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May 27, 2023 at 2:52 pm #1205443122
And with the closing film now finished, that draws to a close Cannes 2023!
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May 27, 2023 at 2:50 pm #1205443120Elemental First Reactions
David Cuevas: Elemental was aggressively fine. Pixar is still churning out some solid stories, with this film being a detailed examination of the immigrant experience. The issue at hand is all in the storytelling; fast-paced hijinks and a desire to kill deadair undercut the emotional weight
Jason Gorber: Pixar’s latest closes Cannes 2023 with a story of cross cultural affection, living up to family expectations, and making the most out of a steamy situation. The animation is uniquely fluid, a rich way of resolving these characters visually while the story swims along
Nikki Fowler: Peter Sohn’s ‘Elemental’ is a pure dream and a perfect ending to Cannes Film Festival. It’s colorful, vibrant, fiery, fluffy + fluid with brilliant animation and a great story on self-love, courage, living your true self and falling in love along the way. Fans will fawn over Ember and the warmth of her unconditional love and her fashion forward metallic outfits + Wade with his overflowing heart on this uplifting adventure. Absolute magic and the soundtrack is amazing.
Matt Neglia: ELEMENTAL is not only one of the better Pixar films in recent memory but one of their best overall. This clever & emotional love story will warm your heart & make you cry. A moving tribute to immigrant parents with gorgeous animation. Thomas Newman’s soothing score is magnificent
Siddhant Adlhaka: When it isn’t a cacophony of confusing worldbuilding and heavy-handed immigrant metaphors, “Elemental” has some beautiful moments, between a genuine romance told through light, and Thomas Newman’s surprising, Indian Classical-inspired score.
James Mottram: A sweet-natured love story, well-intentioned, animated and acted, but lacking the depth of some of the studio’s greatest triumphs.
Stephanie Bunbury: Pixar always had something new up its collective artistic sleeve. And yet here they are, coming out with a film as dull-witted and syrupy as Elemental.
Robbie Collin: Fire and water fall for each other in director Peter Sohn’s new animation, which bends its own self-inflicted rules but charms even so. While unlikely to feature on many people’s favourite Pixar lists, Elemental brings with it the satisfying creak of a ship being righted.
Tim Grierson: whether it’s the second-rate jokes or the formulaic tear-jerking moments, one can’t escape the sense of derivativeness. So many of this film’s elements have been utilised far better in the past.
Ben Croll: As return to form for Pixar itself – a rekindling of that fire that set hearts ablaze by wedding prodigious technique to (ahem) elementally simple metaphor – the film falls somewhat short of previous highs. By way of pure storytelling magic, the film also unfortunately lives up to its title.
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May 27, 2023 at 2:49 pm #1205443118Elemental (Closing Film) First Reactions
David Cuevas: Elemental was aggressively fine. Pixar is still churning out some solid stories, with this film being a detailed examination of the immigrant experience. The issue at hand is all in the storytelling; fast-paced hijinks and a desire to kill deadair undercut the emotional weight
Jason Gorber: Pixar’s latest closes Cannes 2023 with a story of cross cultural affection, living up to family expectations, and making the most out of a steamy situation. The animation is uniquely fluid, a rich way of resolving these characters visually while the story swims along
Nikki Fowler: Peter Sohn’s ‘Elemental’ is a pure dream and a perfect ending to Cannes Film Festival. It’s colorful, vibrant, fiery, fluffy + fluid with brilliant animation and a great story on self-love, courage, living your true self and falling in love along the way. Fans will fawn over Ember and the warmth of her unconditional love and her fashion forward metallic outfits + Wade with his overflowing heart on this uplifting adventure. Absolute magic and the soundtrack is amazing.
Matt Neglia: ELEMENTAL is not only one of the better Pixar films in recent memory but one of their best overall. This clever & emotional love story will warm your heart & make you cry. A moving tribute to immigrant parents with gorgeous animation. Thomas Newman’s soothing score is magnificent
Siddhant Adlhaka: When it isn’t a cacophony of confusing worldbuilding and heavy-handed immigrant metaphors, “Elemental” has some beautiful moments, between a genuine romance told through light, and Thomas Newman’s surprising, Indian Classical-inspired score.
James Mottram: A sweet-natured love story, well-intentioned, animated and acted, but lacking the depth of some of the studio’s greatest triumphs.
Stephanie Bunbury: Pixar always had something new up its collective artistic sleeve. And yet here they are, coming out with a film as dull-witted and syrupy as Elemental.
Robbie Collin: Fire and water fall for each other in director Peter Sohn’s new animation, which bends its own self-inflicted rules but charms even so. While unlikely to feature on many people’s favourite Pixar lists, Elemental brings with it the satisfying creak of a ship being righted.
Tim Grierson: whether it’s the second-rate jokes or the formulaic tear-jerking moments, one can’t escape the sense of derivativeness. So many of this film’s elements have been utilised far better in the past.
