Sep 022013
 
BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR stars diss director

In an interview with Marlow Stern for the Daily Beast, the leads of the powerful masterpiece Blue is the Warmest Colors recount a very difficult shoot, very awkward sex scenes, and say that they will not work with director Abdelatif Kechiche again. ————— This follows other reports in the French press from crew complaining about [...]

May 252013
 
My Palme d'Or: BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR

Abdelatif Kechiche’s 3-hour film of a lesbian love story is astounding, heart-breaking, intimate, erotic, beautiful. Pure cinema. Blue is the Warmest Color deserves the Cannes Palme d’Or from Steven Spielberg’s jury. Adèle Exarchopoulos is extraordinary in the title role, wonderfully supported by Lea Seydoux. They deserve to win best actress together, but Cannes rules forbid [...]