- mubi.com
- Tilda Swinton is an early front-runner for the Best Actress prize for her work in Lynn Ramsay's We Need to Talk About Kevin
Cannes coverage (day one) by the House Next Door and Slant contributor Glenn Heath Jr.
MUBI.com has a round up of critics reviews for Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris, Lynn Ramsay's We Need to Talk About Kevin, Gus Van Sant's Restless and Julia Leigh's Sleeping Beauty.
Allen's latest is getting some surprising raves even from those who have hated his recent films. Slant's Ed Gonzalez review: "This is Woody Allen's strongest movie in at least 10 years, a fantasy about delusion rather than a deluded fantasy itself, but it's no masterwork."
Variety.com has a fascinating piece on how We Need to Talk About Kevin director Lynn Ramsay tore up her original script after financing fell through in 2008 and rewrote it for a significantly smaller budget.
And you can't escape her! Lady Gaga made a seemingly impromptu performance during the opening festivities at Cannes for no reason other than to be omnipresent:
Keep reading for plenty of non-Cannes-related news after the jump …
This article appears in May 12-18, 2011.