Thrilled for him! Still feel like I’m on the fence about his work in general, but always worth wrestling with
― Rich E. (Eric H.), Saturday, 25 May 2024 18:04 (one month ago) link
Coppola was there to give the Honorary Palm to George Lucas. But for a while I was really worried he would twin.
Sean Baker winning is great!
― Frederik B, Saturday, 25 May 2024 18:10 (one month ago) link
Not having seen any of the films, it sounds like they chose wisely for the most part. Congratulations to Greta Gerwig and the jury
― Dan S, Saturday, 25 May 2024 22:18 (one month ago) link
the Caméra d'Or-winning film Armand by Halfdan Ullmann Tondel, the grandson of Liv Ullman and Ingmar Bergman, featuring a totally flipped out performance by Renate Reinsve, sounds very interesting to me
― Dan S, Saturday, 25 May 2024 22:44 (one month ago) link
Of the films not in the main competition, Alain Guiraudie’s Miséricorde from the Cannes Premiere section is the one I most want to see. He is one of my favorite directors (I loved Stranger By the Lake and Staying Vertical), and I've heard great things about it
― Dan S, Saturday, 25 May 2024 23:08 (one month ago) link
Jonathan Romney described it in very interesting terms in a podcast with Nicholas Rapold
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-249-cannes-2024-romney-on-misericordia-rumours-being/id1512801510?i=1000656578260
― Dan S, Saturday, 25 May 2024 23:48 (one month ago) link
The Cronenberg seems to have been divisive...looking forward to seeing it though
― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Sunday, 26 May 2024 01:06 (four weeks ago) link
I'm still unhappy that Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Memoria, winner of the Cannes Jury Prize in 2021 and a film that by all accounts is amazing, may never become available for me to see in the US on streaming
― Dan S, Thursday, 30 May 2024 00:45 (three weeks ago) link