You can't lobby Cannes voters, it's a fairly small jury. However, the other side is that if just one person really likes one movie, it can be enough for it to have a prize.

I blame Tarantino, he also gave the top prize to Somewhere in Venice.

And they behead autocrats…

I won't try to argue that French is easy to learn, but German seems a very strange choice of comparison, it is a very logical language, and it makes learning if not quite easy sensible, but there are just so many rules.
I don't know which languages you grew up with, but the declinations are usually the first stumbling…

Bliteus belua es.

I haven't seen it so can't talk about it. But it may be ill-served by not being directed by an "auteur". 50's Hollywood in general doesn't have the best of reputations, neither do the Oscars, and as the article points out, the Palme doesn't necessarily go to the best movie in competition, all factors that may deter…

We must have different sources, I did love it when I saw it (when it was released), and I remember the consensus at the time being something along the lines of: "finally, the jury not only didn't pick the shittiest movie, but actually picked the best of the selection".

Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!

I fart in your general direction!

Maid in Manhattan is one of those movies that is too bad to be forgotten… Truly a scarring experience…

Hurray for Dum Dum Girls! Saw her live a year ago, she said she's be back soon. I'm still waiting!

Liked for Hammerklavier.

There was definitely a cultural aspect for me. Most of the people I am now friends with are also foreigners, we were in the same situation, we arrived and didn't really know anyone.

Freedom is overrated!

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First five of the shuffle of the day's morning commute for me. I think that's how it started.

I guess I was in a sort of similar situation, I moved to London a few years ago not knowing anyone there. After a while, I more or less set a rule that three suggestions in a row that were ignored/turned down (over a month or more) without a counter-proposal was the sign that I would stop trying; occasionally I would…

I'm one of these people who still buys DVDs, and I (relatively) recently found plenty of Wenders and Waters for dirt cheap; out of those, looking forward to Kings of the Road and Female trouble.

Went out on Saturday, a friend kept buying shots of Tuaca, it did not end well.
The drink in itself is not too bad, fairly sweet and goes down easy.

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