The Cannes Affair, 2018: Part One
Love affairs can be enduring. Some are more short-lived than most. Cannes Film Festival, for me, was the one that got away. I thought I’d never be back here again.…
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The Counsellor (2013)
This Cormac McCarthy-penned drug-cartel noir The Counsellor may be, to use a wanky word, the most oxymoronic film experience you’ll ever have in 2013. It’s a work of utter contradiction,…
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Nine (2009)
What promises to be a bombastic musical with a shamanic alignment of megawatt star-power ends up with barely a bang. Rob Marshall’s Nine, despite of its lavish, slick production, gorgeous cinematography and art direction that oozes with 60’s retro chic, is a film of misfired ambitions. Far from Fellini’s original 8½, this is a mediocre, passable, if not entertaining, affair.
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