Wrapping Cannes, 5/31.

Salon's Andrew O'Hehir caught the jury's press conference following the awards ceremony: "It was as if the questions we really wanted to ask Wong, Roth, Jackson, Leconte, Suleiman, Monica Bellucci and company were: Why have you ignored our expert advice? Or: How dare you remind us that all our hard-earned gossip and punditry don't mean anything?"

In the City Pages, Rob Nelson runs through the highlights and then takes a stand: "Pointedly dumb (and deeply, disarmingly poignant), Southland Tales may be the most plausible work of film futurism ever made in the United States. Most Americans here hated it."

Iklimler (Climates) tops Anthony Kaufman's list of favorites; Eugene Hernandez's got a list, too: "On second viewing, Volver is even more emotional."

J Hoberman follows up his dispatches in the Voice with a shorter roundup of comments on the awards.

Posted by dwhudson at May 31, 2006 6:29 AM