Ben Croll: As return to form for Pixar itself – a rekindling of that fire that set hearts ablaze by wedding prodigious technique to (ahem) elementally simple metaphor – the film falls somewhat short of previous highs. By way of pure storytelling magic, the film also unfortunately lives up to its title.
Peter Debruge: There’s poetry and soul here, but both are watered down by how much the movie seems to be multitasking. With Pixar, sincerity is elemental. The rest risks distracting from what really matters.
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May 27, 2023 at 12:38 pm #1205443051And we aren’t quite done yet. There’s still the matter of the closing film (which is about to premiere)…ELEMENTAL
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May 27, 2023 at 12:36 pm #1205443049A reminder of those first reactions to the Palme d’Or winner, Anatomy of a Fall
Anatomy of a Fall First Reactions
Elena Lazic: To say I loved Justine Triet’s ANATOMY OF A FALL would be an understatement. I am fully obsessed with it.
David Ehrlich: still working through my thoughts on the major Anatomy of a Fall (and probably will be for a long while), but Sandra Hüller gives a Tàr-worthy, all-time performance as a novelist who may or may not have murdered her frustrated wannabe novelist husband. incredible.
Jon Frosch: ANATOMY OF A FALL is a riveting legal procedural/character study/portrait of a marriage. Sandra Hüller GREAT, on level of peak Blanchett or Huppert, & big step up for director Justine Triet. Women filmmakers dominating French cinema.
Ali Benzekri: A terrific procedural drama is Ali Benz bait. Triet and Huller: a match made in heaven. In awe of Triet’s justesse. Surfire prize contender.
Charles Bramesco: the second French-language courtroom drama I’ve loved at this festival, and the first in which a harried Sandra Hüller gets really mad at her husband for obsessing over his job. Magnifique!
Tim Grierson: I wish there was a bigger idea animating Justine Triet’s absorbing courtroom drama/marriage study. Still, pretty gripping stuff. Now I just need to know how Triet landed on Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band’s cover of “P.I.M.P.,” which she uses brilliantly.
Manuela Lazic: This film is seriously incredible, so precise and seemingly simple yet surprising, with Arlaud at his least-mannered, best self, and Sandra Hüller a compelling mystery. Guilt comes in degrees.
Peter Howell: Should be “autopsy” instead of “anatomy.” Justine Triet adopts forensic approach to a man’s deadly fall from his ski chalet and whether his wife (Sandra Hüller, terrific) pushed him. Mystery deepens in homestretch; even the pet pooch needs an alibi.
Peter Bradshaw: There’s a bracing and chilly high-mindedness about Justine Triet’s psychothriller. Sandra Hüller’s calm directness as an actor is what gives the film its texture, substance and emotional force. She anchors it in a kind of accessible reality.
Damon Wise: at its heart is Hüller’s performance, a haunting and emotional tour de force that stays long in the mind and puts her right up there in the top tier of European talent.
Victor Russo: Triet de-spectacularizes the case in order to present the facts of a case impossible to reach a verdict (only she herself could do it). Luckily, such an approach, supported by great (and lots of) dialogue and Sandra Huller, never loses the viewer.
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May 27, 2023 at 12:23 pm #1205443025The Palme d’Or goes to Anatomy of a Fall by Justine Triet
Triet becomes the third female director to win the Palme, after Jane Campion and Julia Ducournau.
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May 27, 2023 at 12:17 pm #1205443021Grand Prix goes to The Zone of Interest by Jonathan Glazer
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May 27, 2023 at 12:09 pm #1205443012Best Director goes to Tran Anh Hung for The Pot Au Feu
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May 27, 2023 at 12:06 pm #1205443010Jury Prize goes to Fallen Leaves by Aki Kaurismäki
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May 27, 2023 at 12:01 pm #1205443008Best Screenplay goes to Sakamoto Yuji for Monster
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May 27, 2023 at 11:54 am #1205443002Best Actress goes to Merve Dizdar for About Dry Grasses
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May 27, 2023 at 11:48 am #1205442998Onto the Official Selection prizes now
Best Actor goes to Koji Yakusho for Perfect Days
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May 27, 2023 at 11:42 am #1205442992Camera d’Or for Best Debut Film goes to Thien An Pham for Inside The Yellow Cocoon Shell
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May 27, 2023 at 11:39 am #120544298727 directed by Flora Anna Buda wins the Palme for Best Short Film
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May 27, 2023 at 10:43 am #1205442932Cannes callbacks:
Hirokazu Kore-eda ✅
Jonathan Glazer ✅
Nuri Bilge Ceylan ✅
Wim Wenders ✅
Tran Anh Hung ✅
Justine Triet ✅
Aki Kaurismaki ✅
Sandra Huller ✅— IONCINEMA (@ioncinema) May 27, 2023
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