“Fulgurant Jolts”: The 66th Cannes Film Festival Daniel Fairfax June 2013 Festival Reports In a rare idle moment at Cannes, amidst the hectic schedule of screenings, I found myself nursing a glass of mineral water on the terrace of the Caffé Roma, a sprawling establishment abutting the Croisette, mer...
“Ah! The cruelty of Cannes!”: The 65th Cannes Film Festival 2012 Daniel Fairfax July 2012 Festival Reports On the first weekend of this year’s Cannes, the heavens opened with a ferocity and persistence rare for the Côte d’Azur, dousing the red carpet galas and sending hordes of festival attendees, unprepared for inc...
“An exceptional forum to defend freedom of expression”: The 64th Cannes Film Festival Daniel Fairfax June 2011 Festival Reports Stepping off the TGV at Cannes-Ville railway station, and onto the Rue Jean-Jaurès early on a Wednesday afternoon, the sentiment becomes palpable. The heaving throng of people being disgorged from the station e...
Movement Per Mutation: A Report on the 61st Cannes Film Festival Markus Keuschnigg August 2008 Festival Reports 14-25 May 2008 I. Statement The Cannes Film Festival is an anachronistic bastard. Make that every film festival that maintains the idea of being able to select a mere handful of films as a representation of...
