Lots of exciting things happened at Cannes over the weekend—even if they were sometimes exciting for the wrong reasons. Here s a roundup of those who began Monday morning looking better, or worse, than they did Friday afternoon.
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Photo: Courtesy of Festival de Cannes
Winner: Carol
While uneasy lies the head that wears the crown and all that, the festival now has a frontrunner for the Palme d
Or—**Todd Haynes
**s beautiful, subtle, and intelligent story of a fifties love affair between a young would-be photographer, Therese (Rooney Mara), and a rich, immaculately put-together, and slightly scary older woman, Carol, played by Cate Blanchett. Wildly applauded at the press screening (a famously tough crowd) and rewarded with the festival
s best reviews by a mile, the movie instantly began inspiring Oscar talk. Although I personally found the film a bit too tame—I wanted more juice—Carol gets another iconic performance from Blanchett (shades of Old Hollywood stars like Joan Crawford and Gloria Swanson), boasts an equally good one from Mara, who hints at Audrey Hepburn, and confirms Haynes (Safe, Far FromHeaven, Mildred Pierce) as our great director of films about women.
