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Cannes 2009: "Thirst."
Sat, May 16 2009 2:32 PM

"Thirst," Park Chan-wook's plague-vampire-priest-black-comedy-gothic-family-drama-noir, has enough going on for at least an entire other movie, if not two. Its developments are impossible to predict, but that's because half are unnecessary -- by the time clergyman-turned-secular-bloodsucker Sang-hyun (Song Kang-ho) and his lover Tae-joo (Kim... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Festivals, Cannes 2009, Park Chan-wook, Bakjwi, vampires, Kim Ok-bin, Song Kang-ho, Thirst

Cannes do.
Thu, Apr 23 2009 6:17 AM

The competition line-up for this year's Cannes Film Festival has been announced! A fair amount of Euro provocateurs -- Lars von Trier, Gaspar Noé, Michael Haneke -- and France in general, and only two American films, the expected Tarantino and the unexpected Ang Lee comedy, which hopefully has more to it than its trailer would indicate. New films from Jane... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Festivals, Quentin Tarantino, Cannes 2009, Ang Lee, Terry Gilliam, Antichrist, Lars von Trier, Johnnie To, Park Chan-wook, Gaspar Noé, Michael Haneke, Jane Campion, Pedro Almodóvar, Taking Woodstock, Inglourious Basterds