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A still from ‘Family Romance, Llc’ by Werner Herzog

A still from ‘Family Romance, Llc’ by Werner Herzog

The Cannes 2019 Diaries: Wondrous Werner Herzog, 'Papicha' is my new heroine and the life surreal of a film journo

E. Nina Rothe May 22, 2019

In ‘Family Romance, Llc’ Werner Herzog finds a new way to work through the difficulties life throws our way — outsource them to an agency specializing in family connections. He does it with his usual flair for our human ridiculousness and making the impossible seem real. During the junket following the screening, I loved listening to my esteemed colleagues’ confused explanations of stories they thought they’d seen like this one in documentaries, or even completely convinced this was a reality film, instead of fiction. And Herzog himself quite perfectly, calmly and smoothly shooting down each and all of their perplexed ideas.

‘Family Romance, Llc’ was a Special Screening at this year’s Festival de Cannes.

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In Cinema, Festival, The Diaries Tags El Gouna Film Festival, El Gouna Cannes boat party, Engineer Naguib Sawiris, Egypt, Arab cinema, DFI, Doha Film Institute, Werner Herzog, Papicha, Cannes Film Festival, Cannes Diaries, Festival de Cannes, Un Certain Regard, Special Screenings, helicopters, Nice Airport, Abu Dhabi, Intishal Al Timimi, Mounia Meddour, Fitzcarraldo, Amazon jungle, Family Romance Llc, Japan, outsourcing
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Julianne Moore in ‘The Staggering Girl’ by Luca Guadagnino

Julianne Moore in ‘The Staggering Girl’ by Luca Guadagnino

The Cannes 2019 Diaries: Films that broke my heart and Luca Guadagnino's Valentino project

E. Nina Rothe May 18, 2019

There has been a certain je ne sais quoi in the air here in Cannes, and I wasn’t able to quite put my finger on it. It bothered me, someone always good at defining a moment, person or place, that I couldn’t put that feeling into words. Then I attended the press conference for Luca Guadagnino’s ‘The Staggering Girl’ and I had a ‘EUREKA!” moment. So bear with me for a moment while I get to that…

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In Cinema, Fashion, Festival, The Diaries Tags Luca Guadagnino, Valentino, Pier Paolo Piccioli, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Cannes Film Festival, Festival de cannes, Cannes, Venice Film Festival, Alberto Barbera, Oscars, Majestic hotel, Medea, The Staggering Girl, Marriott hotel, ryuichi sakamoto, Thrive Global, ICS, Litigante, Franco Lolli, Cancion Sin Nombre, Melina Leon, Doha Film Institute, The Unknown Saint, Alaa Eddine Aljem, Julianne Moore, Kyle MacLachlan, Marthe Keller Alba Rohrwacher, Dan Krauss, 5B, AIDS, Film, Fashion
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Me after my nightmare trip… NO! Just kidding, it’s Iggy Pop in a still from ‘The Dead Don’t Die’.

Me after my nightmare trip… NO! Just kidding, it’s Iggy Pop in a still from ‘The Dead Don’t Die’.

The Cannes 2019 Diaries: 'The Dead Don't Die', they land at Nice airport though!

E. Nina Rothe May 15, 2019

Yes, there was a flash taxi strike at the airport in Nice yesterday, just as my flight was getting in. No, they were not prepared for an action by all taxi drivers to block the roads accessing the airport, so no vehicle of any sort could get in or out of the airport. Yes, there is a tramway track recently built which reaches terminal 3 but no, there was no tram traveling on it. So everyone had to walk for miles, with luggage in tow, under the sweltering sun, to reach an overcrowded train, through overpasses and station underpasses (read: lots and lots of stairs) mimicking the zombies in Jim Jarmusch’s Cannes opening night film.

Welcome to the glamorous life of a journalist covering the Festival de Cannes! If I hear one more time what a wonderful opportunity it is for me to be doing what I do, I’ll strangle someone. Then, I might actually begin to get the attention I deserve.

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In Cinema, Festival, The Diaries Tags Cannes Diaries, Cannes Film Festival, Festival de cannes, The Dead Don't Die, Nice airport, Taxi Strike, badges, prosecco, DDA, Agnes Varda, Nespresso, journalists, TimesUp, 5050X2020, Tilda Swinton, Iggy Pop, Jim Jarmusch, Meg Ryan, Ralph Fiennes
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Critics' Week Cannes poster

Leading up to Cannes, here are the line-ups for Directors' Fortnight and Critics' Week

E. Nina Rothe May 9, 2019

I know, most critics go to the Festival de Cannes looking forward to the Competition titles and maybe will grant themselves the joy of viewing the Un Certain Regard selection. But I’ll admit I’m more of a sidebar person, and while I will view a few great titles in the main lineups, my craves lay more in the Quinzaine (Directors’ Fortnight) and Semaine de la Critique.

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In Cinema, Festival, The Diaries Tags Critics Week, Cannes, festival de Cannes, Cannes Film Festival, Quinzaine de realizateurs, Directors' Fortnight, La Semaine de la Critique, Film, fashion, Luca Guadagnino, The Unknown Saint, Vivarium, Abou Leila, Robert Rodriguez, Zombi Child, The Staggering Girl, Valentino, Wounds, The Orphanage, First Love, Deerskin, Alice and the Mayor
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