Oscars<\/a> recognized his movie, Cold War, with nominations, I have no doubt Pawe\u0142 Pawlikowski could be in the mix for his latest black-and-white drama set in post-war Germany. I don\u2019t see any real path forward in any significant way for Hamaguchi Ryusake\u2019s near 3-and-1\/2-hour All Of A Sudden, which won its two actresses the top female acting award. They were excellent and should be thrilled with this prize as the film, far too preachy and long, doesn\u2019t have much of a prayer Oscar-wise, no matter what Neon tries to do with it. Despite some aspects to recommend, it is a largely academic exercise that requires more patience than most Oscar voters have, I think. Critics, especially admirers of \u201cslow cinema\u201d liked it, but it stops there. As for the similarly shared Best Actor award to young Coward stars, Emmanuel Maccia and Valentin Campagne, the latter could be a Supporting Actor contender on the circuit for what I noted in my review was a \u201csensational\u201d performance, that is if Mubi, which just bought the beautiful Lukas Dhont film, can get it widely seen by those who matter.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t![\"'Coward'](\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-deadline-2019\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.jpg\")
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\t\t\t\t\t\u2018Coward\u2019<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAline Boyen<\/p>\n
\n\tGrand Prize winner Minotaur, a remake of Claude Chabrol\u2019s Le Femme Infidele and Adrian Lyne\u2019s remake of that, Unfaithful, but with a flavoring of life in Putin\u2019s Russia, is ripe for recognition in the International Film race, depending on which country submits it. The new rule that would have resulted in instant entry for a Palme d\u2019Or winner won\u2019t apply this year since Fjord\u2018s main language is English.<\/p>\n
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\t\t\t\t\t\u2018Minotaur\u2019<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCannes Film Festival<\/p>\n
\n\tAs usual, Cannes has no equal in setting the table for the Oscar International Film race, and there were many fine films seen for the first time that will be front runners for submission by their individual countries. You can count Nagi Notes, Sheep In the Box, Moulin, Hope, Coward, Gentle Monster, The Dreamed Adventure and more, in addition to the aforementioned La Bola Negra, Minotaur and Fatherland, among films that are likely to be heard from in this regard, and this may be a partial list.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe Beloved\u2018s Javier Bardem is a demanding film director, and Gentle Monster\u2018s Lea Seydoux will be in the running for acting recognition once the awards season kicks into gear. I thought they would win in Cannes. They didn\u2019t. Netflix\u2019s purchase of Gentle Monster means Seydoux will get a significant push, as might Penelope Cruz in supporting for her wickedly fine, if brief musical appearance in La Bola Negra. The same might be said for Glenn Close\u2019s cameo in the latter, done in part Spanish, but probably too small to make the cut. I also expect Scarlett Johansson, Adam Driver and Miles Teller to move forward for their excellent turns in Paper Tiger.<\/p>\n
\n\tFrom the secondary competition Un Certain Regard, look for a lot of awards talk and a big campaign by A24 for Jordan Firstman\u2019s breakthough and wonderfully engaging Club Kid, perhaps the biggest story of this year\u2019s Cannes, and a crowd pleaser that will go far on the fall circuit, putting Firstman in a position where we will be seeing a lot of him come September and beyond. It was completely ignored by Certain Regard and Camera d\u2019Or juries, but what do you expect? Whether the movie is too light to become a truly serious contender remains to be seen, but it delivers.<\/p>\n
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\t\t\t\t\t\u2018Club Kid\u2019<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUTA\/Charades<\/p>\n
\n\tAs for animated feature contenders, many have come from Cannes exposure in recent years, and this year is no exception. We may well hear a lot more Oscar talk for the likes of Critics Week opener In Waves, which Netflix bought, the out-of-competition Tangles and Directors Fortnight\u2019s well-reviewed Viva Carmen, among others that I will have more to say about come Annecy in June.<\/p>\n
\n\tFinally, I just wish the Documentary branch would recognize some outstanding docs that fall under the show business label but are so deserving. Every year, these films get overlooked for nominations, and even shortlists. This year, two I caught are very fine: Dernsie, about the life of Bruce Dern, a really terrific film about a long distance runner in both acting and in life; and Maverick: The Epic Adventures Of David Lean, which is an insightful and fascinating look at the life of the filmmaking legend.<\/p>\n
\n\tCannes as always is a bit of a fever dream, and while there is argument about the quality of this year vs others, I can say there was enough on display in this merry month of May to give me hope that cinema is alive and still well. Vive le Cinema. Vive le Cannes. There is nothing like it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the exception of a shared Best Director win (with La Bola Negra) for Fatherland, as well as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":661580,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[18451,32176,283248,88,275512,289519,29506,289520,279316],"class_list":["post-661579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-cannes","tag-cannes-film-festival","tag-coward","tag-entertainment","tag-fjord","tag-minotaur","tag-oscars","tag-palme-dor","tag-paper-tiger"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=661579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661579\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/661580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=661579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=661579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}