Duration: May 12 - 23 Venue: Various Country: France Edition: 57th/2004 Web: Cannes film festival

Plume Noire was at the Cannes film festival and brought you back exclusive reviews and dailies, live from the Croisette, on the French Riviera.

Jury: Quentin Tarantino (director - President of the jury, USA), Emmanuelle Béart (actress, France), Edwidge Danticat (screenwriter, USA), Tilda Swinton (actress, UK), Kathleen Turner (actress, USA), Benoît Poelvoorde (actor, belgique), Jerry Schatzberg (director, USA), Tsui Hark (director, Hong-Kong), Peter Von Bagh (critic, Finland)

More than 30 reviews of films presented at the festival are available and will be posted as soon as they get translated into English. Check this page regularly for new reviews or sign up for our free newsletter to get them directly in your mailbox.

Fahrenheit 9/11 — PALME D'OR (GOLDEN PALM) Michael Moore is a formidable war machine: a highly skilled strategist, he furbishes his weapons to carry out the offensive against four years of George W. Bush's politics. However, in regards to cinema, once again he takes out the heavy artillery.

:: 2046 (OC) ::

2046 A nostalgic and stylized work, worked by time, 2046 subscribes to the aesthetic and thematic continuity of In the Mood for Love, its twin film. The Assassination of Richard Nixon Behind the portrait of an ordinary loser who decides to hijack a plane and crash it into the White House, The Assassination of Richard Nixon delivers a harsh and cruel vision of American society, carried from beginning to end by the masterful Sean Penn. Clean The latest film by Olivier Assayas is just beautiful. A deposed rock star must give up drugs and her past way of life to get her son back. Assayas directs a melodrama imprinted with nostalgia. Fahrenheit 9/11 Michael Moore is a formidable war machine: a highly skilled strategist, he furbishes his weapons to carry out the offensive against four years of George W. Bush's politics. However, in regards to cinema, once again he takes out the heavy artillery. The Consequences of Love With his second full-length film, Paolo Sorrentino invents a glossy lounge-cinema. Life is a Miracle What's miraculous about Emir Kusturica's cinema is his immense savoir-faire; what's disastrous are his doubtful ideological intentions. The Motorcycle Diaries More than an anthem to Che, The Motorcycle Diaries sings to traveling, to the discovery of the world and others, in other words, curiosity. Nobody Knows Four seasons in the life of an orphaned family: such is the topic of Nobody Knows, the new film by Kore-eda Hirokazu, who was already noticed in 2001 with Distance. Old Boy Park Chan-Wook, a prominent director of Korean cinema's new wave, adapts a comic strip. From a project, placed under unfavorable auspices, a genuine cult film is born. Tropical Malady Noticed with the intriguing Blissfully Yours, the Thai director confronts the human soul with its dark side and delivers a troubling tale haunted by ghosts. Bad Education Amlodovar's most ambitious and personal film, Bad Education functions like a double account of apprenticeship. Kill Bill: Volume 2 After the martial art oriented first episode, Tarantino has clearly defined the second volume of his epic as a western whose roots are obviously in Italy but also in classic American cinema. Mondovino Armed with his digital camera and affability for any test, the iconoclast Jonathan Nossiter makes an enlightening documentary on the wine trade, on the scale of three continents and with globalization in the background. Ten on Ten Ten masterly lessons of cinema by Abbas Kiarostami, whose metaphysical work is characterized by his unique poetry and his sense of purity. Welcome to Switzerland For her first film, Lea Fazer chose self-mockery by drawing up an exhaustive list of all the stereotypes and clichés in force concerning her Swiss compatriots. Tarnation Jonathan Caouette's Tarnation marks another bold step, pushing the limits of the documentary to create an emotionally rough piece bathed in raw visuals. Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession While she never met Jerry Harvey, Z's main programmer and central figure of this documentary, director Xan Cassavetes did get to watch Z when she was little and, most importantly, she certainly understands what great cinema is, thanks to her own genetic heritage.      Cannes film festival 2012 - present      Cannes film festival 2002 - 2011      more Internaional Films festivals