The sequel has a bright palette, an amiable vibe and enough vivacity to keep kids entertained — and any accompanying moms from bolting for Bridesmaids
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The Hangover Part II: The Wolf Pack Is Back, and This Time They’ve Brought a Monkey
Because it doesn’t tamper with a hugely successful formula, the Bangkok-set sequel to The Hangover is bound to be a hit
L’Amour Fou: Remembering Yves Saint Laurent
In a wistful documentary, YSL’s longtime companion sells off their art collection and says his goodbye to the glamorous designer
A Golden Palm for The Tree of Life
The shy guy was a no-show again, and this time as the guest of honor. The Tree of Life, Terrence Malick’s grand view of the universe as reflected in one suburban Texas family in the 1950s, won the Palme d’Or, the top prize of the …
If I’d Been Tweeting from Cannes…
…the messages would’ve been madly multi-part, with as many chapters as the whole Harry Potter opus. My editors know I can’t say ‘Hi’ in 140 words, let alone 140 characters. I think I’m already over the l
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In French, it is spelled ‘tuite’?
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The chatter onscreen, in the press conferences, at café tables, among the …
The Artist: Cannes’ Beauty Spot
Delight is not a word frequently associated with the films at Cannes. Seriousness, slowness, strangeness: the movies on the Grand Palais screen are often dour and demanding. This year the world’s most acclaimed directors have …
Sean Penn Leads a Fast Five Films for Friday
The countdown ticks toward Sunday’s Palme d’Or ceremony. With two days left, only two of the 20 film in competition are left to see. In a Festival that began with big names and high hopes, a gentle malaise has settled upon the
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The Skin I Live In: Almodovar’s Surgical Thriller
The noted plastic surgeon Robert Ledgard (Antonio Banderas) believes that his radical experimentation in “transgenesis” could cure diseases and correct deformities. But what the doctor really wants to do is direct — to …
Cannes Bans Lars von Trier for Nazi Remarks
How far is too far? For the gentlefolk who run the Cannes Film Festival, too far is when a crazy-great director like Lars von Trier uses Europe’s version of the N word: Nazi.
Melancholia: Lars von Trier’s Tree of Death
Wagner’s Overture for Tristan und Isolde thunders its ominous beauty on the soundtrack, and a blond woman (Kirsten Dunst) in a bridal gown watches anxiously as birds fall dead from the sky. In a farther region of the sky, one …
Lars von Trier: “O.K., I’m a Nazi”
Within the hour, Richard Corliss will be posting his review of Lars von Trier’s (in my view, excellent) new film Melancholia, which had its world premiere this morning. But von Trier, the wildly talented, supremely maddening Danish director of such Cannes favorites as Europa/Zentropa, Breaking the Waves and Antichrist, topped himself for …
The Tree of Life: Terrence Malick’s Cosmic Cinema
The mob scene of a couple thousand critics pushing and shoving, pleading and shouting, to get in; the hushed anticipation as the film began; and at the end, the belligerent booing answered by defiant applause. What stoked the …
Top 10 Reasons Top Gun Is Still Awesome
TIME celebrates the 25th anniversary of Top Gun’s release by listing everything we love about the Tom Cruise flick