AT CANNES: THEY’RE TALKING ABOUT KEVIN
May 12, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
Lynn Ramsay’s We’ve Got to Talk about Kevin, the first film to be screened in competition at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, certainly got a lot of those who saw it talking. In particular, the performance of Tilda Swinton, who plays the devastated mother of a teenager who has shot up his school like the […]
MALICK’S TREE OF LIFE TO BE PLANTED AT CANNES
April 14, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
Terrence Malick’s much awaited The Tree of Life, starring Brad Pitt and Sean Penn, is among the films selected to compete for the Palme d’Or, the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival, which opens on May 11. (The film had been expected to compete at the festival last year but was not completed in […]
CONTROVERSIES ALREADY SIMMERING AT CANNES
April 14, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
The menu of films at the Cannes Film Festival is never complete without the added spice of controversy — and this year’s lineup is no exception. There is Scotish director Lynn Ramsay’s We Need to Talk about Kevin, which explores the aftermath of a Columbine-type school shooting through the eyes of the parents of the […]
