We are now far enough removed from the glittercore of early 2000s pop music that its bubble-gum aesthetic has become as potent a post-Y2K period signifier as low-rise jeans and blond highlights. French filmmaker Alexis Langlois’ deliciously campy musical “Queens of Drama” feels like it’s been conjured up inside a Claire’s store where “…Baby One More Time” keeps playing on loop. But this tragic queer love story between a pop star and a punk rocker doesn’t let the patina of nostalgia that envelops it cloud the thorny ideas about queerness, performance, feminism and femininity that Langlois packs into his gleefully deranged period piece.
Such derangement is immediately apparent. In its first moments, Langlois turns his audience into “U-Tube” viewers tuning into the latest missive from an aging vlogger. Steevy Shady is played by Eurovision contestant and famed YouTuber Bilal Hassani. Sporting pink-hued wraparound sunglasses, a horrid asymmetrical blond-streaked hairdo,...
Such derangement is immediately apparent. In its first moments, Langlois turns his audience into “U-Tube” viewers tuning into the latest missive from an aging vlogger. Steevy Shady is played by Eurovision contestant and famed YouTuber Bilal Hassani. Sporting pink-hued wraparound sunglasses, a horrid asymmetrical blond-streaked hairdo,...
- 4/25/2025
- by Manuel Betancourt
- Variety Film + TV
Cannes parallel section Critics’ Week opens Wednesday with French director Jonathan Millet’s psychological manhunt thriller Ghost Trail (Les Fantômes), starring Adam Bessa as man in in pursuit of a faceless, former torturer.
Running from May 15 to 23, the compact line-up will showcase 11 first and second works features by emerging directors, seven in competition, as well as 13 short films.
Deadline caught up with Artistic Director Ava Cahen on the eve of the 63rd edition.
Deadline: You’re on your third selection as Critics’ Week artistic director. How was it this year?
Ava Cahen: We always put the counters back to zero. So everything felt new, even if it’s my third year. We received a few more films than normal and screened 1,050 features. It’s hard when you’ve only got 11 slots. Obviously there were a lot more than 11 films that we would have liked to have welcomed. There was a lot of discussion.
Running from May 15 to 23, the compact line-up will showcase 11 first and second works features by emerging directors, seven in competition, as well as 13 short films.
Deadline caught up with Artistic Director Ava Cahen on the eve of the 63rd edition.
Deadline: You’re on your third selection as Critics’ Week artistic director. How was it this year?
Ava Cahen: We always put the counters back to zero. So everything felt new, even if it’s my third year. We received a few more films than normal and screened 1,050 features. It’s hard when you’ve only got 11 slots. Obviously there were a lot more than 11 films that we would have liked to have welcomed. There was a lot of discussion.
- 5/15/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
I keep hearing everyone say that Scary Movie 5 is the worst spoof movie ever made. Clearly they've never seen. 2001: A Space Travesty (2000) Director: Allan A. Goldstein Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Ophélie Winter, Peter Egan Aliens have replaced President Bill Clinton with an evil clone in the White House and only Detective Frank Drebin Marshall Dick Dix can stop them. I should start off by saying that Leslie Nielsen is one of my favorite human beings to ever have...
- 4/17/2013
- by Jason Adams
- JoBlo.com
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