Cannes, 4/21.

"In public remarks today, organizers surveyed the fest lineup and insiders began buzzing about some of the anticipated titles." Brian Brooks opens indieWIRE's Cannes coverage.

In the Guardian, Charlotte Higgins celebrates the two British entries. Australia's happy, too, notes Pip Bulbeck in the Hollywood Reporter.

Cineuropa's Fabien Lemercier notes what all will be going on in Cannes besides the screenings.

Anthony Kaufman notes that Andrea Arnold's entry, Red Road, "is part of Lars von Trier's experimental The Advance Party group project, 'which will see three different promising writer-directors make three different features all using the same actors playing the same characters.' [Variety] The other budding auteurs in the series are Dane Mikkel Norgaard (The Old Firm) and Scot Morag McKinnon (Worms)."

And Matt Dentler notes that Richard Linklater has not one but two films at the fest: Fast Food Nation in the Competition and A Scanner Darkly the Un Certain Regard section.

Discussion of the lineup carries on here, but also at Nick's Flick Picks and Twitch.

Posted by dwhudson at April 21, 2006 3:10 PM