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Of Grace and Timbuktu
Kong Rithdee, Published on 04/01/2015
» The bomb dropped pretty early: Grace of Monaco opened the 67th Cannes Film Festival on May 14 to a collective howl of international critics.
Winter Sleep, Saint Laurent
Kong Rithdee, Published on 04/01/2015
» A tortured soul who cuts exquisite clothes hits the main Cannes screen, to our supreme delight. "<i>Saint Laurent</i>", a biopic of the French couturier that was premiered here Saturday, floats into the festival with intelligence and sensual poise. It's remarkable that the director, Bertrand Bonello, manages to avoid most of the cliches about a depressed genius despite the familiar arc of the story, meanwhile Gaspard Ulliel, playing the title role, makes Yves a champagne flute that's as fragile as it is unbreakable. The good news is that the film already has a Thai distribution; so just wait for the release date, hopefully soon.
The hypnotic magnificence of "Jauja"
Kong Rithdee, Published on 04/01/2015
» The fifth day of the 67th Cannes Film Festival turned out to be the richest. No, not because of the much-anticipated "<i>Maps to the Stars</i>", a clammy Hollywood satire by David Cronenberg featuring joyless limo sex between Julianne Moore and Robert Pattinson — God bless California. The riches, instead, came from a small Argentinean film "Jauja" by Lisandro Alonso, who’s now confirmed his place in the rank of cinema visionaries. I seriously hope that one of the film festivals in Thailand would bring this gem to our shores, because the hypnotic magnificence and Patagonian inferno of "<i>Jauja</i>" only works best on the cinema screen.
Turkish film wins Palme d'Or
Kong Rithdee, Published on 04/01/2015
» The soulful, dialogue-heavy Turkish drama won the coveted Palme d'Or at the 67th Cannes Film Festival on Saturday. "I dedicated this film to the young people who lost their lives [in a protest last year]", says Nuri Bilge Ceylan, a respected filmmaker who now cements his status as a modern master.