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Cannes 2017: "Redoubtable," "120 Beats Per Minute," "Walking Past the Future"
Friday at the Cannes Film Festival included a bomb scare, a Jean-Luc Godard biopic and more.
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.
Friday at the Cannes Film Festival included a bomb scare, a Jean-Luc Godard biopic and more.
Reviews from the Cannes Film Festival of Bong Joon Ho's "Okja," Ruben Ostlund's "The Square" and Mohammad Rasoulof's "A Man of Integrity."
Day 2 of Cannes 2017 includes the latest from Todd Haynes.
A report on the opening day press conference for Cannes 2017 and the premieres of "Ismael's Ghosts" and "Loveless."
A preview of the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.
Barbara Scharres on the cats of Cannes 2016.
A review from Cannes of Paul Verhoeven's "Elle," starring Isabelle Huppert.
Reviews from the Cannes Film Festival of Sean Penn's "The Last Face," "The Long Night of Francisco Sanctis" and Asghar Farhadi's "The Salesman."
Reviews from Cannes of Cristian Mungiu's "Graduation" and Nicolas Winding Refn's "The Neon Demon."
Reviews from Cannes of the latest films from the Dardennes brothers, Behnam Behzadi and Xavier Dolan.
