Marshall Fine, 01.31.2012

Author and film critic, hollywoodandfine.com

Just when I thought I was done with Sundance, I get a comment from a reader posing several questions that seem not only thoughtful but relevant. So al...

Michael Rose, 01.19.2012

Documentary filmmaker

Surprisingly, the Oscar shortlist didn't include the official entry from Mexico, Miss Bala, an outstanding film that deals with one of the most important issues confronting our country today -- the failed war on drugs.

Marshall Fine, 01.24.2012

Author and film critic, hollywoodandfine.com

M0dern audiences have no relationship with the silent films with which cinematic history began. That makes The Artist perhaps the gutsiest new release of the year-end season.

Dr. Charles G. Cogan, 01.11.2012

Associate, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

What can one conclude from all this? That Netanyahu is a major part of the problem. In a strong political position at home, he is almost universally disliked abroad.

E. Nina Rothe, 01.10.2012

Global Culture Explorer

The film is visually splendid, the cinematography by Manuel Alberto Claro absolute genius and the set designs, by Jette Lehmann, and costumes, by Manon Rasmussen, lavishly outstanding.

Susan Michals, 01.09.2012

L.A. based journalist

Last night at AFI Fest in Los Angeles, The Weinstein Company boldly presented one of their most unusual films to date.

Sharan Burrow, 01.04.2012

General Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation

Cannes, the glamorous French Riviera resort town with its seasonal influx of movie stars and streets lined with mansions, epitomizes the distance between the rich and poor. It is a strangely apt venue for a conference to pull the global economy up by its bootstraps.

Carole Mallory, 12.20.2011

Actress; Journalist; Professor; Film Critic

Spellbinding, chilling, Martha Marcy May Marlenemarks a triumphant first film for writer/director Sean Durkin.

James M. Clash, 12.04.2011

Adventurer

I took a precautionary Dramamine an hour before heading out and also wore a wrist-band. Earlier in the week, winds topping 20 knots had pushed Eilean 45 degrees to the water during her races.

Cynthia Ellis, 11.16.2011

Writer/Journalist

Christina Hendricks has the old-world, but never old, sex appeal of our Marilyn, and is perhaps our first red-headed pin-up since Rita Hayworth. And she has major acting chops.

Barry Yourgrau, 11.15.2011

Author of "Haunted Traveller" Writer and Global Journalist.

Nicolas Winding Refn's hard-boiled stripped-down crime thriller, Drive, thrums with such knockout style, it has already garnered the Best Director award at Cannes.

E. Nina Rothe, 10.10.2011

Global Culture Explorer

The Fabulous Picture Show is hosted and produced by Amanda Palmer. With her grace and professional strength, she could cinematically unite the Arab and Western worlds.

Peggy Siegal, 09.07.2011

Publicist

I have seen 14 movies that expand the imagination, mirror our society and convince us that cinema is the very best reason to visit Cannes. Twelve days of four of hours sleep a night leaves me in a state of total cinematic euphoria and social exhaustion.

Caroline Tseng, 08.31.2011

Social Thinker @kbsp_agency

Here's a guide to Cannes from four new-to-the-festival participants.

Jeremy Bost, 08.22.2011

Digital Media Planner for Starcom Mediavest Group

Good advertising -- Cannes advertising -- is about knowing what drives human behaviors, be they technological or emotional. The thing about humans is that they're all consumers too.

Alona Elkayam, 08.14.2011

'The Iconomist'

Though I love the sport of polo, the only thing I could keep my eyes on were the people and their interpretation of the lowbrow/highbrow mix. My fave was the picnic displays of orange Veuve blankets with Doritos bags on top.