So, I’m recently back from the Festival De Cannes 2006 and I’d thought I’d write up some of my notes on getting through the event, which may prove useful for anyone else visiting the festival or planning to.
When to Go
Cannes runs for 10 days (May 17th to 27th in our …
I don’t know whether it was a leftover from Cannes, but I’ve managed to squeeze in four screenings at the cinema this week, two sessions of back-to-back films.
Advanced warning: there are probably some spoilers below.
I started with Mission: Impossible 3, followed by The Da Vinci Code, a couple of days …
So, to recap, the movies we saw and those we wanted to see:
Those We Saw
Paris, Je T’aime
- Essentially 18 short films by different directors all about love in Paris, fantastic.
Kaze No Tami No Naushika
- Superb animation about a future world ravaged by pollution, where giant insects and humans …
Sunday was our last full day in Cannes (technically we fly out Monday afternoon, but as we have to get packed, get to the airport, check-in and what-not we don’t have time to do anything in the morning, which is annoying as X-Men 3 premieres on Monday, first screening at …
We’ve been taking it a bit easier today as we were trying to secure tickets for the premiere of Richard Kelly’s (writer and director of Donnie Darko) new film: Southland Tales. The early morning tickets went pretty quick so we were afraid of whether we’d make it for the …
Today was the busy day for films we wanted to see (although I felt we could have squeezed in Ten Canoes as well). We started off with an 11:30 screening of Richard Linklater’s Fast Food Nation. It was a ticket event as it was in the Grand Theatre …
So, we got here okay, got our passes and set about the town. It’s heaving with people, both here for the films and celeb spotting (you can move outside some of the hotels and every keeps a look out for the official cars — supplied by Renault — that …
So, as you read this, I should have arrived in Cannes for this year’s film festival as part of the React Films mob. We’re heading over there for our first time to have a look about and try and experience some of what is on offer.
Thankfully we’re not heading …
In Focus magazine has a great interview with Joss Whedon, who not only created Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Firefly (the TV version of Serenity), but has also done script work on Toy Story, Alien: Resurrection, Speed, Roseanne, Twister and many others and will next be turning his talents to …
So, the first trailer for Bond number 21, Casino Royale, has been released, with the controversial Daniel Craig being able to show his mustard to doubting Bond enthusiasts (availabe on the Sony Pictures official site here, or AOL here).
The first half is in black and white and seems to allude …
I originally stumbled across Hollywood Lost and Found following a link to the article Everything You Wanted To Know About American Film Company Logos But Were Afraid To Ask (via Bill English) as I thought it’s make interesting reading about how the logos that feature on every film came about …
I was searching for the correct spelling of the word/phrase “Righto” the other day (don’t ask) when I stumbled across a Forbes article called Why do you keep saying ‘Righto’? all about the British obsession with panto. I love panto, but I couldn’t help but see some similarities …
