The ads running for The Lobster have been using quotes from reviews describing the film as “hilariously frightening” and “wickedly funny” between quickly edited scenes, giving you the feeling that it’s a bit slapstick. I hate this kind of bait and switch sort of marketing. The movie is much, much more disturbing than it is…
There’s nothing remotely interesting about Blue is the Warmest Color except everything. The three-hour lesbian love story in French that won the Palme d’Or at Cannes this year features all of the oldest tropes of both love stories and queer love stories. We have the same boy meets girl, loses girl, tries to get girl…
http://youtu.be/_NYyBA7zWfM Described as a ‘tender, sensual lesbian romance,’ Tunisian-born director Abdellatif Kechiche’s three-hour paean to generational love, took the top prize – the Palme d’Or – at this years Cannes Film Fetival, widely regarding as one of the most prestigious film awards in the world. The film centers almost entirely around one woman’s sexual awakening…
