The Film Comment Letter: Cannes 2024 #2 - Time Slips Away ⏱️

May 22, 2024 The Film Comment Letter: Cannes 2024 #2 - Time Slips Away ⏱️ View in browser   |   filmcomment.com May 22, 2024 WEBSITE   |   PODCAST   |   LATEST Dear Readers,  In today's Letter, our second from the front lines of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, Beatrice Loayza takes the temperature of the festival as we pass its midpoint, and notes that dubious barometers of enthusiasm like timed standing ovations remain firmly in place. Beatrice opens by taking the faux-edginess of Jacques Audiard's trans-gangster musical Emilia Pérez to task, before reporting on a few gems from her journey—namely, Jia Zhangke's self-referential docufiction Caught by the Tides (about which, more soon!); and Patricia Mazuy's Visiting Hours , a highlight of Directors' Fortnight starring a typically razor-sharp Isabelle Huppert.  Also today, Devika interviews Roberto Minervini about his Un Certain Regard entry The Damned , which is structured around a Civil War–er... read