce Vita ,” smiles Leonardo DiCaprio. Then he gets serious. “It’s a great honour to open the festival.” The Great Gatsby has just lifted the curtain on Cannes, the world’s foremost film festival, and DiCaprio is sitting …
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