Festival In Cannes

The romance, intrigue, and industry politics of the world's biggest film festival -- which is also the world's biggest film marketplace -- provides the backdrop for this typically understated comedy-drama from director Henry Jaglom. Alice Palmer (Greta Scacchi) is a well-known American actress who ...more

Henry Jaglom's Festival in Cannes is a thematic cousin of Robert Altman's The Player, but with neither that film's satirical sharpness nor its stature among films about film. In the same way that The Player and Spike Jonze's Adaptation eventually (and intentionally) become prime examples of the forms they're satirizing, Festival in Cannes is a lot like a fledgling festival movie -- small and low budget, but with just enough star power and astute observations to be worthwhile. Chief among those ...more