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Cannes 2018: Ayka, Knife + Heart
A dispatch on two of the final Cannes competition films of 2018.
Barbara Scharres is the former Director of Programming at the Gene Siskel Film Center, a public program of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
In this capacity she was the artistic director for one of the largest cultural exhibition programs of world cinema in North America. She has published articles and criticism in film magazines and journals including American Cinematographer, Film Comment, Chicago Reader, Variety, and the Chicago Sun-Times, and has contributed to books including Hong Kong Babylon, edited by Fred Dannen.
Scharres was named a "Chicagoan of the Year in the Arts" by the Chicago Tribune three times, in 1989, 1991, and 1999. In 2006, the French government awarded her one of its highest honors by designating her a Chevalier de L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres for her role in advancing French culture through cinema.
A dispatch on two of the final Cannes competition films of 2018.
Reviews from the Cannes Film Festival of two competition titles, Matteo Garrone's Dogman and Nadine Labaki's Capernaum.
Three reviews from the Cannes Film Festival, including the latest from "It Follows" director David Robert Mitchell.
Reviews from the Cannes Film Festival of three world premieres, including the latest by Lars von Trier.
On two premieres from Cannes 2018, the latest from Spike Lee and Hirokazu Kore-eda.
Reviews from the Cannes Film Festival of the latest by Jafar Panahi or Alice Rohrwacher.
A review of three more premieres from Cannes.
A report on two anticipated premieres at Cannes from Jean-Luc Godard and Pawel Pawlikowski.
Reviews from the Cannes Film Festival of three world premieres.
A dispatch from Cannes on two new films, Yomeddine and Donbass.
