I'm really relieved that Fipresci, a federation with which I have some connection, gave the International critics Prize to Climates and not to one of the more hyped films. I hear from a reliable source i.e. someone whose opinions I respect, that it is as good as Uzak. It seems the sort of film that should be getting prizes at festivals. I will supress my scorn if Volver wins the Palme d'Or. I wandered lonely as a cloud through the critics raining praise on it. If Marie Antoinette wins anything, I'll just laugh ironically.

Marie Antoinette has won an award at Cannes. Every year an award, the Palme Dog, an inscribed dog collar, is given to the best dog in a film. No, not Kirsten thingy but Mops, the dog that is rudely taken away from M.A. when she arrives in France.

That's... sweet?