Walter Salles’ film of the Beatnik novel has cool moments but remains stillborn, like a diorama in a Kerouac museum
On the Road
The Palme d’Amour: Director Michael Haneke Takes Cannes’ Top Prize—Again
Michael Haneke’s quietly magnificent story of love on the brink of death takes the top prize, while seven American films oozing with star quality get no love at all
Kerouac’s On the Road Comes to Cannes: Where’s the Beat?
Walter Salles’ film of the Beat Generation classic wastes a strong cast, including Twilight‘s Kristen Stewart, in a needless tribute to ’50s wanderlust
Top 10 Literary Sidekicks
The new Sherlock Holmes movie features Jude Law as an action-star Watson. TIME takes a look at nine of literatures other great comrades.