Cannes 2018

[Stay Puft]

c/o Deadline

OPENING NIGHT FILM
Everybody Knows, dir: Asghar Farhadi

COMPETITION
Le Livre D’Image, dir: Jean-Luc Godard
Blackkklansman, dir: Spike Lee
Three Faces, dir: Jafar Panahi
Cold War, dir: Pawel Pawlikowski
Leto, dir: Kirill Serebrennikov
Lazzaro Felice, dir: Alice Rohrwacher
Under The Silver Lake, dir: David Robert Mitchell
Capernaum, dir: Nadine Labaki
At War, dir: Stephane Brizé
Asako I&II, dir: Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Sorry Angel, dir: Christophe Honoré
Dogman, dir: Matteo Garrone
Girls Of The Sun, dir: Eva Husson
Yomeddine, dir: A.B Shawky
Burning, dir: Lee Chang-Dong
Shoplifters, dir: Kore-Eda Hirokazu
Ash Is Purest White, dir: Jia Zhang-Ke

SPECIAL SCREENINGS
Dead Souls, Wang Bing
10 Years In Thailand, dirs: Aditya Assarat, Wisit Sasanatieng, Chulayarnon Sriphol & Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Pope Francis – A Man Of His Word, dir: Wim Wenders
La Traversée, dir: Romain Goupil
To The Four Winds, dir: Michel Toesca
Le Grand Cirque Mystique, dir: Carlos Diegues
The State Against Mandela And The Others, dirs: Nicolas Champeaux & Gilles Porte

MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS
Arctic, dir: Joe Penna
The Spy Gone North, dir: Yoon Jong-Bing

OUT OF COMPETITION
Le Grand Bain, dir: Gilles Lellouche
Solo: A Star Wars Story, dir: Ron Howard

UN CERTAIN REGARD
Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Bi Gan
Little Tickles, dir: Andréa Bescond & Eric Métayer
Sofia, dir: Meyem Benm’Barek
Border, dir: Ali Abbasi
Sextape, dir: Antoine Desrosières
The Gentle Indifference Of The World, dir: Adilkhan Yerzhanov
El Angel, dir: Luis Ortega
In My Room, dir: Ulrich Kohler
The Harvesters, dir: Etienne Kallos
My Favorite Fabric, dir: Gaya Jiji
Friend, dir: Wanuri Kahiu
Euphoria, dir: Valeria Golino
Angel Face, dir: Vanessa Filho
Girl, dir: Lukas Dhont
Manto, dir: Nandita Das

[Stay Puft]

Netflix took their ball and went home. That means nothing from Cuaron, Saulnier, etc. And no The Other Side of the Wind.

Other observations:
Lee Chang-dong finally made a new movie after eight fucking years. Probaby the film I'm most excited about.
Malick is taking his sweet ass time with Radegund, but that's to nobody's surprise.
Naomi Kawase made a movie with Juliette Binoche and it's NOT at Cannes? Is this real life?
Spike Lee hasn't had a film in Cannes since... 1991? That's wild.

Also, a few more films will be announced in the coming weeks to round out the list.
Lars von Trier's new film may or may not get a competition slot, or appear at all. The Cannes board of directors are still arguing about it, apparently.
Terry Gilliam's cursed Don Quixote project has been invited, and will appear, assuming the curse could ever be lifted. At least the film is actually completed this time?

[baby doll]

I'll definitely see the Godard at TIFF in September, or at least try to, and I'll probably wind up checking out the Wang Bing just for Wavelengths completism. The rest of the main competition I'll pass on, telling myself I'll catch up with them in regular release, and then not go to see them at the Lightbox because I'm too busy. Also, I should probably read Dead Souls over the summer.

Incidentally, has anybody seen a Valeria Golino film? I remember liking the Hot Shots! films and Clean Slate when I was a kid, but I've never gotten around to her directorial efforts.

[baby doll]

Netflix took their ball and went home. That means nothing from Cuaron, Saulnier, etc. And no The Other Side of the Wind.

Yeah, that must be a bummer for people actually going to Cannes this year.

[Stay Puft]

And the rest of the films have now been announced.
Nuri Bilge Ceylan made it after all, the ban on Lars von Trier has been lifted... and the curse on Terry Gilliam has been lifted?

COMPETITION
Knife + Heart, dir: Yann Gonzalez
Ayka, dir: Sergey Dvortsevoy
The Wild Pear Tree, dir: Nuri Bilge Ceylan

SPECIAL SCREENINGS
Another Day of Life, dirs: Damian Nenow & Raul De La Fuente

MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS
Whitney, dir: Kevin Macdonald
Fahrenheit 451, dir: Ramin Bahrani

OUT OF COMPETITION
The House That Jack Built, dir: Lars von Trier

UN CERTAIN REGARD
Meurs, Monstre, Meurs, dir: Alejandro Fadel
The Dead and the Others, dirs: João Salaviza & Renée Nader Messora
Donbass, dir. Sergey Loznitsa

CLOSING NIGHT FILM
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, dir: Terry Gilliam

[Dukefrukem]

Here's how little I know of Cannes. What does it mean to be in COMPETITION or OUT OF COMPETITION?

[Spinal]

Here's how little I know of Cannes. What does it mean to be in COMPETITION or OUT OF COMPETITION?

It's just what it sounds like. The film is shown as a part of the festival. They have it on their schedule, etc. But it's not eligible for any awards.

[Spinal]

Ash Is Purest White, dir: Jia Zhang-Ke
The Gentle Indifference Of The World, dir: Adilkhan Yerzhanov

Speaking of competition, these should be in competition for the most Cannes-sounding titles of all-time.

[baby doll]

Palme d'Or prediction: Whichever movie is way too fucking long wins the prize.

[Spinal]

Dogman, dir: Matteo Garrone

This seems like a shoe-in for the Palm Dog.

[Mysterious Dude]

Palme d'Or prediction: Whichever movie is way too fucking long wins the prize.

says the guy with the Jeanne Dielman avatar.

[Pop Trash]

says the guy with the Jeanne Dielman avatar.

ha! get some ointment for that BURN

[Peng]

Wait, so they are able to show the Gilliam with a court case on the film still going on? Or is that settled now?

[Pop Trash]

Speaking of competition, these should be in competition for the most Cannes-sounding titles of all-time.

The Flower That Drank the Moon, dir: Dustoff Varnya

[Stay Puft]

Wait, so they are able to show the Gilliam with a court case on the film still going on? Or is that settled now?

The court case is ongoing. The producers and distributors for the film released a statement saying they will go ahead with the release of the film, including festival appearances, as they claim Branco does not have the right to block the film, and the legal matter is now a personal one between Branco and Gilliam. We'll see how that goes.

[baby doll]

says the guy with the Jeanne Dielman avatar.

Jeanne Dielman is long but disciplined. The Square, Winter Sleep, Blue Is the Warmest Colour, and The Tree of Life are just long.

[Ezee E]

Guess who's back?

[Ivan Drago]

YES.

[Spinal]

This seems like a shoe-in for the Palm Dog.

And confirmed.

[Grouchy]

I love Garrone so much... And I still haven't seen Tale of Tales.