Spike Lee Returns to Form With the Entertaining and Relevant ‘BlacKkKlansman’

Jordan Riefe / Truthdig Aug 9, 2018 The “Do the Right Thing” Oscar nominee is in play again this awards season with a refreshing, in-your-face look at racism. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Russian Art Community Turns Out to Support Detained Director

By Nataliya Vasilyeva / AP Aug 23, 2017 The case against theater and film director Kirill Serebrennikov is widely seen as part of a crackdown on freedom of expression in Russia. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Julian Assange Would Be No Safer Under a Clinton Administration, Cannes Audience Hears

Staff / Truthdig May 19, 2016 “Julian is a political prisoner who has been demonised in the press,” said journalist, hacker and WikiLeaks representative Jacob Applebaum to applause. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Carol’ Film Review: The Art Nearly Upstages the Artistry

Carrie Rickey / Truthdig Nov 19, 2015 Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara are beautifully balanced in this love story, but Todd Haynes’ overstylized cinematography is downright distracting. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Same-Sex Marriage: The New Normal

Richard Reeves / Truthdig May 30, 2013 An estimated 150,000 people took to the streets of the French capital Sunday to protest the same-sex legislation signed into law last week. Meanwhile, in the south of the country, the Palme d'Or, the highest honor of the Cannes Film Festival, was awarded to "Blue Is the Warmest Color," a long and very explicit movie about a teenager's wakening lesbianism. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Movies About the Movies: ‘Marilyn’ Charms, ‘The Artist’ Bombs

Richard Schickel / Truthdig Nov 25, 2011 Basically, I love movies about moviemaking And basically, Hollywood loves making these movies They have been a well-established genre since Chaplin was a pup And a pretty good genre it is—there’s nothing like self-regard to bring out the feverish in people Basically, I love movies about moviemaking . Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Sarkozy to Obama: Netanyahu Is a ‘Liar’

Staff / Truthdig Nov 8, 2011 In a hot mic moment now heard around the world, French President Nicolas Sarkozy was reportedly caught gossiping to President Barack Obama about Israeli Prime Minister Benajmin Netanyahu at last week's G-20 summit in Cannes, proving that not even heads of state (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘The Tree of Life’: Terrence Malick Syndrome Strikes Again

Richard Schickel / Truthdig May 29, 2011 This will not do—either as philosophy or as the conclusion of a picture that has wasted close to two and half hours of our time with its twaddling pretenses. But it is not quite the end of our concern with it. I think of it as the “Hiroshima Mon Amour” scam. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Cannes Bans Von Trier for Nazi Zingers

Staff / Truthdig May 19, 2011 If he was indeed joking, Lars Von Trier needs to work a bit on his act, not to mention the material The notoriously difficult Danish director shocked the crowd at France's Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday by proclaiming, during a panel about his new film, "Melancholia" (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Clint Eastwood to Spike Lee: Shut Your Face

Staff / Truthdig Jun 6, 2008 Clint Eastwood doesn't mince words about his opinion concerning Spike Lee's criticisms of Eastwood films like "Flags of Our Fathers" and "Bird." Lee has repeatedly called Eastwood on the carpet for his racial politics in those movies. Well, Eastwood has offered Lee quite the definitive comeback: "A guy like him should shut his face." Updated Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Sharon Stone’s Quake Comment Causes Uproar in China

Staff / Truthdig May 29, 2008 Chinese moviegoers aren't going to rush to see any more Sharon Stone flicks (if they ever did), and, as execs at Christian Dior realized, they won't be in a hurry to buy products she promotes after she speculated at Cannes last week about the possibility that the devastating earthquake in China on May 12 represented a form of karmic retribution for the Chinese government's treatment of Tibetans. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Che’ Goes to Cannes

Staff / Truthdig May 23, 2008 One of the most hotly anticipated contenders at this year's Cannes Film Festival is "Che," Steven Soderbergh's lengthy biopic of iconic Argentine revolutionary Che Guevara, featuring Benicio del Toro in the title role. However, whether the excitement surrounding the "Che" screening at the French film fest is any indication that moviegoers will flock to the (currently) 4-hour-plus production remains to be seen. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )